#Tragic News! Pop star Qi Lie was caught in a landslide while filming his new music video; his fate remains unknown.#
#Queensland landslide, internet celebrity Qi Lie buried alive#
#Tan Xue and Qi Xu rushed to Kunzhou overnight, looking haggard, possibly having lost their beloved son#
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In their quest to get firsthand information about Qi Lie's new song, the entertainment reporters and paparazzi who had followed him all the way to Queensland frantically started calling their studios and magazines as soon as they received news that Qi Lie had been involved in a landslide while filming his music video and had been buried alive along with the female lead in the video. Especially after seeing the ambulances, fire trucks, and other vehicles arriving at the scene immediately, and the large number of rescuers rushing up the mountain, they embellished the news even more when reporting the situation.
And so very soon—
Hashtags such as #QiLieBuriedAlive#, #QiLieEncountersLandslide#, and #PrayForQiLie# swept the trending searches, even dominating the top five spots on Weibo's trending search list. The real-time comments on these topics were filled with Qi Lie's fans expressing their worry, sadness, and fear.
Such a scene was impossible for Fu Yuankai, who was filming an advertisement, to ignore.
In the quiet of his resting place, while drinking water, he subconsciously frowned and clicked on the app.
Then, the moment he saw a certain name in the report, the water bottle slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a thud, spilling water everywhere.
When his agent and assistant received the director's call to resume filming and came looking for him, they couldn't find him anywhere except for a half-empty bottle of mineral water lying on the ground, and his phone calls went unanswered.
at the same time--
"Tang Bao, Tang Bao, Tang Bao..."
Tang Ning was awakened by 54088. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that it was pitch black all around, with only a faint light visible above her head.
Perhaps because 54088's calculated location was too clever, and the protective shield was added in time, Tang Ning was fine after waking up, except for some minor abrasions on her back, calves, and arms, which were probably caused by the already thin protective shield breaking. They were a little painful, but otherwise nothing serious.
As soon as 54088 saw that Tang Ning had regained consciousness, he immediately rushed over and hugged her tightly. "Tang Bao, Tang Bao, I'm so glad you're okay! Is anything bothering you? You have no idea how scared I was when I saw you faint. Let's not do this again next time, okay? It's too dangerous. We're trying to win over a jerk, not playing some survival game!"
Hearing this, Tang Ning smiled slightly.
How else could she create the image of her sharing hardships with Qi Lie, and how else could she establish a persona of resilience, perseverance, and unwavering loyalty in his mind, completely opposite to her delicate and frail appearance?
Although she only stayed in the "Eternal Sword" crew for a few days, she didn't go there for nothing, okay?
Especially since Qi Lie was also making a cameo appearance in that film crew at the time, she managed to extract the reason for his drastic change in attitude towards Ye Xi from Ye Xi's assistant over just one barbecue. This, combined with the plot and all the information she found about Qi Lie online, led her to discover this.
Just as Fu Yinze has always favored innocent, naive, and pitiful little white flowers, Qi Lie also has his own unique preferences.
Perhaps because his mother was a martial arts actress, Qi Lie, who had often followed his mother to various film crews since childhood, had always admired girls who were heroic, hardworking, and resilient like weeds. This was the reason for his change of opinion about Ye Xi, and also the reason for his low liking for Tang Ning.
In his mind, Tang Ning seemed too much like a delicate, fragile, and spoiled girl, and he found it very unpleasant to be around such a girl.
But now...
Just as she was thinking this, a faint voice suddenly rang in her ear.
Because of the landslide, Tang Ning, who reacted quickly, immediately reached out to grab Qi Lie's hand, resulting in the two being buried very close together. He was lying right next to her, and their hands were only a finger's width apart.
"Hmm..."
Qi Lie slowly opened his eyes, but to his surprise, the moment he opened them, all he saw was darkness.
"Why is it so dark? Where am I? How did I get here? Where did everyone go? Is anyone there... is anyone there..."
As Tang Ning listened, she began to feel something was wrong, because the other person's breathing seemed to be getting more and more rapid, while the voice was getting weaker and weaker, with a slight tremor, and even the occasional sound of teeth chattering.
