Chapter 45
Fang Xiaoyu discovered that the highway had been upgraded to 12 o'clock and excitedly told Wang Le. The two rushed to the highway overnight, but when they arrived, they only saw it disappear and melt away.
The two weren't particularly saddened by missing out on this "windfall fortune," because they knew how to upgrade and that there would be other opportunities to meet again in the future.
However, since that day, Wang Le suddenly noticed that Fang Xiaoyu had become unusually nervous. First, she kept staring at the road, and then when they encountered the first small service area, she jumped out of the car before he had even stopped and took the princess to search the service area inside and out.
I occasionally overheard her say, "No, it's alright, I guess I'm overthinking it."
Wang Le guessed that she might have left some trace there after finding the note, in order to verify it again. Knowing that she had not actually given up her doubts about "returning to the starting point", a trace of sadness involuntarily showed in her eyes.
He couldn't change her mind or stop her behavior, so he could only try to distract her by making more delicious food and taking on more daily chores so she could study her preferences. He would also always be the first to enter the supermarket and the last to leave.
Fortunately, Fang Xiaoyu didn't discover anything new and returned to normal. She only noticed Wang Le's lighter weight on the body fat scale and kindly comforted him, telling him not to deliberately lose weight and praising him for maintaining a very good physique.
The third year flew by.
Parachutes were successfully replicated, but no one dared to actually use them.
The rope ladder has been built to a length of 1,000 meters. Fang Xiaoyu can descend 300 meters in one go, and she can even shout excitedly when the rope ladder is blown up by the wind.
Wang Le regained his weight, but the eldest princess gained weight and was urged to lose weight.
As the manual grew thicker, Fang Xiaoyu stopped collecting blank notebooks and made more space for printing paper. When Wang Le asked her about it, she just smiled and remained silent.
...
Early winter, a day that was both chilly and warm.
Fang Xiaoyu was driving when she was suddenly blinded by a flash of light from the ground. She slammed on the brakes and found a pile of broken glass and sharp objects like nails and metal pieces in front of her.
It was clear that the situation was quite intense; the tracks were scattered across all lanes, extending for tens of meters, leaving no way to avoid them. No other vehicles were present, suggesting they were left from a previous chase.
Wang Le got out of the car with a broom and began skillfully cleaning the driveway.
The eldest princess got out of the car and walked around twice, but accidentally got poked by something sharp. She whimpered and returned to the car.
The RV slowly moved forward along the cleaned road.
Suddenly, a motorhome appeared out of nowhere from the adjacent left lane, drove alongside it, and sped past.
Fang Xiaoyu sensed the shadow beside her and instinctively stepped on the brakes.
As the two cars passed each other, she saw the person in the passenger seat of the other car suddenly open their drowsy eyes wide open, as if the unexpected event had startled them awake.
The driver was startled by the fact that the two vehicles were less than a fist's width apart. He swerved the steering wheel, turning from the left lane into Fang Xiaoyu's lane. The rear of his car grazed the front of the RV. To avoid Wang Le, who suddenly appeared in the lane, he swerved back into the left lane in an S-shape.
Fang Xiaoyu only heard a series of crackling and popping sounds as countless pieces of debris on the ground were kicked up by the other party's wheels and hit the RV body without warning.
Several fragments flew very high, three glass pieces were embedded halfway into the RV's windshield, and an iron nail pierced through the windshield and into the vehicle's interior. When it hit the storage box, it lost its force, leaving a small hole before falling to the ground with a "clink".
The accident happened so fast that no one even had time to issue a warning before it was over.
Even the RV has been turned into this state, so what about Wang Le underneath, completely exposed...?
Fang Xiaoyu quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, but before she could get out of the car, she saw Wang Le stagger and fall to the ground.
!!
There were heavy tire tracks on the ground. The vehicle that caused the accident had stopped, and the two people in the front seat had already opened the car door and gotten out to check.
Seeing that Wang Le's clothes were covered in blood and that he had a wound on his neck, the man in the passenger seat was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly: "Don't blame us, we didn't do it on purpose, it was an accident."
"What's the point of saying all this?!" Fang Xiaoyu said, quickly cleaning the obvious glass shards off his body while pressing hard on the two most bleeding areas to stop the bleeding from flowing too fast. "Come and help me quickly!"
The two men exchanged a glance. Fortunately, they still had a conscience. The driver who caused the accident ran to the car to get a first-aid kit, while the passenger helped check the situation.
