Chapter 146: Surviving The Disaste


    Chapter 146: Surviving the Disaste


    The faint fragrance from her lips was just like the memories of his childhood. Patrick felt a bit dazed,


    only aware of the woman''s lips in front of him, which seemed like a cool spring that was refreshing


    andfortable. He instinctively reached out and hugged Jane, pulling her closer to him.


    She was so soft, cool andfortable. Patrick wanted more.


    Unexpectedly, he lost his bnce and fell into Patrick''s arms. Feeling the strength in his hands,


    Jane felt happy inside. It seemed that giving him water to drink, physical cooling down had some


    effect.


    "Patrick, wake up," Jane whispered softly into his ear while pressing her cheek against his face.


    "You promised me that you would pursue me and love me for life to protect me; you can''t break your


    promise."


    Her gentle voice entered Patrick''s ears causing him to furrow his brows slightly.


    Who is calling out to him?


    That familiar yet gentle voice... was it Candy? Or Jane?


    Candy... Jane...


    The figures of both women gradually ovepped with each other in Patrick''s mind.


    Why did he always have this feeling that Jane was Candy?


    Patrick slowly opened his eyes as the woman''s face became clearer before him. He lifted the corner


    of his lips slightly as he said: "Jane..."


    "Patrick! You''re awake?" The joy in Jane''s eyes sparkled brightly.


    "Mm." It took some effort for Patrick to nod as he asked: "What happened?"


    Why did he feel so weak all over again? Why did it hurt so much?


    "You were injured; your wound got infected and caused a fever," exined Jane with concern


    etched on her face.


    Taking several deep breaths helped bring back some memories for Patrick - yes - their ne


    crashed! They fell into the sea where they encountered strong winds followed by vicious fish


    attacks!


    He vaguely remembered telling Jane not to worry about him because he couldn''t hold on any


    longer...


    "Jane... you saved me?" Looking around at their surroundings revealed they were lying on a sandy


    beach which made relief wash over Patrick like waves crashing onto shorelines after surviving such


    an ordeal!


    Jane smiled lightly: "You''ve saved my life many times already; I''ve only returned one favor now but


    still owe you many more."


    Holding onto her hand tightly while speaking lowly: "Then let us use our bodies instead."


    As soon as those words left Patricks'' mouth warmth spread throughout Janes'' body causing her


    breaths to hitch momentarily before she nced at him curiously once again.


    This man, just when he was barely out of danger, started acting all casual.


    How did Jane not know that Patrick had such thick skin before?


    Seeing Jane remain silent, Patrick tightened his grip on her hand with a little force. "Don''t forget you


    promised me. You can''t back out now."


    Jane''s thin lips curved slightly. "Yes, I promised you and I won''t back out. But for now, we need to


    find a safe ce first."


    Patrick woke up from his daze and the situation seemed to have improved slightly. Jane''s anxious


    heart also rxed a bit.


    Patrick''s illness was mainly caused by an infected wound soaked in seawater which resulted in high


    fever. It was unrealistic to rely solely on physical methods to bring down the fever and with the sun


    beating down mercilessly on the beach even normal people couldn''t bear it let alone someone with


    high fever like Patrick.


    To make matters worse, she didn''t have any medicine at hand which made her worry even more.


    After thinking for a while, she came up with an idea.


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    For now, her only option was to find a safe ce for Patrick first before going around the ind


    looking for Chinese herbs that could be used as antipyretics.


    Back when she lived in rural areas beforeing here, she learned medical skills from a respected


    old Chinese doctor and therefore understood traditional Chinese medicine as well as knew about


    Chinese herbs.


    "Patrick can you walk?" Jane looked into the distance; She wanted to go into the forest looking for


    herbs but didn''t want Patrick lying there alone either.


    Patrick tried standing up but found it difficult.


    Jane quickly reached out and supported him; His entire body leaned against her shoulder while his


    right arm wrapped around her shoulder hanging loosely over her chest.


    Unintentionally though Patricks big hand touched that soft area of   her chest causing an electric


    shock-like feeling making Janes face turn red instantly.


    Jane paused mid-step then gave Patrick an annoyed look saying: "Can''t you behave yourself?"


    A hint ofughter appeared at one corner of Patricks mouth as he teased: "Are you shy?"


    Jane pursed her lips changing topics: "Watch your step."


    It took some effort but eventually Jane helped support Patrick under arge tree where they were


    shielded from sunlight by its leaves making their surroundings quiet too.


    Carefully supporting him onto sitting position leaning against tree trunk allowing him time rest,


    "Patrick rest here while I go nearby see if there are any herbs," said Jane opening up conversation


    again.


    "Mm-hmm," replied Patrick faintly feeling much better than earlier already.


    Patrick was already in good physical shape, and now with Jane''s heartfelt care, he was feeling even


    better. Afraid of getting lost, Jane had marked their path all the way. As they walked briskly forward,


    Jane suddenly heard a faint rushing sound.


    "What is that sound?" she wondered. "Could it be dangerous?"


    Jane cautiously stopped in her tracks and listened carefully for a while with her head tilted to one


    side.


    "It''s the sound of water!" she eximed. "There must be a water source nearby!"


    With joy in her heart, Jane followed the direction of the flowing water until she came upon a small


    stream not long after.


    "Fantastic!" she thought as she quickly approached the stream and squatted down to drink from it


    using her hands like a cup.


    After drinking copiously from it, Jane felt much morefortable all over her body. She stood up


    again and saw several fruit trees on the other side of the stream bearing orange fruits that looked


    very much like oranges.


    She hurriedly crossed over to them and picked one fruit before sniffing at it carefully.


    "It must be an orange," she concluded before peeling off its skin and taking a bite out of its juicy


    flesh which tasted sour-sweet but delicious nheless.


    It seemed that fate was still smiling on her since finding both water source and oranges meant


    surviving on this ind would no longer pose any problem for them anymore!


    Jane quickly picked several more oranges since Patrick''s injuries worried her greatly then retraced


    their steps following those markings back towards where they had started earlier looking for herbs


    along their way but unfortunately without sess so far...


    "Well then," thought Jane resignedly as they reached back under that big tree where they had


    rested earlier only to find Patrick missing! Her heart sank immediately with worry: how could he


    disappear just like that when his injuries were so severe?


    "Could something have happened to him?" cried out Jane anxiously while running around frantically


    calling out his name repeatedly: "Patrick! Patrick! Where are you?"