Chapter 2601 - 2593: The Pressure Is Overwhelming

Chapter 2601: Chapter 2593: The Pressure Is Overwhelming

Huaxia has always tried to win over Feng Jun, and this time is no exception—having been on a long space journey, why not chat?

But Feng Jun is not interested, "No need for excessive communication, it’s their business to go out, I’m responsible for bringing people and equipment back."

It’s not that he is heartless, but as a Cultivator, even Tianqin over there needs to sever worldly attachments. It’s quite rare for him to cherish old relationships like this.

Humans are emotional creatures, staying together for a long time naturally breeds feelings, especially when the other party might be trying hard to curry favor. He doesn’t want his life to become more complicated.

The current situation is a typical example. He helped by bringing back the warship, but now has to be responsible for the space return—this is truly a lesson.

Beauty Lin is also at a loss. Actually, she vaguely feels that when she first contacted Feng Jun, if she hadn’t been so rigid and instead used some indirect measures to try to befriend him first, things might be much easier now.

Just look at the current Members of Luohua, Zhang Family Sisters, Mei Jin, Li Shishi, Gu Jiahui, Wang Haifeng, and even Gao Qiang are all friends not very familiar with him, some are mere strangers or even patients, yet they’ve received tremendous opportunities.

Unfortunately, their way of handling things is just this process. It’s not that there was never a chance to fish, but back then, Feng Jun clearly didn’t have the qualifications to be baited.

Beauty Lin feels self-pity but still wants to try, "There must be more than regiment-level combat personnel."

"Ha ha," Feng Jun laughs dryly twice, offering no further response.

Beauty Lin sighs inwardly but still needs to say, "I’ll follow on the warship, just in case there’s any communication problems."

"Still potential problems?" Feng Jun smirks upon hearing that, "If so, then I’m not involved."

"Come on, soldiers value iron discipline and straightforwardness," Beauty Lin responds helplessly, "Being forthright isn’t a bad thing, but you’re also someone who doesn’t tolerate nonsense. If there’s any language conflict...I’m just preparing for contingencies."

"Soldiers take obeying orders as their highest duty," Feng Jun responds indifferently, but after pausing, he still snorts, "Do as you please; I really dislike trouble."

A couple of days pass and before the gathering time, someone visits again at the mountain gate—this time it’s Beauty Lin’s grandmother.

The elderly lady is over eighty, her mind slightly unclear, her body severely hunched, unable to travel far.

Unexpectedly, after one injection, in two days she becomes much clearer, her back not as hunched anymore.

The elderly lady knows this injection was obtained by her most beloved granddaughter, so she insists on visiting her—knowing that her granddaughter is undertaking important tasks and hasn’t visited much in recent years.

A group of younger relatives can’t stop the elderly lady; seeing her in fairly good spirits and considering it could be her last long trip in this lifetime, they bring her along. Fortunately, nothing happened on the road.

After their arrival, Beauty Lin surely arranges for her to stay in the Cultural Town. The town usually doesn’t accommodate external guests, but given this is staff visiting family, exceptions can be made, even though the staff is not part of the town’s personnel.

Feng Jun is curious, secretly calculating to find the elderly lady can live to ninety-eight—even without this injection, she could live to ninety-three, considered long-lived.

At the same time, he discovers something amusing; the younger relatives accompanying ask what the injection was since it had such a strong effect.

During the injection, it was orchestrated by Beauty Lin’s colleague, directly given as an assignment to the local hospital. Seeing it was a top-tier hospital providing home service, the old lady’s children, hearing Lin put effort into finding this good stuff, did not obstruct.

The issue is the injection’s effect was too good, and the broken pieces and packaging of the injection were all carried away by Lin’s colleague—even the syringe was taken; the old lady’s children deeply want to know what this medicine is.

Thus, originally, two or three people accompanying her would suffice; now there came three carloads—a SUV and two business vans—among them, one business van was bought by Beauty Lin for her grandmother to use.

Feng Jun then realizes Beauty Lin only gave her family one short-acting dose of the Life-Extension Elixir, while the remaining three doses were hidden in the Cultural Town—she also anticipated that the medicine’s effects might attract the attention of relatives.

She indeed treats her grandmother very well; when other relatives ask, she firmly insists it was a reward from her work unit, and as for what medicine it was, she claims not to know, just that it can prevent aging and prolong life.

Medicines that prevent aging and prolong life...there are many on the market. Look at the training courses held for seniors, and you’ll know how many miraculous medications Huaxia has.

But this medicine is different; it truly works and shows quick results.

Beauty Lin’s relatives can’t get answers, respecting her work nature, dare not persistently inquire, but her grandmother isn’t having it, saying, "Daughter, if I knew the medicine worked so well, I should have split it with your mother."

Director Lin’s mother is also approaching sixty, so her age isn’t young; the old lady cares for her daughter, which is quite normal.

