Chapter 171: Show your presence
There were not many rooms on the third floor, and one of the windows was broken by the flood, allowing water to enter. The rest of the rooms were divided, and the kitchen utensils were placed directly at the stairs. When the two of them went over, Shen Xing had just found a few sets of dry clothes, all in sizes suitable for big men.
"Just make do with it tonight. The young master is sick and just went to bed after a tiring day. I'll ask him tomorrow if he has a suitable replacement for you," Lin Yimu said to Chen Zhong.
"It's great to have one dry one. Sorry to bother you so late at night," said Chen Zhong's wife Wang Li, who took the clothes and handed a set to her daughter Chen Miao.
"Thank you, uncle." The little girl Chen Miao curled up into a ball due to the cold, but she still said to Lin Yimu.
"You're welcome. Go change your clothes. Children are prone to getting sick. Tell us in time if you feel unwell." Lin Yimu said as he looked around, trying to find a place where no one was around. Unfortunately, every room was full of grown men.
"Let's go change over there," Wang Li pointed to the room with broken windows through which they came in.
Chen Zhong also took one and said, "Together."
They all came here together. Shen Xing also took two sets and gave them to Yun Lu and Guan Tong. The two followed Chen Zhong over there. However, Li Qing, a grown man, had no scruples. He directly took off his wet clothes and threw them on the ground, then picked one and put it on.
"Brother Lin, I'm not very good at cooking. How about making the noodles we had tonight?" They had finished their dinner. Lin Yimu specially served some bone soup, thinking of cooking some clear soup noodles for the two patients, Xi Shi and Zhuang Aiyi, the next morning.
"Okay, cook more and you can have a bowl of warm soup too." He said the last sentence to Li Qing.
"Then I won't be polite. The military's supplies were flooded. We spent an entire afternoon rescuing people. We only ate some compressed biscuits, and our stomachs are cold." Li Qing said, and looked around. "Captain, we have rescued people over there. The corridors are crowded. Can I stay here for one night?"
"You all sleep on the floor. I'll add a quilt for you," Lin Yimu said, and took out two tomatoes, a handful of green vegetables, some ham, and a handful of meatballs from a simple supply basket placed in the corner.
"Thank you, Captain," Li Qing said, and took the initiative to help pick vegetables. Shen Xing glanced at the crowded corridor and felt that he could not help at all, so he simply went back to his original night watch place.
"What's the current situation at the base?" Lin Yimu fried the tomatoes in a pot, poured in bone soup, and added several large bowls of water.
"Most of the wall has been destroyed, more than half of the people are missing or dead, and the survivors have no supplies, and most of them are hungry today." Li Qing couldn't hide his depression when talking about the safe base that was built with great difficulty. "Now we don't know when the flood will subside. If we delay for a few more days, I'm afraid more people will die. There is a mountain not far away that can provide a temporary rest for some people. Otherwise, the few high-level people in the base that have not been flooded will not be enough."
"Mountain?"
"Yes, it's downstream, about two kilometers away. It's called a mountain, but it's actually more like a high ground. Some people were washed away and trapped there and survived. I discovered it by accident. Some people who were rescued later were released there," said Li Qing.
"There is always a way out. How is your army?" Lin Yimu asked.
"The army suffered the least loss. Liu Yang went to rescue people as soon as he got the motorboat. Plus, the army lived in high-rise buildings in order to save money. When the flood came, the high-rise buildings immediately launched a rescue operation. However, supplies are in short supply. There were not enough supplies to begin with, and now that the flooded part has even less, we have to start salvaging supplies tomorrow." After Li Qing finished speaking, he asked about the situation of the only team.
"We... are fine." Lin Yimu did not elaborate on where the supplies were, but Li Qing had a lot of contact with them and had an idea in mind, so he did not ask any more questions.
As they were talking, several people who had changed their clothes came over. The noodles were cooked. Lin Yimu asked them to serve themselves and sat aside with Li Qing who was holding a bowl. He asked, "What are the future plans of the army?"
"Later..." Li Qing drank a big mouthful of soup to warm his stomach, pondered for a moment, and shook his head, "My father hasn't given any instructions for the next step yet, what about you guys?"
"We are leaving," said Lin Yimu.
"Leave?" Chen Zhong also looked over when he heard this.
"What..." Li Qing looked at Lin Yimu in shock, his mood visibly depressed.
"Yes, before going to bed, the young master just told everyone to think about their future destination, because he is leaving," Lin Yimu said to Chen Zhong, "but he will leave some supplies for all teammates, enough for them to live for a while."
Chen Zhong was stunned by the news for a moment. He nodded and didn't know what to say. Li Qing asked in a low voice, "Are you... leaving too?"
"...Yes, I'm with the young master," said Lin Yimu.
"Oh." Li Qing ate silently. No one spoke for a while. After waiting for a long time, he asked again, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go back to Kyoto. Mingxu's legs are starting to atrophy. We need to find a healing psychic quickly. The young master has decided to take him back to Kyoto." Lin Yimu didn't say much about other plans for the time being.
"Yeah, his home is right there. It's okay to go back..." Li Qing muttered in a low voice.
"Brother Damu?" Zhuang Mingxu's low voice suddenly sounded, blocking the words that Lin Yimu wanted to continue saying. He stood up and walked towards their bedroom.
"Brother Damu, call Qingyue over, Aiyi has a fever again." Lu Weiyi was tired and fell into a deep sleep, and Zhuang Mingxu's words did not wake him up.
