Chapter 49 Greater Khingan Mountains - 4 *** ……
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Tang Bufan woke up. He lay there, feeling hot and heavy. He tried to open his eyes but couldn't, and he couldn't move his body either. He was very anxious, not knowing whether he was experiencing sleep paralysis or was dying.
Sleep paralysis is one thing, but what if it's a near-death experience... How can he die!
Tang Bufan thought of Chen Fei, and of his home in the 21st century. His stubbornness surged, and with a strained effort, he opened his eyes and roared:
"Ugh..."
A sound as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
Even with such a faint sound, Lu Yi, who was sleeping next to Tang Bufan, immediately woke up.
Kai quickly turned on the lights in the carriage.
"Teacher!" Lu Yi stood up in surprise, and her eyes reddened when she saw Tang Bufan groggily open his eyes.
"Teacher..." Lu Yi couldn't help but call out to him again, bending down to gently hug Tang Bufan through the blanket.
“Heavy…” Tang Bufan frowned, trying to squeeze out a sound, only to find his throat dry and hoarse.
Lu Yi realized what was happening and quickly got up from him.
But when he got up, Tang Bufan still felt very heavy, and his chest felt uncomfortable from the weight of the quilt. So he reached out to lift the quilt, but found that his hands were weak and he couldn't muster any strength.
Lu Yi sensed his intention from his limp movements and immediately asked Kai Ge to turn up the temperature of the heating, and then pulled the thick quilt on Tang Bufan down a little.
Tang Bufan felt the tightness in his chest and his breathing became easier.
"I'll get you some water," Lu Yi said to Tang Bufan, quickly getting out of bed and heading towards the kitchen.
Tang Bufan was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to lift his hand. When Lu Yi brought him the water, he swallowed it in small sips with his help.
After drinking a glass of warm water, Tang Bufan regained some strength. Then Lu Yi broke off a few lettuce leaves from the refrigerator, tore them into small pieces by hand, and fed them to him.
"The meat is thawing. I'll go out and make you some soup later," Lu Yi said gently.
"No meat..." Tang Bufan replied weakly; he felt nauseous just smelling meat.
"Then eat more vegetables." Lu Yi remembered that Tang Bufan had vomited several times while he was unconscious, so he didn't force him.
Although Tang Bufan was awake, he was still sleepy. His body seemed to be pulling him back to sleep, so he chewed on lettuce and leaned against Lu Yi's chest before closing his eyes.
Lu Yi was very nervous, not knowing what was wrong with Tang Bufan's health. Seeing that he was dozing off again, he reached out and gently patted his face. Tang Bufan then lifted his head and woke up, continuing to chew the vegetable leaves.
After dawdling like this for over half an hour, Tang Bufan managed to eat just a few lettuce leaves.
"Lu Yi, let Xiao Tang sleep." Kai Ge said in a gentle electronic male voice, "He should have pulled through and is slowly recovering."
Lu Yi also felt that it was not good to force Tang Bufan to wake up like this, so he could only get out of bed again to rummage through the medical kit.
"Teacher, take this fever reducer before you go to sleep." Lu Yi put the pill in Tang Bufan's mouth and coaxed him gently, "Good boy, open your mouth."
Tang Bufan, half-asleep, put Lu Yi's finger in his mouth with his eyes closed. Lu Yi's finger touched Tang Bufan's tongue, and he felt a sudden tremor in his heart, thinking how soft it was.
After Tang Bufan swallowed the medicine, he fell asleep again. Lu Yi reached out and touched his forehead. It had indeed cooled down a bit, which put her at ease.
Tang Bufan slept until the afternoon of the next day, but when he woke up this time, he was in better condition and could drink meat soup.
"You still need to take your medicine later." Lu Yi gently wiped Tang Bufan's lips, which were moistened by the soup, with a towel.
The last three bottles of antidote were injected into Tang Bufan while he was unconscious, so now they only have that sack of Chinese medicine left.
Tang Bufan leaned against him weakly and asked, "How many days have I been asleep?"
"Including today, it's been nine days."
Tang Bufan frowned, not expecting that he had been unconscious for so long. He then looked up and, still half asleep, kissed Lu Yi's chin.
"Thanks."
Lu Yi was stunned, then his handsome face quickly turned red. He looked down at Tang Bufan again and found that the man had closed his eyes and fallen asleep again.
"..." Lu Yi thought he must have lost his mind again.
Then she gently placed Tang Bufan on the bed and excitedly went outside to light a fire to dry the fox fur.
After Tang Bufan regained consciousness, he said he felt heavy. Lu Yi thought about it and figured it was because the quilt was too old and made him feel uncomfortable. So he decided to make Tang Bufan a new quilt that was both warm and light using fox fur.
"He's awake?" Anderson lay in the small cave, his head resting on a bearskin, his legs crossed, his narrow eyes glancing at Lu Yi beside the fire.
"Mm." Lu Yi was in a good mood, and his attitude towards him was much more amiable.
"I knew it," Anderson said, looking at him with disdain. "You think you can inherit the Western Federation with your looks?"
“…I won’t inherit.” Lu Yi reached up and touched his face, not realizing he was laughing, so he straightened his expression: “I want to wander the world with my teacher.”
"I want to travel the world with my teacher~" Anderson mimicked him sarcastically, then sneered and reminded him: "He hasn't told you the collar password yet, and you're already happily figuring it out yourself."
Lu Yi was stunned; his good mood was instantly ruined.
But Anderson was right; he still needed to find out the password to Tang Bufan's collar, just in case he fell into a coma again.
