Chapter 93 The Last Thought "Xie Yanchen........
"Xie Yanchen... help me." Gu Xingjue's voice trembled as he tried to hold back his sobs. "Save him, save him..."
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, the wet rain swallowing the hearing and drowning out the sound of the phone's battery.
"Got it." Xie Yanchen listened to the muffled sound of rain on Gu Xingjue's end and said in a deep voice, "Calm down. Stay right where you are. Don't go anywhere."
Gu Xingjue's deep eyes looked into the abyss, and it was hard to tell who was devouring whom.
"Gu Xingjue, I warned you not to do those things. Do you think he won't be able to see you when he comes back?" Xie Yanchen smiled, "Or do you want me to tell you the sweet story of him and his new man at your grave?"
The haze in Gu Xingjue's eyes gathered and then quickly dispersed. He said in a hoarse voice, "As long as he can come back, you can say whatever you want."
"Gu Xingjue, are you crazy? You want to die, right?! You deserve to be unable to catch anyone with your cowardly behavior! You fucking..."
"You won't understand. Go find someone to help me quickly, I must catch up!" Gu Xingjue hung up while cursing.
In the thick darkness, rain poured down upon everything, bending Gu Xingjue's body. He knelt on the ground, crouching over the edge of the cliff, looking down. The mountain wind howled relentlessly, and the rain poured into his mouth and nose, making it impossible to breathe.
Too late... too late...
He couldn't calculate the time Chen Song had fallen. If he missed the best opportunity for rescue, it would be too late. This was a remote mountainous area. Even if the nearest search and rescue team arrived, it would take an hour. Even the fastest helicopter would take half an hour. The longer the delay, the slimmer the chance of survival.
A few crooked trees clung to the cliffs, teetering on the brink of collapse from the torrential rain. The fading light from the car lights was slowly swallowed by the abyss, leaving only endless darkness. Yet, that endless darkness seemed to reach out like a pair of invisible, demonic claws, trying to drag him down.
Gu Xingjue's fingertips moved slightly as he lay on the rock wall. His throat felt extremely dry. He opened his mouth and swallowed the rain. He took a deep breath, bent his upper body, and slowly moved his knees towards the edge of the cliff.
He has extensive experience in rock climbing. Even without protective gear or lighting, he is still confident that he can get down. No, it's not just confident, it's a must. He must reach the bottom of the cliff safely. This is the quickest way to rescue Chen Song.
Even if the heavy rain makes his hands and feet slip, he has to do it.
He turned on the flashlight on his cell phone, put the phone in his mouth, held on to the cliff with both hands, carefully found a suitable foothold, and was about to stretch his legs down when a shout suddenly came from the heavy rain.
"Chen Song! No!"
Gu Xingjue paused, retracted his foot, and looked up at the source of the sound. Two figures appeared in the heavy rain, running towards him without umbrellas.
Chen Song? Where? Did they find him? Not at the bottom of the cliff?
Gu Xingjue got up from the ground and ran towards them: "Where is Chen Song?"
The two people who were walking over slowed down their pace, and were stunned for a moment after realizing that the tall figure was not Chen Song.
Ye Wenzhou was stunned again when he saw the muddy man in front of him: "Mr. Gu? Why are you here? Aren't you in Hangzhou..."
"Where is Chen Song? Where is Chen Song? Didn't you call his name just now?" Gu Xingjue looked at them for a while, then looked around behind them, looking for Chen Song's figure.
"No," Ye Wenzhou explained, "We thought you were Chen Song. We couldn't find him either. We only realized he didn't come home after hearing the call from the hospital, so we borrowed a car and went down to look for him. When we saw you lying there, we thought you were Chen Song."
The fire that had just ignited in Gu Xingjue's eyes was instantly extinguished. His gaze began to become dull, and after a moment of daze, his eyes wrinkled and he turned around and continued walking towards the broken gap.
"Mr. Gu," Ye Wenzhou called out to him. Seeing that Gu Xingjue ignored him, he turned around and looked at Dong Jingming strangely.
Dong Jingming also had a solemn expression on his face. The three of them mistakenly thought they had found Chen Song, but they never expected that it was just a futile effort. The heavy stone that had fallen from their hearts was lifted up again, and together with the continuous rain, it was suffocating them.
After looking at each other, the two looked towards Gu Xingjue together, only to see a huge gap in the iron bars in the direction he was going. They were shocked and ran over quickly.
Seeing Gu Xingjue bending his legs and walking down the cliff, Dong Jingming stepped forward and pulled him back.
