Chapter 31
At the same time, abroad.
As soon as Shen Qingli and Gu Zijin saw the news, they called Shen Yuqing.
Gu Zijin was relieved to see that Shen Yuqing's call could be connected.
He was a little worried at first that Shen Yuqing would run to Yunjin without looking back.
"I saw the news. Don't be too anxious." He felt so hypocritical after saying this.
Even he was so worried, let alone Shen Yuqing who loved Xia Ruirui like his life.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yuqing's voice sounded quite calm: "I know."
Shen Qingli, who was standing by, saw that the call was connected and rushed over: "Shen Yuqing, have you contacted Xia Ruirui? I can't get through to her number."
Shen Yuqing was silent for a while: "I can't contact her either."
As if not wanting to make them worry too much, he added, "I'm already rushing to Yunjin. I should be there the day after tomorrow morning."
After this was said, both sides fell silent.
One good friend's life or death was uncertain, and the other was about to rush to the most dangerous place. Shen Qingli couldn't stop crying.
Gu Zijin sighed and only reminded: "Be careful."
Shen Yuqing smiled faintly: "Okay."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Qingli picked up her phone in the study and booked the earliest flight back to China.
Gu Zijin looked at her speechlessly and went out to answer a phone call.
The person who called was his childhood friend from the same compound. When he learned about the Beiyi earthquake, he had asked him to find out about the situation.
"Ayan, is Yunjin's case serious?"
"...The entire Yunjin is reduced to ruins?"
"Are there still aftershocks? The hospital is in ruins..."
"...Okay, I understand. I'll hang up now."
Inside the door, Shen Qingli shed silent tears after hearing the words "the entire Yunjin has become a ruin", and she collapsed to the ground.
After she finished crying, she kept refreshing the news, trying to get the latest news about Yunjin.
The news had not been updated for a long time, so she opened the dialog box with Xia Ruirui again. Looking at Xia Ruirui's avatar, Shen Qingli burst into tears.
Cheering up a little, she booked another flight from Xijing to the nearest city in Yunjin.
She had already made up her mind that as soon as her flight back home landed in Xijing, she would fly to Yunjin's neighboring province and then drive from the neighboring province to Yunjin.
By this calculation, it is probably only one day later than Shen Yuqing.
After buying the plane ticket, Gu Zijin also came back.
When Gu Zijin saw her text message about buying a plane ticket, his tone was a little stiff: "Why didn't you discuss it with me?"
Shen Qingli looked at him steadily, her eyes reddening as she heard this: "Gu Zijin, don't stop me."
"The person in the accident is Xia Ruirui... She is my best friend."
Her voice was so hoarse that Gu Zijin felt distressed. He walked over and hugged her: "I didn't mean to stop you. I'll go back with you."
Hearing this, Shen Qingli burst into tears and subconsciously stopped him: "Gu Zijin, you'd better not go. It's too dangerous."
Gu Zijin's eyes were slightly red: "I won't let you face danger alone."
Shen Qingli didn't say anything else, but her arms around him tightened.
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On the other hand, Xia Ruirui knew nothing about what was happening outside.
At this moment, she was lying on the ground in the tunnel, staring at the blocked exit in a daze.
A whole day had passed since they were trapped in this tunnel, and since they were thirsty, they put their mouths close to the tunnel entrance.
There is a small hole there, and a few drops of water drip out from time to time, which should be the rainwater that has seeped in.
It's definitely not as clean as purified water, but at least it can keep the two of them going for a few days.
As for being hungry, Xia Ruirui had no choice.
You can't eat shit.
Because she was worried that the phone battery would run out, Xia Ruirui turned off her phone at the beginning, so the two of them didn't know what time it was.
The tunnel was blocked and they couldn't see whether it was dark or not. They just slept when they were tired, drank some water when they woke up, and endured hunger when they were hungry.
They stayed in the tunnel for a very long time, so long that Xia Ruirui became a little numb.
