Chapter 1448: Saving a Love Rival at a Critical Moment

"Brother? Big brother, is it really you!"

Zichen had just sat down to rest when a surprised shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Litian?"

He immediately scrambled up and turned around; the brothers hugged each other, jumping up and down with excitement.

"Brother, it really is you, it really is you. When I was on the road, I wondered if I would see you here, and I really did. This is great..."

After not seeing each other for a few months, Litian seemed to have grown taller, stronger, and his skin was a bit darker too.

"Litian, Litian, do you know? I dreamed last night that we met here, and the dream came true..."

The brothers had endless things to talk about upon meeting.

How is everyone at home?

How are your studies?

Are you adapting to life in the military?

Each topic could be talked about for a whole day, but there wasn't that much time to chat; in less than ten minutes, Litian had to leave.

"Brother, write to me when you get back!"

"Okay!"

Litian had walked more than ten meters away when Zichen suddenly remembered something very important he hadn't said.

"Litian—"

"What is it, brother?"

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he changed his mind: "Stay safe."

"Mm-hmm, you too!"

Litian nodded in agreement, then caught up with his unit.

Zichen didn't tell him that Lu Feifei had also come; better not to say it, so as not to distract his younger brother.

"Run, get down, it's dangerous!"

The aftershocks had come again.

People already had experience and were running down from the ruins one after another.

It was very dangerous to stay at this time; aftershocks could easily cause a secondary collapse.

Lu Feifei ran down, only to realize that Gu Yuxin hadn't followed!

"Gu Yuxin, come down quickly, are you trying to get yourself killed!" She cupped her hands around her mouth to form a megaphone and shouted loudly at Gu Yuxin.

She heard her, but still didn't come down.

There was someone under the ruins, just discovered!

Under the ruins was a seven or eight-year-old boy; his vital signs were very clear, but he was extremely weak.

She had just prepared to call for people to come and rescue him when the aftershock hit!

Her instinct was to run out too, but the big eyes of the boy under the ruins revealed despair!

Half a meter away from her was a wall that had already half-collapsed; it was now teetering and could fall over at any moment.

If the wall fell, the boy would be crushed underneath, and the hard-won chance of survival... In an instant, she thought of many things, and finally, without hesitation, she chose to support the broken wall with both hands, shouting to the boy with a firm gaze: "Don't be afraid, you will definitely be saved."

"Heavens! Yuxin, come down quickly."

"Yuxin, are you not wanting your life anymore..."

The classmates were jumping with anxiety, constantly shouting for her to come down.

Lu Feifei gritted her teeth and rushed up!

Gu Yuxin felt the weight coming from her arms getting heavier and heavier; she felt like she couldn't hold on much longer, but when she met those big eyes under the ruins longing to live, she became even more determined not to let go.

"Boom—"

The broken wall didn't withstand the test of the aftershock and collapsed.

Gu Yuxin's vision went black, and before her consciousness faded, she clearly saw Lu Feifei throwing herself over her...

"Feifei, Lu Feifei!"

Lu Feifei opened her eyes and found herself lying on a stretcher; intense pain was coming from her back and right leg, a heart-piercing pain.

Someone was calling her name in her ear, a very familiar voice—Sheng Litian.

She struggled to lift her head to look over, and it really was Litian.

"Feifei, you're awake? That's great. Hang in there, endure the pain; you must go to the rear hospital for treatment now."

The roar of a helicopter came from overhead.

Litian carried Lu Feifei on his back, climbed the ladder, and sent her onto the helicopter.

Her back and right leg were both seriously injured, and she couldn't move on her own.

"Thank you for saving me."

"Don't talk, try to stay conscious; the hospital will be here soon."

"Mm."

Her back couldn't lean against anything, so Litian held her in his arms, using his broad chest to steady her body so as not to cause secondary injury.

At this time, a soldier carried a little boy up the ladder, the cabin door closed, and the plane flew away.

The boy was already unconscious; if it weren't for the two of them risking their lives to block it just now, the little boy would absolutely have had no chance of survival.

"What about Gu Yuxin? Is she, is she okay?" Lu Feifei felt very cold and subconsciously leaned into Litian's arms.

"Who is Gu Yuxin?"

"Oh, you mean the female student who saved someone?"

"She is fine; with your protection, she only suffered some superficial injuries."

Lu Feifei fainted in relief.

It was a coincidence just now; when Litian's troops arrived at that spot, they happened to catch them being pinned underneath a collapsed wall.

When Litian dug Lu Feifei out from under the broken wall, he recognized her at a glance; he was extremely anxious and immediately reported that there was a seriously injured person here.

The superiors sent a helicopter over, and by this time, the little boy under the ruins had also been rescued.

Gu Yuxin had been pinned underneath Lu Feifei and only suffered some superficial injuries; she simply bandaged herself up and threw herself into other rescue efforts!

Great kindness needs no thanks.

She did not go back with them because the disaster area needed people right now, so she could only attend to the most urgent matters.

One week later.

The university volunteers were preparing to return.

When they left, although they weren't dressed in finery, they were clean, neat, and spirited young men and women.

When they returned, it was almost impossible to tell who was who.

They all looked like mud monkeys; the original colors of their clothes were unrecognizable, covered entirely in mud.

They all carried backpacks when they went, but they didn't even bring their backpacks back when they returned.

The clothes, medicine, and other items in the backpacks were all things urgently needed in the disaster area, so they had all been left behind.

As soon as Zichen got on the bus, he started looking for Gu Yuxin, but he searched with his eyes for quite a while and couldn't find her.

At this moment, someone tugged on his lapel: "Who are you looking for?"

Zichen:...

He sat down beside that person: "Looking for you! How did you end up in such a state?"

When she came, Gu Yuxin had short hair, but when she returned, her hair was even shorter!

It was shorter than his own hair, and it was cut very unprofessionally, looking like it had been gnawed by a dog; she was also incredibly dirty, no wonder he hadn't recognized her.

"Don't talk, let me lean for a while."

Gu Yuxin rested her head on his shoulder and immediately fell asleep.

He observed her carefully for a moment and, seeing that although she had abrasions on her face, it wasn't a big problem, he also rested his head back against the seat in relief and fell asleep shortly after.

Jiangzhou University.

The bus drove into the campus, the band played welcoming music, and the Principal took the lead; almost all the teachers and students had come out, lining up on both sides of the road to welcome them!

The bus stopped, the doors opened, and it was quiet inside the bus; not a single person was awake.

These past few days, the volunteers could only sleep for at most three hours a day; they were so sleepy that their eyes were full of bloodshot veins, and they fell asleep as soon as they got on the bus. Despite the huge commotion outside, it simply didn't wake them up.

The music stopped abruptly.

The bus doors closed again, the heater was on inside the bus, and the students outside maintained their welcoming formation, but the crowd was silent and didn't make a sound!

Two hours later.

Someone in the bus finally woke up; the first person to wake up saw the school and excitedly shouted loudly, "Students, wake up quickly, we're home, we're home!"