Chapter 577: I’m Gonna Bring You Home (1/2)

I continued to dial Murong Mingyue’s number as I drove but every single one of my calls failed to connect, which only added to my anxiety.

Thunder rumbled as lightning flashed in the horizon, looking like sharp, forking blades that could rend apart both heaven and earth. Every time lightning arced through the sky, it illuminated an entire area, leaving people gasping in awe of the majestic might of Mother Nature.

BEEP BEEEEP…

I heard the discordant cacophony of multiple car horns blaring before I even saw what was happening. There was a jam in front of me and it was only then that I realized that I had reached the entrance to the expressway. A huge LED signboard was lit up with ominous words that seemed to resonate with my anxiety:

”A small part of the road caved in 5 kilometers ahead and caused a traffic accident. Proceed with utmost caution.”

My eyebrows knit together as I began to fervently pray that Murong Mingyue was okay. For all I knew, she could’ve just been held up by this traffic accident, her phone network cut off by this violent thunderstorm.

However, I still took out my card and entered the expressway. I wasn’t able to set my worries aside.

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The X12 cut through the howling wind like a bolt of lightning. Rain continued to fall against my car like a hail of bullets, the sound only worsening the anxiety in my heart.

Before too long, I suddenly saw the glaring strobe of harsh lights in front of me. Red and green chaotically intermingled in the darkness, causing my eyes to squint reflexively. Those were the lights of a traffic accident lamp. As expected, something happened here.

I immediately stepped on the brakes and stopped the X12 on the shoulder of the road. I grabbed an umbrella and practically flew out of the car. When I got closer, I saw that there was only one traffic police car parked in the middle of the expressway. A sinkhole about one and a half meters long had appeared in the road in front of the police car and it interfered with both sides of the traffic.

What was even worse was that two dump trucks carrying a full load of dirt had collided with a trailer truck on the opposing lane. The two dump trucks had been knocked on their sides and all of the dirt they were carrying had spilled on the road. The sudden collision had also caused several collisions behind them when cars desperately jammed their brakes to keep from colliding with the dump trucks. Some people might have even died in the huge car crash.

”Why did a sinkhole appear here again? Didn’t the government already fix everything in 2012?” someone asked.

Those words drew an immediate and derisive response. ”Hmph, shoddy roadworks as usual…”

”Did anyone die? There are a lot of small vehicles that crashed into each other because of the collision. Man, it’s been so long but the ambulance hasn’t even come yet! What the hell is dispatching one traffic police car going to do?”

”It’s so late now and the ambulance definitely needs some time to respond. Who knows what time it’ll arrive…”

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I walked onto the strip of grass separating both sides of the road before I hoisted myself over the railing in the middle of the grass strip. I walked over to where the dump trucks had fallen as I checked out the cars which had collided into each other.

A Toyota Camry, nope...

A Honda, nope...

A BMW, nope...

A Buick, still no...

As I inspected all the cars which had collided with each other, I couldn’t find the A8 that Murong Mingyue normally drove. I felt the tension bleed out of my body. Whew, it looks like Sis Mingyue didn’t get caught up in this accident. That’s great…

However, it was at this moment that a part of one of those huge dirt mounds collapsed to reveal the rear of a car that had been buried underneath it. Under the glaring lights, I could actually see the car’s license plate. To my utter horror and shock, I realized that I was looking at the back of a red Audi with a ”555” license plate.

A sharp pain stabbed into my heart as the umbrella fell from my nerveless fingers and was blown away by the wind. I suddenly launched myself into the dirt mount, my hands frantically scrabbling against the cold, hard dirt.

”Is that kid crazy?” someone yelled from the side.

All of the noise around me was drowned out by the sound of pouring rain and blood rushing in my ears. I bent down to scoop up the dirt and mud with my arms, the rain soaked me through. The icy-cold rain actually set my heart ablaze with urgency and worry.

God knew how long Murong Mingyue had been buried under this pile of dirt! Please be okay! Please be okay!

A piercing pain shot through my body but I couldn’t tell if it was my aching heart or the pain of having my fingernails ripped off by this hardened dirt. Before I even knew it, blood was trailing down my arms in small rivulets. There was some glass and metal mixed in with the dirt and they had left bloody scratches on my hands and arms. However, the pain in my arms would never be able to compare to the stabbing pain in my heart. Murong Mingyue’s obstinate words rang incessantly in my ears as I desperately clawed at the dirt. ”I wanna go home!”

In the next instant, tears streamed down my face as I collapsed on top of the dirt pile and started to cry. ”I’m gonna bring you home. Murong Mingyue, I’ll definitely bring you home!”

A middle-aged man shouted from behind me, ”Hey kiddo, stop digging, the whole thing is about to spill over!”

A pile of moist dirt fell right on top of me before he had even finished speaking. Ugh, this was the second time I felt the sensation of being buried in dirt, and let me tell you, it definitely wasn’t an enjoyable experience.

I desperately flailed my arms to push aside the dirt that had fallen on top of me before I continued to dig.

A group of people stared at me dumbfoundedly before one of them finally managed to whisper, ”This kid… There’s definitely someone very important to him in that car…”

Those words broke everyone out of their stupor. Someone immediately yelled, ”So what are we waiting for!? Let’s go help him! Someone’s life is at stake!”

Many people surged forward to help clear away the mud and dirt. I barely even registered their help as I continued to dig away at the hard dirt. As my fingers burned with pain, they suddenly jabbed into something that felt cool and smooth. That was the window of the A8.

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