Chapter 742 - Thrown into the Sea (1/2)

Just that, when he turned around and bit his sleeve, at that moment; there were regrets and weaknesses in his eyes… but more so of hatred… a lot of hatred that would not go away.

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Life on sea was still timeless as they were just floating on a vast body of water with many of the crew not seeing land in a long time, let alone the women inside the cabin--who had never even seen the ocean and had to endure the endless darkness.

Xia Ruoxin woke up in a daze and heard people talking by her ear.

It was the crew that worked here. She was alerted and tried to hide her existence.

“This one has a fever?” A crew lowered his voice and said.

“Yes, it’s a fever.” The other one came over, and the two of them started discussing the issue.

“What should we do? It’s easily infectious, and we don’t even have doctors on the ship.”

After half a day, one said heartlessly. “Throw her into the sea.

“Throw it… can she be sold for money?

“What if she infects the other people?” After he finished his sentence, the crew directly carried the woman with fever out; and not long later, there was a sound of something heavy being thrown into the sea.

This sound made Xia Ruoxin’s heart drop and break into cold sweat.

“Shen Wei!

“Shen Wei…”

Xia Ruoxin called Shen Wei’s name softly before gently prodding her. After quite some time, Shen Wei still did not respond.

“Shen Wei?” She knitted her brows together. Why would she not wake up? Was she sick?

She placed her hand on Shen Wei’s forehead and realized it was very hot, burning even.

She’s having a fever.

Xia Ruoxin moved her hand away. At this time, her heart was beating unusually fast; and even her body started trembling. This was not coldness; it was fear.

She heard everything the two boatmen said just now. What should she do? If they found out that Shen Wei was sick, they would throw her into the sea. They were completely inhumane. They could even do things like human trafficking; what else could they not do?

If they could throw one, then the second and the third one to them would merely be cargo that had gone wrong. She touched her pocket, and using the dim light, she took out some medicine from her pocket.

There were anti-inflammatory ones, ones that could aid recovery, and fever medicine.

Fever medicine. Xia Ruoxin hurriedly took out two pills of fever and anti-inflammatory medicine. Then, she helped Shen Wei up and patted her back from time to time.

“Shen Wei, it’s time to take your medicine. Take it now.”

Shen Wei opened her mouth, and her lips were so dry until they were bleeding. Actually, Xia Ruoxin knew that she would be at that stage soon. Even the crew were running out of fresh water to drink; how would they still take care of these cargoes?