Chapter 97 God’s Grace (31)

"I knew it would be like this..."

The old lady's voice revealed fatigue.

"no!"

The little boy in her arms suddenly retorted: "You can't do this! It was you who said you could cure us and wouldn't give up on us! Why are you going back on your word now, you liars!"

"All right!"

The young man seemed a little annoyed, "You should know what diseases you are infected with. You should be satisfied that we did not abandon you in the first place. Now Altai wants to complete its big plan, and we can no longer leave you behind. For the sake of everyone's future, There’s nothing wrong with sacrificing something.”

"Anyway, you are going to die too."

His words were like biting cold water poured on them, and the patients lowered their heads and faced their fate with despair.

The young man calmed down and said: "These meals are Altai's last kindness to you. If you are really grateful to him for helping you when you were desperate, you should know what to do. When I go out, I will completely seal the entrance of the cave, which is considered a good thing." I won’t let you expose your corpses in the wilderness.”

After saying that, he stopped looking at them and turned around to go back to the ground. But as soon as he turned around, he saw an extra girl standing behind him. She was dressed in rags and most of her face was covered by a floral scarf. She looked at He also extended his hand to say hello.

"Hi."

"Hi...uh!"

The young man also waved to her subconsciously, but was knocked unconscious by a punch the next second.Xia Lingge waved his hands twice, stepped over the young people's bodies, and stood in front of them without any worries.

"It's you."

The little boy in the old lady's arms opened her eyes slightly when she saw her. Xia Lingge looked at his face carefully and found that he was the child he had saved from the apple stall earlier.

The old lady hugged the boy tightly and asked, "Tal, do you know her?"

The boy nodded hesitantly: "Before... I sneaked out to find apples for my grandma to eat, but I was almost beaten to death. She saved me."

The old lady's hand holding Tal trembled, and she raised her eyes tremblingly to look at the girl but didn't know what to say.

Xia Lingge didn't care about her thank you and just asked: "Why did Altai bury you alive?"

No one answered her. The old lady shook her head and sighed, full of despair and helplessness and said: "Kind girl, you are a good person and you shouldn't come here. Go back quickly, don't let us drag you down."

Xia Lingge didn't move: "I came here just to know the whole story. If you really thank me, let me know the truth."

The old lady tremblingly untied the cloth strips wrapped around her limbs, and soon revealed her left hand, which was wrinkled like old tree bark. Mottled white spots clearly appeared on her skin. The old lady raised her cloudy eyes and spoke word by word. Said: "Vitiligo, a terminal disease that can be infected very quickly."

……

When the young man woke up, he found that he was lying flat on the ground. He sat up and rubbed his aching head. He saw that the entrance of the hole not far away was blocked by something. He hesitantly walked over and kicked it. It was very tight. Like it can leak.

"what happened……"

He remembered that he went down to deliver food to the group of people and sealed their cave, but someone seemed to punch him and he passed out.

But why are he lying here again... Could it be that he remembered it wrong?
The young man rubbed his head and left shaking.

But the hidden girl was not found.

……

Xia Lingge returned to the construction site along the same route. She was still busy and no one noticed that she had left. She picked up the awl and pretended to bang it and blended into the crowd. When Si Cheng saw her coming back, he came to her side quietly and asked: "Senior, did you find anything?"

"The discovery was huge."

Xia Lingge whispered: "Altai plans to bury alive a group of people suffering from day shift syndrome. I have contacted them and feel that they may know something inside, but they are unwilling to tell. I am thinking of a solution."

"What vitiligo?"

Xia Lingge shook his head: "I'm not sure, but they have white spots on their skin. It's said to be a terminal disease that spreads very quickly."

"Terminal illness..." Si Cheng was a little shocked. He glanced around and found that no one noticed them, so he said in a low voice, "If it is a disease that spreads quickly, whether it is life or death, we should have made a decision long ago, and we should not delay it all the time. Until now, but if Altai insisted on saving their lives, why did he end up burying them alive instead?"

"I'm confused too," Xia Lingge said.

"How about... I go take a look?" Bai Xi, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said, "I have studied medicine, maybe I can help."

Xia Lingge nodded: "Okay, I'll take you to see it tonight."

Night soon fell again. Maybe it was because the workload during the day was too heavy, or maybe it was the Festival of Praying to Gods that was just one day away and I needed to recharge my batteries. In short, the cave dwelling was extremely quiet now.

Xia Lingge and Bai Xi came back to the ground in the dark, holding a torch to the entrance of the hole with carved patterns. The things blocking the ventilation holes were just disguises to hide the air, but in fact they were of no use at all. She pulled up the chain and took it with her Bai Xi climbed down the rope ladder.

Under the scorching light of the fire, Bai Xi carefully observed the patient's eyes, mouth, heartbeat and pulse. Seeing her skillful pulse checking, Xia Lingge was a little surprised: "So you studied Chinese medicine."

"Yes, my dream when I was a child was to be a medical scientist, but..." Bai Xi's eyes dimmed a little, and he omitted the rest of the content and changed the subject. "Their pulses are indeed very messy, with irregular heartbeats and insufficient blood. It's a pity. The conditions here are limited and a more comprehensive diagnosis cannot be made. However..."

Bai Xi thought for a while and asked the old lady, "Do you still remember why the white spots on your body appear?"

The old lady shook her head: "I don't remember..."

"I know." Tal suddenly said, "I saw it. When Ah Nai brought food to Altai and the others, Altai put something in the food and water. He didn't eat it but shared it with Ah Nai and the others. After they ate it, they got white spots all over their bodies and became sick.”

"I said it, but Grandma and the others didn't believe it."

"Tal!"

The old lady's voice suddenly sounded serious: "Altai is a great man. He is helping us suffer and break free from the shackles of slavery. We should not question him, let alone doubt him!"

Xia Lingge and Bai Xi looked at each other after hearing this. Xia Lingge led Taer further away and asked, "What else do you know?"

Tal said: "I also know that people were panicked when vitiligo first appeared, but Altai firmly said that as long as he is around, he will not give up anyone, and no one will be sacrificed."

"Later on, the vitiligo disease did not spread as seriously as it did. But one time when he was working, an uncle suffering from vitiligo was discovered by the temple people. They said it was the mark of the devil. Not only did they burn him to death, they also burned him to death. Burning all those who have been exposed to or suffering from vitiligo, Altai defended us against all objections and sent us here.”

(End of this chapter)

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