Reinitz's tone was calm. He was only stating a fact and had no intention of mocking her, but Gu Nianzhi still felt ashamed. She desperately lowered her head to prevent him from looking up.
Reinitz didn't use much strength in the beginning. From the first moment he saw her, he felt that this little girl was too fragile. She was like the snow covering the top of the Alps that would melt as soon as the sun came out.
He was worried that if he used a bit more strength, he would break the little girl's neck.
However, the little girl was quite stubborn. She stiffened her neck and didn't let him look up.
Reinitz used a bit more strength, and Gu Nianzhi finally couldn't help looking up.
In the dark room, Reinitz's typical Germanic beauty suddenly magnified in front of her eyes. Gu Nianzhi only felt dizzy and quickly looked away. She mumbled, "… I'm fine."
Reinitz pursed his thin lips and touched her forehead with concern. He scolded her lightly, "You're fine? You're already running a fever. " As he spoke, he carried her horizontally and put her back on the bed. "Lie down for a while. I'll go get your medicine."
"No need. I'll be fine after a nap." Gu Nianzhi also touched her forehead. She had indeed started to run a fever. She should … be getting better soon, right?
Normally, a fever was also a sign that the immune system was starting to kick in. Therefore, many viral diseases would cause a fever. The body's own immune system would kick in and kill the invading virus. Only then would the body get better.
However, Gu Nianzhi wasn't sure if she had eaten too much this time or if a fever would work …
Gu Nianzhi drowsily fell asleep on the bed.
In a daze, she felt like someone had put a cold towel on her forehead and fed her a slightly bitter medicine.
She didn't want to drink it, but the person was very stubborn. He pinched her nose and forced her to open her mouth. In the end, she had to drink several mouthfuls of medicine.
Gu Nianzhi was very resistant and struggled to spit it out. The smell was so bad that she frowned.
The person didn't seem to care at all. He brought water over to wipe her down and let her rinse her mouth. He then took away the dirty blanket and replaced it with a clean blanket for her.
The vomit in front of the bed was quickly cleaned up.
Only then did the person sit down again and continue feeding her medicine.
Gu Nianzhi had just felt comfortable for a while, but was forced to drink bitter medicine again. She began to cry. She was a patient. How could they treat her like this?
She grumbled a few words in Mandarin.
The man wiped her tears with a tissue. He didn't understand what she was saying, but he began to pat her shoulder to comfort her. At the same time, he continued to change the wet towel on her forehead and gave her medicine every once in a while.
This position unexpectedly calmed Gu Nianzhi down.
After this round of torment, Gu Nianzhi didn't go to the bathroom again. At most, she only muttered a few words when the man fed her medicine before falling asleep again.
When Gu Nianzhi woke up the next day, the first thing she saw was someone sitting against her headboard with his eyes closed. His left hand was supporting his head, and his right hand was constantly patting her shoulder.
She looked up the man's arm and saw Reinitz's religiously handsome face.
The person who took care of her last night was actually Reinitz.
Gu Nianzhi touched her stomach and found it didn't hurt anymore, but it still seemed like she had a fever. Her stomach was still uncomfortable, and she felt like vomiting whenever she moved.
Reinitz's body trembled slightly and he woke up. He looked down and happened to see Gu Nianzhi's large, black, and shiny eyes.
"You're awake? Do you still feel uncomfortable? "he asked her gently. His attitude was much gentler than yesterday.
Gu Nianzhi shook her head and nodded. She whispered, "My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, but my stomach still feels uncomfortable."
Reinitz touched her forehead. "You still have a fever. You can't eat anything today. I'll make you another bowl of dandelion juice."
So the slightly bitter medicine she drank yesterday was dandelion juice.
Gu Nianzhi didn't resist anymore. She grunted and asked curiously, "Did you make it yourself?"
"Yes, Mother Hannah made it. People here have been sick since young, so we drink our own dandelion juice." Reinitz stood up as he spoke.
