Chapter 206 - 206 The Little Ones got a Fever
206 The Little Ones got a Fever
The First Born glanced over and thought it was really a flame.
Subconsciously, the children headed towards the light. After a while, the Second Born shouted, “The Fourth Born fell.”
The Fourth Born wasn’t able to get up after he fell and he ended up passing out. Not long after that, the Third Born also passed out.
Xie Xiaobao, the First and Second were truly nervous now. They circled the Third and Fourth Born, hoping to help them out. When they touched them however, they found the Third and Fourth Born to be burning up.
Xie Xiaobao called out loudly, “They’re really hot. My mom said this means they have a fever. Those who get fevers cannot be saved.”
His statement made the First and Second Born burst into tears. They never expected to not only fail to find their grandma, but for it to also cost the Third and Fourth their lives.
The two of them wailed in full sadness, “Third Born, Fourth Born, don’t die!”
Xie Xiaobao couldn’t help but cry after he saw them cry. He had so much regret right now and vowed to never leave home ever again.
Wuuuuu.
The forest was now filled with weeping sounds.
Lu Jiao continued her search with the flashlight. As she walked on, she felt like she heard crying. She stopped and listened carefully. There were definitely crying noises.
She guessed they were from the Third and Fourth Born.
Out of the four children, Xie Xiaobao was the oldest at 13. For those five children to walk in the forest in the dark was definitely terrifying.
Lu Jiao shouted loudly, “First Born, Second Born, where are you?”
“Third Born, Fourth Born.”
Lu Jiao used all her strength to cry out those names. Her voice echoed in the mountains and reached the First and Second Born’s ears.
The two of them looked around. The Second Born whispered, “I think I’m hearing mommy’s voice.”
The First Born listened for a while and confirmed that he heard it. Shooting up, the First Born screamed out, “Mom! We are over here!”
The Second Born joined in, “Mom! We are here! Come here!”
Xie Xiaobao was no longer scared now that the third aunt was here. He mustered the courage and screamed out, “Third aunt! We are over here! We are over here!”
Lu Jiao was ecstatic to hear a response. She followed the noise.
“Don’t move you guys! Stand right where you are! I’ll be over right away!”
When she arrived, the First and Second Born hugged onto her, “Mommy, it’s terrifying out here. We are scared.”
“I’m scared too.”
Lu Jiao held onto the children and comforted them. The First and Second Born went through a lot today. Curled up against Lu Jiao, they didn’t even have the strength to cry anymore. Quickly, they fainted.
Lu Jiao tensed up, “First Born? Second Born?”
She examined the children and felt that their foreheads burned hot.
Lu Jiao was agitated now. The children got a fever from the cold. She had to give them a shot to bring the fever down.
She abruptly took out syringes and medicine and jabbed the First and Second Born.
Xie Xiaobao let her know, “Third aunt, the Third Born and Fourth Born also got a fever. They passed out a while ago.”
Lu Jiao’s heart bled. She laid down the First and Second Born on the grass, then went to give the Third and Fourth Born a shot.
As she did that, she instructed Xie Xiaobao, “Shine this flashlight at a far away spot. Everyone is looking for you guys in the mountains. When they see the light, they’ll come over.”
Xie Xiaobao did as he was told and waved around the flashlight.
It didn’t take long for the villagers to see the light and rush over.
Lu Jiao had given each child a shot. However, since there were four of them, she couldn’t carry them all and could only lay them flat on the grass.
Once the villagers arrived, Lu Jiao asked them to help her carry the children.
“Let’s go down the mountain.”
Lady Zhao and Xie Laifu slapped Xie Xiaobao, “You bastard! Why would you take your little brothers into the mountains?!”
Xie Xiaobao started to cry. He was in shock as well and was scared to death. Yet the first thing his parents did was to slap him. He felt so wronged.
Xie Xiaobao explained, “The First Born said they missed their grandma and asked me to take them there. He said once they’re there, he would give me one of their skateboards.”
Lady Zhao tried to hit him again but Lu Jiao stopped her. This wasn’t Xie Xiaobao’s fault. It was the four little ones’ fault for tempting him with a skateboard.
Lu Jiao said to Xie Xiaobao, “It’s their fault. Once they’re awake, I’ll ask them to give you a skateboard.”
The sadness dissipated quickly for Xie Xiaobao, “Third aunt, are you serious?”
Lu Jiao nodded, “Yes.”
The group struggled their way down the mountain. On the way, someone became interested in Lu Jiao’s flashlight, “Yunjin’s wife, what is that? The light shoots so far.”
Lu Jiao only took this out due to desperation. Now that people were asking, she had to make up some answers fast.
“I got it purely by accident. I don’t know what it is. I heard it can light up places for a short while, then it stops working.”
When the others heard that it would stop working eventually, they became uninterested.
The group got themselves out of the forest.
This time, Xie Xiaobao and the four little ones scared everyone quite a bit. Luckily, nothing too bad came out of it.
The four little ones got a fever, but Lu Jiao wasn’t too worried after she gave them the shots.
Once everyone got down the mountain, the villagers helped Lu Jiao bring the children home.
At home, Xie Yunjin was nervously looking around. He originally wanted to join the search party but the leaders stopped him.
Though Xie Yunjin didn’t end up going, his heart felt like it was being grilled. He was so worried that something would happen to the four little ones.
Now that they have returned, he sighed in relief.
Lu Jiao asked the villagers to place the children onto the west bedroom bed. She thanked them and everyone left.
Lu Jiao examined them and confirmed that their temperature was coming down.
She could finally breathe.
Xie Yunjin asked anxiously, “What happened to them?”
Lu Jiao sighed, “It was too cold out there and they got a fever.”
Lu Jiao gestured for Xie Yunjin to sit, “Let’s have a serious discussion.”
With the way the four little ones’ been acting, she didn’t think it would be wise to leave right away. She had to figure out a plan with Xie Yunjin.
After what happened to the children, Xie Yunjin was now more cool headed. He sat down and stared at Lu Jiao.