Natsume stood up with the empty bowl still stained with blood on the rim and looked coldly at the well-dressed female reporter An Yichu who seemed to be out of tune with everything here.
Although he knew that this tragedy had nothing to do with the person in front of him, and that even if she rushed to the scene as soon as possible, it would not help, but he felt angry for no reason.
Perhaps it was because the contrast between her dignity and the embarrassment of everyone here made Natsume feel dazzled, or perhaps because of her identity, as the first column reporter, she did not rush to the scene to record the more important scenes immediately.
Angry. In short, when he noticed An Yichu looking at him, Xia Mu turned his head, took the white sheet from Zhou Baoyu's hand and covered the face of the unknown young deceased at his feet.
But An Yichu didn't seem to notice. She still ran over and found the only familiar face here. She grabbed Natsume's hand and asked hastily: "What happened? Why didn't anyone notify me? How could it be like this?
How many wounded and dead?”
Natsume didn't throw away her hand, but he didn't answer her ridiculous question enthusiastically either.
He stood up calmly and looked at An Yichu, as if he wanted to see a little bit of an actor in this woman's eyes, but he was relieved that fortunately... she was not acting.
Zhou Baoyu seemed to be "repulsive" or even "hostile" to An Yichu and the assistant next to her because of what Shenye said. Therefore, in order to avoid losing his composure, Zhou Baoyu went to other places.
He is where he is needed.
Natsume, who was left alone, originally wanted to leave, but he had more important things to do.
But An Yichu didn't let go, she frowned and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? You don't think you suspect that I already knew something was going on here, but you pretended not to know anything and hid and continued to mess with me.
interview?"
Natsume said nothing.
An Yichu understood. She let go of her hand, combed her long black and smooth hair, threw the interview manuscript in her hand to the ground and cursed angrily: "*!!"
Natsume was stunned when she heard that indecent word.
Obviously he didn't expect An Yichu to curse like that.
After venting his emotions, An Yichu said coldly: "First, I really don't know what happened here. They kept it from me from the beginning to the end... as if they were particularly afraid that I would report what happened here...
Second, my assistant only knew something happened outside when I was halfway through the interview, and then I rushed here... So don't look at me like this, I'm not a bad person, I just want to find someone I think is reliable.
Come with me to find out the truth, okay? Do you understand what I mean?"
After listening to An Yichu's words, Natsume's expression gradually changed from surprise to calmness. He looked at the injured on the ground, at the family members of the deceased who had cried until they had no tears, and at those who were giving gifts to his son, husband or father.
Mother, daughter... the grooming person... He said: "I heard from the workers who came here to help... that the mining area should have been closed a few months ago... The superiors have given notice, but for some reason, the large machinery has stopped working.
A week later, the top manager of this shelter forcefully asked the workers to go back to the mine and continue to use manpower to excavate heavy rock minerals... Originally, this was nothing, everyone also wanted to earn more credits, and did not want to mess around.
Waiting to die... But the deeper you dig, the more dangerous the environment in the mining area becomes. In the end, when a group of workers went down, it... collapsed... Those lying here now, or dead, are just among the wounded.
From what they said, there are actually many people missing down there...nearly a thousand people are missing...the number of people buried is just a rough estimate...that's all I know."
The assistant who had released the interview equipment at some unknown time was quietly recording everything outside the hospital.
Suddenly, a mournful cry sounded.
An Yichu was startled. Following the sound, she saw a woman throwing herself on a boy who only looked like an adult and wailing. Natsume's expression was dull. It wasn't that he was cold-blooded, but that this night, he was like this
This thing has happened more than a dozen times, and he has already become numb to it.
Fortunately, Natsume's heart can still beat. Even if he climbed out of the abyss of Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District, he did not completely take life and death lightly. Zhou Baoyu, who was helping Zhang Yishan carry a wounded person into the hospital, looked back.
After taking a quick look, he silently followed Zhang Yishan to the hospital.
After An Yichu came back to her senses, she instinctively wanted to get closer to record the more touching scenes, but Natsume held her back. When An Yichu turned around in confusion, she only heard Natsume say: "Don't go there...
Don't disturb them..."
Natsume's voice was very soft, but it seemed to have an undoubted power. Although An Yichu hesitated, he finally did not dare to step forward. Natsume also slowly retracted his hand. He looked around and walked to the wall next to the entrance of the hospital.
Sitting down, a night without rest made this young man who had entered the mystical gate exhausted.
An Yichu noticed Natsume's collapse. She walked over and handed over a bottle of energy meal replacement she brought from the First Axis and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Natsume was not polite, took the bottle of valuable energy meal replacement and drank it in one gulp, and then said: "If you really want to check, you have to take off these clothes first and put on something less eye-catching. Wait until
Go deep into the front line and see clearly, then take the person behind you to find the person in charge here and ask him why he continues to carry out such dangerous orders and why so many lives must be taken to get them to wake up."
An Yi frowned slightly when he heard this.
Seeing this, Natsume sneered and said: "I told you, that is something you have to do only if you really want to check it out. If you are just pretending, there is no need to take these things to heart. Anyway, there are various things in every shelter every day.
