Rebirth: I Will Win Easily in the Apocalypse

69: Chapter 57: High Fever 69: Chapter 57: High Fever Apart from the two who had perished, the remaining people were successfully taken away by Team 532.

Grandma Gao and Gao Siyang followed Gu Yanzhi back to Building 10, while the other grandparents and little Xiao Bao were first taken to the police station.

After their identities were verified, each was sent home.

Regarding the two people who died on the scene, Chu Guodong only reported that Gu Yanlin was too young.

The sight of the abhorrent act overwhelmed him, and he couldn’t hold back, which is why he drew his gun.

The leaders already abhorred such evil gang forces, and even though they were well aware of their heinous acts, various issues such as lack of evidence and lack of manpower meant they had long been unable to make a move.

Therefore, knowing full well that Chu Guodong’s report was somewhat exaggerated, they nonetheless accepted the reason.

Gu Yanlin was symbolically punished by being grounded at home for a week to reflect, along with a 5,000-word self-critique.

For Gu Yanlin, this could hardly be considered punishment, as his squad had been running around for the past few months, and he hadn’t had a completely restful break in a long time.

When Team 532 heard that the punishment was for Gu Yanlin to reflect at home for a week, they piled on top of him in celebration, stacking five people high and nearly suffocating him under the weight.

In the end, it was only after Gu Yanlin promised to bring some treats for the team when he returned that they finally let him up.

As for the 5,000-word self-critique, that was even less of an issue.

Before the apocalypse, they had downloaded a large amount of material, including templates for self-critiques.

There was no particular reason for doing so – they must have had too much free time on their hands.

Surprisingly, it ended up being useful.

He could just copy out the 5,000 words; after all, the leaders had no way to check online whether he had plagiarized the content.

Speaking of Building 10, Liu Sisi and Gao Zhi, who had almost gone mad searching for their loved ones, were overjoyed when they returned home and saw their unharmed mother and sons.

The family of four embraced tightly.

All three adults had tears of fright on their faces, including Gao Zhi, the family’s pillar, who was no exception.

Only young Gao Siyang, too little to understand what had happened, thinking he had just been out playing, laughed giddily in his parents’ arms.

The three adults were even more grateful to the neighbors of Building 10 who had helped in the search, not to mention the profound thanks they owed to the Gu Family.

Seeing that his old friends and the young child were all safely back, Grandpa Li’s anxious heart finally settled.

The child had gone missing right before his eyes, and he’d been deep in self-blame.

Now that the child was found, Grandpa Li’s guilt eased somewhat.

Having been out looking for them the whole afternoon, everyone was exhausted.

Now that the people were safely back, they each went home to rest.

It was already past 9 p.m., and no one had had dinner yet.

Grandma Lin, living next to the Gao Family, was unable to move about freely.

Concerned for her old friend yet unable to help, she did what she could at home.

She made ginger soup and prepared dinner for everyone, to ensure that no one went without a warm meal after searching for their loved ones.

Now, she was telling everyone to come with their bowls and plates to serve themselves.

There weren’t enough kitchen utensils in her house, so the food, which included rice and dishes, was all kept in a large basin, kept warm over the fire.

Each family took a basin of rice and a bowl of dishes.

With not many vegetables left to eat, Grandma Lin had cooked canned luncheon meat from the government’s recent distribution, combined with the greens Gu Yanzhi had brought over, and the vermicelli she had stored before the apocalypse.

She had just managed to scrape together enough to feed the 18 people of Building 10.

This vegetable might not have counted for much before the apocalypse, and some people might not have even deigned to look at it, but in these times, it could be called a luxurious dish.

Paired with Grandma Lin’s decades of culinary expertise, it was quite memorable.

Each household was also given a large kettle of ginger tea.

Ever since Gu Yanzhi’s ginger cultivation experiment succeeded, a small patch in the 17th-floor planting room had always been reserved for ginger.

With every harvest, a portion was shared with the neighbors, so now everyone in Building 10 generally didn’t lack ginger tea.

This meal was not eaten on the house for everyone knew that Grandma Lin had used up a large amount of her stored food for it, and they wouldn’t let her suffer a loss.

The next day, everyone brought whatever food and vegetables they had at home and went to thank Grandma Lin.

The Gao Family did the same.

When they finally had some free time, they went door-to-door with gifts to thank everyone, taking on the responsibility to replenish what the Lin Family had spent.

Of course, all this happened later.

Returning to the present, everyone took their meals from Grandma Lin’s home and went back to their own homes to eat and rest.

In the middle of the night, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao were sleeping soundly when they were suddenly awakened by urgent knocking at the door.

Song Zhao dressed quickly, opened the door, and before he could clearly see who it was, the visitor anxiously asked,
“Brother Song, Sister Gu, do you have any fever medicine?

Xiao Bao has a fever.”
The visitor was Gao Siyang’s father, Gao Zhi.

The events of the day had also frightened Liu Sisi and Gao Zhi.

The moment their child was out of sight, they became extremely anxious.

They wanted his grandmother to have a good night’s rest, so that evening, it was the two of them who slept with Gao Siyang.

Despite Gao Siyang looking fine when he got home and even laughing foolishly, today’s events had still frightened him.

In the middle of the night, Liu Sisi, half-asleep, vaguely heard the child crying and calling out.

She was startled awake.

Sure enough, she heard the child still continuously shouting for mom, dad, and grandma not to leave.

Liu Sisi turned on the flashlight to see that the child’s face was flushed red, his forehead burning hot, his breathing hurried, and sweat dripping continuously.

His small hands were frantically waving as if searching for something.

Under normal circumstances, a child in this condition should be rushed to the hospital, but the only hospital in City C was very far from their place—a nearly one and a half hours’ walk.

Adults could withstand the journey, but a small child could not.

Zhong Junfeng and Yin Meng from the 15th floor had gone back to the hospital for the night shift after dinner and were not around.

Now with the scarcity of medical supplies and virtually no household reserves of medicine, Gao Zhi could only place his hope on the Gu Family, who were the least lacking in resources in the building and pray that they had fever medicine to save Xiao Bao.

“Wait a moment, I’ll go get it for you.” Hearing Gao Zhi’s anxious voice, Song Zhao hurried to find the family’s medicine box.

He rummaged through it and handed Gao Zhi several types of fever medicine he found.

At this time, a fever in both adults and children was difficult to handle.

With the onset of severe cold, many people had died from pneumonia caused by fevers without access to medication.

Song Zhao went back to his room and mentioned the situation to a drowsy Gu Yanzhi, then went to The Gao Family to see if there was any way he could help.

Fortunately, after taking the medicine, Gao Siyang’s fever quickly subsided, and he stopped talking nonsense.

However, Gao Zhi and Liu Sisi were still not at ease.

They fully equipped themselves and decided to take the child to the hospital for a thorough check-up.

Considering how cold it was outside, Song Zhao went home again, filled two hot water bottles, and placed them inside the layers of the child’s small quilt to keep him warm.