She couldn't stop crying.
Julien tried hard to give a faint smile.
Though his face was pale and his body was wet, he still looked handsome.
He raised his right hand to wipe the tears from her eyes and said in a hoarse voice," Don’t cry. You look not as beautiful as usual when you cry."
When Sydney heard what he said, she shot an angry glance at him. "We’ve just escaped death. There is no need to pay attention to our appearance."
Julien withdrew his hand. "Yeah. You're right."
"Well.” Sydney straightened his body slightly. "How did you sink into the bottom of the lake?"
Julien closed his eyes slowly. "When we fell off the cliff, I was under you. As we fell off a high cliff, the pressure on the water surface was very strong, and the surface was as hard as a rock. The moment I fell into the water, my head and back seemed to hit a large hard rock, so I lost consciousness."
'It turns out to be so.’
"Is there anything wrong with your head and back?" Sydney hurriedly looked at the back of his head.
Julien shook his head gently. "I'm okay. I just feel a little dizzy and nauseous."
In addition, Julien felt that his back was burning with pain.
The wounds on his back didn't completely heal, as some scabs hadn't fallen off yet. It was likely that the scabs ruptured and the wounds bled again.
But these were not big problems. The big problem was that his left arm had been injured seriously.
He seemed not to feel his left arm anymore...
Of course, Julien would not tell Sydney about it.
"Dizzy and nauseous?" Sydney had a sinking feeling when she heard his words.
When one’s head was hit hard, he or she would feel dizzy and nauseous.
When Sydney was struck on the head with a stick by Denna last time, Sydney suffered a concussion. Even many days after that incident, she was still dizzy and nauseated.
So, she was very sure that Julien had a concussion.
If people had a concussion, they must be treated by doctors right away. Otherwise, they may suffer from intractable headaches in the future.
Thinking of this, Sydney asked Julien to sit down, and then she stood up all at once. " Well, we can't stay here and wait for them to find us. You must see a doctor immediately. Besides, our clothes are wet, and it's so cold now. If we only wait here, we'll get sick. Let's leave here to see if some people live outside the woods. If there are some people living nearby, we will be saved."
Then she bent down to hold Julien's left arm.
However, the moment she held his left
arm, she suddenly felt that his left arm must have been injured.
His left arm was limp, and the location connecting his shoulder and his left arm was slanted. A normal person would not have such an arm.
When Sydney realized this, her eyes widened, and her face turned pale. She looked at Julien in shock. She moved her mouth several times before speaking," Your... Your arm..."
"It seems to be broken." Julien explained indifferently, as if the broken arm hadn't been his arm.
Sydney was shocked, and she staggered back a step before stabilizing her body. Then she asked in a trembling voice," Broken? Was it broken while we were hanging from the tree trunk?"
She suddenly remembered that he looked pale and his forehead was full of sweat when the tree trunk broke. She thought at the time that it was because he was about to be unable to support himself and her with one arm.
But now, she understood that it wasn't because he couldn't support himself and her, but because his arm was broken.
When Julien heard Sydney's question, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes flashed with guilt, but he didn't answer her question.
"That’s good. Wait a moment." Sydney let go of his arm and then took off her short trench coat.
Although Julien didn't know what she was going to do, he didn't stop her from taking the coat off.
Anyway, their clothes were wet. No matter whether they took off the coat or not, they felt cold.
Under Julien's doubtful stare, Sydney took several steps forward with her coat in her hand and picked up a stone with sharp edges. Then she cut out her coat with the sharp-edged stone.
Seeing this, Julien knew what she was going to do and raised his lips.
Soon, Sydney came back with a handful of cloth strips and a few small wooden sticks that she had picked up on the ground. "As we are in such a condition, I can only fix your arm with these things. When we return, I'll ask a doctor to set your arm.”
"Okay." Julien nodded with a smile.
Sydney took some cloth strips and then began to fix Julien's left arm.
Sydney could feel his stare, but she ignored it and concentrated on fixing his arm.
A few minutes later, she tied a dead knot and finished fixing his left arm.
"How do you feel? Is it too tight?" Sydney took a step back, looked up at him and asked.
When Julien looked at his left arm hanging from his chest, he smiled and shook his head.
"It is better to fix my arm tightly so that the arm won't be injured again.” "I think so, too. So, I fixed it tightly." Sydney also smiled.
Afterwards, she picked up the cloth strips on the ground. She was about to say something when she suddenly saw Julien fall towards her.
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