"Oh no, Miss Qiao! This is terrible! These medicines don't seem to be working! Do you have any other medicines here?"
Judging from the voice, it was Ah Guo. He rushed to the door in a panic, but didn't dare to come in. He just kept calling for Qiao He from outside.
Qiao He frowned slightly, immediately got up and went out. I saw A Guo's extremely flustered face. His expression was even more panicked than when he saw Sun Tianliang being tied up with iron chains yesterday.
Qiao He was about to walk over when she suddenly saw A Guo take several meters back before daring to continue speaking to her: "Miss Qiao, it's best if you don't come near me. I don't know what disease they've contracted; I'm the only one who's healthy right now. Brother Sun collapsed after we got back last night!"
"He had a persistent fever, which got really bad, and he was vomiting and having severe diarrhea." Ah Guo was completely distraught, and his voice sounded like he was about to cry.
He didn't know what other options were available, because even with supplies, there was no way to save everyone!
Ah Guo looked at Qiao He in despair: "I don't know how it was transmitted. This disease is so strange. We've never seen it before."
"Miss Qiao, are you... are you all alright?" A-Guo asked with a guilty expression.
Qiao He shook her head: "We're fine. I guess this infectious disease is probably transmitted through water or bodily fluids. Did you drink the same cup of water as the patients after you went back?"
Their symptoms do indeed resemble cholera, but Qiao He is still unsure of the exact cause that has led to everyone falling ill one after another.
Just then, A-Guo paused for a moment, recalling what had happened the night before.
After they returned with water, food, and medicine, they did indeed use the same bottles as the patients. Water was so precious that they couldn't bear to open new bottles directly, thinking only of saving as much as possible.
"So, Brother Sun did drink that water. I didn't drink any because I was afraid there wouldn't be enough for everyone if I did..."
As A-Guo was speaking, his eyes suddenly narrowed: "So?! It really is transmitted through bodily fluids?!"
“Saliva is also a bodily fluid…” A-Guo’s face grew increasingly grim as he spoke.
Qiao He pondered for a moment and said, "That seems to be the case for now. Let's talk about what other symptoms they have. Right now, we can only treat the symptoms."
So A-Guo told him about Sun Ge and the others' situations, and Qiao He found some corresponding medicine and gave it to A-Guo: "Okay, go ahead."
"Medicine does take longer to work, but they've been sick for so long, so let's persevere for a few more days and see how things go," Qiao He said calmly.
Ah Guo almost burst into tears. This grown man knelt down and kowtowed to Qiao He several times, saying, "Thank you so much, Miss Qiao!"
Then A-Guo quickly left to rescue the people.
Ah Guo and Sun Tianliang are indeed brothers; they have similar personalities. He didn't lie just now, so Qiao He believed him.
But unexpectedly...
The next morning.
Qiao He actually met Sun Tianliang!
He dragged his heavy body, his face pale, looking as if he were about to die there.
“Miss Qiao…”
After shouting those words, Sun Tianliang collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Qiao He frowned. She didn't go to check on Sun Tianliang immediately because she wasn't sure what infectious disease he had.
At this moment, Sun Tianle's voice came weakly again: "Miss Qiao... have you... have you seen A-Guo?"
Qiao He raised an eyebrow slightly: "A-Guo? He came here yesterday and took back fever reducers and some other medicines. Why are you asking this now?"
Sun Tianliang, lying on the ground, heard Qiao He's words and his pupils contracted sharply. "What..."
"How could this be?!" Sun Tianliang was dumbfounded. "A-Guo hasn't come back!"
Qiao He was stunned. "What? He didn't go home all night?"
Sun Tianliang nodded vigorously: "Yes...yes! After we all fell ill yesterday, he said he wanted to come out and find you to see if he could get some fever reducers."
So he went out, but he didn't come out until evening, or even after it got dark.
I was so sick at the time that I didn't wake up until dawn, when I realized that Ah Guo hadn't come back..."
Qiao He frowned. Had this A-Guo lied to her? Had he run away with the medicine?!
These drugs can fetch astronomical prices nowadays, so it's not impossible that the Afghan government might flee.
Seemingly guessing what Qiao He was thinking, Sun Tianliang said with distress, "Miss Qiao, A-Guo isn't that kind of person... He... He might have gotten into trouble..."
Qiao He said coldly, "Those are possibilities, but given your current state, you probably won't be able to risk your lives for me."
Now that everyone is about to be wiped out, I'm afraid it will be impossible for her to be her bodyguard later.
Sun Tianliang said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Miss Qiao... I will pull through. Believe me, even if they all die, I will live! I will never forget your kindness in this lifetime!"
Qiao He didn't say anything. As for gratitude, she wasn't doing it out of gratitude, but because these people could profit from it.
Once they've lost their value, Qiao He won't even give them a second glance.
“I’ll go look around nearby…maybe I can find A-Guo…” Sun Tianliang stubbornly stood up and swayed as he went to look for A-Guo.
Qiao He watched his retreating figure and said softly, "He walked to the left."
Sun Tianliang nodded and weakly said, "Thank you..."
It seems that saying even one more word would exhaust him.
After that, Sun Tianliang kept searching in the direction Qiao He had indicated.
He searched from morning until noon, and from noon until evening.
A light drizzle started falling at night, making my clothes, which had finally dried, feel sticky again.
Just as Sun Tianliang was about to give up, he suddenly saw a touch of scarlet!
Sun Tianliang staggered over, thinking he was seeing things, but what lay before him was a corpse that was barely recognizable as human...
It was the missing A-Guo!
His head was slammed into the ground, punch after punch, like hitting a sandbag. Sun Tianliang wanted to scream, but found that he no longer had the strength to scream.
He crawled frantically to A-Guo's side, tears mingling with the rain, and called out in a trembling voice, "A-Guo... A-Guo!!!"
Ah Guo has been dead for a long time.
They were starting to smell faintly.
His hands were gripping something tightly, and remained stiff.
Sun Tianliang knew that he was holding onto the life-saving medicine tightly...
Even after being beaten like this, he refused to let go in order to bring the medicine back!
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