Chapter 276 Seeking
Many times, some distance seemed very short but also quite far, and it was easy to see each other but hard to get close.

The crowd was running in panic. The little girl was just three or five steps away from Murong Yunxi, but now it was as far as a hundred kilometers. People constantly kicked and stepped on Murong Yunxi and the little girl, but at the moment, Murong Yunxi couldn’t see anyone except the little girl, a girl like Niannian.

Murong Yunxi finally crawled her way to the little girl. As the earth shook more intensely, the shops on both sides began to collapse constantly, and people became more panic.

Murong Yunxi held the little girl, who was crying in terror, in her arms tightly, and tried to calm her down and take her away as soon as possible.

However, sometimes, you missed something and you’ll miss it forever, just like now!

Murong Yunxi was trying to stand up with the little girl in her arms, but with a bang, an office building on one side collapsed. Then a deep shadow surrounded Murong Yunxi and the little girl. Screams like thunder, accompanied by the roar of the collapsing.

For a moment, Murong Yunxi even felt suddenly deaf. Anything in her ears seemed to be still and she could hear nothing.

…

As soon as Fourth arrived at the parking lot, he felt a tremor on the ground. He stopped for a second, then turned around quickly and ran back to the pedestrian street. The tremor grew stronger and he became more flurried.

How come the earthquake happened at the moment he just left Murong Yunxi!

“Damn!”

Fourth cursed, but he had cursed himself for thousands of times. He really shouldn’t have left her.

Now the only thing he could do was to hurry up to find Murong Yunxi. He ran quickly back to the pedestrian street. The crowd ran out in a panic, and it was difficult for him to move in such a crowded street. He shouted for Murong Yunxi at the crowd and searched for her face on tiptoe. Murong Yunxi was not far away from the street cross just now, so, Fourth thought she was about to come out if she ran with the flow of people.

Before he could find Murong Yunxi, the ground shook violently again. The shops on both sides began to collapse, the crowd became more panicky, and screams of the crowd drowned out the Fourth’s voice in an instant.

He could hardly wait and began to walk into the street, but it was really difficult for him to move a single step. When he was in great anxiety, a tall office building on one side collapsed and his eyes were full of panic. What made him worried was not the scene in front of him but that Murong Yunxi who was still in a crowded crowd.

The office building collapsed to the crowd and the streets, houses were squashed down like matchboxes and disappeared in sight, and those who had not yet run out also instantly fell into the dust. Flying dust covered the sky with grey, which like the end of the world, making people despaired.

Fourth’s heart skipped a beat, and the crowd pushed him farther and farther away from the street.

Many houses and buildings around began to collapse, the people’s screaming became louder and louder and the whole city was covered with panic and anxiety. People hoped to survive the sudden disaster, but Fourth would rather die in the ruins this moment than living in guilty.

…

An hour later, Fourth didn’t know how he was settled in a settlement. The people around him were all grey-faced. Some wept in low voices, some frowned, and others were still in a daze for they hadn’t recovered from the panic.

Fourth was the same. His face was dirty and his clothes were ripped. He had just collected himself and immediately stood up and began to look for Murong Yunxi. In the crowd, he would check the face of every woman whose figure was similar to Murong Yunxi.

He kept seeking though his phone rang suddenly. An old man beside him kindly dragged his sleeve. Fourth thought it was Murong Yunxi and looked back in surprise, only to see a grey-haired old man, which made him turn from surprised to upset.

Fourth looked disappointed and even frosty. Maybe because it was hard for the old man to perceive Fourth’s expression from his dirty face or because the old man had poor sight, he was still kind enough to remind Fourth, “Son, your phone is ringing.” Fourth looked disappointed and even frosty. Maybe because it was hard for the old man to perceive Fourth’s expression from his dirty face or because the old man had poor sight, he was still kind enough to remind Fourth, “Son, your phone is ringing.”

Fourth found that his phone was indeed ringing until the moment. After the accident, the signal source had been interrupted for a while but now had been repaired in some places, so Fourth’s phone worked.

He picked up the phone and answered, “Big Master.”

“Fourth, what happened to you? It’s reported that an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck where you are. I called you but your phone went dead.” Murong Ye’s voice sounded, and he seemed worried and out of control.

After hearing Murong Ye’s voice, Fourth’s feelings were mixed. He was relieved that he was not left alone to face the disaster anymore. He used to be a calm man, but this time, he was really agitated for he didn’t know what to do next because it was Murong Yunxi who have been missed. He was also afraid to face Murong Ye if he lost Murong Yunxi; he expected that it would be easier to find Murong Yunxi with the help of Murong Ye.

