Chapter 4: Calm, rational, and bright as the morning sun

After sitting down safely in the tent, Grace looked around carefully and said, "The environment is not bad. You can send your friend in."

"Wait a minute." Austin responded calmly.

Grace paused as she was about to open the medicine box, but remained calm and said, "It's better to do it as soon as possible. Aren't you worried about your friend's condition?"

Austin stared at Grace's slightly stiff back and thought to himself, "Have you ever taken a ride with someone else before?"

Grace clenched the tweezers in her hand and responded softly.

"Don't be so nervous, we are soldiers." There was a hint of comfort in Austin's words.

Although Grace had guessed, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard Austin 's identity confirmed.

In Grace's heart , soldiers are the most trustworthy people.

And Austin does indeed exude the unique temperament of a soldier.

Seeing that Grace seemed to relax a little, Austin said bluntly: "Take care of your own wound first, and you can use whatever you want here. When you are done, help Hu Zi with it."

Grace didn't expect that Austin would be so concerned about her injury.

In fact, the injury on her thigh was not light, but she knew that they were just casual acquaintances, so her original plan was to help first and then borrow medicine.

However, he was willing to let her treat her own wounds first before helping them...

Although this man looks cold and taciturn, he is surprisingly reliable.

However , some questions still need to be asked, "Um...can I use some anesthetic?"

After asking, Grace added an explanation: "With this level of anesthetic, your friend will still feel pain even if he uses up the entire bottle for his gunshot wound. The pain is not much different if he uses two-thirds of it or all of it. So, can I..."

Grace herself felt a little embarrassed about this request. After all, she was really scared about stitching her own wounds without anesthesia.

Austin immediately understood her intention, "Okay, you decide for yourself."

"Thank you, Austin." Grace smiled happily, and her whole body seemed to be illuminated by the sun, bright and charming.

Before, Grace gave Austin the impression of a cautious but calm girl. She knew that exchanging interests was the best way to protect herself, and she was calm, rational, and stubborn.

But now, he discovered that she might have another side. When she smiled, her eyes seemed to be filled with sunshine, so bright that it was hard to look directly at her.

"Austin? What's wrong with you?" Grace tilted her head slightly, looking at him in confusion as he suddenly lost consciousness.

"It's okay." Austin collected his thoughts, "I'll go get you some water. Clean yourself up. Hygiene is very important during surgery."

Grace nodded and watched Austin leave the tent.

Now she was finally relieved. When she got home, she would settle this account with Mark and Cathy .

Seeing Austin walk out of the tent, Brighton was busy boiling water on the fire to prepare for cooking, "Captain, do you want to let the little girl eat before working? What if her hands shake when she's hungry?"

Austin then remembered about eating, "Make more porridge for her and Hu Zi, I'll let her take care of her wound first."

"Yeah, I almost forgot that she is still injured. Our Austin is really caring." Brighton joked.

"Are you itchy?" Austin said sternly.

"Don't dare." Brighton said this, but his face was full of smiles.

Before treating the wound, Grace used the water that Austin brought to carefully wash her hands and face. After washing, the water turned black...

" If I don't wash it clean, he will probably worry that I will dirty his friend's wound, right?" Grace whispered to herself.

When Austin brought hot water again, Grace looked up and said to him, "It will take me more than an hour to treat the wound. Please help your friend cool down physically first."

"Can't I take medicine to reduce fever?" Austin asked.

"Taking antipyretics before anesthesia may aggravate adverse drug reactions and may also affect the efficacy of the drug," Grace explained.

Austin said no more after hearing this.

Grace 's clean face kept appearing in his mind . He had guessed that she was good-looking before, but he didn't expect her to be so stunning...

Brighton came over with a highly absorbent towel, and when he saw Austin was about to enter the tent, he stopped him without hesitation, "She is treating her wound."

Austin didn't forget the serious injury on Grace's thigh, and it was inevitable that it would be a little... inconvenient to deal with it.

"I know, but she will need an absorbent towel to clean her wound. We don't have any other supplies, but we should at least provide towels, right?" Brighton said, stuffing the towel into Austin's hand. "I'm going to cook noodles, Captain, I'll give you the towel."

Brighton's words made sense. Austin thought about it and turned to walk towards the tent.

Grace was about to take off her pants when she heard Austin 's voice . Fortunately, she stopped in time.

After pretending to look through the medicine box, Grace said, "Come in."

"This towel is very absorbent." Austin handed over the towel and turned to leave.

"It's hard." Grace muttered softly, but the hardness made her feel at ease.

If it was someone who talked a lot, she would probably be even more uneasy.

This is good and makes people feel at ease.

However, since she started cleaning the wound, Grace couldn't smile anymore. The pain made her tears flow.

She could still tolerate the scrapes and bites on her body.

But the laceration on her thigh made her tremble with pain when she cleaned it with water. Her hands and legs were shaking, and her tears were streaming. She was completely unable to control her emotions. She could only cry while cleaning the wound, and cursed Mark in her heart to divert her attention.

Even so, after several rounds of debridement procedures, her eyes were sore from crying.

Looking at the torn muscles on her thigh, she had no doubt that if she had not forced the wolf to let go, the piece of meat would have been torn off.

After injecting herself with a third of anesthesia, Grace waited for the anesthesia to take effect. During this time, she could finally rest and let her mind clear for a while.

However, her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to her years in the Lowe family.

In fact, from the age of five to the age of eighteen, she has always been the beloved daughter of the Lowe family . In addition , she is also very hardworking, with excellent academic performance and outstanding talents, and is what parents call "other people's children".

Mr. Lowe and Mrs. Lowe are also happy to be envied by everyone. After all, it is something to be proud of to raise such an outstanding daughter.

But what Grace knows better is that the Lowe family adopted her not because they missed their daughter too much after she was abducted.

But it's because of her brother, Leo.