Su Qingsang was still a little uncomfortable when she got into the car. She fastened her seat belt and looked out of the car window.
They were all relatives, so she didn't think too much about it. However, because of what happened last time when she was drunk, she always felt a little weird when facing Zhang Yichen.
Zhang Yichen was driving. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, then turned back to focus on driving.
"Where are you going?"
Su Qingsang realized that he was talking to her.
"To the nearest department store." Su Qingsang didn't want to trouble him. "You can just drop me off at the nearest department store."
"Department store?"
"Yes." Su Qingsang cleared her throat. "Any department store will do."
Zhang Yichen glanced at her and turned the steering wheel in the front seat.
C City was a city with a long history. More than two thousand years ago. Ancient buildings could often be seen on both sides of the street.
Su Qingsang hadn't had a good look around since she came here.
Looking at the scenery on both sides of the street, she was a little interested. Maybe she could have fun here for a couple of days after the exchange program?
"You've never been to C City before?"
Zhang Yichen's voice made her turn her head. She nodded and said, "Yes."
She used to focus on her studies. Plus, her identity was sensitive, so she never thought about traveling or having fun.
"Are you familiar with this area?"
Zhang Yichen seemed to be very familiar with this place.
"Yes. Our unit belongs to the S Province military. "
Their unit was here. Of course they were familiar with it.
Su Qingsang nodded and glanced at Zhang Yichen. Maybe because he was going to see Chen Yi, he wasn't wearing his military uniform.
"Are you okay? Won't this delay your business? "
She felt that he was always busy.
"I'm fine. I'm off today. "
It was still a cold voice. Su Qingsang didn't notice that Zhang Yichen's grip on the steering wheel tightened.
Did he want to say that he didn't need to spend time with his girlfriend? But that wasn't the right question for her.
He seemed to be two years older than Huo Jinyao, and he was still unmarried.
Su Qingsang didn't say anything else and continued to enjoy the scenery. Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere didn't last long. Soon, they arrived.
"This is a very famous street in C City. All the big department stores are here. "
Su Qingsang glanced at him, thanked him, and got out of the car.
Zhang Yichen couldn't help but call out to her, "Call me when you're done. I'll pick you up."
"I don't think that's necessary." Su Qingsang quickly waved her hand. "I can take a taxi back myself."
"It's hard to get a taxi here." "Write down my phone number. Call me when you're done." Zhang Yichen said blandly.
"There's really no need."
Su Qingsang wanted to say no, but Zhang Yichen had no intention of driving away. Feeling a little helpless, Su Qingsang took out her phone to record his number.
She decided that she would take a taxi home later. She would never let Zhang Yichen pick her up.
Zhang Yichen watched as she wrote down his number, then asked her to try it again. Hearing his phone ring, he finally let her go.
After Su Qingsang left, he looked at the number displayed on the screen and saved it.
He struggled for a long time just to save a name. In the end, he entered her full name, Su Qingsang.
He didn't leave right away. Instead, he parked the car in the parking lot.
He looked back in the direction of the department store, lost in thought. After a long time, he hit the steering wheel hard. He quickly got out of the car.
Zhang Yichen told her that he didn't want to be with Su Qingsang. He just had something to buy.
Yes, he had something to buy too. For example, a gift for his mother. It was almost Huo Yangxiu's birthday.
When he entered the department store, Zhang Yichen wanted to punch himself in the face.
What was he doing? Su Qingsang was married. She was Huo Jinyao's wife.
It was useless for him to be like this. He shook his head and strode towards the outside.
However, as soon as he walked outside, he felt the ground shake.
Zhang Yichen's first thought was that it was an earthquake. Without thinking, he lay down, face down, grabbed the railing, and covered his head and the back of his neck with one hand.
The ground was still shaking violently. Suddenly, Zhang Yichen thought of something. He quickly stood up and ran into the department store.
There were already people running outside. Screams could be heard all around. Zhang Yichen wanted to go through the crowd and continue inside.
However, the glass door of the department store was shattered. Zhang Yichen covered his head and squatted down again.
Soon, it wasn't just the glass. The walls of the building began to crack. The gravel, cement, and dust on top of it fell like flying.
Some people were hit by stones, and some fell. Screams and howls could be heard all around.
When a middle-aged man was about to be hit by a stone, Zhang Yichen quickly pulled him up.
The man thanked him, but his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up at all.
"Go, go to an open place and put your hands on your head."
After saying that, Zhang Yichen looked at the scene in front of him and thought that Su Qingsang was still inside.
