Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 21: Encounter, Reunion (20)

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Encounter, Reunion (20)

After days of heavy rain, the skies finally cleared, injecting joy and vitality into this small town. The long-missed sunshine invigorated everyone, and early in the morning, people were rushing to spread the news, "The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped!"

Yes, the rain had stopped, but Tu Hengsha was also trapped, at least temporarily unable to return home. Over the night, the water level had risen significantly. The streets that were passable yesterday had disappeared today, leaving only rooftops and treetops visible; the entire town was submerged in a vast ocean.

Soldiers who had fought on the levee all night returned in groups—several injured, carried back. The medical team immediately organized treatment, turning the whole school building into a site of orderly chaos.

According to the elderly, epidemics were likely to occur after floods. The medical team was also preventing this, starting from the morning, a group began disinfecting each classroom, corridor, and corner. However, by the afternoon, people still began to fall ill.

Not long after eating biscuits and bread at noon, Xu Gui’s high fever fluctuated again. Tu Hengsha gave him some medicine, but as soon as he swallowed it, he vomited everything out, including what he had eaten at noon.

Seeing that it was not working, Tu Hengsha insisted on taking him to see the doctor.

He half-closed his eyes, his face flushed, not really wanting to bother, but she lost her temper in front of him, "Xu! Are you going or not? Who isn’t out there carrying equipment through wind and rain? I’m strong too!"

When he opened his eyes, he saw her puffed-up face and her big glaring eyes.

Ultimately, she dragged him away...

In the cramped makeshift clinic, injured soldiers filled the room, some treated, some with arms and legs wrapped in gauze, some with bandaged heads, and others, like Liu Dawei, still being attended to. Tu Hengsha watched as alcohol was poured onto Liu Dawei’s mangled, muddy leg, her stomach churning at the sight.

"All the glass shards must be picked out, you come," instructed the doctor to his assistant, then noticing Tu Hengsha and the other, "What’s wrong with you two?"

Tu Hengsha explained the situation, and the doctor gave her some medicine, "Even if he can’t eat, he must take it. If necessary, use physical cooling. I don’t have any space here; you find a less crowded place to stay, don’t go to crowded areas."

"Thank you," Tu Hengsha quickly accepted the medicine.

They returned to the vehicle, but Xu Gui refused to take the medicine anymore, knowing he would just vomit it.

Seeing this, Tu Hengsha put the medicine down and began to undress him.

"Hey! What are you doing? You’re getting more and more presumptuous!" He grabbed her hand.

She kept a stern face, "Physical cooling! The doctor just told you! You choose, undress for physical cooling or take the medicine!"

"..." He didn’t want to choose either!

She scoffed, "It’s not like you haven’t been undressed before!"

"..." Initiating treatment himself and her handling him were two different things!

A pill was brought to his mouth, and suddenly, the stern person softened, "Take it, you definitely won’t vomit this time!"

Somehow, he opened his mouth, and after finishing all the medicine, she fed him something swiftly, too fast for him to refuse, spreading a candy taste in his mouth...

He wasn’t a person who ate candy!

Instinctively, he wanted to spit it out, but she quickly covered his mouth, "This is what you taught me, what your grandma said, when you’re sad, your heart feels sour, but eating candy can make it sweet. By the way, how is your grandma doing?"

His tightly pressed lips gradually softened, and finally, the candy slowly dissolved in his mouth.

He fell asleep, this time very quietly. He slept soundly through the afternoon. Tu Hengsha busied herself changing his wet towels, wiping his exposed skin with alcohol, staying by his side without moving. By dusk, his breathing slowly stabilized, and when she touched his forehead, it was sweaty; the fever had gone down.

She breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat, and went to check on Liu Dawei’s injuries.