Seeing this, Tang Ning quickly reached out and grasped the other person's hand. "Is this Qi Lie? What's wrong? It's me, Tang Ning! Are you alright? There might have been an earthquake just now, and we were both buried underground. Are you hurt anywhere...?"
Before Tang Ning could finish her sentence, she was shocked by the coldness and sweat on the other person's palm.
Upon feeling Tang Ning's touch, the other person immediately grasped her hand as if it were a lifeline, and even disregarded the danger of being trapped under mud and rocks, insisting on crawling towards Tang Ning.
As soon as he moved, Tang Ning felt the rocks and soil around her loosen, and she quickly stopped him, "Don't move..."
She spoke too late; the next second, Tang Ning heard a clanging sound beside her ear.
"Cough cough cough!"
Dust billowed up, choking her and causing her to cough violently.
"Hmm!"
Qi Lie, who had scrambled to her side as fast as he could and grabbed her tightly, couldn't help but let out a muffled groan in her ear, whether he had been hit somewhere or something else.
"You, cough cough, what's wrong? Qi Lie, Qi Lie..."
"Get out...get out, it's so dark...I don't want to...not here...get out..."
Tang Ning coughed and kept calling out to the man on top of her, but found that he seemed to be completely trapped in his own nightmare and could no longer respond to her. Not only that, his whole body was trembling incessantly, his teeth were chattering, sweat was pouring down his forehead but was frighteningly cold, his breathing was becoming more and more rapid, and the arms holding her were tightening more and more, so strong that it seemed as if he wanted to embed her whole body into his body.
Something's not right!
A bad feeling rose in Tang Ning's heart.
Do you have claustrophobia?
She quickly asked.
Qi Lie, who was holding her tightly, could only tremble and utter no words other than "go out" and "leave".
She genuinely had no idea that the other person could have claustrophobia, since neither the plot nor any of the information she had gathered had ever heard of Qi Lie having such a mental illness.
But that's not the most urgent thing right now.
"54088, help me find the best route out of here. Qi Lie's condition is not good, I need to get him out of here immediately."
After saying this to 54088 in her mind, Tang Ning reached out and gently hugged Qi Lie in front of her, patting his back softly as she comforted him, "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid. I'll find a way out now, see if we can crawl out of here. Qi Lie, Qi Lie, try to calm down..."
The little system had already planned the route, but Qi Lie, who was holding her tightly, plus the mud and rocks pressing down on them, was too heavy for Tang Ning. She couldn't even move. Even if she knew the escape route, it was like a skilled cook trying to cook without rice.
Helpless, she tried her best to wake up Qi Lie, who was holding her as if she were a piece of driftwood in the ocean. Unfortunately, no matter what she said in his ear, no matter how she reached out to pat him or pinch him, he was like a stone and did not react at all.
Enraged, Tang Ning suddenly opened her mouth and bit Qi Lie in front of her. Coincidentally, her lower lip was right where she bit down. Even so, she bit down hard without hesitation, drawing blood. Qi Lie immediately cried out in pain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tang Ning pushed him away and then began to climb out following the path indicated by the small system.
There were many stones of all sizes and shapes. The round ones were fine, but the sharp ones were much worse. Tang Ning had barely put any effort into her hands when she felt a sharp pain in her palms. Soon, her palms and arms were covered with deep and shallow wounds. This was already the result of 54088 using the system's energy to take care of her as much as possible.
She didn't know how long she had dug her way like a mouse before finally managing to lift the last large rock in front of her and breathe fresh air again.
After taking a deep breath, Tang Ning turned around and looked at the dim little hole she had dug out with her hands behind her, and at the very back of the hole, where she could only vaguely see half of Qi Lie's body. She resigned herself to her fate and crawled back, using all her strength to finally half-carry and half-drag the man out.
However, because she was too weak and the digging work was too much, as soon as she pulled Qi Lie out, she relaxed her grip and her hand loosened.
Thump—
Qi Lie fell to the ground.
Fortunately, the fall may have aggravated his wound, as the man slowly regained consciousness with a groan.
