Chapter 228: It is impossible for Laifu Mountain God to get into trouble in the mountains...

"Aren't you its owner?" the rescuer asked curiously. "Then why were you so worried and came to help?"

He yelled in despair: "What the hell?! I came here to help because of the people in the car! Why did you save the dog first?! Save the people--!"

The rescuers were also stunned by his yelling: "Who are you trying to save? There's no one in the car..."

Before he could finish his words, a clear female voice rang out from not far away, with a hint of uncertainty: "...Xu Sirui?

He was struck by lightning. Holding the still trembling puppy in his arms, he turned around suddenly and saw Zhu Yingning's figure.

She was neatly dressed, with a rosy complexion, carrying a large bag of lunch boxes in each hand. She remained calm and composed, looking much stronger and healthier than him, who had come here exhausted from the journey.

From a distance of about seven or eight meters, the two of them stared at each other for a moment before she raised her right hand with some effort, pointed at him, and asked hesitantly, "You...why are you here? What are you doing here?"

**

The story begins a few hours ago.

"...Miss, please wait a moment." The woman in the couple called out to Zhu Yingning.

She turned around, raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

The couple looked at each other, and the woman said awkwardly, "It's like this... We still don't know where to find the insurance company's phone number."

As someone who didn't own a car, Zhu Yingning naturally didn't know much about this subject. While her company car had insurance policies and other matters, Wang Shengju took care of those, leaving her to focus on driving without thinking. She might have learned some relevant material in the first and fourth exams, but her brain had long since emptied it of all that knowledge to focus on work. Upon hearing this, she scratched her head and said, "But... didn't you buy this car yourselves?"

The man smiled awkwardly and said, "My wife and I got married not long ago. This car was a wedding gift from my father. I don't really understand it."

Zhuo Yuquan was already urging her to get in the car. Zhu Yingning looked at the confused young couple, then at Zhuo Yuquan. After weighing the pros and cons, she said to him, "Secretary Zhuo, you two go ahead. I'll help them fix the flat tire, and then we can take their car to the county."

Zhuo Yuquan was a little surprised that she chose to stay and help this stranger. He tried to persuade her a few more times, until he realized that Zhu Yingning seemed to really want to stay and help. Then he relented and said, "Okay... Then we'll go over first. We can't spend too much time on the road. I'll send you the location on WeChat. Come over when you're done."

After watching Zhuo Yuquan leave, Zhu Yingning turned around and looked at the young couple standing behind him. After a moment's thought, he said, "Well, let's call 122 first."

122 is the traffic accident alarm number, you can’t go wrong with it anyway.

The woman said "oh" and quickly took out her phone to make a call. Taking advantage of this gap, Zhu Yingning instructed the man again: "Things like insurance policies should have electronic versions. You can check online to find the electronic version of the policy."

The man then took out his cell phone and started to act.

Zhu Yingning also took out her phone and searched how to check the electronic insurance policy. At this time, she casually asked, "How could your car suddenly have a flat tire when it was fine?"

When this was brought up, the man immediately became more talkative: "I was also very annoyed. We were just driving normally on the road, and who knew that there would suddenly be so many small stones on the road. One of the particularly sharp ones punctured our tire."

"Small stones?" She was stunned for a moment and immediately lowered her head to look at the ground.

The rain had blurred her vision, and her attention had been focused on their car, not the road. Now, looking carefully, she found that there were indeed some gravel of varying sizes scattered on the road, some as big as a fingernail, and some as big as a fist. The closer to the mountain on the right, the more gravel there was.

"This is such bad luck! We only got the car a few days ago and this happened. Sometimes I even wonder if it's a sign from heaven..."

The man was still complaining when he saw Zhu Yingning's face suddenly change drastically. He yelled at them, "Run!"

The young couple were both stunned and asked in unison: "Why are you running?"

Zhu Yingning did not explain immediately, but immediately called Zhuo Yuquan and told her that the nearby mountain was likely to be in danger of landslide, and asked them to stay away from the area. He also notified the relevant departments to come and block the road section to prevent other vehicles from driving there.

She spoke so quickly that not only was Zhuo Yuquan on the other end of the line terrified, but the young couple, unaware of the situation, also became flustered by her serious expression and tone. They looked left and right, up and down, huddled together in fear and asked, "What? What landslide? Isn't this mountain fine?"

Zhu Yingning hung up the phone. He didn't have time to explain the details to them. He decisively threw away his umbrella, grabbed the couple on the left and right, and ran towards the entrance of the mountain trail.

Of course it would be best if it didn't collapse, and she also hoped that it was just a false alarm, but as long as there was a one percent chance of collapse, they absolutely could not stay here.

She was very strong to begin with, and her strength became even greater in critical situations. The couple pulled and dragged her, and were swept up by her strength and speed, and had to run with her. The three of them swung their six legs so fast that it seemed like smoke was coming out.

After running nearly a hundred meters, there was suddenly a dull rumbling sound from behind, as if it came from deep in the mountain. Then the ground began to shake. The wife of the couple staggered and looked back. She saw with her own eyes a huge rock with a diameter of about two meters rolling down from the top of the mountain, accelerating down the hillside, and rushing straight towards their car parked at the curb.

Human cars are like toy cars in front of the boulders. With a bang, the boulders roll over and flatten the front of the car effortlessly.

"No!!" The woman remembered something and screamed, saying to the man in despair, "We forgot about Lai Fu! Lai Fu is still inside! Lai Fu is still in the back seat!"

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry! It's too late to save her! Run!"

