Chapter 126: Strange Illness!
The train began to move.
Qin Feng, who had not slept the entire night, was about to fall asleep when he was woken up by Su Ruolan, who said, "Qin Feng, why don't we let them sit for a while?"
Qin Feng followed her gaze.
Across the aisle, he saw a withered and gaunt old man and a little girl who seemed to be only five years old standing. The old man appeared to be ill, very frail, likely to collapse if it weren't for the crowd.
He wobbled several times, steadying himself unintentionally against the people next to him, who would then scold him disdainfully.
The little girl's face and body were dirty, but her eyes were as clear and brilliant as mirrors. Her small body struggled to squeeze through the people to get water for the old man to drink.
"Let's give up our seats to them!"
Qin Feng nodded in agreement.
A hint of joy flashed through Su Ruolan's eyes. She could tell that Qin Feng's action wasn't just because she had mentioned it, but because he too was a kind and caring person.
Then.
She quickly called the old man and the little girl over to let them sit down and rest.
The grandfather and granddaughter were endlessly grateful.
After giving up their seats.
It was very inconvenient for the two of them to stand in the corridor.
Qin Feng could shield Su Ruolan from people on one side trying to take advantage of her, but not from the other side; he decided to pull her into a corner of the smoking area in the passageway, placing her inside.
"Thank you..."
Su Ruolan knew his intention and thanked him softly.
At this moment.
The train stopped at a station, and a new group of people squeezed on board, making the carriage and the aisles even more crowded.
Even though Qin Feng's Inner Strength was powerful,
He couldn't withstand the continuous pressure from the crowd for long!
Soon he too became tired and was pushed against Su Ruolan by the crowd, and he said with a wry smile, "Sorry, there are just too many people, I can't do anything about it…"
"It's, it's okay..."
Su Ruolan's face flushed red.
In the heat of summer, everyone wore thin clothes, pressing tightly against each other, which was extremely embarrassing.
Especially feeling Qin Feng's sturdy chest
Made her heart race even more.
At that moment.
She felt Qin Feng react and turned even more crimson, turning her head to look out the window...
Qin Feng also couldn't help but smile wryly.
There was no helping it!
He was a healthy man of flesh and blood, even if his mind was clear, his good body wouldn't allow it!
He could only keep calling out to the people behind him, "Stop pushing, everyone stop pushing..."
The people behind him, each with eyes of envy, wished they could kill him.
They kept cursing him internally.
Damn it!
At such a rare moment, you're pretending to be so damn frustrated...
By the afternoon,
As they got closer and closer to the Southwest, the number of people on the train became fewer and fewer, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief and awkwardly separated.
The little girl for whom they had given up their seats now came over with two bowls of instant noodles and said, "Big brother, big sister, are you hungry? Come and have something to eat! There's no one else sitting at that seat."
"Gurgle..."
Both of them touched their stomachs, indeed feeling so hungry that their stomachs were sticking to their backs.
At noon, the train was too crowded for the vendors selling boxed meals and snacks to get through, leaving them hungry until now.
The seats across from the grandfather and granddaughter were now empty.
The two of them immediately went over to sit down comfortably and started eating the steaming hot noodles.
"Delicious, it's been a long time since I found instant noodles this tasty."
Qin Feng said as he ate heartily.
Su Ruolan also followed, "I haven't eaten this kind of less healthy food in a long time either, it's quite good."
While they voraciously ate,
Suddenly, the little girl stared earnestly at the two of them.
"Haven't you eaten yet?" asked Qin Feng.
The little girl hurriedly shook her head and waved her hands, saying, "No, no, this is specially bought for brother and sister, I'm not hungry."
The old man beside them also said, "Young man, go ahead and eat! It's alright, we'll be arriving at our stop in two hours, then we can cook our own food."
Only then Qin Feng realized, they had given their only two packs of instant noodles to him and Su Ruolan to eat.
Looking at the little girl's clear yet hungry eyes, Qin Feng remembered the year he was five, thrown under the bridge of Heavenly King Mountain, suffering from cold and hunger, and he felt a pang of heartache.
He immediately went to buy a large amount of instant noodles, as well as sausages, marinated eggs, spicy strips, and other snacks, smiling as he said, "Eat up! It's my treat."
The old man wanted to refuse, but looking at the little girl's eyes, he reluctantly nodded, thanking Qin Feng profusely.
"Thank you, brother!"
The little girl's eyes shone with excitement as she devoured the food.
The four of them ate and talked.
The little girl's name was Lan Xin, originally living in Dragon Mountain Town in the Southwest. A few years ago, her father offended a gang of thugs, and they set fire to their home in the middle of the night, leaving only her and her grandpa alive.
Later, the grandfather and granddaughter moved to a poor area in Dragon Mountain City, making a living by collecting waste materials.
Recently, the old man was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and this trip was to entrust the child to distant relatives, but the relatives all found her to be a burden and refused to adopt her.
Out of options.
He had no choice but to take Lan Xin back to the Southwest.
As he talked about this.
A wave of melancholy washed over the old man, "It doesn't matter if I am gone, but I worry about my granddaughter with no one to take care of her..."
"Grandpa Lan, don't worry, my friend here is a renowned doctor, let her take a look at you."
Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Her? She looks like a student, I appreciate your sentiment..."
The old man sighed.
"She's really very capable, I guarantee it."
Qin Feng spoke earnestly.
Su Ruolan also persuaded from the side.
Seeing this, the old man allowed her to take his pulse, saying, "It's okay if you can't tell, many doctors haven't been able to..."
"She definitely can."
Qin Feng smiled and said again.
But who would have expected.
He had just finished speaking when he heard Su Ruolan's eyebrows furrow lightly, saying, "This illness... is difficult."
"Difficult?"
Qin Feng was taken aback.
From the face, it looked like the old man's illness wasn't severe, how could Su Ruolan say it was difficult?
He was skeptical and took the old man's pulse himself.
Indeed!
Qin Feng frowned and said, "Grandpa Lan, have you offended anyone lately?"
"No..."
The old man shook his head, then suddenly remembered something and added, "Well, some time ago a strange man insisted I hand over some treasure, I had no idea what he was talking about, he and his men beat me up, but they didn't do much else and just left."
"Can you remember any more details?"
Qin Feng continued to inquire.
While reminiscing, the old man said, "After those people left, the only old hen in the house seemed to be scared, running and squawking everywhere, it even pecked and injured several vicious dogs, later I stewed and ate it, it seems like I fell sick from that point..."
Hearing this, Qin Feng's brow furrowed even tighter, but then he pretended to be nonchalant, smiling as he said: "Don't worry, your illness is not a big problem."
Speaking of which.
He took out a Medicine Pill and said, "Eat this, and you'll see immediate effects."
"The problem... isn't big?!"
The old man was initially surprised, then chuckled and shook his head, "Young man, no need to comfort me, I know my own illness..."
Su Ruolan was also very astonished.
She was sure that with her medical expertise, there was no way to cure him, yet Qin Feng said it was not a big problem?
"Just give it a try." Qin Feng encouraged once more.
Seeing his good intentions, the old man accepted the Medicine Pill, saying, "Let it be, our encounter is by chance, fortunate enough, I believe you mean no harm."
After eating it, he suddenly felt an intense urge to vomit with his stomach churning as if an Inverted Sea.
He then hurriedly went to the toilet.
Su Ruolan, curious, asked, "What medicine did you give him?"
"Small Rejuvenation Pill."
Qin Feng replied.
Meanwhile, his gaze followed the departing old man and became serious once again...
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