After taking care of Gu Nianzhi for a night, even someone as strong as Reinitz showed signs of fatigue.
Gu Nianzhi struggled to get up. "I'll do it myself. You look very tired. Go get some sleep. I'm much better."
"I'm not sleepy." Reinitz smiled. "Go to sleep. I'll be right back."
He turned around and walked out, his tall body filling up the door.
The door closed gently. Gu Nianzhi heard Reinitz and Mother Hannah talking in hushed voices. Her heart was filled with gratitude as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
She still didn't sleep well. She knew Reinitz and Mother Hannah took turns taking care of her.
She didn't wake up until the evening. Reinitz was sitting on a small sofa in front of her bed, reading a book. His head was lowered, and from Gu Nianzhi's angle, she could see his long eyelashes. They were actually light gold and matched with his blue eyes. He looked exceptionally beautiful.
However, Gu Nianzhi found that she still liked Huo Shao's thick, long eyelashes and deep, dark eyes …
She stared at Reinitz in a daze. Thinking of Huo Shao, her gaze softened.
Reinitz looked down at his book and felt her gaze on him. He calmly looked up and saw that she was awake. He moved closer to tuck in the thin blanket. "You're awake? Are you hungry? "
Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but laugh. "I don't dare to eat and drink to my heart's content anymore."
As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized that her voice was very small. She had to pant a few times just to speak. She was extremely weak.
Reinitz sighed. "You're sick. Don't talk anymore. Rest well."
Gu Nianzhi shifted on the bed. She wanted to get up and go to the bathroom. She had slept in bed all day. Even if she didn't eat, she had drunk dandelion juice all day. It was hard not to want to go to the bathroom …
So her strange constitution didn't work on diarrhea?
"What's wrong?" Reinitz saw that Gu Nianzhi didn't want to sleep. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Gu Nianzhi was crying. Brother, can you go out for a while?
She looked at Reinitz, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Reinitz also stared at her. After a while, he seemed to understand what she meant. He calmly stood up. "I'm going out for a smoke." He walked out and gently closed the door.
Gu Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief. She had a new understanding of Reinitz's ability to understand others.
She lifted the thin blanket and got off the bed.
There was a pair of furry slippers in front of the bed. The toes were actually shaped like a black bear cub.
She looked at the slippers and couldn't help smiling. She thought about the intelligent black bear cub she had met on the other side of the mountain. She wondered if it still remembered her …
Gu Nianzhi thought about it as she put on the slippers. She stood up and walked only two steps before her legs gave way. She fell to the floor with a thud.
Reinitz, who was at the door, flung the door open and saw Gu Nianzhi fall on the floor in front of the bed. He quickly walked over to help her up and didn't say anything. He almost carried her to the bathroom door.
He thought about it and pushed the door open. He walked Gu Nianzhi to the toilet and had her hold on the sink next to the toilet. Once she was steady, he lowered his head and left.
Gu Nianzhi's face was so red it looked like it was burning.
But there was nothing she could do. Her legs were still weak from yesterday's diarrhea, but she couldn't wait.
Fortunately, Reinitz had already brought her here. She could take care of the rest herself.
…
Gu Nianzhi flushed the toilet with a red face. She slowly stood up with the sink and turned on the water to wash her hands.
Reinitz heard it from outside. He knocked on the door and asked, "Are you done? I'm coming in. "
Gu Nianzhi slowly walked to the door with the help of the wall. She opened the door and happened to see Reinitz.
"… Thank you," Gu Nianzhi whispered.
Reinitz didn't say anything else. He simply stretched out his strong arms to carry her and put her back on the bed. He pulled the thin blanket over her. "Sleep a little longer. You can eat something tonight. Otherwise, you'll be too weak."
Gu Nianzhi nodded.
She was already much better, but the diarrhea was very draining. She was very tired and couldn't even walk steadily.
Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, Reinitz went out to discuss dinner with Hannah.
