The young girl was very light, and her body felt soft in Wang Yan's arms. Perhaps because she lived in a high-end VIP ward, despite her loss of mobility, she was well taken care of. Not only did she lack the usual scent of hospital disinfectants, but she also exuded a faint, pleasant aroma.
It had been difficult to see her clearly in the darkened ward, but now, under the daylight of Wang Yan's world, the girl's face was fully visible to him.
She had large eyes, long eyelashes, and a round, baby-like face that made her look very young. Her skin was soft, white, and flawless—like that of a delicate porcelain doll.
She was a natural beauty, untouched by makeup, which wasn't necessary in the hospital ward.
A girl this beautiful, without makeup? Unbelievable!
Wang Yan's heartbeat seemed to stop as he gazed at her delicate yet slightly pale face. He was utterly captivated. In that moment, it felt like spring had arrived.
He was in love!
What was he doing searching for old men to help build his planet?
Liu Wanjun had been right—he should have brought beautiful girls to his world long ago!
If nothing else, just for the sheer happiness and joy they brought!
At that moment, the young girl was looking around at the suddenly changed environment in amazement. Her eyes were full of wonder. "This place is like heaven! It's amazing! Such a beautiful world—have I... crossed into another dimension?"
"Yes... you've crossed over," Wang Yan replied softly, still entranced by her face.
His thoughts were struggling to keep up with his rapid heartbeat. He could hear it pounding through his clothes.
"Do you like what you see?" the girl asked, giving Wang Yan a curious look and chuckling softly.
"Yes, I do," Wang Yan nodded absentmindedly.
"What's the point of looking good if it's all useless?" the girl sighed quietly.
Useless?
Wang Yan suddenly snapped back to reality. A girl with such a beautiful face shouldn't speak like this—shouldn't she be soft-spoken, blushing before she says anything?
Back in the ward, she had seemed so normal! Why was her mouth so dirty now?
Thinking of Liu Wanjun, whose behavior had drastically changed, Wang Yan's eyes twitched. Was this girl going to fall apart too?
Damn planetary magnetic field!
Unable to accept that the beautiful image he had in his mind might shatter, Wang Yan asked, unwilling to believe it, "What did you just say?"
"From the waist down, I'm useless!" The girl looked at Wang Yan, curled her lips slightly, and said, "Don't deny it—I saw the desire in your eyes! And when I mentioned being useless, you subconsciously glanced at my mouth. It's disgusting! I can't believe someone with your magical abilities would have desires for a paraplegic."
Who's disgusting? Who's looking at your mouth? You're the one with the filthy mind!
Wang Yan refused to admit that he had indeed had some improper thoughts just moments ago!
Wang Yan felt a little down.
To the mercenary, he was an idiot, and now to this girl, he was some kind of pervert!
Couldn't anyone just treat him with a bit of respect?
Taking a deep breath, Wang Yan adjusted his mood, reminding himself why he had taken her in the first place—because she was truly beautiful.
"When we were in the ward, you said you would cure me. Now it's time for you to fulfill that promise," the girl said, looking Wang Yan directly in the eye, her face calm. "If you can heal me, I'll be yours."
Reality hit hard.
It was as if a cold wind had blown through. Wang Yan no longer felt that initial spark of love and completely regained his composure.
There went his beautiful springtime dream!
Sighing, Wang Yan authorized the girl in his arms to use the power of immortality.
Just like with Liu Wanjun, the girl's body initially rejected the healing process.
Due to her high-level paraplegia, she had a large number of steel plates implanted in her body. The process of these plates being expelled was equivalent to breaking her bones and tearing open her body from the inside.
And it was all happening while she was fully awake, with no anesthesia.
The immortal body did not protect against pain.
"Ahhh!"
The sudden, intense pain caused the girl to scream. Her face turned ashen, and she clutched Wang Yan's arm tightly.
Beads of sweat and the blood brought forth by the expulsion of the steel plates quickly soaked through her gown.
The girl gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Wang Yan.
"I'm sorry, I forgot you had so many steel plates in your body!" Wang Yan hadn't anticipated this situation at all and was momentarily at a loss. "Just hang in there; it'll be over soon. I promise!"
The overwhelming pain left the girl with no energy to respond to Wang Yan. All of her focus was on enduring the agony. What Wang Yan admired was that, except for her initial cry of pain, she remained silent despite her entire body trembling from the agony.
