Chapter 555 — Am I Going to Die? "No — I think Yao Yao's the best!" Shen Yushu waved her fist. "Don't worry, Yao Yao, I'm going to help you win back Arrow Brand Bro's heart!"
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"Oh, then I won't eat it..." Shen Yushu was startled and quickly put the idea out of her head. "But I still want water. I want something to eat..."
"All right, Xiao Shu, let's sleep a while. Once we're asleep we won't be hungry or thirsty..." Though she too was famished and parched, Gu Mengyao had to play the elder sister and comfort her. "Didn't you say it yourself? Wei Zhao is sure to come and save us..."
"Oh... all right then." Shen Yushu closed her eyes.
Gu Mengyao sighed softly as well. It must be night now; not a sliver of light came through the peephole in the security door. She remembered it clearly: the door faced the mouth of the cave, so if it were day outside, they would surely be able to make something out.
Time passed minute by minute; the two girls leaned close against each other, and gradually Gu Mengyao heard Shen Yushu's breathing even out, and knew she had fallen asleep. Gu Mengyao was tired too, and she slept as well.
When they woke again, a thread of light was showing through the peephole: outside the cave, day had broken. They had not, of course, been woken by that thin light, but by a parching thirst.
It had been more than ten hours without a drop of water, and both were desperately thirsty. Shen Yushu no longer felt hungry, only thirsty, desperate for a drink.
"Yao Yao, I'm thirsty. I want water so badly..." Shen Yushu said hoarsely, with great effort.
"Be good, Xiao Shu. Just hold on a little longer." Gu Mengyao patted her back, firm. "Wei Zhao is sure to come and save us."
"Oh... are you sure?" At this, Shen Yushu lost her confidence instead. She had thought Wei Zhao would come quickly, but a whole night had plainly passed and he still had not come. She had no idea what hour it was now, but it must already be the second day's daylight.
"Yes. If he doesn't come, I'll fire him!" Gu Mengyao said, to comfort her.
Shen Yushu wanted to say, if he isn't coming at all, how could you fire him? Yet in her heart she too was praying Wei Zhao would come. It was the last straw she had to clutch at, and she did not want her hope to shatter.
"Yao Yao, am I going to die? Why do I feel as if there isn't an ounce of strength left in my whole body? I've just woken up, and already I want to sleep again." Shen Yushu struggled feebly to take Gu Mengyao's hand.
"You won't. You're only too hungry — that's why you have no strength." Gu Mengyao shook her head.
"Oh, then I'll sleep a while longer..." Shen Yushu closed her eyes, but though she was drowsy and exhausted, sleep would not come; her stomach rumbled and her throat felt as though it were on fire.
Gu Mengyao was suffering too, but she knew that Xiao Shu had lost the confidence she had held before, and that at a moment like this she above all must not despair. If both of them gave up hope, then it truly was over.
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