Chapter 761 - When Would be the End? (1/2)

When it was the coldest at night, even the blanket would be frozen. Tens of people huddled on a large mattress; everyone could only give themselves some warmth.

At midnight, it was the coldest. Xia Ruoxin opened her eyes, and in the dim light, it was the first time that she saw Shen Wei’s trembling lips.

“Shen Wei… Shen Wei…”

She raised her hand and gently patted Shen Wei’s face, but she found out that her body temperature was very low.

Her hand was just still. She remembered many people were brought out the same way; their temperature first lowered, then their bodies lost their colors, and—finally—they lost their lives.

She always thought that they would not die and someone would save them, but it turned out to be just their daydream.

It turned out that she was not so lucky, and so was Shen Wei.

They depended on each other for their lives; if something happened to Shen Wei, it would happen to her as well in a few days.

Suddenly, she sat up and placed her blanket on Shen Wei. Then, she kept rubbing Shen Wei’s hands which were both swollen like pig trotters. Her heart sank, and the tears she held back for so long suddenly dropped.

“What to do? What to do?

“Shen Wei, you must hang in there. We said that we must hang in until the end. We have already survived so much. Even if we were to die, we need to die in a bright, sunny place with birds and flowers, right? Even if we die, we must die in our own country and not be a wandering ghost here; we can’t even go home after we die.”

The nerves in her finger were barely there, and she could sort of feel the abnormal temperature from Shen Wei’s body.

She did not have fever medicine or anti-inflammatory drugs anymore. Those medicines had saved her and Shen Wei countless times, and the people here could not possibly give them medicine. To them, rather than spending time to save a person, it would be easier to just directly buy another one. After staying in this place for an extended period, the people here could not be saved just by a mere few tablets.

Xia Ruoxin was wearing thin clothes, and she was frozen until she kept shivering non-stop.

At that time, she called heaven and earth for help; but nobody would respond to her. She could only watch Shen Wei’s life slowly fade away and witness her die in front of her eyes.

Then, she would lose her breathing and her heartbeat; lastly, she would be dragged out to her death.

…

It was very cold that day, and the cold air outside almost froze the wall. Someone came over this morning and said that the river was frozen, and they had to wait until it melted.

Xia Ruoxin blinked her frozen eyelashes.

It was frozen; no wonder it was cold.

It was frozen so she did not need to go out.

“Shen Wei, did you hear that? We don’t have to work today, and we can rest. If the river could be frozen for the next few days, that would be great.” She muttered on her own, but no one replied to her.