Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Heats up

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"family?"

Before Gu Mengran, who was in charge of foreign affairs, could speak, the old man could not help but interrupt: "Why don't your family members come out and let a little girl like you stay up all night——"

Before Meng Gaoyang could finish speaking, Gu Mengran covered his mouth.

This statement seems somewhat ignorant of the sufferings of the world!

It was a major earthquake. If someone in someone's home was seriously injured or died, saying this would be like rubbing salt into someone's wounds! It's so offensive.

Gu Mengran glanced at his grandfather and smiled at Wei Qianlan a little embarrassedly, "Sorry, my grandfather just said it casually, it may be offensive, please don't mind it."

"It's not what you think." Wei Qianlan waved her hands and chuckled, "Luckily, we are all fine, but our situation is rather special, and we really don't have the ability to leave at the moment."

"Would you mind telling me more about it?" Gu Mengran asked.

Wei Qianlan was silent for a moment, the smile in her eyes gradually faded, and then she changed the subject very stiffly: "I just heard you say that you are looking for a place to rest? Our place can barely accommodate people, do you want to stay there for a night?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Mengran became the silent person.

Who would dare to go to a place where you are not familiar with, a stranger’s territory?

Girls are warm-hearted and defensive, and they don't look like people with ulterior motives. However, one can never know a person's true heart by just looking at his/her appearance. It is too risky to step into someone's territory right after just meeting them. After all, no one knows whether a group of burly men will jump out of her "home".

In just a few seconds, Gu Mengran thought a lot. Having supplies stolen was a small matter, but what if he got hit in the kidney... No, no, he couldn't go there.

Gu Mengran was struggling with how to refuse. Liang Zhao seemed to have guessed what he was thinking. He patted his shoulder and spoke first: "I appreciate your kindness. We have a place to stay."

Smart people talk to the point. Wei Qianlan nodded thoughtfully, holding the food and paint bucket sent by Gu Mengran and waved to them, "It's getting late, so I'll leave first. Be safe and see you again if we're lucky."

"Okay bye, you should be careful too."

"Slow down girl!"

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Generally speaking, meeting again by fate means never seeing each other again, but Gu Mengran never thought that they really had "fate" and that "fate" came so quickly.

After separating from Wei Qianlan, the three of them found an open space at a fork in the road not far away and set up their tent.

After a day of traveling, we were so exhausted that we didn't have the energy to cook. We simply ate some fast food, took a shower in the cabin, and fed the dog. Then the three of us lay down on the inflatable mattress and fell asleep early with the electric fan connected to the outdoor power supply.

Due to excessive physical exertion, Gu Mengran almost fell asleep on the pillow.

He thought he could sleep until he woke up naturally, but unexpectedly, just as he was drowsy and had just made contact with Zhou Gong, an arm quietly reached out from his side, grabbed his shoulder and pulled him hard.

When his chin hit the strong chest, Gu Mengran suddenly woke up. He opened his eyes with great difficulty, and under the dim light, the sweat-soaked neck of the man beside him appeared before his eyes without any cover.

The sexy Adam's apple was particularly dazzling. Gu Mengran was slightly stunned and forgot to ask Liang Zhao why he woke him up.

It seemed that there was no need to ask. Liang Zhao pinched his shoulder and said "huh" softly. The next moment, there was a rustling sound of footsteps suddenly coming from the door of the tent.

Shit, is there really someone coming to lift the curtain in the middle of the night?

Gu Mengran was startled, holding his breath and pulling out a portable oil saw from the space. But before he could take the next step, the door curtain swayed slightly, and a panicked but familiar female voice came through the door curtain: "Gu Mengran, is this you? Can you help me? Please!"

"Wei Qianlan?"

“Yes, it’s me!”

Two minutes later, the lights in the open space shrouded in black mist came on again. The three people who were supposed to rest in the tent sat around the table. There was an empty stool next to them. Wei Qianlan stood aside with a panicked and uneasy look on her face.

It was already late at night, and fatigue was like a lingering black fog, equally hanging over everyone's head.

The atmosphere was too subtle. Meng Gaoyang yawned and smiled at Wei Qianlan in a friendly manner, "Nice to meet again. It's really a fate, girl."

"This isn't fate, is it? Are you following us?"

No longer as friendly and easy-going as when they first met, Gu Mengran stared at Wei Qianlan closely, with undisguised vigilance and caution in his eyes.

Liang Zhao seemed nonchalant, but his right hand, hanging under the table, was tightly holding an oil saw.

The 180-degree turn in attitude makes it difficult for people to adapt to it for a while.

The situation was urgent, and Wei Qianlan had no time to care. She hurriedly explained to the three people: "No, I really didn't follow you. I just live nearby and wanted to try my luck. I didn't expect to find your tent."

Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, and considering her kind reminder, Gu Mengran raised his hand to rub his swollen temples, temporarily putting aside his dissatisfaction and asking, "Okay, then what do you want to talk to us about?"

"Help me find some medicine!" Wei Qianlan said bluntly, "We have a child who has suffered from heat stroke. The situation is very bad. We don't have any medicine, and we don't have enough manpower. If we delay any further, I'm afraid... I'm afraid he won't make it."

"How old is the child?" Meng Gaoyang straightened his back and asked hurriedly.

"Five or six."

Liang Zhao was puzzled and asked, "Five or six years old? Don't you know the exact age of your child?"

"It's not mine, it's, it's..." Wei Qianlan said as she buried her head in her jeans pocket and searched. Soon, she took out a red book from her pocket and handed it to Gu Mengran.

