Chapter 1147

After walking for a while, Lydia stumbled upon a small pond.

Her heart leaped with relief as she found a tree for Quincy to lean against. She tore a strip of fabric from her skirt and soaked it in the cool water. She then began to gently wipe Quincy's feverish body. As she worked, she murmured to herself, "Quincy, you have to get better. When we get back, I'll agree to whatever you ask."

She assumed Quincy was too delirious to hear her. However, he reached out suddenly and grabbed her hand tightly. He asked with his intense gaze. "Do you really mean that?"

Lydia was startled. If it weren't for Quincy's body still burning with fever, she might have thought he was faking it. Blushing, she said, "I didn't say anything. Let go of me, now." Quincy chuckled weakly. "No way, I heard every word."

Lydia looked down, embarrassed, and gave him a light shove. "I think you're just pretending to be sick."

Hearing this, Quincy immediately looked hurt. He took Lydia's hand and placed it on his chest, saying, "Feel for yourself and see if I'm lying."

body made Lydia drop her teasing. Her brows furrowed with concern. "You're really not okay. We need

she helped Quincy up, Lydia suddenly stopped in her tracks. A glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes. She had spotted a middle-aged man with a hunting

in her voice made the man take a closer look. "What's going

and now he has a bad fever. Do you have any medicine? I'm

remote area, finding another person might take ages, and

Lydia up and down and asked, "You two came here to explore? You look more

flickered across her face. They really did look like they were in bad

anything, but maybe running into you two is a sign that I'm supposed to help." Lydia

clean house. He took out a box of medicine, shook out two pills, and handed them to her. "Give these to him. Medicine is precious up here in the mountains. Even for

once

Lydia said

some water and helped Quincy take the medicine. After swallowing it, Quincy quickly drifted off to sleep. It was the

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