Chapter 42 Exposure
The way back is blocked.
Yu Shu felt as if his brain had been hit by a heavy hammer as he looked at the scene before him. He turned to the side and leaned against the car window, quickly looking at the mountainside to the side.
The rain was too heavy to see anything clearly. All we could see was a landslide and the road was blocked. We'd have to go down and check it out for more details.
Qi Shichen quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the car door.
The movements were completed in one smooth motion.
Yu Shu saw that he moved quickly and ran to the road ahead to check the situation, while Qi Shichen only glanced at him from nearby before turning back.
After getting into the car, he slammed the door shut, not even having time to fasten his seatbelt, and immediately reversed the car.
"The landslide is still ongoing, we need to get out of here as soon as possible."
The rain was too heavy to see clearly. He had just gone down to take a look and saw that the rocks and soil in the blocked area were still slowly flowing down.
After saying this, Qi Shichen reversed the car and left. He then drove the car into a forest far away from the mountain.
The forest was so dense that trucks could only stop at the edge.
Qi Shichen found a tablet in the cargo box of the truck.
He quickly operated the device, and Yu Shu watched as he tapped his finger many times. Then, a panoramic view of their location appeared on the tablet.
There were mountains all around their location. Qi Shichen kept zooming in on the picture of their location, then scrolled through it, pondering how they could safely survive this natural disaster.
The rain kept rising, and while Qi Shichen was thinking, Yu Shu anxiously glanced at the rearview mirror outside the car window.
The rainwater on the ground had risen to almost two-thirds the height of the truck tires.
How could it be so fast?
Yu Shu quickly turned around, grabbed Qi Shichen's arm, and told him about the situation.
"Mr. Qi, the floodwaters are rising faster and faster."
Qi Shichen stopped pointing and glanced at his side rearview mirror. From the moment he first noticed the problem, he realized that the water level on the ground was rising abnormally.
In the forest, when it rains, the rainwater seeps into the ground.
But in just one or two hours, the rainwater had accumulated to about calf height, which was very strange. In addition, there was a river in their location, so there must be a problem with the river upstream.
Satellite images don't react that quickly, so he doesn't know exactly where the problem lies.
They couldn't go near the river, and the area near the mountains wasn't safe either. They abandoned the car and headed into the forest. They didn't know how high the water would rise. Even if they all climbed up the trees, they would surely die once the water rose above the treetops.
After reviewing the entire map, Qi Shichen finally chose a location that was relatively high and far from the river. It was some distance from the mountains, and the mountains were not very high.
After reading it, Qi Shichen drove in the direction he had chosen.
"Yu Shu, take my phone out of my coat pocket, unlock it, tap the iris icon on the home screen, and then tap the 'Request for Rescue' option."
As Qi Shichen drove, he kept a close eye on his surroundings, not daring to be distracted for even a moment, as the lives of so many people were on his shoulders.
He didn't let Yu Shu use the signal transmitter on his neck; that was only for emergencies to save his life. It wasn't an emergency yet, and his phone also had a function to send a request for help to the Qi family.
With his seatbelt fastened, Yu Shu couldn't lean forward, so he unbuckled it and headed towards Qi Shichen.
Yu Shu rummaged through the jacket he was wearing, unzipped the pocket, and easily found Qi Shichen's phone.
"I can't crack it, I need the password."
After Yu Shu turned on the screen, she asked him a question.
Qi Shichen said a string of numbers, and Yu Shu entered them in.
After entering her phone password, the lock screen opened, and Yu Shu's fingertips trembled slightly when she saw Qi Shichen's phone wallpaper.
Without time to hesitate, Yu Shu quickly found the iris pattern he mentioned, clicked on it, and followed the instructions.
After the operation was completed, Qi Shichen's phone automatically changed its interface to their location map.
Yu Shu saw that the location map also showed the distance of the rescue team from their location and the estimated arrival time.
The rescue wasn't limited to one location; wherever an airplane icon appeared on the image, it indicated that the Qi family was providing rescue there.
Then the icon of the nearest airplane lit up.
The above shows that the nearest rescue team would take three hours to arrive.
Yu Shu was holding his phone, unsure of what to do. When the truck drove onto a bumpy section of road, Yu Shu was almost thrown off his seat. He quickly pulled over his seatbelt and fastened it.
After driving for an unknown amount of time, Yu Shu glanced at her phone screen. The nearest rescue team was beginning to head towards them.
Qi Shichen drove the truck to the safe location he had chosen, stopped the truck, turned off the engine, opened the truck door, got out of the truck, and went to the back of the truck.
Everyone inside the carriage huddled together, and when the carriage stopped, they quickly surrounded Qi Shichen.
"Brother Qi, are you alright? Are we alright?"
Why is the car stopped?
"How come we're still in this forest?"
These people couldn't see what was happening outside the truck. They thought they had escaped, but when the truck door opened, the view in front of them was not a highway, but still in the forest.
Qi Shichen explained the situation to them and told them to stay in the carriage and not to wander around. Everyone packed emergency food and water into their backpacks.
Qi Shichen knew the layout of all the food perfectly. Unlike the others, he didn't grab the food placed in front of him and stuff his backpack full of food.
