Xia Chujian flew the Small Bat-style Fighter Jet directly to She Zhuyin's estate in the north.
Then, from the Indoor Hangar there, they carried the crates down to the basement one by one.
It took Xia Chujian and She Zhuyin over two hours to move all the gold into the underground Gold Vault of She Zhuyin's new estate.
She Zhuyin led her through the crates to inspect the glittering gold, then took out two hefty Gold Bars and stuffed them into her arms, saying they were payment for moving the gold today.
Xia Chujian was over the moon, grinning from ear to ear.
Sure enough, the gloom in her heart was swept away.
She even wondered whether she ought to just retire outright.
The Military Department and that bunch around the Empress were quite capable too. Let them take the lead and fight on the front lines against the Zerg.
She could just stay home and take it easy.
She could cook with Aunt and make jewelry with Aunt. What could be better?
The most important thing in life was being happy.
Xia Chujian was particularly good at talking herself around.
She happily returned to her own Xia Family Manor and went looking for Xia Yuanfang once again.
She finally found her in the underground laboratory.
Xia Chujian said, "Aunt, can you make me sick?"
"The kind that doesn't harm my body, but will definitely show up as a real illness when others examine me—and make me too sick to get out of bed?"
Xia Yuanfang frowned. "Why would you feign illness when you're perfectly fine?"
"Don't tell me you don't want to go to the front lines and fight anymore?"
"I told you from the start that I didn't support you joining the military."
"But if you insisted on