Chapter 412 Aren’t you ashamed?
"Miss Qi Xu?" Cheng Qingyan called out again, hoping to get a response from her and determine her location.
Qi Xu rubbed his arm that was scraped by the gravel, frowned, and sat up. When he heard Cheng Qingyan calling his name, he responded, "I'm here, still alive."
Cheng Qingyan locked onto her approximate location, then took a step forward, groping towards that direction bit by bit.
The girl was right. She was indeed unlucky. She wanted to save someone, but she was dragged down and fell down together.
"Miss Qi Xu, are you okay? Are you hurt?" It was pitch black in the cave, and Cheng Qingyan couldn't see his hand in front of him. He had no choice but to rely on his hearing and raise his hand to feel around.
Little did he know that after hearing his voice, Qi Xu also stood up and walked towards him.
The two met halfway and bumped into each other.
This collision almost knocked Qi Xu's small body down.
Fortunately, Cheng Qingyan quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Miss Qi Xu?"
"Hmm..." Qi Xu responded softly, and found herself in his arms. Her body stiffened, and she raised her palm and pressed it against his chest. She took a step back and kept some distance.
"Cough cough cough."
Cheng Qingyan also realized something.
Just now, he was worried that she would fall again, so he raised his hands to hug the little girl's waist and pressed her into his arms.
If this action is performed outside, it will definitely be regarded as a teasing and will be slapped hard.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
At this moment, a sharp and trembling scream sounded in the dark cave.
“Ahhhh!”
When Cheng Qingyan heard the cry, his face darkened and he immediately pulled Qi Xu back to his side.
"Stay with me."
He was not sure what the situation was over there, because there was no light at all in the dark cave.
Only by letting Qi Xu stay closer to him can he protect the girl when she is in danger.
"What are you shouting about? What's going on over there?" After protecting the person by his side, Cheng Qingyan asked about the situation over there.
"Yes, it's a dead body! I touched a dead body! He is no longer moving." The stonemason who fell down with him replied in panic.
The other quarry workers also began to panic.
"What should we do? Will we die here?"
"Master Cheng, you are the smartest. Please find a way to save us! I don't want to die yet!"
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Cheng Qingyan loosened his grip on Qi Xu's wrist and scolded coldly, "Stop yelling! A little girl like me is calmer than you guys. Aren't you ashamed?"
Those people finally quieted down.
Cheng Qingyan stepped forward and asked them to report their names and their current physical conditions one by one.
It was confirmed that including him and Qi Xu, a total of seven people fell down.
No, to be precise, there are seven people who are still alive and can speak.
Because he didn't know, apart from the corpse that was touched before, whether there were other people here who were killed by the rocks.
"Feel around yourselves or your sides to see if you can find a tinder."
They desperately need some light now.
Unfortunately, the answer was always: "No."
At this moment, Qi Xu, who had been very quiet all the time, suddenly spoke up: "There are tinderboxes in my medicine box, but when it fell just now, I don't know where the medicine box fell to."
When she got up, she searched for a long time but couldn't find it.
But this fire starter is the only light that these people can get.
Cheng Qingyan immediately gave the order and gathered everyone together.
They searched for the medicine box around the point where Qi Xu fell.
Everyone wants to survive, so they are looking for a chance to survive, and no one is lazy or slacking off at this time.
Finally, Cheng Qingyan found the fallen medicine box in a pile of fallen rubble, but he did not open the medicine box without permission.
Instead, he brought the medicine box to Qi Xu and handed it to her.
Qi Xu opened the lock on the medicine box and took out a fire starter from the compartment in the corner.
When she was seeing patients, she always kept a fire starter in her medicine box.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time.
The light emitted by the tinderbox is very weak, but at least there is a little light. In the pitch-black environment, this little light is enough to enhance everyone's sense of security.
But this fire starter may not last long.
Qi Xu recalled the various survival skills he had learned from Yun Fu.
"I have some wine and some cloth. See if you can find any wood nearby. We can make some simple torches to keep the fire going out."
There was admiration in Cheng Qingyan's eyes, but it was too dark at the moment and no one noticed.
"If you want to live, do as Miss Qi Xu says."
This time the mine collapse was more serious than before. Even if people outside started rescue immediately, they would not be able to clear the rubble blocking the entrance in a short time.
Instead of just sitting there and waiting, it’s better to take action immediately and find a way to save yourself.
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Just as Cheng Qingyan expected, when the people outside saw the mine collapse again, without Cheng Qingyan there, they seemed to have lost their backbone. They all stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
"Let's report this news to Master Qi as soon as possible! Master Cheng and Miss Qi Xu are trapped, and Master Qi will definitely not ignore it."
"Yes, Master Qi and the General must have an idea."
Everyone reached a consensus on going for help.
However, the mining area first sent the news to the headquarters of the seventh district.
Because they don’t know Yun Fu’s exact location now.
All I know is that she's near the seventh-class area, trying to build something weird.
When Jin Lu learned that something had happened to Qi Xu, he immediately took a few little kids with him to look for Yun Fu.
Liu Qing was also very worried when he learned that something happened to his precious daughter.
They were all very anxious, but they also knew that at this moment, they had no ability to rescue Qi Xu from the collapsed mine.
The only option is to ask Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou to help.
If anything happens to Qi Xu, Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou will definitely take action.
"The mine collapsed? Qi Xu is also trapped inside?"
Upon hearing the news, Yun Fu and Qi Hanzhou dropped their work without a second thought and immediately set off to the A section of the mining area to rescue people.
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Half a day later, the group, including the three little dumplings, all arrived at the Jiazi Department.
"Someone come here and tell me the details of the accident."
Yun Fu's gaze fell on the mine cave that had been submerged by falling rocks, her eyes cold and sullen.
The stonemason nearby immediately came forward to report the situation and told her again what had happened.
"So, they went in to rescue people, and then they encountered a second collapse."
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