If she was a stranger...
If she was a stranger, did that mean she shouldn't help her?
Tong Xin quickly mocked herself inwardly. She had stumbled along the entire way, seeing plenty of people trampled underfoot and helpless old people and children crying. The citizens of Huoyun City, who had never experienced a disaster before, seemed to have only one thought left: squeezing into the shelters—nothing else mattered.
Was this what it was like?
Some people had also stepped forward, supporting old people who had fallen in the street and angrily shouting at someone. Others had put crying children on their shoulders so that the children's parents could spot them more quickly.
Some people took advantage of the chaos. She had just run into one of them.
Some people... needed help.
Even if they were strangers.
Fortunately, the back door of the shop in the same alley—the one behind the convenience store—was unlocked. Perhaps the people inside had forgotten to lock it when they left?
Tong Xin paid no attention to this minor detail. Instead, she helped the apparently injured Teacher Xiao Hu inside.
"Hello, is this the medical station? I have an injured person here... Can you hear me? Hello, hello?"
"You... li... quickly..."
They couldn't communicate effectively at all, and the signal suddenly cut off... Tong Xin helplessly stared at the phone, which was now showing No Service. She thought about how she still had three months of payments left on this piece of junk, while the new generation would be released next month to fleece everyone again.
This place was... seemingly a restaurant's kitchen.
Tong Xin looked around, then fetched some water. She carefully fed some to Teacher Xiao Hu... Only after seeing him swallow it did she relax slightly.
His eyelids trembled faintly. Teacher Xiao