Chapter 69 The Porridge Shed Collapsed
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Gu Yunxi turned his head subconsciously and looked at the owner of the arm.
Master!
At her side, Leng Qingtang, dressed in a python robe, lifted the woman who was on her knees, turned his head, and called a guard.
"Do you know the way to the clinic in North Town? Now drive to send the mother and the child and let the doctor treat the child."
Feiyi said nearby,
"Master, I can arrange her mother-in-law to take a break at the Prefect's Mansion. After Le and his mother come back from seeing the doctor, they can meet there."
Leng Qingtang nodded with a satisfied smile, "That's good."
Everything being in order, the victims gathered outside the porridge shed gradually dispersed.
It was almost evening, and all the relief food has been distributed. Feiyi and Qinger extinguished the stove, dumped the burned coal residue, and moved the porridge-cooking appliances to the carriage outside the shed.
Xiao Xiaoshen helped Le's grandmother out of the porridge shed and walked towards the carriage.
Master and Gu Yunxi were together, which made others embarrassed to stay for fearing to disturb them.
Realizing that everyone intended to avoid them, Leng Qingtang smiled slightly, approached Gu Yunxi, helped her smooth her hair, looked at her intently, and asked gently,
"It's been a long day. Are you tired? I said let Xiaoshen take you and Qinger back to the capital to wait for me."
Gu Yunxi blinked her shiny eyes. Her eyesight met with the Master's and shyly shone to the side. She said softly,
"I said I would follow you wherever you go this time, and I will never lose you again!"
Knowing that she was saying honeyed words, Leng Qingtang smiled more brightly. He pinched her cheek with his fingers, saying,
"OK. It's getting late. Let's go back."
"Where?" She looked at him suddenly and asked with a smile. Her expression was naughty but cute.
"Where do you want me to go back?"
Leng Qingtang smiled joyfully. His voice was low and tender. When he looked down, the tip of his nose gently touched Gu Yunxi's forehead.
She suddenly quivered. Her cheeks became hot, and the heat lasted for a long time. The emotions of joy and shyness bulged in her chest.
"Master, there are so many people here!"
Gu Yunxi dodged quickly, got away from the arms from Leng Qingtang, and smiled at him,
"I just took care of the patient and may get the contagion. Please don't be too close to me!"
"You are not afraid of it. What am I afraid of?"
Leng Qingtang said with a smile and approached her again.
Master became clingy when he fell in love. It was extremely difficult to get rid of him!
"Oops,"
Gu Yunxi raised her hands to push him away. She said in shyness,
"Please wait a minute. Let me dump the herb residue in the urns and then let's go together."
"Then I will go out to help them first."
Leng Qingtang stepped out of the porridge shed and strode toward the carriage. After a few steps, he heard some unusual sounds like the splintering sounds of ropes.
Leng Qingtang suddenly stopped. His look changed greatly in a short time. Before he turned around, there was a sudden shaking of collapse.
The continuous snow accumulated and overwhelmed the porridge shed which made of straw and wood. In the tearing of the strong cold wind, it completely collapsed.
Snow foam was splashing and was swept by the gust of wind towards Leng Qingtang.
A total mess was in front of him, but he couldn't find Gu Yunxi's slender figure.
After the collapse, everything was in silence. People became shocked and stunned because of this sudden change. For a time, they seemed to be fixed by incantations, and none of them regained consciousness.
Leng Qingtang was standing closest to the scene of the accident. At this time, he was stunned with blank eyes and fell in a trance.
"My girl... Yunxi,"
Suddenly he yelled and rushed towards the ruins.
When the other people reacted, they ran in panic to help him.
"Come on, Master's wife is buried in the shed!"
"Hurry to help him!"
Many victims flooded from all directions to the accident site. Everyone worked together to remove the wooden beams, bricks, and tiles, trying to find Gu Yunxi who was crushed under the shed.
"Yunxi... Yunxi!"
Shouting desperately, Leng Qingtang searched for her in ruins. In such cold winter, his whole body, from top to bottom, from inside and outside, was actually sweating.
Quickly taking off the cold-proof cloak, he continued to search frantically. Even his plain hands were injured because of the thorns of the wooden beams and were broken because of the debris of the rubble, he would not stop.
An inexplicable pain was tormenting him, and the pain was so strong. When the beautiful figure disappeared, he felt that his world collapsed with it!
Suffocation! The pain that ran through all his internal organs almost choked him.
"Master..."
The weak call made Leng Qingtang's sight turn around. Finally, he saw a small hand reaching out under the straw mat on the left.
Suddenly, his mood was relieved. And then he became ecstatic!
"Girl, I see you."
Leng Qingtang yelled and sprinted to pick up some bricks and tiles. After peeling off the straw mat, he saw her small face half-covered under the straw mat as expected. She was now covered with the mixed gray dust and white snow, which made her look like a little stray cat lying in ruins.