"Okay." Lin Yimu quickly went to the next room and called Gu Qingyue. When he went over there, Zhuang Mingxu had already gotten out of bed alone and got on a wheelchair, holding Zhuang Aiyi, whose mouth was dry and chapped from the burn, in his arms.
"Did you take your temperature? Let me see."
"Yes, 39.5 degrees," Zhuang Mingxu said. He saw Yun Lu and Guan Tong coming towards the door and frowned slightly. This was not the time to worry about them, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Gu Qingyue leaned closer to listen to Zhuang Aiyi's breathing, took a look, and said after a moment, "The fever is caused by catching a cold. Take some cold medicine and antipyretic medicine. I'll rub it on him to reduce the temperature."
"Okay," Zhuang Mingxu replied. Gu Qingyue took the medicine placed on the bedside and dissolved it, but he couldn't feed it to Zhuang Aiyi. Even after Zhuang Mingxu called for a long time, he didn't wake up.
"Give him an IV or an injection. If the child can't take the medicine in, he will go crazy if the fever continues," Guan Tong in the corridor said at the right time.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Gu Qingyue, obviously trusting him more. Gu Qingyue nodded, then frowned and said, "I'm not good at giving injections." Usually, injections in hospitals are the job of nurses, and doctors only know a few skills. But with a child's blood vessels so thin, it is difficult for Gu Qingyue to guarantee that the injection can be inserted.
"I can," Guan Tong said.
"You?" Zhuang Mingxu looked at her without much trust.
"Yes, I am a doctor with more than 20 years of experience," said Guan Tong.
Zhuang Mingxu was silent for a moment, nodded, agreeing to her action, and turned to call Lu Weiyi.
"Stop making trouble." Lu Weiyi was half asleep and mumbled softly. He pushed Zhuang Mingxu's hand away and shrank into the quilt.
Although Zhuang Mingxu made all the decisions on big and small matters for Lu Weiyi in the past, there was still some unfamiliarity between the two of them, giving people the feeling that they were cooperating for a win-win situation. This was the first time that others saw the two of them so close, and they felt a little curious and a little embarrassed.
Guan Tong saw it clearly and turned back to look at Yun Lu, silently reminding her not to have any more delusions.
Yun Lu obviously didn't understand what her mother meant. She just stared at the two of them, and the disdain for Zhuang Mingxu in her eyes seemed to turn into reality.
"Xiaoyi, wake up." Zhuang Mingxu simply lifted up Lu Weiyi's upper body and shook him, "Aiyi has a fever, Xiaoyi?"
Lu Weiyi frowned, and his breathing quickened as if he was angry. He just didn't want to wake up. However, Zhuang Mingxu's noise directly woke up Zhuang Aiyi, who said in a vague and tearful voice, "Little daddy."
"Yeah? I'm here." Lu Weiyi responded immediately and opened his eyes instantly. After being confused, he immediately woke up and turned to look at Zhuang Mingxu, followed by Zhuang Aiyi in his arms. He quickly sat up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhuang Mingxu felt relieved when he saw this. He finally had the realization of being a father, so he roughly explained the situation.
"Is it useful? Is the doctor who took care of him before still here? Otherwise, call her over." Lu Weiyi remembered that although Zhuang Aiyi often felt uncomfortable in the past, the doctor who took care of him was always able to save the day.
"Li Muzi, she is in the research institute of the base and now..." Zhuang Mingxu looked at the dark night sky outside, "Let them treat her first. If it doesn't work, we will go look for her tomorrow."
Lu Weiyi nodded and took out the necessary medicine, and Guan Tong immediately gave Zhuang Aiyi an infusion.
Guan Tong helped Zhuang Aiyi out of his urgent need when he was sick, so Zhuang Mingxu was embarrassed to ask them why they were here.
Wang Li and Guan Tong Yunlu prepared breakfast together. It was a simple cold dish porridge with steamed buns. It was not rich but was hot and filling.
Sick children become more delicate, and Zhuang Aiyi, who is in better condition, is no exception. He kept asking Lu Weiyi to feed him. Even when Zhuang Mingxu came over to stop him, Lu Weiyi said in a rare loving tone that it was okay.
Lu Weiyi fed the children a spoonful of porridge clumsily but extremely seriously. Everyone in the group had finished their meal, but he still had half a bowl left to feed.
"Ai Yi, eat by yourself, okay? Daddy has something to do later," Zhuang Mingxu said again.
Zhuang Aiyi didn't say a word, but just looked up at Lu Weiyi with grievance. Lu Weiyi immediately said, "It's okay, we're almost done eating."
"Just spoil him." Although Zhuang Mingxu said this angrily, he could not hide his happiness on his face. After all, this was their child, and he would definitely be happy if he was valued more.
Lu Weiyi didn't say a word and continued to feed Zhuang Aiyi porridge. But Yun Lu looked as if she couldn't stand it anymore and came over with a bowl of porridge to show her presence, "Weiyi, eat while it's hot, I'll feed Aiyi."
A dozen people were originally sitting in a room near the stairs to eat. Although no one said it explicitly, several main psychics gathered together. Family members like Wang Li and Chen Miao basically carried their own meals and sat a little further away, not participating in their conversation.
Yun Lu came over at this time, causing the atmosphere to stagnate for a moment. Several people who were familiar with Zhuang Mingxu looked at Yun Lu with silent and slightly annoyed eyes.
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