Chapter 55

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On January 22, at 7:30 pm, an earthquake occurred in Xiwang Village, Chenli County.

At 7:35, someone successively posted to Moments, saying: An earthquake!

“Mom ya , I was scared to death. I was sleeping when I suddenly felt the bed shaking!”

“Me too, I was watching TV, and I felt the building shaking!”

“Where was the earthquake? We didn’t feel it here.”

“Yeah, we didn’t feel it here either.”

“There was indeed an earthquake. The people in our community are now in the yard, so scared to death!”

Soon, officials issued news about the earthquake; its magnitude was 6.3, but fortunately, the earthquake source was relatively shallow, so the affected area was not large. There were not many provinces and cities affected, but where the epicenter was, the area was left greatly damaged. The earthquake shook part of the mountain, resulting in a landslide that overwhelmed many houses. The government started their emergency rescue.

After the meeting, Si Junduo was about to contact Wen Mingyi to ask him how his shoot was today when he received a notification about an earthquake on his mobile phone.

He looked at the location of the earthquake with a heavy heart, and quickly called Wen Mingyi. But no one answered.

Si Junduo changed to WeChat voice calls, video calls and text messages, but Wen Mingyi did not reply to any of them.

The fear in Si Junduo became stronger and stronger. His hands were trembling unconsciously, his whole body was trembling.

He quickly contacted Zhuo Ran. “Lend me a private jet, I need it urgently.”

“What’s wrong?” Zhuo Ran asked.

“There was an earthquake in Xiwang Village, Chenli County. Ming Ming… Ming Ming was filming there.”

Zhuo Ran was taken aback.

With a hoarse throat, Si Junduo said, “I’ll go to the airport first and try to fly as soon as possible.”

“I understand, don’t worry, I will make the arrangements now.” He finished speaking, then persuaded, “Don’t worry, there won’t be anything wrong with him, he is too smart, there won’t be anything wrong.”

Si Junduo nodded, but all knew that these words weren’t convincing at all. Natural disasters were more powerful than man-made disasters, and in the face of such events, no matter how smart one was, it would not help much.

Si Junduo quickly walked out of the office and informed Lin Mu, “I’m going out. Call me if there’s something wrong. For important things, you can report to Vice President Zhang first and let him make a decision.”

“Alright,” Lin Mu replied.

Si Junduo told the driver to start the car. He sat in the back seat and kept calling Wen Mingyi, but no one answered. His hands unconsciously clenched into fists. He almost didn’t dare to let his thoughts wander too far, if something had happened to Wen Mingyi, what should he do!

He thought that he shouldn’t have left! If he had not left, then at least he would still be with Wen Mingyi right now!

He was still so young, only 18 years old. His 19th birthday had not even arrived. How could he have an accident at this time!

He shouldn’t have left! He should have been by his side, even if he really did encounter something, he would have protected Wen Mingyi as much as possible! He would not let him face this kind of disaster alone!

Si Junduo clenched his fists in resentment, his heart filled with regret and remorse.

The driver quietly looked at his boss and silently speeded up.

On the other side, Wen Mingyi was looking for a signal with his mobile phone, but he couldn’t find it.

Others, like him, were anxious to report to their family members, but there was no signal from the mobile phone. After the earthquake ended, aftershocks came one after another, but they were not as strong as the first earthquake. Yu Xuanwen looked at the darkening sky and decided to continue driving forward, as far as possible from the epicenter area.

But the villagers didn’t want to go any further. They grew up in the mountains and were natives there. They knew that once this kind of natural disaster occurred, the government would not ignore them, so they wanted to go to the county’s government for help.

The village chief and Yu Xuanwen discussed their thoughts, and Yu Xuanwen agreed. After all, they were just passing through, and these villagers were the people from here.

“We can’t turn back and send you to the government before leaving,” Yu Xuanwen said, “This is too troublesome for us. Communication should be temporarily cut off at this moment. There should be a signal after a while, and you can contact the government. The government will take care of you.”

The village chief thought so too. He shook Yu Xuanwen’s hand and thanked him.

After speaking, he looked around for Wen Mingyi.

Wen Mingyi was all about looking for signals at the moment. He was about to raise his arms to the sky. The village chief walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder. Wen Mingyi was startled. He turned around and saw the village chief. “What’s wrong?” he asked in puzzlement.

The village chief smiled and said in a friendly way, “Xiao Wen 1 Little Wen , thanks to you, we were saved. Really thank you.”

When he said this, the other villagers also gathered and thanked him one by one. Dabao relied on their closeness and hugged his leg directly. Very gratefully, he cried out, “ Gege , you are so amazing!”

Wen Mingyi was so embarrassed by their sentences, thank yous on one hand and being their benefactor on the other. He quickly gave the credit to the dogs in the village. “Don’t thank me. I only saw the village dogs behaving abnormally before thinking of this. These are all to their credit. If you want to be thankful, just take good care of them in the future.”

“Xiao Wen is shy.” Zhang- jie smiled. “Like his ge said before, he’s easily shy.”

Wen Mingyi: ? ? ?

His ge even said something against his conscience? Was he easily shy? How could he, an outspoken and unpretentious person, be easily shy!

At this point, the crew and the villagers started to disperse.