She was incredibly strong!
The steel plates were expelled from her body with a rude and direct force, without any concern for the damage it caused.
More than a dozen foreign objects were forced out of the girl's body and clattered to the ground.
Afterward, her ravaged body quickly returned to a normal state under the influence of the immortal body.
Feeling the remarkable changes in her body, the girl's pain-stricken expression transformed into one of sheer amazement. She moved her legs, twisted her waist, and was in shock: "I'm really cured!"
She broke free from Wang Yan's embrace, stood on the ground unsteadily, took a step, walked, squatted, stood up again, and then jumped—experiencing the joy of having a fully functioning body once more.
"Ah!"
With a delighted shout, the girl ran excitedly back to Wang Yan, grabbed his shoulders, and shook them vigorously, sharing her joy: "I'm cured! I'm really cured! I'm completely healed!"
"I told you I'd cure you," Wang Yan replied calmly. The healthy girl looked even more beautiful now. Maybe he shouldn't strive for such perfection—just the body would do. After all, domineering CEOs and emperors throughout history didn't always care about winning hearts, did they? Maybe getting the heart wasn't that important after all.
"But you didn't tell me the healing process would be so painful!" The girl gave Wang Yan a reproachful look. "Do you know how unprepared I was? If I hadn't managed to hold on, I might have lost control!"
"What do you mean, lost control? You were incredibly strong!" Wang Yan apologized, "But I admit, I was too eager to heal you and completely forgot about all the steel plates in your body..."
The girl glanced at him, then at the steel plates on the ground, and sighed, "At least I don't have to worry about getting pregnant anymore..."
"..." Wang Yan was at a loss for words.
The girl shifted her gaze away from the steel plates, looked Wang Yan up and down, and extended her hand generously: "Let's start over, Brother Immortal. My name is Xie Yufei."
"Wang Yan, the master of this planet," Wang Yan quickly shook her soft hand, introducing himself with a proud declaration of his immense worth. Perhaps this was some primal instinct to impress a potential mate!
"Master of the planet?" Xie Yufei raised an eyebrow in surprise.
Wang Yan tried to maintain a big boss demeanor: "Yes, the entire planet belongs to me."
"Interesting!" Xie Yufei raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Planet Master, may I ask why you were sneaking around a rehabilitation hospital in the middle of the night? Don't tell me you were just there to save me. And don't deny it, because you don't exactly look like a good guy in that getup!"
"I..."
"Hold on, let me guess first," Xie Yufei interrupted Wang Yan, examining him from head to toe. "Wang Yan, judging by your outfit and speech, you're from Earth. If I'm not mistaken, you must have only arrived on this planet a few days ago, and then you somehow acquired some superpowers, like the ability to heal people..."
She glanced around, "And you, an ordinary Earthling, dare to claim ownership of an entire planet—so this planet must be very primitive! If my assumptions are correct, your appearance at the rehabilitation hospital was to target the social elites who've lost their mobility. You're planning to kidnap these discarded members of society to help you build or manage this desolate place!"
"..." Wang Yan was completely dumbfounded, his throat dry.
What just happened?
Did I say something?
How did she get all that information?
Is this what they call an IQ crush?
"Am I right?" Xie Yufei smiled, circling Wang Yan. "Most people wouldn't know the specifics of the rehabilitation hospital, so you must have a relative or friend working there, right?"
Thud, thud.
Wang Yan swallowed hard. Had his supposedly foolproof kidnapping plan really had so many holes?
"Let me think... Your name is Wang Yan, so that trainee nurse Wang Lin must be your sister?" Xie Yufei said with certainty.
Great!
Even my sister's been exposed!
Sherlock Holmes in the flesh!
Wang Yan looked at Xie Yufei and said, disappointedly, "You know too much! People who know too much don't live long!"
"No," Xie Yufei smiled, shaking her head. "If you don't die, you're bound to have good luck. You know, before you appeared, I was about to commit suicide. If you had come five minutes later, you would have found a corpse instead. But now, I'm determined to live to a hundred."
Wang Yan swallowed again and gritted his teeth, "So, does what you said before still stand?"
"What did I say before? I didn't say anything, did I?" Xie Yufei blushed slightly, avoiding Wang Yan's gaze, and the wisdom she had just displayed vanished instantly. "You must've been hallucinating!"