Qi Shichen took the compressed biscuits, a bag of snack biscuits, four bottles of water, a bag of candy, two boxes of glucose solution, and a bag of salt from the box. He didn't take anything else.
When those people saw Qi Shichen taking something, they followed suit and took something too.
Qi Shichen packed two bags, one in each hand. He jumped out of the car and walked to the passenger side. He opened the passenger door, stood on the steps of the car, and handed one of the bags to Yu Shu so that he could carry it.
The rain outside was pouring down, like a hole had been torn in the Milky Way.
Qi Shichen was soaked to the bone, and the backpack that Yu Shu took was also completely wet; you could feel the dampness as you carried it.
The heavy rain soaked Qi Shichen, while Yu Shu was only caught in the rain when Qi Shichen pulled him onto the truck halfway through the journey, so he was much better off than Qi Shichen, who was completely drenched.
"It shows how long until the rescue arrives."
Qi Shichen asked him.
Yu Shu turned on her phone screen, which showed that it would take another two hours.
Two hours.
After Yu Shu finished replying, she wanted to return the phone to him.
Qi Shichen didn't answer the phone, but instead said something.
"Yu Shu, you saw it, didn't you?"
Qi Shichen's tone was very calm, as if he were talking about something unrelated.
Seeing that he didn't answer the phone, Yu Shu withdrew his hand and covered the phone screen, unwilling to look at it any longer. In fact, he had been avoiding looking at Qi Shichen's phone.
It was only because the moment Qi Shichen told him his phone password and he entered it, the screen unlocked and the phone's application interface popped up.
There's nothing unusual about this. What's unusual is that Qi Shichen's phone wallpaper is a photo of a person.
That person is Yu Shu.
Yu Shu sat on the swing. The twinkling lights on the big tree were very beautiful. There was a river at his feet, a mountain wall in front of him, and teenagers playing with sparklers behind him.
The scene freezes on the moment Yu Shu turns around and watches the boys playing with sparklers.
The photographer was very skilled; the subject was immediately recognizable in the photo, and the person in it looked like a fairy who had secretly descended from the night sky to visit the human world.
It is simple and beautiful, even carrying a desire for curiosity about the world.
At that time, Yu Shu and Qi Shichen were not friends; they had only met a few times. Qi Shichen was also accompanied by his girlfriend.
When Qi Shichen asked Yu Shu to use his phone to request help, he immediately realized it was his phone wallpaper. However, since it was a matter of life and death, he couldn't hesitate any longer.
He didn't want Yu Shu to know that he had his thoughts running so early.
He only hoped that Yu Shu would think that he only started having feelings for him after he broke up with someone else.
It seems that in Yu Shu's eyes, he has gained another label: fickle and scheming.
Qi Shichen knew that his image in Yu Shu's mind had collapsed, so he simply stopped pretending.
Qi Shichen got into the passenger seat from the steps and sat down next to Yu Shu. As soon as he sat down, the rainwater running down his body soaked the seat cushion.
Yu Shu looked at the person in front of him, and not long after he finished speaking, his entire aura changed instantly.
Like a cunning and cold-blooded villain, who has torn off his kind and approachable facade and no longer plays the role of a good person in front of others.
Qi Shichen sat down next to Yu Shu. He reached out and took the phone from Yu Shu's hand. He first glanced at the time the rescue arrived on the screen.
Qi Shichen exited the software and then opened the photo album software.
Sitting next to Yu Shu, I opened the encrypted photo album.
After opening the album, it was filled with photos of Yu Shu.
After he sat down, Yu Shu kept a close eye on his actions. He watched Qi Shichen's movements and saw that the album was full of his own photos.
We have photos of every single thing he does.
You can even piece together his entire itinerary from the photos.
Qi Shichen tilted his head slightly, looked at Yu Shu's current appearance, and smiled.
Qi Shichen shoved the phone into Yu Shu's hand, then held his fingers and guided him through the pages one by one.
"Yu Shu, are you scared looking at these photos?"
Qi Shichen stopped halfway through the journey and asked him a question.
However, he didn't expect Yu Shu to give him an answer and continued talking.
"I arranged for your hotel to be flooded, and I also arranged for you to stay at the club, which is why you ran into me in several places."
"The mugwort I used to repel mosquitoes was because I was worried about you getting bitten by mosquitoes, not for anyone else."
"I went to great lengths to start a friendship with you, all for one purpose."
Qi Shichen didn't reveal his final thoughts, knowing that Yu Shu would understand.
After listening to Qi Shichen's words, Yu Shu felt a chill run down his spine. His own guesses and the other party's admission were not the same.
Yu Shu suddenly let go of her hand, and the phone, now unheld, fell to the ground below the passenger seat. Yu Shu unbuckled her seatbelt and moved towards the driver's seat.
He wanted to stay away from Qi Shichen.
This person is too dangerous.
Qi Shichen, however, reacted quickly, grabbing Yu Shu's waist and pulling her back into his arms.
“Yu Shu, there’s nothing I’m afraid to admit to what I’ve done, but at the same time, it’s true that I will protect you no matter what happens.”
"Don't be afraid, even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you."
After saying this, Qi Shichen released Yu Shu.
He bent down to pick up his phone, turned around, jumped off the truck, and left.
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