After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Chapter 215 Heavy Rain

Gu Zhongdang was silent for a moment, then he slowly said, "Ding Yi is right. It seems something else happened that forced them to do that in the cornfield."

After a brief pause, he continued, "As for Xiao Nian, this child is strong-willed and always wants to handle everything on her own. Since she doesn't want to talk about it, then don't ask for now."

Gu Jianhua listened to his father's words and nodded, then changed the subject: "Dad, if there is fate, is it possible for Yan Qing and Xiao Nian to be together?"

Gu Zhongdang narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this, as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he slowly spoke:

"No one can predict fate. We don't know where Yan Qing is now, and he doesn't know we are here. As for young people's affairs, let's just let them take their course."

Upon hearing this, Su Dingyi and Gu Jianhua both nodded in agreement and said nothing more.

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In the middle of the night, the stars hid in the clouds. Suddenly, a flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating the gloomy world.

Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening thunder. Zhao Cai Jin Bao was so scared that he ran under the eaves to hide. The thunder made the dogs' hearts tremble.

Before the thunder stopped, heavy rain poured down, hitting the ground hard, making a dense and rapid sound.

Shen Nian was awakened by the thunder. She opened the curtains and looked outside. The heavy rain in the dark night made it impossible for her to see anything.

She got off the kang, put on her shoes, and went to the room next door to Shen Nian'an and Shen Nianle. The two brothers were also awakened by the thunder and were lying at the window watching the rain outside.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, they both turned around and saw Shen Nian coming in with a flashlight.

"Sister, were you also woken up by Lei?" Shen Nianle asked.

Shen Nian responded softly: "The thunder is quite loud, are you two scared?"

"Sister, we are not afraid. It's just that the rain is so heavy and we don't know when it will stop." Shen Nian'an replied.

"Sister! Come on to the kang quickly, let's watch the rain outside together." Shen Nianle patted the kang next to her, her face filled with excitement and anticipation.

Shen Nian smiled softly, then took off his shoes and crawled over to lie down next to Shen Nianle. The three of them lay together, staring through the small window at the yard outside, which was shrouded in heavy rain.

At this moment, a rapid and powerful voice penetrated the rain curtain, breaking the tranquility between the three siblings.

The team leader, wearing shabby clothes and holding a loudspeaker, ran in the rain. His voice was amplified by the loudspeaker and seemed particularly loud: "Attention everyone! A house in the team has collapsed due to heavy rain! Urgent rescue is needed! Please gather at the threshing ground immediately if you can help!"

When Shen Nian'an heard this, she looked at Shen Nian fiercely: "Sister, I went to Xiaochu's house before and found that there were many places with light coming through. It's raining so hard, will his house collapse too?"

Shen Nian's heart tightened when she heard this. She knew Xiaochu's old house. In previous years, the team would go and help repair the roof because Xiaochu's mother was unconscious. This year, during the Chinese New Year, Xiaochu's mother's condition improved, and she didn't know if they had forgotten to repair the roof.

Thinking of this, Shen Nian immediately got off the kang and put on his shoes: "Xiao An, Xiao Le, it's raining heavily outside, you two stay home, I'll go to Xiao Chu's house to check on the situation."

Shen Nianle said with some concern: "Sister, you have to be careful!"

Shen Nian nodded, quickly put on his hat and raincoat, picked up the flashlight, and rushed into the rainstorm.

When Shen Nian arrived at Li Jichu's house, the scene before him was terrifying. Part of the house had collapsed. Before Shen Nian could even breathe a sigh of relief, the remaining part also collapsed.

"Xiaochu! Li Jichu!"

Shen Nian was anxious and shouted Li Jichu's name loudly while quickly approaching the ruins.

However, the rain showed no signs of abating, instead it intensified, almost blurring her vision. Shen Nian turned on the flashlight and tried to find Li Jichu in the ruins.

"Xiaochu? Where are you? Can you hear me?"

Shen Nian's cries echoed in the rain, but there was still no response. She prayed silently, hoping that Li Jichu was not at home tonight.

Otherwise, she really couldn't imagine what would happen if Li Jichu was really buried under this pile of rubble.

However, Shen Nian knew very well that if Li Jichu was not at home, where else could he go? For some reason, the child didn't even want to go home recently.

This collapsed house carries all his memories. He may not go anywhere else except here.

Shen Nian wanted to run and find someone to help, but she was worried that she would miss Li Jichu's call for help while she was away. She didn't know whether to leave or stay.

Finally, Shen Nian gritted his teeth and decided to try to find Li Jichu on his own.

She recalled the location of the kang in Li Jichu's house and those places that could form a refuge space. Shen Nian walked carefully. The rain was too heavy and she would slip and fall if she was not careful.

While calling Li Jichu's name, she pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the response Li Jichu might give.

"Xiaochu! If you can hear me, please answer me quickly!" After Shen Nian finished speaking, he began to dig away the rubble above the kang with his bare hands.

Shen Nian was extremely anxious. The rainstorm came suddenly, leaving no one mentally prepared. And judging from the situation, it would not stop for a while.

Shen Nian could only secretly hope in his heart that Li Jichu was just scared and fainted, and not crushed by the rubble.

As she moved the debris away, she called out Li Jichu's name. Suddenly, a faint and intermittent voice came from a corner of the ruins: "Nian... Nian... Sister..."

Immediately afterwards, Shen Nianle's voice was heard: "Sister! We are here!"

Shen Nian looked up and saw Shen Nian'an and Shen Nianle, wearing straw raincoats, holding umbrellas and holding flashlights, walking towards her with difficulty.

She quickly shouted, "It's raining so hard, why are you two here?"

Shen Nianle responded loudly: "Sister, we haven't seen you go back yet, and we are worried that something happened to you and Xiaochu! So we came here!"

"Okay! Since you are all here, come and help! Xiaochu responded to me just now, he is probably in this position! Call his name again, I will move the things around him!" Shen Nian said, and continued to work hard to move the adobe on top.

Shen Nian'an hurried forward to illuminate her with a flashlight, while Shen Nianle shouted Li Jichu's name loudly.

"I'm here……"

Li Jichu's voice was heard again. Although the voice was small, it was like the sound of nature, which instantly lifted the spirits of Shen Nian and the other two.

Shen Nian immediately followed the sound and found that the place where Li Jichu made the sound was in a narrow triangle.