Li Xianglu felt like she was burning on fire, her entire body uncomfortably hot and dry, especially her mouth. Suddenly, she felt a surge of warm water entering her mouth and couldn’t help but suck on it, sweet to the taste.
Her mouth’s dryness was relieved, but her body was still feverishly hot. Struggling to open her eyes, she saw a figure lying beside her in the dim light, a large arm cradling her and a moist, warm sensation at her earlobe.
Li Xianglu moaned and reached out to push the figure away, but her push found nothing. She tried hard to open her eyes, but the drowsiness was too overpowering and she just wanted to sleep again.
A low and magnetic chuckle from Qin Xi came to her ears: "Awake?"
An hour had passed since the lights were turned off and they had gone back to sleep. Li Xianglu lay in the crook of Qin Xi’s arm, rubbing her fuzzy head against the hollow of his shoulder, then hummed contentedly.
In the darkness, Qin Xi let out a muffled laugh and soon heard the steady breathing of the person beside him.
Qin Xi’s thoughts drifted far. When he entered today, the girl seemed to have been caught in a nightmare, incessantly crying for help, but no matter how many times he patted her, he couldn’t awaken her.
Then he heard words like "typhoon" and "rescue" coming from her lips.
It reminded him of something from his past life.
That year, he had gone to inspect work when he encountered a rare massive typhoon, so he organized personnel to evacuate the residents, but there was an incident during the last round of evacuation.
There was a tourist trapped on the island in a school, along with a teacher and several students.
When he heard this news, he found it peculiar because he had just collected some important evidence.
But thinking of those innocent students, teachers, and tourists on the island, he decided to carry out a rescue.
There were two hours left before the typhoon hit, which was enough time if all went well. After planning, they set off.
Qin Xi remembered that at the time, he had led a small team on rubber dinghies to perform the rescue. Everything went smoothly, and they found everyone.
It was a true stroke of luck. Once the people were found, they started to head back, but the wind and waves had intensified. Each adult took a child with them; the locals were good swimmers, so he entrusted the children to them, with his assistant accompanying the female teacher, while he went with the female tourist.
Initially, everything was going well. Despite the strong wind and waves, they paddled hard to move forward. They were just 200 meters away from safety when suddenly the wind picked up.
ps: Made some corrections to typos.