All kinds of tragedies are happening. Even if the sun rises, it can't fundamentally change anything. The more you know, the less happy your life will be. It's better to just give up and do your part, so that everyone can
It will be much better."
An Yi was shocked when he heard this, and then said coldly: "Do you really think that I will join them?"
Natsume smiled and waved his hand: "I'm not that noble, and I don't have that kind of leisure. I just think you're a pretty good person, so I'm just giving you some personal advice."
An Yichu snorted coldly: "Thank you very much." After saying that, An Yichu turned to look at the group of people coming in the distance, and then she said to her assistant: "Get rid of them, I'll go and change them."
clothes."
The assistant nodded silently.
An Yichu quietly blended into the crowd, but her outfit was too eye-catching, and no matter how careful she was, she would still draw attention.
Natsume, who originally had an expression of disdain, smiled slightly. After regaining some strength, he slowly stood up and patted his butt: "Well, if you don't look for trouble, trouble will come to you on its own. It seems that my life is really despicable.
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"Say such depressing words again." A sour voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Natsume looked back and saw Li Dan carrying a lunch box.
This girl's eyes were also red. Based on Natsume's understanding of her, she probably didn't sleep all night just like him.
"Is this for me?" Natsume asked shamelessly.
Li Dan hid the lunch box behind his back: "This is for the dog."
Natsume's old face turned red, and she said a little embarrassed, "I'm not familiar with her."
Li Dan asked strangely: "Why are you explaining this to me? I'm not your girlfriend...Besides, she doesn't look bad and is beautiful, especially her long hair, which is really enviable."
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After hearing this, Xia Mu also followed Li Dan's gaze and saw An Yichu who had found a set of clothes and was about to find a place to change into. He nodded: "Well, she is indeed not a bad person, ouch!"
Natsume, who was kicked before she could finish her words, probably couldn't understand women in her life.
When Li Dan took back his hand, Zhou Baoyu happened to come out of the hospital. He saw the lunch box held behind Li Dan and said happily: "Oh! My sister-in-law is here to express my condolences?! Is this breakfast? I can't even eat a bite! I'm almost starving to death."
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Li Dan, who was called sister-in-law by Zhou Baoyu, instead of getting angry, actually smiled sweetly. She handed the lunch box over and said, "Of course, it's just for you... ah no, it's just prepared for you."
Zhou Baoyu heard the small details in these words, glanced at Natsume, took the lunch box, and said with a smile on his face: "Thank you so much, sister-in-law, oh... I haven't slept all night... I have to hurry up
Go in and give the nurses a bite, everyone is exhausted." After saying this, Zhou Baoyu took the lunch box and left.
Li Dan did not stop him, but Natsume looked at Zhou Baoyu with a strange expression, which made Zhou Baoyu confused.
I will probably never know in this life why Natsume looked at him with that look that morning. When Zhou Baoyu happily went to find Zhang Yishan with his breakfast, he found the girl squatting in front of the bathroom door crying.
After asking, I found out that there was another injured person whose condition worsened and could not be rescued.
Zhang Yishan, who was just an intern at a pet hospital before entering the shelter, had never experienced such a scene of life and death. She didn't know how she survived the night, and it was only in the morning that she finally broke out.
Zhou Baoyu silently walked over and squatted next to Zhang Yishan. He did not comfort her with words, but gently patted Zhang Yishan's back to relax her mood. Unexpectedly, Zhou Baoyu just patted Zhang Yishan a few times, and Zhang Yishan seemed to be drowning.
Suddenly he hugged the piece of wood next to him and burst into tears in Zhou Baoyu's arms.
In the corridor, everyone could hear the girl Zhang Yishan crying as if she was going to die from crying, but no one said a word because everyone had a touch of sadness and confusion on their faces...
When I came back after changing my clothes, An Yichu's assistant also came back.
This cold handsome guy with a serious face like a woodblock print just nodded slightly as a greeting when he saw Li Dan. Li Dan didn't know who the handsome guy in black was, so he responded politely and subconsciously hid behind Natsume.
As everyone knows, the one with the lowest combat power among the four at this time is probably Natsume, who has lost his mysterious sense. But as a man, even if it doesn't work, he still has to stand up, right?
When An Yichu, who not only changed his clothes but also deliberately put some dust on his face, came to Natsume, he received not "praise" and "affirmation", but a burst of ridicule.
"Do you think this is a special forces exercise? Why are you putting these things on your face? Is it fun?" Natsume said coldly.
An Yichu was stunned for a moment, then her eyes turned red. She stubbornly did not refute or wipe it off, she just said: "Stop wasting time, where are we going now?"
Li Dan knew who An Yichu was, but she didn't know what the current relationship between Xia Mu and An Yichu was, so she asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go and find out the truth." Natsume said calmly: "So many people have died, so there must be an explanation."
Li Dan immediately frowned and stopped him: "Nonsense! Natsume! Can you stop being so self-righteous? This was just an accident! No one wanted it!"
Natsume glanced at Li Dan: "Accidents also need to be investigated, otherwise how will we know how to avoid danger in the future?"
