Chapter 2555: Chapter 39: Lele Special – Lele’s Story

At this moment, the buildings and trees beside the inn toppled over, some collapsing and others leaning.

More and more people ran onto the streets, but some weren’t fast enough and were crushed under the collapsing walls.

"Ah..."

"Help..."

"The ground is moving, the ground is moving..." some people shouted desperately.

"What’s going on here?"

"..."

It was deep in the night, and people were fast asleep, likely unaware of the earthquake until they were buried under their houses.

"Sir, let’s quickly get out of here and find somewhere safe to stay."

The earthquake was still ongoing, and Xiaoyuan was very worried about his master’s safety. His master’s life was invaluable, and if anything happened, not even nine lives would save him from the wrath of Lord Marquis and the lady.

"Where do we go? Nowhere is safe right now."

Ye Haoxuan stood coldly in the middle of the crowd, his eyes fixed on the collapsed inn.

Li Luru...

He suddenly felt as if there was a void in his heart.

His eyes swept over to San, who felt a chill all over his body but still stood upright. As a subordinate, he was doing nothing wrong; in his eyes, his master’s safety was most important, and he couldn’t spare concern for others.

"Sir, let’s go quickly." Xiaoyuan was almost frantic, as the surrounding courtyard walls that had luckily not collapsed began to fall again, and the trees that were leaning were being uprooted.

Clearly, the aftershocks had not ended.

"Shut up," Ye Haoxuan was in a foul mood. "Go, find something to move these planks and bricks for me."

"Sir!"

"I told you to go, now hurry up!" Ye Haoxuan shouted angrily, "Are you not even listening to me now?"

Seeing this, San quickly said, "I’ll go with Si to get people, Xiaoyuan, you stay with the master."

"Alas!"

At this point, there were no tools to be found, as they were all buried inside the buildings, but since the master had given orders, they dared not disobey.

In the end, the two somehow managed to find some tools. Seeing that the ground was no longer splitting and the broken walls had stopped collapsing, a team of guards began moving the inn’s overhead wooden beams, bricks, and tiles.

As they dug through the soil, some called out Li Luru’s name.

But as time dragged on, Ye Haoxuan’s expression grew increasingly grim.

The longer it takes to find someone, the greater the danger.

Time slowly passed, and by the time morning came, they had turned the inn over twice, yet there was still no trace of Li Luru.

By now, the entire city of Liyang County had turned into heaps of ruins, with cries of grief and pleas for help echoing everywhere.

Beside the inn was a cosmetics shop. Hearing faint groans from beneath, Ye Haoxuan finally waved his hand, "Go rescue people over there."

Perhaps in his heart, he was unwilling to give up, because after San and the others went over, he began to remove the inn’s planks himself, bit by bit.

Li Luru, had I known it would come to this, I would never have taken you out of Wangshui Town. Even if you married poorly, at least you’d still have a life.

Xiaoyuan, seeing him like this, couldn’t help but dab at the corners of his eyes, silently praying, Miss Li, please don’t blame our master.

"Ye Haoxuan..."

"Ye Haoxuan..."

At this moment, a clear yet familiar voice came closer and closer, and as it neared, the urgency in the voice was palpable.

Ye Haoxuan put down the wooden plank in his hands and looked up. Before he could see the figure clearly, his arms were filled with an embrace.

"I knew you’d be okay, blessed with great fortune."

Li Luru pushed him away, giving him a thorough once-over before breaking into a tearful smile, "You scared me to death."