Almost at the same time that Su Wantang finished speaking, Lu Huai'an spoke.
"careful."
After several days of desperately searching for and rescuing people, his deep voice became a little hoarse.
This sound... isn't...
"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else." Su Wantang pushed Lu Huai'an's forearm away with her elbow. "Thank you."
She thanked them and then followed the troops into the intense rescue operation.
Lu Huai'an pursed his lips but did not call out to Su Wantang.
The rescue team was stationed on a relatively high hillside.
The place was littered with injured people, most of whom were ordinary people who were unable to escape due to the flash flood and were injured by the impact in the huge water flow. There were also a small number of young soldiers who were injured during the rescue.
Below the hillside, the murky, yellowish floodwaters flowed like a moving hill, washing over the bodies of the soldiers struggling to carry out the rescue. They trudged through the raging torrent, rescuing a woman clinging to a roof beam crumbling in the flood, and a child high up in a tree...
The innocent cries of children who have lost their parents, the joyful sounds of survivors seeing their loved ones again... these echoed in her ears constantly, making Su Wantang's heart ache.
"How can I treat this wound? It's covered in mud. There's nowhere to even step. What's the point of treatment? It'll just get infected and relapse."
"Exactly. The rain has subsided now, but who knows if it will start pouring again later? Is this spot safe? What if it floods again? Should we go back?"
Hearing the pessimistic remarks, Su Wantang felt a surge of anger.
"You call this a place with nowhere to step? Before you say that, open your eyes and look at the soldiers rescuing people from the water and mud below, and look at those people who are still missing. Can you face your conscience?"
Everyone felt ashamed by what Su Wantang said, lowered their heads, and dared not utter a sound.
However, there was one exception: Yang Xiu, who had always disliked Su Wantang.
The news has been circulating for the past two days: Su Wantang is not Commander Su's daughter; she is just a capitalist's daughter!
How could a bad element like Su Wantang marry Battalion Commander Lu?
Yang Xiu was extremely dissatisfied!
If she had been too busy these past few days to spare any time, she would have already tripped up Su Wantang.
Yang Xiu retorted, sticking her neck out: "You make it sound so nice. Everyone knows your man is a battalion commander in the army. If something happens, he will definitely protect you first. We don't have men to protect us. It's not you who will be the one who gets flooded. Of course you can say it so righteously."
Su Wantang laughed in exasperation: "It's true that my man is a battalion commander in the army, and he did participate in this rescue operation, but open your eyes and look at all these soldiers. Aren't they all covered in mud? You tell me which one is my man?"
"To put it another way, if my man really disregarded the lives of others to save me, I wouldn't wait for the organization to deal with him; I'd kick him into the river to wake him up!"
Arriving at this place, Lu Huai'an.
That makes sense, and he wouldn't do that, but why does it sound so unpleasant?
Yang Xiu choked, but still said, "I don't care, I want to go back to the hospital, I don't want to stay here."
"If you want to go back, walk back yourself."
"Su Wantang, who do you think you are? You think I'll just walk back because you tell me to!"
"Oh...I see..." Yang Xiu seemed to realize something, "There's rainwater everywhere now, you just want me to drown on my way back, don't you?"
"Su Wantang, how vicious you are!"
Isn't it obvious? The situation here is so critical, does she really think some soldier would drive her back by himself?
Before Su Wantang could speak in rebuttal, a male voice sounded from behind her.
“If you don’t want to stay here, we won’t force you to stay, but the disaster is severe right now and we can’t spare any manpower. If you want to go back, you can walk back on your own.”
"You... you're not with her, are you?"
Before he could utter any thoughtless words, his colleague tugged at his sleeve.
"Alright, stop talking."
Didn't they see that the people lying down were starting to look at them with hostility?
What if... I get beaten up later?
"Please rest assured, everyone. We will not abandon anyone, whether they are the flooded people or the medical staff here. Unless we die first, we will ensure everyone's safety."
Lu Huai'an's words not only boosted the morale of the other medical staff, but also won the support of the rescued people present.
"We believe in you soldiers! That young soldier was swept away by the water while trying to save me, we don't even know..."
"I was also rescued from the water; I thought I was dead..."
"I believe it too!"
These words were like resounding slaps to Yang Xiu's face as she opened her mouth. She cursed under her breath, and as the other medical staff scattered, the rescue work began.
Su Wantang took two steps forward and called out to Lu Huai'an, who was turning to leave.
"Sir, wait a minute."
"What's up?"
"Now that the rain has subsided, I'd like to ask if it's possible to allocate some manpower to build a shed. Wounded soldiers who have had their wounds bandaged need a clean and dry place to recuperate."
"Can."
"Could we find some clean water? The wound needs cleaning, and this water is too dirty..."
Halfway through her sentence, Su Wantang realized something was amiss. Where could she find clean water under these conditions? It was just that the man had agreed too quickly, and she had blurted it out in a moment of impulse.
Su Wantang hadn't expected the man to continue the conversation.
"Is it absolutely necessary?"
He frowned, as if he was considering something.
So there is a way to do it?
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