Chapter 258 – Defusing the Bomb! (1/2)

Seconds passed.

In the office, the time remaining on the countdown timer is getting lesser and lesser!

One second… two seconds… three seconds…

Beep, beep, beep…

The beeping from the timebomb is the only sound in the office, and less than six minutes is left!

At this moment, Xie Huilan felt anger, touched, anxious, scared, etc. as she stares into Dong Xuebing’s eyes. Dong Xuebing had also given up hope and felt slightly more relaxed. He held on to Sister Xie’s hand gently and sat beside her.

Death is not far away for them.

“Get out of here!” Xie Huilan said after a long pause.

Dong Xuebing replied. “Do you think we still have time to talk about this? I had broken the door lock.”

“Call someone to break the door! You still have time!” Xie Huilan took a deep breath. “Please… I am begging you!”

Dong Xuebing took out his phone from his pocket and switched it off.

Xie Huilan shouted at him. “Stop!”

“I always thought that I will live until seventy, or at least fifty to sixty. But… Haha… I only got a few minutes left.” Dong Xuebing looked at the timer on the bomb. “Sister Xie, there is slightly more than five minutes left. Stop asking me to leave. We must not waste our remaining time.” Dong Xuebing paused for a second. “I had not thought of leaving this office when I know the bomb cannot be removed. We… let’s have a good talk.”

Xie Huilan scolded. “Idiot!”

Dong Xuebing smiled. “We are going to die, and you are still scolding me?”

“No one is more foolish than you. You are just asking to be scolded!”

Dong Xuebing looked at Xie Huilan. “Sister Xie, it is at this moment, I realized how much you care for me. Last night, you had scolded me, and I thought you had given up on me. I did not mean what I said yesterday. My heart broke when I said all those things. I said that even without you, I can still carry on with my life. But I know that I can never leave you. Even not seeing you for months can make me lose my appetite, let alone leave you.”

After Dong Xuebing said these, the look in Xie Huilan’s eyes turns softer.

Dong Xuebing held Xie Huilan’s hand tightly. “I know I am foolish. Wei Nan had driven over, but he didn’t even dare to get close to the cordon. I saw him looking towards the building from the car and then leave. Even the bomb disposal experts leave after a few minutes. They are also scared of the bomb. Hahaha… I am the only one foolish enough to come in and even lock us inside. Sister Xie, you said that my character is not suitable to be in the government. I am too rash. I also knew my flaw and wanted to change. But I still can’t do it.”

“Even you can’t change, you also must change!”

“How can I change something impossible?”

“I don’t believe that you cannot kick down the door! It’s not that you can’t! You do not want to do it!”

“Since when did you listened to me?”

“In the future… I will listen to you in the future.”

Xie Huilan pulled back her hand. “We will die in five minutes! What future are you talking about?”

Dong Xuebing replied. “… then I will listen to you in our next lives.”

“Xiao Dong! What do you want me to say?” Xie Huilan wants to scold him, but couldn’t find the words. She sighed and grabbed Dong Xuebing’s hand. “You must listen to me this time. Call the people outside to break down the door. You are still young and still have a long way to go. What’s the point of dying with me?”

Dong Xuebing replied. “I will not leave.”

“Xiao Dong!”

“Let’s not talk about this.”

Beep, beep, beep… four minutes until the bomb explode!

Xie Huilan continued to ask Dong Xuebing to leave, but Dong Xuebing refused. He sat beside Xie Huilan without moving. Xie Huilan knew that no matter what she says, or even when the door is opened, Dong Xuebing will not leave.

“Sorry.” Dong Xuebing apologized.

Xie Huilan looked at him and sighed. “What’s the point of apologizing now?”

Dong Xuebing replied bitterly. “If I don’t say this, I will not have the chance in the future. Sister Xie, I am sorry. We are going to die, and I don’t want to lie to you. I like you, and it is the same for Aunt Xuan. I can do anything for you two, and I don’t know what I should do. I don’t want her to leave me, and I don’t want you to leave me. I… I…”

Xie Huilan looked at Dong Xuebing calmly. “Stop. I will forgive you.”

Dong Xuebing: “Sister Xie…”

Xie Huilan patted Dong Xuebing’s hand. “No matter what you did in the past, I will forgive you.”

