When the two arrived at Shanghe Village, the tires of the motorcycle had both blown, and the whole vehicle looked like a heap of scrap iron.
Liu Hun threw down the bike and rushed towards his ho, not even acknowledging Chen Rongrong.
The entire way to his house, every building had collapsed. Shanghe Village had been halfway through construction, but now all of it was in vain.
"Lun... save ... please save ..." Just halfway there, Liu Hun spotted Auntie Huang trapped under a huge stone not far away. He hesitated, biting his lip, wanting to ignore her. After taking two steps, he turned back.
Although Auntie Huang wasn’t too friendly when he first woke up, she had been quite kind to his family recently. Besides, they were all fellow villagers, and Liu Hun couldn’t stand idly by.
Quickly reaching Auntie Huang, Liu Hun said, "Auntie Huang, your leg injuries are serious. Don’t panic, or the blood loss will speed up. I’ll find sothing to move the stones away."
"Yes, yes, I won’t panic." Auntie Huang’s face was pale upon hearing Liu Hun’s words.
Upon closer examination, Liu Hun saw Auntie Huang’s legs trapped under the rubble, but fortunately, there weren’t many stones. He found a wooden stick and soon rescued Auntie Huang.
Seeing Auntie Huang’s bleeding wound, Liu Hun quickly ripped a piece of cloth from his clothes, found so herbs nearby, chewed them, and applied them to her wound.
"Auntie Huang, you need to find a safer place; or never mind, I’ll carry you there." Without waiting for her response, Liu Hun carried Auntie Huang to an open area before stopping.
Just as he was about to leave, Auntie Huang weakly said to Liu Hun, "Lun, you must be here looking for your parents, right? I think I saw them going to Grandfather Li’s house."
"Thank you, Auntie Huang, I’ll head over there now." With that, Liu Hun quickly headed towards Grandfather Li’s house.
Upon arriving, Liu Hun saw the heap of ruins before him, and his face turned even paler.
"Dad, Mom!" Liu Hun shouted loudly.
He called out for a long ti but received no response. Just as he was about to go ho and check if his parents were there, he caught sight of a kettle from the corner of his eye.
Liu Hun knew this kettle well; it was the one his dad often used to drink water at ho!
"Dad, Mom!" Liu Hun shouted again, using a stick from the ground to pry open the rubble.
After nearly half an hour, Liu Hun finally saw the shadow of his parents erging from the ruins, finding them in the cellar, unconscious but unhard, he sighed in relief.
At that mont, Liu Hun couldn’t help but feel grateful. If he hadn’t helped Auntie Huang, he might not have figured out that his parents had gone to Grandfather Li’s house and ended up trapped in the cellar.
"Is this what it ans for good deeds to be rewarded?" Liu Hun sighed and continued to move the stones away bit by bit.
"Fei... Hun, why are you here?" Once all the stones were cleared, his parents finally regained consciousness.
Seeing Liu Hun, the mother weakly inquired.
"Dad, Mom, let get you out first." Liu Hun didn’t answer. He pulled them out of the cellar.
Just as he rescued his parents, the ground shook again, and they almost fell. If Liu Hun hadn’t steadied them in ti, they might have fallen back into the cellar.
"Let’s get you down to safety!" Liu Hun stabilized himself and, seeing the ruins shaking again, carried his parents and swiftly moved to an open area.
Once they found their footing, the heap of ruins collapsed entirely; witnessing this, Liu Hun couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It was a close call. Otherwise, the three of them could have been in danger.
"Grandfather Li... it seems Grandfather Li is still inside..." Father Shen looked around worriedly at the surroundings filled with ruins.
"Dad, Mom, find a safe place to stay. While rescuing you, I saw that Grandfather Li was already dead." Liu Hun said in a somber tone with a pale face.
"To die just like that... Grandfather Li was the oldest person in our village, and he called us over today just to give us so vegetables, who would have thought..." Mother Shen’s eyes showed a trace of sadness.
"The dead cannot co back to life, and this is determined by fate. It’s no one’s fault. I still have to go save Chu ngyao and the others. Please find a safe place. I’ll handle the rescue operations later." After speaking to his parents, Liu Hun hurriedly ran towards the villa.
Standing in front of the villa, watching it too crumble entirely, Liu Hun closed his eyes a bit pained.
The collapsed villa in front of him left the chances of survival for Chu ngyao and Bai Xue almost nil. After all, unlike Grandfather Li’s house, the villa didn’t have a cellar.
"ngyao!" Liu Hun shouted loudly twice, yet still received no response.
"It won’t happen, ngyao won’t be hurt!" At this mont, Liu Hun realized how important Chu ngyao was in his heart.