"Mr. Gu, calm down first. Are you sure it was Dr. Chen's car that hit it? Even if it was really his car that hit it, he might not be right there."
Ye Wenzhou was frightened by Gu Xingjue's behavior. He was already shocked because he thought he was Chen Song lying on the edge of the cliff. Now he was still frightened. He immediately stepped forward to help Dong Jingming pull Gu Xingjue back.
Gu Xingjue didn't break free, his empty eyes staring into Dong Jingming's: "His phone is located down there."
As soon as Gu Xingjue finished speaking, their hearts sank to the bottom.
The rain was still pounding, soaking all three of them. In the eerie silence, Ye Wenzhou chuckled dryly. "Well, maybe he dropped it accidentally. He might not have noticed it. Let's go look for it. He might have walked down the mountain alone. Why would he bump into it out of nowhere?"
Gu Xingjue's hollow eyes suddenly flashed with a bloody and violent look. Chen Song was such a careful person, and he drove so slowly. Even if the rain had been heavier, he would definitely not have encountered such an accident.
Someone must have done this!
But he had no intention of investigating further. What he needed to do now was to find Chen Song immediately.
Gu Xingjue shook off the two of them, turned around and continued to move towards the abyss.
Dong Jingming and Ye Wenzhou didn't use much strength just now, and were immediately broken free by Gu Xingjue. Seeing that Gu Xingjue was determined to go his own way, they pounced on him to stop him.
"Gu Mo! Are you crazy? Do you know how high you are falling from here? You will fall to your death!" Dong Jingming no longer cared about the honorific and tried to use his name to awaken his sanity. The President Gu in front of him had been beaten into the mud by the rain. There was no trace of the noble demeanor of a CEO left. He was simply a madman who didn't care about his life.
Ye Wenzhou also stepped forward to persuade him: "Calm down first, Gu Mo!"
There were two people blocking Gu Xingjue's way, dragging his arms and pulling him back hard, but he couldn't break free from the restraints.
Gu Xingjue's face was tense as he pushed hard and shouted:
"How can I stay calm? How do you expect me to stay calm? Who do you think the person who fell was? To you, he's just your colleague. To me, he's the only one I love most in the world, the last thing I want in this world!"
Gu Xingjue's roar shattered the restraints on the two men and reached deep into their souls, deafening them and leaving them stunned.
Gu Xingjue grabbed the collars of the two men and demanded, "Aren't you doctors?! Huh? Shouldn't you know what will happen to him if we miss the best time to rescue him?! Why didn't you save him?! Why didn't you let me save him?!"
The two of them stared in amazement at the emotionally broken Gu Xingjue. His words were like a torrent that blocked their chests, making it so dull that the blood inside could not flow.
Gu Xingjue pushed them away and continued to move towards the abyss.
"Gu Mo!" Dong Jingming came back to his senses and called out to him, "I know a way to get down here the fastest! Come with us!"
Dong Jingming did not stop him, but shouted at him. Dong Jingming was unable to stop him. If this happened to him, he would never be rational.
Ye Wenzhou continued: "You don't want him to be unable to find you after we find Chen Song, do you?"
Gu Xingjue had already climbed to the edge of the cliff. He paused and looked up at Dong Jingming with a complex hesitation in his eyes: "Really?"
"Really!" Dong Jingming stretched out his hand towards him. "When I was little, my grandma often brought me here to worship Buddha! I know the way here! We'll definitely make it in time. Come on up and we'll set off right away!"
Gu Xingjue pondered for a moment as he looked at him, then stood up and said, "Get in my car."
The three of them got into the car quickly. In the rainy night, the dark blue car sped down the mountain. Under Dong Jingming's command, it took only ten minutes to reach a forest entrance at the foot of the mountain.
"This is it. They went to worship Buddha, and my friends and I were just running around. Lingshan is naturally formed into a circle, with flat land or small hills in the middle. In short, the terrain is complex and there are no roads. There is no way to get in except for this entrance, which I discovered by accident. Judging from the location you showed, it should be the southeast edge of the circle. If we keep walking in this direction, we can reach it in half an hour at the fastest."
"Too slow." Gu Xingjue turned on the navigation on his phone but there was no signal. He simply exited the navigation, turned on the flashlight and rushed into the dark forest.
"Hey!" Dong Jingming shouted, "It's dangerous! We need to go together!"
