It felt a little chilly.
Teacher Xiao Hu woke up to find two concerned gazes fixed on him... He instinctively sat up, and something immediately fell from his forehead.
It was a neatly folded wet towel.
"Where is this... a restaurant?" He looked around and found himself lying in a booth.
"I could only find somewhere convenient... At least the kitchen still has plenty of food." Xia Lili spoke bluntly. "The shelter in Bishui District is probably out of the question. I just ran into someone who escaped from there. They said the shelter had been attacked, and everyone was being evacuated."
"I see..."
The situation was so bad that Teacher Xiao Hu lost himself in thought.
Tong Xin, however, remained optimistic... She could only stay optimistic. "There's also a wine cellar underground here. If something really happens, we might be able to hide in there... The food and water should last for a while."
Teacher Xiao Hu nodded, but he was staring at his chest, seemingly distracted. He remembered that this place should have been pierced through by a spear.
Yet now... there wasn't even a wound?
"What... what happened to me?" Teacher Xiao Hu asked blankly.
Xia Lili blinked. "You don't remember?"
He shook his head in confusion.
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure either," Xia Lili said. "After I got my sister settled, I went back to look for you. When I arrived, you were already lying on the ground, so I had no choice but to carry you back. You can thank me with a month's wages."
"...Would half a month work?"
"Deal!"
Could she really have bargained him down even further?
Teacher Xiao Hu gave a bitter laugh, feeling as though he had lost out somehow. Then he instinctively asked, "Was it just me? What about