Qi Lie, who had just woken up, felt pain all over his body, especially in his right leg and lip.
"woke up?"
Seeing that he finally opened his eyes, Tang Ning asked him this question.
Upon hearing her voice, Qi Lie quickly turned around and saw a woman covered in dirt and mud, whom he almost didn't recognize.
"Tang...Ning?"
"Who else could it be but me?" Tang Ning, who was resting on a rock, couldn't help but roll her eyes, then sighed helplessly, "What's wrong with you? I almost got killed by you. It's bad enough that you had to come to this godforsaken place to film a music video, but then there was an earthquake and I was buried alive. And to make matters worse, you have claustrophobia, and instead of staying put and waiting for rescue, you kept moving around, almost getting buried a second time. And to make matters worse, underground, you were breathing very rapidly, almost unable to breathe, it was terrifying..."
Upon hearing this, Qi Lie seemed to wake from a dream and turned around to look at the secluded path behind the two of them.
He was only too terrified of the environment before, not that he had no memory of it. He vaguely remembered what the other person did after knowing his fear.
Thinking about this, Qi Lie's throat became extremely dry. "So... you saved me..."
"Aren't there other people here with me?" Tang Ning said as she stood up, leaning on the stone beside her. Looking at Qi Lie in front of her, she spoke again, "How is it? Can we leave now? We'd better get out of here quickly. I heard that earthquakes usually have aftershocks. If there's another aftershock, we'll be doomed."
Upon hearing this, Qi Lie's expression hardened. He was about to stand up when a sharp pain shot through his right leg, and he fell to the ground again.
How are you?
Tang Ning rushed over, "Your right leg? What happened?"
The protective shield of 54088 is unlikely to malfunction; this person's right leg was most likely damaged by his own earlier movement.
At this moment, Qi Lie was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. He glanced at his right leg and then answered haltingly, "It's probably broken... I can't move it at all, I'm afraid..."
Before he could finish speaking, with a loud crash, the cave entrance through which the two had just escaped finally gave way to the weight and collapsed, causing a shockwave that sent soil and rocks rolling down the mountainside.
"ah!"
Startled, Tang Ning instinctively crouched down, and Qi Lie reached out without hesitation to pull her into his arms, shielding her in front of him.
Only when the tremors gradually subsided did Tang Ning slowly lift her head from Qi Lie's embrace.
"Is that all?"
Her voice was a little unsteady.
Qi Lie took a deep breath and slowly released his arms from Tang Ning.
“It should be alright now. Like you said, there might still be aftershocks. Your hands and feet are fine, so you should go first. It’s faster to escape by yourself. I should be fine sitting here by myself. You should go now.”
With that, he completely loosened his grip on her.
Seeing this, Tang Ning suddenly turned her head to look at him, then sneered, stood up, and stretched out her hand to Qi Lie, "Get up!"
Upon seeing her hand, Qi Lie froze, "Your hand..."
Hearing his words, Tang Ning looked down at her hands and saw that her hands, which were not very soft to begin with, were now covered with wounds of all sizes and bloodstains, looking extremely frightening.
"It's nothing, it must have been from when we were digging the hole earlier... Never mind, there's nothing more to say, get up first!"
She said it nonchalantly.
"You're because of me..."
Because he has claustrophobia, that's why she...
Qi Lie's heart skipped a beat. Why...?
"I did it because of myself. Didn't you see that the hole just collapsed? What's more, if there's an aftershock or something, you won't be able to escape if you're trapped underneath. Of course, the better to survive while you still have the strength. You'd better get up quickly."
"I can't drag you down anymore..."
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning immediately squatted down, ignoring Qi Lie's wishes, and put his arm on her shoulder. "I'm a girl and I haven't said anything, but you, a grown man, are still being so hesitant and dawdling. You only injured your right leg, right? Then try not to put too much weight on your right leg, lean more against me. Don't talk to me about being a burden now, we will definitely get out of here safely! Have faith!"
Tang Ning turned her head and gave Qi Lie a bright smile.
The soft sunlight shone on her dusty face, making her eyes appear exceptionally dark and bright, like the most dazzling stars in the night sky, captivating and enchanting.
