In the blink of an eye, the training reached its final stage.
During this period, these reporters truly learned and saw a lot of real things, and also captured many wonderful scenes.
The soldiers' training was unexpectedly arduous and difficult, but the smiles on each of their faces were so heartwarming.
Even after the last day of training ended, everyone still felt a sense of reluctance to part. At first, they felt that time was passing too slowly, and that a day was too long. But now, everyone felt that time was passing too quickly, and it seemed like half a month had passed in the blink of an eye.
Two weeks have passed, and it's time for them to go home.
Everyone was reluctant to part.
Xiao Tong smiled at the girl secretly wiping away her tears, and her tone softened: "There's an event tonight, and I'll take everyone home afterward."
He smiled faintly and said, "You can wear your own clothes tonight, and it's fine if everyone dresses up nicely."
Everyone agreed and looked at the child: "Little child, will you miss us?"
Xiao Tong is still very young, only twenty-two years old. Compared to this group of people, he is a younger brother, but he is very mature and experienced in his work, which is not at all like his appearance.
However, I felt a little embarrassed because everyone was teasing me.
"Yes, I will," he said softly. "I will miss everyone. Everyone who has come here is family to us."
Hearing this, everyone cried even harder.
Zhou Zuizui was actually quite reluctant to leave, even though it felt like she had only been there for a few days. This place, which had forged such indomitable figures, this place of awe and respect, had left a deep impression on her.
She didn't know how to express her feelings, but she just couldn't bear to part with it.
I'm reluctant to leave this place, and I'll miss everyone here. Everyone here is incredibly lovely.
They always maintain their kindness and enthusiasm, treating everyone with the most sincere heart, and always looking at you with the warmest smile to encourage you. Although they can be strict at times, most of the time they are expressing their love.
Zhou Zuizui blinked, held back her tears, and then went back to the dormitory with them to change her clothes and take a shower.
Of course, Zhou Zuizui went to Shen Nan's place to take a bath.
After taking a shower, everyone had dinner together, and the farewell party officially began at 7 p.m.
The farewell party was very well organized. Everyone started tidying up and decorating in the afternoon, and by the time they arrived, everything was already done.
Zhou Zuizui stood with her colleagues, and one of them remarked, "They are really thoughtful."
"Yes, even this place is decorated so nicely."
"It's really not easy."
“They are so good,” Chen Jing said. “I have no other hope but that they will go out on every mission safely and return safely.”
Zhou Zuizui nodded: "This is what everyone wants most."
Like her, she hopes that everyone here, and all soldiers in this place or elsewhere, will leave safely and return safely. She hopes they will always be safe.
I don't ask for much, just peace and safety.
Gao Zhuo led his men over, smiled at them, and said, "Why aren't you sitting down yet?"
He pointed and said, "Your seats are in the front row. The second row has the best view."
Now that he no longer needs to be a bishop, Gao Zhuo can joke around with everyone in private.
He blinked at Zhou Zuizui and teased, "Sister-in-law, you can sit over there. We've saved a seat for the captain next to you."
Zhou Zuizui chuckled and smiled, "Okay."
After the group sat down, several leaders from the team came over shortly afterward. After greeting them, they also sat down to watch the performance.
Shen Nan arrived relatively late. As soon as he sat down, Zhou Zuizui glanced at him subconsciously and said, "You're here."
Shen Nan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he grabbed her hand directly: "Sorry, I'm a little late."
Zhou Zuizui laughed and glanced at him sideways: "It's not late, it's just the beginning."
On stage, soldiers were performing, the kind of things that made people laugh heartily.
She whispered in Shen Nan's ear, "Your team has a performance too? I just heard Xiao Tong mention it. What is it?"
Shen Nan was taken aback, then said with a smile in his eyes, "Gao Zhuo and the others."
Zhou Zuizui raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
"You'll find out soon enough," Shen Nan said, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.
Their performances are certainly different from those you pay to see elsewhere, but they are the most sincere and genuine, which is truly moving.