Wang Kelly was still sleeping, and Xia Ruirui didn't dare to turn over.
She knew how frustrating it would be to sleep on this hard, scratchy stone. Wang Kelly had finally fallen asleep, and she didn't want to wake her up.
She lay on the concrete floor, feeling the chill that seeped into her bones, looking at the top of the dark tunnel, as if she saw Shen Yuqing reaching out to her.
Even though she knew it was an illusion, she still couldn't help but want to hold his hand.
In the pitch-black tunnel, Xia Ruirui felt a little tearful.
She suddenly vaguely remembered the night when she and Shen Yuqing secretly went to pick grapefruits in their second year of high school.
That night was just as dark as it is now.
At that time, the second-year high school students were divided into classes. Xia Ruirui and Shen Yuqing chose physics, chemistry and biology and entered Class 18 of the second year of high school.
Gu Zijin and Shen Qingli chose Chemistry, Biology and Politics and entered Class 16 of Senior 2.
Although Xia Ruirui and Shen Qingli are not in the same class, they always go out to eat together.
One day, when the two went to the cafeteria to eat, they passed by the school's pomelo tree and found that the tree was already full of fruit.
The huge grapefruits hanging high on the branches look very tempting.
At least Xia Ruirui couldn't resist its temptation.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she tiptoed up the pomelo tree. Shen Qingli, who was standing under the tree, looked even more nervous than she was: "Be careful."
"Don't worry, I climb trees all the time." Xia Ruirui didn't take it seriously at all.
Just when her hand was about to touch the biggest grapefruit, something bad happened.
"Who is that? Which class are you from? Get down here quickly."
Xia Ruirui stood tall and took a quick glance, realizing it was the school security guard.
Jincai has two security guards, one of whom doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, and the other likes to meddle in other people's business very much.
The one who came was the nosy one.
Xia Ruirui cursed softly, climbed down quickly, and dragged Shen Qingli beside her to run towards Tongwen College on the senior side.
Jincai’s senior year is separated from the first and second years of high school. The first and second years of high school are in Xiaohuanglou, while the third year of high school is in Tongwen College.
They hid behind a tree and heard the security guard mutter to himself, "This year's senior class is getting more and more lawless. They've even started stealing grapefruits..."
The two of them covered their mouths and laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.
After the security guard left, they pretended to go back to the teaching building.
After returning to the classroom, Xia Ruirui returned to Class 18 and sat in her seat.
Looking at a classmate who was always doing exercises, Xia Ruirui put her face close to his paper.
Seeing that Shen Yuqing still didn't look at her, Xia Ruirui sneered and released a big move.
She held Shen Yuqing's right hand, which was holding the pen.
"University bully, stop writing."
Shen Yuqing gave her an expressionless look, but Xia Ruirui smiled even more provocatively.
Looking at someone's red and bleeding earlobe, she laughed in her heart, but pretended not to see through his shyness and let go of her hand as if nothing had happened.
"Promise me one thing, and I won't disturb you while you're doing your homework."
Shen Yuqing said stiffly: “What’s the matter?”
Xia Ruirui blinked her eyes and said, "Would you like to go pick grapefruits with me during evening study?"
Shen Yuqing didn't even think about it: "I don't want to."
"..." Xia Ruirui pursed her lips, "If you're willing, I'll return all the correction tapes I borrowed from you."
Shen Yuqing sneered and looked at the shameless Xia Ruirui. For the first time, he didn't know how to deal with such a person.
He ignored her and continued to do the questions with his head down.
Xia Ruirui continued unwillingly, "Are you really not going to consider it? I borrowed over 30 correction tapes from you."
“…” Shen Yuqing looked at Xia Ruirui with extremely complicated eyes.
Yes, these more than 30 correction tapes were borrowed by Xia Ruirui from Shen Yuqing.
The kind that you just borrow and never return.
Shen Yuqing's mood was complicated. He didn't understand how Xia Ruirui could say such words.
