Cheng Su told Zhu Lifen and the others to leave first and head back to Qing City, while she stayed behind with Qi Taiguo. Qi Taiguo was participating in the rescue efforts, and seeing the crying children, she felt she should do something too.
Zhu Lifen and the others couldn’t persuade her, so they could only remind her to stay safe before they left.
The earthquake was a magnitude six, and since it occurred in the evening when everyone was still awake and able to flee, the number of casualties was less than expected. However, there were still people buried in the rubble.
And the news was broadcasted immediately everywhere.
When Joy Soon Loy and Xiao Pinshan saw the news, their faces turned pale.
"This, isn’t this the county town that Susu and the others went to?" Ying Xiaoya asked with a pale face.
Xiao Pinshan nodded, his face as white as paper.
Ying Xiaoya burst into tears with a loud wail, "Susu, what do we do now? Susu, ah..."
She rushed to the phone, tremblingly trying to dial, but nobody answered Cheng Su’s home phone.
The army, she didn’t know Qi Taiguo’s office number, didn’t know it.
Ying Xiaoya panicked, not knowing what to do.
"What should we do?" Ying Xiaoya looked helplessly at Xiao Pinshan, "We have to tell Qi Taiguo!"
"Don’t panic, I’ll think of something." Xiao Pinshan took a few steps, saying, "Is there a phone book? Is it written down there? Or, I’ll go to the military base personally."
"Go to what military base? What happened?" Ning Ge walked in from outside, carrying a backpack on his shoulders.
Just as he was about to take off his backpack, Ying Xiaoya rushed over like a whirlwind and grabbed his sleeve, "Susu, she went on a business trip to the Shu region. But there, an earthquake happened last evening."
Ning Ge’s face turned drastically pale as he snatched the newspaper Xiao Pinshan handed over and skimmed through it rapidly, his expression stern.
"Why did she go on a business trip at this time?" Ning Ge’s cold gaze swept towards Xiao Pinshan.
Xiao Pinshan, intimidated by that glare, sweat breaking out on his forehead, explained the reason for the business trip.
Ning Ge’s face darkened as he picked up the phone and dialed without taking off his backpack.
Xiao Pinshan finally caught his breath, feeling a stabbing pain in his chest, and only then realized that he had been shaken by Ning Ge’s cold gaze earlier, so much so that he hadn’t caught his breath.
It was too fierce, too intimidating!
He couldn’t believe that such an aura was coming from the usually easy-going boss.
Xiao Pinshan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Ning Ge hung up the phone with a grim face, and Ying Xiaoya urgently asked, "Who did you call? Was it Qi Taiguo?"
Ning Ge nodded, "No one answered at the office!"
Upon hearing this, Ying Xiaoya suddenly cried, "Then what do we do, Susu, we don’t know if they are dead or alive!"
"With her constitution, going on a business trip, who the fuck had that bad idea?" Ning Ge exploded in anger.
Ying Xiaoya was scared speechless by his fury.
"It was me, I suggested it." Xiao Pinshan stood in front of Ying Xiaoya, facing Ning Ge’s anger as he spoke.
"We all told her not to go, but Susu, she said she wanted to clear her mind," Ying Xiaoya pitched in to defend him, and Xiao Pinshan gratefully glanced at her.
Ning Ge gritted his teeth with anger, having known she was restless, but didn’t expect her to be so willful!
Damn it!
"I’m going to the military base to find Qi Taiguo, and then I’ll head to the disaster area," Ning Ge turned and was about to leave.
The phone rang, Ying Xiaoya went to answer it and exclaimed, "Susu? You’re okay? That’s good, you’re all safe, really..."
Before she could finish, the handset was snatched away, by Ning Ge.
He gripped the handset and yelled into the phone, "Cheng Su, have you lost your damn mind!"