Zhou Zuizui stared intently, rarely so focused. As she watched, it was Gao Zhuo's turn to go on stage, and the atmosphere below became even more lively.
"Gao Zhuo! Would you like to sing a song?"
Gao Zhuo smiled and said, "Come on!"
Two minutes later, Zhou Zuizui finally understood what Gao Zhuo was performing.
crosstalk.
It turns out the jokes in the team before were true. Gao Zhuo really is a master of crosstalk, leaving everyone stunned and occasionally adding some jokes, making everyone burst into laughter.
Moreover, Gao Zhuo's crosstalk was all written by himself. After listening to it for a while, I realized something was wrong... The words in his crosstalk were all about their recent period. There were words about Zhou Zuizui, words about Lin You, words about other colleagues. He praised everyone and even described how they were doing tasks.
At the end, Lin whispered in Zhou Zuizui's ear, "What is Captain Gao doing? I was already annoyed by him, and now I feel like crying."
Zhou Zuizui is the same.
These lovely people are just so adorable.
After Gao Zhuo finished his performance, the crowd below applauded enthusiastically, and many were moved to tears.
Next, Xiao Tong and Chen Ruifeng and a few others went on stage to sing a powerful song for them. The farewell party that night brought everyone to tears.
This experience will be unforgettable for everyone.
If there is any group of people in this world who possess the most genuine sincerity, it must be them.
Even after it ended, Zhou Zuizui was still a little reluctant to leave.
Shen Nan reached out and wiped away her tears. "Still crying?"
Zhou Zuizui rubbed against his arm and mumbled an indistinct "hmm": "Why did you all keep this from us?"
Shen Nan smiled: "How can there be a surprise if I don't hide it? Do you like it?"
"I love them," Zhou Zuizui said, her voice choked with emotion. "I love them so much, they're all so adorable."
She looked up at Shen Nan with teary eyes and said, "I suddenly understand... why your relationship is so deep."
The bond and trust between comrades-in-arms is something most people can't understand. Often, it even surpasses that between family members. Zhou Zuizui used to struggle to understand it, or rather, she could understand it but wasn't entirely able to accept it. But now she understands it completely.
They are one entity, and they should unite and cooperate, and trust each other.
Only with trust can they better complete their tasks, and only with belief can they do more.
After the farewell party ended, everyone was responsible for taking each of them home. Zhou Zuizui came back with Shen Nan, but Shen Nan had other things to do, so after taking her home, he went back to the team again.
This two-week experience felt like a dream to them, yet it wasn't.
Over the weekend, Zhou Zuizui rested at home. During that time, she had a meal with Xia Wen and Ai Zeyang, and afterwards she truly relaxed at home.
Shen Nan didn't go home for the weekend because of something.
Zhou Zuizui completely understood, so she spent two days living a listless life, not even opening the kitchen, eating out twice, and then ordering takeout like crazy.
As I ate, I inexplicably started to miss the food in the army.
Thinking about it, Zhou Zuizui sighed softly.
Just as I was thinking about these things, a message suddenly popped up on my phone. It was from the group of twelve people who went to training.
I just saw the news; it says a county in the area has been experiencing torrential rain for two or three days now. I'm worried something might happen.
Perhaps because they had been in the military for half a month, everyone had become very sensitive to these things.
[Me too, I just saw a news pop-up on Sina Weibo. It should be fine, right? It rained here for half a month a while ago too.]
【I also think it's nothing serious, Zui Zui, do you know, did Captain Chen tell you?】
Zhou Zuizui glanced at the messages in the group chat, her eyes flickering, before opening Weibo to check online news. Shen Nan hadn't told her about this, and she didn't know if he was busy this weekend with countermeasures, but regardless, she needed to keep an eye on it.
There wasn't much news available online; it was from Sina News. Zhou Zuizui clicked on it and saw that it was indeed raining heavily there.
She was silent for a moment, then sent Shen Nan a message: What are you busy with? Are you coming home tonight?
If I don't go home tonight, I'm unlikely to come back tomorrow; tomorrow is Monday.