Zhu Yingning didn't know who Lai Fu was, a human or a pet, but it was obvious that the speed of the landslide did not allow them to turn back to save people. Even if she was confident in her running speed, going back at this time would be in vain and no one would be able to be saved.

The three of them used all their strength and ran forward for another 10 seconds. Behind them, the wailing of the mountain became louder and louder. Then the mud flew, dust and mist flew, and the hillside slid down with a loud bang, sweeping away the trees in the way with great force, and rushing down with the branches of the lush green trees. Countless black and brown dust exploded like gunpowder smoke, and the whole mountain road twisted and trembled like a snake. The couple were shaken to the ground one after another. Zhu Yingning pulled them up and dragged them to continue running forward.

She didn't know how long she had been running or how far she had run. Only when the doomsday-like noise behind her gradually weakened and returned to silence did she dare to let go. She walked forward a few steps and fell to the ground with weak hands and feet. Her hands and legs were shaking so much from the excessive force that she couldn't stop at all. She was sweating profusely and panting like a cow, as if she had been fished out of the water.

It took her three minutes to gather her strength to stand up, not to mention the couple who were a few steps behind her. Their faces were pale, one was green and the other was pale. A few minutes later, the wife covered her face and burst into tears, while the husband began to vomit facing the road.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

Zhu Yingning pinched her still slightly trembling right hand, then lowered her head to find her phone to contact Zhuo Yuquan and the others to see if they were safe. After searching her entire body, she remembered that she had thrown away not only her umbrella but also her phone in order to free her hands to help the couple.

In desperation, I had to borrow the young couple's wife's cell phone.

Fortunately, Zhuo Yuquan and his group were also safe. Zhuo Yuquan's voice was shaking violently: "We all heard the sound just now, and we thought you were dead."

"We are all fine, don't worry."

After hanging up, the 122 call she had just made took effect, and the traffic police arrived at the scene first. They understood the situation and quickly called other rescue workers. Zhu Yingning helped the couple and told the traffic police that she was also a public official and could participate in the rescue operation.

**

After explaining the whole story, Zhu Yingning handed Xu Sirui a glass of warm water and pointed to the large tent they were in. "This tent is a temporary safe zone. It's safe here. We're not professionals digging the soil outside, so it's best not to join in."

She pointed at the plastic bag again. "I originally wanted to help, but they only asked me to help with the lunch and dinner purchases and logistics. Secretary Zhuo is out there directing and contacting various departments."

The couple whose wedding car was unfortunately smashed also stayed in the tent. The wife had just received her little dog Laifu from Xu Sirui. She held him in her arms and coaxed him while crying: "I was so scared, I thought Laifu was dead, wuwu..."

On their way here, they worried that Lai Fu's noise would interfere with their driving, so they locked him in an iron cage tied to the back seat. Fortunately, the cage was of good quality—or perhaps the steel structure of the car took most of the impact—but the cage was only slightly warped, and Lai Fu suffered no other injuries besides the stress.

The husband patted his wife's back and said, "Since Lai Fu is fine, let's go outside and take a look at the car that the excavator dug out. I wonder what kind of wreck this car will become."

"Just think of the car as the disaster for us."

The couple walked out while talking, and soon only Zhu Yingning and Xu Sirui were left in the tent.

She glanced at Xu Sirui sitting on the stool with a headache, and scratched her cheek with her index finger with a headache.

It's no wonder she's so embarrassed. Xu Sirui doesn't look much better than the stressed Lai Fu. He stares blankly at the cup of warm water she handed him a few minutes ago, neither drinking nor putting it down. His eyes are fixed in the air, neither looking at her nor at anything else. He seems to have left his body, and only the tears streaming down his face show that he is a living being.

Zhu Yingning looked around and found a pack of tissues from the corner of the tent. After thinking for a while, she took out one, pinched a corner of the tissue, and carefully wiped the tears from his face.

Xu Sirui finally turned his eyes slightly and glanced at her.

She quickly struck while the iron was hot, wiping his tears while using her other hand to stroke his messy hair. She searched her mind for words of comfort and coaxed him softly, "Okay, okay... don't cry. You didn't think I was in the car, did you?"

He smiled again and said, "I clearly didn't tell you I was on a business trip here? Oh—I see. It was Aunt Zhou who told you? Did she see the news and tell you? But I borrowed someone else's phone and called her around 4:00 p.m. to let her know I was safe. Didn't she tell you in time?"

Xu Sirui still didn't say anything. After wiping away her tears, she covered the tissue again, soaking it through. The corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose were red, and she cried like a pear blossom in the rain, like rain hitting banana leaves.

She rolled up the wet tissue, took out a dry one, and casually covered his face with it. Seeing that he still had no intention of stopping, she simply put the tissue away, supported herself on her knees, and leaned forward slightly to look directly into his eyes.

She wanted to crack a joke to lighten the mood, but her joking skills weren't very good. After thinking for a long time, she could only say with a serious face, "...Do you know, I'm actually the mountain god's assistant. I secretly came down to earth to experience disasters."

He paused, then stiffly managed the rest of his sentence, "It's impossible for a mountain god to get into trouble in the mountains, right?"

After that, a thick silence hung in the air. Zhu Yingning felt almost embarrassed by herself, yet also a little amused. She kept propping herself up on her knees and stared at Xu Sirui.

He finally focused his scattered gaze and looked at her.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Just when Zhu Yingning was feeling numb from the silence and was trying to find some new topics to continue comforting him, Xu Sirui finally moved.

He lifted his hands to cup her face and leaned forward to kiss her on the lips.