Chapter 8

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

At sunset, Jia Jingzhong dismissed everyone in the hall with the excuse that they needed to rest after a long day.

Ye Qingge said that if she needed to, she could stay over at General Zhanbei’s residence.

She just needed to send someone from General Zhanbei’s residence to send her back when she returned home to prove her whereabouts.

Jia Jingzhong was overjoyed.

The battle at the frontline was at a stalemate. The army had suffered heavy losses. Everyone was waiting for him to develop this crossbow.

Right now, Ye Qingge was everyone’s hope, so if she could stay in the residence, it would naturally save a lot of time compared to going home every day.

Hence, Jia Jingzhong ordered Butler Wu to prepare the best guest room for Ye Qingge.

Before dinner time, Ye Qingge was accompanied by a maidservant to look at the flowers in the residence.

Not long after, she saw Butler Wu rush over and say that Master had invited her to the study.

Ye Qingge understood that he was going to talk to her about the crossbow.

Butler Wu had been gone for a long time and had yet to arrive.

Jia Jingzhong, Li Da, and two men in armor who were also in the meeting hall in the afternoon were waiting in the study.

Li Da had been talking to himself, thinking about how to kill the Northern Mang Army after making the crossbows.

The other two echoed as if they had already obtained the crossbow.

Only Jia Jingzhong frowned and did not speak.

When they were in the meeting hall earlier today, other than pointing out the origin of the crossbow’s performance and the fact that it was damaged, Miss Ye didn’t talk about anything else.

She looked obedient, but no matter how others tried to get information out of her, they found nothing.

Was she a person of substance who did not flaunt her true worth? Or did she only know that much?

It was hard to say.

Just as she was thinking about it, Butler Wu led Ye Qingge into the study.

After another round of greetings, everyone took their seats.

Ye Qingge glanced at the people in the room. She had seen them in the living room in the afternoon.

They must be Jia Jingzhong’s confidants.

Jia Jingzhong asked if Ye Qingge’s room was satisfactory and if the maidservant was still trying her best. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they got to the point.

“Miss Ye, can you repair that crossbow?”

Jia Jingzhong did not beat around the bush. Although she was young and looked obedient, she did not look like she knew much about the battlefield.

But what if it could really be repaired? Right now, they didn’t have a better way or a person who knew more.

If it weren’t for her, they wouldn’t even know the name of this weapon!

“To be honest, it can be repaired.”

Ye Qingge nodded and smiled sweetly, not hiding anything.

“Are you serious?”

Jia Jingzhong stood up excitedly and clapped his hands. “That’s great!”

“See, I told you, Qingge can do it.”

Li Da also slapped his thigh happily.

The other two also looked excited. This was really great news for them.

“Qingge, let me ask you, how long will it take to fix this… this crossbow?”

After Li Da asked, the others looked at Ye Qingge with anticipation.

“Give me one night.”

The smile on Ye Qingge’s pretty little face was unfathomable as she stretched out a snow-white finger and shook it.

“Just one night?”

Jia Jingzhong was overjoyed. He wished he could grab her shaking finger to confirm that he had not heard wrongly.

Why were they suddenly getting physical? Ye Qingge took a small step back without a trace.

Jia Jingzhong also realized that he was a little impulsive, but there was nowhere to put his joy.

In the end, he gave Li Da a big hug.

“Then Miss Ye, quickly go and do your work. I’ll order someone to send dinner to your room later.”

After Jia Jingzhong was overjoyed, he looked at Ye Qingge with an expression that seemed to say, “Why are you still here?”

“Alright, then I’ll go back first. By the way, I enjoy spicy food.”

Ye Qingge blinked her beautiful big eyes at Jia Jingzhong and the others. She looked cute as she waved her hand.

“See you tomorrow, everyone.”

…

Ye Qingge sat with her eyes closed in the guest room of General Zhanbei’s residence.

Those who didn’t know better would think that she was resting with her eyes closed, but in fact, she was making a crossbow.

As a 23rd-century special forces combat mechanic and medic, all her weapons, tools, commonly used medicine, surgical instruments, and so on had been implanted into the brain nervous system through chips, forming an operational system that could be carried around, used at any time, and automatically replenished.

Because her spirit was indestructible, her combat system would last forever.

Repairing a crossbow was a piece of cake for her in the 23rd century, but she didn’t want to take it out too easily.

She was very clear about the principle that an innocent man’s wealth would lead to his own crime.

Not long after, Ye Qingge slowly opened her eyes. At this moment, a V-shaped piece of iron appeared in her hand.

If the creator of the crossbow was here, he would be surprised to find that this was the broken crossbow.

When the lantern was lit, the maidservant brought over all kinds of food, and without exception, there was a lot of chili in every dish.

Even the white fungus soup had chili in it.

There was no need for that, right?

…..

As Ye Qingge had barely slept the night before and had a lot of things to do during the day, Ye Qingge fell asleep almost as soon as her head touched the pillow.

She even had no dreams for the entire night.

The next morning, Ye Qingge had just finished eating in her room when she was invited to the study by the smiling Butler Wu.

The moment they pushed open the door, they saw eight pairs of sparkling eyes with dark circles under their eyes.

Those who didn’t know better would think that they had arrived at the set of “Zombie Arrival”.

“How is Miss Ye?”

Jia Jingzhong rubbed his hands in anticipation as he looked at Ye Qingge eagerly.

“Uncle Li Kui, please bring me a crossbow.”

Ye Qingge smiled and stretched out her hand to Li Da. The latter happily took the crossbow from the table and carefully placed it in her hand.

Then, he complained loudly, “What’s wrong with you? I already said it’s Li Da. Why do you keep calling me Li Kui?”

There was an imperceptible hint of arrogance in his tone.

Isn’t it because you look like Li Kui from “All Men Are Brothers”?

“Isn’t this praising you for being burly, brave, and bold?”

Ye Qingge smiled sweetly, looking harmless.

Li Da enjoyed the flattery. He suddenly felt that the name Li Kui was not bad either!

Hence, he grinned from ear to ear. The more he looked at this little girl, the more pleasing she became.

At the same time, Ye Qingge’s smile made the other three old men in the room sigh with emotion.

It wasn’t bad to have a girl, right? They could discuss it with their Madams when they got home.

Just as they were laughing, Ye Qingge nimbly loaded the new crossbow in her hand and handed it back to Li Da.

“Uncle Li Kui, do you want to try?”

“That’s it?”

Li Da’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Jia Jingzhong and the others were also shocked. This crossbow was repaired in a flash in her hands?

More than ten of them had studied it for more than a month, but they still couldn’t figure it out. This girl had repaired it with just a glance yesterday?