After they walked through that door, they fell straight down. Where in the world could this be? Were they buried deep beneath the rubble?
She checked her phone again; still no signal.
Meanwhile, Qin Sijue outside was desperately trying to call her phone, dialing countless times only to hear the same message repeated over and over: "Hello, the number you have dialed is out of service area..."
Qin Sijue was on the verge of breakdown, ready to smash his phone in a fit of anger!
But the next second, as if a thought struck him, the phone clenched in his palm ultimately was not thrown.
It was just out of the service area: what if it suddenly got signal? She would definitely call him.
Thinking this, Qin Sijue painfully closed his eyes.
He hoped it would be like that.
What he feared wasn’t that there was no signal on the phone, but that she no longer had the chance to call him...
The more he thought about it, the more restless Qin Sijue’s heart became, so agitated that he wanted to upend the entire J Building!
But even demolishing this building would take time, and Gu Qiangwei—could she wait that long...?
The rescue personnel were still continuing their search, and he too continued to call Gu Qiangwei’s number.
"Sister Qiangwei, I... I’m really so sleepy."
In the dark of the night, Gu Qiangwei once again heard Nangong Xi’s feeble voice.
She was startled, her eyes falling in panic, "Xi, you can’t sleep, if you do, nobody will know we’re here, okay? Sister will chat with you, alright?"
"Okay, but what shall we talk about..."
"Talk, talk about..." she was so anxious she didn’t know what to do, her mind in complete chaos!
Then, two ’beep beep’ sounds came through.
She glanced at her phone and noticed it was a battery alert.
The phone only had 20% battery left.
No, what if there was suddenly signal? She needed to keep the phone on!
With this in mind, she picked up her phone and checked on Nangong Xi’s leg once more to make sure the bleeding had slowed, then glanced at Nangong Xi’s face. Although pale, her eyes were slightly open; she should be okay for now, right?
She wasn’t completely sure in her heart.
She turned off the flashlight function to save as much power as she could.
"Xi, let’s talk about Qin Sijue, shall we?" In that moment, all she could think about was Qin Sijue coming to rescue them, so she blurted out a topic, hoping only to keep Nangong Xi conscious.
Upon hearing that name, Nangong Xi playfully pouted, "No, I don’t want to talk about him..."
Even in her weak state, she seemed to be teasing to avoid worrying Gu Qiangwei.
"Alright, we won’t talk about him. Let’s talk about..." Gu Qiangwei thought for a moment, "Let’s talk about my childhood, okay?"
Nangong Xi perked up at that, seemingly very interested, "Sister Qiangwei’s childhood?"
"Okay, I want to hear stories about when Sister was little."
"Alright, then Sister will tell you." And so, Gu Qiangwei began to recall the little details of her childhood. Although many memories had gradually blurred in her mind, some events were still vivid.
"When Sister was little, there was this one time, I climbed a tree because I was being naughty and ended up breaking my leg. My mom was so worried. She told Sister not to cry, not to panic, and that everything would be alright once we got to the hospital..."
And nestled in her arms, Nangong Xi listened obediently, gradually becoming more alert.