Jiang Xiu laughed, "I thought that the highly intelligent Young Lady Nangong would be able to think up of something easily and save me from my predicament."
"You finally said some human words." Young Lady Nangong was actually scolding our Deity Xiu indirectly by saying he isn't human!
Jiang Xiu pondered on it. What had happened that day was out of their hands, but some things happened since they were meant to happen. Due to what happened, Young Lady Nangong's purity was tainted by Jiang Xiu, and it was impossible for her to not feel grieved due to it. Though she blamed Jiang Xiu, he too was wronged that day.
"How about this? Find someone there, and I'll top up his card with money. You can return if you have money, right?"
"Alright!"
This could indeed solve the problem. There wasn't anything that money couldn't settle in this world. However, Jiang Xiu had really underestimated the remoteness of his location. He asked around, but no one had a bank card here. They all had passbooks which were issued by the rural credit union.
Nangong Kou'er tone worsened, "How did you end up in such a remote region?"
Jiang Xiu replied quite helplessly, "I wasn't expecting this!"
"What now?"
Deity Xiu stuck to his principle. The principle of 'Since you're smart, you think of something.' Our pitiful Young Lady Nangong had been crowned as highly intelligent by him and thus racked her brain to solve his problem even though she had no relation to this matter.
"Why don't you come here?" Jiang Xiu suggested.
"What?"
Although Young Lady Nangong had a comparatively calm nature, after hearing such an unreasonable request, she couldn't help but get angry. "Jiang Xiu, we aren't that close. You really dare to ask such a thing?"
"Indeed, we aren't that close, but regarding closeness, we both already understand each other completely."
"Bah!"
Young Lady Nangong spat on the other end then blushed. Bastard, you really dared to say it out. Damn it all. You took advantage of me and now even flaunt it, you scum.
You should really take up the occupation of a male prostitute.
"See how I break your teeth if you keep speaking such nonsense…" Although her words were vicious, her voice was weak, probably due to feeling embarrassed.
"Hehe. Just this one time. We won't see each other again after this."
A girl's heart was always softer compared to men. Especially so since both of them had that kind of relationship once. It was the prime example of the phrase - A day together as husband and wife means endless devotion for the rest of one's life. Nangong Kou'er said, "Well then, wait over there. I'll only help you this time. Don't come to look for me next time, I won't help you after this."
"Mhm. I promise."
The girl asked him impatiently, "Where in Liaodong are you?" After asking the address, she hung the call. She promised to come to receive Jiang Xiu.
Liaodong wasn't that far from the Imperial Capital. It'd require her to book a flight ticket, go to the airport, sit on the plane to Liaodong, then book a cab to reach his location after she landed in Liaodong… It really wasn't easy to make a trip here and even our Deity Xiu felt it was a bit troublesome, so it was indeed lucky that Nangong Kou'er had really promised to come.
Sigh. That girl hasn't fallen for me, right? I have sinned!
After the call ended, he looked at the uncle then said, "A friend is coming to pick me up, but it'll take a night for them to come over from the Imperial Capital. I'll have to trouble you for lodging at your home for a night."
The uncle replied to him quite cordially, "No problem."
After hearing that the old man had saved someone, the villagers all dropped in to take a look. After seeing Jiang Xiu, they all came to the same conclusion. He looks handsome.
After all, Jiang Xiu's current appearance was that of Deity Xiu.
They had never seen such a handsome person, not even on television. His face seemed to be carved out of jade and left behind an impression of him being extraordinaire in people's heart.
He was so handsome that he couldn't be an ordinary person.
They all clicked their tongues in wonder.
Jiang Xiu thought to himself that if he had placed a signboard at the door saying '10 RMB for a glance,' he'd have already collected the money required to return to the Imperial Capital.
On the night of that day, Jiang Xiu lied down on the unfamiliar bed and didn't feel like sleeping. He had one kind of faint premonition, and this was the reason he wasn't able to sleep. He wondered whether Nangong Kou'er had reached Liaodong.
Not having a phone was really inconvenient.
