But Li Tingyan remained silent. Yes, it should have been expected. He’s buried down there, surely injured, without food or drink, even an iron man couldn’t stand it. How could he have the strength to speak?
Nianyang didn’t dare to imagine what situation Li Tingyan was in at that moment. Even thinking about it made her emotions collapse. She sat there numbly, keeping vigil all night.
During this time, Shi Nuan and Chu Zhan asked her to go to the tent to rest and eat, but she didn’t listen, comparing herself to Li Tingyan who was buried beneath without food or drink, with life or death uncertain.
How blessed she was to be able to sit here. She couldn’t bear the thought of her man suffering while she stayed comfortable.
They were husband and wife, she must share in the pain he endured.
Li Tingyan, do you feel my torment?
Aren’t you always the one who cherishes me most, who can’t bear to see me suffer?
The torment I’m enduring now is all because of you!
Please come out soon, okay?
It’s dawn, and everyone is still searching for Li Tingyan’s location, yet unable to confirm it.
The weather is so bad, a major earthquake could occur at any moment. If Li Tingyan isn’t rescued soon and another collapse happens, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Nianyang couldn’t wait any longer. Ignoring everyone’s objections, she stumbled her way down to the ruins below, frantically digging with her bare hands.
"Li Tingyan, where are you? Make a sound; I’m here to find you!"
"Li Tingyan, respond when you hear me calling you! Don’t stay silent!"
"I’ve waited for you all night; how can you heartlessly ignore me, you bastard!"
Hoarse cries, like having rolled through sand, echoed one after another in the wind!
The slender young woman, oblivious to exhaustion and pain, dug tirelessly in the rubble of cement and stone, her nails worn and bleeding.
She seemed indifferent, continuing to stubbornly dig, never willing to give up the search!
"Enough, Young Nian, stop digging! Don’t you want your hands anymore?"
Chu Zhan rushed over at the commotion, trying to take the reckless Nianyang away!
"Don’t touch me!" Nianyang’s obstinacy was terrifying; Chu Zhan couldn’t sway her.
"Do you know Ah Yan is still buried, for a whole day and night now? I don’t know where he is. He hasn’t eaten or drunk, and he’s injured somewhere. I don’t know at all. I’m in agony. I must find him. I must save him!"
"Young Nian, I understand your feelings, but now is not the time to act impulsively. We are all working hard to find Tingyan. We won’t give up on him!"
Chu Zhan urged earnestly, "I believe Tingyan won’t give up easily either. He’s waiting for us to rescue him, but not at the cost of your life. You’re important to Tingyan; if something happens to you, do you think he would feel at ease?
You’re a doctor; your hands are your life. If you keep tormenting them like this, can you still be a doctor?"
"Don’t talk to me about these principles; I don’t care at all. What does being a doctor mean?
I’ve saved so many people, yet I have to watch the one I love die in front of me. If I can’t save him, what’s the point of being a doctor?
If Li Tingyan is gone, what do I need these hands for? I became a doctor for him. If he’s gone, being a doctor is worthless to me!"
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