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Chapter 18: Almost Died from Overthinking

"You have a heart condition, so you shouldn't do any more physical labor. The cafeteria provides three meals a day, so you don't need to grow vegetables."

Qi Yan took the hoe from Ji Sisi's hand. Under the moonlight, Ji Sisi's face appeared deathly pale.

Qi Yan always remembered that Ji Sisi had a heart condition and was worried that she would overwork herself and harm her health. Medical resources were scarce here, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

He needs to go to Sister Hongying's house early tomorrow.

Ji Sisi's expression froze slightly as she remembered that the original owner of this body did indeed seem to have a heart condition.

But for some reason, she would be out of breath and have a slight pain in her chest if she walked a few steps faster in Jianghai, but after coming here, she did not feel any pain in her heart after weeding for a while.

"Don't worry, I know my body well." Ji Sisi smiled. "Go back and rest, you must be tired after a long day."

Ji Sisi was about to go back into the house when she stepped on a clod of mud and stumbled forward. Qi Yan dropped the hoe, grabbed Ji Sisi's hand, and pulled her back into his arms.

"Did you fall? Were you scared?" Qi Yan asked anxiously, his hands tightly gripping her waist, completely oblivious to how intimate their current position was.

His handsome face loomed closer, his beautiful eyes filled with concern for her. Ji Sisi pressed herself against the man's strong chest, his powerful hands supporting her waist. Even through the fabric, Ji Sisi could feel his body temperature and heartbeat. Qi Yan seemed to be doing quite well...

A strange thought flashed through Ji Sisi's mind, and her brain went blank. Blood rushed to her face, and her heart was pounding.

Her heart began to ache, and Ji Sisi blushed as she said, "I'm fine, let go of me first, I can't breathe."

Concern can cloud judgment, so Qi Yan immediately let go of her hand and placed his large hand on Ji Sisi's back to help her catch her breath.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"

Qi Yan belatedly realized how ambiguous their posture had been, and her ears quietly turned red.

Ji Sisi tried her best to calm down and calm her heart, but Qi Yan's words made her feel like she was back to square one. Her heart started pounding even harder and the pain became more and more obvious.

Damn it, my heart rate didn't go up when I was doing physical labor, but it went off the charts just from thinking about things that adults should be thinking about.

Ji Sisi felt like crying but had no tears, wondering if she would die before Qi Yan.

She was wrong; she will never think such things again!

"You go inside first, I'll rest for a while." In order to save her life, Ji Sisi told Qi Yan to leave.

Qi Yan wanted to stay by her side. "I'll stay with you. I'm worried about you being alone out there."

"You're the one who's making me uncomfortable. Go inside, I just need to calm down."

Qi Yan lowered his eyes, looking hurt, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes. Had his actions just now been too intimate and frightened her?
Qi Yan looked back every three steps.

Ji Sisi took a deep breath to calm herself down, and it took her heart to recover after resting for more than ten minutes.

The system's voice rang out in the quiet night.

[Considering the host's physical condition, the achievement requirements can be lowered. The host can unlock the Marrow Cleansing Pill once their personal assets reach 1,000. Currently, the host's savings are 907 yuan. Please continue to work hard.]

Ji Sisi: If I take the Marrow Cleansing Pill, will my body become like a normal person's?
System: [Yes, and they will be five times healthier than the average person, and their five senses will be twice as powerful!]

Ji Sisi's eyes lit up; this was a really good thing!
But earning ninety-three dollars is no easy feat. In later times, her hourly wage would be more than ninety-three, but this was an era when the average person only earned one or two hundred dollars a year.

Ji Sisi became determined to go and dig for cordyceps.

When she returned to the house, the lights in Qi Yan's room were already off.
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The next day, just as dawn broke and the sun slowly rose, Ji Sisi opened the window, the air filled with the smell of earth. Qi Yan had already gone to the research institute; his lunchbox was keeping warm on the stove.

After finishing breakfast, Ji Sisi tidied up and went to Li Hongying's house next door.

The iron gate of Li Hongying's house was wide open. "Sister-in-law, I heard from Qi Yan that you're going to the foot of the snow mountain to collect firewood. Are you going today? If you are, let's go together."

Li Hongying was feeding her child. After feeding the last bite of egg custard, she responded to Ji Sisi.

"If you're going, come in and wait for me for a bit. I'll get ready and then we'll leave."

When Li Hongying saw Ji Sisi arrive, she quickened her pace.

Before dawn, Qi Yan knocked on Li Hongying's door, asking her to take good care of Ji Sisi and informing her about her heart condition.

As Li Hongying washed the dishes, a warm smile appeared on her face. She never expected that Director Qi, who seemed so cold, would have such a caring side.

Thinking of the two industrial tickets he left behind, Li Hongying dried her hands, kept one, and planned to return the other to Ji Sisi later.

These are hot-selling items; a company might not even issue them once a year. It's nothing unusual for her, as a neighbor, to offer a little extra help, and the polite Qi Yan even gave her two.

As they walked, Li Hongying deliberately slowed her pace. "Why did you decide to go up the mountain? Doesn't your compound provide three meals a day?"

"I want to go up the mountain to see if there are any suitable herbs."

Herbs? Li Hongying felt sorry for Ji Sisi again. She was so beautiful and could play the piano, it was just a pity that she wasn't in good health. While others went up the mountain to gather firewood or pick wild vegetables, she went to find herbs.

“This is the place. There are usually a lot of people gathering firewood here. Members of our compound, your compound, as well as members of the Huaihua Commune and educated youth below, also gather firewood here.”

Ji Sisi looked around and saw that she was at the edge of the grassland. As far as the eye could see, there was grassland, and only here was there a small part of the forest.

Wang Cuicui bent down to stand up, her gaze drawn to Ji Sisi, and she exclaimed "Oh!"

"Director Qi really doesn't cherish what he has. His wife isn't even married yet, and he's already sending people to collect firewood."

Ji Sisi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman with a round face and big double eyelids staring straight at her. Her voice was loud and her cheeks were red.

Li Hongying introduced, "This is Wang Cuicui, the wife of Jiang Qianjin, a member of Director Qi's team."

"Wang Cuicui, don't talk nonsense. It wasn't Director Qi who sent Sisi here."

Ji Sisi remembered that the loudest one who made a fuss last night was Huang Cuicui. "Sister-in-law Cuicui, you misunderstood. I came to see for myself, and it has nothing to do with Qi Yan."

Wang Cuicui said "oh," but her expression showed that she didn't believe it at all.

What's so interesting about gathering firewood? City people are just stubborn and never honest.

When Li Hongying saw this, she wanted to go up and argue with Huang Cuicui, but Ji Sisi quickly stopped her, saying, "It's okay, whether she believes it or not is her business. Let's just do our thing."

Ji Sisi didn't want to cause trouble between Li Hongying and others, especially those in the family compound, because of her.

She never lived there, so it was inevitable that she wouldn't fit in. All she could do was avoid causing trouble and try to be invisible.

What were meant to be comforting words took on a different meaning when they reached Wang Cuicui's ears.

(End of this chapter)