Wouldn't she be ashamed?
Thinking of this, he looked at Xia Ruirui who was still blinking at him.
He was also extremely certain that Xia Ruirui definitely had no sense of shame.
Just like she had just held her hand nonchalantly.
She doesn't look like a good person.
Under the table, Shen Yuqing secretly clenched the hand that Xia Ruirui had just held. After thinking about it, he agreed.
"I'll go buy grapefruit with you, and you just give me back the correction tape."
Xia Ruirui shook her index finger: "Not to buy, but to accompany me to pick grapefruit."
"Pick? Where to pick?" Shen Yuqing frowned.
Thinking of the pomelo tree that the principal of the school loved so much, he looked at her with suspicion.
Judging from her annoying expression, it must be what he thought.
He suddenly felt a headache.
But later, he still went to the evening study session that day. He didn't know if he was crazy at that time.
During evening self-study, class monitor Yao Hui was doing homework while maintaining discipline at the podium.
Xia Ruirui pointed outside at her, indicating that she was going to the bathroom.
Yao Hui nodded, indicating that she understood.
As a result, not long after she went there, Shen Yuqing raised his hand for the first time. This top student never went to the toilet during evening self-study.
Yao Hui looked at him with some suspicion, but nodded.
Shen Yuqing stood up very quietly and went out through the back door with a calm expression.
As soon as he reached the toilet door, Xia Ruirui, who was hiding there, pulled him over.
“…”
"Let's go."
After saying that, Xia Ruirui dragged Shen Yuqing forward.
Shen Yuqing shook again and again, but still couldn't get rid of someone's hand. He simply stopped struggling and let Xia Ruirui pull him forward.
When the two arrived at the place, Shen Qingli had already arrived and brought someone with her.
It was pitch black and Xia Ruirui couldn't see who it was, but based on the figure, she roughly guessed who it was.
Isn’t that the Gu Zijin that Shen Qingli has been thinking about all the time?
"Sure." Xia Ruirui secretly bumped into her friend's shoulder.
Shen Qingli pinched her secretly, signaling her not to talk too much. Xia Ruirui was in the wrong, so she endured the pain and didn't cry out.
Gu Zijin looked at them coldly without saying anything.
It can be seen that he is not very reluctant.
Shen Yuqing glanced at Gu Zijin but did not initiate a conversation.
Xia Ruirui grabbed Shen Yuqing’s arm and pulled him down: “You will protect me under the tree later.”
“…”
Shen Yuqing looked at his arm that was so painful from being grabbed by her, and didn't feel that Xia Ruirui needed his protection at all.
But he still said nothing, just nodded.
Xia Ruirui looked at Shen Qingli and Gu Zijin: "Shen Qingli, you and Gu Zijin just keep watch."
After arranging the three people, she climbed up the tree trunk.
When she climbed to the same position that day, she pulled the pomelo down.
When she was about to climb down, her hand slipped, and the pomelo fell from her palm and hit Shen Yuqing on the head who was looking up at her.
Shen Yuqing was hit on the head and groaned. He held the pomelo tightly in his hand and looked at Xia Ruirui with a cold look.
"Xia Ruirui"
Xia Ruirui felt so guilty that she quickly climbed down and apologized to him.
"I'm sorry."
"If I'm sorry, why do we need the police?" Shen Yuqing said word by word.
“…”
Before they could figure out how to coax him, they saw Shen Qingli and Gu Zijin, who were on the lookout, rushing towards them.
"Stop! Who's there? Which shift are you from? Stop right there."
The corner of Xia Ruirui's mouth twitched, and she recognized the voice as the security guard from that day.
Just as he was about to complain, he was dragged away by Shen Yuqing.
He pulled her forward, and the sweat on his palms stained Xia Ruirui's hands through contact.
Xia Ruirui looked at the back of Shen Yuqing's head while running. She felt a little emotional. There was actually someone whose back of the head was so perfect...
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