"Yes, is he coming back to our building?" Xiao Lingfeng confirmed that the person swimming in the water was clearly targeting their building.
"Let's wait a bit before leaving. Let's see what he's up to." Jian Ning placed the inflatable boat in the stairwell and peered out the window.
His splashing around in the already murky water startled swarms of flies, and he even pushed aside the rotting corpses blocking his way. He swam to the building entrance in no time.
He climbed over the second-floor window. He probably saw Jian Ning and the other person standing on the third floor as well. He didn't linger on the second floor at all, but walked all the way up.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, is that you?"
Jian Ning recognized the man in the stairwell who was only wearing shorts and a yellow vest stained by water. Although he was now so thin that he looked unrecognizable.
"Jian Ning, it's so good to have found you." Ignoring the dirt all over his body, Zhang Xiaoqiang's face was full of joy.
"You need something from me? Where's Cao Xue?" Jian Ning could tell at a glance that he needed to talk to her, otherwise he wouldn't have used that tone.
"Cao Xue was bitten by something, and now her leg is so swollen that she can't move it due to the infection."
There's practically no medicine at the rescue center. I can't get a boat either, so I'll have to grit my teeth and swim back to beg you.
Jian Ning, do you have any anti-inflammatory medicine? Please help her.
I know this request is unreasonable. But I really have no other choice. She's had a persistent fever since yesterday. I'm afraid that if she doesn't take medicine soon...
She couldn't hold on any longer. That's why I risked my life to swim back to find you. "Zhang Xiaoqiang said, almost crying. He nearly knelt down and begged her.
"I have the medicine, I'll go with you to take a look. But you're really too dirty."
"Xiao Lingfeng, please wash him with some disinfectant. He's swum such a long way; he must have a lot of bacteria. Check him carefully for any wounds. I'll go upstairs and wait."
"Okay, I'll call you when it's ready." After saying that, Xiao Lingfeng turned to Zhang Xiaoqiang and said, "Take off all your clothes, take a shower, and check if you're injured."
"Brother, where's the water? How am I supposed to wash?" Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at him with a completely bewildered expression.
"Stop talking nonsense and take off your clothes."
As Xiao Lingfeng spoke, he flicked his wrist, sending a fist-sized water ball flying at Zhang Xiaoqiang. He didn't use much force, but the water invigorated Zhang Xiaoqiang, who looked at him with envy.
"Brother, is this a superpower? I've heard that a small number of people in the military were injected with gene serum and gained various superpowers."
"Wow, that's amazing. If I had your skills, I wouldn't be afraid of anything." As he said this, he didn't slow down his clothes at all, and in no time he had stripped himself naked.
Xiao Lingfeng then threw several water balls at him. Although bathing with this method wasn't very satisfying, it was still enough to get him clean.
To make sure he was clean, Xiao Lingfeng even brought out shower gel, shampoo, and disinfectant.
At least I diluted it and sprayed it. I also washed the clothes on the floor with disinfectant.
After checking himself and finding no external injuries, he wrung out his clothes until they were half-dry and put them back on.
More than twenty minutes later, they were finally ready. Xiao Lingfeng called Jian Ning to come down, and the three of them drove the inflatable boat to the rescue point.
There is still no electricity here, and people look pale and thin. It seems that they have had a very hard winter.
While on the speedboat, the three of them had already discussed it. Xiao Lingfeng would stay below and watch over Cao Xue, while Jian Ning and Zhang Xiaoqiang would go up to check on her. If it wasn't serious and she could be treated with medicine, then they wouldn't bother going back.
If that doesn't work, it would be best to go back to the fifteenth floor so that we can help her get treatment nearby.
With the sudden arrival of a newcomer, everyone at the aid station had their eyes on Jian Ning. It might be alright here in winter, with a heated kang (traditional heated bed), but in hot weather, it felt like a refugee camp.
Men with bare chests, revealing chests as thin as ribs, and middle-aged women wearing tank tops, completely unconcerned about their appearance.
People were everywhere, on the kang (heated brick bed) and on the floor, along with swarms of flies and mosquitoes. It would be strange if people didn't get sick in such an environment.
Cao Xue lay on a tattered straw mat on the ground, emaciated and looking as if she had aged ten years in an instant. Her hair was dry and brittle, tied in a messy ponytail. Her face was sallow.
Upon seeing Jian Ning, tears welled up in her eyes. She moved her lips a few times, but no sound came out.
"Cao Xue, let me see your legs. Can you sit up?" Jian Ning could see the complex emotions in her heart. She strode over, squatted down, and asked.
Cao Xue nodded, struggled to sit up, and leaned half of her body against the wall.
"It seems like my left leg was bitten by some kind of fish. It bled a lot and then started to swell up."
It started in my feet, and now it's almost swollen up to my thighs. Jian Ning, I'm so afraid I'll never see you again." Cao Xue finished speaking, covered her face, and began to sob.
"It's okay, don't be afraid. We are medical students ourselves, you just have an infection."
Let's try taking the medicine and see. However, this environment is really not good. How about this, you all come back to Jinmao Mansion with me to stay.
Anyway, it's getting hot, it'll definitely be much more comfortable living over there than here."
Jian Ning is worried that even if there is medicine here, it is not impossible for the disease to relapse in this environment.
"Okay, whatever you say, Xiaoqiang, let's go home."
Cao Xue's eyes lit up instantly. Jian Ning's arrival was like a shot of adrenaline. This time, she really wouldn't die.
When Zhang Xiaoqiang went to find Jian Ning, she was really afraid that something might happen to him on the way, otherwise he would really have no way to survive.
The two had very few things, all packed in one bag. Zhang Xiaoqiang carried Cao Xue on his back, while Jian Ning helped him carry the package. Together they went downstairs and left the rescue center.
They hadn't gone far when a man suddenly blocked their way.
"Wait a minute, do you have a boat that can give me a ride? I want to go home too, and I can pay for the fare."
"Aren't there military personnel here? If you want to go back, can't you borrow a boat from them?" Jian Ning asked, somewhat puzzled.
"The military's boats haven't come yet. We don't have anything that can float on the water. We used to have a kayak, but I don't know what happened to it, it's leaking air."
"Comrade, please have mercy! I have two packs of biscuits here, could you give them to me? It's just the two of us. It's not far."
As the man spoke, he glanced back at the woman beside him, who quickly pulled two bags of biscuits from her pocket and handed them to him.
"Let's go. I'll only take care of getting them on board; I won't worry about anything else." Jian Ning didn't want to waste too much time treating Cao Xue, so she decided to get them on the ship first.
"I know, I know. Once we get to my building, you don't need to worry about anything else." The man's eyes were full of gratitude as he took his wife's hand and quickly followed her out.
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