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Chapter 4 Nurse's Uniform on the Beach
Qin Chuan stood up and looked towards the southern coastline.
Although the scanning range of his pupil technique was only a little over a hundred meters, his naked eye vision was already quite good. In the distance, where the beach met the bushes, there was a white object that looked like a piece of cloth.
"Let's go to the nearby beach and see if there are any other survivors."
Fan Yubing nodded: "Okay, more people means more strength."
As she spoke, she tried to stand up and walk, but as soon as she took a step, the abrasion on her right leg made her hiss. She limped two steps, sweat beading on her forehead.
"I injured my leg and can't walk."
"Then you stay here, I'll go take a look." Qin Chuan said, and was about to leave.
Fan Yubing was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out her hand: "Hey, don't go!"
Qin Chuan stopped.
Fan Yubing opened her mouth, but the unspoken words were written on her face: If you leave and don't come back, what will I do alone on this deserted island?
My leg is injured, I have no weapons, and I can't even run. It's alright during the day, but at night, who knows what might crawl out.
After hesitating for two seconds, Fan Yubing blushed and said, "How about... you carry me on your back?"
"Carry you?" Qin Chuan turned around, his expression playful. "No, no, no, I wouldn't dare. I'm a hooligan, a pervert, a beast. Don't you find me disgusting?"
After saying that, he took two more steps.
Fan Yubing gritted her teeth, her voice softening: "Don't go... I misspoke before, you're a good person. Handsome. Can you just carry me on your back?"
Qin Chuan slowed his pace, but didn't stop.
Fan Yubing gritted her teeth and unleashed her trump card: "My brother Chuan."
The three words came out of her mouth with a slightly coquettish tone at the end. The voice wasn't loud, but it was enough to give Qin Chuan goosebumps.
numb.
Qin Chuan stopped, turned around, and tried to keep his face calm: "Fine, I'll carry you. But you have to behave yourself, keep your hands to yourself, and don't touch me or take advantage of me."
"Okay, okay." Fan Yubing said "okay" three times in a row, then trotted over with a limp and climbed onto Qin Chuan's back.
Qin Chuan supported her thighs with both hands and bounced her up slightly.
The moment Fan Yubing's body pressed against his, Qin Chuan felt a warmth on his back. Her hands encircled his neck, and the softness of her chest pressed against his shoulder blades through the banana leaves.
This feeling...
Qin Chuan took a deep breath and started walking south.
Fan Yubing lay on his back, her nose pressed against the back of his neck, smelling the scent of sweat and sea salt. It wasn't exactly pleasant, but it had a reassuring, comforting quality.
The man had a broad back and strong shoulders, and his walking rhythm was remarkably steady.
Fan Yubing's heartbeat gradually subsided.
On the cruise ship, she thought the security guards were the lowest-level service workers, from a different world than her. But now, in this godforsaken place with two suns, the security guard's shoulder was the only thing she could hold onto.
"You're stronger than I thought," Fan Yubing said.
Qin Chuan's lips twitched slightly: "Nonsense, I'm 1.88 meters tall, trained at a martial arts school for three years, carrying 200 jin (100 kg) is child's play."
"One hundred and eight!" Fan Yubing corrected, "I weigh one hundred and eight jin."
"Okay, one hundred and eight."
After walking about a hundred meters, Qin Chuan could see the white thing clearly.
It was indeed fabric, white with some pink floral patterns, wrinkled from being soaked in seawater, scattered along the edge of the bushes.
Like a nurse's uniform.
Qin Chuan quickened his pace, walked around two clumps of bushes, and saw a person.
A woman lay curled up in the shade of a bush, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt.
It was indeed a nurse's uniform, but it was badly torn, with the hem completely gone. There was a three- or four-centimeter-long wound on her right arm, still oozing blood, which had stained the sleeve and the sand underneath a dark red.
A work badge lay scattered nearby, laminated and covered in sand, but the words on it were still legible.
Qin Chuan squatted down and picked up the work badge.
A top-tier hospital.
Lin Shishi.
Nurse.
