Chapter 384: Chapter 377: Cold Snow, Warm People
He took a small sip, and the flavor of the lightly sweet and spicy cola imdiately ward and relaxed his entire body.
Tang Yuxin poured another glass and passed it to the other soldiers.
As the n took their first sips, they felt as if they were drinking mom’s ginger soup. The warmth ca not only from the drink but also from the humanity around them.
“Chief,” a man suddenly ran over. Gu Ning was just like the others at that mont, shoveling snow.
“What is it?” Gu Ning paused, “What happened?”
The man pointed behind him, “So young girls brought us ginger-flavored cola. It’s really warm.”
“I’ll go take a look.” Gu Ning placed his shovel aside and headed towards the girls. Upon arrival, he saw a girl wearing a padded jacket sitting on a sowhat old tricycle. There was also a large thermos filled with hot water, and at that mont, she was busily filling cups. Heat rose with each pour. So other girls were also helping, carrying the filled cups.
Upon getting closer, he found the girl’s face was strangely familiar.
Only when the girl raised her face and showed a faint smile, did he recognize her.
“Tang Yuxin?” He called out.
Yuxin glanced up and was taken aback to see him. Wasn’t this supposed to be security staff? Why was he here?
“Mr. Gu.”
Gu Ning approached her, “Why are you here? Late at night like this?”
“I brought you this,” Tang Yuxin handed Gu Ning another cup, “Ginger-flavored cola. I added so herbal dicine in it, which helps to stimulate blood circulation. Drink this and you won’t feel cold. It also prevents frostbite on your hands and feet.”
Gu Ning took it. He intended to scold her but seeing the girls’ red faces from the cold, he couldn’t find the words.
He raised the cup to his lips and drank several mouthfuls. A rush of warmth flowed from his throat throughout his body, reaching all his limbs, invigorating his entire being. Finally, it fused into his bloodstream. Indeed, as Tang Yuxin had described, the mont he drained the cup, he felt warmth radiate throughout his entire being.
“Co and drink so ginger cola,” he called out.
Upon hearing these words, the snow-shovelers put down their tools and hastily rushed over, orderly lining up and receiving, one by one, cups of warm ginger cola. They ensured that everyone got at least one cup.
The ginger cola was warm, delicious, and even more heartwarming were the intentions behind it.
At this mont, Tang Yuxin was watching the scene from not too far away. The night sky, the snow-covered ground. Everything fell into her eyes. She silently observed which billboard was about to fall. Unfortunately, she only knew a billboard was going to fall, but she didn’t know which one, so cautioning them was impossible.
Tang Yuxin got off the tricycle and asked Ting Yuan to help serve the cola to the others.
“Mr. Gu, look,” Tang Yuxin walked over to Gu Ning, pointing to the billboards above, “There’s quite a thick layer of snow up there. Be careful.”
Gu Ning frowned and looked up. He nodded, thanking her for the warning.
Cups of ginger cola continued to be filled. Their group of forty to fifty people had almost finished their first round. Everyone had only taken one cup, reserving the remaining ones for those who needed it most.
Gu Ning put down his empty cup. He stretched out his hand to readjust the hat covering Tang Yuxin’s head, “You should head ho now. It’s cold outside. I’m sure everyone would want to thank you all.”
“No, we should be the ones thanking you,” Tang Yuxin responded, holding down her hat. The endless expanse of snow lay before her, but behind her was a path that their group had cleared.
“There’s half a pot left, have another cup,” Tang Yuxin picked up another cup and filled it for Gu Ning, “Drink this, and then we can go ho.”
Gu Ning took it and quickly drained the cup.
He then resud his shoveling, directing the rest to do the sa.
The pot of ginger cola was almost empty now, even Ting Yuan and her friends couldn’t get a single cup for themselves.
“Can we go ho Yuxin?” Ting Yuan was trembling with cold so violently that her words were quivering. She was so cold she could hardly speak.
Hang in there a bit more, Tang Yuxin told herself. Standing by the tricycle, she kept a close eye on every billboard, each one looking as if it could collapse or stand firm at any mont.
Despite her observations, she couldn’t tell which billboard was truly in danger. Her nose started running due to the extre cold.
She began to collect the disposable cups. As she was doing so, she noticed an unusual amount of snow falling from one area. It was as if snow was being dumped downwards in large chunks. This was no ordinary snowfall; it was as if snow was being hurled down.
She opened her eyes wide and saw a billboard starting to wobble in the distance.
“Watch out! Watch out….” She scread while running towards the danger. Without thinking, she reached out, grabbed a man’s hand, and pulled him backwards. Imdiately after, there was a loud crash; a massive billboard had collapsed. A few n who were still shoveling snow underneath were saved due to Gu Ning’s previous warning to keep so distance from the billboard. Hence, only a few people were in the area. If his warning was not given, probably more than a dozen people could have been struck.
Imdiately after, several more billboards collapsed. However, everyone was prepared and managed to flee quickly.
Tang Yuxin scrambled to her feet from the pile of snow. The others were frozen in fear and didn’t dare to move.
Hurry, rescue them, she thought as she rushed over to assist so soldiers in helping those affected by the collapse. It was around three in the morning and the heavy snow had caused road closures, making it impossible for an ambulance to arrive.
Song Qingtong was the first to snap out of it, she ran over to join the rescue efforts. Ting Yuan and Lin Yile also followed suit, scrambling towards the scene. They fell to their knees and started digging through the snow. At that mont, they were oblivious to the cold. All they knew was they had to rescue people, they must save them.
“There’s one here,” Lin Yile, having dug up a trapped individual with her bare hands, realized her own hands were bleeding. She had no idea what to do and broke down crying.
“Yuxin, what do we do? He’s dead.”
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