Chapter 136: Digging Another Way Out

  Without turning around, Ning Fang already knew this voice came from Ye Rou, but who had provoked her again?

  Turning her head, Ning Fan saw a young woman standing in front of Wu Yi and Ye Rou, apparently also trapped here.

  "What do you mean? These are relief supplies brought in by the rescue team, why can't I take them?" The young woman was very unhappy, but she wanted to take mineral water and chocolate.

  "Slap!" A naked palm slapped against the young woman's face.

  "Get out!" Wu Yi also shouted coldly. She had no good feelings towards this woman. Originally, if this woman wasn't so selfish, Wu Yi would have been willing to lend a hand at that time. But now, not killing her directly was already considered mercy.

  Ning Fan got up and walked to Wu Yi's side, frowning and asking in a low voice, "What's going on?"

  Although Ye Rou and Wu Yi were a bit weird, Ning Fang knew that they would have a reason for being unreasonable, and wouldn't quarrel with this woman without cause.

  "Police comrades, you don't care that they are beating people?" The young woman asked indignantly, "And these relief supplies were provided by the government, right? I'm also a taxpayer, why can't I take these things?"

  Wu Yi briefly explained what had happened, and Ning Fan finally understood what was going on. He suddenly felt a few more points of goodwill towards the young father, while he unconsciously felt a bit of disgust towards the young woman in front of him.

  Ning Fan actually doesn't think that being selfish is a huge mistake. In fact, almost everyone will prioritize themselves first. Those who always consider others first are indeed the minority. Ning Fan can't possibly ask everyone to be saints.

  But selfishness also has a bottom line, for oneself, completely disregarding others' lives and deaths, that's problematic, especially for women, in order to avoid being humiliated themselves, letting other women be humiliated instead, this behavior is completely unforgivable.

  "Miss, I'm afraid you've been misled. I'm actually no longer a police officer. Moreover, my entry was a private act and does not represent an official rescue effort. Therefore, the things I brought in don't need to be given to you." Ning Fan said calmly as he looked at the young woman.

  "How can you be like this?" The young woman's face turned red with anger, "This is inhumane! You are too selfish! Do you have no morals?"

  Bang!

  Another slap landed on the young woman's face, and then a foot kicked her away.

  "You, dare to talk about morality?" The man in no clothes looked at the young woman with a scornful expression. "Come over and bother us again, I'll break your legs!"

  The young woman let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground, finally not daring to come over again.

  "Save us...!" Not far away, Fei Yu was groaning in pain, his leg had been hit by a rock and he couldn't get up no matter what.

  "Don't save them, those two are nothing!" The young father walked over with his wife and daughter at this time, and then he took the initiative to greet Ning Fan: "Hello, my name is Gao Shan, this is my wife Liu Yu, this is my daughter Gao Yueer, thank you so much, officer."

  "No need to be polite, I'm Ning Fan. Actually, I'm not a police officer anymore." Ning Fan smiled and said, "You guys eat something first, take a rest, later I'll think of a way to get you out of here."

  "Police uncle, Mom said it's wrong to cheat." Little girl Gao Yue'er said in a crisp tone.

  "Look, even little girls know you're a cheat." Ye Rou stood beside him with a somewhat schadenfreude expression, as if she didn't have the slightest awareness of being trapped here.

  "What's the situation outside now? Haven't they found an effective way to rescue us?" asked Wu Yi.

  "The geological conditions here are complex, and the rescue personnel were unclear about the geological situation. Large machinery could not be operated, and manual excavation was slow. There was also a risk of another collapse at any time. Before I came in, the rescue had basically stagnated." Ning Fan didn't hide it either, "Uh, I originally used a relatively special method to clear a path, but just as we were about to succeed, another collapse occurred, which means that for now, I'm stuck here with you guys too."

  "Can it be dug out again?" Wu Yi asked with a frown.

  "We'll try again later." Ning Fan didn't say die, he looked at Gao Shan and his tone was somewhat comforting: "You guys don't have to worry either, just drink some water, eat a piece of bread, rest for a bit and then we'll talk."

  "Let's go, we'll take a break first." Gaoshan nodded, took the water and bread chocolate, and led his wife and daughter back to their car.

  Watching them walk away, the naked man opened his mouth and asked: "If you can dig a road to come in, then you must be able to dig a road to go out, right?"

  "It's theoretically possible." Ning Fan also grabbed a piece of bread and started devouring it wolfishly, the continuous digging had consumed his physical strength greatly, although he recovered quickly, but now he was feeling quite hungry.

  After eating three slices of bread and drinking two bottles of mineral water, Ning Fan finally stopped. Yeye Rou softly muttered two words: "Glutton."

