Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 614 - 477: If You’re Not Afraid to Die, Why Fear Living? (Fifth Update)
Su Xiaomeng stood up, her injured foot had gone numb, and at the moment she exerted force, the wound tore apart instantly!
Burdensome...
Go from above...
She could see the staircase, the fire was spreading, and this staircase wouldn’t last for long.
Need to hurry!
Shan Mingxu took off his drenched suit and wrapped Shuangshuang and Huang Huang in it, then picked them up in one swift motion,
"Follow me! Can you keep up?"
"I can! You take Shuangshuang and Huang Huang up first!"
Shan Mingxu agreed, thinking that Su Xiaomeng should be fine following behind him. He quickened his pace, planning to come back for Su Xiaomeng after sending Shuangshuang and Huang Huang up!
However, he didn’t know that as others saw them blaze a trail and climb up the stairs, they immediately swarmed over.
Su Xiaomeng had just stepped onto one step when she was directly pulled down!
She fell heavily to the ground!
She reacted quite quickly, scrambling to one side upon falling, or she might have been trampled to death if not burned alive!
The church’s main door was engulfed in raging flames at this time, looking like it was made of fire to Su Xiaomeng!
Smoke swirled, choking Su Xiaomeng to the point where she couldn’t open her eyes. If this continued...
Would she die here?
The fear of death arose spontaneously.
She got up, eyes nearly swollen shut from choking smoke, but in her peripheral vision, she spotted Princess Sherry and... Chu Jiao.
What were these two doing...
Su Xiaomeng rushed over and grabbed Princess Sherry,
"What are you waiting for! Your limbs are fine, hurry up and climb the stairs!"
Princess Sherry was startled; she had already thought about it, the worst outcome was death anyway, knowing the Royal Family wouldn’t do much to save her.
That precious son, to the Royal Family, is more treasured than anyone.
She held no hope of surviving.
But suddenly... a beam of bright light pierced through the dark abyss...
She, being so young, married to a prince of a nation, how could she want to die?
Su Xiaomeng pulled her, which instantly woke her up!
"Go up quickly!"
Su Xiaomeng urged, the lower level of the staircase was already burning!
Princess Sherry didn’t just run herself and leave injured Su Xiaomeng behind, but hurriedly supported Su Xiaomeng’s arm, and the two supported each other up the stairs as someone was squeezed down from above!
Falling right in front of them!
Su Xiaomeng clenched her teeth, as they climbed up—
She looked down, and with that glance...
She halted her steps.
"What’s wrong?"
Princess Sherry hurriedly asked.
Su Xiaomeng was so anxious she wanted to cry!
Why did everyone seem resigned to death?!
"You climb up first. This staircase might not hold for long! Hurry up!"
Xiao Meng bit her lip, enduring pain as she quickly jumped down, grabbing Chu Jiao who was leaning beside the stairs, staring at her blankly—
"Why are you just standing there?! Hurry up!"
Su Xiaomeng also hated herself; at such a moment, why was she still bothering about Chu Jiao’s fate!
If it weren’t for Chu Jiao, there wouldn’t have been this wedding, and without this wedding, there wouldn’t have been this cursed terror attack!
Yet, she shouldn’t have looked at herself with those eyes...
Those eyes seemed to say to her,
"Why am I always the abandoned one? Why should I be the one to be given up on?"
In that instant, Chu Jiao’s deeply rooted pain in her heart that no one could understand, which she never cared to let people understand, was glimpsed by Su Xiaomeng.
Chu Jiao... was also human, and she was pregnant.
She was once her teacher...
She had done bad things but also guided her greatly in her studies.
She was such a contradictory individual... An individual seemingly abandoned by everyone.
"Just leave me here, pretending to be a good person? The hatred you have for me, the contempt, has long been written on your face!"
Chu Jiao sneered coldly.
Su Xiaomeng immediately slapped her hard on the face, directly landing on Chu Jiao’s cheek,
"You’re right, I look down on you! And I will continue to look down on you! But now, don’t drag me back!"
