Chapter 287: Cold Night (2nd Update)
At first, Jiang Lian thought that Chen Yuan was just a little sleepy.
She was about to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, when the words of reminder came to her lips and she was about to say them.
As a result, Chen Yuan suddenly fell to the steering wheel at this time.
Her left hand froze in mid-air, and Jiang Lian was stunned for a moment.
"Chen Yuan!"
She exclaimed and reached out to pull Chen Yuan up.
As soon as the two hands were placed on his shoulders, the body had shifted badly to the left.
The left front wheel rushed off the road, and the car shook violently.
Jiang Lian crashed into Chen Yuan's body.
She looked up with difficulty, and in her field of vision, a stout old tree appeared in front of her, on the left.
In the confusion, she struggled to push Chen Yuan to the backrest, grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and turned to the right.
However, it was too late.
The front of the car turns to the right at the same time.
The position of the left headlight had hit the big tree.
"Boom-"
The body flung to the left side by inertia, and the tail bounced slightly.
Jiang Lian's whole person hit the windshield.
The rift that already existed further widened.
Chen Yuan's head slammed into the steering wheel, blood dripping down his forehead.
Li Qiluo bumped on the backrest and fell into the gap between the back seat and the front seat.
The car had turned off and the left headlights had dimmed.
Fortunately, the speed of the car at that time was not fast, and the injuries of the three were not serious.
Jiang Lian endured the pain in her back and crawled back to the co-pilot, she pressed Chen Yuan's shoulder with one hand and shook it gently. At the same time, looking back at the back seat, Li Qiluo was rubbing his neck, just getting up from under the back seat.
"Are you alright?"
"Whew...... Still, okay, you, what about you?"
"I'm okay too. ”
"What's going on?"
Li Qiluo leaned on the backrest and glanced forward, looking panicked, "What's wrong with Chen Yuan?"
Jiang Lian gasped, "I don't know either." ”
She lifted Chen Yuan's upper body up and let him lean on the backrest.
"Chen Yuan?"
She whispered at first, then gradually increased the volume.
"Chen Yuan!"
I slapped him on the face continuously, but there was still no reaction at all.
Li Qiluo in the back blinked his eyes in a panic, "He, he, he won't, it won't be ......"
Jiang Lian put her finger under Chen Yuan's nose.
Snorting is normal.
She was lying on Chen Yuan's chest again, her heartbeat was also very powerful, and she didn't feel anything wrong at all.
"He should just have passed out. ”
She frowned in confusion, "But why did you suddenly faint?"
"Could it be tired? He's been fighting so hard since we started running away......"
"It's possible. ”
The two women looked at each other, and they couldn't come to a better conclusion at the moment, so they could only wait for Chen Yuan to wake up.
Jiang Lian looked around, outside the car window, except for a little dim moonlight, there was endless darkness everywhere.
In this case, it is impossible to say that you are not afraid.
She calmed down her mind for a while, and then said to Li Qiluo, "Qiluo, let's lift Chen Yuan to the back seat together, and I'll drive." ”
Li Qiluo nodded, "Okay." ”
The temperature in the cabin began to drop slowly after the crash. However, compared to the outside world, the inside of the carriage is still considered a warm space.
After the two of them got out of the car, they couldn't stop trembling for a while.
"It's too cold, let's try to hurry. ”
"Uh-huh. ”
Jiang Lian opened the driver's door and dragged Chen Yuan out with difficulty, and then Li Qiluo was responsible for lifting his legs. Little by little, the two women moved him to the back seat.
"Come on. ”
"Well, Sister Lian, be careful not to hit your head. ”
"Good. ”
A few minutes later, Jiang Lian sat in the driver's seat, and Li Qiluo sat in the co-pilot next to her.
Both women were breathing heavily.
"I didn't expect him to be so heavy. ”
"It could also be that our power is too small. ”
Jiang Lian glanced back at Chen Yuan, and she and Li Qiluo unanimously decided to cover the two thick quilts over him. After that, she used the excuse that she was going to drive, and only wore a thin quilt on her body, and the other two thin quilts were all given to Li Qiluo.
She held the steering wheel for a moment, then restarted the car.
