Chapter 14: The Guesthouse

"Hand over your gold bracelet and the money you have on you, and we brothers will spare your life. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

Before the words had even faded, Huo Jingyuan’s voice suddenly rang out. The man appeared in everyone’s field of vision, dressed in a striking military uniform.

Huo Jingyuan had suddenly remembered something while changing into his uniform.

Pickpockets on the green-skinned train were extremely arrogant, and since Wen Ci was wearing a gold bracelet openly on her wrist, she would inevitably become their target.

He had rushed to change into his uniform and come to find her.

The men were still planning to take advantage of the chaos, but when they caught a glimpse of the gear at Huo Jingyuan’s waist, they immediately turned cowardly. "A misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding."

Wen Ci shook the gold bracelet on her wrist, wearing an innocent expression. "Weren't you threatening me to hand over the gold bracelet?"

"No, no such thing!"

The train police heard the commotion and immediately rushed to the carriage connector. Seeing Huo Jingyuan in military uniform with a weapon at his waist, they paused.

Military personnel were not allowed to carry weapons at will while traveling.

Unless his rank was high enough to be permitted to carry one.

The train police looked at the other men and shouted, "I’m warning you all to hand over your weapons honestly and get into a squatting position with your hands up."

Huo Jingyuan walked to Wen Ci’s side and took her hand. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Wen Ci shrugged.

She hadn't taken these petty thieves seriously at all. Even if they had knives, so what? She was the top expert in grappling and combat in all of Huaxia.

The title of "Female War God" was no empty boast.

The petty thieves were eventually handed over to the train police for processing. Back in the sleeper cabin, Wen Ci asked, "So, will I just be staying at home after I join you at the base?"

"No."

The leaders of the Northwest Military Region had already decided to arrange work for the women who came to join their husbands. Those with an education would work as primary school teachers, and those without would first attend literacy classes.

After that, work would be arranged.

Huo Jingyuan asked, "Is there any work you’d like to do?"

"What are the options?" Wen Ci countered.

"Working as a primary school teacher, or assisting the military doctors as a nurse."

Wen Ci pursed her lips and thought carefully. She didn't have the patience to be a primary school teacher, and besides, her persona was that of an uneducated country girl.

Wait...

On the surface, she was the daughter of the Jiang family.

How could the daughter of the Jiang family possibly be uneducated?

After thinking it over, Wen Ci decided, "I'll assist as a nurse."

"Alright."

After a three-day long-distance journey, they finally arrived at the Haishi train station. After getting off the train, Wen Ci couldn't help but stretch; the afterglow of sunset had already faded.

Huo Jingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay at a guesthouse tonight and take a bath. We'll take the bus back to the military compound early tomorrow morning."

When the word "bath" was mentioned, Wen Ci’s eyes lit up. She flexed her wrists. "Finally, I can take a bath!"

It was impossible to bathe on the train; she could only wipe her body with a cloth in the restroom.

Wen Ci found the tap water on the green-skinned train to be yellowish, so she hadn't even wiped herself down. The last time she had touched water was when she jumped into Shichahai.

Arriving at the guesthouse, the receptionist looked at Wen Ci and Huo Jingyuan and said, "There is only one room left. If a male and female comrade want to share a room, you need to present a marriage certificate and a letter of introduction."

Huo Jingyuan handed the marriage certificate and the letter of introduction to the attendant.

A letter of introduction from one's work unit was mandatory to stay at the guesthouse.

After verifying the authenticity of the documents, the receptionist took out a key. "Your room is Room 2 on the 3rd floor. It has a private bathroom."