Chapter 279 - Murong Yunxi

After several days of searching, Gong Yu, Murong Ye, and the others still found nothing. It was almost a week. In order to avoid the disease infection, the rescue work would all be suspended, and searchers should start evacuating. Even if Murong Ye and Gong Yu’s search was spontaneous, they had to evacuate as well. In spite of Murong Ye’s authority over everything, they couldn’t break the rule.

Everyone was getting hopeless because they knew what a week meant. Even if Murong Yunxi was alive somewhere under the ruins, so many days had already passed. There was no water and no food, so it would be hard for anyone to survive. Moreover, she might have injuries on the body, she had to face oxygen deficit, and other problems.

However, everyone was unwilling to accept such a thought. They all hoped that Murong Yunxi was still alive and that one day they would suddenly find her.

The earthquake and disaster-relief headquarters would report to Murong Ye every day on the list of deaths and survivors, but the name of Murong Yunxi never appeared on the list, let alone the names of people similar to Murong Yunxi.

It made Murong Ye wonder if Murong Yunxi just disappeared from the world in another way. Of course, this “disappearance” didn’t mean death. He would rather believe that Murong Yunxi had traveled to another world or space because it was not totally impossible for Murong Yunxi. This had happened to her before. Although it happened under different conditions, he just would rather accept such a speculation than her death.

However, such a speculation was unacceptable to Gong Yu. That was because he met Murong Yunxi through time traveling. They had known each other and fallen in love with each other since then. If one day she went to another world and did the same thing, what would he do?

He was afraid. Whether Murong Yunxi died or traveled to another world, he couldn’t accept either one.

Even if they were unwilling to go, they had to evacuate from the spot. Gong Yu was reluctant to return to City A, and he was dragged to the plane by Murong Ye.

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At a military hospital—

In a VIP ward on the top floor of the hospital, a woman had been lying for a week.

Her head was covered with heavy gauze because her face had many cuts and bruises. She had an oxygen mask on, and she had been put on a drip with a needle in her pale hands. Around her bed were all kinds of medical instruments.

This wounded and unconscious woman was Murong Yunxi—she was exactly the woman that Gong Yu and Murong Ye couldn’t find all over City C.

A week ago, Lu Yang’s troops were conducting military exercises near City C. The sudden earthquake suspended their exercises. According to the orders, he took troops to the front of the emergency and disaster relief.

He was already a commander. At this critical moment, he had to fight with the soldiers on the front line.

He didn’t know if he was lucky or unlucky. On the first day, he found two people who looked like a mother and daughter on the scene. A woman held a young girl tightly in her arms. He didn’t hesitate to rescue them, then he was surprised to find that the woman was Murong Yunxi. He immediately sent someone to take Murong Yunxi and the girl to the military hospital.

Today, as soon as he evacuated from the scene, he rushed to the military hospital, intending to see what was going on with Murong Yunxi.

He was very glad that he could meet Murong Yunxi again and rescue her personally. He always thought that he would no longer have any connection with Murong Yunxi. The woman disappeared from his sight, so he never went to find her.

This time, he finally had a reason to be near the woman who couldn’t be erased in his mind. Although he might only be near her as a lifesaver, he was still very happy.

But he never thought that when he arrived at the hospital full of excitement, the doctor would tell him that Murong Yunxi wasn’t awake these days. She had an operation in her brain before. Unfortunately, this time her head was injured again, so the severe injury caused great harm to her head. The doctor said that he didn’t know if Murong Yunxi would wake up or when that would be, so they could do nothing but wait.

Lu Yang went over to Murong Yunxi’s bed and sat down beside her. He took her cold little hand and said, “Xiao Xi, I am Lu Yang. I don’t know if you can hear me, I still want to tell you that Niannian is fine. She might be frightened, she refuses to talk for so many days. If you worry about her, you should wake up soon. The girl needs her mother most at this time. You can’t be a good mother by just lying here.”

Lu Yang had seen Niannian before, but the girl didn’t leave a deep impression on him. He saw that the little girl was the same age as Niannian. When the incident happened, she was held tightly in Murong Yunxi’s arms. Naturally, he took the girl to be Niannian.

The little girl seemed to be frightened. The doctor said she might have autism due to the extreme psychological trauma, and she needed to be taken care of in the psychology ward.

