Chapter 34: Deserted Island Adventure (Three)

  More than half an hour later, Lin San roasted the two wild rabbits and handed one of them with a slightly larger head to Gu Jialan.

  Gujalan took over the rabbit and smelled it: "Hmm, still smells pretty good."

  "Miss Gu, try some and see how it tastes? There's no seasoning here, we can only make do with what we have." Lin San said with embarrassment.

  Gujalan tore off a small piece of rabbit meat and put it in his mouth, chewing: "The taste... is okay..."

  Seeing that Gu Jialan didn't say it was bad, Lin San let out a sigh of relief. Just now, Lin San really worried that this thousand-gold young lady would not be used to eating such gamey food.

  Gujalan didn't eat much and was full after eating just a small half of rabbit meat.

  Lin San actually ate the whole rabbit and then went out to find some rainwater and brought it back for Gu Jialan to drink.

  Gujalan looked at the somewhat murky rainwater and her eyebrows immediately furrowed: "This water... is so dirty..."

  "Miss Gu, you can't find clean water here, just drink some with caution," said Lin San.

  Gujalan shook his head: "I'm not thirsty now, I'm a bit sleepy, go to sleep first." After finishing, he slowly lay down and closed his eyes.

  Lin San glanced at Gu Jialan, shook his head, drank the rainwater himself, and then went out to find a withered branch to add to the fire. After that, he lay down opposite Gu Jialan, closed his eyes, and fell asleep. Having been busy for a whole day, Lin San was really tired and soon fell into a deep sleep.

  After an unknown period of time, Lin San was woken up by a sudden urge to urinate. He opened his eyes and thought about going outside the cave to relieve himself.

  "It's so cold... it's so cold..." Gu Jialan, who was sleeping opposite, suddenly woke up with a low voice.

  Lin Sanyi was taken aback and hastily went over, stretching out his hand to gently push Gu Jialan: "Miss Gu, Miss Gu, what's wrong?"

  Gujalan's face was bright red, her eyes tightly closed, and her forehead was covered in sweat. Her body kept trembling: "Cold... I'm cold..."

  Lin San furrowed his brow, reached out and touched Gulan's forehead, ah, so hot, she had a fever.

  "I... feel so bad..." Gu Jialan's breathing became more and more labored.

  "Miss Gu, Miss Gu." Lin Sanqiu hoped to wake up Gu Jialan.

  Gu Jialan just let out a loud cry of pain and refused to open her eyes at all.

  Lin San was shocked, Gu Jialan suddenly had a high fever at this time, which was very dangerous, and if not handled properly, she could lose her life. Lin San bent down to hug Gu Jialan and moved her closer to the fire, then covered her with his own coat.

  Gujalan curled up his body, trembling constantly, with a very unsightly complexion.

  "No, we have to think of a way to save Miss Gu." Lin San hesitated for a moment, then tore off a piece of cloth from his jacket and ran out of the cave. He found a puddle of water, soaked the cloth in it, and hurried back to the cave, placing the wet cloth on Gu Jialan's forehead. Lin San did this in the hope that the coolness of the water would lower Gu Jialan's body temperature.

  "Cold... I'm so... cold..." Gu Jialan whispered softly.

  Lin San took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and pulled Gu Jialan into his arms, rubbing her back with both hands.

  Perhaps Lin San's embrace was warmer, Gu Jialan's body stopped trembling, her voice gradually stopped, and after a while, Gu Jialan fell into a deep sleep.

  Lin San quietly held Gu Jialan and sat by the fire for a whole night.

  It's daytime now.

  Lin San touched Gu Jialan's forehead with his hand, and it seemed that the heat had subsided a bit, but Gu Jialan was still fast asleep.

  The bonfire had burned all night and was almost extinguished, and the temperature in the cave began to drop again.

  Lin San gently put down Gu Jialan, then stood up and walked out of the cave. Before long, Lin San returned to the cave with a large bundle of dry branches in his arms, adding them to the fire heap. The flames quickly rose high.

  Lin San crouched beside Gu Jia Lan and softly called out: "Miss Gu... Miss Gu..."

  Gujalan closed her eyes tightly, without a single reaction.

  For an entire morning, Gu Jialan was in a deep sleep and did not wake up.

  It's almost noon, Lin San stood up and walked out of the cave, planning to get some food. After wandering around the small island for half a day, Lin San finally found some wild fruits and big leaves, wrapped some wild fruits in them and planned to return to the cave.

  "Huh? What's this?" Lin San said as he was on his way back, suddenly seeing a small patch of grass growing on a stone wall. The green color was so pleasing to the eye. Lin San stared intently at the small grass on the stone wall: "Why do these little grasses look so familiar? It seems like I've seen them somewhere before?" Lin San furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, then suddenly lit up: "Isn't this mountain lotus grass? That's great!" When Lin San was in college, he had seen pictures of mountain lotus grass in his biology textbook. According to the textbook, mountain lotus grass is actually a precious Chinese herb that clears heat and detoxifies, mainly treating colds and insomnia. However, mountain lotus grass usually grows in remote mountains and is hard to find.

  "Miss Guo is saved." Lin San exclaimed with great joy, putting down the wild fruit in his arms. He ran to the stone wall, stretched out his hand and picked a large handful of mountain lotus grass, then picked up the wild fruit on the ground and ran back to the cave.

  After returning to the cave, Lin San found a sharp stone chip and cut the mountain lotus grass into powder. He then grabbed a handful of powdered leaves and was about to stuff them into Gu Jialan's mouth, but his hand stopped just as it touched her lips. Lin San furrowed his brow: "Could I have remembered wrong?" It had been a year since Lin San graduated from college, and his impression of the mountain lotus grass had become somewhat fuzzy. He really couldn't be 100% sure that the grass in his hand was indeed mountain lotus grass. What if he made a mistake?