Afterwards, he made her a pot of coix oat seafood porridge. They didn't have rice, so they couldn't make rice porridge. They had a lot of coix and oats.
Gu Nianzhi didn't have the strength to eat it herself, so Hannah fed it to her.
Humans were iron, but rice was steel. After finishing a bowl, Gu Nianzhi felt much better.
She had slept all day, so she wasn't very sleepy. But Hannah was used to sleeping at 8: 30 every night, so she quickly said goodnight and went back to bed.
Reinitz ate dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, and went to his room to shower.
Gu Nianzhi took the opportunity to take a look at her phone.
It was already charged, but to her disappointment, there was no signal today. It was back to how it was a few days ago.
Holding the phone, she lay on the bed and silently pondered what was going on.
After Reinitz finished showering, he came to see if Gu Nianzhi was asleep. He saw her lying on the bed with her eyes wide open. Her eyes were blank, and it was obvious she was thinking about something.
His gaze fell on the phone in Gu Nianzhi's hand and seemed to understand something. He said to her, "… This is the mountains, so the signal is often intermittent. Don't worry."
"Oh?" Gu Nianzhi was a little shocked. "Then how do you contact people outside the mountains? Don't you have a landline? "
"This place is too remote, so there's no phone line here." Reinitz patiently explained to her, "Mother Hannah doesn't like to talk on the phone either. If something happens, she will go over the mountain to the ranger base. They have a phone and internet."
Ranger …
Gu Nianzhi guiltily thought about the fire she set on the other side of the mountain and their ambiguous position. They definitely wouldn't dare to go to the ranger and "walk right into the trap."
Reinitz would take her out anyway, so she didn't need to go to the ranger.
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "I see." Then she stopped worrying about the internet and phone and asked Reinitz, "How long will you be staying this time? When do you plan to leave? Can you take me with you? "
Reinitz smiled. "I was supposed to leave today, but you're sick. I can stay for another two days."
"Oh? Won't it affect your work? " Gu Nianzhi felt very bad. She knew that Westerners usually took annual leave for a fixed amount of time. If they exceeded it, they wouldn't get paid.
"No, I have a lot of annual leave. I haven't taken it in years. "Reinitz seemed to know her concerns and said tactfully," Ok, go to sleep. I'll read here. "
Gu Nianzhi knew he wanted to take care of her, and she didn't know if she would have a relapse at night, so she didn't refuse. She slipped under the thin blanket and said, "Then I'll sleep. You … goodnight."
"Goodnight." Reinitz smiled and put his hands in his trouser pockets as he stood in front of the bed and looked at her.
Gu Nianzhi closed her eyes peacefully and pretended to be asleep, but she actually just wanted Reinitz to be at ease.
Reinitz looked at her for a while and bent over to tuck her in. He took the book he had been reading on the bedside table and continued to read.
The lights in the room were turned off, leaving only a warm yellow desk lamp on.
Gu Nianzhi felt the atmosphere was very familiar, and the familiar environment made her feel very safe. However, she couldn't sleep now and didn't dare to toss and turn in bed. She just lay straight and silently thought about what to do next.
Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze had actually gone on a mission more than ten days ago.
Calculating the time, it was just before her accident.
Was this a coincidence or was it deliberate?
There was also Smith and the others. They hadn't heard from her for so many days. Did they not have any suspicions?
Gu Nianzhi's mind was a mess, and countless thoughts ran through her head. She had a vague bad guess, but because it was so frightening, she didn't dare believe it was true.
Time passed slowly, and when Gu Nianzhi came back to her senses, she found that Reinitz had already fallen asleep on the sofa.
His breathing was long and soothing, just like his entire person, giving off a calm and gentle feeling.
Gu Nianzhi looked away and slowly sighed. She told herself that as long as she could leave the Alps and return to a place with internet and people, she would be saved.
She couldn't wait any longer. She had to tell Reinitz tomorrow and ask him to take her away earlier.
