Chapter 419: Chapter 419 The Rain Stops Chapter 419: Chapter 419 The Rain Stops The next day, as expected, the weather gradually improved, and the rain stopped,
turning into a drizzle.
It seemed the rain would stop by night.
Comrades were also very pleased since the humid weather made it hard to breathe, and most of them, being from the north, really suffered in such conditions.
Bai Xiao was performing the last acupuncture treatment on the team members; when night fell, she was to descend the mountain with the Transporters.
She pulled out the last silver needle.
Bai Xiao’s nerves had numbed.
Ever since the last time she had treated An Zhiyuan, her special ability seemed to have evolved. Almost any treatment she performed now was not overly taxing. At least compared to before, it was half the effort for twice the result, and the most significant difference was that her cold resistance had really improved.
Although she still felt cold after using her special ability, it was absolutely not the bone-chilling kind of cold she experienced before. Instead, it felt like a cool breeze in crisp autumn air, fluttering briefly, not enough to freeze someone to death.
Bai Xiao herself found it strange.
In her previous life, there was no such phenomenon. Even when her special ability became so strong that she could bring the dead back to life within minutes, she still couldn’t achieve the kind of immunity to the cold that she had now. Back then, to fight off the chill, she looked neither human nor ghostly and was controlled by others.
Otherwise, how could Shang Kaiwen have controlled her?
This life seemed to turn upside down after meeting An Zhiyuan. It was as if her special ability had met its match, surrendering without a fight. Like now, whenever An Zhiyuan came over and grasped her shoulder, in a pause of no more than two seconds, the chill in her body would melt away like ice and snow, immediately turning into warm spring sunshine.
She couldn’t explain this miraculous feeling.
An Zhiyuan really seemed like her antidote.
Now she was in a real predicament.
She and An Zhiyuan were unavoidably tied to the same chariot of war.
The problem was An Zhiyuan was no fool; how could he not have sensed it?
If An Zhiyuan was unaware, why would he appear beside her every time she was treating someone, on any pretext? What did that mean?
Most importantly, An Zhiyuan would intentionally or unintentionally make physical contact with her. Everyone knew that in public, An Zhiyuan was the epitome of an upright gentleman. It was inconceivable that he would make such a low-level mistake, blinded by beauty and lose his composure to grope her.
Therefore, Bai Xiao was one hundred percent certain that An Zhiyuan had sensed something.
“All right, that’s enough. Get ready to go down the mountain. Our medics and the Transport Team, including us, will go together. This time we’re taking two injured, Li Gaoshan and Dashuan will go down first,” An Zhiyuan began arranging the night’s operation.
They planned to take advantage of the night and leave early since, finally, there were some sparse stars in the sky. At least the night journey wasn’t pitch black, which was a vast improvement over the past few days. Although it was still dark and slippery, the difference was as vast as from heaven to earth.
They hoped the enemy would have a good rest tonight and not disturb their descent.
Bai Xiao packed up her medicine box, slung it over her shoulder, and went out to the trench outside the Karst Cave. With the rain stopped, she could go out to breathe the fresh air. The cave was very damp. If not for occasionally bolstering herself, she might have developed eczema.
Since the last time he was saved by her, An Zhiyuan had been in excellent health, relishing everything and feeling stronger than ever.