Chapter 16
However, before he could even think of backing away, the tall man in front of him collapsed from lack of strength. Jiang Qingyu’s hand moved faster than his brain, and he instinctively reached out to support him. “Are you okay?”
Only when he got closer did he see that the other party was not only deathly pale, with cracked lips and a forehead covered in cold sweat, but that his body was frighteningly hot. As for the bloodstains, they belonged to the man himself.
Most importantly, the wounds on his body and hands seemed to have been caused by the man himself.
Jiang Qingyu’s mind was a mess. He had no experience handling this kind of thing. He subconsciously wanted to ask whether the man needed to be taken to the hospital, but when he looked up, the other party had already fainted.
The blazing sun hung overhead, and the man’s condition was not good. There was no room for too much hesitation. Jiang Qingyu quickly judged the situation in front of him.
The nearest hospital was at least more than two hours away by car. Calling an ambulance to come and go was a little unrealistic, and it was also too exaggerated. Besides, from what he could see, this person only had some external injuries, some signs of dehydration, and seemed to be running a fever.
He had previously stockpiled many medicines and supplies for disinfection and stopping bleeding. He could completely help this stranger treat the wounds himself. There was only one problem: he seemed to… uh, be unable to carry him.
When they had first come face to face, Jiang Qingyu had already noticed that this man was much taller than him, nearly one meter ninety. He himself was only 178, okay!
And the man was full of hard, solid muscles. It did not look that exaggerated when he was wearing clothes, but the feel was absolutely real. With Jiang Qingyu’s small frame, he really did not have the ability to carry him onto the RV.
Jiang Qingyu thought for a moment. First, he took off his jacket and covered the man with it. Then he jogged back to the vehicle and drove it over. By half-dragging, half-pulling, and half-hauling him, he should be able to get the man inside.
While the other party still had not woken up, he would help treat his wounds, feed him some medicine, drive to the county town, and park somewhere the police could reach within ten minutes if called. First, he had to confirm his own safety. The rest could be discussed later.
He moved very quickly. Fortunately, the RV’s performance had been upgraded and was different from ordinary RVs. Otherwise, the vehicle definitely would not have been able to drive over.
Getting the man into the vehicle took Jiang Qingyu quite a bit of effort. He had already gone an entire night without sleeping, and his heartbeat was a little fast. He had not eaten either, and after using so much strength, he was exhausted, panting, dizzy, and seeing stars.
After getting into the vehicle, he hurriedly found two pieces of chocolate to eat first, then drank more than half a cup of water and turned on the air-conditioning. Only then did he roll up his sleeves and take care of this uninvited guest.
Jiang Qingyu still had basic powers of observation. The training traces on this person’s body were very obvious. He did not look like a fitness coach, and his aura was not frivolous. His bearing and posture instead looked like someone who had served in the military. Not to mention, he was also a kiwi fruit, with short, fuzzy hair.
Uh, of course, there was also one point Jiang Qingyu could not ignore: this man was genuinely good-looking.
An ordinary person might not necessarily be able to pull off this hairstyle. After all, short hair barely provided any cover. Any flaw would be exposed at a glance.
The man’s jawline was so sharp it looked as if it could cut one’s hand. His nose bridge was high and straight. He had the kind of face with deep, striking features, and the sense of lines was extremely clear. Jiang Qingyu imagined that when he opened his eyes and stared at someone, his pressure would also be very strong.
Overall, he was a very handsome and rugged man.
Jiang Qingyu took out a small medical kit and treated the wounds on the man’s body. The wounds were of varying depths, and they looked very blunt. The half-scabbed areas were full of fine grains of sand, making them rather troublesome to clean. It took him quite a while to clean them properly, apply medicine, and put on large medical bandages depending on the severity.
Had these wounds been cut open with stone shards?
He fed the man fever-reducing medicine, and Jiang Qingyu also gave him some electrolyte water. Seeing that the man’s breathing had become much steadier, he went to tidy up the sunken dinette area so the man could sleep there.
