In This Life, I Will Extremely Pamper My Short-Lived Husband-Chapter 143: Collapse

Xie Yanchuan’s anxiety grew heavier by the minute as he imagined all sorts of possibilities in his mind.

At last, he told himself that perhaps the signal tower was malfunctioning, otherwise how could it be that they couldn’t get through at all?

It must be so.

There were fewer and fewer cars on the highway, especially the road leading to the capital of Province G. The rain was getting heavier and, coupled with the night, it was really hard to see the road conditions clearly. As anxious as Xie Yanchuan was, he couldn’t drive any faster.

He now knew which mountain Jinzhi had gone to inspect this morning. According to the navigation route, it would take six more hours to get there from here.

Xie Yanchuan couldn’t do anything but silently pray in his heart for Xu Jinzhi’s safety.

No, she must be safe!

Meanwhile, a dim light was on, and Xu Jinzhi, Assistant Chen, and two other assistants who had come along today were staying in the same suite.

Listening to the "pitter-patter" of raindrops hitting the glass and the howling wind blowing the trees.

Xu Jinzhi furrowed her brow; her phone still had battery. After all, she had charged it last night, and she hadn’t used it much this morning busy with work.

When Xie Yanchuan called, although the battery was low, knowing the situation was not good, she dared not look at her phone too much.

Eventually, everyone’s phones lost signal, and everyone speculated that a signal tower must be down, rendering the mobile phones completely useless.

So even now, Jinzhi’s phone still had battery. She shifted her position, attempting to find signal in this manner.

But it was fruitless, and Xu Jinzhi couldn’t help but sigh heavily, her face filled with deep anxiety.

Xie Yanchuan must be very anxious not being able to contact her.

And her father, too. To avoid him trying to contact her without success when he learned of it, Xu Jinzhi had taken the initiative to inform him.

But now, not being able to contact her, he would certainly be just as anxious.

"Mr. Xu, it’s very late, you should rest for a while. I’ll wake everyone if something happens," Assistant Chen whispered softly.

Xu Jinzhi shook her head, "I can’t sleep."

In this situation, how could she possibly sleep?

Jinzhi could not even remember what she was doing at this time in her past life, but whatever it was, it certainly didn’t involve this situation.

So naturally, she couldn’t sleep.

They stayed up all the way until daybreak, when the rain that had poured all day and night finally lessened.

People in the hotel began clamoring to leave, then a local opposed, "With the rain having poured all day and night, it’s easy to encounter a collapse. Better wait a bit."

"Wait? It’s been raining all night, and it hasn’t shown signs of stopping permanently, what if it starts pouring again soon?" frёeωebɳovel.com

"Exactly, we have no electricity, nor signal, we can’t contact anyone!"

"And with so many of us here, there isn’t much food left in the hotel, what do we do if we continue to stay?"

The person who had spoken against leaving was momentarily speechless, but what he said was the truth.

Situated by mountains, Province G had often experienced landslides due to prolonged rains.

Immediately, those who had earlier voiced the desire to leave took their friends and departed, creating stir among others wanting to leave.

After some hesitation, still, many followed suit and left. Those afraid of encountering landslides, mudslides, or other accidents advised against it.

But seeing that they couldn’t dissuade them, they said no more and stayed in the hotel lobby, praying for the rain to stop completely or perhaps for someone to come find them.

"Mr. Xu, should we leave?" asked a nervous assistant to Xu Jinzhi.

Xu Jinzhi hesitated, but ultimately shook her head, "Let’s wait."

It was safe at the hotel now; they didn’t need to abandon a safe shelter for the sake of adventure.

And Xu Jinzhi knew the consequences of taking risks, so the safest option was to wait.

But this would worry Xie Yanchuan.

Xie Yanchuan had already gotten off the highway at midnight, but the area had been flooded, with many places submerged under half a meter of water, and severe areas even reaching a meter deep.

For Xie Yanchuan, passing through smoothly was a very difficult task.

When Xie Yanchuan arrived there, he found the roads blocked by police and learned that there had been a landslide halfway up the mountain!

Reportedly, many who were coming down together had experienced it; when passing by, the first two cars had made it through, but immediately after, debris from the landslide had struck the cars behind.

With no signal in the mountains, it wasn’t until the first two cars had come down to report the incident that the police had rushed over.

Knowing they had come down from the Mountaintop Holiday Hotel, Xie Yanchuan felt as though all his strength was drained, barely able to maintain his stability.

But this wasn’t the time for him to break down. Regaining his composure, Xie Yanchuan dashed forward.

Already two hours earlier, Xie Yanchuan had abandoned his car; now he had to walk up the mountain.

But he had barely taken a few steps forward when he was stopped, "You can’t go up now, it’s too dangerous."

"No, I must go up! My wife is up there!" exclaimed an agitated Xie Yanchuan.

Throughout his life, he had never been this disheveled; it was the first time he looked so wretched, but Xie Yanchuan didn’t care at all. He just wanted to go up there, just wanted to find Xu Jinzhi.

"There’s already a rescue team up there, those people will be rescued soon. Calm down a bit and wait here," the staff member understood his agitation but absolutely could not let him go up.

Xie Yanchuan took a deep breath and pleaded calmly, "No matter what happens later, I’m ready to take full responsibility for any consequences, please don’t stop me, let me go up."

"No, if something happens on the way..."

Xie Yanchuan was usually a reasonable person, but this time he couldn’t listen anymore. Hearing the other side’s reluctance, he pushed the man aside and ran forward with all his might.

"Hey!"

"Stop right there!"

Xie Yanchuan couldn’t possibly stop; he had to find Xu Jinzhi.

Yet he had not run far when the police officer who had been stopping him caught up on a motorbike, looking impatiently at Xie Yanchuan, "I’ll take you there!"

Xie Yanchuan hesitated, seemingly worried that the officer was deceiving him.

The police officer was somewhat exasperated and said irritably, "Hurry up and get on."

Xie Yanchuan finally boarded the bike, and twenty minutes later, they arrived at the site of the landslide.

At that moment, the rescue team was trying to conduct a rescue operation while doctors and nurses provided emergency aid on the side.