Yun Cai took a look at Du Ming's expression and indeed it didn't seem fake, so she hesitated for a moment before nodding and walking into the tent.
Du Ming went to the riverbank, casually washed his wound, then tore off a piece of cloth and tightly bandaged it. He moved his arm around and walked back.
Zhao Tianxue worriedly asked Du Ming, "Hey, are you okay?"
Du Ming said, "I'm fine, just a minor injury. The main thing is Bai Mei Gui, I hope her wound won't get infected."
Du Ming made another round of inspection around him and cleaned up the bloodstains left by the white rose to prevent other beasts from being attracted again.
After collecting the firewood, he returned to the side of the tent. Yun Cai suddenly poked his head out and anxiously said, "Du Ming, come quick! Bai Mei's face is so hot!"
Du Ming was taken aback, and hastily rushed into the tent. He saw Bai Mei lying on the ground, her face bright red, seemingly in great discomfort, making humming noises with her mouth.
Yun Cai hastily asked Du Ming, "What's wrong with White Rose? Is she having a fever?"
Du Ming leaned down and touched the forehead of White Rose, indeed her skin temperature was burning hot. "It's over, it seems that White Rose's wound has become inflamed, causing her to have a fever now. We can't let this happen, we need to think of a way to bring down her fever, or else she'll be in danger."
Yun Cai furrowed her brow anxiously and nodded, "What should we do?"
Du Ming said, "Now we can only use physical methods to help Bai Mei Rose cool down first, and then think of a way to contact the rescue team and let them come and save us as soon as possible."
After finishing speaking, Du Ming came out of the tent and went to the river bank to soak a towel with clear water.
It's autumn now, the water in the river has already chilled, Du Ming brought an icy wet towel back to the tent and put it on Bai Mei's forehead.
Du Ming then went to the forest and found a lot of herbs, squeezed out the juice with his hands and fed it into Bai Mei's mouth, and slowly applied the remaining herbs to Bai Mei's cheeks.
After finishing all this, Du Ming walked out of the tent. Yun Cai asked anxiously, "How is it? How's White Rose?"
Du Ming said, "I applied an ice pack to Bai Mei's forehead and fed her some cooling herbal medicine. It should have some effect. I hope the rescue team will arrive tomorrow."
Yun Cai nodded with a worried expression, "I hope nothing's wrong with her."
Next afternoon, Du Ming would go to the tent every now and then to take away the towel, then go to the river to soak in cool water again, and then return to the tent to apply it to Bai Mei again.
It wasn't until evening that Du Ming changed the white rose's towel for the last time, touched her forehead with his hand, and walked out of the tent saying, "White Rose's fever has subsided a bit, but it's still very high, tonight we must do a good job of keeping warm."
Yun Cai looked worriedly at the tent and Du Ming said, "Now let White Rose rest well, I'll go get some food for everyone."
There was still a lot of wolf meat left at noon, and earlier in the afternoon Du Ming had already asked Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue to prepare dry branches again. Soon another flame was lit, and the frame was set up.
The sizzling sound of the barbecue quickly rose, and soon a fragrant aroma wafted out. Once the first batch was cooked, Du Ming divided the meat among several people, then took one piece with him into the tent.
Bai Mei was still sleeping soundly in the tent, Du Ming stretched out his hand and gently patted her shoulder, Bai Mei hummed a sound but didn't wake up.
Du Ming helplessly shook Bai Mei's shoulder vigorously, "Hurry up and wake up, wake up, come on."
Bai Mei rose slowly opened her eyes, dazedly looked at Du Ming, turned around and said, "Du Ming? I...I feel my head hurts..."
Du Ming said, "You're injured, your wound is inflamed and you have a fever, so it's normal to have a headache. I gave you some herbal medicine and applied an ice pack, now the fever has subsided a bit. It's time for dinner, you should eat too."
The white rose blinked and said weakly, "I... I have a headache, I don't think I can eat."
Du Ming said, "No way, you're already sick and need to replenish your energy. If you don't eat now, you'll feel even worse later."
The white rose said painfully, "I'm really uncomfortable, I don't have any strength at all, I don't want to eat..."
Saying that, Bai Mei subconsciously rushed towards Du Ming and started acting coquettishly. Du Ming burst out laughing and patted her soothingly, "Alright, stop being naughty, come on, I'll feed you."
The white rose nodded softly, and Du Ming helped her up, letting her lean on his shoulder, and brought the meat in his hand to her mouth.
Bai Mei Rou reluctantly opened her mouth and took a small bite, swallowing it down.
Du Ming waited patiently for Bai Mei, and after she finished eating that mouthful, he handed it up to her again.
So, Du Ming carefully fed Bai Mei rose, waited for her to finish eating slowly, and then gently put her on the ground, let her lie down, and applied a cool towel that had just been washed to her forehead.
"Alright, go to sleep, when the rescue team arrives tomorrow, we'll be saved and you won't suffer like this anymore."
"Will the rescue team be able to come tomorrow?" White Rose asked in a low and cautious tone.
Du Ming was a bit tongue-tied, and he didn't know if anyone would come to take them back tomorrow. But since Bai Mei's illness had become like this, he still had to tell a kind lie, so he nodded at her and said, "That's right, someone will definitely come tomorrow, and we'll be able to go home tomorrow."
Bai Mei was not very clear-headed at this time, and she didn't have the ability to distinguish whether Du Ming's words were true or false. She simply nodded slowly out of trust in Du Ming, calmed down, and fell asleep again in a daze.
Du Ming looked at Bai Mei Rose sleeping and walked out of the tent. Yun Cai anxiously asked, "How is Bai Mei Rose now?"
Du Ming sighed, "It's a bit better, but the situation is still very bad. Hopefully she'll turn for the better tomorrow."
Yun Cai nodded in agreement. Du Ming continued, "You all go to sleep normally tonight, I'll take care of Bai Mei and keep watch at the same time."
Yun Cai asked with some concern, "Are you alone? Not sleeping all night? That won't do! Let's take turns!"
Du Ming patted her, "It's okay, I once went over a hundred hours without sleep, one day and night is nothing, no need to disturb you again."
Qian Hongwen said, "Hey, we can still keep watch at night, like last night. We can also come to take care of Miss White Rose."
Du Mingchong rolled his eyes, "You two just stay cool and wait over there, I don't trust you guys to take care of her, let alone my woman, it's not your turn to take care of her."
"Alright, go get some rest now, don't worry with me around tonight."