"Go ahead, give me the phone, you can wash over here."
Wan Yunting took the phone from her hand, pointed to the edge of the pool, and told her to wash by the side.
"Oh, okay..."
So Gu Luotang came to the edge of the pool with excitement and apprehension. She glanced at Wan Yunting. He had already walked behind a rock with the phone, but Gu Luotang was scared, "Brother Yunting, I'm afraid of the dark..."
Wan Yunting's expression froze. He returned and placed the phone on a nearby rock. "I'll put the phone here, so it won't be dark."
"Mm."
Gu Luotang nodded, took a deep breath. Since it had already come to this, why should she overthink it?
Wan Yunting walked back behind the rock and squatted down. He took out his own phone. There was no internet or signal, so he could only boredly play a solitaire game.
Soon, he heard the sound of water from behind him. Gu Luotang was sitting on a rock by the pool. She hadn't gone into the water. She was washing with a mixture of apprehension and inexplicable nervous excitement...
Wan Yunting leaned against the rock. To save battery, he put away his phone and closed his eyes, his mind starting to wander...
Of course, he wouldn't turn around to steal a glance at her...
About five or six minutes passed. Gu Luotang, who had been washing by the pool, gradually calmed her tense mood and stopped dwelling on things...
However, at this moment, something, whether it was a fish or something else, suddenly appeared in the water and pecked Gu Luotang's left toe in the water...
"Ah...!"
Gu Luotang was startled and quickly withdrew her left foot, screaming in panic.
Wan Yunting, who was squatting behind the rock, widened his eyes, quickly stood up and shouted, "What's wrong, Luotang..."
"Brother Yunting..."
Startled, Gu Luotang quickly ran back, crying out in panic, "Something in the water bit me..."
However, Wan Yunting's eyes were wide open and stunned. He looked at Gu Luotang in front of him, under the faint light of the phone beside them...
He lost focus for a few seconds before reacting, "Where, where did it bite you?"
"My foot, it bit my toe..."
Gu Luotang was frightened and panicked, but she hadn't realized that she was naked at the moment...
"Let me see..."
Wan Yunting, in a daze, quickly squatted down to check Gu Luotang's foot, to see if she had been bitten by a snake or something...
"I don't see any wounds. It must have been a fish pecking you."
Wan Yunting held his phone, using the screen light to examine her toes. He saw no wounds, so he looked up at Gu Luotang standing in front of him. She was flushed, her ears red, and her delicate body trembled slightly...
"Oh, I'm sorry..."
Wan Yunting, suddenly realizing, quickly put down his phone and said, "You first..."
However, Gu Luotang didn't move. Lowering her head, she bit her lip, seemingly struggling inwardly...
Wan Yunting, with his back to her, didn't hear her move and tentatively asked, "Luotang, are you dressed?"
But Gu Luotang, who hadn't moved, her delicate body trembling slightly, biting her red lips, looked up at the man's back in front of her. She impulsively threw herself forward and hugged Wan Yunting from behind, her voice trembling as she said, "Brother Yunting, I... I like you..."
Wan Yunting was instantly frozen when he was suddenly hugged by the woman. He could clearly feel Gu Luotang's inner trembling and knew that she must have mustered immense courage to say these words.
"From the moment I saw you, I liked you..."
Gu Luotang's flushed cheeks pressed against his back. Her mind was blank at this moment, but she just wanted to say the words that had been weighing on her heart for a long time, her voice trembling, "It doesn't matter if we can get out or not. As long as I'm with you, I'm willing to do anything..." kanshu伍.ξàwΑp.kanshu伍.net
Hearing the woman's words, it was impossible for Wan Yunting not to be moved, especially since they were trapped in such a place, and he wasn't even sure if they could get out alive.
As for Gu Luotang, Wan Yunting wasn't a fool; how could he not know she liked him?
Instantly, Wan Yunting grabbed Gu Luotang's small hands that were holding him. They were both trembling slightly. He turned around to face the girl with a flushed face and sparkling eyes. Wan Yunting cupped her cheeks with both hands, said nothing, and directly kissed her lips...
For a moment, Gu Luotang's delicate body trembled. Being kissed by a man for the first time, her mind went blank...
At this time, inside the entrance of the cave on the back mountain, the sound of machinery at work was continuous.
