"Yeah. Youyou is not afraid." Little Zhang You is very well-behaved and obedient. She listens to whatever her mother says. She won't cry if her mother doesn't let her. She believes that someone will come to save them if her mother tells her not to be afraid.
But when Zhang You grew up, he knew that they would not survive until the rescue arrived.
"Youyou, be patient, someone will come to rescue us soon..."
No...
They arrived too late...
don't want……
This time, she watched with her own eyes as her father bled to death bit by bit, fell into a coma and was dying because there was no medical treatment available.
The mother painfully felt the faint breath of the person behind her. She wanted to do something, but the falling stone prevented her from moving at all. The little boy in her arms had already fallen asleep. She tried hard not to cry out, but just sobbed and whispered his name, but there was no response.
Time was torturous. The narrow space made her body stiffen, her blood seemed to stagnate, and her body was extremely tired.
They didn't know how long they had been trapped here. The darkness before their eyes made them unable to tell how fast time passed. She opened her phone again, but the battery was already exhausted. She seemed to have realized something, and her eyes became empty in an instant.
Zhang You knelt before them, as if all her strength had been drained away. She simply raised her head and looked at them with longing. She was tired of crying out loud. She knew they couldn't hear her, that this happened in the past, that nothing could be changed, but she still wanted to change.
Zhang You didn't want to watch them lose their vitality little by little and wait to die, so she floated up and wanted to look around, hoping that there might be someone nearby who could save them.
Zhang You was wandering in the ruins, and every scene was a bloody tragedy.
A man and woman who couldn't escape in time were smashed to pieces by falling rocks; a grandmother who depended on her granddaughter for survival was hit in the waist by a cabinet and was dying, but she protected her little granddaughter who was in the corner; a family of three was also torn apart by the sudden earthquake, scattered in different places, and only their faint calls could be heard...
There are also survivors among the ruins. Fate has blessed them, allowing them to escape death. They stubbornly climb, trying to climb out of the ruins.
Zhang You floated out and found out how deep his family was buried.
Rescue workers have arrived and a helicopter has landed in the open space nearby. Someone has already set up a shelter and is the first to rescue the victims on the upper floors.
The large machine has not been delivered yet, so they can only search inch by inch by manpower.
"Save my mom and dad, they are at the bottom!" The moment Zhang You saw them, her eyes lit up, and she floated over quickly, shouting for help.
But once again penetrated their bodies.
They did not stop their rescue efforts, and even though their gloves were worn out, they continued to search for survivors in the ruins.
"They're there! They're right there! Please go and save them! They can't hold on any longer... Please..."
Zhang You said stubbornly, pointing his finger in the direction where they were in distress, hoping they could hear him.
At this moment, she was no longer the person who could stand aside and watch without taking any action. She stubbornly begged for help, regardless of whether she could be heard or not, she just wanted to do something, she just wanted them to survive.
She didn't want to be called an orphan by others.
She didn't want to live under someone else's roof and live in fear.
She doesn't want to give up everything and compromise for a little bit of love.
She just wanted to be with them, she just wanted them to be alive.
Perhaps it was some mysterious connection, or perhaps it was providence. After a weak aftershock, a section of the ground in her parents' direction collapsed, revealing a person trapped beneath a huge rock.
He let out a scream, attracting the attention of rescuers.
“There’s someone there!”
“Come here quickly!”
“Save people first!”
Zhang You followed them and watched them rescue the people above first, and then dig through the scattered rocks to look for other survivors.
"It's right there! Dig a little deeper! It's almost there!"
Zhang You excitedly watched a tightly bundled rescuer digging through rocks, regardless of the danger. His white gloves were already stained black, and there was even a tear at the middle finger, revealing the inner finger, which was also stained black.
Zhang You saw that they were about to discover her parents. She was excited and floated down to see how her parents were doing.
Mom, they're coming soon! You'll be able to survive soon.
Zhang You murmured in his heart.
But when she really got there, she burst into tears.
My father's head drooped weakly and he was no longer breathing.
And his body still stubbornly supported the stones above, holding up the sky for them.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
Little Zhang You was probably awakened by her mother's suppressed crying. She was in a deep sleep and her consciousness was still hazy, but she knew that her mother was very sad, so she raised her little hand, groped around, and wiped away her mother's tears.
"Youyou..." She opened her mouth, her voice hoarse from extreme sadness, "Youyou, promise mom that no matter whether mom and dad are by your side or not, you will live on bravely, okay?"
Her voice was still gentle, but there was a hint of weirdness in what she said. Zhang You frowned when he heard it, and instinctively felt that something must have just happened.
"Why? I don't want to be alone. I want to be with mom and dad." Little Zhang You was so scared that she started crying when she thought of the possibility her mother mentioned.
But she didn't cry, because her mother told her not to cry.
"Youyou is very obedient. Youyou didn't cry. Mom and Dad, please don't abandon me..."
She tried hard to hold back her tears, and her mother felt heartbroken when she heard it.
She didn't let her cry, firstly because she didn't want her to waste energy, and secondly because there was too little oxygen here, and crying would consume even more oxygen. How could she not want her daughter for that?
"Youyou, don't be afraid. Do you remember what mommy said? Everyone will die... Mommy and Daddy just left earlier, but Mommy and Daddy have always loved you... Youyou... don't be afraid..." Her voice became lower and lower, as if she was enduring some great pain.
Zhang You pulled away from her words and looked at her anxiously: "Mom, where are you hurt? What's wrong with you? Why are you saying that? They're coming soon, can you please hold on a little longer?"
Zhang You anxiously checked her injuries, and only then did she understand why she, a little child, survived the disaster.
Before she left, her mother was curled up in her father's arms, holding little Zhang You, but after she came back, her mother was lying next to Zhang You.
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