Chapter 57 - 53
As night fell, no one continued to chat. Instead, they took clothes they had scavenged from somewhere and returned to the passenger car.
Having learned their lesson from the previous night, no one dared to sleep in the residential living room again just for the sake of temporary warmth. Compared to risking their lives, a little discomfort was perfectly acceptable.
However, considering the extremely low outside temperature, sleeping in the car posed a risk of catching a cold. So, all the soldiers began distributing the collected clothes and blankets to everyone, trying to reduce the risk of illness as much as possible.
"Alan, take these clothes. Cover yourself with them when you sleep in the car at night; otherwise, you'll freeze."
In the passenger car, Brian covered Sarah with an adult-sized down jacket, then picked up another piece of clothing from his seat and handed it to Alan in the front seat.
"No, thank you." Alan waved his hand quickly upon seeing Brian only had one piece of clothing. How could he accept it? He hurriedly said, "I'm not afraid of the cold. You should wear this."
With that, he pushed back the clothing Brian was trying to give him, indicating that Brian should wear it instead.
"Don't be stubborn; stop insisting on this," Tracy intervened as both of them wanted the other to wear the clothing. She approached with a down jacket and placed it between them, saying with a slight smirk, "We won't let you freeze. This way, both of you will have something."
"..."
Seeing another piece of clothing suddenly appear between them, they stopped speaking and simply thanked Tracy in unison.
"Uh, you're welcome." Tracy smiled at the three children in front of her and accepted their thanks gladly. Then, holding another piece of clothing, she walked towards the back seat where Sylvia was being taken care of by Anna.