Chapter 291 Regaining consciousness
Although the sparrow was large in size, its meat was not enough for 30 people to share.
Jiang Wu had originally brought along 28 students with her, but now that three of them had left, only 25 remained.
Including Wang Fugui, Wang Dalong, Yan Liuyuan, Li Xiaoyu, and Ren Xiaosu, how could the sparrow be enough for all of them? While Xiaoyu cooked the sparrow, she counted their supplies. Then she sighed and said, “I’m afraid that our dried food will only last us another two days.”
Yan Liuyuan pursed his lips. If Ren Xiaosu were conscious right now, would they have to worry about such problems?
At this moment, someone whispered, “I saw them...”
That person who spoke was a student. Yan Liuyuan froze for a moment before asking, “Who did you see?”
“Our classmates.” Wang Yuchi said gloomily, “They must have seen us too, but they’re probably too scared to come over.”
Yan Liuyuan finally realized they were talking about the three female students who had left them behind.
Yan Liuyuan turned around and looked at Jiang Wu. However, he found her sitting in a daze next to Ren Xiaosu and not saying anything.
“Ms. Jiang?” Yan Liuyuan called out.
Jiang Wu smiled bitterly and said, “I don’t blame them, let them be.”
It seemed like Jiang Wu never thought about getting those three female students to come back either. Yan Liuyuan saw Jiang Wu clenching her fists so tightly that her fingernails dug into her palms until she was nearly bleeding. Suddenly, Jiang Wu said, “Can I give them my share of the dried food? I don’t mind going hungry instead.”
Yan Liuyuan had a realization at this moment. Even though he was reluctant, this was probably the reason why his brother was willing to save Jiang Wu, wasn’t it? If Ren Xiaosu were awake, what would he do?
“Alright then.” Yan Liuyuan said with a sigh, “But, Ms. Jiang, you don’t have to go hungry. Since you’ve made the decision, everyone in the group will bear this together.”
With that, Yan Liuyuan had a male student take a small bag of dried food over to their female classmates. The male student stuffed the bag into a female classmate’s hands and walked off without saying a word to them.
The three girls sat on the ground-hugging their knees and wailed. Yan Liuyuan turned his head back and didn’t look at them anymore.
Right now, no one blamed them for what they did. When facing the threat of the Experimentals in these wastelands, and with Ren Xiaosu unconscious, it was only natural for them to make that decision at that time.
Although everyone was very upset, those female students did not exactly do any wrong. What was more important in this world than their own lives?
But even though they understood why they did that, it was impossible to accept them back into the group.
“Just leave them be,” Yan Liuyuan said calmly.
Those female students had made their choice, and there was nothing that they could do about it. Furthermore, the group was in a rather bad state themselves and could face the Li Consortium’s threat again at any moment. So it was better for the two groups to go their separate ways.
At this moment, Xiaoyu reminded, “Since there are so many escapees here, could there be a doctor among them? If there is one, we could get them to check on Xiaosu and see how his condition is.”
Yan Liuyuan jolted upright. “That’s right!”
Then Yan Liuyuan walked into the group of escapees with a dagger and shouted, “Is anyone here a doctor? Step forward now! You’ll be given a bun to eat after treating my brother!”
Immediately, several people in the group of escapees raised their hands. That was mainly because it was too tempting when they heard they would be given a bun to eat!
Having food in the wilderness was as precious as having gold. As this was just the beginning of their escape, it could even be possible to use a bun in exchange for a beautiful woman in two more days.
Yan Liuyuan swept his gaze over them and said in a cold voice, “Don’t claim to be one if you’re not. If I find out that someone is impersonating a doctor and causes a delay in the treatment of my brother’s injury, don’t blame me for hurting you.”
Several people immediately put down their hands. After all, they could still remember how Yan Liuyuan had just killed a person. Who would dare to go against him after the director of the Logistics Division had died by his hands a short while ago?
Yan Liuyuan asked, “What kind of medicine do you practice?”
A middle-aged man with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses walked forward and said, “I’m from the stronghold’s orthopedic hospital. I’ve noticed your brother’s condition earlier. He should have fractures.”
Yan Liuyuan was stunned. “Quickly come and attend to my brother then.”
Yan Liuyuan was amused when the middle-aged man remained standing there. Only when he stuffed a wrinkled bun into the doctor’s hands did the doctor start moving again.
The doctor went to Ren Xiaosu and squatted next to him. Yan Liuyuan asked, “If it’s just fractured, why is my brother still unconscious?”
The doctor briefly checked Ren Xiaosu with his fingers. Then he said, “He has too many fractures. Did he receive a strong impact to his body?”
“Take a look at the wounds first,” Yan Liuyuan said.
After a while, the doctor said, “I can estimate more than ten areas where he has fractures, and some of them are even comminuted fractures. Having received such a huge impact, it must have affected his brain as well. Therefore, he won’t be coming around anytime soon.”
“Then can you set his bones first?” Yan Liuyuan said.
The doctor shook his head. “I can only correct the fracture-dislocation at the joints of the limbs. As for the other affected parts, I need professional auxiliary equipment to deal with it and might even have to drive steel nails into the bones to ensure that he recovers. But even so, he definitely won’t be able to recover fully. I’m afraid that his quality of life will be compromised compared to other people.”
The doctor was trying to be as euphemistic as he could. To put it bluntly, he was not confident of perfectly fixing Ren Xiaosu’s condition. Moreover, how was he supposed to set his bones when he was showing signs of comminuted fractures? He did not even have access to any X-rays right now, but even if he did, he still wouldn’t be able to fix Ren Xiaosu.
Yan Liuyuan’s expression turned dark. Was Ren Xiaosu going to end up disabled? He refused to believe it! He wasn’t going to accept that!
At this moment, Xiaoyu asked with a frown, “Is his brain going to be OK? Will he suffer from amnesia?”
The doctor explained, “Although I’m not a neurologist, I’ve not come across too many cases of amnesia in such situations. So we don’t have to consider the possibility of that for the time being. But if his broken bones do not get set soon, it will likely lead to necrosis. When that happens, it will be impossible to save him. Or at least, it will be impossible here in this wilderness.”
Yan Liuyuan stayed silent. To be honest, he would rather that Ren Xiaosu forget about some people and some events.
He knew that Ren Xiaosu placed a lot of importance on friendship. Otherwise, he would not have accepted Chen Wudi into the group or gone to save Li Qingzheng. As such, Yan Liuyuan wondered how sad Ren Xiaosu would be when he woke up.
If Ren Xiaosu came around and realized that Chen Wudi was no longer around, what would be his reaction? In that case, Yan Liuyuan would rather Ren Xiaosu suffer from amnesia.
Suddenly, a weak voice spoke up. “Have him leave. I don’t need anyone to treat my injuries.”
Yan Liuyuan turned around in surprise and found that Ren Xiaosu had opened his eyes. However, there was a deep fatigue in his eyes.
“Bro, why don’t you let the doctor set your bones?” Yan Liuyuan whispered.
“No, I can do it myself.” Ren Xiaosu forced a smile with some difficulty. He tried to look around and realized that even moving his neck was difficult. But then he froze. “Where’s Wudi? Have y’all seen Wudi?”