My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty-Chapter 75 - Asking Someone for a Favor
75: Chapter 75 Asking Someone for a Favor
75 -75 Asking Someone for a Favor
In Wu Haipeng’s hoarse explanations, Tang Chuxia and Tang Jianjun finally understood that it was all about Tang Chuxia’s abilities.
Tang Chuxia and Tang Jianjun both fell into silence.
It wasn’t that they were angry about Beihuai revealing this, but they were worried about Tang Chuxia’s health.
As it turned out, the midnight earthquake hadn’t only affected the small town; rather, it was the least affected area.
Far worse was a city to the north of Quan City, near the neighboring province.
Due to early development, that area had mostly buildings, and since the epicenter was there, coupled with the dense population and the timing at midnight, one could imagine how many people were trapped under collapsed buildings.
Given the tough national conditions, there were no large cranes available, and although local military units and people had reached the site as quickly as possible, it was likely that not many could be saved.
Especially those trapped under the slabs—that was truly deadly.
When the earthquake struck, Beihuai happened to be at his leader’s home, resisting returning to his unit.
He was being forced by Mrs.
Gu at home to go on a blind date and didn’t dare linger.
Little did he know the leader’s wife was his aunt by marriage, naturally in cahoots with Mrs.
Gu; even if Beihuai wanted to stay overnight at home, her husband wouldn’t have agreed.
Who could have thought that a midnight earthquake would strike, scaring everyone, who then hurried out?
The old leader immediately started contacting the municipal government and military district, quickly learning the epicenter’s location, and knew the severity of the disaster.
“It looks like I’ll have to return to my unit after all!”
The leader patted Beihuai’s shoulder.
Beihuai shook his head, “I’ll go directly to the disaster area to stand by!”
The old leader offered his car, ignoring his wife’s worries, and took his bodyguards and Beihuai with Wu Haipeng straight to the disaster area.
Only upon arrival did they realize the severity of the situation; there were cries everywhere.
Even rescuing people overnight, they realized that even with many hands, it was impossible; many were trapped under concrete or stone slabs, often families with many children sleeping in one room.
They had no choice but to face the situation where a single slab trapped several children; if the strength wasn’t distributed evenly, they might only be able to save one.
After seeing several such cases, Beihuai also became extremely anxious.
Wu Haipeng and the others pounded their thighs, “If only I were a strongman, I could lift the slab directly, at least not having to choose which child to save!”
This remark reminded Beihuai, and he suddenly realized,
That’s right.
There were strongmen in the troops, also being urgently pulled in, and certainly there were those who could lift thousands of pounds under preparations, but to say there was someone who could easily lift a ton and also have the strength to shatter the stones, he knew only one person in the entire world.
Although he didn’t want to admit it, he had no choice.
He found the leader, his cousin-in-law, explained the current disaster situation, and mentioned Tang Chuxia’s abilities.
“Are you sure?”
The old leader had also been rescuing disaster victims all night and was exceptionally tired, but upon hearing Beihuai’s words, his eyes lit up, and he stood up excitedly.
Beihuai nodded, “You should have heard about Tang Chuxia’s situation, she was just a kid then, and it was just her bullying me.
My parents probably told you as a joke.
Later, her abilities gradually disappeared, and no one mentioned it, but recently she seems to have regained her powers!”
Without saying much more, everything was for the sake of saving lives.
He didn’t mention it was intentional.
With some careful consideration, he hoped Tang Chuxia would use her abilities for good, not on him.
The leader had someone call Father Tang, and they learned that Tang Chuxia and Tang Jianjun had gone to the town to find someone, which led to Wu Haipeng and the helicopter arriving to find them in town.
When the helicopter flew over the disaster area, Tang Chuxia was stunned.
If she thought the situation at the guest house was severe before, on the helicopter, since it was still not fully light, she couldn’t see clearly from the high altitude, and her attention was focused on what Wu Haipeng was saying, so she didn’t look closely.
Once they reached the disaster area and it was fully light, their unobstructed view revealed devastation everywhere, as if it were the end of the world.
When they got off the helicopter, they saw Gu Beihuai and his leader.
Tang Chuxia didn’t recognize his leader, but she noticed that aside from his bright eyes, Gu Beihuai was covered in dirt.
She wanted to joke with him, but realized it was not the right occasion.
“Here you go!”
Gu Beihuai, uncharacteristically initiating conversation with Tang Chuxia, handed her a piece of chocolate.
Tang Chuxia raised her eyebrow at the chocolate, then looked at Gu Beihuai, her stomach rumbling loudly, having been busy all night, she was indeed hungry.
Without hesitation, she opened the wrapper and tossed the chocolate into her mouth.
While she was quiet, eating her chocolate, Gu Beihuai briefly explained the situation, making the chocolate in Tang Chuxia’s mouth suddenly taste less sweet.
“Young comrade, we really need talents like you!”
The leader timely interjected.
Tang Chuxia shifted her gaze to him while Tang Jianjun quietly introduced his identity to her.
Tang Chuxia swallowed the chocolate and then offered a small, pursed-lip smile.
“Alright!
Where do we start?”
She didn’t waste any words and directly asked for the location.
Gu Beihuai looked at her, astonished.
It was an emotion he had never felt before.
Tang Chuxia walked a few steps and seeing no one followed, she turned back to Gu Beihuai, “Lead the way!”
Gu Beihuai grunted an affirmation and instructed Wu Haipeng, “Keep an eye on the leader, don’t let him mess around!”
Wu Haipeng complied, holding back the leader who was trying to follow.
As for Tang Jianjun, he caught up, not wanting to leave his sister on her own.
“Let go, you rascal, I’m not frail or disabled!”
The leader grumbled at Wu Haipeng.
Wu Haipeng didn’t get angry but seriously said, “Brother Huai is right, you’re not frail or disabled, but you disregard danger.
What if something happens?”
He was quick with his words, counting on his fingers as he spoke much to the leader’s exasperation, “Alright, alright, I won’t interfere, but let me at least see how that girl handles things!”
Curious himself, Wu Haipeng naturally followed.
What they didn’t expect was to see Gu Beihuai holding Tang Chuxia’s arm, briefing her on the situation, with a visibly displeased Tang Jianjun standing by.
“Do you know what’s going on?”
The leader, thinking Gu Beihuai was bullying her, was about to step forward but Wu Haipeng held him back.
“I know, I know, but please don’t go there now, leader, Brother Huai is in a tough spot!”
Wu Haipeng responded to the old leader while helping to clear some dangerous areas to ensure that if there were aftershocks, they wouldn’t become hazardous again.
“That Xiaxia girl likes to oppose Brother Huai, this is the first time Brother Huai asked someone for a favor, I guess Xiaxia might set some conditions!”
After his remark, he wasn’t quite sure, as the situation didn’t really look like bullying.
He soon realized he’d guessed wrong because he heard Gu Beihuai’s voice.
“What the—what is Brother Huai doing?”
