Zhu Jiao let out a roar. After assessing that she couldn't move such a heavy object, she decided to bring over a nearby car to prop it up.
007 connected to the car's onboard system and used autonomous driving to position it under the stone slab, precisely controlling it to lift the concrete. A piercing scraping sound echoed through the underground parking lot. The people in the air-raid shelter seemed to hear it but dared not come out.
After a few minutes, the weight of the stone slab was finally transferred to the car. Zhu Jiao then walked forward, looking at the person almost lying in the car, dazed and disheveled, with a hint of concern.
"Don't move around, I'll get you out soon."
The person inside, with a handsome face, was filled with gratitude and nodded slightly at her, "Thank you!"
Zhu Jiao pulled out an iron rod, found an angle, and pried open the car door that was bent out of shape. Inadvertently, she pried the entire door off.
Shen Zhongyan was lying entirely inside the car. The car roof was only a few centimeters from his face. From the front row to the back, a man over 1.8 meters tall couldn't fit. His legs were trapped in the front and injured by something.
"Can your legs get out?"
He tried, but couldn't control his legs at all. He only felt pain when he moved.
"No, they're stuck."
"Then don't move, let me see."
Zhu Jiao went to the front and pried off the car door there as well. The car's hood was pressed in, and the entire operating system was squeezed into a mess. His leg was injured by the broken joystick, and the white car interior was stained with quite a bit of blood.
Zhu Jiao could no longer care about anything else. She forcefully pulled away the jumbled mess, pushed the steering wheel and other operating components forward, cleared the area, and then pulled his leg out. She then went around to the back and carefully moved him out from there.
Shen Zhongyan lay on the ground, still in a state of shock, gasping for breath.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm… okay." He looked at the person squatting beside him, wearing strange clothes, somewhat like an official rescuer.
But she was the only one who saved him in such a dangerous situation.
"Thank you, are you a rescuer?"
"I'm only saving you." Zhu Jiao smiled and reached out to help him up, "Did you hear the broadcast? We need to leave quickly."
After speaking, she produced a protective suit. "Put it on quickly."
Shen Zhongyan, who had witnessed this with his own eyes, was as shocked as he had been an hour earlier to hear that a neighboring city had suffered a nuclear strike. He widened his eyes, "What is this? Where did you get it?"
In the last world, Zhong Yan had said he didn't want to lose his memory, but then he hadn't mentioned it again. They had arrived in a hurry and had forgotten about it.
"You'll know if you have the chance later. Hurry up and go, the radiation will arrive soon."
He hesitated for a moment, thinking that this person who saved him from peril wouldn't harm him. He asked no more questions, and with Zhu Jiao's help, he put on the protective suit and was helped by Zhu Jiao to leave the underground parking lot.
His leg injury was quite serious, and his brows furrowed as he walked, moving very slowly. Every second counted, so Zhu Jiao directly picked him up and ran towards where her motorcycle was parked.
Shen Zhongyan was still in shock and instinctively hugged her back to prevent himself from being thrown off.
"What are you doing?"
"You're too slow, we need to leave quickly. We're very close to the epicenter."
It made sense. For his own safety, Shen Zhongyan couldn't resist and could only let her carry him. She put him down only when they reached the motorcycle.
"You sit behind, hold on tight."
Shen Zhongyan was still a bit dazed. He got on the motorcycle but worried about being thrown off, so he obediently held Zhu Jiao's waist. After she took him for several kilometers, he asked, "Where are you taking me? I want to go home, my family is still in the city."
At this point, Zhu Jiao felt that he should regain his memory.
However, on second thought, even if he had his memories, in this world's body, he would inevitably develop emotions, and she would still have to be responsible.
"Where is it?"
Shen Zhongyan gave an address, a well-known affluent area in this city. The system accurately located it, and Zhu Jiao changed her route, heading towards that place.
She asked the system in her mind, "Does this body have any relatives left?"
The system checked and said, "Host, didn't I tell you before? You're almost always taking on the role of a villainous, tragic supporting female character. The original owner was an orphan. She impersonated the benefactor who saved the male lead's grandfather and was brought home by the male lead, recognized as a sister. She lived in the male lead's home for a few years. She liked the male lead. After the female lead appeared, she constantly harmed the female lead. A few days ago, she almost caused the female lead to miscarry, and was then kicked out by the male lead. The house was found for her by the male lead's grandfather, so she could stay for a while before returning."
Qian Ling had said before that the original plot was only a little more than halfway through, and she, a heavyweight of a self-destructive female supporting character, was clearly not at the end of her lifespan.
As expected, the female lead was the one the original owner impersonated. Her actions against the female lead were partly due to her liking for the male lead and not wanting him to be snatched away, but more importantly, she was afraid the female lead would expose her and ruin her life in a wealthy family.
It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. She clearly didn't want to live the exhausting, slave-like life of the female lead.
What's more, her life skills were all useless. If she lost her identity as a pampered adopted daughter of a wealthy family, she would fare much worse than the female lead.
Speaking of which, being an orphan meant no relatives, so she could have an easier time in this world.
"The male lead's grandfather was quite kind to her. Later, when her identity was exposed, the male lead's grandfather still didn't drive her out. It was because she acted too outrageously and tried to harm the female lead, but instead, she backfired. She constantly made a fool of herself, and even broke the law several times. The male lead's grandfather became increasingly disappointed and finally gave up on her completely."
She was indeed quite self-destructive.
It was about twenty kilometers from Shen Zhongyan's home to his company. It took another twenty-odd minutes of walking. There were no longer any people loitering outside. The few cars that passed by them had their windows tightly shut.
The motorcycle stopped in front of a villa. The electric gate did not recognize the license plate and did not open, so the two had to get off and walk in.
Opening the front door, the spacious living room was bright and grand, seemingly unaffected by the earthquake. However, there was no one inside.
"They should be in the basement."
Zhu Jiao helped him to the staircase. Seeing that he was too weak, she decided to carry him down. The Shen family's basement was below the parking lot, making it the second basement level. The basement door was locked. Shen Zhongyan went up and knocked a few times, and the door was opened from the inside.
Seeing the person in strange clothing in front of them, the person who opened the door hesitated and tentatively called out, "Xiao Yan?"
Shen Zhongyan nodded, "Mom."
The woman, who looked to be in her forties, opened her arms to embrace him. Zhu Jiao quickly pulled him away, and in the woman's bewildered gaze, she removed her helmet and said, "Your clothes have radiation, take them off first."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhongyan quickly took two steps back, putting some distance between himself and his mother.
As they were talking, another person approached. Shen Zhongyan's mother turned and said, "It's Xiao Yan, he's back."
A man's voice came from inside, "He's finally back. We were so worried."
The two of them quickly took off their protective suits. Zhu Jiao took Shen Zhongyan's suit, rolled it up, and returned it to her spatial storage. The two of them then entered the basement together.