Chapter 43 Don't be afraid
Yu Shu's heart skipped a beat when Qi Shichen finished speaking his last words.
No one had ever been as dangerous as Qi Shichen, yet at the same time, Yu Shu couldn't help but believe that the other person would truly protect him.
Qi Shichen did not openly reveal his thoughts.
He didn't even say a single word explicitly.
Yu Shu, I like you.
For Yu Shu, matters of love and romance were too distant; he had never even considered the issue.
The rain was still falling, and the water on the ground had already submerged the wheels.
Qi Shichen glanced at his phone. There was still more than an hour before the rescue. They should be able to wait for the rescue before the water rose to their position.
Time passed second by second.
Everyone was filled with anxiety, nervously watching the time; there was still half an hour until the rescue Qi Shichen had mentioned.
Time, hurry up, hurry up!
But I never expected that things wouldn't go as planned; nature is not as simple as you think.
Not far behind them, a mountain had collapsed, and a mudslide mixed with floodwaters was rushing towards them. Qi Shichen remembered that the back of that mountain was next to a river.
The river swelled, washing away the mountain and carrying the water towards them.
Without saying a word, Qi Shichen quickly ran to the truck's cab, and before he could even close the door, he started the truck and drove forward.
Humans cannot outrun mudslides.
Qi Shichen floored the accelerator, and the car sped off.
The tree branches on both sides of the road were hit by the truck, and the windshield of the car was shattered. Yu Shu was sitting in the car feeling dizzy and disoriented, unable to tell which way was which.
He was dizzy from the impact.
Qi Shichen drove the car to the front of a mountain. This mountain was high up and had more trees than the other mountains, so Qi Shichen immediately turned around and carried Yu Shu from the passenger seat.
He jumped out of the driver's seat with him in his arms. After jumping, he put Yu Shu down and, without even having time to look at him again, gave him a forceful and stern order.
"Yu Shu, run up the mountain, quick!"
After he finished speaking, Qi Shichen gave Yu Shu a push on the back.
Qi Shichen didn't look back at him. He turned around and ran to the back of the truck. He took everyone out of the back of the truck and told them to run up the mountain.
Several people were already so frightened that their legs went weak. Qi Shichen had no choice but to drag them up the mountain with Wang Qi and a few other big men.
While running, Qi Shichen would look ahead from time to time, and only when he saw Yu Shu at the very front did he feel relieved.
The mudslide behind them rushed to the foot of the mountain. Chen Tianhua and Xiao Zhong, dragging their companions, naturally couldn't outrun those who were alone. Qi Shichen, on the other hand, was naturally strong and had good physical fitness, so he was able to get ahead.
The group that joined later saw the mudslide getting closer, and one of the men simply abandoned the woman and sped up.
In a life-or-death situation, no one's own life is more important than one's own.
When Qi Shichen heard a scream, he turned around and saw the woman in the group being swept away by the mudslide.
His heart sank, but he didn't stop.
He recognized the woman. She had attended a gathering held by the Qi family before. She was in her early twenties and was in a relationship with the man who helped her run.
The two families are already engaged and will be holding a wedding banquet after the New Year. The two fell in love at first sight, and he had heard about their loving relationship.
The group ran desperately up the mountain.
Yu Shu was running so hard his lungs felt like they were about to explode when suddenly a vine tripped him up. He fell and hit his hand on a sharp rock, cutting a long, thin gash that bled instantly.
Yu Shu was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes instantly.
But he dared not stop. He endured the pain, got up again, and continued running forward. But this time his feet hurt too, and every step he took was painful.
The people behind him passed him until Qi Shichen caught up with him. Qi Shichen let go of the man he was supporting, without asking Yu Shu what was wrong.
There wasn't enough time for him to ask more questions.
Qi Shichen turned to the man and left him with a piece of advice.
"If you want to live, run for your life. I can only save you this far."
After saying that, Qi Shichen squatted down, put Yu Shu on his back, and carried him forward.
Yu Shu, perched on Qi Shichen's back, glanced back.
After being abandoned by Qi Shichen, the man was filled with disbelief. He never expected that Qi Shichen would abandon him and instead save someone he had only known for a few days.
Given their relationship, their family had business dealings with the Qi family, so they shouldn't have abandoned him to save a stranger.
The man gritted his teeth, got up, and stumbled forward, not having time to process his emotions.
Because the mudslide was behind him.
The group ran for an unknown amount of time, until they reached the top of the mountain before stopping. Standing on the summit and looking down, they saw that the mudslide had submerged half of the mountain and was carrying floodwaters in other directions.
The group collapsed to the ground, completely disheveled. Some of them had even thrown away their backpacks to run faster, while others had lost their shoes and had torn clothes.
After Qi Shichen stopped, he put Yu Shu down, took out his phone and glanced at it. The rescue was nearby and would arrive in ten minutes.
"The rescue team arrived ten minutes later."
Qi Shichen informed them of this news.
Once these people learned that they would be rescued soon, they started settling scores, especially the man who had just abandoned his girlfriend and run away alone.
