Chapter 371: Chapter 345: A Fierce Momentum
By noon, the condition of the sick had started changing.
Slowly, coughs could be heard constantly, rising and falling intermittently. Moreover, as symptoms worsened, rapid breathing and even spitting blood occurred.
It was no longer merely a simple cold.
Everyone on the ship wore masks, maintaining a certain distance from even their closest peers, taking bodily precautions and displaying visible wariness in their eyes.
The atmosphere became very heavy.
The captain quickly arranged for the rooms closest to the medical room to be used as wards and isolation rooms, but it was to little avail.
The disease worsened rapidly, leaving no time for the medical staff in the medical room to prepare their response. And with the disease’s fierce onset, it caused great alarm.
The captain, valuing the lives of everyone aboard, had already reported the situation by this afternoon.
The directives from above were that the ship could not return yet, but the food supply ship would arrive sooner and bring a medical team.
Now, what they needed to do was to stabilize the situation on the ship and wait for support.
Currently, a third of the people on board showed symptoms, and among the remaining two-thirds, except for a few elderly and weaker ones, only about a dozen were able to assist in the medical room.
Initially, Ji Sang listened to Fu Yisi and did not insist on helping in the medical room due to Cao Zheng and Wu Jing’s objections. But later, there was no other choice as all available manpower had been allocated, and the medical room was still overwhelmed.
Ji Sang could not just stand by.
Ji Sang, wearing a mask and donned in relatively simple protective clothing, arrived at the medical room. Cao Zheng and Wu Jing spotted her immediately. As soon as they walked in, they heard Ji Sang say this.
He only managed to say these three words before Ji Sang raised her hand to stop him from continuing.
“I am in very good health, not so frail. There is a shortage of staff here, I definitely need to help. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of myself.”
Ji Sang was more resolute than she appeared, and convincing her otherwise was quite difficult when she had made up her mind.
Cao Zheng and Wu Jing couldn’t stop her at all, and could only focus more attention on her safety.
Ji Sang had instructed them not to tell Fu Yisi about this.
For the first few days, Ji Sang hid it well, always appearing in the best state when video chatting with Fu Yisi in the evenings. When mentioning the ship’s medical conditions, Ji Sang always downplayed the severity and even tried to change the subject.
But in the end, she couldn’t keep it hidden.
Firstly, it was difficult for Ji Sang to lie convincingly in front of Fu Yisi.
Secondly, the situation on the ship was not optimistic. Though Cao Zheng and Wu Jing dared not tell Fu Yisi that Ji Sang had been helping in the medical room for a while, they reported the severe condition of the illness in a detailed manner.
Fu Yisi, being clever, combined these aspects with Ji Sang’s behavior and guessed most of it.
Tonight, just after Ji Sang had returned to her room, Fu Yisi made a video call.
His first question was:
“Is the medical room still very busy?”
Ji Sang was almost too tired to keep her eyes open, and instinctively nodded to Fu Yisi’s words.
But right after nodding, Ji Sang realized something was wrong.
Looking up at her phone, she saw Fu Yisi’s lips tightly pursed on the screen.