Chapter 43 Toilet
"Brother Ci, what are you doing in Ning City? How's Nancheng doing?" Wei Hao wiped the sweat from his face haphazardly.
Lu Xici glanced at him: "Nancheng is just like Ning City, it's full of zombies! We want to head north and stop in Ning City for supplies."
Wei Hao swayed violently, his knuckles digging into the wood shavings of the door frame: "It's over...it's over, what about my parents..."
His voice suddenly choked, and his red eyes filled with tears.
Lu Xici nudged Wei Hao's elbow casually: "We're all still alive and well, so your aunt and uncle should be fine too!"
“Yes…they definitely…” Wei Hao tilted his head back, his Adam’s apple bobbing with difficulty, swallowing back the rest of his sobs.
In the corner, Lu Nange held Lu Beiye completely in her arms, their backs pressed against the mottled cement wall.
"Haozi," Lu Xici patted Wei Hao on the shoulder, "Thank you for coming to save us today!"
Wei Hao wiped his face and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Brother Ci, we're all brothers, why are you saying such things!"
His gaze swept over the crowd: "And who are these people?"
“My friends.” Lu Xici turned to the side and gestured to them one by one: “Chi Yanzhou, He Zhuo, Gu Qi, Gu Wan, Chi Yi, Ji Xian.”
His voice softened suddenly as he introduced the corner, "Nan Ge and A Ye... do you remember them?"
“Of course, in the blink of an eye, Nan Nan has grown into a young lady! Compared to when she was little…” Wei Hao’s voice trailed off: “What happened to A Ye…?”
Lu Nange shielded her younger brother from the shadows, her hair falling to cover her tense jaw: "Brother Wei Hao. Aye is just tired and has fallen asleep!"
As if in response, the little one's eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her wet eyes: "Sister..."
Seemingly confirming who was in front of him, Lu Beiye struggled to get up: "Are you alright? Sis, how are you?"
Lu Nange put the person down on the ground and tapped the little guy's nose with her hand: "Sister is fine, but you fell asleep from exhaustion!"
He pressed down on the person's shoulder and turned them around: "Say hello, this is my brother's friend, Wei Hao!"
Lu Beiye: "Brother Wei Hao."
Without waiting for Wei Hao's reply, she circled around Lu Nange.
She stomped her foot: "You said you were fine, but you have a scratch on the tip of your ear!"
Just as Lu Nange was about to reach out and touch it, Chi Yanzhou strode forward and grabbed Lu Nange's wrist, which was about to touch the wound: "Don't touch it, be careful of infection!"
Ji Xian looked at the scratch on Lu Nange's earlobe, then looked down at his own bleeding wound... Is there anyone who can help me?!
Looking at Chi Yi, who was also covered in injuries, I decided to... never mind.
Lu Xici: "Haozi, this place?"
"Brother Ci, that was just now. That's our manager, Brother Da!"
Da Ge may look fierce, but he's definitely someone you can trust!
You should all get some rest here tonight, and I'll see you off tomorrow!
Lu Xici nodded knowingly.
Wei Hao's gaze lingered on everyone's backpacks for a moment, then he smiled wryly: "Brother Ci, do you guys have any food? Our food rations here..."
“We still have some compressed biscuits, enough to fill us up.” Lu Xici patted He Zhuo’s backpack, and the backpack instantly deflated.
Wei Hao nodded slightly: "Okay, then I'll head back first. You all get some rest, I'll come over again tomorrow!"
Wei Hao's footsteps gradually faded at the end of the corridor.
Chi Yanzhou lowered his voice: "Aqi, Azhuo, the window."
Gu Qi and He Zhuo nodded silently, gripping their weapons as they stood before the glass window riddled with spiderweb-like cracks.
Once the two were in position, Chi Yanzhou and Lu Xici slowly surveyed the four walls of the classroom, each step extremely light.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong, the two stood at the front and back doors, their backs against the door panels, with Lu Xici holding the Tang sword horizontally in front of him.
