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Lily surely has a fever and it seems severe because her body temperature reaches above 40℃.

Abby shakes Lily’s shoulders, trying to wake her up, “Lily, Lily?”

Vaguely aware that someone is shaking her, Lily regains consciousness and opens her eyes faintly. Somehow, she finds the sunlight entering from windows is so blinding that makes her uncomfortable.

But it’s the fever that makes her feel ill, not the light.

Although Lily’s awake now, she feels strongly dizzy and faint. Abby puts a fever cooling pad on her forehead, gets her take some medicine and finally calls an ambulance.

The waiting period is so painful and it makes Abby extremely agitated though the ambulance only takes minutes to come.

Lily’s body temperature is so high that the medicine she took is not working at all.

Fever is not some severe illness while it could lead to many complications with such a high temperature, like pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and meningitis. It’s hard to say.

There’s nothing Abby could do to help while waiting for the medical team besides changing cooling pads and being anxious.

Fortunately, the ambulance soon arrives. Nurses come upstairs with a wheelchair and they pull Lily up from the ground and place her on it, then goes straight into the lift and transfer her to the ambulance.

Everything happens so fast that Abby doesn’t have time to get changed. Then she puts a random coat on hastily and accompanies Lily to the hospital.

On the way to the nearest hospital, the First Hospital Affiliated of J University, a nurse puts her on a drip attempting to reduce her unusually high temperature.

Once arriving the hospital, the medical stuff run a series of tests on her. Abby is literally dazed when she saw Lily’s thermometer which shows her body temperature has risen to —

42℃.

In Abby’s limited medical knowledge system, a fever with a body temperature above 39℃ is rather severe; if exceeding 40℃, it will probably cause a confused state of mind and hallucination. 42℃ is something she never sees before.

prepares the drug of the infusion, she keeps saying to Abby, “Why didn’t you call ambulance earlier?

head, she answers, “It’s not this serious last night until

careful. Fever is big deal

bedside. Lily’s pale complexion is a clear sign

he calls a third time, she walks

unfamiliar voice from the phone. He tries to figure out the owner of this voice in

“Lily’s friend, Abby.”

“Where is she?”

the excuse she prepared before picking up the call, acting naturally, “She left

is quiet

her stomach. Abby’s afraid he

emotion showing in his voice, so it’s hard to tell whether he believes her or not. “Please tell Lily I called when you see

a sigh of relief, “Sure,

a nurse in white uniform walks over, “You

are a lot of medical jargons and figures that Abby couldn’t understand on

The doctor tells her, “It turns out that’s not a common fever that your friend has developed. She has mild alcohol intoxication and there’s a fair number of anticholinergic agents and a few atropines, which are ingredients of knockout drops, in her blood. So, it’s certain that she’s got

doctor’s words give Abby a fright. She recalls that Lily was being so weak that she could barely speak and

and angry. “Is she going to be fine? What treatment does she need? Is

too ill when she came. We’ll see after the fever is gone.” The doctor objectively evaluates Lily’s condition. From the diagnose, the doctor has an inkling of what has happened to the two girls, and she consoles Abby, “Don’t worry. We’ll try our

with loads of uncomfortable thoughts crowding in on her. She feels utterly angry at the thought of Lily

the moment, the phone in her pocket rings

time it’s not from Ryan, instead, it’s from another person, someone she’s so familiar

Rex.

takes a glance at Lily who is still unconscious, deciding to keep silent about Lily’s condition. After

didn’t expect that as soon as she answers the