In truth, the RV could expand into a second-floor space, but the “skin” Jiang Qingyu was currently using was that of an ordinary, unremarkable small RV. The internal structure had also returned to its original appearance along with it. If it had an expansion function, that would be very strange.
Meimei was quite bewildered by this. She did not understand why the living room where she had originally been able to run around had turned into a narrow passage, nor why her cat tree and toys had disappeared.
Even the place where she usually ate together with Jiang Qingyu had been occupied by a stranger.
Jiang Qingyu stroked Meimei’s head and softly comforted her with a few words.
There was nothing he could do about it.
He was not that stupid. If he could not hold on later and fell asleep, and this stranger suddenly woke up and saw the RV’s “luxurious” configuration, Jiang Qingyu did not dare gamble that the other person was kind-hearted and would not develop wicked thoughts. Before everything was clarified, it was better to keep a low profile.
The benefits of automatic driving showed themselves at this moment.
On the way to a safe destination, Jiang Qingyu dozed for a while in the passenger seat, which counted as a brief rest.
It was just that the bathroom had changed back too, and the space was a little small.
Going from luxury back to simplicity was truly difficult. How long had it even been? Jiang Qingyu was already starting to feel unaccustomed to it.
He did not stay in the bathroom for long. After hurriedly coming out while wiping his hair, exhaustion swept over his body again. Having stayed up all night, he was truly too tired and urgently needed rest.
Before sleeping, he still had the system make some small modifications inside the vehicle, rather than completely copying the original RV configuration.
He added one partition door between the driver’s seat and the small living room, and another between the living room and the small bedroom.
The locks on the partition doors were electronic locks, and forcefully breaking them would not be easy. If this uninvited guest woke up before him, then either he could obediently stay in the vehicle and wait for Jiang Qingyu to come over, or he could only get out.
The former was the result Jiang Qingyu wanted. As for the latter, he did not mind either.
He thought very clearly. Doing good deeds was fine, but the control of the vehicle and his own personal safety had to be firmly in his own hands. Otherwise, no matter what he did, it would be meaningless.
Before returning to the bedroom, Jiang Qingyu went to check on the man’s condition.
The other party was still sleeping soundly, but his breathing had steadied considerably. Jiang Qingyu casually took his temperature. The fever had gone down a little, so he fed him water again.
After doing everything, he placed a walkie-talkie by the man’s hand and stuck on a sticky note. Only then did Jiang Qingyu feel at ease and return to the bedroom to rest.
He slipped under the covers and lay down obediently, crossing his hands over his lower abdomen. After confirming that no one would rashly barge into his bedroom, he peacefully entered dreamland.
Perhaps because he had stayed up all night, this sleep was very deep.
When he woke up again, the sky outside had turned dark once more. However, Jiang Qingyu had parked the vehicle relatively close to the police station, and at this hour, the nearby area was still quite lively. There were even street stalls selling snacks and candied hawthorns.
Jiang Qingyu only looked twice before quickly withdrawing his gaze. The walkie-talkie placed beside his pillow was quiet and had not made a sound from beginning to end.
Was he still sleeping?
Jiang Qingyu scratched his head and planned to get out of bed, put on his shoes, and go to the living room to check on that “friend.” When he passed by the bathroom, he saw that his hair had become a complete mess from sleeping. His head was so fluffy, with cowlicks sticking up everywhere.
He had forgotten to dry his hair before sleeping.
He shook his head and, not taking it seriously, opened the door and walked toward the living room. As soon as he looked up, he met a pair of pitch-black eyes head-on. Jiang Qingyu was so startled that he blurted out, “Holy shit!!”
The person had woken up at some unknown time. He was half-sitting, leaning against the backrest of the dinette bench, one hand resting on his bent knee. A pair of eyes as deep as an inky pool quietly watched him.
Jiang Qingyu’s heart pounded wildly. He could not help complaining, “If you were awake, why didn’t you call me? Sitting here like this is really scary!”