Beauty Lin is thus embarrassed: After guarding against people outside, do I still need to guard against my own family?

She actually has plans for her parents too, but at present, it seems her parents are still young, while her grandmother can’t be postponed.

She believed that if she waited at the entrance of the Luohua Sect for another ten to eighteen years, she would likely be able to help her parents solve this problem. By then, they wouldn’t be seventy yet, and everything would still be timely.

But after Grandma said that, she felt a bit uncomfortable: You’re concerned about your daughter; I’m concerned about my mom, too.

However, she had no place to argue and didn’t dare to say those words, let alone mention she had three doses of the elixir.

At that moment, Beauty Lin truly understood Feng Jun’s feelings—the elixir makes people go crazy. If someone opens this Pandora’s box before the right time, they will face tremendous pressure.

To be fair, Director Lin also faced pressure. When the Cancer Care Center was admitting patients, she experienced enormous stress. Back then, she thought she could never encounter such pressure again in her life.

But thinking about the current situation, she realized she was too young then. What is the pressure from cancer patients compared to this?

For someone diagnosed with cancer, it’s certain they don’t want to die. But all elderly people in the world... also don’t want to die!

Like her great uncle, her father-in-law is over eighty, worse off than her grandma. This time, her great uncle’s wife came with them. The eldest daughter-in-law wants to know what exactly is the injection her mother-in-law received?

So Beauty Lin murmured again, "I estimate my parents can hold on until the life-extension elixir comes out, right?"

After waiting for a long time, Feng Jun didn’t respond. Beauty Lin gritted her teeth: Is he ignoring me, or just pretending not to hear?

Thankfully, around eleven o’clock at night, she would be departing for Qian Province with Feng Jun.

When she was leaving, Grandma wasn’t happy, "I was planning to chat with you for a few days, and you leave as soon as you decide?"

Beauty Lin felt apologetic but had no choice, "Grandma, my work commits me completely to Guojia, and I’m really out of control. But don’t rush to leave; stay here for a few days, best until I return."

"Why should I stay if you’re not here," the old lady was unhappy, sulking like a child, "I wouldn’t have let you into this field if I’d known beforehand."

"If you hadn’t let me into this field, I wouldn’t have secured this injection for you," Beauty Lin was still very authoritative when instructing her grandma, "You stay as I said; it’s only beneficial to you, no harm at all."

She really had no way of discussing the matter of Spiritual Energy, so she relied on her favored status as a young member, basking in it arrogantly.

That night, Feng Jun transported her to the military base in Qian Province.

A blink of an eye covered several thousand miles... carrying a person along? Beauty Lin once again updated her understanding of Feng Jun, but she didn’t rush to ask him about it. Instead, she proceeded with identity verification by swiping her card and then various checks such as iris recognition.

Interestingly, others had no reaction to Feng Jun, but she had to keep verifying her identity, making herself feel more like an outsider.

An entire battalion of warships had already neatly lined up on the lawn, only awaiting departure.

In the depths of the mountains, it was raining lightly. Feng Jun didn’t rush to board the warship; instead, he strolled in the rain.

He enjoyed the rain on one hand and also wanted to see how tolerant the other side was toward him—he wasn’t deliberately provoking, just trying to understand the relevant boundaries.

As it turned out, the behaviors Beauty Lin warned about, like "the other side possibly being arrogant," did not occur. Occasionally, when he approached crucial areas, the warriors simply reminded him, "Sir, this area is not open to outsiders, special permits are required for entry."

If Feng Jun were the type of person to argue, boasting that "the entire fleet is sponsored by me, yet you still act up," there might have been some conflict. But he truly wasn’t that kind of person, and when he thought the other side was reasonable and had a good attitude, he simply turned and left.

As for the fact that the fleet was donated by him, that’s utterly insignificant—he had no ulterior motives; once donated, it was no longer his.

Beauty Lin accompanied him in the rain as well; she knew he had this penchant. However, before... she didn’t even have the privilege to accompany him.

She noted his reactions in her heart, praising him while not feeling surprised, as she was intimately familiar with his personality profile. Such reactions were normal, so she engaged in casual chatter, "I thought Qian Province was farther south, but I didn’t expect it to be so cold." ℯℯ𝑙.

At the end of April in the solar calendar, she wore hot pants and short sleeves, which might be suitable for the midday heat in Zhengyang, but certainly not during the night.

Yet she felt Qian Province was far south enough, so dressing like this shouldn’t be cold.

"Come on, this is a mountainous area, understand the Yungui Plateau," Feng Jun couldn’t help but tease, "Especially on a rainy night, being a bit cold is normal. You should wear more; the military is full of young guys, dressing like this, who are you trying to tease?"

The soldiers really have it tough, just like when I went to Taklimakan. If a song and dance troupe came, it would be fully seated, with officers standing guard.

"I’m teasing you," Beauty Lin answered without hesitation.