Accidentally Married to the Big Shot

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Would You Wipe It Off For Someone Else?

Xiao Ding left and ran into Da Liu.

Da Liu, seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Ding’s face, couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong with you? Did Major Gu scold you?”

“It’s not that; it’s just that the Major… seems different.”

“Different in what way?” Da Liu asked.

“I can’t put my finger on it, but ever since he met Dr. Xiao Su, he has been like a changed person.”

Da Liu said, “I haven’t noticed. Doesn’t he always keep to himself like before? It seems he doesn’t really talk to Dr. Xiao Su either.”

“Ah, you don’t interact with him much, so I won’t discuss it with you.”

Da Liu touched his forehead. Okay, he was just in charge of fixing vehicles, proficient with machinery, but not so much with studying people’s hearts, otherwise he wouldn’t have stayed at the border all this time.

…

In the following days, Su Meixi often found herself staring blankly at the military thermos in her room.

It must be said that this thermos was very useful, not only for drinking water but also as a hand warmer.

But she didn’t dare to take it out for use, afraid that others would see it.

She also struggled with whether or not to return it to Gu Wei, but then reconsidered, thinking why bother? If he wanted it, he could come and get it himself; she wasn’t going to return it proactively.

Lest he think she wanted to remarry him.

Two weeks passed unconsciously.

That day, Dr. Ma told her early, “Dr. Xiao Su, you are going to the barracks today.”

“What am I going to the barracks for?” Su Meixi was brushing her teeth in the courtyard, spitting out the bubbles as she spoke.

Dr. Ma said, “To assist with the military personnel’s health check-ups, we do it every year, and today is the day.”

“But do we have the equipment for health check-ups?” Su Meixi asked.

“They have it in their camp, and the Military District Hospital will also send a vehicle. You are just going to assist and look at reports and whatever else they tell you to do.”

Su Meixi knew the work at the health center was very miscellaneous, but she didn’t expect it to this extent.

But then again, that was the condition of the border, not enough people, one person had to do two people’s work.

And so, leaving Dr. Ma and Nurse Sarah at the health center, Su Meixi drove the van over herself.

The van was very reliable today and made it to the barracks without trouble.

It was Su Meixi’s first time inside the barracks. When she saw the solemn and austere entrance and the guards standing upright, her heart quailed.

To her, these things had always seemed sacred and inviolable.

Thinking that her ex-husband was a soldier, she couldn’t help feeling that her past self had been ignorant of the ways of the world.

How had she managed to register their marriage in the past?

“Halt, who goes there?” she was stopped by a guard.

She stuttered, “From the health center, here to assist with the health check-ups.”

“Please get off and sign the agreement first,” the guard said.

She did not realize that entering the barracks required so many procedures: signing a confidentiality agreement first, then filling out various forms and personal information. It took her half an hour to complete all of this.

Only then could she drive in.

After parking the van, she walked toward the drill ground and saw the soldiers lined up neatly, with Gu Wei at the front, commanding everyone’s attention.

He was like a great general, majestic and sacred.

Su Meixi’s heart skipped a beat.

She truly dared not link the Gu Wei in front of her with the one who used to prepare her meals every day.

She watched for a long while until she felt Gu Wei glance at her once and finally remembered that she was there to work, not to watch him.

Below the drill ground, two medical examination vehicles from the Military District Hospital were parked, and Su Meixi found a person in charge, introduced herself, and was soon assigned to the ECG room.

Conducting ECGs required the examined to lie down and pull up their shirts, then Su Meixi would attach the devices to their chests.

Soldiers lined up for her inspection, and after checking a few, she felt this was an easy job. If it had been those lovestruck female doctors back at the hospital, they’d be grinning from ear to ear.

Military men, after all, each with lean bodies, hardly any had excess fat.

However, after just checking three or four, she saw a tall figure entering the room.

It was Gu Wei!

Their eyes met, but no words were exchanged.

Su Meixi broke the silence first, “Please lie down, Major Gu.”

Gu Wei lay on the bed and lifted his shirt.

Su Meixi first attached the leads to his limbs, then applied gel to his chest and placed the remaining leads onto his chest.

Then, involuntarily, she glanced at his upper body.

She had only seen his lower body in the past while his upper body was seldom seen by her.

His upper body was tightly muscled, his chest and abs were well-defined, and with his shirt pulled up, she could faintly make out the V-line below his waistband.

During an ECG, one is not supposed to talk or move much.

But Su Meixi lost track of time.

Eventually, Gu Wei reminded her, “Is the time up, please?”

“It’s, it’s up,” Su Meixi nodded, proceeding to remove the detectors and then pulled a tissue to wipe his chest.

However, his hand pressed down on hers and covered her small hand.

“I’ll wipe it myself.”

Su Meixi felt awkward for a moment, then said, “Alright, you do it.”

“Do you personally wipe down everyone else who comes in for the check-up?” Gu Wei asked.

“What do you mean?” Su Meixi asked.

“Just what it sounds like.”

Of course not.

Her wiping him down was purely instinctual.

Perhaps because they had spent time together, she felt he was more familiar to her.

Yet she stubbornly responded, “Yes, I’m quite helpful, what’s wrong with that?”

Gu Wei straightened his clothes, got up from the bed, but did not leave; instead, he stood aside, watching.

“Why aren’t you leaving?” Su Meixi asked.

Gu Wei didn’t speak, instead, he commanded outwardly, “Next, come in!”

Xiao Ding was the next to enter.

Upon entering, Xiao Ding asked Gu Wei, “Boss, why aren’t you leaving after your turn?”

“What’s it to you?” Gu Wei responded in Su Meixi’s tone.@@novelbin@@

Xiao Ding: “…”

Gu Wei stood there watching, and the subordinates who came in didn’t dare to speak to Su Meixi, merely greeting her at most.

Conducting an ECG test felt like engaging in a psychological battle!

Once the subordinates left, they all complained wildly:

“What’s Major Gu doing? Why is he staying inside and not coming out?”

“A week ago, Major Gu drove Dr. Su back to the health center.”

“Didn’t the Major get married? How come… it seems like he’s taken an interest in that young woman?”

…

In the afternoon, after Su Meixi finished checking everyone, she was seething inside.

Angrily looking at Gu Wei, she said, “Don’t you have other check-ups to do?”

“I’m very healthy; it makes no difference whether I get checked or not,” Gu Wei replied with his arms crossed.

“You…” Su Meixi asked, “Gu Wei, you don’t still have any… any thoughts about me, do you? Otherwise, why would you stick around here?”

Gu Wei remained silent.

Su Meixi left it at that; saying more was pointless.

After all, her job was done.

She was about to storm off, but just then, the head of the health check-ups from the Military District Hospital invited Su Meixi to stay for dinner.

She hadn’t had time for breakfast that morning and was now starving, and since it would be impolite to refuse the invitation, she agreed.