Fortunately, the rain did not last long and cleared up, and everyone packed up and prepared to leave. The crew originally drove a few cars into the mountain, but now the road is blocked by landslides, so they had to abandon the cars and hike. People should leave here first.
Lao Bao was filming along the way and met the trapped people who were willing to lend a hand. There was the roar of helicopters in the sky, and the director and producer of the film crew were busy waving a large piece of red silk to salute the sky.
The plane flew lower and reached a more open area. A large bag of things was dropped from the sky, and then paratroopers dropped from the sky. After the airdrop, the helicopter hovered for a while and then left.
The soldiers were responsible for searching and rescuing the trapped wounded and delivering relief supplies. Zhao Qian thought that if there were helicopters in Daqi, the years of hard fighting in Daqi would not have been so difficult. Maybe the four sides would have been pacified by now, and the war would be over at home and abroad.
Zhao Qian saw with his own eyes that Li Wei gave away the milk and bread he gave him in the morning after comforting a trapped woman. His eyes darkened, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.
The mountain road is not easy to walk on and the progress is very slow. After walking for a while, everyone was tired and decided to take a rest. Li Wei unscrewed the bottle cap and was about to drink water, when someone suddenly shouted: "Evacuate here quickly, this place is going to collapse."
This sentence made everyone panic. Li Wei didn't have time to drink the water, so she had to tighten the lid and put the water back into her backpack. Only then did she notice that the place she stepped on was very soft, and it seemed to be getting softer little by little. Sinking down, there was a sound above my head. At this time, someone came over and took her arm and said, "Why are you lingering? Run quickly."
However, the mountain was already collapsing, and the person holding her pushed her out first.
Li Wei was shocked and turned around in a hurry and shouted: "Zhao Qian!"
Zhao Qian also reacted very quickly. After pushing Li Wei away, he jumped to another relatively safe place, and then dragged Li Wei and ran quickly.
Li Wei was sweating. Just now, she had escaped from the edge of death. In less than half a minute, the place where everyone had rested collapsed instantly.
Everyone looked at what was happening in front of them in shock.
Zhao Qian was still holding Li Wei's hand tightly. This was probably the first time the two of them had experienced life and death together.
It took them eight hours to get out of the mountainous area. During this time, Li Wei's legs were scratched by rocks and he also fell down. The shoes were covered in mud and dirt, and the original appearance was no longer visible. It felt like I had exhausted all my strength and finally walked out of the mountainous area.
When everyone walked out of the mountainous area and thought they were ushering in the dawn of victory, they were surprised to discover the fact that there was a vast ocean in front of them and the Jiujiang embankment burst.
Looking at the turbid river water, what people felt was full of despair. At that time, an actress burst into tears.
If you can't cross the river, you can only wait for rescue. Lao Bao recorded this historic scene with his camera. Everyone found a relatively safe place to rest and gather energy to face the challenge.
Li Wei handed the unscrewed bottle of water in his bag to Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian took it without politeness, took a few sips and gave it back to Li Wei. It took seventeen hours from the time they were trapped until the assault boat appeared.
Successfully rescued, with the joy of new life. The TV station staff waved goodbye to the crew, and Li Wei also said goodbye to Zhao Qian, who had been with him during the two days he was trapped.
"Can we become friends?"
Li Wei thought carefully for a while before answering Zhao Qian: "Maybe not, just be a stranger."
Zhao Qian took out a ballpoint pen from his trouser pocket, grabbed Li Wei's hand, lowered his head and wrote a long series of numbers in her palm.
Lao Liang was already urging Li Wei to get in the car. Zhao Qian had already finished writing the number and said to her: "I want to be friends with you, waiting for your call."
Li Wei waved goodbye to him and got into the car.
Then Ji Kun asked Li Wei: "Are you boyfriend and girlfriend with that actor?"
Li Wei explained: "No, he and I are just... strangers." She opened her left palm and saw a row of blue writing and a long series of numbers on it. She looked at the number in confusion for a while.
Lao Liang asked Lao Bao: "What other instructions does the leader have?"
Lao Bao said: "We can go back after filming the scene of Jiujiang's embankment bursting."
After hearing this, Ji Kun yelled out: "I finally made it back alive, oh yeah!"
Lao Bao glanced at Li Wei and said with a smile: "Li Wei must have suffered enough along the way. He was such a radiant person when he first came out, but he has become quite haggard after these twenty days of hard work."
Li Wei smiled lightly and said, "You're not afraid of being young. Just go back and rest for a while."
Li Wei copied the phone number on his notebook, but never thought of calling him.
It was already mid-August when we rushed back to Lincheng from Jiujiang. After returning to the TV station exhausted, the task was successfully completed. Director Guo highly praised the group and gave them a few days off.
"I've worked hard for you these days. Go back and have a good rest. You'll be refreshed before you go back to work."
This sentence was like an amnesty order, and Li Wei completely relaxed. She took a taxi back to Qi Jingyi's apartment. Qi Jingyi happened to be away from home, so the house was a little empty, but she finally came back. Li Wei wanted to take a good bath, have a good meal, and then sleep all day and night.
This is what Li Wei planned and actually did.
Sleeping day and night also frightened Qi Jingyi, but Qi Jingyi thought of the suffering Li Wei had suffered outside these days and did not disturb Li Wei's rest.
But two days later, Li Wei regained his energy. Even Qi Jingyi also praised: "It's good to be young."
"Sister Qi, I thought I would die on the way, so I can finally come back without any danger."
Qi Jingyi said: "If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. There will definitely be peace in the future."
Qi Jingyi took a rare break, and the two of them went shopping again. Although there were several heavy rains in Lincheng, it only caused a few waterloggings in the city, and the damage was not serious.
Li Wei once again felt how good it was to be alive!
Qi Jingyi went to have dessert with her, and Li Wei bought herself a new skirt. On the way back, Li Wei passed by a newsstand and stopped and bought a newspaper.
At night, the TV in the living room was on, Qi Jingyi was trying out the color of the newly bought nail polish, and Li Wei was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.
The social section mostly talked about things related to floods. She turned to the entertainment section, which had an introduction to Zhao Qian's new play. Li Wei secretly sighed in her heart, he is really famous now. Later, she was attracted by a recruitment information.
(End of chapter)