Gu Mengran didn't answer. He glanced at it casually in the dim light, his face suddenly changed, and he stood up, "We have medicine. Let's go, we'll go with you."

Passing through the ruins of broken bricks and tiles, the three people, led by Wei Qianlan, came to a yard surrounded by low buildings.

Houses collapsed in the strong earthquake and building debris was scattered everywhere. Only after "climbing over mountains and ridges" could we see clearly that there was still a two-story building standing among the rubble.

Gu Mengran thought someone lived in the building and was thinking about whether he should remind them, but Wei Qianlan took them around the small building and finally stopped in front of a bungalow that had collapsed for the most part and blended perfectly into the ruins.

"That's it, wait a moment."

The brown-red security door was locked and the wall was covered with cracks. Wei Qianlan raised her hand and knocked on the door, pausing three times as if for a secret signal before starting to knock normally.

About two minutes later, there was a crisp "click" sound, and the security door opened a crack, and a young girl about the same age as Wei Qianlan appeared behind the door.

Seeing the people outside the door, the girl was stunned at first, and then she instinctively closed the door.

"Hey Zhou Qin, it's me!" Wei Qianlan shouted.

As soon as Wei Qianlan spoke, the half-closed door stopped moving, and then slowly opened a half-meter-wide gap. The girl leaned half of her body out and looked at Gu Mengran and others vigilantly.

After a quick look, Zhou Qin turned her gaze to Wei Qianlan, holding the security door nervously with both hands, and asked timidly: "Who are they? Where is the medicine? Have you found it?"

Wei Qianlan ran back and forth in the high temperature, sweating profusely, panting and saying, "I told you at that time that the people who sent us milk and bread were not bad people. We found the medicine, they, they have it with them."

"Really? Do you have any medicine to relieve summer heat?" Zhou Qin's eyes lit up instantly, and she looked eagerly at Gu Mengran who was standing next to Wei Qianlan.

Gu Mengran hummed, then put his backpack on his back, unzipped it and looked for the items. "Liuyi powder, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, and summer heat and cold granules. I have all of these. I'll go first..."

"Come in first." Zhou Qin did not hesitate any longer, and opened the door carefully. She lowered her voice and said to the three people, "Come in and rest for a while, but please be gentle."

Gu Mengran understood what he meant, turned around, waved to his grandfather and Liang Zhao, and walked into the house lightly.

Although he was mentally prepared, the moment he actually walked into the house, Gu Mengran was still really shocked.

The room was large, like a classroom, with colorful children's decorative paintings and alphabets on the walls, and odd-shaped building blocks and toys placed in the corners.

A vibrant and colorful room.

The floor on the door side was covered with a thick patchwork mat, on which cute plush toys were scattered. In the darkness, there were small bulges rising and falling like hills. A group of children were lying in a row on the mat, sleeping obediently.

Yes, that’s right, not just one or two, but a group. Gu Mengran roughly counted and found that there were at least seven or eight children lying on the mat.

Even though he had seen Wei Qianlan's teaching certificate, Gu Mengran was still shocked. Liang Zhao, who was following behind him, had a flat reaction, just a glance, and his expression did not change.

The old man who came in last saw this scene and was petrified on the spot.

After a few seconds, he looked horrified as if he had seen a ghost. He pointed at the children and said "here" in disbelief for a long time, then asked with difficulty: "Why are there so many children? Did you two girls rescue them?"

Although he was extremely shocked, the old man still lowered his voice.

Wei Qianlan smiled at him gratefully and explained softly, "Grandpa, this is a kindergarten, Sunshine Kindergarten. Zhou Qin and I are teachers here, and they are all students in our class."

"Kindergarten... No wonder! Meng Ran, quickly give the medicine to the two teachers."

"Oh, okay."

The child who suffered from heatstroke was a fat boy who was sleeping by the window. He was sweating profusely, his face was flushed, and he had a high fever. His condition was very bad.

Gu Mengran and his friends had no experience in taking care of children. They were worried that too many people would bring the heat over, so they didn't dare to go forward and cause trouble. They sat aside and watched from a distance, delivering whatever the child needed.

The two teachers were experienced. Wei Qianlan squatted beside him to wipe the sweat off Xiaopang and fan him to cool him down. Zhou Qin selected a few medicines from those given by Gu Mengran and fed them to Xiaopang according to the dosage.

After feeding him medicine and water, Zhou Qin helped Xiaopang sit up and wiped his whole body with a wet towel.

After going back and forth for nearly half an hour, the two teachers were sweating profusely, and the dazed and almost unconscious Xiaopang gradually woke up. Although the fever had not subsided yet, he seemed to be less uncomfortable and visibly more energetic.

Gu Mengran frowned as he watched them busying around, feeling very uncomfortable.

Even though Liang Zhao was the only good person he met in his previous life, it is undeniable that in this complicated end times, the brilliance of humanity is still blooming quietly.

The backpack was not taken in vain. Gu Mengran unzipped the backpack again and rummaged through it. After a while, two boxes of cooling patches and ten lightweight and compact neck fans were placed in front of him.

The old man's eyes lit up when he saw the neck fan, and he leaned over to Gu Mengran's ear and complained quietly: "No, why didn't you take out this good thing earlier? Your grandpa almost died of heat today!"

"Now is not the time to use this. Don't worry, there are more." After saying this, Gu Mengran patted his trouser legs and stood up, holding a cooling patch and a neck fan and walked towards the two teachers.

"Why? It's almost 45 degrees Celsius!"

The old man's voice followed him, and Gu Mengran shook his head helplessly.

Why? Of course, 45℃ is not considered hot at all!