All along, ever since Yao Yu appeared, Liu Hun instinctively felt a bit guilty towards Chu ngyao; but in his heart, Chu ngyao was the woman he t after his rebirth, therefore she held the most crucial position in his heart.
With bloodshot eyes, Liu Hun picked up a wooden stick and began frantically digging away at the pile of rubble bit by bit; when the wooden stick couldn’t pry anything, Liu Hun would move the stones away with his hands.
In a short ti, Liu Hun’s pair of hands had already beco bloody and mangled, covered in scarlet blood.
Yet he didn’t care, continuing to move the stones away piece by piece.
Before long, the two elders also arrived at the scene; in the eyes of the elders, Chu ngyao was their daughter-in-law, and naturally they hoped she would not be hard.
"Hun..." Mother Shen saw her son’s bloody and mangled hands, and instantly was moved to tears.
"Stay aside, don’t trouble our son, I will go help!" Father Shen, seeing his son’s condition, did not hesitate and after instructing Mother Shen, joined Liu Hun in moving the stones away piece by piece.
After nearly an hour, the father and son finally managed to clear away a small portion of the rubble.
"Hun..." Through a gap, Chu ngyao’s weak voice instantly entered Liu Hun’s ears. Hearing this voice, Liu Hun’s eyes imdiately showed a hint of joy, and without caring about his blurred hands, he activated his inner strength to forcibly pry open a large stone taller than a person.
"ngyao!" Once the giant stone was pried open, Liu Hun imdiately saw Chu ngyao’s legs trapped under a stone, bleeding continuously, looking sowhat similar to Aunt Huang’s previous appearance.
When the earthquake struck, Chu ngyao and Bai Xue knew they couldn’t escape, so they hid in a corner. When the house collapsed, it directly ford a triangular angle; although Chu ngyao’s legs were trapped, at least her life was not endangered.
"Don’t worry, I will save you!" Liu Hun said quickly to reassure Chu ngyao, looking at her sowhat fearful eyes.
"First get Bai Xue out, she just fainted and isn’t injured. Besides, there’s likely to be aftershocks." Chu ngyao mustered a smile and said to Liu Hun.
"Rumble..." Just as Chu ngyao finished speaking, another aftershock ca.
Liu Hun stabilized his body and, seeing his father standing unsteadily beside him, grabbed him and threw him towards a distant patch of grass.
After doing all this, Liu Hun did not hesitate at all and quickly jumped into the narrow space.
As soon as he jumped down, a giant slab of stone pressed down on Liu Hun.
"Hmm..." Liu Hun let out a faint moan, spitting out a mouthful of scarlet blood.
"Hun!" Seeing Liu Hun forcibly holding up the giant slab with his back, Chu ngyao’s eyes instantly filled with tears of worry and concern as she looked at Liu Hun.
"I’m fine, but I fear I can’t rescue you now." Liu Hun held up the slab firmly, showing a slight smile on his pale face, and said softly to Chu ngyao.
"I don’t want you to save , why are you so foolish!" Chu ngyao said softly to Liu Hun, tears streaming down.
"A hero saving a beauty, maybe the beauty might agree to marry out of joy." Liu Hun’s lips curled upward slightly.
When they first t, Liu Hun almost always used these words to tease Chu ngyao, which made her sowhat accustod to it, but at this mont, her heart was filled with gratitude.
"If we survive this, I will definitely agree to marry you." Chu ngyao looked at Liu Hun’s mischievous smile, her blood-red eyes filled with emotion.
"Well... let’s talk about it when we get out. Wake Bai Xue up, I don’t have much strength now, let her loudly tell my dad to get soone to rescue us." Liu Hun laughed and then instructed Chu ngyao.
Chu ngyao picked up a twig from the ground to wake Bai Xue, and then weakly told Bai Xue.
Bai Xue, seeing their current condition, couldn’t help but feel shocked.
"Mr. Liu... I’m sorry..." Seeing Liu Hun in such a state, Bai Xue knew that Liu Hun ended up like this because he ca to rescue them.
"I’m rescuing you, ngyao just promised to marry ; do you also want to agree to marry ?" Liu Hun teased.
"I..." Bai Xue’s face blushed slightly, knowing Liu Hun was deliberately teasing, and after pondering briefly, she loudly called out to Father Shen.
When Bai Xue spoke, a few black lines appeared on Liu Hun’s forehead; Bai Xue couldn’t speak Chinese, and Father Shen couldn’t understand English.
"Hun, are you all right? I’ll find soone to rescue you, hold on!" Hearing Bai Xue’s voice from under the ruins, Father Shen’s previously blank eyes suddenly showed a glimr of hope.
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