For the next few days, Lu Yi would stare at Tang Bufan's collar with a hint of something unsaid while feeding him food and medicine.
Under Lu Yi's careful care, Tang Bufan's fever gradually subsided, and he finally stopped being unconscious and was able to sit up on his own. However, his hand tremors became more severe again.
The antidote made by that poisoner was particularly effective in relieving hand tremors, but now all the antidote has been used up, and Tang Bufan can only take the traditional Chinese medicine given by Mr. Wang.
Hopefully, this will sustain him until he reaches the underground city in the East District. Tang Bufan, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded coat, sat at the folding table, looking worried, his hand holding the spoon trembling uncontrollably.
"Let me feed you." Lu Yi, who had finished cooking, sat down opposite him and took the spoon from Tang Bufan's hand.
He scooped a spoonful of minced meat soup, blew on it to cool it down, and then handed it to Tang Bufan.
Tang Bufan was very embarrassed, but his hands were shaking so badly that he couldn't drink the soup. He could only brazenly open his mouth and accept Lu Yi's feeding.
Tang Bufan had a sore throat, so he swallowed very slowly. Lu Yi wasn't in a hurry and patiently fed him while sitting opposite him.
Seeing that Tang Bufan had basically recovered his spirits, Lu Yi's thoughts became active, and his gaze fell on the collar around Tang Bufan's neck.
He was unsure how to bring it up.
"What are you thinking about?" Tang Bufan immediately sensed that he had something to say.
Lu Yi hesitated for a moment before mustering up the courage to ask, "Teacher... could you tell me the password to the collar?"
Tang Bufan was slightly taken aback, then reached out and touched the collar around his neck.
"...Why do you ask this?" Tang Bufan asked curiously.
Lu Yi lowered his head sheepishly, trying to cover up his embarrassment as he explained, "Just in case you faint next time..."
"There's no 'what if'," Tang Bufan interrupted him.
Lu Yi felt a lump in his throat and looked up, not expecting Tang Bufan to answer so decisively.
Tang Bufan had a pretty good idea of what he was thinking, so he sighed softly and leaned lazily and helplessly against the car window.
“I know I’m dying, but living isn’t my goal,” Tang Bufan said in a low voice. “I’m looking for that doctor because he might be able to take me back. I need to give my child’s grandmother and the school an explanation, even though… my child is already dead.”
After Tang Bufan finished speaking, he pursed his lips and said, "Once I become a sub-beastman, I can never go back. I won't even be able to enter the dungeon."
“But once you die, you lose everything.” Lu Yi frowned, trying to persuade the stubborn man: “Living as a sub-beastman, at least you can continue searching for answers, Teacher!”
She could continue being with him... Lu Yi couldn't say the last part.
“But I will live a very painful life for the rest of my life.” Tang Bufan said with mixed feelings, “I know you mean well, but as a human being, I can keep hope alive, and I can fall asleep with fantasies every day when I close my eyes. Don’t take away my hope of going back.”
"..." Lu Yi was speechless for a moment, his whole body turned ice cold, and he could no longer say a word.
The two sat facing each other, and the atmosphere in the carriage became somewhat oppressive. The soup had cooled down, but Lu Yi was no longer in the mood to feed Tang Bufan the soup.
He lowered his head, thinking about the name Tang Bufan called out when he was delirious: "Chen Fei" instead of "Lu Yi"... Why was it "Chen Fei" and not "Lu Yi"?
Are the dead more important than the living?
A strange emotion welled up inside Lu Yi, one that felt unfamiliar to him. He had never experienced such an emotion before. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that this was resentment.
“But…” Lu Yi’s throat tightened, his voice lowered, and he looked at the man opposite him with slightly reddened eyes: “I want to be with you.”
Tang Bufan was stunned.
This...this is...a confession? Tang Bufan's face flushed, his heart began to race, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and some wonderful thoughts flashed through his mind...but he quickly dismissed those thoughts.
He calmed down.
He still owed a life. Tang Bufan felt heavy-hearted and desolate. He had no right to date like an ordinary person, and besides…
Tang Bufan looked at the extremely handsome orc boy opposite him, who came from an incredibly prestigious family... He was not a good match for him.
“…Fool.” Tang Bufan said bitterly.
Lu Yi was stunned; the word "fool" made his heart sink.
“What do you mean by ‘fool’?” he asked the man.
"Fool...it just means fool." Tang Bufan looked at him with mixed feelings.
Lu Yi's throat tightened: "I don't understand."
Tang Bufan couldn't help but reach out across the small table to touch his reddened eyes, his gaze gentle and tender.
"Lu Yi is so smart, he must understand."
"..." Lu Yi's eyelashes trembled slightly. He felt that the man's fingers were as cold as jade and as soft as clouds. His hands truly reflected his personality.
How cunning. Lu Yi felt wronged; he had been given such a vague answer.
The two were facing each other across the table, their eyes locked, when suddenly they heard a rumbling sound of running, like hammering and drumming, coming from afar and getting closer.
They all looked outside in astonishment, and then the ground began to tremble slightly, and the hanging wind chimes began to sway gently.
This commotion...
"The beast tide is coming!" Lu Yi immediately stood up, the allure dissipating, and nervously instructed Tang Bufan, "Teacher, stay in the car, I'll go out and take a look!"
As soon as Lu Yi finished speaking, he quickly got out of the car, and as soon as he got out, a hissing sound of ice refrigeration rang out.
Tang Bufan looked in the direction of the sound and saw white frost spreading from the back of the carriage at a visible speed. He turned his head to follow the frost, and in less than a few seconds, both carriages were completely frozen!
The temperature inside the car dropped instantly.
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