Chapter 58: Polluted

The sound was clear and special in the darkness.

After a while, a little light suddenly appeared in the corridor on the left, and then a young woman in a loose black down jacket walked out of the room holding a candle. When she saw Miao Xi, her face showed joy, but when she saw Jiang Mi, their expressions paused, and there was a bit of scrutiny and vigilance in their eyes.

"Xiao Fei, how are Lulu and Mingyu?" Miao Xi walked forward and asked softly.

The woman called Xiao Fei retracted her inquiring gaze, smiled at Miao Xi, and whispered, "They are both very well behaved, but Lulu has a little fever. I have given her antipyretic medicine and she is sleeping now. Mingyu is staying with her."

Although the two spoke in low voices, they did not try to hide their voices, so Jiang Mi could hear them clearly.

When I heard about the fever, I couldn't help but wonder if the infection was progressing.

However, Miao Xi should have made a judgment, so Jiang Mi did not say anything more.

Miao Xi took out two bottles of water and a piece of bread from the bag on his back and handed them to Xiao Fei, looking a little depressed. "Something happened today, and I only brought back these supplies. Just make do with them for one day, and I'll look for more tomorrow."

Xiao Fei took the water and bread and comforted him: "It's okay, you have tried your best. Your own safety is the most important. I will go with you when Lulu's fever subsides."

Miao Xi didn't say anything more, and turned to Xiao Fei and introduced them: "These two are my saviors. If they hadn't helped me today, I might not be able to come back." He paused for a moment, then looked at Jiang Mi a little embarrassedly, "I even forgot to ask you what your names are."

Jiang Mi smiled slightly, took a step forward and held out his hand, "My last name is Jiang, and this is my brother."

Xiao Fei quickly reached out her hand, the wariness in her eyes faded, and she said gratefully: "Thank you!"

Miao Xi said at the side: "I will take Miss Jiang and Mr. Jiang to settle down first, and then go to see Lulu."

Xiao Fei nodded, handed the candle in her hand to Miao Xi, said hello to Jiang Mi and the others, and left.

Miao Xi held the candle, carefully protecting the flame, and walked upstairs.

"Upstairs is where the children play and take a nap. The space is large and clean. Bedding and other things are already provided. It's just that I can't provide food and water." She whispered as she took Jiang Mi and the other person to the door of a room on the second floor.

The door was not locked and opened with a slight push.

The layout of the room was obviously a children's lounge. There were many beds with guardrails, but some of the beds were missing. There were also some dismantled guardrails piled in the corner. The curtains were closed and there was no strange smell in the room.

"If we remove the guardrails of these small beds, four beds can be put together to form a complete and comfortable big bed." Miao Xi put the candles away, walked quietly to a bed with guardrails, bent down, fiddled with it for a few times, and then removed the guardrail on one side of the small bed.

Following the same procedure, the four beds were soon disassembled and put together.

Miao Xi turned around and looked at Jiang Mi, "If you want something softer, you can use the mattresses on the other beds."

"Also," she looked at Jiang Xun and paused, "if you want to sleep separately, there is a lounge."

Jiang Mi shook his head. "No, there's plenty of space here. My brother and I can just live here."

The two of them can take care of each other when they are together. Besides, there is no need to take off clothes and take a shower before going to bed, so there is nothing to be shy about.

The expression on Miao Xi's face was not right. He seemed to want to say something but in the end he didn't speak. He just nodded silently and turned around to continue dismantling the bed.

In the end, two large beds were placed against the walls on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, with a distance of three meters in between.

"You guys should have a good rest. If you need anything, you can come to me again." Miao Xi said as she turned around and was about to leave. Jiang Mi hurriedly called her, "I heard someone has a fever just now? Can I go and take a look?"

Miao Xi was stunned for a moment, but did not stop him. He nodded and said, "Then follow me."

She didn't take the candle with her when she left. Jiang Mi thought about it and decided to hold the candle in his hand and follow her.

Miao Xi glanced at her and said, "We only have candles here. If you don't have any lighting tools, it will be very troublesome at night."

Jiang Mi smiled and blew out the candle in his hand. Suddenly, everything went dark before his eyes. Miao Xi subconsciously clenched the Miao Dao he was carrying and tensed his muscles. But then a bright light appeared.

The sudden light was a bit dazzling, and Miao Xi subconsciously put out his hand to cover his eyes. After he adjusted himself, he found that Jiang Mi was holding a flashlight in his hand, and the light intensity of the flashlight was gradually dimming as she adjusted it.

The soft light made Miao Xi put down his hand. He looked at her in surprise. He glanced up and down several times but couldn't figure out where Jiang Mi took it out from.

Jiang Mi waved the flashlight and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Miao Xi moved his lips, but held back and didn't ask.

First floor.

Xiao Fei was carefully feeding water to a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old lying on the bed. The girl's face was red, her lips were pale and cracked, she was sweating, and her soft hair was stuck to her forehead. The little person curled up in Xiao Fei's arms, looking extremely pitiful.

Besides Xiaofei, there was another boy of about ten years old sitting beside the bed, also sitting obediently and nibbling half a piece of bread.

Hearing the noise at the door, Xiao Fei turned around and saw Jiang Mi was also stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything. She looked at Miao Xi and whispered, "The fever hasn't subsided and it's getting worse, but it doesn't look deformed. I'm not sure if it's contaminated."

Miao Xi nodded and stepped forward, carefully checking Lulu, frowning, "The temperature is too high, it is very likely contaminated."

Jiang Mi came forward and took a look. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly said, "It's advanced."

Miao Xi couldn't help but look at her, "How can you be sure?"

"Look at her hair." Jiang Mi shone the flashlight on Lulu's hair, and saw that some of her dry and yellow hair had some not-so-obvious black spots under the bright white light, which looked strangely like a dye job.

There wasn't such obvious light before, and we stayed indoors the whole time, so the distortion wasn't easy to notice, so it's normal that Xiaofei didn't notice it.

Miao Xi immediately noticed something unusual, lifted up a small strand of hair and looked at it carefully for a moment, then frowned tightly, his face extremely solemn, "It's really pollution."

Even a healthy adult might not be able to withstand the advanced dangers, so how could a little girl of seven or eight years old survive it safely!

Xiao Fei's eyes widened and she whispered anxiously, "What should we do?!"

"It's hot... so hot..." Lulu waved her hands and moaned in pain with a frown on her face.

Xiao Fei quickly took a handkerchief from the side and wiped the sweat from her face and neck, and fanned her with a fan, but the little one in her arms still kept twisting and crying out for heat.

Mingyu, a little boy who was quietly chewing bread, came closer with a worried look on his face, took Lulu's hand and said worriedly: "Sister Xiaofei, will Lulu be okay?"

(End of this chapter)