Chong Lu Nange nodded slightly: "Nan Nan, no one's here."
The next second, food and medicine appeared out of thin air on the table—all supplies they had scavenged at service areas along the way.
"Nan Nan, get two more iron rods!"
Lu Beiye handed the iron rod to Chi Yanzhou, who used it to barricade the front and back doors.
The blood scabs on Ji Xian's back had soaked through the fabric. Gu Qi tugged at his collar: "Wanwan, Nannan, I need to take Ji Xian's clothes off."
Gu Wan gently nudged Lu Nange, and the two turned around and sat in the front row in tacit understanding.
Amidst the sound of tearing fabric, Gu Qi picked up a cotton ball soaked in iodine, and Ji Xian suddenly tensed his back.
On the other side, Chi Yanzhou pressed down on Chi Yi's shoulder. Chi Yi said, "Young Master, just fall down. I can handle it!"
Iodine solution was poured onto the gruesome wound.
The wound area is large, and the iodine solution irritates the nerve endings.
Chi Yi's finger joint turned bluish-white due to excessive force.
After disinfection, Chi Yanzhou sprinkled anti-inflammatory powder on Chi Yi's wound and tossed the bandage to He Zhuo.
"Bandage Chi Yi up!"
He Zhuo took it with one hand, while Chi Yanzhou, holding iodine and cotton swabs, walked behind Lu Nange.
"Nannan, give me a band-aid!"
Lu Nange took a box out of her system backpack and handed it to Chi Yanzhou.
Chi Yanzhou applied iodine solution to the tip of her ear with a cotton swab: "Don't move."
"No need, right? Brother Yan, I'm almost healed!" Lu Nange turned her head to avoid it, but the other party gently tapped the top of her head with his knuckles.
Gu Wan covered her mouth and laughed, "That's right, Young Master Chi, you can't even see Nan Nan's mark unless you look closely. Only you and A Ye can see it..."
She swallowed hard, noticing the two people staring at her at the same time, and hurriedly waved her hands, saying, "Never mind! You two continue."
After the wounds were bandaged, the group tacitly split into two groups to take turns eating and keeping watch.
The dim afternoon sunlight slanted in through the broken glass window, casting dappled shadows on the floor.
Gu Wan paced back and forth in the classroom with very light steps.
"Wanwan, what's wrong?" Lu Nange asked in a low voice.
Gu Wan bit her lower lip, her gaze sweeping over the wary He Zhuo and the others who were resting with their eyes closed. Her voice was barely audible: "Nan Nan, I...I need to go to the bathroom."
"I'll go with you."
Just as the two stood up, He Zhuo from the front door asked, "Nan Nan, where are you going?"
He Zhuo's shout woke everyone up.
Gu Qi propped himself up from his desk, a red mark still visible on his forehead: "Wanwan, where are we going?"
"Where are you going! Stop bothering me!" Gu Wan suddenly raised her voice, her cheeks flushed red. "Can't I pee?!"
Gu Qi rubbed his temples: "We'll go with you. It's too dangerous for two people."
Lu Xici: "Yeah, Yan-ge, Ji Xian and Chi Yi are both injured. You guys wait for us in the classroom. The three of us will go with you!"
Lu Beiye: "I want to go with my sister too!"
A large group of people walked out of the classroom in this grand manner.
He Zhuo and Gu Qi led the charge, Lu Xici brought up the rear, and Lu Nange, Gu Wan, and Lu Beiye were in the middle.
The toilet sign at the end of the corridor was faded, and the door was hanging crookedly on the hinge.
He Zhuo and Gu Qi checked each cubicle one by one, kicking open every half-closed door. Only after confirming that there was no hidden danger did they nod to the two of them.
The moment Gu Wan and Lu Nange entered the restroom,
A sudden commotion arose at the other end of the teaching building, near the main entrance.
The clanging of metal, hurried footsteps, and indistinct shouts were rapidly approaching from the direction of the gate...
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