Awakening

Four days later.

Early morning.

"Qing Qing, why hasn't A-Qian woken up yet?"

Qi Lin wore a worried expression, deeply concerned about Long Qian's condition.

Although Qing Qing had not told her what had happened to Long Qian, she had roughly guessed that he must have taken some kind of enhancement serum given by the angels in order to grow stronger and protect her.

If Qing Qing had not stopped her, and if Qing Qing had not been an angel whose judgment she trusted, she would have called an ambulance and sent Long Qian to the hospital for an examination.

Since she could remember, this was the first time she had worried so much about someone—about a man.

She had never been this worried or anxious even for her parents.

"He should wake up today. I already asked Sister Yan."

Hearing how worried Qi Lin was beside her, Qing Qing hurriedly comforted her.

She did not really know why her Male God still showed no signs of waking up, but his condition today was much better than it had been the previous two days. He had not developed a fever, and his temperature had gone down. That was good news as well.

The biggest problem was that they could not examine Long Qian's condition through the angels' Eye of Insight.

Although she had consulted Angel Yan, her Sister Yan did not seem to have an answer either.

Today was also the fourth day since Long Qian had used the Super Soldier Serum, yet he was still in a deep sleep.

However, over these past few days, his body had been repairing itself.

After all, using the Super Soldier Serum that night had completely and perfectly reshaped his muscle cells.

Muscles grew wherever they should have grown. It seemed there was not a single place where muscles had grown that should not have, and his body was now more perfect than those fitness influencers'.

After consuming the Super Soldier Serum, his body needed to regulate and repair itself.

As for Qi Lin, she had naturally returned yesterday afternoon.

Earth was still peaceful, so Xiong Bing Lian's training schedule was rather humane. They even got one day off per week. Training and rest were properly balanced, and they had no sense of panic that Earth was about to face an invasion.

But this was also the most comfortable period Xiong Bing Lian would ever have. Once war arrived, they would have nowhere to rest. Wars would break out all over the world, the Taotie would invade, demons would cause trouble, and rebellions would erupt within Earth itself. They would spend more time apart than together. How could they possibly have leisure like this then?

Qi Lin's home was quite close to Super Seminary, so she had returned yesterday afternoon after finishing the week's training.

She had even planned to give Long Qian a surprise, but before she could reveal it, she had been frightened herself.

Seeing Long Qian spend another night in deep sleep, Qi Lin became even more worried.

"Qi Lin, come eat breakfast first. Male God will definitely wake up today."

Like a considerate older sister, Qing Qing comforted the worried-looking Qi Lin.

Though she really could be considered an older sister. After all, she was more than four hundred years older than Qi Lin!

"Mm... okay."

Qi Lin looked reluctantly at Long Qian's roguish face before leaving the bedroom.

She and Qing Qing had become very close now. Becoming good sisters after spending one night together did not seem that strange, did it?

Besides, Qing Qing had been taking care of Long Qian throughout the past few days while he was unconscious, and Qi Lin was deeply grateful for that.

Qing Qing truly was like a gentle, understanding older sister. Her words were gentle, and so was she. Perhaps all angels were as gentle and kind as Qing Qing.

She just did not know what expression Qi Lin would have when she learned that a so-called Guardian Angel was supposed to become her boyfriend's wife. She also did not know whether Qi Lin would remain so close to Qing Qing then.

"Qing Qing, was your hometown from ancient times?"

"Mm, it was similar to the ancient nations recorded in Huaxia's history books..."

Inside the bedroom.

Their protagonist had finally awakened. As warm sunlight filtered through the shade of the trees and fell across Long Qian's face, he stretched lazily and woke from his coma.

"Uh... ah... the Super Soldier Serum is fucking ridiculous."

Long Qian struggled to raise his right hand and looked at his arm, while his left hand continuously ran over his body. He took a deep breath.

He was very satisfied now. It seemed last night's suffering had not been in vain. That feeling had truly hurt him to the core.

"Male God! A-Qian! Are you awake?"

Apparently hearing Long Qian's voice, Qi Lin and Qing Qing, who had been eating breakfast, hurriedly ran in from the living room.

Both Qing Qing and Qi Lin had been worried about Long Qian, especially Qing Qing. She had truly been exhausted these past few days. Whenever Long Qian's body heated up, it would last the whole day, and steam would even rise from him. From time to time, she had to soak a towel in cool water to lower his temperature. Yet she could not use an ice-cold towel, since that would stimulate the development of his muscles.

Thermal expansion and contraction were laws of physics.

Long Qian's muscles had also visibly grown and taken shape.

Since Long Qian showed no signs of waking, she could only tend carefully to him at his side. It was not until his temperature dropped and Qi Lin returned that her taut nerves finally relaxed, allowing her to rest in peace.

It had to be said that Long Qian's physical condition was indeed perfect now.

Every part of his body was at its peak. Calling him a superhuman would not have been an exaggeration.

"Qi Lin, why are you back? Did you take leave? Fuck, why don't I have any strength?!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Long Qian froze. He had thought he had only slept for one night and that Qi Lin had come back on leave.

But when he tried to get up, he discovered that he seemed to have no strength. He could feel that this body was his, yet he could not command it. He felt completely weak.

This was exactly like when he had caught COVID. Was he still the owner of this corpse or not?

"It's the weekend. We're allowed to take a break."

"Maybe it's muscle weakness. Male God, you were in deep sleep for four days before waking up. Your body hasn't reacted yet, so it needs some time to adjust."

Qing Qing guessed that was probably the case.

"What? Four... four days? Wasn't it just one night?"

Hearing that it had been four days, Long Qian was completely stunned. No wonder he felt as though his body was no longer under his control. He had not expected to have slept for four days.

"Qi Lin, Qing Qing, can you help me over to the mirror? I want to see whether that thing actually worked."

Qi Lin and Qing Qing were already thoroughly familiar with Long Qian's body, but Long Qian still did not quite trust what his hands told him. He wanted to see whether he had really changed.

"Is this really me?"

"This is just too damn cool."

Before the full-length mirror in the room, Long Qian stared at himself wearing only a pair of underwear, his face filled with disbelief.

Though his physique was not as exaggeratedly proportioned as Captain America's in the Marvel universe, it was still exceptionally perfect—a Captain America physique better suited to Chinese tastes.

"Quit admiring yourself and put on some clothes already. Aren't you cold?"

Hearing Long Qian show off like that, Qi Lin pretended to scold him.

His body really was far too good now, utterly incomparable to how skinny he had been a few days ago. Last night, she had even been unable to resist touching those springy pectorals several times.

Long Qian had awakened, and his body showed no other abnormalities. The tension in her expression finally eased.

God knew how worried she had been last night. She had truly been afraid that Long Qian would keep sleeping forever.

"Wow... are you sure you want me to wear this?"

"I think Sister Qing Qing's shirt suits A-Qian quite well. SpongeBob is so youthful, and it looks much better than that beach outfit you wear."

"Mm, Male God, I think it suits you too!"