Ji Yuzhi was awakened by the noise. When he got up, he found that he felt much better than in the morning, and he was covered in sweat.
He turned on the bedside lamp before answering his phone.
"There's an emergency, assemble immediately."
The person on the other end finished speaking crisply and hung up the phone.
Ji Yuzhi frowned and glanced at the caller ID. It was a familiar person from within his department.
He pulled back the covers. To this day, he had never received such an urgent instruction.
Without even taking a shower, he changed into clean clothes and got into the car.
Given the urgency of the situation, there probably wasn't time to send a driver, so he drove his original car into the compound.
Because he was the only one who lived far away, by the time he arrived, everyone had already left.
The leader who had always valued Ji Yuzhi quickly came over and helped him into his car.
"The press conference is ready. You'll be the one to go this time. Important leaders are holding a meeting to discuss and issue instructions for the disaster relief work. Your job now is to reassure the public."
“You have a lot of influence among the people now, otherwise this matter wouldn’t have been your turn to do it. I trust you because you always know what you’re doing.”
The press conference was held at the XX compound where they usually hold their meetings; it's all in the same area, just a few minutes' drive away.
Ji Yu forced himself to concentrate and get into work mode.
"These are the issues we just listed that you need to pay attention to. Take a look at them quickly."
After getting off the bus, everyone hurried inside.
The media, as expected, are the most perceptive people. As soon as they heard about the earthquake, they all flocked over. Upon receiving news that they were going to hold a press conference, the auditorium was filled in no time.
Ji Yuzhi stood backstage, looking at the contents in his hand.
Fortunately, he remembered to wear a suit before he came.
However, due to the urgency, he left his suit jacket in the car and was only wearing a shirt and tie.
There's someone in charge of the overall situation.
However, Ji Yuzhi was unaware of the full truth and was always uncertain about the situation.
He quickly grabbed a colleague who was passing by and asked, "Where was the disaster? What kind of disaster?"
"An earthquake struck City B, and you didn't know?" Everyone was doing their own thing, and the man went about his business after saying that.
In Ji Yuzhi's mind, the words "Earthquake" in City B kept enlarging.
City B!
Sweet!
His legs went weak, and he stumbled forward. If he hadn't grabbed the door frame next to him, he would have almost knelt on the ground.
My whole body was trembling with fear.
He turned around and was about to run away.
"I'm calling you! What do you want? Hurry up, come on up!"
Ji Yuzhi was pulled back by the people around him and brought back to his senses. He looked around blankly.
The leaders on the stage were waiting for him, and the media below were also waiting for a response with their cameras and microphones.
His hand holding the paper was still trembling.
He forced himself to suppress the urge to turn and run away, pinched himself hard, and then strode forward.
Once he's on that platform, he needs to be calmer and more clear-headed than anyone else.
Journalists are not easily fooled, and neither are the citizens.
Ji Yuzhi's face remained calm, but no one could see that his hands were clenched so tightly in the shadows that his knuckles turned white.
He stood on the stage, answering each reporter's question with unwavering conviction, expressing the determination and strength of the rescue efforts. Every word he uttered was spoken calmly, yet carried more weight than anything else.
Because of the urgency of the situation, Ji Yuzhi didn't have much time left.
The press conference was completed within ten minutes.
"Xiao Ji, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as the press conference ended, Ji Yuzhi practically ran off the stage, drawing disapproving looks from the leaders below.
You're not feeling well today.
Ji Yuzhi couldn't hear what the leader was saying at all, so he dropped everything and ran outside.
"Where are you going..."
"I think I know what's going on with Ji Yuzhi," said the person who shared an office with Ji Yuzhi.
"What happened?"
"His fiancée seems to be attending a friend's concert in City B today," the man said. He had overheard Ji Yuzhi's phone call and casually asked about it, to which Ji Yuzhi simply mentioned it.
At that time, he also mocked Ji Yuzhi, saying that he was so clingy to his girlfriend, still contacting her even after being apart for two days.
The leader recalled the message he had just received from the earthquake monitoring bureau: an 8.2 magnitude earthquake. He fell silent.
After a while...
"Hand over the work for the next few days to other people."
He is a human being, not a heartless machine, so he can naturally understand such things.
However, from a work perspective, Ji Yuzhi is acting too emotionally. If his fiancée has such an influence on him, it's detrimental to his work.
He still needs to think about where to best position Ji Yuzhi.
Ji Yuzhi ran out of the venue and paused for a moment at the door.
He then took out his phone and contacted his cousin, Ji Si.
"Send me a helicopter to land at the nearest point to me."
After saying that, he sent his location to Ji Si on WeChat and then drove away quickly.
...
When Ye Qingyan regained consciousness, she was still outdoors, surrounded by a group of people who were crying and silent.
She hurriedly composed herself, and when her gaze met Huo Qingming's, she suddenly remembered what she had been going through.
"Sweetie, Peach!" She jumped up in a flash, not caring about her dress or anything else.
"Let's go to the hotel, let's go to the hotel."
Ye Qingyan pulled Huo Qingming along and ran forward.
The car had long been buried under the rubble, so they had no choice but to leave.
The ground outside was still shaking, but Ye Qingyan seemed oblivious to it as she stumbled forward.
"Boom..."
"ah……"
Screams and loud noises rang out behind them, and they turned around.
The open space in front of the theater where they had just been sitting now looked as if a huge hole had been torn open.
The earthquake created a huge crack in the ground.
Huo Qingming and Ye Qingyan exchanged a glance and both saw the relief in each other's eyes.
If they hadn't been looking for sweet peaches, the two of them might have fallen down into that crevice.
That unknown place must be an endless abyss.
They walked on, trekking through mountains and rivers, for a very long time, so long that Ye Qingyan thought her legs were about to break.
The hotel's full view gradually came into view.
Seeing this is worse than not seeing it at all, Ye Qingyan screamed in terror.
The hotel, which originally had 67 floors, was half destroyed and reduced to fragments. The pool on the top floor, which seemed to have an endless supply of water, was etched into the epicenter and vanished with the ashes, as if not a single drop remained.
Huo Qingming was also deeply shocked by the tragic scene before him.
Ye Qingyan's legs went weak and she fell to the ground: "Impossible, impossible, Tian Tian will be fine, Tao Zi will be fine too."
Muttering to herself, she tugged at Huo Qingming beside her again: "Quickly count, is the 28th floor still there? Is it still there?"
As she spoke, she burst into tears. It wasn't sobbing or shedding tears, but a loud sob. Her chest felt tight and painful, and Ye Qingyan kept pounding her chest.
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