Jiang Yao Woke Up! Helping You Overcome Your Germophobia

Then the little girl lunged straight at him, straddled him, and wrapped her little hands around his neck!

Her babyish ferocity was terrifying!

Lu Zhe cried out dramatically for help!

That made Tang Xiaoguo laugh despite her anger. She pinched him. "You rotten Lu Zhe! I wasn't even using any strength, okay?"

But just then, a muffled call drifted over:

"Lu Zhe..."

Everyone froze, because that was Jiang Yao's voice!

They all thought Jiang Yao had woken up and hurried over to check, only to find her eyes closed and her lips trembling slightly.

"Lu Zhe..."

"Jiang Yao! Yaoyao!" they all called together!

But Jiang Yao didn't respond. She just kept mumbling Lu Zhe's name over and over!

Tang Xiaoguo demanded angrily, "Lu Zhe, why does Yaoyao keep calling your name?"

"How would I know?" Lu Zhe found it strange too. He and Jiang Yao were partners in the figure skating club, and they usually got along well, but surely they weren't close enough for her to call his name in her dreams!

"Are you two having a thing?"

Lu Zhe thought for a moment. "I don't think so..."

"You hesitated! You are! You are!" Tang Xiaoguo raised her little fists and pummeled him.

"Stop it!" Lu Zhe caught Tang Xiaoguo's little hands. "Besides, even if we were, what's it got to do with you?!"

Tang Xiaoguo glared at him. "I don't want to see you deceiving innocent girls!"

Ning Shu said, "Quiet. Listen carefully!"

Then they heard Jiang Yao mumble again, "Lu Zhe, wash your hands before you touch me..."

Lu Zhe let out a long breath!

This was an everyday exchange between Jiang Yao and him!

As figure skating partners, holding hands and putting an arm around her waist were unavoidable during competitions. Jiang Yao always made Lu Zhe wash his hands several times!

She often said, "I like being clean, so my dance partner has to be squeaky-clean too."

With the misunderstanding cleared up, saving her came next!

Lu Zhe handed over a bottle of water. "Use this!"

"Okay!"

Ning Shu took it, clumsily unscrewed the cap, and poured it into Jiang Yao's mouth, but she failed to control the flow, making her choke and splutter.

Lin Qianqian said, "Let me do it!"

She carefully poured water into the bottle cap, then tipped the water from the cap into Jiang Yao's mouth?

Before long, Jiang Yao slowly opened her eyes and saw her filthy classmates!

"Ah..."

She cried out in alarm and nearly passed out again.

The others hurried to fan her, give her water, and press the point beneath her nose.

After another while, Jiang Yao finally came around.

"What kind of water is this..."

Tang Xiaoguo blurted out, "Nothing special, just water from a muddy puddle!"

"Ah... ugh!"

Hearing that, Jiang Yao began vomiting uncontrollably!

Yes!

The first thing Jiang Yao did after waking up stranded on a deserted island was actually vomit.

And that was only from drinking milky-smelling puddle water!

If she found out she'd drunk her companions' bodily fluids, there was no imagining what would happen!

"That's so disgusting!" Jiang Yao screamed in a frenzy!

"What do we do?"

For the moment, Lin Qianqian and Tang Xiaoguo were at a complete loss, and Ning Shu had run out of ideas too.

Lu Zhe, however, remained clearheaded!

Normally, everyone could accommodate her germophobia, but out here in the wilderness, with harsh conditions and scarce supplies, they couldn't simply let her do as she pleased!

Just then, another notification sounded in Lu Zhe's mind: "New mission: Help Jiang Yao overcome her germophobia so she can adapt to life on the deserted island!

Reward: Potential Points +1!"

Lu Zhe also knew he needed to help her overcome her germophobia, but how exactly should he do it?

Lay out the facts and reason with her, or persuade her gently?

Neither seemed likely to work!

Well, her germophobia isn't that severe anyway. Why not try thinking in reverse, give her a shock, and see what she says!

With that thought, Lu Zhe stood up and said gravely, "Everyone, move aside. Let me talk some sense into her!"

Ning Shu hesitated. "Can... can you manage?"

Lu Zhe said confidently, "Don't worry, class monitor. I know her best!"

Lin Qianqian and Tang Xiaoguo moved aside!

"Jiang Yao..."

"Stay away from me..."

Lu Zhe sneered, turned her around, caught her beneath the arms, and lifted her up!

Jiang Yao was a little puzzled. How had her dance partner, who normally couldn't lift her at all, suddenly become so strong?

She said in a panic, "Hey, hey! What are you doing?"

Lu Zhe forcefully pushed her against a tree and, without allowing any argument, pinned her shoulders down. With the utmost gravity, he said, "Everything I'm about to tell you really happened. Although these things might sound hard to believe, they're precisely what saved your life!"

Jiang Yao had never seen Lu Zhe like this. Drawing her arms in, her face flushed and her large eyes glistening, she nodded a little helplessly.

"We did give you muddy puddle water. And not only that-I'll tell you this too: we picked up the bottle we used to hold it!"

"Wh-what?"

Jiang Yao's face flushed, and a wave of nausea made her about to vomit!

Lu Zhe gave a cold laugh and covered her mouth with one hand, preventing her from throwing up!

She struggled desperately, but how could she overpower Lu Zhe?

The other three girls stared at the scene, dumbfounded, unsure whether they should stop him!

"But even muddy puddle water is nothing!"

Lu Zhe continued with utter calm, "To cool you down, we soaked socks in seawater and laid them on your forehead!"

Socks...

On my forehead?

Despair filled Jiang Yao's eyes!

It made his heart ache a little.

But he understood that going soft now would only harm her!

He gritted his teeth and continued, "Maybe you already can't take it after hearing that, but I'm still going to tell you: there's something even more outrageous!"

Ning Shu cried out, "Let's not tell her about that!"

Lu Zhe ignored her completely and continued, "When we first found you, you were severely dehydrated and on the verge of death. We saved you by pouring urine into you! So right now, your stomach is full of the class monitor's and Guo'er's urine!"

Crack!

It was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky, striking Jiang Yao squarely on the crown of her head!

At that moment, she felt nothing but dizzy!

The other three girls were dumbstruck too, not daring to imagine what would happen next!

Jiang Yao desperately grabbed Lu Zhe's wrist. Unable to speak, she could only make muffled whimpering sounds!

But Lu Zhe still wasn't about to stop. "Even this hand I'm covering your mouth with was searching through feces not long ago, finding over twenty strawberry seeds!"

The hand that searched through feces for seeds...

Is covering my mouth...

For Jiang Yao, this blow was no less devastating than a nuclear bomb!

"What I want to tell you is this: while you were unconscious, we ran into plenty of trouble, but we overcame it all, one problem at a time! Qianqian wiped down your body, the class monitor searched for fresh water and food for you, and Guo'er even got bitten on the toe by a snake while protecting you!

Everyone is struggling to survive, doing everything they can to find limited resources so we can get through the even harder days ahead! Tell me, what right do you have to be precious, and what right do you have to waste anything?!"

Those pointed questions left Jiang Yao crimson-faced, and her urge to vomit eased too!

Lu Zhe knew his approach had worked.

"Next, I'm going to lower my hand, and I'll allow you to vomit! But let me tell you this: whatever you throw up, you'll eat it back down afterward! Remember, this isn't playing house. This is real wilderness survival!"