Chapter 73: Life And Death
After listening to her brief account, Xu Yin didn’t know whether to say this girl was unlucky or sigh that her luck was too good.
She could precisely run head-on into even a one-in-ten-thousand probability.
Meanwhile, the disappointment rising in her heart gradually turned into despair as time passed.
If they didn’t get rescued soon, Comrade Qu and her husband, along with the girl in front of her whose fortune or misfortune was unknown, would all die from lack of medication treatment.
Xu Yin knew the two outside wouldn’t care about the lives of the three, as long as one of her or her husband was still alive, all the secrets they wanted to know would be there, but…
She, who had only drunk rice soup for several consecutive days and was completely powerless, couldn’t even threaten suicide. Just now, the simple action of lifting her hand to remove cobweb dust from the girl’s wound to stop the bleeding had used up all her strength.
What exactly should she do? How to preserve the lives of the three of them before rescue arrived?
Immersed in her own thoughts, Xu Yin didn’t notice that after the worried girl’s hand covering the back of her head turned to her face, it hadn’t been put down since.
After learning the identities of Xu Yin and her husband and the person lying there, the always clever Su Ning had already pieced together the whole matter, even guessing most of it.
She secretly complained to herself that ever since the drowning incident, she had faintly shown potential to become an accident magnet, but things had come to this, and she still had to work hard to solve the problem.
She believed in the national government, also believed in Police Officer Shu Li and Brother J’s group, but before they arrived here, she still had to try to save herself.
After all, to those two outside, besides the most important Xu Yin couple, her life and Comrade Qu’s didn’t matter, and they wouldn’t hesitate when necessary.
Completely relying on willpower to endure the dizziness, enduring the needle-like pain in her brain, she used spiritual power to smuggling out spring water bit by bit from Peach Blossom Spring Space and fed it into her mouth.
Although she knew directly cupping spring water on the wound at the back of her head would heal it faster and better, Xu Yin already knew her injury; to avoid future trouble, she could only choose the slow method.
Only until the body’s weakness from blood loss completely disappeared, and the familiar tingling came from the wound, did she stop the action and remove her hand from her mouth.
“Girl, how do you feel?”
“Much better, just still a bit dizzy.”
“Looks like the folk remedy passed down by the old man works well.”
Seeing her able to sit steadily for so long, and the wound seeming not to bleed anymore, knowing that the cobweb dust really worked well for stopping bleeding, Xu Yin’s tense heart relaxed a bit.
The girl looked so young; if she were to die right in front of her eyes…
“Girl…”
“Professor Xu, just call me Ning Ning.”
“Okay, Ning Ning, come over and let me take another good look at your wound.”
Slowly coming to sit in front of her, seeing Xu Yin try several times before her limp hand successfully lifted.
Taking advantage of her looking at the wound, Su Ning rummaged from the space for the chocolate and candy bought earlier at the Friendship Store.
Quickly tearing open the packaging box, she moved all the scattered chocolate candies out and into the hidden pocket in her clothes.
The bag on her body was small and could hold limited things.
Besides the money and ration coupons taken away, only a few proofs remained; adding seven or eight chocolates and a small handful of hard candies would fill it, and it wasn’t suitable anyway.
“The blood has coagulated, and the wound is no longer oozing blood…”
“Professor Xu, here.”
Before she finished speaking, a round thing was stuffed into her hand by her. Xu Yin leaned close to smell it; there was a rich sweet fragrance, “How is that possible?”
“I hid it in the hidden pocket of my clothes, didn’t put it in the bag.”
Thinking of how that female agent had directly thrown her in with urgency on her face, seeming busy going to do something, so not searching thoroughly was… normal?
Shaking her head, no matter what, in this situation, having high-sugar things to replenish body energy was a very good thing; as for the rest, was it that important?
Xu Yin softly said thanks, but then prepared to stuff the candy in her hand to her husband who was on the verge of death.
Even though this candy meant increasing hope of survival in the current situation, she didn’t hesitate at all.
“Professor Xu, I have a few more; you eat first. I’ll feed Professor Gu and Comrade Qu.”
“Ning Yatou, thank you. Luckily you…”
Ptooey ptooey ptooey!
This sounded like celebrating falling into a tiger’s den, but the fact was indeed so.
Without these few life-saving candies, Old Gu and Comrade Qu’s conditions would worsen; now supplementing some energy would let them hold on longer, maybe even wait for rescue.