Fortunately, there were no problems with the engine, but the front of the car was dented a bit, and the left headlight was scrapped.
She stiffly shifted gears.
As soon as the clutch was released, the car stalled.
Li Qiluo looked at her a little strangely.
"The car won't break, will it?"
"No, no, no. ”
Jiang Lian responded with some embarrassment.
She hadn't touched a manual transmission car for nearly a decade since she got her driver's license. Usually she drives an automatic transmission, but at this time, she suddenly touches the manual transmission, which is really uncomfortable.
She cleared her throat and took a deep breath.
Starting the car again, she shifted the gear to reverse and slowly released the clutch with her left foot.
This time, the car did not turn off again.
After backing a little distance, she shifted into first gear, quickly turned the steering wheel, and quickly re-drove the car onto the provincial road ahead.
She steadfastly controlled the steering wheel while carefully observing the situation around her.
I thought I would be able to see the nearby town soon.
However, after driving all the way out for nearly ten kilometers, there was still nothing around.
On top of that, the bigger problem is that the car is about to run out of gas.
Jiang Lian's mind couldn't help but become a little flustered.
If they can't find a gas station before the car runs out of gas, they will be in a precarious position.
Although there are no zombies around, it doesn't mean that there will never be.
Moreover, after the car runs out of gas, the heater cannot be turned on, and the temperature in the car will get lower and lower, even if it will not freeze to death on the spot, but at that temperature, the chance of catching a cold and fever will still become very high.
The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, but there was nothing in front of her except this road with no end in sight.
After a little further afield, she finally saw a sign.
It says that it is still eighteen kilometers away from Muyang Town.
Eighteen km ......
She said it silently in her mind.
Glancing down at the pointer in the fuel gauge.
She felt a pang of despair.
The gas in the car has been completely depleted!
She bit her lower lip.
Drive a little more, drive a little more......
She kept praying in her heart.
However, the reality is always so cruel.
The car under his feet just turned off.
The car slowed down, the brakes and steering lost their assistance, and the car slid forward for a while, and finally came to a complete stop on the road.
Li Qiluo turned his head to look at Jiang Lian blankly, "What's the car...... Stopped?"
Jiang Lian held the steering wheel with both hands, and her head slowly drooped.
"It's out of gas. ”
"...... so fast"
"Hmm. ”
"So, what do we do?"
Jiang Lian shook her head weakly.
"There's no way for the time being, let's stay up until the sun rises tomorrow. It's still more than ten kilometers away from that town, so let's walk over if we have the chance. ”
Li Qiluo let out a weak "um".
She glanced back at Chen Yuan dejectedly, he was still in a coma.
After the ignition was turned off, the heater was forced to stop.
The temperature in the carriage began to slowly drop.
Jiang Lian shrunk into the driver's seat and wrapped the thin quilt around her body.
"If you can't go to the bathroom, try to put up with it first. Otherwise, if you open the door and get out of the car, the residual temperature in the car will be quickly covered by the cold air outside. ”
"Good. ”
The night was getting deeper.
Outside the window, you can clearly hear the whistling wind.
The residual heat of the warm air is depleted unconsciously.
The temperature in the carriage dropped completely.
Jiang Lian shrunk into the quilt and carefully blew into her palm.
Li Qiluo looked at her with a frown.
"Sister Lian, this quilt is still for you, I'll just use one. ”
Jiang Lian immediately refused.
"No, your body is so thin, you definitely don't have my frost resistance. ”
"But you're skinny, too. ”
"I ......"
It seemed that she didn't think of any suitable reason for a while, so she simply said, "I have bigger breasts than you, and they can help me provide calories." ”
Li Qiluo showed a puzzled look.
"Do women's breasts still have this effect?"
"Of course. ”
"Sister Lian, don't bully me for going to school less!"
"I really didn't lie to you, you can sleep in peace. ”
Li Qiluo looked down at his own airfield.
"Alright then......"
She blinked, then added, "Then call me if you're cold." ”
"Well, don't worry. ”
Jiang Lian leaned on the backrest behind her, staring at the dark night sky with a stunned gaze.
The chill crept through the crack between the car doors, and she exhaled softly, then hugged herself tightly.