In the office of the executive president of Chaoting Group in Hua Du City.
Fang Yanxi came to work as usual, but her complexion wasn't good today because she couldn't reach Wan Yunting last night!
"President Fang, these contracts need your signature."
At this moment, the manager came in with two documents. Seeing Fang Yanxi sitting in the office chair, staring blankly at the news on her phone, she seemed to see something that made the manager confused. She called out again, "President Fang?"
"Oh, sorry."
Fang Yanxi snapped back to reality, looked up at the manager, her expression very unnatural, and said, "Put them here first, I'll sign them and send them to you later. I need to make a call..."
As she spoke, Fang Yanxi immediately stood up, her expression a little flustered, and quickly entered the lounge with her phone to call Jin Xiuwen...
Meanwhile, at the Xinxiu Community resettlement site in the disaster-stricken area of Lingyun County, Jin Xiuwen was very agitated and felt very distressed upon learning of Wan Yunting's accident. Then, seeing Fang Yanxi's call, his expression froze, and he immediately dared not answer.
It turned out that the news about Wan Yunting and other medical rescue personnel assisting officers and soldiers like Nie Xiaoyu in carrying out rescue operations in Ling Mountain last night had already been reported by the media.
After all, the search and rescue of the tunnel engineers and dozens of workers trapped in the Ling Mountain caves had already been reported by the news. Nie Xiaoyu and Wan Yunting's rescue mission last night had been closely monitored by many news reporters on the scene.
Until Nie Xiaoyu and his team returned from the rescue in the early morning, the reporters interviewed them. Cai Guowu did not conceal the rescue process and also informed the reporters about Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, and a soldier who were trapped in the cave and not yet out.
Suddenly, this morning, there were many news reports about Wan Yunting being trapped in the cave, with uncertain life or death.
Just now, Fang Yanxi saw this news. Coupled with her inability to reach Wan Yunting last night, the woman's heart instantly panicked, and she quickly called Jin Xiuwen to inquire if the truth of the matter was really as the news reported – that the man was dead!
"Hello, Yanxi."
In the end, Jin Xiuwen still answered Fang Yanxi's call. After adjusting his emotions, he smiled and said, "Why are you calling me?"
"Xiuwen, are you in the disaster area?"
Fang Yanxi's heart was in a panic and anxiety, and her voice was not calm.
Jin Xiuwen was stunned. He knew that Fang Yanxi had seen his social media post about going to the disaster relief last night.
"Tell me, is it true that the news said Yunting had an accident?" Fang Yanxi asked, forcing her trembling voice.
This time, Jin Xiuwen's face fell. He hadn't expected that the news about Wan Yunting's accident was already out.
"Say something."
Hearing Jin Xiuwen's silence, Fang Yanxi's heart instantly turned cold, knowing that the man's accident was true. Tears couldn't help but fall. She bit her lip and asked tremblingly, "Is he really..."
"Yanxi, don't worry."
Jin Xiuwen quickly said, "I've already inquired with them. Old Wan is just trapped in the cave. It hasn't been confirmed that he's dead. That kid is blessed with great fortune, he definitely won't be in trouble. You just..."
In the next second, Fang Yanxi directly hung up the phone. Her body seemed to instantly lose all strength, and she collapsed onto the bed in the lounge, covering her face and weeping...
Jin Xiuwen looked at the hung-up phone and finally sighed and put it down, feeling very uncomfortable...
"President Fang, President Fang, are you in there?"
Outside the lounge door, Secretary Lin Xiaoqi knocked and called out.
Fang Yanxi, wiping away her tears, quickly got up and opened the door. Tremblingly, she said to Lin Xiaoqi, "Xiaoqi, hurry, hurry and book me a plane ticket. I want to go to Lingyun County, I want to find Yunting..."
Seeing Fang Yanxi, who was in tears, emotionally out of control and collapsing, Lin Xiaoqi had also seen the news and knew about Wan Yunting's accident. She knew that President Fang must also know about this matter to be like this, "Oh, okay, President Fang, don't worry, I'll book the earliest flight for you now... President Fang, President Fang, what's wrong..."
In the next second, Fang Yanxi, overwhelmed with grief, also recovered and fainted, falling to the ground...
It is imaginable how much the news of Wan Yunting's accident had affected her...
"Director Li..."
At this moment, at the refugee resettlement camp in Xinxiu Community, Ren Xingbang ran back and shouted to Li Chengde, "The rescue army just said they are going to Ling Mountain for search and rescue, possibly looking for Yunting and Luotang."
Upon hearing this, Jin Xiuwen, who was squatting on the ground, immediately stood up and shouted, "Where?"