In an instant, Qi Lie suddenly heard his heart pounding loudly and rapidly, one beat after another...
I don't know why, but I don't feel tired.
My throat was dry and parched, especially when I saw the other person's bloodied lips.
He remembered, he really remembered, it was when they were underground, because he was so scared, and the other person bit his lower lip hard to wake him up, leaving a mark.
Thinking of this, Qi Lie felt that the wound on his lip not only no longer hurt, but also started to itch slightly.
To relieve the itch, he subconsciously licked it.
When Qi Lie realized what he had done, his face turned bright red.
This was... his first kiss.
The proud, unruly, and lawless young man experiences his first stirrings of love. Like a passerby who has accidentally stepped into a swamp, whether he struggles or not, he will slowly sink in and be unable to extricate himself.
The reason could be a warm embrace in the darkness and fear, the overwhelming joy of being rescued and given a new life, or simply a radiant smile under the soft sunlight...
The release of dopamine comes unexpectedly, like the green grass after a spring rain, carrying joy and restlessness, eagerness and excitement.
Qi Lie's current favorability rating: 85.
Oh wow!
As Tang Ning helped the other person walk out, she raised an eyebrow in her mind.
This was a good deal.
Meanwhile, at the foot of the mountain, Fu Yinze, who had just stepped off his private helicopter, looked at the mess in front of him, pressed his hand hard against his stomach which had been acting up non-stop, and with a pale face, led several professionally dressed people behind him to head up the mountain.
Unexpectedly, they were stopped by firefighters at the entrance.
"I'm sorry, sir. The mountain is now completely sealed off. For safety reasons, no one is allowed to go up the mountain."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yin turned to look at these people and smiled slightly, "Excuse me, these people are all professionals with international rescue certificates. My girlfriend has been unexpectedly trapped on the mountain, and I have to go up and rescue her immediately."
"this……"
Those who tried to stop him hesitated.
Fu Yinze's eyes narrowed when he saw a person lying on a stretcher that had just been carried down from the mountain. He ignored the objections and rushed to meet them.
"Sister Wen!"
Yes, the person who came was none other than Sister Wen, Tang Ning's agent.
When Sister Wen, who was still relatively conscious on the stretcher, saw Fu Yinze, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"President Fu!"
Seeing her tears, Fu Yinze's face turned even paler.
"Where is Miss Tang? You're here, but where is she?"
“Miss Tang…we were lucky to be on the outer perimeter when the landslide happened, but Miss Tang…she and Qi Lie were filming the music video at the very back, right where the landslide occurred, so it’s possible…”
Sister Wen couldn't continue.
Fu Yin closed his eyes slightly. His stomach pain was becoming unbearable, but he still held his stomach with one hand and led the people behind him to walk forward.
He wanted to see her alive or dead... he wanted to find her body. Even if he had to dig three feet into the ground, he would dig her out...
Even with these thoughts in mind, Fu Yinze, who hadn't noticed stepping on a pebble, stumbled.
But the next second, he suddenly heard a surprised voice not far behind him.
"Yin Ze!"
Fu Yin suddenly stopped, slowly turned his head, and immediately saw Tang Ning, covered in mud, supporting someone and looking at him with a look of surprise.
For a moment, a look of bewilderment flashed across his face, but he quickly came to his senses, lifted his foot and walked towards her. As he walked, he slowly turned into a run, and in a flash, he tightly hugged Tang Ning, who had just handed Qi Lie over to the medical staff.
A drop of moisture fell into Tang Ning's hair and quickly disappeared.
"I'm fine..." Tang Ning was about to speak.
Fu Yin's hoarse voice rang out.
“Ningning…”
"Okay, don't worry..."
"Ningning!"
"Uh-huh."
"Ningning."
"I am here."
Tang Ning replied softly.
Fu Yin's current favorability rating: 95.
At this moment, Qi Lie, who had just been laid on the stretcher, and Fu Yuankai, who had finally arrived, both watched in silence as the two embraced each other.
The plan to kill two birds with one stone has now come to a perfect end.
Thinking of this, Tang Ning's lips curled into a bright smile.
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