Around 2 AM in the morning, this premonition grew stronger. Among the three Godhood Halos in his body, there was a white Godhood Halo which seemed to have given him the ability to obtain an understanding of the future and derive the future from it.
He suddenly got up then woke his clothes in a hurry, after which he knocked on the door of the old couple's room, "Uncle, Aunt, quickly wake up. An earthquake is going to occur here."
Inside, the uncle was still snoring, but the aunt was woken up by the noise. She pushed her husband then said, "It looks like that young man is at our door. Maybe he needs something?"
The uncle got up in a daze and wore his outer garment then opened the door. The chilly wind blew in from outside and made his mind a bit clearer. "What is it?"
"An earthquake is going to occur here."
"Earthquake?"
Jiang Xiu nodded. "Quickly wake up the villagers…"
"Young man, you aren't sleep-walking, right? Why will an earthquake occur here without reason? Our Liaodong has never had any earthquakes. Moreover, how do you know an earthquake will occur here? Maybe you feel like this due to watching too much news regarding earthquakes in the morning?"
"Just hurry up and prepare yourself."
There was no need for him to explain this matter as facts acted as proof quite quickly.
Roughly after 3-4 minutes, the land began to tremble slightly. The uncle's expression warped immediately, following which he heard the sounds of the water splashing out of the cup placed on the table.
"Aiyah. It's really an earthquake!"
"Wifey, quickly wake up."
The uncle dressed up quickly then ran out and hit the bell, shouting all the while running. "It's an earthquake. Quickly come out!"
Jiang Xiu looked at a faraway town. Before, it was glowing with beautiful lights but had now turned dark due to electricity line breaking. He closed his eyes, following which a tiny spark flew out of his forehead towards that town. When he opened his eyes, they glowed with a white light similar to that of that spark. When his gazes fell on that spark, he saw a panoramic view of the entire place where that spark was located.
He saw that the town was in chaos right now. The land had split open, and buildings had collapsed. Several people were awoken from their dreams and wailed.
The most dreadful thing was that the electricity line had broken after the earthquake started. It was quite late into the night, so it was utterly dark and felt like the end of times had arrived. Some of them had prepared flashlights while others used their cell phones but it was of no use.
The light flew across, and through it, Jiang Xiu saw the land crack open with increasing power, directly splitting open a massive hole in the ground which seemed to have no end to its depth. Many houses fell inside, and those who were unable to escape fell inside as well.
And right now, at Liaodong's Ha City, Nangong Kou'er who was still sleeping in the hotel was roused up. It was already chaos outside. She quickly wore her clothes then went out with her luggage. The hotel was already a mess as well. Someone shouted, "Don't take the elevator. Go for the stairs."
Sounds of sirens kept resounding outside without pause.
"Is it an earthquake?"
Nangong Kou'er asked in a panic.
"Yes. Quickly escape downstairs and leave the building…"
Screams followed after that. The hotel began to sway slightly as if it were rising up slowly. This made them panic as they'd no doubt die if the hotel collapsed.
The land where the hotel stood had begun to rise, and this caused the hotel to totter. It was already raised up by 50-60 m, and people were escaping out from there crazily.
The places surrounding the hotel were in a similar state as well. The land kept rising up, followed by explosive sounds of earth cracking open. Fortunately, the hotel didn't collapse until now.
By the time Nangong Kou'er had escaped from the hotel, the surroundings were still familiar. There were no roads left, only rocky hills with trees and shrubs growing all over. The place was similar to a mountaintop. Even the land she walked on felt warm.
Initially, she was near the entrance of a convenience store at the foot of a mountain which was 500 m away from her, but that 24 hours open store suddenly went dark, followed by the entire town going dark. The electricity line was broken.
Darkness descended over the entire place.
Nangong Kou'er didn't dare to wander around. She didn't join with the others and group up together but instead found a smooth mountain rock and sat there foolishly. Her heart was pounding with anxiety. She could only pray for the earthquake to end quickly and also cursed Jiang Xiu in her heart. It's all because of you, bastard. I wouldn't have run into this earthquake if it weren't for you.
"Bastard. If anything happens to this lady, I won't forgive you even I become a ghost…"