“You are not angry with me anymore?”

Xie Huilan closed her eyes. “You are willing to give up your life to accompany my remaining few minutes. How can I still be angry with you?”

“Thank you.”

“I should be the one thanking you. I can have someone who loves me this much, and I can rest in peace.”

One second…

Five seconds…

Ten seconds…

Bang, bang, bang… someone is trying to open the door from outside. It should be officers from the Public Security Bureau, and they are shouting Dong Xuebing’s name.

“Chief Dong, are you inside?”

“Why is the door locked? Get the keys! We got no time!”

“Mayor Xie! Chief Dong! Open the door!”

Dong Xuebing saw Xie Huilan was about to ask the people outside to kick down the door, and quickly cover her mouth. He turned towards the door and asked them to leave. He will leave in a while. A few seconds later, Dong Xuebing removed his hand from Xie Huilan’s mouth. The people outside had left. He sat down beside Xie Huilan with a smile. “It’s rare for me to be a hero. Can you don’t stop me? Just let me accompany you. This is my final wish.”

Xie Huilan stroked Dong Xuebing’s face gently. “I also want to bring you away with me, but I can’t.”

“It is not you bring me away. It’s we are going away together.”

“Xiao Dong!”

Dong Xuebing stood up and walked behind Xie Huilan to hug her. “We got slightly more than two minutes left. Should we hold hands or hug?”

Xie Huilan closed her eyes. “I don’t want you to die!”

“I also don’t want you to die.”

Only two minutes and thirty seconds left!

Dong Xuebing said. “You know that my legs are not fully healed, and I can’t kick the door open. Even if I switch on my phone and call the people outside, there is not enough time. We are going to die anyway. Let’s talk about something else. You know I will not leave.”

Xie Huilan’s tears rolled down her cheeks.

Dong Xuebing wiped her tears with his sleeves. “You… you are crying?”

Xie Huilan did not reply.

Dong Xuebing continued. “This is the first time I see you crying. I thought you… will never shed a tear in your life with your character.”

“I am not a robot. Why can’t I cry?” Xie Huilan opened her eyes. “If we can get out alive, we will pick a date next year and get married. We will host a 100-tables banquet.”

Dong Xuebing nodded. “It must be my ancestors’ blessings to get a wife like you. My mum should be overjoyed.”

“Yes. We will cheer her up.”

But both of them knew this would not happen.

Beep…

Beep…

Beep…

The time on the timer is two minutes and fifteen seconds.

Xie Huilan turned. “Xiao Bing, come over to the front. Let me take a good look at you.”

Dong Xuebing nodded and squatted in front of her. “Here.”

Xie Huilan reached out and touched his face and hair. “If you did not save me when I fell into the river, I will not be alive. No matter what happens in the future, it will be indebted to you. If I can’t repay you in this life, I will repay you in my next life.”

Dong Xuebing’s eyes turned red. “Let’s get married in our next life.”

“Ok.”

“What about life after next?”

“Ok.”

“The life after that?”

“Yes. No matter how many times we are reincarnated, I will still marry you.”

Dong Xuebing wiped his tears and hugged Xie Huilan. She returned the hug with one hand and had a smile on her face.

One second…

Two seconds…

Three seconds…

Dong Xuebing and Xie Huilan were hugging, and they were prepared to die.

“There are two minutes left.” Xie Huilan suddenly said. “Xiao Bing, pass me the cutter.”

Dong Xuebing looked at Xie Huilan. “Why do you want the cutter for?”

“We have no time left, and I want to try one last time. I will cut a few wires… haha… my luck is quite good. Maybe the timer will stop after I cut the wire?”

Dong Xuebing shook his head. “Even the bomb disposal experts cannot do anything to the bomb, let alone us.”

Xie Huilan replied. “I know. But killing myself is better than waiting for the bomb to go off. Don’t you think so?”

Dong Xuebing thought for a while and nodded. “Let me do it. My luck has always been good.”

Dong Xuebing suddenly froze!

Wait!

Wait a minute!

Cut the wires?

Dong Xuebing immediately stood up. “Where is the cutter? Where did I throw it?”

Xie Huilan was surprised. “What’s the hurry?”

Dong Xuebing took a deep breath and replied excitedly. “I thought of an idea! We might not need to die!”

“What idea?”