"Calm down, Acheng, what's going on?" Seeing Acheng's anxious expression, Old Lin felt a sense of foreboding.

Wang Qiang immediately became anxious; he didn't have Lin Junfu's good temper. He grabbed Acheng's collar and nearly shouted, "Speak! Quickly! What's wrong with Brother Hu?"

Looking at Wang Qiang's eyes that seemed to devour someone, Acheng trembled with fear, and the words that were about to come out became incoherent due to his nervousness: "I, I, Hu..."

"Enough! Qiang!" Tang Xiaoquan's voice was somewhat stern. He grasped Wang Qiang's violently shaking right hand, signaling him to stop, and then he looked at Acheng with a smile, saying, "Don't be nervous, Acheng, what's happened? Is it about Brother Hu, is he..."

"No, no! I meant, Hu, Brother Hu, he..." After holding his breath for a long time, speechless Acheng finally took a deep breath: "He, he woke up!"

"Ah!" Almost everyone let out a long breath, Lin Junfu closed his eyes in relief and looked up at the sky, Wang Qiang turned his anger into smiles and patted Acheng's shoulder, teasingly saying, "Oh my! Acheng, your Brother Qiang has a weak heart, can we speak clearly in one go from now on?"

Everyone exchanged smiles and then walked into the ward together.

Hu Xiaodong was still lying motionless on the table, but his originally closed eyes had already opened into small slits.

Perhaps it was due to seeing familiar faces again, originally peaceful lying Hu Xiaodong suddenly became agitated, and his just stabilized breathing gradually became rapid.

Seeing this situation, Old Lin hurriedly took two or three steps forward, measuring Hu Xiaodong's forehead temperature while softly comforting him, "It's okay, Xiao Hu, it's okay, it's me, Old Lin!"

The clueless Wang Qiang thought the elder brother's condition had relapsed, thus he nervously asked, "How is it, Old Lin? Is Brother Hu still feverish?"

"No!" Almost stepping on Wang Qiang's words, the youthful voice burst out, and when everyone turned to look, they saw Acheng holding a thermometer shyly explaining, "I just measured, 36.7, actually wanted to say it, but you all came into the room..."

Wang Qiang shook his head helplessly, indeed at a loss for words, but fortunately, the elder brother was fine, and his anxious heart could finally be somewhat calm.

"Brother Hu," Tang Xiaoquan walked over with light steps, clearly worried that a large movement might disturb Hu Xiaodong's mood, and when he reached Hu Xiaodong, he held two fingers in front of his eyes, gently asking, "Brother Hu, can you see this... What do you see?"

"Ah~" A cough, Hu Xiaodong's body abruptly twitched violently.

Everyone present was startled by this, but just as they were about to step forward to see how he was, the originally haggard-faced Hu Xiaodong squeezed out a difficult smile, "Haha, Xiao Tang, haha~, I just got cut, cut once, haha~ my, my head has no problem, problem~"

Unexpected answer, everyone was first stunned, then they burst into laughter.

Undoubtedly, Hu Xiaodong's recent words already well explained his injury, although his body was still weak in the current situation, it's undeniable that he is indeed recovering.

"I told you, Brother Hu is a tough guy, how could he go down so easily!"

"That's right! Brother Hu! You're great! Real man!"

"Yes, Brother Hu, just focus on recovering, when we run into that damned Lu Rui, I'll definitely stand up for you..."

His waist was forcefully poked, Wang Qiang looked strangely for a moment, in the dim light, Tang Xiaoquan's eyes were glaring at him like bulbs.

Slightly stunned, Wang Qiang seemed a bit confused, but soon realized his slip of the tongue. Fortunately, his reaction was quick enough today, without any pauses, he immediately changed the topic to Zhao Yunhai standing towards the back of the group:

"Hey, Old Zhao, Brother Hu just woke up, guess he might be hungry, come, I'll go with you to make him some noodles!"

Old Zhao was thinking the same, actually, he had already set aside Hu Xiaodong's supplies, to replenish Hu with energy right after he woke up.

Just as he was about to act, Tang Xiaoquan reminded him of two things.

First: Do not add too many of the seasoning packets, since they are too spicy and Hu Xiaodong's digestive system is still slowly recovering, just a little should suffice to provide some so-called "saline solution."

Additionally, Tang Xiaoquan advised Old Zhao to crush the noodles as finely as possible, because compared to a bowl of noodles, clearly gruel-like liquid food would be more suitable for Hu Xiaodong at the moment.

After the instructions, everyone gathered around Hu Xiaodong expressing heartfelt congratulations for his "turning danger to safety."

However, considering the "patient's" actual condition, Lin Junfu finally sent everyone away, understanding that Hu Xiaodong has a long journey to full recovery ahead, and good rest is what he most needs now.

Leaving the ward, the survivors' mood obviously improved, and their previously gloomy faces were now showing some rare smiles.

Yes! A loved one "came back"! For the survivors living in the apocalyptic world, experiencing "life and death" every day, nothing could be more joyful and exciting than this.

They gathered around the fire, silent but their hearts were as warm and enthusiastic as the blazing fire.

The night passed without words, as the first ray of dawn again covered the land, the survivors began another busy day.

Tang Xiaoquan was alone, leaning against the corner of the wall, yawning repeatedly, his throat cracked; it was needless to say he hadn't slept much last night.

Not that he wasn't tired or suffering insomnia, but the team's "current" difficult situation compelled him to "rack his brain."

But unfortunately, despite staying awake all night, despite exhausting his efforts, Tang Xiaoquan still didn't find even a tiny bit of a solution to break the current crisis.

What to do? That's the problem, a big problem! Tang Xiaoquan was almost certain that if they don't come up with a way to cope with the current situation, within three days, everyone here will face the risk of dehydration and death!!

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