Su Ning didn’t guess what she was thinking, but busied herself in the space using spiritual power to control chocolate soaking in spring water.
Only when she felt it was about right did she move it out, swapping with the candies in her pocket, and directly stuffed into the mouths of the two unconscious people.
To avoid them choking without consciousness, she carefully pinched the already spring water-softened chocolate into fine paste.
Waiting for them to hold it in their mouths generating saliva and slowly swallowing with saliva, Su Ning, who had been watching intently, finally put down her heart.
Before she could say more, the tightly closed door was suddenly forcefully pushed open from outside, making a loud bang.
Tong Tai was nowhere to be seen; the one entering was Hua Qiao with a displeased face and anger in her eyes.
Glancing at the little girl who could still sit up and hadn’t died, she couldn’t help but snort coldly, “Your life is really tough, but… heh~”
“Xu Yin, come with me!”
“Where are you taking me? I said I won’t say anything or choose anything; if something happens to my husband, I won’t live alone…”
“Shut up! Nagging!”
Did she think she was that dead pervert Tong Tai? Did she have the leisure to grind on about choosing which of the couple lives or dies!
A clean hand chop to the back of her neck, Hua Qiao impatiently half-dragged the person up, turning her head to look at the little girl with wide eyes and shock still on her face.
“Let’s see if you can beg the King of Hell to spare your little life this time oh~”
One hand dragging the fainted Xu Yin, the other hand, with her words, reached to her waist.
Bang bang bang~
Heartbeat speeding up rapidly, facing death once again.
Seeing that black gun muzzle, massive adrenaline secretion instead made her even calmer.
Those eyes were steady and eerily serene.
“Pretty bold… what…”
“Pfft~”
In the instant she raised her hand to pull the trigger, Su Ning’s hand hidden behind her suddenly made a throwing motion toward her.
With points of cold light, it flashed by.
Hua Qiao lowered her head to look at the Swiss Army Knife in her chest; as she fell, she was still thinking: she’d searched her whole body thoroughly, where did the knife come from? Could it appear out of thin air?
“Huff… huff huff… huff…”
Just waiting for this one opportunity; she only had this one chance.
Panting heavily and breathing fresh air forcefully, Su Ning trembled slightly from her fingertips to her whole body shaking uncontrollably.
As if all her blood surged to her brain, the instant the knife flew out, her vision went blank; only hearing the heavy thud of the body falling did she suddenly remember to breathe.
Strenuously steadying her trembling body, constantly doing mental preparation, Su Ning arduously closed her eyes and opened them, already regaining composure.
Quickly going forward to check, the knife hit right in the woman’s chest—not the heart but seeming to have injured the lungs; she was gasping with difficulty, a stream of blood surging out from her opening and closing mouth.
Blind cat bumping into a dead mouse; if the knife had been off a bit more, only injuring the arm, the one now fallen and facing death would be herself!
Without hesitation, she gripped the knife handle and forcefully pulled it out, hot blood splattering her face.
Before she could do the next action, the hand holding the knife handle was gripped hard by someone.
“Professor Xu?”
“Ning Ning, you can’t let her dirty your hands; if anyone does it, it should be me…”
“What are you thinking; I just want to bandage her up and tie her up.”
Seeing her nod noncommittally but not loosen her grip at all, Su Ning’s mouth twitched: she really wasn’t thinking of finishing her off.
“It’s me, I want her dead; it’s her who caused my Old Gu to be between life and death…”
Alright, now it seemed even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t clear her.
Helplessly amused, she let go of the knife handle first, “Professor Xu, I’ll simply stop her bleeding and tie her up first; we don’t know what that Tong Tai is doing, we need to hurry!”
“Oh oh, good, good.”
Xu Yin, who usually didn’t dare look much at killing chickens, didn’t know if it was the fierce survival will forcibly clearing her foggy brain or if seeing blood made her dizzy.
Only after her reminder did she react; now wasn’t the time to consider finishing off this woman, but to seize the opportunity to seek rescue!
“Ning Ning, listen to me; Old Gu and Comrade Qu are unconscious, we two can’t drag or move them at all; I haven’t recovered much strength either, afraid we can’t run far.”
“Only you; hurry and escape now. Only if you’re safe and find people do we have hope!”
It was a bit late today too, Emmm, first time getting stuck in this book, recording it, hahahaha~ Thanks for the votes from all the big cuties, and the rewards from Xiaoxiang sisters; since not received through main site, info not timely, sorry for not thanking on the day! Haven’t eaten yet, about to start!
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