Shen Nan didn't reply immediately. After a moment's thought, Zhou Zuizui sent a message to the other colleagues: "[Still don't know, Captain Shen didn't go home over the weekend.]"
Ah, I hope everything's alright.
I anticipate we'll need to be deployed for some work; we'll need to go to the scene for interviews and filming. Our newspaper has always been at the forefront of these kinds of matters.
I wonder who they'll send this time.
...
The group was having a lively discussion, and Zhou Zuizui stared at her phone for a while, but didn't receive a reply from Shen Nan.
Shen Nan replied in the evening, and it suddenly rained in the north of the city that night.
Actually, summer is a season with a lot of rain, but summer rain comes and goes quickly. Around the beginning of June, it rained for a full two weeks. During that time, it was always wet when you went out, which really annoyed Zhou Zuizui.
Upon seeing Shen Nan's call, Zhou Zuizui answered without hesitation: "Hey! Are you just finished with your work?"
Hearing her voice, Shen Nan smiled and said, "Yes, you've been waiting for my call?"
Zhou Zuizui hummed in agreement, then asked somewhat anxiously, "I saw the news that some places experienced torrential rain. Will that affect you?"
She asked the question very tactfully.
Shen Nan paused for a moment, then comforted him in a low voice, "Not yet. The situation over there is under control, but we are definitely keeping a close eye on it here." He added, "The main issue is the terrain there. We're worried that the heavy rain might cause an emergency."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui indicated that she understood.
"Oh, I see. Then remember to let me know if anything happens." She bit her lip and said in a low voice, "If you're on a mission and don't have time to tell me, you don't have to, but please be careful."
She didn't know why, but she always felt a sense of panic.
Shen Nan listened and reassured her, "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely go and come back safely."
That night, Shen Nan called Zhou Zuizui again when she was about to go to sleep, and only hung up after coaxing her to sleep.
...
The next morning, the air was misty with rain.
Zhou Zuizui glanced at the rain outside. It wasn't heavy, but the ground was still wet, so driving wouldn't be a good idea.
She grabbed an umbrella and headed to the subway station, then arrived at the newspaper office.
All morning, she paid relatively more attention to the breaking news, which left Lin in a daze.
Lin glanced at her again, then patted her shoulder reassuringly, "Don't worry too much, it's nothing serious."
"Hmm." Zhou Zuizui sighed, "I hope so."
For the next two days, nothing that she feared happened.
On Wednesday morning, Zhou Zuizui had just gotten up and checked her phone when she saw a message from Shen Nan sent late at night, containing only two words: "Gone."
Her eyelids twitched, and she jumped up to turn on the TV and computer, immediately checking the news.
Linyun County is located in a remote area and is backed by a landslide-prone mountain. Due to continuous heavy rain, a landslide and mudslide occurred in the early hours of last night, burying several villages. All rescue personnel have now been mobilized, and it is reported that more than a thousand people are trapped.
The incident involved several villages, as they were all located in remote areas. Most of the young men and women had gone out to work, leaving behind mostly children and the elderly. After one night, several hundred people had been rescued, but the number of people still trapped was still very large.
The photos taken in the news show that the area was in complete disarray, with all the houses collapsed and most of the trees planted in the mountains fallen.
As for why this problem occurred, in addition to the heavy rain, there is another reason, the specific factors of which still need to be investigated.
Zhou Zuizui looked at Chen Nan's message again. It was sent to her at 1:05 a.m., which was six hours ago.
She steadied herself and sent a message to Shen Nan.
Even knowing that no one could reply, she still sent the message; only after sending it did she feel at ease.
Online reports indicate that the fire department is short-staffed, so they have to draw personnel from other departments to rescue the people quickly. With this heavy rain, it's unclear how long it will continue.
After reading through all the news, Zhou Zuizui quickly packed her things and headed straight for the newspaper office.
Upon arriving at the newspaper office, many news team colleagues were already on standby, ready to head to the scene in Linyun County. The newspaper was even preparing to transport a lot of supplies there, as many people were reportedly still hungry due to the torrential rain and would definitely need food to tide them over.