  Lin San hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and stuffed the grass leaves in his hand into his mouth. He swallowed them in a few mouthfuls. Lin San was going to test the poison on himself. More than half an hour passed, and Lin San had no adverse reactions. It seemed that the grass was not poisonous.

  After waiting for a while, Lin San was fine again, nothing happened. This time Lin San was completely relieved, helped Gu Jialan up, stuffed the chopped grass leaves into Gu Jialan's mouth, and then found some rainwater to pour into Gu Jialan's mouth.

  Although Gujalan was in a coma, he still had the ability to swallow, and soon he ate all the grass leaves into his belly.

  "Phew..." Seeing Gu Jialan swallow the grass leaves, Lin San let out a long sigh of relief.

  Next is to wait for Gula's reaction.

  Lin San sat on one side, quietly guarding Gu Jialan, when hungry, he would eat a wild fruit, and when thirsty, he would drink some turbid rainwater.

  A day has passed.

  Two days have passed.

  Gu Jialan still hasn't woken up.

  For the past two days, Lin San has been feeding Gu Jialan a lot of mountain lotus grass, and Gu Jialan's body temperature has also dropped significantly, proving that the mountain lotus grass is indeed effective.

  Lin San stretched out his hand and touched Gulan's forehead: "It's not hot anymore, the complexion is normal too, why hasn't it woken up yet?"

  Gujarati lay quietly on the ground, breathing evenly, with a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she was having some beautiful dream.

  "What's going on?" Lin San stared at Gu Jialan, his eyes filled with worry.

  "Hmm..." Gu Jialan's body suddenly moved, and her eyelids slowly opened.

  "Ah, Miss Gu, you've finally woken up!" Lin San exclaimed with surprise and delight.

  Gu Jialan rolled her eyes and finally looked at Lin San: "What's wrong with me?"

  "You've had a fever and have been unconscious for two days, I'm worried to death." Lin San said hastily.

  "I fainted for two days?" Gu Jialan was taken aback.

  "If I hadn't found some mountain lotus on the small island, you would have been in danger." Lin San said with a hint of fear.

  "What is Shan Lian Cao?" Gu Jialan asked in puzzlement.

  "Oh, it's a kind of herb, specifically for clearing heat and detoxifying." Lin San stretched out his hand to gesture.

  "You're really impressive, you can even recognize herbs." Gu Jialan said.

  Lin San smiled awkwardly: "How would I know anything about herbs? I just saw the appearance of Shanlian grass in my textbook when I was in college, and I was curious about its effects, so I took a few more glances. I didn't expect to actually encounter it on this deserted island, it's really heaven-sent." In his college days, Lin San's academic performance was average, and he often skipped class to work part-time jobs, almost failing to graduate.

  "Gurgle, gurgle..." A sudden rumbling sound came from Gulan's stomach.

  Lin San was taken aback, then laughed and said: "You must be hungry, right?"

  Gujalan nodded slightly with some embarrassment.

  "You haven't eaten for two days, you must be starving. Here, I have some wild fruits, come and eat something." Lin San handed over a few wild fruits to Gu Jialan: "I've already washed them."

  Gujalan slowly sat up from the ground, picked up a wild fruit and took a bite: "Mmm, it's really sweet!" As he spoke, he ate the wild fruit in just a few mouthfuls.

  "Then have some more." Lin San said with a smile.

  Gujalan might have been really hungry, eating 6 wild fruits in one breath, then lay down and fell asleep again. Now Gujalan's fever has receded, but his body is still very weak and needs to rest for a few days.

  These days, Lin San has been eating and sleeping poorly because of Gu Jialan's coma, and he has lost a lot of weight. Now that Gu Jialan is fine, Lin San can finally put his mind at ease.

  Three days have passed.

  After three days of recuperation and Lin San's meticulous care, Gu Jialan's body slowly recovered, and her complexion also looked much better.

  The wound on Lin San's shoulder had also scabbed over and was no longer a problem, as for the cut on his forehead from the broken bottle, it had healed long ago.

  "Lin San, what are we going to eat today?" Gu Jialan asked with a smile. After several days of getting along, the relationship between Gu Jialan and Lin San had become much more familiar.

  "What do you want to eat?" Lin San countered.

  "Hmm..." Gu Jialan thought for a moment: "I want to eat roasted rabbit."

  "Alright! You wait here, I'll go catch a rabbit right away!" Lin San stood up and was about to leave the cave.

  "Lin San!" Gu Jialan shouted.

  "What's wrong?" Lin San stopped in his tracks and looked at Gu Jialan with a puzzled expression.

  "Let me go with you," said Gu Jialan. "I'm really suffocating being alone in the cave." Gu Jialan had been staying in the cave for many days and hadn't gone out to get some fresh air, feeling quite stifled.

  "But your body..." Lin San hesitated a little.

  "I'm free now." Gu Jialan stood up and spun around in a circle: "Lin San, take me with you to catch rabbits."

  "Hmm..." Lin San hesitated for a moment, nodded: "Okay, you should also go out and exercise." Seeing Gu Jialan's expectant eyes, Lin San couldn't bear to refuse. At worst, he could just take care of Gu Jialan more when they got outside the cave.

  "Great, I don't have to stay in this broken cave anymore." Gu Jialan happily clapped her small hands, at this moment, Gu Jialan looked just like a little girl who had her wish fulfilled.