Chapter 763 Earthquake
Bo Yukang seemed to understand but not quite. He didn't understand the other things, but he did understand that if he went to the hospital, it would prolong his mother's hospital stay. He nodded obediently and sensibly: "If Xiaokang doesn't go to see Mom, then Uncle, you must make sure Mom gets better soon."
"Of course." Bo Jinyan agreed readily. "Then, Xiao Kang, you should also take good care of Linlin, okay?"
After all, it was his duty, and he would have done it even if Xiaokang hadn't asked him to.
Bo Yukang knew that he valued Linlin very much, and he also treated Linlin like his own younger sister: "Xiaokang knows."
Although he is still not quite used to it, after living there for so long, his fear and hostility towards his great-uncle have gradually disappeared.
Sometimes, he misses his father, but he will never see him again.
Mentioning his father would upset his mother and uncle, making him afraid to even mention him anymore.
...
The news of Sang Ruo's hospitalization couldn't be kept secret for long, especially from Lu Nanchu's side. When Lu Nanchu appeared in the ward carrying a bouquet of pink carnations, Sang Ruo was still a little surprised: "Nanchu? How did you find your way here?"
“My cousin told me you were here.” Lu Nanchu put the flowers in a vase in her hospital room, then pulled up a chair and sat down by her bedside. “Sister-in-law, why didn’t you tell me you were hospitalized? I could have come to see you.”
Upon hearing this, Sang Ruoyan smiled brightly and generously: "I'm just having surgery, it's nothing, I'm sorry to have worried you."
"It's good that you're alright, cousin-in-law. You need to take care of yourself." Lu Nanchu said calmly, peeling an orange for her. "If you're not healthy, how can we cooperate and defeat the enemy together? Right?"
As he spoke, Lu Nanchu handed her the peeled orange, then smoothly tossed the peel into the trash can with practiced ease.
"Thanks."
After finishing speaking, Sang Ruo took the orange and asked, "I haven't had much time to ask you lately. How are things on your end? Has Xu Chen adjusted to this new role?"
From being a favored son of heaven to falling from grace, even being kicked out of the Xu family by his own father, to now having to marry into the Lu family, the changes in his state of mind must have been tumultuous.
It's impossible for it not to get out of control.
“He wasn’t used to it at first, but he’s gradually getting used to it now.” Lu Nanchu didn’t know how much of his bad temper she had endured, but she didn’t tell Sang Ruo: “However, since he was expelled from the Xu family, Wen Qingyi hasn’t contacted him again.”
It seems that Wen Qingyi truly only values money and power.
Without these two things, she seemed unwilling to get involved with him.
This situation was within Sang Ruo's expectations: "Wen Qingyi is a woman who only cares about money and power. The reason she is so obsessed with Ayan is because Ayan has been in a high position for a long time. If Ayan falls from grace like Xu Chen one day, do you think she will still be as obsessed with him as she is now?"
I'm afraid that when that day comes, she'll run away faster than anyone else and find a new backer.
“You’re right, but Wen Qingyi seems to have her eye on me lately.” Lu Nanchu wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt like someone was watching her: “I guess it’s because I caused her miscarriage, and she wants to get back at me.”
Sang Ruo showed no surprise and said in a calm tone, "Then you have to be careful and don't fall into her trap."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire inpatient building began to shake violently. Lu Nanchu's expression changed. He pulled Sang Ruo, who was lying on the hospital bed, off the bed, then shoved her against the wall and used a table to shield their heads.
The inpatient building shook even more violently, with walls, ceilings, and various types of cement and sand falling from it.
Fortunately, there was a table to act as a barrier. Sang Ruo and Lu Nanchu hid in the corner and watched as various stones kept falling, turning the once clean ward into a dusty mess...
Moreover, the cracks in the wall were getting bigger and bigger, and the tremors were becoming more and more obvious. Only then did Sang Ruo realize that it was an earthquake!
The tremors here were extremely strong; the building shook violently and collapsed with a crash! The original 22-story inpatient ward has now been reduced to a pile of rubble, and its original appearance is no longer visible.
The entire Third Hospital was reduced to ruins by the aftershocks of the earthquake. The walls collapsed one after another, and even the road next to it developed cracks in the fracture zone.
Strangely, this earthquake only affected the area near the Third Hospital, and even the nearby Information Research Institute was affected, but only within the Third Hospital. Xueyuan Road, which is separated by an overpass, was almost unaffected.
There was only a slight tremor, but it wasn't noticeable.
The earthquake at the Third Hospital of Beijing quickly made headlines on the local news front page, and Bo Jinyan rushed to the scene as soon as he received the news.
Just as the black Maybach entered the elevated road, the section ahead was blocked by a fault line caused by the earthquake, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.
Therefore, Bo Jinyan had no choice but to take a detour, but the closer he got to the Third Hospital, the more shocking the scene before him became.
The once clean and tidy hospital is now gone, replaced by ruins. Police arrived at the scene immediately.
Since Beijing had not experienced an earthquake or similar event for a long time, many reporters quickly began conducting on-site interviews and recordings.
Bo Jinyan watched as people, unconscious from being crushed by chunks of cement, were carried into ambulances. He rushed into the scene like a madman, frantically tearing at the cement blocks covering them: "Xiao Ruo! Xiao Ruo, you can't be hurt, you absolutely can't be hurt..."
He muttered to himself involuntarily, refusing to leave no matter how the police tried to pull him away.
He continued digging through the mountain of rocks, hoping to rescue Sang Ruo.
"Sir, sir, please calm down. This is the scene of an incident. Please do not cause chaos." The lead police officer pulled Bo Jinyan away from the scene.
But Bo Jinyan shook off his hand, his eyes red-rimmed, and said, "My wife and children are all inside, how can you expect me to stay calm? Get out of my way! I need to save Xiaoruo..."
After saying that, he squatted down again and began searching for Sang Ruo's whereabouts.
His injured expression made the police hesitant to approach him, and since they needed manpower there, they let him search on his own.
Bo Jinyan arrived at the Third Hospital in the afternoon and dug until dark. He was so busy digging that he was bleeding from cuts on his hands from digging that he didn't even bother to treat them.
Just when he was almost in despair, a faint voice suddenly came from behind him: "Ayan..."
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