Chapter 659: 659
“Sure . What do you want to call her?”
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“How about Hope?”
So that she could remain hopeful in the face of whatever adversity she encountered in her life .
“Sure… sure…” Her eyes misty with tears, An Xiaxia saw Wen Qing smile before closing her eyes forever .
A fist seemed to clutch tightly around her heart before tearing it to pieces .
The person she had been talking to moments ago died in front of her . Reality was just that cruel .
An Xiaxia looked away . Nero Zhou, whom she thought cared for nothing but saving his own skin, kept digging into the ruins with a tool, his face smeared with blood and sweat .
He finally couldn’t control his tears . “Why the f**k do things like this have to happen?!”
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An Xiaxia’s tears fell on the baby’s cheeks, and the baby touched her face curiously . Her big, clear perplexed eyes belonged to someone who was seeing the world for the first time .
The rescue efforts carried on all the way until early the next morning . An Xiaxia and Zhou Shiqiao 1 were both exhausted and were led to a tent to get some rest .
An Xiaxia had probably reached some sort of limit and couldn’t sleep no matter what, so she sat outside her tent and stared blankly into the air .
Heavy footsteps came from somewhere nearby . Some men in camouflage uniforms and army boots arranged themselves in a line and said in unison, “Captain!”
They all had a special insignia consisting of swords on their uniforms which An Xiaxia vaguely recalled was the symbol of some special force .
A tall and strongly-built man nodded back at them and began to methodically give out orders . Somehow, An Xiaxia found that voice very familiar .
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“… Captain, we have two reporters in that tent over there . They posted the video immediately after the earthquake…” she heard someone say . After that, the captain walked toward her .
She gradually made out his face under the dim light .
He had a swarthy face and his thin lips were pursed tightly together . He reminded one of a typical tough soldier through and through . His large strides took him to An Xiaxia’s side in no time .
He was noticeably surprised when he saw her . “Xiaxia?”
“Kang Jian…” An Xiaxia murmured his name . They had scarcely been in touch after Kang Jian left high school in Year 2 to join the army .
She had never expected to see him as a captain of a special force unit .
Both were excited to meet an acquaintance out here, but with what was going on, they calmed down right away .
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“I still have the rescue effort to run…” Kang Jian frowned . “Stay put . Communications will probably be back up in a few hours . As soon as the road is clear, go back in the first car available!”
He spoke very fast and in a commanding tone . An Xiaxia nodded before she realized it .
Kang Jian rubbed her head . The baby suddenly began to cry in the tent and An Xiaxia hurried in . Kang Jian hesitated a little, then followed her in .
An Xiaxia had never held a baby before and her attempt to calm the baby down was quite clumsy . The little girl went on crying . Kang Jian cleared his throat . “Is she hungry?”
His gaze shifted toward An Xiaxia’s chest .
An Xiaxia blushed . “She’s not mine…” Don’t turn to her for milk!
Kang Jian choked on his own spit and coughed . “I’ll get someone to find something for her to eat . I’m off . ”
“Alright . ”
Before long, someone brought milk and bread . An Xiaxia fed the baby with some milk, then lay down, utterly exhausted .
She then recalled Kang Jian mentioning communications being restored and took out her phone . There was no news on the earthquake in Zhu County .
Everywhere she looked, the headlines read: landslide in Zhu County .
So, it wasn’t an earthquake… but a landslide?
An Xiaxia thought, drifting off . Her phone then began to ring .
Picking it up, she heard Sheng Yize’s exasperated voice on the other end . “Idiot! Where are you?”