The passenger's voice trembled slightly: "This amount of bleeding clearly indicates an artery has been damaged. None of us are doctors, do you even know anything about medicine?"
Fang Xiaoyu gritted her teeth, determined to understand even if she didn't: "I know a little, do you have hemostatic bandages?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Here it is!" The driver who caused the accident ran back quickly, slamming the first-aid kit down beside her.
"I can't let go of my hand for now. Could you help me take out the bandage and wrap it a little above the spot I'm pressing?"
"Cut open the clothing near the wound."
"Okay, apply that medicine to the wound."
"Wait, there's still some residue. Clean it off first with those tweezers, not your hands."
"Spray that on the wound to disinfect it."
"Okay, you can bandage it now."
The two hurriedly did as instructed.
"Press harder, tighten it a bit."
"oh oh."
Wang Le groaned, trying to relax his body and steady his breathing and heartbeat, but the rapid loss of temperature in his hands and feet made his heart sink.
With her hands free, Fang Xiaoyu quickly applied medicine and bandaged the other wounds.
The passenger kept swallowing hard: "Then, can we go now?!"
"Wait, help me get him into the car."
"oh oh."
Following instructions, the two men made a makeshift human stretcher, carefully moved the person onto it, and then gently placed them on the designated bed.
After finishing his work, the passenger stood awkwardly in the passenger seat, thinking about escaping from there, and kept looking towards the car door.
After catching his breath, the driver who caused the accident had a fleeting look in his eyes when he saw the RV full of supplies.
Despite his injuries, Wang Le remained vigilant, observing everything closely, and with great effort, managed to glance at Fang Xiaoyu.
Fang Xiaoyu didn't immediately notice the driver's turmoil, but she noticed Wang Le's gaze, and their long-standing tacit understanding allowed her to understand his meaning.
She said, "You can leave once you've cleaned up all the debris in the driveway, and that will be the end of it, okay?"
The passenger, being simple-minded and not wanting to have nightmares later, hurriedly agreed, "No problem."
Although the driver who caused the accident was somewhat tempted by the RV, he wasn't really a devil. After hesitating for a moment, he got out of the vehicle as well.
To avoid further accidents, the two set up roadblocks that hadn't been used in a long time, even though they knew they wouldn't be very effective, as a form of psychological comfort, before they began cleaning the road.
Fang Xiaoyu locked the car door, turned around and said with a serious expression: "The artery is injured. I don't know how to do professional suturing."
Wang Le gave a slight smirk and uttered his first words after being injured: "It's not your fault."
He let out a soft breath, and his second sentence was: "Luckily, it was me down there."
Fang Xiaoyu felt a lump in her throat, and her vision blurred.
He was too badly injured; basic first aid knowledge was simply insufficient. They had only cleaned the surface wounds; there were likely more wounds inside, but she wasn't able to clean them all away.
Are we really going to just watch him lose his life?
Why did she choose to study useless business management instead of medicine? That way, she wouldn't be standing here dumbfounded; she would have a way to save him.
If Su Ming were here, that would be great.
If only I could meet a professional doctor.
She wiped away her tears forcefully: "There's still a chance. Once they clear the roadblocks, we can keep driving forward. I'll drive faster, and maybe we'll run into someone who knows medicine on the way... You were able to wait for me safely last time, so you must have been very lucky. You'll be safe and sound this time too."
Towards the end, I don't know if I was trying to comfort him or myself.
Wang Le simply looked at her unusually helpless expression with tolerance, his eyes filled with unreadable emotions, and his lips turned pale within a few minutes: "It's okay, let's leave it at that."
Fang Xiaoyu ignored his discouraging words, re-examined the bandage, and saw that the bleeding had slowed down a bit, but the blood was still slowly seeping out. She took out all the hemostatic, blood-tonifying, and qi-tonifying medicines she could use in the car and gave them to him. She also gave him ginseng slices to suck on.
His clothes were cut to shreds, and fearing he would get cold from blood loss and hypothermia, they covered him with a soft, warm down comforter.
The two people outside the car were quite sensible. The first thing they did was clear the driveway where the RV was located. As soon as they finished clearing it, they heard the roar of the engine. When they looked up, they saw the car speeding past them in a hurry.
The passenger in the front seat was stunned: "They've left, are we still sweeping?"
The driver who caused the accident sighed, "I'll sweep it up; consider it a good deed. I still need to fix the tire after this."
The passenger in the front seat belatedly exclaimed, "Huh?!"
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