Chapter 625: Dead or Alone

Huo Jianying received news that the earthquake was likely to have occurred at night, and his face as well as that of Tang Cheng's top leader and second-in-command all turned heavy.

Huo Jianying looked at Tangcheng's leader and asked, "Have all the people in the mountainous area been evacuated?"

The leader of Tangcheng nodded and said, "Some people don't want to leave, so tie them all up and take them away."

"Some people were worried about their livestock and forced us to take them with us, but all our vehicles were needed to rescue people, so we couldn't agree to this."

Huo Jianying nodded: "Talent is the most important thing."

"Even so, we should drive all the livestock to an open area and put them in a pen. I hope our worries are unnecessary."

Not only these three people were in a heavy mood. The feeling spread outward from Tang City, and more than a dozen nearby cities all spent the day on the 27th in such torment and worry.

Many temporary shelters for rain shelter had already been built in the empty areas of Tang City.

Because there are limited shelters, only a few better-off families are crowded together.

At night, you sleep on my back and I sleep on your back.

Someone whispered, "I always feel that earthquakes are a little unreliable. It's too ridiculous to just rely on those strange phenomena to conclude that there will be an earthquake. This has delayed me from work and I have lost several days' wages."

"That's right, I have a home and a house, why should I stay outside to feed mosquitoes?" Another tall and thin middle-aged man put all his strength on his wife's back, with contempt in his eyes: "It's obviously these officials who are playing tricks."

After hearing this, his wife frowned and said, "Do you think he has nothing to do? You are not blind. The strange phenomena that have appeared in recent days have shown that something is not normal."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman was punched in the back: "The men are talking, what are you talking about here, you bitch? Are you looking for death, you useless bitch."

After saying this, the man stood up and said, "I want to go home and sleep. It has been raining from time to time these days. I am fed up with this kind of weather. Even if I don't have to get wet here, I don't want to be crowded with so many people."

This place is not far from their home, just three or four hundred meters ahead. He was impatient to play these boring games with those officials.

When the woman saw him really leave, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed her husband: "You are crazy, everyone is outside, you go back at this time, if the vision is true, are you going to die?"

The man slapped his wife's hand and said, "If you don't want to go back, you can just stay here with your children and feed mosquitoes."

After saying this, he walked towards his home without looking back.

The woman wanted to chase him, but the child lying on the straw mat on the ground suddenly started crying, "Mom, I want mom."

Seeing this, the woman cursed secretly and hurried back to hug her son and daughter.

Someone nearby whispered, "Why do you care so much about him? He's a grown man, he can go wherever he wants. You should just take care of your own child."

A man like that would be dead if there was an earthquake. A guy who often beats his wife and children and hits his parents after drinking is a waste of food.

The woman just smiled, not knowing what to say.

This kind of thing happened in many places. Some rebellious people refused to listen to advice and secretly ran home, wanting to go back home and sleep.

Some older people even think that sleeping outside is a torture, so they sneak back home when no one is paying attention to them.

They thought that since the strange phenomenon had been happening for so long, nothing serious would happen and nothing would happen tonight.

Some were discovered and eventually caught, while some were not discovered and went home to sleep soundly.

Huo Jianying and the others were not sleepy at all. He was panicking, feeling like a storm was coming. He looked at the people around him and said in a deep voice, "Be careful."

The guard nodded and looked at Huo Jianying: "Would you like to take a break?"

The leader has not rested for two days and one night. If he doesn't rest tonight, it will be two days and two nights. If this continues, he is worried that the leader will collapse before he even returns to Beijing.

Huo Jianying shook his head: "I can't sleep."

I slept last night, but I tossed and turned on the straw mat and couldn't feel at ease. Finally, I got up and joined everyone in the work.

The guard said, "It's only eleven o'clock now. Even if you sleep for two hours, you can still rest for a while. I'm worried that if you continue like this, you will damage your body."

"The health-preserving pills that Doctor Yu left behind can indeed nourish the body, but they can't withstand the treatment you've given them."

Huo Jianying heard this, thought about it, and finally decided to rest for a while. Before he went to bed, he also reminded the guards: "Remind everyone not to go back to the house."

"Wake me up in an hour."

The guards agreed one after another.

The guard looked at his brothers who were resting around him. They had been busy for several days and were very tired. They just hoped that they could spend the night safely.

The leader fell asleep, but he didn't dare close his eyes.

Not only did they not rest, some important leaders of Beijing City also couldn't sleep. The second leader tossed and turned in bed. He simply got up and walked out of the house holding an umbrella. Seeing this, Sister Zheng also didn't want to sleep.

She quickly walked to her husband and whispered, "If you don't sleep, how will you be able to work tomorrow?"

The second leader looked at the heavy rain outside the umbrella and shook his head: "I can't sleep."

When I lay down, I remembered what Comrade Yu Wanqing said last time: the end of the month.

Little boy Ye Nian had a dream that an earthquake occurred at night.

Today is already the evening of the 27th. Whenever he thought about these things, he felt anxious. Even though he was very tired, he did not feel sleepy at all.

He looked at his old wife beside him and said, "I'm sorry, I woke you up."

Sister Zheng shook her head when she heard this: "Why are you saying sorry? You couldn't sleep, so you should have told me. I'll stay with you."

"How can I let you stay up late with me?" The second leader looked at his wife with a smile: "You are busy at work. If you don't go to bed now, you won't be able to work tomorrow."

Didn't you just say this?

When Sister Zheng heard him use this to shut himself up, she smiled.

The couple stopped talking and stood in the yard for a while.

The second leader finally couldn't bear to let his wife sacrifice her sleep time to accompany him, so he said, "Let's go back and rest."

After returning to her room, Sister Zheng checked the time. It was already 11:30 p.m. She whispered, "Hurry up and get some rest."

The second leader nodded: "Okay."

He thought he could fall asleep, but finally found that he overestimated himself. After lying down for more than half an hour, he still couldn't fall asleep.

Sister Zheng sighed in her heart. She felt distressed and uncomfortable seeing her husband unable to sleep, and she could not fall asleep at all. However, she did not dare to get up, for fear that her husband would see her and get up too.

Just leave it like this, maybe you will fall asleep while lying down.