He immediately took out his phone and called Su Qingsang, but no one answered. The surroundings were still shaking. He called again, but still no one answered.
Seeing that no one was picking up the phone, he couldn't care less anymore and rushed into the department store.
The shaking inside was even worse than the outside. Things kept crashing down and falling.
Zhang Yichen regretted it very much. He shouldn't have asked Su Qingsang to take his phone number. He should have gone in with her.
The shaking was still going on. Zhang Yichen couldn't go forward anymore.
Everyone around him was screaming as they ran outside. He was the only one who walked inside.
He looked at those people running outside. None of them was Su Qingsang. He became more and more anxious. The chandelier on the ceiling fell in his direction. He quickly dodged to the side and avoided it.
People kept running outside, blocking his way.
Zhang Yichen was anxious. He said loudly, "Don't panic. Everyone, bend down, cover your head, and run outside."
At this moment, someone spoke, and the people who were running around blindly seemed to have found their direction.
Zhang Yichen couldn't care less about those people. All his energy was now focused on finding Su Qingsang.
The women's department was on the second floor. If Su Qingsang was here to buy clothes, she must be on the second floor. The stairs were already broken. Some people were so scared that they didn't dare to come down.
The escalator had stopped a long time ago. But he could still go forward. Zhang Yichen exerted the physical strength he had developed in the army.
He dashed up as fast as he could. Regardless of the shaking ground, he rushed straight to the most dangerous place.
There were fewer people on the second floor than on the first floor. When the earthquake happened just now, everyone ran outside with all their might.
Zhang Yichen didn't know where Su Qingsang was, so he could only search the clothing stores one by one. As he searched, he dodged the falling cement and dust.
At the same time, he didn't forget to call Su Qingsang.
He could feel the ground shaking more violently under his feet.
But Su Qingsang didn't answer the phone.
He was anxious, so he ran even faster.
He kept calling, running, and dodging objects that might fall on him. He was in a sorry state.
While he was dodging, he heard a phone ringing. It was from a shop next to him.
Zhang Yichen was stunned. He dodged a shop sign that was about to fall, looked at the shop in front of him, which was blocked by broken glass and a counter.
He hung up the phone and found that the ringing had stopped. He called again and found that it was ringing again.
Zhang Yichen's eyes became hot. He looked at the name of the shop and immediately knew that Su Qingsang was inside.
The shaking stopped at that moment. Zhang Yichen pushed the counter open and went inside.
Other than the counter, there were two more shelves, which were blocking his way.
Zhang Yichen didn't hang up the phone. He heard the ringing getting louder.
He walked forward and seemed to step on something. He stopped and found a female shop assistant lying under the shelf.
He squatted down and found that the back of the female shop assistant's head was bleeding. She was no longer breathing.
Zhang Yichen's heart skipped a beat. He felt as if his whole heart was twisting.
Without thinking, he pushed the shelf away and moved the female shop assistant's body to the side.
He gave the shop assistant a deep look, then looked around. Other than the female shop assistant, he didn't see anyone else. The phone was still ringing.
Next to it was the fitting room. Zhang Yichen thought that Su Qingsang was here to buy clothes, so she might be trying on clothes here.
Without thinking, he walked toward the fitting room. The wooden door of the fitting room had fallen. Half of it was stuck in the door.
Zhang Yichen's heart was beating fast. Even though he had participated in a mission a thousand times more dangerous than this, it didn't make him feel better.
He pulled the door open forcefully and saw Su Qingsang lying there. She was holding a piece of clothing in her hand. She seemed to have lost consciousness.
There were no windows in the fitting room, and the electricity in the building had been cut off.
He could only see Su Qingsang's face with the dim light coming in from outside. There was no blood on her face, but there was a lot of dust on it.
Her legs were curled up, and her body was leaning against a chair. There was no obvious blood stain.
He put his hand on the tip of her nose and found that she was still breathing. He was more or less relieved.
"Su Qingsang? Su Qingsang? "
Zhang Yichen called her twice, but there was no response. He squatted down beside her, about to carry her and leave, but unexpectedly, there was another violent shaking behind him.
He saw the lamp above his head shake and was about to fall. It was a critical moment.
Zhang Yichen hurriedly picked up the door that had just fallen and placed it above the two of them.
As expected, the lamp fell, and then there was an even more violent shaking. Su Qingsang's body was leaning against the chair, and Zhang Yichen was holding the door. No matter how many things fell from above, he didn't move at all.
When the shaking stopped, Zhang Yichen found that he and Su Qingsang were trapped.
He didn't know how many pieces of cement and wall had fallen outside. The fitting room was completely blocked.
