Chapter 32
Thinking of Shen Yuqing in high school, Xia Ruirui laughed without realizing it.
Although they were later criticized by the whole school, the evening study session that day is still fresh in their memory.
My heart, which had been tense after being trapped in the tunnel, finally relaxed a little.
As she was thinking, she fell asleep.
The next morning, Xia Ruirui was sleeping soundly. When she wanted to turn over, she was woken up by the rough concrete floor.
When I woke up, I saw Wang Kelly staring at me with a curious look.
"..." Xia Ruirui sat up and stretched, "Don't fall in love with me."
“…” Now it was Wang Kelly’s turn to be speechless. She looked at Xia Ruirui and said faintly, “You wouldn’t tease Shen Yuqing like this, would you?”
Xia Ruirui choked on her saliva when she heard this and actually thought about it.
You’re right.
She had actually used this joke with Shen Yuqing before, but Shen Yuqing didn't say anything at the time.
He seemed to just give her a sarcastic look.
Xia Ruirui touched her nose and avoided the topic: "Why are you looking at me?"
Wang Kelly didn't expose her guilty conscience: "I was just wondering, how did you manage to sleep so soundly on this hard and rough concrete floor?"
"It seemed like he was dreaming, and his expression was faintly filled with enjoyment."
“…”
Maybe what you think about during the day will appear in your dreams at night. Xia Ruirui dreamed last night that Shen Yuqing was dragging her to the teaching building.
At that time, Shen Yuqing's face was still a little immature, which was different from the calm and composed him now.
In her dream, she could even feel the palpitations in her heart when Shen Yuqing held her hand.
"So what did you dream about?" Seeing that she didn't answer, Wang Kelly came over curiously.
"I dreamed of chicken legs."
“…”
Wang Kelly looked at Xia Ruirui speechlessly.
She didn't doubt it at all and believed it immediately.
After all, how else could Xia Ruirui, a foodie, look so enjoyable except when she's dreaming about food?
Seeing that Xia Ruirui had woken up, Wang Kelly completely relaxed and moved her body without restraint.
Just now, she saw Xia Ruirui sleeping and didn't dare to move, for fear of waking her up.
After Xia Ruirui woke up, she went to the small hole at the exit, intending to drink some rainwater.
When she was collecting water with her hands, she unexpectedly found that the small hole on the outlet was a little loose.
She reached out and dug a little tentatively, thinking it would be in vain, but who would have thought she actually dug a little through.
Xia Ruirui turned around and said in surprise, "Wang Kelly, the rocks and soil here have been soaked by the rain all night last night, so they've become much looser."
“Is this true?”
Wang Kelly also became excited when she heard this, and moved forward step by step while dragging her broken right leg.
At the entrance of the tunnel, she looked at the small hole dug by Xia Ruirui, and at the ray of sunlight peeking out from the small hole. The two of them covered their eyes with their hands at the same time.
Because they had been in the dark for too long, their eyes felt a little uncomfortable when they saw the sunlight.
Only after their eyes slowly adjusted to the sunlight did they slowly lower their hands.
Looking at the first ray of light, the two were extremely excited.
"Xia Ruirui, I feel like crying." Wang Kelly stretched out her hand to the sunlight, deeply touched.
"Wang Kelly, be stronger." Xia Ruirui said without even turning her head.
“…”
Wang Kelly never expected to get such an answer. She pursed her lips and looked at Xia Ruirui. She felt that she looked more and more like the cow cat she raised.
Although she is beautiful and cute, she is a little neurotic.
Most people really can't control it.
She looked at Xia Ruirui and was about to tell her about her recent inspiration when Xia Ruirui patted her shoulder and said, "Sister, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and dig."
“…”
The two men didn't have any tools, so they dug little by little with their bare hands.
They dug from morning to evening without even stopping, and only managed to dig out a small hole.
Xia Ruirui measured it, tentatively stretched her head out, supported herself by the huge rock outside, and finally climbed out.