Li Dan was speechless after being rebutted, but she insisted: "That's not okay! There is a special team to investigate the accident, and the collapse of the mine is not completely over yet. You went down not to investigate the case, but to cause trouble!
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Natsume was a little helpless and said: "It is precisely because the task force has not come yet that we have to go there. Otherwise, how will we find the truth? Will we have to wait here again, waiting for a beautified result, and then everyone will be happy?"
Li Dan was furious: "Natsume!!"
"Okay! I know what you mean! You are now a member of the upper-level regional managers. You have things you need to take into consideration, you have the overall situation, and you also have many reasons. But I am just an ordinary person, so I
Do you want to know why all this is not happening? It’s just that I was too late when I was in Xiongan, but now it’s happening under my nose, and there are no infected people here, why are you trying to stop me?” Natsume’s calmness was no longer there, he
He asked Li Dan angrily.
An Yichu heard this and quickly tried to persuade him: "Oh, you two, stop arguing. It's not like you both are going or neither of you are going. Why don't you all take care of yourself? Take a step back? Take a step back?"
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Li Dan ignored An Yichu. She looked at Xia Mu wordlessly for a while and then said: "Xia Mu... So in your eyes... am I this kind of person?"
Although Natsume realized that what he just said was a bit harsh, when he thought of the voices he heard that night, he gave up trying to defend himself.
Seeing Natsume's silence, Li Dan nodded: "I understand... then you go... pay attention to your safety." After saying that, Li Dan turned and left.
And Natsume clenched his fists, and he never tried to retain or explain from the beginning to the end, just like when he chose to leave instead of staying with Hanako.
An Yichu felt a little embarrassed when she saw that the two people who had been so warm just now had a falling out. She asked in a low voice: "Um... do you want to comfort her?"
Natsume said: "Let's go, don't waste time."
After saying that, Natsume turned around and headed towards the mining area. He and Li Dan went in completely different directions.
An Yi first looked at Natsume, then at Li Dan, and finally sighed deeply, followed Natsume with his assistant. The three of them went straight to the mining area, and along the way they encountered a group of unidentified people blocking their way.
Fortunately, there were assistants, and those people were quickly dealt with. An Yichu looked at the knocked unconscious people on the ground and frowned: "These people...couldn't they really be arranged by the above to prevent us from finding out the truth?"
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Natsume was silent. He looked at the road ahead and said, "Go this way and take the shortcut."
As he said that, Natsume led An Yichu and his assistant into a narrow passage. In fact, it was not a passage at all, but just a gap between various infrastructures. However, in this year, Natsume had touched every part of the shelter.
He knew it clearly, so only he knew how to take a road like this.
An Yichu remained silent along the way.
When the three of them arrived at the outskirts of the mining area, the super-heavy mining machine, which was one of the few in working condition and was like a sea spider with a width of 70 meters, was slowly entering the accident site. It seemed that the rescue team planned to use this machine to dig out the landslide area.
The roar overwhelmed all the sounds at the scene. Even if An Yichu and Natsume were close at hand, they had to shout to hear what the other party said.
"Where should we start investigating now?!" An Yichu shouted to Natsume.
Natsume pointed to the emergency evacuation channel on the west side of the accident site and said: "Over there! That's the evacuation channel! According to normal circumstances, as long as the mining safety facilities are installed during mining, the workers can escape through that channel.
, but looking at the situation now, the passage is good, but no one has escaped, we have to find a way to get there first to see what is going on!"
However, An Yichu only listened briefly: "Ah? What do you mean by normal situation? I can't hear clearly!"
Natsume was helpless: "Go over there!!! Go over there and talk!!!" He pointed to the passage in the distance, then got up and secretly walked toward the emergency evacuation passage with An Yichu and his assistant.
At the same time, Zhou Baoyu, who had comforted Zhang Yishan in the hospital, was unexpectedly happy. But when he came out with his lunch box, he found that Natsume and Li Dan were gone.
I wanted to ask the families of the injured nearby, but they couldn't tell where Natsume and the others had gone.
Just when he was wondering, a group of men in black suddenly came outside the hospital. When they saw Zhou Baoyu, they quickly came over.
Zhou Baoyu's eyes changed, and he subconsciously wanted to retreat to the hospital.
As a result, the leader shouted to Zhou Baoyu: "Baoyu! It's me! Don't leave in a hurry, I have something to ask you!"
Zhou Baoyu was stunned, the voice sounded familiar, but he never expected that someone here would know such an inconspicuous person like him?
So he stopped.
When the men in black came closer, the leader had already taken off his sunglasses.
Only then did Zhou Baoyu realize that this person was actually one of the few poor buddies he had when he was living in Xiongan. His name was Wang Baochuan. He was a student of traditional drama but did not have a good voice. He could only occasionally perform in some ten-year-old dramas.
A handsome guy who adds a nondescript comedic voice to the songs of an eighth-tier little singer.
Seeing that his good friend was now a man in black, Zhou Baoyu didn't know whether to be happy or wary. He frowned and asked, "Okay, Baochuan, you haven't seen each other for a few years, have you started to contact aliens?"