Ren Xingbang glanced at him and pointed to the army camp over there. Without a word, Jin Xiuwen ran over immediately, not caring about Dai Qiuyue beside him.
"Are all the equipment ready?"
At this time, Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaozhuang were organizing the troops, preparing to get into the vehicles to go to Ling Mountain for search and rescue.
"Are you going to save Old Wan? Can you take me with you?"
Jin Xiuwen ran over, and Dai Qiuyue and Huang Jingshan also came over. Nie Xiaoyu looked at Jin Xiuwen, who quickly said, "I am Wan Yunting's friend, can I go with you?"
"Officer Nie, we also want to go with you," Huang Jingshan shouted.
Nie Xiaoyu looked at them, knowing that failing to bring Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang back last night had dealt a big blow to the medical rescue team of the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. He said, "We are also going to search and rescue now, but you can't bring too many people. Just send a few to go with us."
"I'll go with you."
Excited Jin Xiuwen said quickly.
"I'll go too,"
Dai Qiuyue also shouted. Her face was now taut, suppressing her inner emotions.
"Officer Nie, let the three of us go with you," Huang Jingshan stepped forward and said.
Nie Xiaoyu didn't know Jin Xiuwen and Dai Qiuyue. Seeing them all with Huang Jingshan, he assumed they were from the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association's rescue team, "Okay, get in the car."
"Okay..."
So Jin Xiuwen nodded quickly, ready to get into the car. Then he remembered something, turned his head to look at Dai Qiuyue, who was following behind, and first helped her into the car before getting into the car himself...
Nie Xiaoyu was under orders from Cai Guowu. Even if he didn't know if Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, and soldier Wang Wei were alive or dead, they still had to carry out the search and rescue and see the current situation of the cave.
If there was a miracle, perhaps they could still be alive...
"Cough cough..."
At this time, inside the Ling Mountain cave, Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang, who were naturally still alive, were sleeping in each other's arms. She coughed lightly upon waking, and Wan Yunting also woke up. He reached out and touched the flashlight on the ground, turned it on, then looked at Gu Luotang and asked, "How are you? Are you okay?"
"Mmm, I'm a bit thirsty," Gu Luotang said, rubbing her eyes.
"Here, drink some water..."
Wan Yunting said, opening her backpack and taking out the half-finished bottle of mineral water they had earlier. He unscrewed the cap and handed it to her. Gu Luotang drank it down directly, and her dry throat eased a lot. But then, her pretty face turned shy again, and she lowered her head, looking embarrassed.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing her struggling to speak, Wan Yunting smiled. Gu Luotang glanced at him slightly, then said awkwardly, "I need to go to the restroom."
"Sweat."
Seeing that she needed to relieve herself, Wan Yunting couldn't help but laugh, "Luotang, just say it if you need to go, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Gu Luotang smiled awkwardly. Wan Yunting didn't tease her. He picked up the flashlight and shone it outside the crack in the rock in front of them, saying, "The aftershocks have passed. It's a good time for us to go out and see what the situation is like outside. But speaking of which, I also need to go."
Seeing the man's teasing smile, it made Gu Luotang smile shyly.
Bang...
Suddenly, a rock blocking the way was kicked away by Wan Yunting. He handed the flashlight to Gu Luotang, stepped forward, pushed away the rocks blocking the cave entrance, and then he crawled out first. Turning back, he said to Gu Luotang inside, "Come, Luotang, hand me the flashlight and the bag first, I'll pull you out."
"Okay..."
Gu Luotang got up and went over, handing him the flashlight and the backpack. Wan Yunting placed them on the ground, then grabbed Gu Luotang's right hand and slowly pulled her out. Seeing that she was unstable, Wan Yunting put his large hand around her waist, and their chests bumped together, making Gu Luotang's pretty face blush shyly. Wan Yunting asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine..."
Gu Luotang shook her head slightly. Wan Yunting then picked up the flashlight and backpack from the ground, put them on, and shone the flashlight around. The cave had not completely collapsed, but the ground was covered with rocks of various sizes, making it very inconvenient to walk.
"It's past eight in the morning."
Wan Yunting glanced at his watch; it was 8:47 AM. He pointed in the direction of the underground river, "Luotang, let's continue downstream along the underground river."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
At this moment, Gu Luotang naturally wouldn't object to anything and was willing to obey the man's words.
"Oh, excuse me."
Wan Yunting suddenly remembered and smiled. Then he jumped off the large rock and landed on the ground. He turned back and then helped Gu Luotang down. Holding the flashlight, he pointed behind another large rock nearby, "You go over there. Call me when you're done."
"Mhm mhm."
Gu Luotang nodded shyly, then went behind the rock, her back to Wan Yunting...