Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 675: Epilogue 30: Parting with you like this, watching from close range (3rd update)_2
But in that sea of fire, there was someone barreling down without hesitation.
Alone, charging left and right in the fire, he finally found Shi Haoran, who was trapped beneath a wooden frame at the doorway.
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Engulfed in smoke and flames, after days of solitary rush, Shi Haoran was finally too exhausted to stand again once he lay down.
He even forgot he was amidst the blazing fire, only feeling a sense of relief, certain that his daughter was safe; he felt he could finally take a rest.
At this moment, he suddenly felt the wooden frame on him moving and heard the sound of a young child gasping for air with all their might.
He forced his eyes open and saw the silhouette of a young man against the firelight.
Somehow, he suddenly recalled the description by the small store owner about the boy buying sanitary pads.
Back then, he instinctively pegged that boy as one of the kidnappers, regretting why such a well-behaved child would take the path of crime.
He just didn’t expect to meet that boy under such circumstances.
He couldn’t help but squint, recalling the figure that saved his daughter earlier, and couldn’t resist asking, "Was that you just now?"
Tang Yanqing was desperately pushing the massive wooden frame, but because of Banxia’s effect, he couldn’t utter a word.
Shi Haoran smiled bleakly, sarcastically saying, "Maybe I was wrong, maybe it wasn’t you."
If his instincts were correct, this child was more likely a criminal.
Finally, the wooden frame was reluctantly moved aside. Tang Yanqing, exhausted, still managed to drag Shi Haoran out from beneath it.
Both were already utterly weary, but as Tang Yanqing was still young, he struggled to push Shi Haoran outward continuously.
Luckily, at this point, Qi Xiuqi had also managed to break free from the firefighters’ barricade, saying he would go alone, and if anything happened, he would solely take responsibility to not implicate anyone else... By the time he rushed in, Tang Yanqing had already used his last bit of strength to push Shi Haoran close to the exit.
Qi Xiuqi rushed in and carried Shi Haoran on his back.
By now, Shi Haoran had fallen into a coma; he couldn’t open his mouth or speak.
Qi Xiuqi carried him out of the bunker, just as the bombs triggered a series of explosions; the whole mountains and plains were instantly engulfed in a roaring blaze.
The old man turned back to look at the steam of fire from the bunker, opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word, as two rows of tears slipped silently down his face.
The young person who had last pushed him out of the bunker, he didn’t have time to know his name, didn’t have time to learn his real identity, didn’t have time to know — if he escaped safely.
The ground trembled repeatedly, the forests were lit up with the firelight.
Shi Nian kept hoping and hoping until she finally saw Qi Xiuqi carrying Dad back through the firelight; with joy, she couldn’t help glancing again behind them.
She held her breath and asked, "Senior Brother, someone else, right? Someone else was coming out with you guys, wasn’t there?"
Qi Xiuqi despondently shook his head, "No one else."
Shi Nian’s legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.
No one else?
How could there be no one else?
What about him? That man called Yan Qi, who took away her life’s love and gave her the most unforgettable love in the darkness?
Where did he go, oh heavens, where did he really go?
Oh heavens... please don’t let him remain forever in that wave upon wave of fire in the bunker, don’t let him be all alone with no way back, please...
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After the great fire, came the two darkest months of her life.
Though Dad was carried out of the fire by Qi Xiuqi, he was still in severe condition as his lungs had inhaled too much smoke and dust; he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment but still didn’t make it...
Before Dad passed, he grasped Xiang Yuan’s hand, placing it in Xiang Yuan’s palm, exhorting him to take her and Mom away.
She remained in a daze, though heartbroken, there seemed to be something lost, something she could never retrieve.
Only Director Zheng knew, Old Shi, right before passing, clutched his hand and said, "Only now do I feel, this case might not be that simple. Gu Yong alone couldn’t have orchestrated such an intricate plot, I worry there are others behind it. But I didn’t have time to find that person."
"And... I vaguely feel, that person is coming for my Nian Nian. If I can’t get through this, my Nian Nian will still be in danger... Director, I beg you, please erase their mother-daughter identity, send them away, as far as possible."
At that time, Shi Haoran only had time to analyze up to this point, only time to make such hasty final arrangements, then with worries for his daughter unresolved, with regrets for the unsolved mystery of these years, he let go and passed away.