Zhou Zuizui exchanged a few more words with Lin and then went straight to find the editor-in-chief.
"What did you say?" The editor-in-chief looked at her incredulously: "You're going to the scene?"
“Yes.” Zhou Zuizui looked at the editor-in-chief: “Can I apply to go to the scene?”
The editor-in-chief stared at her for two seconds and then refused outright: "No way! You're in the entertainment reporting area, and we already have enough colleagues in the news team."
He said, "Some people set off early in the morning, and the remaining three were going with the supply trucks." He shook his head and said, "You can't go for now."
As Zhou Zuizui listened, she subconsciously frowned: "Editor-in-chief, I want to apply to go there. All the colleagues in their news team can go, why can't I?" She said seriously: "I am also a part of the newspaper."
She said, "I just asked Sister Lin You, and she can handle all the recent news here. She also agreed to let me go with her, so I..."
"No means no." The editor-in-chief looked at her, sighed, and said, "Zui Zui, I know you're anxious. Did your husband participate in the rescue?"
“Hmm…” Zhou Zuizui pursed her lips: “But it’s not just because of my husband, I also want to help.”
The editor-in-chief frowned, but still firmly refused.
"We don't have any seats available to take you there right now."
The planes and cars that were supposed to depart had already left long ago, so there really wasn't a time to find a seat for her.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui's eyes lit up, and she looked at the editor-in-chief with surprise: "If I can find a place, can I go there?" She looked at the editor-in-chief, took a deep breath, and said: "I have a friend who can transport supplies there, and I can go with him."
Editor-in-Chief: "…………"
In the end, Zhou Zuizui told the editor-in-chief that if he didn't approve, she would take a few days of personal leave; she absolutely had to go to the accident scene this time.
The editor-in-chief had no choice but to tell her to be careful and then let her go.
As she went out, she ran into Lin again, who looked at her and said, "Be careful and come back safely."
Yes, it will.
Zhou Zuizui immediately called Ai Zeyang: "Where are you?"
Not long after, Zhou Zuizui got into Ai Zeyang's car.
"You really want to go?"
Zhou Zuizui hummed in agreement and looked at him: "Do I look like I'm joking?"
Ai Zeyang gave her a speechless look, frowned and said, "Of course I know you're not joking, but I'm still a little worried."
He whispered, trying to dissuade her: "The situation over there is still unstable. Who knows what will happen in the end? You're just a weak woman going there... What if something happens to you? How will I explain it to your husband?"
Zhou Zuizui glanced at him: "I will come back safely, and I will be careful."
Ai Zeyang gave her a cold look, and she couldn't persuade him at all.
"Oh right, I still need to pick up Lu Jiaxiu."
Zhou Zuizui exclaimed "Ah!" and looked at him in surprise: "Why?"
Ai Zeyang said, "Lu Jiaxiu's company also made a donation, but he won't be going with the car. I, Lu Jiaxiu, will be going with you."
Zhou Zuizui's eyes flickered as she looked at Ai Zeyang, smiled, and playfully punched his shoulder. "Thanks."
She knew that if she didn't go, Ai Zeyang wouldn't come along. For bosses of large companies like them, all they needed to do was donate money and goods; they didn't need to go with them.
Ai Zeyang glanced at her with obvious disdain: "I'm just worried that if something happens to you, your husband will come after me."
Zhou Zuizui smiled and raised an eyebrow: "I'll treat you to dinner when I get back."
"Um."
Zhou Zuizui was surprised that Lu Jiaxiu would stand with Xia Wen. She knew that their companies were close to each other, but why were they standing side by side?
What are you doing?
Xia Wen gave her a disdainful look: "What, are you planning to be a great hero by yourself without taking me with you?"
Zhou Zuizui: "..."
As she spoke, Xia Wen pulled her out of the car: "Let the two men sit in the front, and we'll sit in the back."
"You're going too?"
Zhou Zuizui stared at her with wide eyes: "No, no, I have a mission. What's the point of all three of you going?"
