If ordinary people had a fever, they could take medicine or get an injection to bring down the temperature. However, professional athletes couldn't do this, for their medication had to be handled discreetly.
In addition, the events were still going on; Zitao Wei had to face a possible doping test after the race. Unless he dropped out of the race, he couldn't take any medicine at that time.
Therefore, Zitao Wei had to fight the fever with his body, and water was the only "medicine" he could use.
However, another issue still worried Li Xue. What would they do if Zitao Wei was absent from the relay final?
Jun Xie was bound to be absent from the relay final due to his fracture. Now Zitao Wei had a fever, and without medication, it was impossible to bring his body temperature down before the relay final, which was to be held the following day.