When Lu Yang stepped out of Murong Yunxi’s ward, he was deeply concerned. He didn’t know how to handle things about her.

Lu Yang sat down on a bench in the hospital garden, smoking two packs of cigarettes. He had been sitting for half a day, then he finally made a decision.

This decision might be good for Lu Yang, but for Gong Yu and Murong Ye…

In the following days, Lu Yang asked for a long leave, then he started to look after Murong Yunxi every day. He even took the responsibility of taking care of Niannian, and traveling between home and the hospital became his daily routine.

One day, a little nurse came in to change the bandages, and she looked at the handsome Lu Yang and said with a smile, “Although there is no sign of your wife waking, all her physical indicators are getting better, you can rest assured that one day she will wake up.”

The little nurse’s unconscious word “wife” stirred up a feeling of joy in Lu Yang’s heart, so he smiled.

The little nurse looked at Lu Yang and laughed again. “You really love your wife. I just said ‘she is getting better and she will wake up’, and it cheered you up like this. If she wakes up, you will be thrilled.”

“You are so sweet. I like what you said.”

The little nurse didn’t know that Lu Yang was only excited at the word “wife”, she just thought Lu Yang expected Murong Yunxi to wake up soon. Her impression of Lu Yang was better, and she also admired Murong Yunxi in the bed.

One day, Lu Yang was tending to Murong Yunxi in the ward. Just after massaging her, a nurse came in and said, “Commander Lu, something bad has happened. Go check your child! We don’t know what stimulates her. Right now, she’s throwing everything around in the room!”

Lu Yang hurriedly followed the nurse to Niannian’s ward, where he saw a group of doctors and nurses around the door. They saw Lu Yang coming. The doctor in charge rushed forward and pulled Lu Yang. “Commander Lu, you need to comfort your child, she is throwing everything she can throw. We are afraid of stimulating her again. So we dare not go in and frighten her, in case she hurts herself.”

Everyone immediately made way for Lu Yang to go into the ward. Lu Yang carefully walked over to Niannian’s bed. While approaching, he whispered, “Niannian, what do you want?”

The word “Niannian” seemed to make her quiet at once, as she looked at Lu Yang with small eyes.

Lu Yang found that his words had worked, so he continued to say, “Niannian, what’s the matter with you? Do you miss your mom? Or you are annoyed by them?”

As soon as Lu Yang said the word “mom”, her small eyes lit up again. Lu Yang became more confident. “Niannian, if you miss your mom, I can take you to see her. However, your mom is ill, so you must be a good girl and be quiet. When you see her, you should behave yourself. If you promise me, I’ll take you to see her, OK?”

“Niannian” didn’t answer, but her actions proved that Lu Yang’s words worked. She seemed to get what he said.

Lu Yang gently bypassed the stuff on the ground and went to the bedside to hold the little girl in his arms. The little girl looked eager while she stared at Lu Yang and nestled quietly in his arms.

Lu Yang smiled at her and said, “Niannian, you are a good girl, so I’ll take you to see mom. Will you also behave yourself when you see her in a moment?”

The little girl still didn’t answer and just stared at him.

Lu Yang took the little girl all the way to Murong Yunxi’s ward. He carried her to Murong Yunxi’s bed. “Niannian, Mom is ill, she is sleeping.”

The little girl grabbed Murong Yunxi’s hand gently, with her eyes fixed on her as if she was really looking at her own mother.

When the incident happened, the little girl was constantly kicked and trampled by the fleeing crowd. She was already frightened to death. At that time, Murong Yunxi climbed through the crowd and hugged her into her arms. The next moment, she said, “Niannian, don’t be afraid, mommy is here. Mommy will protect you.”

Then, the building collapsed. Murong Yunxi was buried under the ruins. She fell to the ground with the little girl in her arms. Something fell, but it didn’t hit them. They were pushed down by the crowd.

Murong Yunxi’s head was injured, and she passed out at once. However, she had been holding the little girl in her arms since then.

They were not buried deep, just a floor was on top of them. The rescue forces of the Liberation Army soon found that there were people alive. Two people above them were dead. Lu Yang happened to find the mother and daughter were alive.

Lu Yang misunderstood the situation. The little girl suffered severe brain trauma and stimulation. The dreadful memory gave her autism. But she always remembered the name of “Niannian” and Murong Yunxi, and she seemed to take Murong Yunxi as her own mom in her heart.