Lu Jiaxiu shrugged and said helplessly, "She said the trio can't break up and she insists on coming along."
Zhou Zuizui: "…………"
She glanced at Xia Wen, then kicked her, unable to contain herself any longer: "If you dare to come back again, I'll marry you off."
Ai Zeyang chuckled: "You're right, why would she go and join in the fun?"
But that's not the point now. Xia Wen's presence here, and even her call to Lu Jiaxiu to arrange the meeting, shows she's determined to go. The three of them have known each other's personalities perfectly since university; once someone is determined, nothing can change their mind.
It takes more than ten hours to drive from here to Linyun County, and the situation there is still unknown.
Zhou Zuizui sat in the car, constantly refreshing the news and messages in the news group. Chen Jing had arrived at the scene again, and Zhou Zuizui couldn't help but send her a message to inquire, but there was no reply for a long time.
However, judging from the photos, it's clear that in addition to filming and interviewing, the reporters also joined the rescue and assistance station, bandaging the injured, doing odd jobs, and even cooking so that the soldiers who went out to rescue could have a meal when they returned.
The rain showed no signs of stopping; in fact, it was getting heavier and heavier.
Lu Jiaxiu glanced back at Zhou Zuizui's expression and comforted her, "Little sister-in-law, get some sleep. You probably won't have time to rest once you get there."
He said, "Don't worry, this kind of work is no problem for Shen Nan and the others. Relax."
Zhou Zuizui hummed in agreement and looked at Lu Jiaxiu: "Have you been to the scene many times before?"
Lu Jiaxiu smiled faintly: "I've been there, twice when I went to see Shen Nan."
He said, "Among my brothers, only he and Zhou Ran did such dangerous things. Of course, we idle people should go if needed."
He may be called a free person, but he's actually not free at all.
Zhou Zuizui knew that Lu Jiaxiu had given up a job worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, to help out on-site.
Their friendship remains touching.
Before they knew it, they had all fallen asleep. Ai Zeyang drove for a few hours, then Lu Jiaxiu took over. Fortunately, all four of them were experienced drivers, so taking turns kept them from getting too tired.
They finally arrived in Linyun County at 10 p.m. that night.
The worst-hit areas are not in Linyun County, but in several small villages further inland.
Zhou Zuizui looked around and saw many soldiers, but not Shen Nan and his group.
She paused, and just as she was about to run away, Lu Jiaxiu called out, "Sister-in-law, come this way, let's go in with them."
He looked at Ai Zeyang and Xia Wen: "You two stay here and help out, we'll go inside."
Ai Zeyang nodded. "Watch her."
"rest assured."
After another hour's drive and nearly an hour's walk, Zhou Zuizui and Lu Jiaxiu finally arrived near the worst-hit disaster area at midnight.
What was exposed was an area even more severely affected than what was reported in the news.
People around her had pitched small tents, letting the rain pelt them, and were huddled together for warmth. The rain showed no signs of letting up, and although it was already late at night, many people were still running outside. In a flash, she even saw an acquaintance carrying a child running towards her.
"Little Tong!"
Zhou Zuizui called out.
Xiao Tong was taken aback. After handing the child to the doctor, she looked at Zhou Zuizui and asked, "Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"
Zhou Zuizui was taken aback. Before she could ask about Shen Nan, she went straight to the child and asked in a low voice, "How can I help?"
Xiao Tong glanced at it, and Lu Jiaxiu asked, "Where's Captain Chen?"
"Still inside."
Lu Jiaxiu waved his hand: "Go ahead and get busy, we'll watch over things here."
"Okay." The child said quickly, "This child has been trapped for a while, do your best."
The doctor on one side nodded: "Understood."
The child ran off in a flash. Zhou Zuizui helped the doctor by bandaging the wound. Looking at the child in front of her, whose breathing had become weak, she felt a thick fog in her eyes.
Natural disasters are so difficult.
Author's Note: Waaaaa, I'm a few minutes late! Sorry!!!
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