NABC Chapter 25 Rescue Methods
Chapter 25 Rescue Methods
By evening, Qin Chuan took out the remaining seafood to prepare. The wild boar meat was all gone; seafood would be their main dish for the day.
Without Yang Mimi to cook, Qin Chuan had to do it himself. He skewered the fish on wooden sticks and grilled them over the fire, while throwing the crabs directly into the flames.
The grilled food was indeed far inferior. The fish was dry and charred on the outside but raw on the inside, and the crab was overcooked, with its shell charred black.
Fan Yubing took a bite of the grilled fish, frowned, and swallowed it: "I miss Yang Mimi's stone-grilled fish so much right now."
Lin Shishi whispered in agreement, "Me too."
After we finished eating, it got dark.
As the sun set, the small sun transformed into a blue moon. A blue glow enveloped the entire island, and the distant sea shimmered like a layer of shattered blue silver.
Time passed little by little, and the blue moon moved from the east to overhead, then slowly shifted westward from overhead.
Soon, it got completely dark, and the stars shone brightly.
There wasn't much to do in the evening, and everyone was busy during the day, so they all went back to their rooms to rest.
Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from inside the wooden house.
The banana leaf curtain was suddenly flung open, revealing Liu Yifei's face in the doorway. Her expression was tense, her lips pressed tightly together, and her eyes filled with obvious panic.
"Brother Chuan, something bad has happened! Yang Mimi's condition has worsened."
Qin Chuan jolted awake, all his drowsiness vanishing.
"What happened?"
"She was burning up, even more so than in the afternoon. And she started talking nonsense, muttering something unintelligible. She was curled up in a ball, trembling all over."
Liu Yifei's voice was trembling. Qin Chuan had never seen her so flustered before.
This woman usually appeared calm and composed, analyzing everything with great clarity and logic. But now, her fingers were trembling as she gripped the curtain.
Qin Chuan stood up and followed Liu Yifei quickly into the wooden house.
As Liu Yifei passed by Lin Shishi's room, she knocked on the door frame.
"Shishi, come out here for a moment."
Lin Shishi rubbed her eyes and crawled out of the room. As soon as she saw Liu Yifei's expression, she immediately woke up.
The three people entered Yang Mimi's room.
Yang Mimi lay on the bed, her body curled up into a ball.
The sports vest was soaked with sweat, as if it had just been pulled out of the water, and clung tightly to the body, making the shape of every rib clearly visible.
Her face was burning red, but her lips were deathly pale. Her mouth was half-open as she spoke in broken, inaudible words.
Lin Shishi walked quickly to the bedside and reached out to touch Yang Mimi's forehead.
He pulled his hand back as soon as he touched it.
"It's over thirty-nine degrees, it might even be forty degrees." Lin Shishi's tone turned serious. "The condition has worsened."
Qin Chuan squatted by the bed, looking at Yang Mimi's appearance, and his heart sank as well.
"Didn't I give you medicine this afternoon? Why are you still running a fever?"
Lin Shishi bit her lip: "The effects of herbs are limited, and I'm not sure if the plant contains enough antipyretic components. If it were a common cold with a fever, it should already be effective. But her temperature is rising instead of falling, which means it might not be a simple cold."
"What is that?"
"I don't know," Lin Shishi said honestly. "In the hospital, in this situation, you would need to do a blood test, a CT scan, and check for the source of infection. Here, I don't have any testing equipment, so I can only rely on my experience to make a judgment, but even experience can be wrong sometimes."
Liu Yifei stood to the side, her two hands clenched tightly together.
"Is there really no other way?"
Qin Chuan was also very worried.
Lin Shishi remained silent for several seconds, then gently shook her head.
"I've done everything I can. There are no antibiotics, no fever reducers, and no IV equipment. Physical cooling and herbal remedies can only treat the surface. If there's a deeper source of infection inside her body, I have no way to treat it."
The room fell silent. Only Yang Mimi's rapid breathing and occasional murmurs could be heard.
Liu Yifei lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly.
Looking at Liu Yifei, Qin Chuan felt more and more that the relationship between her and Yang Mimi was not simple. This anxiety and fear were not something that strangers who had just met would have.
But now is not the time to ask further questions.
"I'll go change the towel and keep the temperature down. You guys go out first." Lin Shishi picked up the towel, soaked it, wrung it out, and gently placed it on Yang Mimi's forehead.
Qin Chuan and Liu Yifei left the room.
Stepping outside the cabin, a cool night breeze blew by. The blue moonlight cast long shadows of the two people.
Liu Yifei leaned against the outer wall of the wooden house, her arms wrapped around herself. The collar of her hoodie was askew, revealing a section of her pale neck, and her Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
She didn't say anything, just stood there, staring at her own shadow on the ground.
Qin Chuan stood beside her for a while before asking, "Liu Yifei, did you and Yang Mimi know each other before?"
Liu Yifei paused for a moment.
After several seconds, she nodded slightly.
"We met on a cruise ship. When she came to do a food live-streaming program, she needed some professional knowledge about ingredients, so the production team asked me to help as a consultant. We got to know each other after a while."
Liu Yifei's voice was very low, as if she were talking to herself.
"She seems carefree and doesn't care about anything. But actually, she's very vulnerable. She's been struggling in a big city for five or six years, doesn't have many friends, and her family isn't around. After we met, she always talked to me and told me everything."
Liu Yifei paused for a moment and pursed her lips.
"She was my only friend on that ship. If she dies..."
She didn't say the rest.
Qin Chuan looked at her, feeling a lump in his throat, but there was nothing he could do.
If it were physical labor or fighting wild animals, I might be able to help, but when it comes to medical matters, there's really nothing I can do.
Just then, Liu Yifei asked, "Brother Chuan."
"Um?"
"They said you've received the 'many children, many blessings' system, is that true?"
Qin Chuan did not answer immediately upon hearing this.
He looked into Liu Yifei's eyes. The blue moonlight shone on her face, and her eyes were as clear as two pools of water, reflecting the blue moon.
"It's true."
At a point like this, how can you still deny it?
Liu Yifei nodded, as if confirming something.
"A kiss makes you stronger, a hug makes you even stronger, and having a baby makes you take off?"
Qin Chuan nodded again, worried that Liu Yifei might cause trouble, and quickly added, "That's roughly the idea, but the reward is random, not something I can control."
"Random?" Liu Yifei repeated the word, then lowered her head and thought for a while.
Then she suddenly looked up, and her eyes changed.
"So, Yang Mimi still has a sliver of hope."
"Well, how should I put it? Yang Mimi is a nice girl, and she's cheerful. I hope she gets better soon."
"Okay, come with me." Liu Yifei didn't explain further, turned around and walked back into the wooden house, entering Yang Mimi's room.
Qin Chuan followed him inside.
At this time, Liu Shishi was still busy inside.
"Shishi, go back to your room and go to sleep. Brother Chuan said he has a way to cure it," Liu Yifei suddenly said.
Lin Shishi knew Qin Chuan was no ordinary person, so she stood up and nodded, "Okay, sure."
After Lin Shishi left, Liu Yifei stood by Yang Mimi's bedside, watching her face flushed red and her body trembling with fever, and remained silent for about ten seconds.
Then she turned around and faced Qin Chuan.
Moonlight streamed through the cracks in the wooden walls, casting beams of light on her. Liu Yifei reached under her hoodie and began to pull it up.
Qin Chuan's breath hitched: "Yifei, what's wrong?"