Heavy machinery and the Shi family twins arrived at the same time, speeding up the rescue work.
All day long, countless people are carrying stones everywhere, but compared with nature, human ability is really very small.
"Are Shi Ran and the manager still alive?"
Even if everyone is silent on the surface, during break time, as long as one or two people sit around, this kind of conversation will happen.
Shichuan came here, asked the person in charge, and learned that it was Song Sichen. He walked in the direction where people were pointing at Song Sichen.
The closer you get to Song Sichen, the more you can hear the sound of mechanical work.
The moment he finally stood behind Song Sichen, Shichuan gritted his teeth.
Bang, bang.
Song Sichen was moving the stones out with his bare hands.
He didn't even have the strength to stand, so he knelt on the ground. The fingertips holding the stone were already covered with blood. But Song Sichen's eyes were only fixed on the ground, as if he thought he would see Shi Ran there.
"enough."
Tokikawa took a closer step and said.
Song Sichen stopped and looked back slowly.
"uncle."
Song Sichen's face looked terrible.
There were big and small scars, chapped lips, and blood coagulated, but what made Shichuan more heartbroken than these were Song Sichen's eyes, empty, unfocused black eyes covered with red bloodshot eyes.
Tokikawa knew without even thinking that he had been like this for a long time.
Seeing his appearance, I remembered what Shi Ran once said about the first time he saw Song Sichen.
It looks like fallen leaves that will break into pieces when touched.
Song Sichen, who was sitting on the ground and looking up at Shichuan, seemed to be back to the way he was then.
Before meeting Tokiran, he was a child living alone in the woods.
Shichuan bent his knees and looked at Song Sichen.
"Song Sichen, you can do it."
Hearing Shichuan's voice, Song Sichen's face became even more ugly.
"I'm sorry...I didn't protect Shiran."
Song Sichen said with a trembling voice.
"I should have protected Shi Ran. It's all my fault. Why did I leave her alone?"
Song Sichen, who was mumbling like this, began to operate like a machine again.
With a crunching sound, the stone and soil were peeled away.
"I will definitely find Shi Ran, I will definitely..."
Shichuan was also worried about his daughter, but Song Sichen in front of him made him feel even more distressed.
He held Song Sichen's hand and asked, "If Shi Ran could see you like this, what would she say?"
Song Sichen did not answer, but looked down at his body.
"You already know the answer."
Shichuan said this and took out the stone from Song Sichen's hand.
"Song Sichen, you need to take a rest now."
"I have no idea of rest..."
"I'm not letting you rest for your sake, this is for Shi Ran."
Tokikawa said firmly.
"Only by conserving your strength can you rescue Tokiran faster."
When he said this, Shikawa sighed softly and frowned.
The twins also came over.
"Song Sichen, please take a rest and leave it to us."
The twins began to work hard to move the stones on the road.
Song Sichen sat next to him. Shichuan brought a lunch box that was still hot and handed it to Song Sichen.
"You haven't eaten all this time. Eat some so you have the strength to continue moving these stones."
Song Sichen looked at the piled stones, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and accepted the lunch box Shikawa brought over. Because he was very hungry, he ate voraciously and his mouth was full.
He moved his chin innocently and drank water again.
During this period, Song Sichen did not take his eyes away from a half-exposed huge rock.
It seems to be the most important goal in life.
I don’t know what the sound was, but it was accompanied by a faint vibration, as if some soil fell from the rocks above my head.
"What is this sound?" Shiran opened his tired eyes. "There won't be another collapse, right?"
There was another low vibration.
He looked up at the dusty rocks with desperate eyes, and then fell asleep again.
No, now I'm almost fainting from exhaustion.
Then it's not a bad thing to go to bed without knowing anything.
At least it was much better than falling from a building in my previous life.
She never wanted to have that feeling of her whole body being shattered and her eyes filled with blood.
"……hurry up."
"..."
"Everyone here... hurry up..."
Suddenly there was the sound of someone speaking.
Shi Ran opened his eyes suddenly. Although he was exhausted and his words were hoarse due to dry throat, he still did not miss the chance to escape.
"Here! I'm here! People are still alive, here!"
She had screamed with all her strength, but because she had no strength, the sound was not loud.
But don't give up just yet.
Tokiran closed his eyes tightly again and shouted loudly.
"Here! Can you hear me?"
However, it seems to be of no use.
Tokiran continued to fumble for the stone in the darkness, holding it and slapping it against the rock.
"Help! Here!"
"..."
I really didn't have the strength, so I stopped for a while, and the sounds outside seemed to stop.
Is it an illusion?
Was it an illusion that he was going to die?
The hope that Shi Ran had always held in his heart seemed to have disappeared at this moment.
"Am I going to die?"
"Anyone?"
"..."
"Clear this place."
It's a familiar voice.
It's not an illusion!
Shiran heard someone speaking again, and it seemed that he was not far away from him.
She regained hope and continued patting the rocks.
"Song Sichen...is that you? Song Sichen..."
Gradually, the sounds outside became louder, and from inside, they could feel the rescuers approaching them.
"Here! Song Sichen, we are here!"
She didn't know if she had shouted too hard just now, but all her energy was exhausted. She could barely make any sound from her throat and couldn't raise her hands.
"Song Sichen...Song Sichen..."
All Shi Ran could do was shout Song Sichen's name in an ant-like voice.
"Song Sichen, I'm here..."
At that moment, she felt that she could no longer defeat her heavy eyelids.
Click!
With the buzzing in my ears, more light entered the cave through the gaps.
Tokiran, who had been accustomed to darkness for a long time, could not see anything.
But there is only one.
"Tokiran!"
There was Song Sichen's voice.
Shiran avoided the light, closed his eyes, and blindly stretched out his hand in the direction where he heard the sound.
Suddenly, a big hand grasped Shiran's hand that was waving in the air.
The hand suddenly pulled Shi Ran's body up.
Shi Ran felt Song Sichen hugging her tightly.
Shi Ran fumbled and stretched out his hand to grab Song Sichen's collar.
"It's okay now, it's okay, Shiran..."
That sentence is everything.
"Song Sichen, save Luan Dan'er..."
After speaking in a voice as small as a mosquito, Shiran relaxed. The tension passed, and she couldn't help but close her heavy eyelids.