"Let go of me! You think I’m afraid of death?! Living—"
"If you’re not afraid of dying, how can you be afraid of living?!"
"..."
Su Xiaomeng coughed violently, yelling at her!
Chu Jiao’s whole body trembled...
"I don’t want my child to lose her mother just because I reached out to help you. Let’s go Chu Jiao, living, you’ll still have everything, dying, you’ll have nothing."
Chu Jiao was pregnant, Su Xiaomeng’s one foot was injured to the point it could hardly touch the ground...
Xiao Meng’s hand just touched the staircase’s railing—
"Crackling sound..."
A sound of despair rang out as the spiral wooden staircase suddenly broke from the middle, along with a burning piece of wood falling down, and the entire staircase collapsed...
Su Xiaomeng’s energy was drained immensely...
People in the church were still running around chaotically because they were burned by the fire.
The door collapsed, the wooden pillars in the church burned, the unimaginable high temperatures and dense smoke made Su Xiaomeng almost unable to breathe.
Chu Jiao looked at the collapsed staircase, and then at the almost zero visibility surroundings...
All was fire like wolves and tigers, eager to devour people.
"Hmph, if you hadn’t bothered with me, you might’ve climbed up by now. Someone should be receiving you on that side, right?"
Chu Jiao coldly mocked.
Su Xiaomeng didn’t listen to her, hiding from this space, standing here waiting for rescue, fearing she and Chu Jiao wouldn’t hold up until then.
"Follow me! Watch your step!"
"..."
Chu Jiao looked at her tightly held hand...
Smoke continued to choke people’s hearts and lungs, inch by inch snatching away breath and life.
But at this moment, Chu Jiao, through the thick smoke, saw a lovely smiling face walking towards her,
"I’m Su Xiaomeng, nice to meet you! Cherry teacher, I’m a bit silly, please don’t dislike me!"
"Cherry, the topic Dick assigned today is really twisted, how do we handle this? Ahhh!"
"Cherry, let’s go home together, why do you always drive yourself, it’s tiring, isn’t it? If you’re not afraid of being tired, spend more energy tutoring me!"
"This is for you, last time I smelled your perfume, you must have used this, it really suits you!"
"Cherry, let me tell you... I argued with my husband..."
"I believe you’ll meet someone who understands and loves you! You’re so perfect!"
"Cherry, you’re really such an amazing teacher, I’m so lucky to have met you at Bath, otherwise, with my level, nothing could save me!"
"Cherry, I really really like you, really really adore you! I just want to be a woman like you! Amazingly awesome!"
Chu Jiao looked at the tightly grasped hand, conspicuously burned, and finally—
Burst into tears...!
One considers oneself perfect only when one has not failed oneself, but does not realize that failing others brings greater shortcomings and pain within.
She treated her as a teacher, a confidante, a closest friend...
Such a lively and optimistic person, as long as she smiled, the whole world seemed to become more beautiful...
Her simplicity without pretense, her carefree boldness, her fearless advance.
She’s like a radiant being...
Chu Jiao, look at yourself, the perfection you’ve pursued all your life, the utmost beauty you’ve chased, appears dim and dusty before her.
Yin Shixiu doesn’t want you, you aren’t content, thinking he wouldn’t forget you, yet unaware, he never cared about you.
Ex-husband spoke sweet promises of everlasting loyalty before the pastor, but eventually, he abandoned you for those insignificant wildflowers, forgetting promises.
Eric proposed with a ring symbolizing the Royal Family, you were disdainful.
He got involved with you impulsively, you imagined he couldn’t let go, but unexpectedly, at the moment of life and death, his eyes were only on that young girl.
He claimed willingness to give everything for your love, yet, in the end, it’s all illusory.
Others regard infatuation as true love, and what about you?
She attempted to pursue, struggled to acquire, and ultimately, all abandoned her.