Fourth was deep in his thought for a moment without responding, which made Murong Ye more and more anxious. “Speak, Fourth, what’s the situation over there?” asked Murong Ye.

It suddenly dawned on Fourth that what he should think about first was how to explain to Murong Ye, but he didn’t know what to say. He hesitated for a while, and at Murong Ye’s urging and roaring voices, he finally told him that Murong Yunxi was missing!

At this moment, Murong Ye felt as if the sky were falling and thunder had struck his mind. After a long silence, he asked blankly, “What do you mean she is misisng? Why can’t you find her? Didn’t I tell you not to leave her? Why can’t you find her now?”

Hearing a series of questions from Murong Ye, Fourth felt as if a knife were piercing his heart and his face was pale with pain.

“I’m terribly sorry, Big Master.”

Right now, Fourth didn’t know what else he would say to Murong Ye, and he just repeated that over and over again.

“Listen to me, Fourth, you must find Xiao Xi at all costs from now on. I will send Second to help you immediately, and I’ll use all the resources available in C City. Keep your cell phone on, I will contact you again.”

Murong Ye hanged up the phone and smashed a punch on the desk.

Gong Yu came in a hurry after hearing the news. He opened the door and rushed into Murong Ye’s office, saying, “Big brother, an earthquake happened in C City. Xiao Xi’s phone couldn’t get through. Do you know what’s going on there?”

Murong Ye looked up at Gong Yu, who was nervous and sweaty. Though it was cold in the early spring, the sweat poured down Gong Yu’s face. His hair was messy possibly because he ran his way there, and he even forgot to wear a coat. The buttons of his suit were fastened in a wrong way, and the shirt was placed outside the trousers, showing a part from the bottom of the suit. What a mess!

Gong Yu looked at Murong Ye expectantly and hoped that he could know something from Murong Ye, but Murong Ye didn’t know how to respond to him.

“Gong Yu, sit down.”

“Big brother, I can’t. I just want to know what happened to Xiao Xi. I can’t get in touch with her anyway.”

“I don’t know her current circumstances!” Hesitantly, Murong Ye still told the truth. “I just contacted Fourth, he can’t find Xiao Xi now. They got separated.”

“Got separated? So Xiao Xi’…” “Xiao Xi’s life is uncertain?”

Gong Yu didn’t dare to finish his words. He was terribly afraid, afraid that this was a fact, and he was even afraid that it would happen as he thought.

Murong Ye was clear about what Gong Yu wanted to say, and he also knew that Gong Yu was scared. He feared no less than Gong Yu did. It was so hard for him to have found Murong Yunxi that he had looked for her for 20 years. If he was told that Murong Yunxi was missing again, how could he accept it?

He even regretted he had asked Xiao Xi to do so much work. If not for that he had wanted to be a free master, he wouldn’t have left his work to Murong Yunxi and the person who got lost in C City should be him; if he had left Murong Yunxi at home at ease, she would not have suffered so much today.

“Gong Yu, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.” Murong Ye’s eyes were red with tears, and with the last trace of his pride as a man, he held them back.

But Gong Yu couldn’t do like this. He gave up everything he had and followed her there. How could he continue to live without her now? She was the woman whom he loved dearly, and if she was gone, his life would be dismal and how could he continue to his meaningless life?

Gong Yu immediately knelt on the ground as angina attacked him badly. It had not attacked him for a long time, but at this moment, it caused him more pains than ever before. He covered his chest with one hand while tears dripping down from his face, accompanied by a hoarse roar. “Ah…”

Murong Ye could not bear to see him like that any longer. He slowly moved to Gong Yu, squatted down and took his arm, trying to pull him up.

Gong Yu’s handsome face was full of sadness at this moment, making Murong Ye not bear to look at him.

Murong Ye did not pull up Gong Yu but embraced Gong Yu in his arms, tears slipping down his face quietly.

Gong Yu cried loudly in the arms of Murong Ye, like a child who could not find his mother. He cried so sadly that tears quickly wetted the shirt of Murong Ye. Murong Ye cried like Gong Yu, and it was the first time he had cried uncontrollably in his life. Even when he lost his mother when he was young, he just cried secretly in the quilt.

Murong Ye murmured to Gong Yu, “Gong Yu, don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll bring Xiao Xi back.”