Chapter 15 Anrong City 8
In the darkness, Shi Jinwei made no move.
This is a man with an extremely strong will to survive, on par with Shi Jinwei.
She admired it, but didn't want to cause trouble.
But the stench of blood permeated the darkness, and several corpses lay nearby.
With a sigh, she took out a flashlight from her spatial storage and shone it at the man.
She discovered that the person was almost covered in blood; his military green clothes were stained black with blood, and he was lying face down on the ground with his hand in a gesture of pleading for help.
I got up and went over to check his nose; he was still breathing.
She only decided to save the person after confirming that she could save her own life.
Most importantly, it was the "intelligence" the man spoke of.
Since they're being hunted down, they must know something.
She took out two candles from the space and lit them. The dim light was enough for her to see the man clearly, but not so conspicuous that it would be noticed by people outside.
The man was lying face down, with the wound on his abdomen.
She forcefully turned the person over and then tore open the clothes covering the wound.
The wound was neat, but it looked a bit deep.
She wasn't a professional and could only diagnose it as a knife wound. She first cleaned the man's wound with disinfectant, then applied styptic powder directly.
Perhaps her movements were too rough, because even in his unconscious state, the man was still convulsing in pain.
Shi Jinwei paused for a moment while sprinkling the medicine powder, then continued.
She had already exhausted her kindness in saving the person; the fact that she was convulsing meant she wouldn't die, which was a good thing.
That's what she thought, but she still moved more gently.
After applying the medicine, the next step was bandaging the wound, which was also the most difficult step because she couldn't move him around as forcefully as before.
If the wound bleeds again, wouldn't that be a waste of her medicine powder?
Finally, with no other option, she could only reach her arm under the man's waist and wrap the bandage around it.
After all that, they found the man had a fever again, so they took out fever reducer and antibiotics, one of each.
They lifted his head, pried open his mouth and stuffed the medicine in, then directly poured the medicine down his throat using a mineral water bottle.
The man seemed to have finally lost his temper with her rough movements and coughed awake.
Seeing this, Shi Jinwei didn't feel guilty at all: "You're awake? Then swallow the medicine, don't waste it."
man:"……"
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Shi Jinwei was faster, shoving the water bottle right up to his lips, as if to force him to drink if he didn't want to.
Men are more pragmatic; they drank the water.
But that was all. After drinking the water, he said nothing and fell into a coma again.
By this time, it was already getting light outside, and a fire wouldn't be too conspicuous, so Shi Jinwei put the person on the ground and lit a fire to warm him up.
Then he looked at the other corpses; leaving them like this wasn't a good idea.
She went up to them and searched them without any hesitation, finding a lighter, two daggers, and a key.
But then another thought suddenly occurred to her: if they were able to get here, they must have a boat or something. It would be broad daylight soon, and if anyone noticed this place…
The person jumped up and ran to the broken window to check.
Sure enough, they found a plank and a kayak below. There was a bag on the kayak that looked like it contained food.
Shi Jinwei didn't care about anything else at this moment. She jumped onto the kayak and found that it was also automatically inflated.
Without hesitation, she first pulled the plank over and somewhat laboriously handed it to the window, then rowed the kayak to the window, jumped in, stuck half her body out to deflate the kayak, and then picked it up and threw it aside.
Perhaps it was because it was still dark, or perhaps she moved faster, but after returning to the house, she carefully looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when she found no ships approaching.
The bag contained about eight loaves of bread and ten bottles of mineral water, none of which were past their expiration date.
However, Shi Jinwei did not eat the food; instead, she took food from her spatial storage and ate it.
About an hour later, the man woke up.
He wasn't surprised to see the girl sitting behind the firelight; instead, he gave her a bright smile.
"Hey, hello, my name is Cheng Rui, thank you for saving me." His bright white teeth were dazzling in the firelight, and his smile was sunny, making him look like a cheerful young man.
But Shi Jinwei hadn't forgotten his swift and skillful handling of the enemy before, and nodded lightly: "Shi Wei, you're welcome."
They didn't even bother to give a proper name, just picked one randomly.
The man wasn't embarrassed by her cold attitude: "I thought I'd have to confess right away, but I ended up escaping with my life."
Seeing that he had brought it up himself, Shi Jinwei also asked the question that had been on her mind: "Why are they chasing you?"
He acted as if he had stolen the other person's treasure.
Whether Cheng Rui was genuinely naive or feigning ignorance, he didn't hide anything: "These people are the men of one of my good friends."
To be honest, he had a pretty tough time.
Cheng Rui is not only incredibly skilled in combat, but also a rich second-generation heir, so his family naturally has better access to information than others.
He and his family received the news before the rainstorm. However, his family members were all abroad, and he was the only one left in China.
As a rich kid, it's inevitable that he'll have some bad friends, and Cheng Rui is no exception.
Before leaving, out of "brotherly affection," he confided the news to his best friend, telling him to make plans early.
His intentions were good, but his brother had his eye on his money and supplies.
As a result, Cheng Rui was betrayed by his good brother before he could even leave the country. Not only did he not leave the country, he couldn't even escape Anrong City.
"I've been dealing with them for the past few days, and I finally escaped yesterday," he said.
But Shi Jinwei wasn't so easily fooled: "We can't contact the outside world now. Even if you ran away, they shouldn't be chasing you so relentlessly. You must have a reason why they have to chase you."
Her resolute words surprised Cheng Rui, who then gave a wry smile: "How are you so smart?"
"I can save people, so I can also kill them," she said calmly, her face expressionless.
The threat was 70% of her concern, but she was more worried that Cheng Rui might have withheld some important information, causing her to be implicated as well. In that case, she might not have a peaceful day for the next few days.
As it turned out, Cheng Rui was indeed hiding a major piece of news, which almost made Shi Jinwei lose her composure.
Why were they hunting him down? One reason was that he was in a hurry to leave the country and didn't want to stay in Anrong City. Another reason was that Anrong City had a famous tourist attraction: the Anrong City Hydropower Station.
As its name suggests, this hydroelectric power station has an important function in addition to generating electricity: flood discharge.
Under normal circumstances, after several days of torrential rain in Anrong City, the floodgates should have been opened to release the floodwaters long ago.
But there has been no action so far, leading to a continuous rise in floodwaters in the city, which indicates that there is a problem with the hydroelectric power station.
While receiving news of the torrential rain, Cheng Rui also received another piece of news—the hydropower station's flood discharge capacity was insufficient to cope with this global rainstorm.
"Therefore, when the water level in the river outside the hydroelectric power station rises to a certain level, it will be a disaster comparable to a tsunami," Cheng Rui said with a serious expression.
At that time, the entire city of Anrong may cease to exist!
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