Chapter 21 These young lives
While we were expressing our sadness, Lǎo Cài suddenly called out to us with excitement. When we turned back, we saw that there was some movement from Soldier Hu's side.Maybe he had been pretending to be dead earlier, but now he seemed to be regaining consciousness. Soldier Hu's body was convulsing involuntarily, and blood kept flowing from his mouth.He struggled to open his eyes for a while as if he saw us. However, every word he tried to speak seemed to be extremely difficult.Seeing him like this, Lǎo Càiquickly reassured him, saying it's okay, the wound can still be treated, not to worry, to take it easy, and to speak slowly.He managed a faint smile, but couldn't hide his immense pain, which left me feeling deeply guilty.If we had arrived earlier, he might have escaped this ordeal. The thought of this on