Chapter 699 - He’s Crying (2/2)

Rainy toned her crying down when she saw Chu Lui.

“Uncle, Uncle…”

“There, there, don’t be afraid; Uncle’s here.” He pressed the little girl’s face into his chest.

“Uncle, I want Mommy; I want Mommy.” Rainy’s voice was hoarse.

Chu Lui felt his heart tighten. It felt hard for him to breathe. He felt like he was suffocating.

“Where’s the child’s mother?” He suddenly reached out and grabbed the firefighter. “Can I know where the child’s mother is? Where’s my wife? Where is she?”

His fear and anxiety catalyzed into a murderous aura, and the firefighter shivered in response.

“I…” The firefighter licked his almost dry lips. He looked up at the mall where the smoke was coming from. “She’s still up there.”

Suddenly, he felt a weight in his arms. It was the child from earlier. The man clad in the suit was running towards the building, but he was stopped.

“Sir, you can’t go in anymore. The doors are sealed. There’s too much smoke.”

“Where’s my wife.” Chu Lui flung the people holding onto him aside. He had kept a low profile as an ex-soldier, but he swung and punched the firefighter to the ground. By this point, more people had arrived.

It took several men all the effort they had to pin the man down.

The tongues of the fire could be seen on the sixth floor. Even though the firefighters were trying their best to put out the fire, the smoke and fire emerging from the mall clearly revealed that the mall was pretty much burned to the ground. The goods, not to mention people, barely had a chance of surviving the fire.

Chu Lui stood up and rushed forward angrily. The doctor on the ground ran over and nodded at the nurse, who sneaked behind the man and poked him with a syringe while he was distracted.

The medicine took effect rather quickly. Before long, Chu Lui felt the energy leave his body. He gripped his hands tightly as he stumbled. He kept his body upright as he covered his face. In an instant, there were almost tears in his eyes.

He was crying. He was actually crying.

The tranquilizer spread across his body as it traveled in his bloodstream. It sucked the energy out of him… as it did with his consciousness.

Tears flowed out of the man’s eyes between his fingers as light reflected off the teardrops. However, the man stood up straight, clinging to his last bit of consciousness.

His mind was empty as was his life. His only thought was that he did not want to live if she died.

Almost twenty years…

That year, he hand-picked his bride. That year, he married her. The same year, he cast her aside. Now, he wanted to use the rest of his life to make it up to her; but the gods were not giving him the opportunity.

No, he was just too late. He had always believed that things could return to the way they were before no matter how long it took. He would be content even if he just accompanied her silently. Right now, his hopes were smashed, buried here in the debris.