I turned to look at him and saw that General Manager Bai had the air of a leader.
"Xiaolin is right. I think we should save these medicines for when they are absolutely necessary."
Mr. Bai is our company's boss. If he hadn't insisted on organizing this team building trip and found such a dilapidated boat, we wouldn't have ended up stranded on a deserted island.
Before he spoke, I hadn't turned my anger on him, thinking that even if he was inhuman, he wouldn't just stand by and watch his colleague die.
But seeing him like this, she couldn't suppress her anger.
"What does Mr. Bai mean by that?"
I asked the question knowing the answer already, staring intently at his expression.
Mr. Bai shifted his body and found a comfortable position to lean against the base of the tree wall.
Lin Xubo sidled up to him like a lackey and even grabbed another piece of wild boar meat for Boss Bai.
"Can't you understand what President Bai means? How exactly did you get into the company through connections? You can't even understand human language?"
"Manager Lin, please don't say that. Brother Zhao is just worried about Sister Xiaoxiao. She has a high fever and is unconscious. If we don't give her some medicine, she might die."
Xu Wei's face was pale. She hugged the medicine box tightly and hid behind me, whispering her defense of me.
"What right do you have to speak at a time like this, Xiao Xu?"
President Bai glared fiercely at Xu Wei, instantly extinguishing any courage Xu Wei had mustered.
"This first-aid kit was originally brought by Wang Xiaoxiao, and I pulled it up from the sea. It's perfectly reasonable for her to use her things. What's wrong with that?"
I gritted my teeth and looked at the two treacherous people, uttering each word clearly.
Lin Xubo glared at me fiercely, but his face was full of resentment.
This bastard has been acting like a coward under my command these past few days, but now that he's seen the boss, he's got all the confidence he needs and is going all out to flatter him.
"So what if it's her stuff? Who among these people is more valuable than President Bai? Don't forget that President Bai is your bread and butter. If he didn't pay you, you'd be scavenging mineral water bottles to fill your stomach somewhere."
If we were at the company right now, and Lin Xubo said a few unpleasant things, I would just ignore it and treat it as him talking nonsense.
But now, with the future uncertain on this island and Wang Xiaoxiao's life at stake, I simply can't bear it any longer.
“Yesterday I saw a box of cephalosporins in here. Go get one and try to get it into her mouth.”
After hearing what I said, Xu Wei glanced at President Bai and Lin Xubo, gritted her teeth, turned around, and quickly ran into the treehouse.
Lin Xubo's expression changed immediately when he saw Xu Wei run away.
Teng stood up and started cursing, baring his teeth like a loyal dog.
"How dare you be so shameless? Right now, President Bai is our boss. Can't you even tell what's more important? If anything happens to President Bai, can you, you piece of trash, take responsibility?"
Before he could finish spewing that filth, I raised my hand and slapped Lin Xubo across the face.
"Pah, what kind of dog are you? You think you have the right to speak here?"
Lin Xubo had just been kicked by me, and now I slapped him, surrounded by his former colleagues from the company. Feeling humiliated, his face turned a deep purplish-red, and he turned around to pull a half-burnt stick from the campfire and swung it at me.
I've been in the military for so many years, and if I can't handle this kind of bastard, it would be a disgrace to the army.
Seeing that he had already walked up to me, I bent down to dodge the fire stick he was throwing, and kicked Lin Xubo to the ground.
Before Lin Xubo could even let out a howl, I blocked it with a punch.
I was so angry that I punched Lin Xubo so hard that his eyes rolled back in his head.
Standing to the side, President Bai frowned deeply, put his hands on his hips, and shouted, "Zhao Sihai, who gave you the right to hit someone?"
This CEO Bai usually acts arrogantly in the company, and he tries to take advantage of any pretty girl. He's lecherous and stingy.
If I hadn't just come out of the army and couldn't find a suitable job, I would never have settled for him.
After the incident of stealing the medicine box, I felt even more strongly that this Boss Bai was no good.
Seeing his colleagues on the verge of death, he still wants to leave himself a way out? How shameless!
"President Bai has always been wholeheartedly devoted to us all. Wang Xiaoxiao has worked tirelessly for the company. Now that President Bai has saved Wang Xiaoxiao, she will only feel grateful to you when she wakes up. So even if this medicine is used on Wang Xiaoxiao, I'm sure President Bai won't have any objections, right?"
My words made President Bai's face turn even uglier, and he stepped forward as if he wanted to say something more.
Xiao Qiang, who had been silent all along, suddenly grabbed President Bai.
"You don't know how stubborn Zhao Si is at the company. Just ignore him. Besides, it would be really bad luck if Wang Xiaoxiao really died. Giving her one or two pills won't do any harm."
Xiao Qiang was giving President Bai a way out. He's a seasoned veteran in the underworld; how could he not know that?
Although he still had a few loyal dogs with him, they were either injured or crippled at the moment. If a conflict were to break out between us, those few dogs wouldn't be enough to take down.
Mr. Bai gritted his teeth as he looked at me, but still followed Xiao Qiang's words and sat down again by the tree.
He then directed the two lackeys who usually followed him to pull Lin Xubo to his side.
I couldn't be bothered with them, so I turned around and went back into the treehouse.
Xu Wei had already dissolved the pills using the lid of the thermos.
However, Wang Xiaoxiao kept her mouth tightly clenched and couldn't eat anything.
Xu Wei was pacing anxiously. When she saw me go in, her eyes reddened: "It's no use, I can't get him to eat."
I glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao, and then I forgot all about the proper etiquette between men and women.
He took the thermos lid and poured the contents directly into his mouth. He then helped Wang Xiaoxiao up and fed her the medicine mouth-to-mouth.
Wang Xiaoxiao then drank the half-capful of medicine, coughing twice as she choked, but her eyes remained closed and the high temperature around her body did not dissipate.
I took out two more cephalosporin tablets from the medicine box and solemnly instructed Xu Wei, "I'll go get some water. You stay here and watch the medicine box. If anyone tries to take it, shout!"
Xu Wei nodded quickly upon hearing this, clutching the medicine box to her chest as if it were her life.
I turned around and got some fresh water, and casually gave the cephalosporin I took out to the brother whose leg was already cut.
His surname is Chen, and his given name is Chen Jian. He is the company's cashier and is usually very amiable. I really couldn't bear to see him suffer such a serious injury.
After receiving the medicine, Chen Jian looked at me gratefully and nodded before swallowing it whole.
The people next to the treehouse kept their eyes down and remained silent.
I didn't dare to sleep all night, fearing that Lin Xubo, that bastard, would do something drastic behind my back.
Xu Wei leaned against the treehouse and closed her eyes for a nap. Wang Xiaoxiao's condition did not improve at all, and she became even more distressed and kept talking nonsense in the middle of the night.
Looking at the flickering campfire, my heart clenched with anxiety. If Wang Xiaoxiao still couldn't wake up by tomorrow morning, things would become even more complicated.
Outside, there are bastards like Bai Zong and Lin Xubo eyeing us covetously, and inside, we're plagued by wounded and sick soldiers, barely getting enough to eat. It's a real headache!
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