The shaking continued. Zhang Yichen gritted his teeth and held the door. He held Su Qingsang up with one hand and let her lean against him.
The ground was shaking under their feet, and the dust kept falling above their heads. Zhang Yichen didn't dare to move, and he couldn't.
At this moment, he was even glad that the shaking just now had shaken the door off. Otherwise, the two of them might have been buried.
After a long time, the shaking finally stopped.
Zhang Yichen's back was numb. He tried to look around. He pushed the door against one of the cracked walls.
In this way, the fitting room formed a very narrow triangle.
He took advantage of this gap and squatted down again.
"Qingsang? Su Qingsang? "
Still no response. He gritted his teeth and reached out to the back of Su Qingsang's head.
Sure enough, he felt a lump there. It was probably hit by something just now.
"Su Qingsang, wake up. Wake up."
It was very dark inside. Zhang Yichen took out his phone and turned on the light. In the dust and stones, he kept calling Su Qingsang's name.
After a long time, Su Qingsang finally regained some consciousness.
She was very uncomfortable and dizzy. The voice that kept calling her sounded a little familiar.
She opened her eyes and saw a dirty face under the dim blue light.
Su Qingsang was startled and instinctively stepped back. However, before she could step back, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head.
She snorted and instinctively raised her hand to cover the back of her head.
"Qingsang, you're awake?"
Zhang Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. The familiar voice made Su Qingsang look at the person in front of her again.
"Uncle?"
Why was he here? And —
Su Qingsang almost instantly remembered. "This, this is an earthquake?"
She had always known. S Province was a province with a lot of earthquakes. Every year, there would be earthquakes from time to time. However, she never thought that she would encounter an earthquake in her lifetime.
"Yes. It's an earthquake. " Zhang Yichen looked at her and didn't miss that he had been touching the back of her head. "You seem to have been hit by something. Are you okay? "
"I —" Su Qingsang's voice was a little hoarse. She rubbed the back of her head and felt that it was very painful.
She also remembered that she had thought of buying a few clothes casually. After shopping for a while, she directly chose this shop.
She liked the clothes and was about to try them on, but she didn't expect that something like this would happen before she could change.
She shook her head. It was a little painful, but fortunately, she didn't feel nauseous. There shouldn't be any internal injuries.
She tried to stand up and realized what was in front of her. There was a chair behind her. Her bag was still on the chair. In front of her was Zhang Yichen.
There was a door panel behind Zhang Yichen. The door panel was stuck between the stone and the wall, forming a triangle.
The space was very small, and Zhang Yichen blocked most of it. She was almost sitting against him. If she wanted to stand up, she would definitely bump into Zhang Yichen.
Su Qingsang didn't know how to react for a moment. She tried to move her limbs. Fortunately, she could still move them.
She couldn't help but look up at Zhang Yichen. His face was completely gray, and so was his hair. He didn't look good. One of his arms was supporting the side of the door panel so that it wouldn't fall.
He was still holding a phone in his other hand. The light from the phone didn't make the space completely dark.
"Why are you here?"
"I came to find you."
Zhang Yichen's voice was a little cold. Su Qingsang wasn't stupid. She had guessed it before, and this was just a confirmation.
"You, you came to save me?"
"Yes."
Zhang Yichen didn't deny it. Su Qingsang looked at him. Her first reaction was that he came to save her because she was Huo Jinyao's wife.
Her second reaction was that he was a soldier. This was his business to begin with.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
After a very polite conversation, Su Qingsang didn't know what else to say.
She suddenly remembered that she had brought her bag with her to try on clothes.
Where was her bag?
She had put it on the chair, but now the chair was empty. It must have moved during the earthquake.
With the light above her head, she soon saw it. Her bag was buried in the pile of stones next to the chair.
Su Qingsang took out her phone. She was glad that she had a good habit of charging her phone every day before going out.
The battery was full. She swiped the screen and saw more than a dozen missed calls, all from Zhang Yichen.
"Did you call me?"
"Yes." Zhang Yichen nodded. Only now did he have time to think about calling the police for help.
However, he was afraid that no one would come now. The earthquake had just happened, so the police must have been ringing off the hook.
It would take some time for the higher-ups to make arrangements. He just hoped that it would be faster.
He wanted to tell Su Qingsang that it was useless to call the police now, but he didn't expect that she would call Huo Jinyao.
Zhang Yichen forced himself to avert his eyes. However, the space was so small that he couldn't stop looking at her even if he wanted to.