The pupil technique automatically scanned the area:
[A shell-like cut on the outer side of the right forearm, 0.5 cm deep, with continuous bleeding requiring immediate hemostasis; severe dehydration; mild heatstroke; elevated body temperature; not life-threatening but requires prompt treatment.]
"She's a nurse," Qin Chuan said to Fan Yubing as he turned around, then put her down.
Fan Yubing, sitting beside her, was also shocked to see Lin Shishi's condition: "She's badly injured; her arm is still bleeding."
Without hesitation, Qin Chuan looked down at his tattered security guard uniform and tore off the entire left sleeve. The fabric, soaked in seawater, was no longer very durable and tore off easily.
He wrapped the cloth strip tightly five centimeters above Lin Shishi's wound, tied a knot, and made a makeshift tourniquet. The bleeding stopped quickly.
"Give her some coconut water," Qin Chuan said to Fan Yubing.
Fan Yubing was a little reluctant: "There are only four left; we've picked all the ones from the tree."
"Saving lives is the priority. Coconuts can be found again, but a person is gone forever."
Fan Yubing thought for a moment and nodded.
Qin Chuan took out a coconut and cracked a small hole in the rock. But the hole was too small; water couldn't flow out. If he tried to pour water directly into the girl, she was still unconscious, and she would choke if he couldn't get it in. There was no straw or spoon either.
Qin Chuan looked at the cave entrance, then at Lin Shishi's mouth.
Come on.
He took a mouthful of coconut water, then bent down and slowly transferred the water to her mouth.
Lin Shishi's lips were dry and chapped. Her mouth was slightly open, and some coconut water flowed down the corner of her mouth. She swallowed unconsciously.
The first bite.
Qin Chuan took another sip and went over again.
The second bite.
"bite!"
A system notification sounded in my head:
[Obtained a special ingredient, "Human Nutrient Solution"! Target: Lin Shishi.]
[Pupil Technique LV1 (Data Scan), Proficiency +1 (Currently 2/10)]
[Special Ingredient Update (2/10): Fan Yubing (Cooldown time remaining 11.5 hours), Lin Shishi (Cooldown time remaining 12 hours)]
Qin Chuan was startled.
Here we go again. Just like the reward I got from Fan Yubing before, mouth-to-mouth contact can trigger the "special ingredient" mechanic, and the cooldown time is only 12 hours.
In other words, you can obtain [special ingredients] after 12 hours.
I have to say, this system is a bit abnormal!
However, if I keep accumulating skill points and level up to LV2, I might be able to unlock new features.
Thinking about this, Qin Chuan felt that the kiss was worthwhile.
After he fed her two more sips of water, Lin Shishi's lips began to tremble slightly, and her eyelids twitched.
"Hmm..."
A faint groan.
Lin Shishi slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was the blinding sunlight and the face of an unfamiliar man.
She instinctively tried to shrink back, but she had no strength and could only scratch the sand on the ground with her fingers.
"Don't be afraid, I'm on your side." Qin Chuan stepped back a little, holding the coconut to her lips. "Drink some water."
Lin Shishi groggily took two sips from his hand, and as the water slid down her throat, she shuddered and became mostly sober.
She turned her head and saw Fan Yubing, who was wearing a banana leaf-patterned dress, next to her. Then she looked at the man in front of her with one bare arm, and then looked down at the tourniquet on her own arm.
"Thank you..." Lin Shishi's voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum, "I thought I was going to die here."
After she finished speaking, her eyes reddened, but she didn't cry; she just sniffed.
Fan Yubing moved closer and took Lin Shishi's other hand: "Don't be afraid, you're not alone anymore."
The two women clasped hands, and Fan Yubing's eyes also reddened.
Qin Chuan watched this scene from the side and sighed inwardly.
Fine, now we've gone from one burden to two.
However, Lin Shishi is a nurse with medical knowledge, so keeping her around would be very useful. She's much more practical than Fan Yubing, who's just a pretty face who only knows how to do yoga.
Qin Chuan stood up and looked at the big sun in the sky.
The sun was much lower in the sky, and the slanting light had turned a deep orange-red. Based on the normal sunset pattern, it would probably get dark in about two or three hours.
The construction of shelters can no longer be delayed.