Ye Wenzhou also stared blankly at the beam of light in the darkness, and his mind vaguely flashed back to the immaturity and shyness on Chen Song's face when he and Chen Song mentioned Gu Xingjue during the day.
"What are you daydreaming about!" Dong Jingming patted Ye Wenzhou, "Turn on the flashlight and follow him! He's being too reckless. It's raining so hard, who knows what's in there!"
Ye Wenzhou started running after him, pulling out his phone and flashing it to illuminate the area ahead. Fear spread within him, "What, what is it? Could it be a tiger?"
"That shouldn't happen, but I've seen giant pythons and some poisonous insects before."
Fear gripped his throat like a tide. Ye Wenzhou broke out in a cold sweat, his hands trembling, and he was speechless. He wanted to turn around and run out of the forest entrance, but Chen Song was still waiting for him up ahead, so he couldn't stop running.
Gu Xingjue was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. They couldn't catch up with him and soon got separated from him.
"Chen Song!! Where are you! Can you hear me? I'm Gu Xingjue! I'm here to find you! Chen Song!"
Gu Xingjue screamed in the jungle, desperately hoping Chen Song would come out and tell him he was safe. Bushes scraped against his skin, sharp rocks separated his legs, and rain soaked his throat, but he kept moving forward, still running wildly, unable to stop for a moment, not daring to stop.
The dense forest stretched out its long branches and dense leaves, but still could not stop the torrential rain. The raindrops hit the woods with a dense and irritating sound.
Gu Xingjue's cell phone ran out of battery and turned off automatically. The only remaining light was gone, his hearing became sensitive, the sound of rain was noisy and harsh, the night was endless, and only his eyes stared into the abyss, emitting a firm and bright light.
The constant shouting tore his throat and his voice was hoarse, but he felt no pain and continued to shout, longing for a familiar response in the silent night.
Gu Xingjue had been hiking and exploring outdoors for years, and the rain had gradually drained away his strength. His legs began to weaken, his whole body trembled, and his breathing became rapid. That suffocating feeling was coming back.
Just when he was exhausted, he saw a faint light flickering in the darkness.
"Chen..." His throat was already caked with blood, and he couldn't shout. He coughed twice, spat out the blood, brushed aside the thorny branches that hit his face, and ran forward, "Chen Song...Chen Song!"
The light in the distance was getting bigger and bigger. He pushed aside the branches and leaves and saw a broken car standing on its side in front of him, with the bottom of the car facing him and the hazard lights on.
Gu Xingjue's heart felt like a balloon about to burst. A massive electric current blasted through his mind, setting his head ablaze. The pain was the closest he'd ever been to death, a terror unmatched by any extreme sport.
"Chen..." His physiological tears suddenly burst out and he ran forward hurriedly.
The windshield was shattered like a spider web, and the familiar face in the huge spiked hole was completely submerged in blood. Only the outline could vaguely identify who he was.
The driver's seat where Chen Song was sitting was pressed against the rocks below, and countless glass fragments pierced various parts of his body.
Gu Xingjue's legs went weak and he knelt down, his hands trembling, not knowing what to do, tears rolling down his face.
What should I do... What should I do...
Gu Xingjue held his breath and looked carefully at Chen Song's wounds in the dim light of the car lights. Those bloody scars looked like countless knives punishing Gu Xingjue by slow slicing.
Gu Xingjue checked around and found no injuries to any vital parts. He reached into the hole and tried to touch Chen Song, but then pulled his hand back, not wanting to confirm.
Gu Xingjue walked around and stood on the passenger side, put his hands on the car, and tried hard to turn it over.
His blood vessels bulged all over his body, and the rain made his hands slip, and they suddenly broke on the broken car window. The sound of bones breaking made two crackling sounds in the rain, and the base of his left ring finger and little finger bent into a strange arc. Gu Xingjue pulled out the fragments and wiped them on his body without paying attention, then put them back on the car. With his strong pressure, the car slowly turned over. In order not to aggravate Chen Song's injuries, he deliberately turned the car back slowly and steadily to the ground.
Without even taking a breath, Gu Xingjue ran to the driver's seat and carried the person out.
Chen Song's whole body was cold, so cold that Gu Xingjue's heart almost died.
It was hard to tell whether the water flowing down his cheeks was rain or tears.
"Chen Song...don't leave me...please..."
"Don't leave me... You are all I have... Hold on, live on, Chen Song..."
Gu Xingjue desperately ran back, holding Chen Song in his arms. Amidst his prayers, he heard the buzzing sound of a helicopter approaching from far above the night sky...
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