"Reporting to Commander, we are working twenty-four hours a day, but the cave is severely collapsed, and many passages are blocked. It will take a lot of time for us to clear them!" Nie Xiaoyu, holding a satellite phone, was reporting the current rescue progress to Cai Guowu.
And in the army camp of Xinxiu Community, Cai Guowu was on the phone, saying, "Xiaoyu, the public attention on this matter is very high. I don't care what method you use, you must open a safe passage in the cave and find that Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang, as well as our soldiers, whether they are dead or alive, do you understand?"
"Yes."
Nie Xiaoyu responded with a straight posture and a serious expression.
"But the premise is that you must also ensure your safety and not have any more accidents," Cai Guowu added.
"Don't worry, Commander, we will take safety measures," Nie Xiaoyu replied.
"Okay, that's all for now. Report any developments to me promptly."
"Yes."
After they hung up the phone, Nie Xiaoyu looked at Gu Xiaozhuang, who had returned, and immediately asked, "How is it? How far have you cleared?"
Gu Xiaozhuang, looking dusty, sighed and said, "There are too many collapsed areas inside. The section inside is completely buried. The machines are clearing it, but it will take several hours to open it!"
"Our progress so far is only a little over a hundred meters, and it took us a whole day," Xiao Zhao took off his helmet and sighed, "I don't know what it's like inside, and whether Dr. Wan and Wang Weicai are still alive."
"Yeah."
Gu Xiaozhuang also sighed, "The earthquake last night was so strong, we almost couldn't get out. But the earthquakes inside must have been even stronger. I estimate their chances of survival are very slim..."
"But you still have to look!"
At this moment, Jin Xiuwen came over with Dai Qiuyue, Fang Yanxi and Wan Dongming, Lin Xiaoqi, as well as Xu Lingwei and her junior brother Li Zihang.
Hearing Gu Xiaozhuang's words, Jin Xiuwen became anxious, "Are you planning to give up?"
Nie Xiaoyu and the others turned their heads and sized up Fang Yanxi, Wan Dongming, Lin Xiaoqi, the expressionless Xu Lingwei, and Li Zihang, who was eating a bag of spicy strips, not knowing who they were.
"Mr. Jin, please don't be so anxious. We haven't said we won't rescue them," Gu Xiaozhuang quickly said.
But Fang Yanxi and Wan Dongming turned pale when they heard his words. Wan Dongming even choked back tears, "Could it be that my third brother really died in there?"
Hearing this, Nie Xiaoyu became even more confused.
"This is Wan Yunting's second brother, Wan Dongming, and this is his girlfriend, Fang Yanxi," Jin Xiuwen introduced Fang Yanxi and Wan Dongming to them.
Gu Xiaozhuang and Xiao Zhao nodded. Nie Xiaoyu saw Wan Dongming's pained expression, but Fang Yanxi was expressionless, and asked, "How much longer until you find them?"
Nie Xiaoyu shook her head slightly and said, "Based on the current progress, it will take two days."
"This is just a conservative estimate."
Gu Xiaozhuang added, "Dr. Wan and the others are trapped in the underground dark river. The place we entered before was about eight hundred meters away. We have been clearing the blocked passages in the cave for twenty-four hours, and we have only advanced a little over a hundred meters, which took a day."
"So, it will take several days to find them, right?" Jin Xiuwen said, glaring.
"Right."
Nie Xiaoyu nodded.
Fang Yanxi's delicate eyebrows furrowed. Although she showed no emotion, her heart was aching. She bit her lip slightly and asked, "Is there no other passage?"
"No."
Xiao Zhao said, "According to the survey results of the mountain by the tunnel excavation engineers, besides this path, there is no second way to enter the underground dark river."
At this, Fang Yanxi's heart trembled, and her jade hands clenched into fists. Wan Dongming, upon hearing this result, also squatted on the ground and cried. He never expected his third brother to be gone like this. kanshu 溂
"Let's hope for a miracle."
Nie Xiaoyu said and then turned to leave.
Leaving Fang Yanxi and Wan Dongming, along with Jin Xiuwen, Lin Xiaoqi, and the others at the scene, Huang Jingshan in the distance also reported the situation here to Jiang Yichun. Elder Jiang, upon hearing this, also sighed.
Now, everyone believed that Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang might have already died in the cave...