Closing her eyes, Gu Nianzhi began to feel sleepy. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard the low roar of a motorcycle outside the window, but when she listened carefully, she couldn't hear it anymore.
Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly heard the rustling of the fence, followed by a dull thud.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes widened in an instant. She was about to sit up nervously when she saw Reinitz, who had been sleeping soundly on the sofa, suddenly jump up and quickly pounce to the window. He lifted a corner of the curtain to look outside.
Gu Nianzhi was much more energetic after lying down for the entire afternoon. She was no longer as unsteady as she had been in the morning.
She climbed out of bed and silently put on her original clothes. She wore the nun's robe over it and carried her treasures inside. Her phone, charger (Reinitz's), a small bag of sanitary napkins, a Zippo lighter, a Swiss Army knife, and her wallet.
Putting on her sneakers, Gu Nianzhi moved to Reinitz's side and looked outside.
The starry sky outside was very bright. When she moved closer, she happened to see a few sneaky people holding guns and climbing over the fence. Then, at the edge of the fence, one person stopped, lay on the ground, and reached down.
Then he pulled forcefully and pulled someone up from the ground?
This movement was so strange …
Could there be a trap near the fence?
Reinitz seemed to know what she was thinking and said without turning his head, "To prevent wild animals, there are some traps near the fence."
No wonder the sound just now was the sound of a person falling into a trap.
Gu Nianzhi felt very apologetic and whispered to Reinitz, "Thank you for taking care of me, but I have to go. These people are after me, and I'll drag you guys down if I stay here. "
Reinitz suddenly turned around and looked at her deeply. His blue eyes were like the ocean, tolerant and thought-provoking.
She nodded at him and turned to leave.
Reinitz suddenly reached out and grabbed Gu Nianzhi's wrist. "You're still sick. How are you going to leave? Where are you going in the middle of the night? "
Gu Nianzhi didn't look up. She looked down at Reinitz's hand holding her wrist. "Of course I'm leaving the same way I came. Otherwise, how do you think I got here?"
"Someone is after you?" Reinitz narrowed his eyes. "Bad-Girl, you're not telling me the truth."
He didn't use a question, but a statement instead.
Gu Nianzhi nodded shyly. Her voice was almost inaudible. "Sorry, I didn't want to either …"
She struggled to break free from his hand, but Reinitz's grip was firm. She couldn't pry his hand away no matter how hard she tried.
"Come with me." Reinitz didn't let go of her hand. Instead, he took her hand and quickly left the room.
He took her back to his room first and picked up a duffel bag from the sofa beside the bed. At the same time, he took out a gun from the drawer of the bedside table and stuffed it into Gu Nianzhi's hand. He asked her, "Do you know how to shoot?"
Gu Nianzhi immediately trusted him even more when he handed her the gun. She nodded quickly. "Yes!"
"Hold it well and listen to my orders." Reinitz looked at her deeply again and suddenly hugged her head. He kissed her forehead. "Be brave."
Gu Nianzhi closed her eyes tightly. Her neck stiffened as she awkwardly dodged to the side.
However, Reinitz quickly let go of her and didn't intend to continue. "Don't be afraid."
He comforted her. "I'll get you out of here safely." With that, he took her hand and continued walking.
When they passed by Mother Hanna's room, Reinitz opened the door and woke her up. He simply said, "There are bad guys. Hide quickly. Cereus and I will distract them. "Then he pulled Gu Nianzhi away.
Mother Hanna was startled and quickly climbed out of bed. She put on her coat and hid in the basement.
"Where are we going?" Gu Nianzhi was a bit confused. Although the small wooden house didn't have many rooms, the hallways were full of twists and turns. She couldn't see the direction clearly.
"The backyard, of course," Reinitz said without turning around.
Gu Nianzhi's room faced the front yard. The sneaky people with guns had come from the front yard.
And the direction Reinitz was pulling her was the backyard.
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