SCT-Novel Chapter 384: 377: Cold Snow, Warm People
Chapter 384: 377: Cold Snow, Warm People
Chapter 384: Chapter 377: Cold Snow, Warm People
He took a small sip, and the flavor of the lightly sweet and spicy cola immediately warmed and relaxed his entire body.
Tang Yuxin poured another glass and passed it to the other soldiers.
As the men took their first sips, they felt as if they were drinking mom’s ginger soup. The warmth came not only from the drink but also from the humanity around them.
“Chief,” a man suddenly ran over. Gu Ning was just like the others at that moment, shoveling snow.
“What is it?” Gu Ning paused, “What happened?”
The man pointed behind him, “Some young girls brought us ginger-flavored cola. It’s really warm.”
“I’ll go take a look.” Gu Ning placed his shovel aside and headed towards the girls. Upon arrival, he saw a girl wearing a padded jacket sitting on a somewhat old tricycle. There was also a large thermos filled with hot water, and at that moment, she was busily filling cups. Heat rose with each pour. Some other girls were also helping, carrying the filled cups.
Upon getting closer, he found the girl’s face was strangely familiar.
Only when the girl raised her face and showed a faint smile, did he recognize her.
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“Tang Yuxin?” He called out.
Yuxin glanced up and was taken aback to see him. Wasn’t this supposed to be security staff? Why was he here?
“Mr. Gu.”
Gu Ning approached her, “Why are you here? Late at night like this?”
He then resumed his shoveling, directing the rest to do the same.
The pot of ginger cola was almost empty now, even Ting Yuan and her friends couldn’t get a single cup for themselves.
“Can we go home Yuxin?” Ting Yuan was trembling with cold so violently that her words were quivering. She was so cold she could hardly speak.
Hang in there a bit more, Tang Yuxin told herself. Standing by the tricycle, she kept a close eye on every billboard, each one looking as if it could collapse or stand firm at any moment.
Despite her observations, she couldn’t tell which billboard was truly in danger. Her nose started running due to the extreme cold.
She began to collect the disposable cups. As she was doing so, she noticed an unusual amount of snow falling from one area. It was as if snow was being dumped downwards in large chunks. This was no ordinary snowfall; it was as if snow was being hurled down.
She opened her eyes wide and saw a billboard starting to wobble in the distance.
“Watch out! Watch out....” She screamed while running towards the danger. Without thinking, she reached out, grabbed a man’s hand, and pulled him backwards. Immediately after, there was a loud crash; a massive billboard had collapsed. A few men who were still shoveling snow underneath were saved due to Gu Ning’s previous warning to keep some distance from the billboard. Hence, only a few people were in the area. If his warning was not given, probably more than a dozen people could have been struck.
Immediately after, several more billboards collapsed. However, everyone was prepared and managed to flee quickly.
Tang Yuxin scrambled to her feet from the pile of snow. The others were frozen in fear and didn’t dare to move.
Hurry, rescue them, she thought as she rushed over to assist some soldiers in helping those affected by the collapse. It was around three in the morning and the heavy snow had caused road closures, making it impossible for an ambulance to arrive.
Song Qingtong was the first to snap out of it, she ran over to join the rescue efforts. Ting Yuan and Lin Yile also followed suit, scrambling towards the scene. They fell to their knees and started digging through the snow. At that moment, they were oblivious to the cold. All they knew was they had to rescue people, they must save them.
“There’s one here,” Lin Yile, having dug up a trapped individual with her bare hands, realized her own hands were bleeding. She had no idea what to do and broke down crying.
“Yuxin, what do we do? He’s dead.”