Chapter 379: Save Her First, Then Finish Her Off
Bai Qishu learned that the road leading to the outside world was broken by the earthquake, and his face looked very grim.
"What, no other exit?" Ningwan asked.
Bai Qishu said, "Of course not, Li Qingqing deliberately made this mountain villa unique by only building this road. Originally, there were two other mountain roads, but she was afraid that the nearby residents would secretly come up to steal things, so she cut them off. If you want to come up, you can only take this road. Besides, this mountain is not an ordinary mountain. You should have seen it, behind the mountain are all rare medicinal herbs. Many nearby residents used to rely on climbing the mountain to collect herbs for a living. Li Qingqing occupied this mountain and no longer allowed others to come up to collect herbs. Cutting off the other roads into the mountain was also to prevent those people from sneaking up the mountain."
"Isn’t what she’s doing basically called asking for death?" Xunyou asked.
Ningwan sighed, "When God wants someone to perish, He first makes them mad; she’s truly gone mad."
"Then what do we do? Die along with her?" Xunyou didn’t want that; she had many things to do.
Ningwan said, "Of course we can’t die with her. We’ll first go and see the situation of this road. Also, Bai Qishu, did you say there are many villagers nearby?"
Bai Qishu nodded, "There are about three villages connected together, not far apart. But they are all quite far from the town, so the villages communicate among themselves."
"With such a large earthquake, it definitely shook not just the mountain but also below. If the three villages were all affected, there must be significant casualties. Now there’s good news and bad news; do you want to hear which one first?" Ningwan said.
"Miss Ye, at a time like this, don’t keep us in suspense," Xunyou said anxiously.
Bai Qishu also looked at her speechlessly, as if saying, you really know how to pretend.
Ningwan chuckled awkwardly, "Just joking to lighten the mood. Why be so serious? All right, I’ll say it now."
"The good news is, if there’s a shake below the mountain, there will definitely be rescue teams coming. So maybe they’ll come to check the mountain too. The bad news is, if the shake below was significant with numerous casualties, the teams sent will definitely rescue below first. By the time they remember us, the ones buried below might already be a cold case."
"So what do we do?" Bai Qishu asked.
Ningwan sighed, "So whether it’s good news or bad news, we can’t wait for others to rescue us. We should save ourselves first. Waiting for rescue is mostly hopeless."
"Said so much nonsense, still leads to self-rescue. Let’s do the self-rescue. Use everything in the villa, dig it out if needed. Some people are injured, but with you as the doctor, it’s not that easy for them to die. Also, those buried below, though difficult to dig out quickly, still have hope. Let’s go try first," Bai Qishu was rather optimistic.
Ningwan nodded, that’s all they could do now.
It’s just pity they’re stuck in the heavy rain with nowhere to shelter.
Li Qingqing’s mountain villa is practically a shoddy project.
One earthquake and it’s all gone.
There was just a small earthquake shelter, so small it couldn’t hold that many people.
Bai Qishu had to lead a few uninjured people to use available materials to build a shed overnight for everyone to shelter from the rain and rest.
"Miss Ye, it seems there’s someone still alive here."
Suddenly, someone came to report.
Ningwan quickly followed them over, and at a glance saw it was the house where she had talked with Li Qingqing and Shuixian.
There were only two people inside, if anyone is alive, it’s either Li Qingqing or Shuixian.
Or perhaps both are still alive.
"Miss Ye, shall we rescue them?" the person asked.
"Of course, we’ll rescue them." Ningwan said.
She immediately ordered people over and started moving bricks with Xunyou.
Xunyou said, "I thought Miss Ye hated Li Qingqing to the bone and wouldn’t want to save her."
"It’s not necessarily Li Qingqing; it could be Shuixian." Ningwan said.
"But your relationship with her isn’t good either." Xunyou said.
Ningwan said, "Regardless of whether it’s good, a life is still a life. Even if it’s Li Qingqing, I want to save her, because I’m a doctor; saving lives is my duty. Of course, saving her then dealing with her is my personal grudge with her."
Xunyou: "..."
To save then deal with her, why bother rescuing?
But she said nothing, continuing to move bricks.
A few more people came over to help them move.
Finally, they cleared a gap.
Ningwan called out inside, "Is anyone in there still alive?"
"Little sister, is it really you? Boohoo, I’m your senior sister, hurry and rescue me." Came the sound of Shuixian crying inside.
Ningwan was about to speak, but Bai Qishu spoke first, "Is Li Qingqing still alive?"
"She’s probably long dead! She’s so fat, couldn’t run as fast as me, she must have been squashed cold." Shuixian answered.
Ningwan saw Bai Qishu visibly let out a sigh of relief, and stopped speaking.
She shook her head and continued asking Shuixian, "Senior sister, are you injured now?"
"Little sister, have you been scared silly? I’m crushed underneath, how could I not be injured? I’m seriously hurt, get me out quickly, or I’ll bleed to death."
"Senior sister, hearing that you’re injured, I feel relieved." Ningwan smiled and said.
Over on Shuixian’s side, she froze for a moment before weakly asking, "Ye Ningwan, what do you mean?"
"Senior sister, I want to ask you, is the antidote you gave me real?" Ningwan asked with a smile.
Shuixian inside was furious, "Ye Ningwan, at a time like this, you still ask such questions."
Ningwan smiled and said, "If I ask any other time, you wouldn’t tell me the truth. Now is the best opportunity."
"I can still lie to you now." Shuixian shouted angrily.
Ningwan’s voice turned serious, "Looks like you were lying to me earlier. Forget it, just stay in there! I don’t have time to dig you out."
Shuixian realized too late that she accidentally spoke the truth.
"Ye Ningwan, you can’t do this to me." Shuixian quickly shouted.
Ningwan said, "Why can’t I do this to you? The passageway down the mountain is broken; we can’t go down for a while. There are many injured people here and many still buried below. Whether we rescue, whether we dig, it’s all up to me. No one can demand me, no one can order me, senior sister, the initiative is in my hands now, you have no right to choose."
"You’re ruthless, Ye Ningwan, save me, and I’ll tell you where the real antidote is." Shuixian shouted.
Ningwan said, "I don’t believe you. If I get you out and you don’t tell me, it’ll be a crime to deal with you. Not rescuing now, no one will blame me. So, senior sister, if you want me to save you, tell me the antidote formula; I can make it myself."