"Found it! She is found!"
"That's great!"
The crowd passed on this message. All of them were relieved.
People began to help. Qinger cooperated with others to lift the wooden beams and passed them out one by one. She sobbed and asked Gu Yunxi, who was under the straw mat, at the same time,
"Lady, Lady, are you okay..."
"Okay! Just hurry up. Stop crying!"
Xiao Xiaoshen bowed his head and complained, but he did not stop working.
The wooden beams and stone tiles were all cleared. They uncovered the straw mat to reveal Gu Yunxi's entire body.
She was lying on the ground. In front of her was a slanted wooden board. It was only thanks to it that it propped up a narrow space, giving her petite body a place to hide and avoid being injured by bricks and thick mats.
"Don't worry, everyone. I'm fine. Haha, I only twisted my ankle..."
Lying down, Gu Yunxi looked quite relaxed. Instead of being scared, she giggled in front of the people.
Everyone was relieved from anxiety.
"Good man rewarded!"
"Yeah. God will help her out of danger for having done good deeds!"
Gu Yunxi looked around, and her clear eyes finally stayed on the Master's face.
Seeing that his face was yellow and a lot of sweat gathered on his forehead, her expression relaxed, and her sparkling watery eyes smiled into a pair of crescents.
"Master, I'm fine. There was a board that blocked and shielded me!" She got up and comforted him with a sweet voice.
"What were you doing? If you don't know how to work, just let someone else do it! You almost died just now."
This false alarm really terrified the Master. The Master, who was always calm, was now shouting at her angrily.
No one had ever seen him being so angry.
Gu Yunxi's body shook violently, and her smile became frozen on her little dirty face. She looked at him with a pitiful expression and flattered him with her watery eyes.
"Everyone was busy... Whoever was going to do it would be buried under it... I'm fine now, and I'm not injured. Next time..."
"Next time?"
Leng Qingtang reprimanded her fiercely. "Humph, humph." He breathed heavily. His eyes were wide open, and the light inside was blooming like a flame of indignation.
Gu Yunxi was aggrieved. Her eyelashes twitched a few times. And she was about to cry.
"My mistake. I should be more dexterous so that I could leave the shed early and avoid this. Don't be mad at me, please..."
Looking at her eyes, Leng Qingtang gradually calmed down.
This accident did come suddenly. She was the victim. He was so frightened that he shouted at her.
Suddenly, he took her whole person in his arms in front of everyone.
The Master's arms were very powerful. He encircled Gu Yunxi fiercely as if he wanted to embraced her into his body.
"You really freaked me out, your little girl..."
Leng Qingtang wasn't shy in front of people. He just told her his fears and wandering. And then he closed his eyes hard, savoring the joy and fear after regaining his treasure. He was startled and lost. His feeling was indescribably complex.
Everyone was quiet again. Their eyes focused on the couple who held each other tightly, full of surprises.
Qinger and Xiao Xiaoshen looked at each other and smiled contentedly.
Feiyi and several women blushed and waved to people. The crowd dispersed quickly to leave them with privacy.
Gu Yunxi felt shy. She put her little hands on the Master's strong back and said softly,
"Master, we scared them away..."
"It doesn't matter. Everybody here knows that you are my wife!"
He hugged her sideways while talking and took her away from the ruins.
Gu Yunxi's carriage was used to deliver Le and his mother. Now only Feiyi's carriage was left, and Le's grandmother was sitting inside.
She saw the Master coming with Gu Yunxi in his arms, hurriedly moved, and prepared to get off the carriage.
"You don't have to be bothered. I will hold her and walk all the way back with you."
"..." Feiyi beside him looked stunned, but she didn't speak anymore.
Gu Yunxi said at once,
"Master, I'm heavy to hold. The road is slippery because of snow. You should put me down. I will be fine in two steps."
Leng Qingtang refused it and insisted on holding her forward, regardless of pairs of surprised or envious eyes on both sides of the road. His each step went smoothly and slowly.
Victims watched them moving forward slowly and gossiped about them.
It turned out that the ruthless Master of the Eastern Depot had a wife.
It turned out that the ruthless Master of the Eastern Depot spoiled his wife very much.
Qinger, Xiao Xiaoshen, Feiyi, and the other people followed the Master quietly and kept a fixed distance from the sweat couple in front.
Gu Yunxi sweetly snuggled up to the Master's chest, spread her arms around his neck, and looked up.
Shining snowflakes fell on the Master's clear eyebrows and thick eyelashes. His brows and eyes were soft with tenderness. His thin lips raised slightly, and his deep black eyes glowed with glory.
Such a handsome face and such a smile made Gu Yunxi feel surrounded by happiness, and suddenly she thought of a sentence in the book,
"Exceedingly beautiful and unique in world!"
Indeed, it described the Master, who was always dazzling and gorgeous like that.
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