Wen Mingyi took out the cash from his wallet and handed it to the village chief.

The village chief was embarrassed to accept it. Likewise, the other villagers also said they couldn’t accept.

“How can we ask for your money? If it weren’t for you, we might all be dead, so how can we collect your money?”

“That’s right!” Though the grandpa holding the dog was old, his thinking was still very clear. “You said that only so we would follow you. It was for our own good. We can’t ask for your money.”

“Take it.” Wen Mingyi explained, “It will take some time to rebuild after the disaster. These children are still young, still growing. If you take it, you can buy something for them.”

He finished and beckoned Dabao to come over, stuffing the money into his hands before rubbing his head.

Dabao looked at the money in his hand, looked at him, and then at his mother, wondering if he should take it.

Wen Mingyi smiled and slapped him on his back. “Take it as your reward for keeping my secret for so many days. Honest children need rewards, and this is your reward.”

Dabao knew that he was talking about him not eating well, so he gave a silly smile to Wen Mingyi and accepted the money.

Cheng Lu couldn’t bear such a scene, so she also took out her own cash and gave it to the village chief.

Others also took out their cash one after another. After all, meeting each other, it was all because of fate. Especially after experiencing such a catastrophe of life and death together, everyone’s heart was softened.

The children were too young, some didn’t understand what was going on, and they laughed and grinned to their companions. The adults had realized that they had escaped, realized that their homes might not be there anymore. At this moment, they accepted the kindness of others, and tears burst into their eyes.

“After our village is rebuilt, you are welcome to come and film. When that happens, we will specially come to greet you,” the village chief announced.

Yu Xuanwen grinned. “Okay.”

He looked at the person in front of him and sighed. “Then we will leave. You have a cell phone, don’t you?”

“Yes.” The village chief nodded.

“I have it too,” Zhang-jie said. “I also brought it with me.”

“That’s good, then let’s go.”

“Goodbye,” the villagers said one after another.

Yu Xuanwen nodded and walked towards the car.

Wen Mingyi also smiled and waved to them.

The children had eaten his sweets, and they all had a good impression of him. They waved their hands one by one and sweetly said, “Goodbye, gege .”

“Goodbye kids. Remember to properly listen in school when you grow up~”

“Ok~”

“What’s your name, Xiao Wen?” the village chief asked him, “You saved us once, and I don’t know what your full name is.”

Wen Mingyi scratched his neck embarrassedly, unable to speak.

Dabao still remembered. “ Gege ’s name is Wen Mingyi. Ming from Moonlight, and Yi from Energetic. [ Ming ( 明) from Ming Liang ( 明亮) , Yi ( 奕) from Jing Shen Yi Yi ( 精神奕奕) . ]”

Wen Mingyi: …

Wen Mingyi nodded awkwardly and politely before slipping away.

The car was back on the road, and the remaining villagers were also hopeful, waiting for the government’s rescue.

Zhang- jie watched the car go away, touched her son’s head, and instructed him, “Dabao will also study hard in the future. Gege is a university student. That’s why he knows so much. After saving us, Dabao will have to work hard to get into university.”

Dabao nodded ‘en en’, although he didn’t know what a university student was.

Yu Xuanwen looked at Wen Mingyi, who was looking at his mobile phone in the car and advised him, “Don’t keep trying. Wait another ten minutes to see if there is a signal.”

In his heart, Wen Mingyi said he could wait, but his ge can’t! If Si Junduo saw the news about the earthquake, he would be worried again. If he couldn’t be contacted at this moment.. It was over. Si Junduo might think a disaster had occurred to him.

Ai , he really understood his ge too well.

“Why are you still sighing?” Yu Xuanwen said. “This time you are everyone’s savior. Now that everyone is fine, you should be happy.”

Wen Mingyi smiled. “I am very happy, but I am afraid that my family is anxious.”

“Let’s talk about it later when the signal comes. There is no other way.”

Wen Mingyi could only nod his head.

Yu Xuanwen looked at him and emotionally said, “Actually, the location I chose for the first filming was not here.”

“Then where?” Wen Mingyi asked puzzledly.

“I chose another village,” Yu Xuanwen said. “But before the filming started, I remembered this place again. I visited here a few years ago. At that time, I thought the folk customs here were quite simple, so I noted it down in my heart. That day, I don’t know what happened. I suddenly thought of this place again. I felt that it was more suitable, so I temporarily changed it . How could I have thought that it would come to this.”

“Escaping from catastrophe, luck will follow after,” Wen Mingyi comforted him.

Yu Xuanwen smiled. “Entrusted with your fortune, borrowed your lucky words.”

Wen Mingyi modestly stated, “The main reason is because Director Yu was willing to trust me and gave me a chance. Otherwise, how could I mobilize so many people on the crew.”

Yu Xuanwen felt that he was rather humble. To put it bluntly, at that time, if everyone was unwilling to leave, Wen Mingyi could have left by himself. He gave a warning to everyone about what was about to happen, but no one believed him. Even if he’d left at that time, no one would have blamed him.

However, Wen Mingyi had planned to take everyone with him from the very beginning. He even took care of the villagers and the dogs that reminded him of the imminent disaster. He didn’t expound on it with emotion, but was brief and concise, straight to the point, and completed the matter quickly.

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