"Fever?"
After hearing Phyllis' words, Albert was slightly taken aback. "Doesn't matter, let's take care of her first."
He looked around, picked up Janice, and walked all the way to the sofa.
Looking at Phyllis, whose face was flushed red and was panting non-stop, Albert finally understood why Janice looked so pale when she came out, and why she can't even take a sip of chicken soup!
Looking at Phyllis now, the fever had gotten so bad.
"No, the little girl will not go on like this!" In front of the sofa, Phyllis closely watched Janice's situation, turned to the two people.
"Yes."
Albert and Phyllis answered, not daring to delay.
They walked into the inner room and rummaged through it. Soon, they found a water tank that was used to store water. After handing over a bowl of water, they immediately walked out and handed it to Phyllis.
"Janice, can you hear me? Open your mouth and drink some water!"
Phyllis gently rubbed Janice's head as she spoke softly.
However, Janice still had no reaction.
"No, this child's fever has already reached 38 degrees. His life could be in danger at any moment!"
Janice looked at the two of them and spoke.
However, at this moment...
Clack.
The sound of a can falling to the ground could be heard.
The three of them turned around and saw Reggie, who had just returned. Looking at the situation in the room, he was completely stunned.
"Janice!"
With an anxious cry, he quickly ran forward and shook Janice's body in panic.
The unconscious Janice was still unresponsive.
At this moment, Albert looked at Reggie and calmly said, "Explain yourself, uncle."
"Only by telling us more about Janice can we save her."
As soon as Albert finished his sentence, Reggie's eyes were filled with tears.
At this moment, his entire body was trembling under this kind of sadness.
Finally, he slowly opened his mouth and told them everything.
"Janice has a fever."
"In fact, she started to have a fever half a month ago."
As he said this, Reggie was smoking a cigarette. His sad face suddenly smiled mysteriously. "Perhaps, all of you should feel that my attitude towards Janice is very special now."
"Perhaps, you might even think that I'm a demon."
"But there's nothing I can do... I really want my little angel to get better."
"Ever since she got sick, I started looking for medicine to treat her."
"In the end, when I found out that the nearest hospital three kilometers away from our house was filled with zombies, and that it was impossible for one person to make a breakthrough, I fell into despair."
At this point, Reggie suddenly sniffled and gritted his teeth, "But, I didn't give up."
"After that, I started using all the resources in my family to treat Janice's illness."
"I killed a hen every day and gave Janice hot chicken soup to drink."
"I let her train her body every day in the hopes that her constitution would recover as soon as possible and overcome her illness!"
"But it's too late now."
Reggie looked at Janice with tears in his eyes and hugged her.
"Maybe I should let her do less training and spend more time with her!"
"Okay, as you can see, this is the situation we are in. I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep. Go back to sleep!"
"This is the last bit of time that Janice has. Let me accompany her properly."
Holding Janice in his arms, Reggie smiled and said to the three of them.
Albert and the other two also understood the current situation.
Their eyes moved.
Hearing Reggie's words, they could not say anything. They chose to silently return to their own resting room.
After closing the door.
The three of them were feeling a little emotional.
Robert leaned against the door and raised his head. "Fever."
"I didn't expect a mere fever to become a fatal disease during doomsday."
"Phew..." Albert and Phyllis slowly exhaled. It could be seen that he wasn't feeling well either.
At the moment, in the apocalypse, the productivity of humans was limited.
As long as humans got sick, even if it was just a common disease such as a fever or a cold, without medication, it could very likely lead to death.
Therefore, medical drugs became the most important resource along with food.
It could even be said that they were even rarer than food!
At this moment.
Thinking of this, Phyllis suddenly raised her head and was stunned. "Speaking of which, don't I have a medical kit?"
"Damn it, I was so nervous just now that I forgot!"
"Huh?" Albert and Robert's eyes were immediately attracted to her.
Phyllis took out the small medical kit she wanted and rummaged through it, then took out a small medicine bottle.
"Medicine for fever... We actually have it!"
Looking at the small medicine bottle.
Joy appeared on the faces of the three of them almost at the same time. As they spoke, they were about to walk out with the medicine.
However, just as they were about to leave...
They seemed to have realized something.
The three of them were stunned at the same time. They slowly looked at the small medicine bottle again.
A difficult decision was churning in their hearts.
Fever medicine...
As they were in doomsday, they all knew the importance of this bottle of fever medicine.
Once such a rare medicine was given away, they would have no idea when they would be able to get the next bottle.
But now, if they did not give the fever medicine out...
In the future, when they accidentally had a fever, this bottle of medicine would probably be able to save their lives...
Then... should they give it out or not?
The three of them fell silent at the same time.
Finally.
"As expected, in the face of doomsday, we still can't just hand the medicine over to others."
"Our daughter is someone else's daughter after all. It has nothing to do with us, right?"
Albert raised his head in despair and laughed bitterly.
At this moment, Robert and Phyllis did not speak, but their faces were equally dark.
Creak.
Then, the door was also silently closed by a hand.
..
Late at night, there was a clap of thunder outside the window.
It seemed as if God was deliberately cooperating.
The heavy rain began to fall, and the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing.
In the living room, Reggie covered Janice with a blanket and patted her shoulder.
He lit a cigarette, got up, and walked step by step to the door of Albert and the other two's room.
"Hey, you three kids should still be awake."
"I told you, it's very dangerous outside. You can't go to Sam's supermarket by yourselves. You can't escape in the dark."
After saying that, he knocked on the door.
There was still no response from inside the house.
"Hehe." Reggie couldn't help but laugh as he held the cigarette in his mouth.
"They're asleep. A bunch of kids. Their physiques can't even compare to an old man over thirty like me!"
"Alright, now I should go and do my business!"
As his voice fell, Reggie came to the map of the living room and looked at the direction of the hospital that was circled on the map.
Kacha!
Another thunderous sound was heard, lighting up Reggie's face.
"Hoo..."
He took a deep breath and exhaled a smoke ring. Then, he rolled up the map and put it away.
Then, he rummaged through the living room again. A red flamethrower was dug out by it, as well as bottles of flamethrower tubing.
Looking at everything on the floor, Reggie smiled again.
"Hehe, after preparing for so long, you guys are finally going to come in handy today!"
"Guys, let's go!"
Reggie packed the oil cans in sacks one by one and carried them on his back.
Picking up the flamethrower and tying a red rope around his head, his eyes revealed a hint of determination.
However, just as he stepped out of the living room...
Click!
The sound of a switch was heard. The lights in the living room suddenly lit up.
"Huh?"
Reggie turned around with some confusion. He saw Albert and the other two appear in front of the door.
"Wait, aren't you all..."
His face was full of surprise, but before he could say anything...
A small white shadow suddenly flew towards him and landed on his body.
"Hey, take this."
Albert said calmly.
Reggie was stunned. Then he looked at the small medicine bottle in his hand.
"Antipyretic." This one word was printed on it.