"Qian Qiang, why did you leave Siyan alone?"
With a loud slap, one of the women angrily slapped the man across the face. This woman was best friends with the woman who had been swept away by the mudslide, and their families were also on good terms.
"I... I just let go to catch my breath, who knew Siyan would be swept away by the mudslide."
The man knelt on the ground, covering his face and weeping bitterly, looking as if he were about to die from grief.
The woman didn't listen to him either; instead, she slapped him several times in a row and beat him like a madwoman.
"Stop pretending, I saw it all. You abandoned Siyan to save your own life. You're the one who caused her death."
The vows of eternal love they once made, the affectionate couple in the entertainment industry, could not withstand the dreaded separation when disaster struck. The price was too high, costing the woman her life.
But if a man doesn't give up his girlfriend, then his fate will only be to be swept away by the mudslide along with her.
Because running together is too slow.
The man abandoned by Qi Shichen stared at Qi Shichen and Yu Shu with a sinister look. When the heavy rain first started, Qi Shichen had taken this man very seriously and brought him to the passenger seat.
When the mudslide came, that person was always the one running in front.
He was injured, and Qi Shichen immediately chose to abandon him and save him.
If it weren't for his good fortune, he would have survived with his last breath.
Perhaps he will die without any hope, just like the woman swept away by the mudslide.
Human nature is complex and difficult to fathom.
Qi Shichen believed he had done everything he could, but in his opinion, he didn't. He even hated Yu Shu as well.
No one is obligated to choose you first.
Even lovers can't do that.
Moreover, it was Qi Shichen, who had no relation to him.
The rescue helicopter arrived quickly. Because of the dense forest, the helicopter kept circling above them. A rope ladder was lowered down from the helicopter, and a professional rescuer climbed down the rope ladder.
The first thing he did after getting down was to search for the young master in the crowd. After spotting Qi Shichen, he spoke into his earpiece to the rescue team to report that the young master was safe and sound, as well as the situation at the scene.
Ten helicopters hovered in the sky as rescuers carried people on their backs, secured them with safety buckles, and climbed up rope ladders.
Yu Shu stood aside waiting for rescue. By this time, the floodwaters below the mountain had already submerged two-thirds of the mountain.
Rescuers were urging the young master to climb the rope ladder quickly. Their first priority in the rescue was to save the young master, which is the very reason for the existence of their entire rescue department.
But Qi Shichen remained unmoved. He would only go up after seeing Yu Shu go up. When it was Yu Shu's turn, the rescuers were about to fasten his safety buckle when Qi Shichen turned around, fastened his safety buckle, and went up the rope ladder.
When Qi Shichen climbed up the rope ladder to a height of about three meters above the ground, he looked back at the ground.
Suddenly his pupils dilated, and Yu Shu's figure on the ground grew farther and farther away.
Yu Shu was pushed from behind and fell down the mountain.
Yu Shu's figure was obscured by the trees and could no longer be seen.
Qi Shichen didn't know whether he was stopped by trees or rolled into the mudslide.
At that moment, Qi Shichen didn't think about anything. He let go and jumped from a height of three meters, not even wanting to waste time climbing down the rope ladder.
"Young Master."
The rescuers panicked. Their mission was to save the young master; they would save as many others as they could, and do their best to save those they couldn't.
Unexpectedly, the young master suddenly jumped down.
Qi Shichen ran in the direction where Yu Shu disappeared. He went down the hillside to look for him. Along the way, he could not hear his own heartbeat or the sounds around him.
He could no longer perceive anything; all he had left were his eyes, searching his surroundings.
Finally, Qi Shichen saw Yu Shu's figure under a big tree. Yu Shu had closed her eyes and fainted, and the mudslide behind her was only four or five meters away from Yu Shu.
It could swallow up Yu Shu in an instant.
Qi Shichen ran straight to Yu Shu's side without hesitation.
The rescuers who followed behind were anxiously trying to persuade Qi Shichen.
"Young Master, danger!"
"Young Master, that's a mudslide, don't go."
The rescuers were pale; it was a combination of flash flood and mudslide.
Just then, their eldest son ran to the man's side, picked him up, and the mudslide swept them both away.
The rescuers, witnessing this sudden turn of events, were instantly drained of all their strength and collapsed to the ground.
It's over, they're all finished.
Yu Shu didn't know who pushed him off the mountain.
All he knew was that his head had hit a rock, and it hurt terribly, so much so that he couldn't bear it. He didn't even realize when the tears had started falling.
The moment Yu Shu lost consciousness, he was thinking.
Is he going to die?
He accomplished nothing in his life.
A dull and tedious life, trying to find oneself but finding nothing, and instead losing one's life.
Yu Shu then fell into a coma.
The moment he was woken up by Qi Shichen holding him in his arms, he thought he was hallucinating. He felt Qi Shichen holding him very tightly, so tightly that he could hardly breathe.
Qi Shichen hugged him tightly and whispered something in his ear.
"Yu Shu, don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Then a mudslide took everything away.
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