As soon as she climbed out, she reached out to Wang Kelly in the tunnel, wanting to pull her out as well.
It went smoothly at the beginning, but halfway through, Wang Kelly's lower body got stuck.
Xia Ruirui pulled her out with all her might, but Wang Kelly's buttocks were stuck in the hole and she couldn't get out.
The two tried for a long time, but to no avail.
The two of them hadn't eaten for a whole day and night and were extremely hungry. After tossing and turning for so long, Xia Ruirui was exhausted and collapsed on the ground.
Looking at her best friend who was stuck in the hole with her upper body exposed and looking at her with hope, Xia Ruirui couldn't help laughing.
"You should lose weight, seriously, Kelly Wang."
"..." Wang Kelly was so exhausted from being stuck in this position. Seeing that Xia Ruirui still teased her, she said unhappily, "You know shit. Peach butt is the fashion right now."
When her peach buttocks appeared, Xia Ruirui laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back and kept laughing while lying on the stone.
After laughing, the two tried for a long time and finally pulled the person out.
After Wang Kelly came out, the two of them lay on their backs on the ground outside. Looking at Wang Kelly's pants, Xia Ruirui couldn't help laughing.
"Wang Kelly, your pants are all rubbed raw."
"... Let's go quickly, before there are more aftershocks."
"good."
Xia Ruirui struggled to get up, pulled Wang Kelly, and the two of them walked down the winding mountain road.
While they were still trapped in the tunnel, the boulders stopped rolling down.
Therefore, as long as they avoided the rolling debris and walked down the winding mountain road, they would be almost safe.
Wang Kelly couldn't walk with her right leg, so Xia Ruirui supported her as they walked, stopping and starting, and finally they were almost there.
"Wait."
"What's wrong?"
"Listen, there's a sound."
As soon as Wang Kelly finished speaking, the ground beneath their feet shook again.
The two people hurriedly squatted down, and after a few seconds when the ground stopped shaking, they stood up.
"Fortunately, everything is fine." Xia Ruirui breathed a sigh of relief.
Who knew Wang Kaili would startle again: "Xia Ruirui, what's that sound you hear?"
The two men turned around at the same time, only to see a rushing flood behind them, carrying wood and stones towards them.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Wang Kelly, you are such a bad mouth."
"I don't!!!!!"
Xia Ruirui pulled Wang Kelly and ran forward desperately. Wang Kelly knew that Xia Ruirui would not give up on her and did not want to hold her back, so she also ran forward with all her might.
However, their four legs could not outrun the flood, not to mention that one of them was useless.
In just a few seconds, they were swept away by the flood.
Xia Ruirui was hit hard in the face by the force of the flood, and was forced to choke on the water several times. She struggled to emerge from the flood.
But the water was so fast that she had difficulty even opening her eyes. Fortunately, she grabbed a piece of driftwood in the flood.
When she was finally able to breathe smoothly, Xia Ruirui held the driftwood tightly with one hand, while looking back for Wang Kelly's whereabouts.
Her wet hair hung in her face, but she made no effort to push it away.
In the flood, Xia Ruirui desperately called out her friend's name.
“Lily…Wang Kelly!!!”
However, no one responded to her.
Xia Ruirui dug her fingers into the dead wood, her body rising and falling with the flood. She was soaked in the cold flood, truly isolated and helpless.
She couldn't count how many times she had felt despair since the earthquake.
She had been able to cheer herself up every time before, but this time, watching the people around her die was too much for her.
Her will to survive became weak.
Soon, the dead tree was washed down by the flood, and Xia Ruirui was washed away and swept to the bottom by the flood.
In the flood, she opened her eyes, but the water was muddy and she couldn't see anything clearly.
Just when she was about to suffocate, an arm lifted her out of the water.
Xia Ruirui's consciousness had begun to fade. Although she could feel someone saving her, she had just used up her last bit of strength and felt limp and powerless.
But that hand seemed to have infinite strength and pulled her up.
Feeling the long-lost air, Xia Ruirui took two greedy breaths and looked up at the owner of the hand.
