TLT:TB-HGDL Arc 3 Chapter 122: Scheming Lord, Cooperate a Bit (9)
Arc 3 Chapter 122: Scheming Lord, Cooperate a Bit (9)
After surveying Weichi Che for a moment the young woman pulled out a small pastry from her bosom.
"Uh... do you want to eat this?"
A faint sweet aroma wafted over and Weichi Che, who had almost given up hope of survival, suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to live. He wished he could jump up right away and swallow the pastry in the woman's hand.
But as he lay there unable to move his lips, he couldn't even open his mouth.
"Well, do you want to live? If you want to then blink your eyes." the woman said. She waved the pastry under his nose and smelled it herself.
Weichi Che's heart was filled with anxiety. He was afraid that the woman would consume the last hope for his survival. He also heard her stomach grumble slightly. Perhaps this was her carefully saved emergency food?
Human nature tends to be selfish and who would willingly give up their own chance of survival to a complete stranger?
Weichi Che let out a bitter laugh in his heart and silently closed his eyes. He didn't want to look at the pastry any longer which felt like mocking him as an unattainable dream.
However, a slightly cool finger adhered to the tiny pastry crumb the size of a soybean sticking it to his lips and pushing it past his teeth onto his tongue. The woman indeed intended to save him.
Could this be real?
Weichi Che opened his eyes in disbelief and his cloudy eyes locked onto the woman who was frowning.
"Is your tongue too dry? Can you swallow? If you want to live keep your will to survive strong while I find some water." the woman said softly. She looked out the window into the pitch-black night sky. "It's already the hour of the Tiger, so it should be relatively safe now."
She suddenly stood up saying, "You wait here and I'll go find some water."
"Don't go! Please, don't go!" Weichi Che silently begged in his heart. However, as the door was gently closed he felt as though a knife had been driven into his heart.
If this woman had been abducted and forced into a brothel why would she return to rescue him now? This was the best opportunity for her to escape.
What had he done wrong? Was the heavens playing a cruel trick on him before he met his demise?
Weichi Che's heart was filled with bitterness. However, the door was pushed open once more and the woman squatted down beside him, then put a small pastry crumb near his face.
"Do you want to smell it even if you can't eat it? Try to hold onto your will to survive until I come back with water. I don't want us both to have a bad ending because of you." she said looking at him with a serious expression.
Weichi Che was shocked and could only stare at her blankly. He even began to doubt whether he was delirious from a fever or illness creating this hallucination.
However, the faint aroma of the pastry reminded him that this was all real.
After an indeterminate amount of time the door was pushed open once again. The woman held a large bowl and a small bundle wrapped in silk cloth. She wet her fingers with some water, moistening Weichi Che's dry lips. Then she gently opened his mouth and fed him water one drop at a time.
Finally, she broke the pastry into small pieces and carefully fed him. Only when Weichi Che had eaten both pieces did she place the remaining pastries from the silk cloth bundle next to him. She took the bowl and left the room.
Weichi Che blinked his eyes feeling overwhelmed with emotion. There was excitement about the possibility of survival but more than anything he felt deeply moved.
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