  There was a silent understanding between them, and Ye Rou was gentle. Before Ning Fan arrived, she had been looking forward to him saving her. However, after he arrived, she didn't say a single nice word to him. With her being like this, could she still expect Ning Fan to have good feelings towards her?

  But Yu Rou was clear about it, Ye Rou's personality was like this, others didn't know but she did, in comparison, she was actually gentle to Ning Fan.

  Ning Fan suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Rou, his eyes somewhat strange.

  "What are you looking at?" Ye Rou asked somewhat uncomfortably, having been stared at by Ning Fan.

  "Do you think this is an accident?" Ning Fan asked.

  "We're also unsure." The response was from Wu Yi, apparently they had considered this issue before.

  "I don't quite get it, your fiancé who's supposed to be very powerful, shouldn't he be able to prevent you from getting into danger?" Ning Fan still looked at Ye Rou with a puzzled expression. "Maybe this time was just an accident, but when you got shot back then, if I wasn't there, you would have probably died for sure. Can't that supposedly powerful destined person predict these things?"

  "Rogue!" was Ye Rou's reply in two words.

  "I'm talking about serious business!" Ning Fang was somewhat annoyed, this weirdo obviously still remembered the scene where he treated her wounds, and he hadn't thought of that at all, but Ye Rou's sentence suddenly made him unconsciously recall that strange sensation, and even involuntarily glanced at Ye Rou's certain part.

  This look, however, caught Ye Rou off guard, and she glared at Ning Fan again: "You're a rascal!"

  Ning Fan turned his head and stopped looking at her. He found that it was impossible to have a good conversation with this weirdo, so he might as well just ignore her normally.

  "We don't understand this either. Before, Ye Rou also often encountered danger, but she never really got seriously injured." Wu Yi replied at this time.

  After a slight pause, Ning Fan said: "When I was in the Qingxue Group, Li Tiancheng claimed that I would definitely die within 24 hours. Do you think these two things might be related?"

  "Within 24 hours?" Wu Yi's face changed slightly, "Did Li Tiancheng look so pathetic back then just to get you caught by Ye Mingwei?"

  "Are you saying someone with a heavenly mandate intervened?" Ning Fang had suspected this all along.

  "The Li family is a very powerful clan, and those truly powerful clans usually have the shadow of a Heaven's Chosen behind them. The Li family's backing is absolutely a Heaven's Chosen." Wu Yi nodded lightly, her voice was very soft, obviously not wanting to let Gao Shan and others hear, however, she and Ning Fan whispering like this, in Gao Shan and others' eyes, naturally seemed quite intimate.

  "No wonder Li Tiancheng doesn't seem to be very afraid of you." Ning Fan wasn't surprised by this, if there really were people with a strong fate like the Heaven's Chosen, a powerful family without the support of a Heaven's Chosen would probably find it difficult to survive.

  "In the Li family, Li Tiancheng is just a useless person, but sometimes, such a useless person also has his value." Wu Yi said faintly: "Good at making enemies, it's actually very useful, because this can give people a reason to retaliate."

  "Never mind, let's not talk about this now, we'll discuss it later." Ning Fang wasn't particularly interested in the so-called grievances between those big families.

  After resting for a while, he has basically fully recovered his physical strength. Although they are still safe now, there is that damned Heaven's Chosen One eyeing them covetously. Ning Fang always feels it's not safe to stay here, as the saying goes "the longer the night, the more dreams", leaving early is the most important thing.

  He stood up and walked to the other end of the tunnel. He had roughly estimated the situation here, with no collapse in the middle section, about 100 meters long. The side he had drilled through and collapsed earlier was about 200 meters long. This tunnel was nearly two kilometers long but not quite two kilometers. According to the data Tang Zhiwen had told him before, the other end that was blocked should be less than 200 meters away.

  Moreover, even if the distance is the same on both sides, this side has already been dug and collapsed once, and digging again may cause another collapse. Ning Fan thinks that if he digs from the other end, he should have a better chance.

  Holding tools, Ning Fan seemed to be hitting and digging randomly on the soil and rocks, but in fact he was probing for a safe place to dig.

  "Was it you who just came in like that?" Wu Yi arrived beside Ning Fang, looking at him with a strange gaze.

  "That's right, I plan to continue digging randomly." Ning Fang said casually.

  After digging a few more times, Ning Fan stopped and turned to look at Wu Yi and Ye Rou: "You two go wait in the middle first, I'll come pick you up after I dig it open."

  "You'd better be careful not to get buried alive." Ye Rou said in a somewhat worried tone.

  "Don't worry, I won't let myself be buried with you." Ning Fan said in a bad mood, can't this weirdo say anything good for once?

  No longer paying attention to Ye Rou's strange behavior, Ning Fang waved his tools and began a new round of excavation.