“Sorry.” The man spoke, his voice a little hoarse. “I didn’t want to disturb you.”
Uh. His voice sounded pretty nice.
Jiang Qingyu asked suspiciously, “How did you know I was sleeping?”
The man said, “I didn’t know. I just didn’t see you, and I didn’t want to disturb you rashly, so I sat here and waited for you.”
“…All right.” Jiang Qingyu tactically scratched his hair again. “Um, are you feeling better? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?”
The man said, “I saw the note you left. I don’t feel uncomfortable now. Thank you.”
The note by his hand was filled densely with words. The owner of the sticky note had explained everything very clearly:
Hello. I fed you fever-reducing medicine and anti-inflammatory medicine. If you wake up and it’s already night, and you still have a fever, I put medicine in the drawer under the seat on your left. You can take a little more.”
Also, there is a thermos on the table under the cabinet. You can drink some hot water. There is electrolyte water and glucose in the fridge. The portable Wi-Fi password is eight 8s. If anything happens, call me on the walkie-talkie.
The handwriting was very delicate and pretty, written in small characters, trying hard to fill up an entire sheet.
But probably because there were still things to explain, a thick arrow had been drawn in the corner of the sticky note, and after flipping it over, there was another line written on the back.
P.S. If you need it, after getting out of the vehicle, walk a few hundred meters forward and you’ll reach the police station.
It was very thoughtful.
However, at this moment, what Jiang Qingyu felt was:
So polite. So awkward.
This person’s state while sleeping and his state while awake were completely different. Although he was a big, solid lump either way, at least when he was unconscious, he had no aggressiveness, so Jiang Qingyu could still remain calm and composed.
Now that he was awake, even just sitting there, that faint sense of aggression was impossible to ignore.
Had Jiang Qingyu ever thought the dinette was small before? Why did it seem so cramped and wronged when this man sat inside it?
Before he could scratch his ears and cheeks and think of another topic to talk about, the man spoke again. “Thank you for saving me.”
Oh, speaking of that, Jiang Qingyu suddenly thought of something. “Um, I’ll find some clothes for you to change into. The situation was urgent at the time, and you… you were unconscious. I couldn’t really manage changing your clothes. I should be able to dig out two larger hoodies. You can make do with them.”
Otherwise, talking to him while he was wearing that bloodstained T-shirt was really a little… strange.
The other party nodded, still very polite. “Thank you. Sorry to trouble you.”
In Jiang Qingyu’s memory, he had two pieces of clothing with sizes that were not quite right. Since they had been bought online, he had thought the size should not differ too much. He had also been busy stockpiling supplies, so after buying them, he directly washed and put them away. Who would have known that they would give him such a surprise when he tried to wear them?
He had been reluctant to throw them away, so they had been pressed at the bottom of the storage box. Now, they could be taken out at just the right time.
Judging by sight… they should fit.
After handing the clothes over, Jiang Qingyu originally wanted to briefly retreat back into the bedroom. Who would have thought that the other party had no intention of avoiding suspicion? He simply and neatly took off the clothes he was wearing and put on the hoodie Jiang Qingyu gave him.
The speed at which Jiang Qingyu turned his head could not keep up with the speed at which his gaze had landed on the man’s bare body. With just one look, everything was fully visible.
He silently said in his heart, “System, did you see that?”
System: “See what?”
Jiang Qingyu: “Eight-pack. Really obvious.”
And his pecs were also very exaggerated.
System: “…”
Heh. I knew you weren’t proper.
After changing clothes, the man seemed to belatedly remember that he should introduce himself. “My surname is Fu. Fu Jingqiu. Thank you for this. You saved my life.”
More thanks. He also did not ask questions here and there. His gaze was very polite, and he seemed quite proper. He just did not talk much, and his mood also did not seem very good.
Jiang Qingyu did not know what to say. In his heart, he actually had a stomach full of questions he wanted to ask, but seeing the man like that, he hesitated a little.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally squeezed out one sentence: “Um, are you hungry?”