Before Su Qingsang could pull out Huo Jinyao's phone, the earthquake started again.
Her hand shook, and she could barely hold her phone.
She was scared and couldn't help but look up. There was the sound of things being smashed above the door.
She could even feel that the space they were in was shaking more and more violently.
She couldn't help but want to grab something to stand up.
"Don't move." Zhang Yichen was afraid that the door would fall down, so he kept holding it with one hand and his back.
He looked at Su Qingsang and said in a very soft voice, "Lean on me, quick. Don't move. "
Su Qingsang didn't dare to move, but she didn't approach Zhang Yichen. Instead, she leaned her body tightly against the chair.
She held the phone in her hand tightly. Zhang Yichen's phone rang.
He glanced at Su Qingsang and picked it up.
The call was from the army, saying that there was an earthquake and asking him to come back as soon as possible. They needed to join the rescue.
"Sorry, I can't come now." Zhang Yichen's voice was very soft. He glanced at Su Qingsang from the corner of his eyes and then looked away.
"I'm trapped here in Chunhui Department Store. I can't get out for the time being. "
"What?" The voice on the other end of the line sounded like he couldn't believe it. After asking for Zhang Yichen's location, the other side said that they would send people to rescue him.
Zhang Yichen told him the address and the situation in front of him. After hanging up, he looked at Su Qingsang.
"Don't worry. Wait for them to come. When they come, we'll be safe. "
Su Qingsang nodded. At this time, she could only calm down. The aftershocks were still going on. Su Qingsang endured the pain of the shaking and called Huo Jinyao.
No one answered the phone. Su Qingsang thought about the time. He should be in a morning meeting.
She called again, but before she could pick up, a new round of shaking began. The sound of the phone began to become unstable.
Su Qingsang heard Huo Jinyao's voice coming from the other end of the line.
"Qingsang –"
"Jinyao, I –"
As soon as he said the word "I", the phone was cut off. Su Qingsang looked at the phone screen with a conflicted expression. She couldn't believe that the signal was cut off at this time.
The ground was still shaking. Su Qingsang even had a feeling that she would fall immediately.
She couldn't help but look up at Zhang Yichen.
"It's normal for the phone to have no signal during an earthquake. Wait a minute. Maybe it will recover later. "
Later? Su Qingsang didn't dare to think about it.
She looked at the narrow environment in front of her and the light from Zhang Yichen's phone.
"Can we get out now?"
The shaking came from time to time. Not every shaking was very violent, but it made people feel even more uncomfortable.
Zhang Yichen didn't answer her question. He tried to move his back. From time to time, the sound of things falling on the door could be heard.
Those sounds could only make people feel more and more uneasy.
He glanced at Su Qingsang and said, "I'm afraid we can't get out for the time being. Now we can only wait for the earthquake to stop, or for someone to come and save us. "
He didn't know how many pieces of wall and cement were pressed against the outside.
He could only see that the door had been blocked. He didn't know what the situation outside was either. He could only guess.
But what he knew was that they wouldn't be able to get out of here for a while.
Su Qingsang looked at him holding the door. "You, are you tired? Why don't I do it? "
Zhang Yichen glanced at her and didn't say anything.
The shaking seemed to have stopped for a moment. Su Qingsang tried to move her feet, but the space in front of her was too narrow. She couldn't stand up at all.
She clenched her phone, looked at the entrance of the fitting room, and said, "Why don't we try and see if we can get out of here?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the shaking became even stronger. Su Qingsang couldn't help but turn pale.
"Stay there, lean against that chair. Don't move," Zhang Yichen said in a low voice.
Zhang Yichen said in a low voice. Su Qingsang didn't dare to move. She leaned against the chair tightly, using this action to calm her heart.
They didn't even have to wait for her to get out. They might not even be able to make it through the current situation. Even if they did get out, if another earthquake like this happened, they might be crushed to death as soon as they got out.
She had seen many deaths, but she never thought that one day, she would be in a situation like this.
The huge wave of shaking finally stopped. It was so quiet that Su Qingsang could hear her own heartbeat.
She didn't have time to feel lucky that she survived this time. From the corner of her eye, she saw that Zhang Yichen didn't look too well.
"You, uncle, are you okay?"
She looked at Zhang Yichen from head to toe and saw that his arm was bleeding.
When the shaking was the strongest, Zhang Yichen only wanted to protect Su Qingsang from being hit.
He held the door and bore most of the weight, along with the falling pieces of cement.
However, he didn't expect that a piece of cement would hit his arm when it was shaking.
Its sharp side had cut a wound on his arm.
It was bleeding.
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