The man opposite had wet hair scattered, revealing a pair of bewitching eyes. He was wearing a windbreaker and looked at her with a hint of teasing in his eyes.
"Have you seen enough?"
“…”
Xia Ruirui looked at him and blurted out: "Ji Chuyao?"
The man looked at her, an indescribable smile on his lips: "Xia Ruirui, long time no see."
Another burst of water splashed onto the two people's faces. Ji Chuyao grabbed Xia Ruirui and warned her, "Hold on tight."
Xia Ruirui nodded subconsciously and held him tightly obediently.
Ji Chuyao glanced at her, grabbed her, swam to the front of the kayak, and dragged her onto the kayak from behind.
Wang Kelly, who was on the kayak, also came over to help, took her hand and pulled her up. Xia Ruirui, who had just experienced a life-and-death experience, hugged her excitedly when she saw that her friend was still alive.
"I knew you weren't dead."
"It's good to be alive."
It took a long time for the two to calm down.
Xia Ruirui's clothes were already soaked, and when the cold wind blew, she sneezed again.
Seeing this, Ji Chuyao took off his windbreaker and walked over to put it on her.
Xia Ruirui then remembered Ji Chuyao's existence and looked at him gratefully.
She returned the jacket to him: "I'm not cold, you can wear it."
Ji Chuyao didn't say anything. He put the coat on her irresistibly and zipped it up for her.
Finally, he glanced at her and said with a half-smile, "Xia Ruirui."
Xia Ruirui turned to look at him after hearing this.
She thought Ji Chuyao would say something, but he just looked at her and said something incomprehensible.
"Xia Ruirui, I look like a suspect, huh?"
"What?" Xia Ruirui looked puzzled and asked him subconsciously.
However, Ji Chuyao didn't say anything, just looked at her with an ambiguous expression.
After a few seconds, Wang Kaili next to him reacted first and pointed at him: "The one wearing the jacket on the train..."
The memory of Xia Ruirui's death suddenly resurfaced.
"Just now, after hearing your name, the man glanced at you secretly."
"At least he's not a wanted criminal."
Looking at Ji Chuyao's teasing eyes, Xia Ruirui dug her toes into the ground in embarrassment.
"Did you hear everything? We weren't talking very loudly, were we?"
"I have good hearing."
“…”
Seeing Xia Ruirui's embarrassment, Ji Chuyao insisted: "I'm a little sad, Xia Ruirui, you didn't even recognize me on the train."
Xia Ruirui held her forehead, having the illusion that she saw Ji Chuyao in high school.
After so many years, his love for making fun of others remained unchanged.
"You're wearing a baseball cap, covering yourself up tightly. How can I recognize you?" Xia Ruirui said perfunctorily.
Wang Kelly looked at the two of them with interest, with an aunt's smile on her face.
She now feels that Xia Ruirui and Ji Chuyao are a good match and they seem to be quite compatible.
Ji Chuyao noticed her gaze, looked at her, and asked Xia Ruirui, "Is this Wang Kaili from our class?"
"yes."
Ji Chuyao touched his chin, looked at Wang Kelly, and greeted her in a friendly manner: "Long time no see, old classmate."
"Long time no see." Wang Kelly smiled and pretended to recognize him.
In fact, she recognized Ji Chuyao when he rescued her just now.
After all, such a charming and flamboyant appearance is unique in the world.
The three of them sat in the lifeboat and floated forward along the direction of the flood.
"Ji Chuyao, why are you here?"
"I'm originally from Yunjin, and I came here to try out whitewater rafting, but I ran into a flood and have been floating in it for two days."
"What about you?"
"We were here to go whitewater rafting... We were trapped in a tunnel by the earthquake and finally got out, only to be caught in a flood again."
"Thank goodness you're all okay." Ji Chuyao's voice suddenly became a little low. "I wonder what's going on in Yunjin City now..."
Thinking of the people who died on the bus, Xia Ruirui murmured, "I hope everyone is safe."
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