But when Fan Xian heard that the rescue plan Ding Mengxiang had arranged was quite comprehensive, she didn't interrupt him.

Had Chen Fang and Wang Yiyi really died?

No, they hadn't.

At the critical moment,

Chen Fang knew it was too late to run.

Forcing his injured leg to hold him up, he grabbed Wang Yiyi and ran into the bedroom next door, diving under the bed. Fortunately, the old bed was made of solid wood and very sturdy, with ample space underneath. After a cloud of dust and debris had settled, they discovered to their amazement that they were still alive.

Only the house had collapsed.

Earth and rubble had completely engulfed the area around the bed.

Getting out was practically impossible now.

Two hours after the rescue meeting had concluded, at a little past eleven in the morning, nearly four hours had elapsed since Chen Fang had been buried.

Fan Xian rushed to the county committee compound.

As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Ding Yuan waiting at the entrance.

"Has the rescue started yet?" Fan Xian asked.

Ding Yuan shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"How can it not have started yet?" Fan Xian was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly understanding something, she asked, "Where is County Chief Ding?"

"In his office."

"Let's go."

Fan Xian led the way, with Ding Yuan following behind. They hurried into the county chief's office only to find Ding Mengxiang still sitting on the sofa, looking through documents without a hint of tension on his face.

"Secretary Fan, you're back? Come, please take a seat."

Upon seeing Fan Xian,

Ding Mengxiang immediately got up to offer his seat.

With a stern face, Fan Xian asked, "County Chief Ding, I heard from Executive Ding that the rescue hasn't started yet, what's going on?"

Ding Mengxiang smiled and said, "Secretary Fan, I can't not be worried as the county chief when such a big incident has occurred in Jinde County. I've already sent Comrade Wu Liangyin from the Disciplinary Committee and Comrade Dai Lu from the public relations department to the disaster area to set up the command post. Currently, the road to Houtang Village is entirely destroyed due to the landslide, and it's impossible for personnel and vehicles to enter on a large scale. We're in dire need of emergency heavy machinery, and I'm in the process of mobilizing it."

"When can you get it done?" Fan Xian asked.

Ding Mengxiang thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to say. I need to liaise with each construction company, and it will take some time."

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Fan Xian was furious.

Grinding her teeth, she said, "Executive Ding, come with me."

With that,

the two of them turned and left.

Ding Mengxiang watched their figures retreating and snorted coldly, murmuring, "Without my say-so, not a single resource in Jinde County can be mobilized by any of you."

As soon as they entered Fan Xian's office, she turned to Ding Yuan and asked, "Executive Ding, you've operated in Jinde County for so many years, and you can't mobilize even one department?"

Ding Yuan shook his head and said, "County Chief Ding is very capable. Although he hasn't been here long, he's already won over the hearts of the people below. Before you returned, I already called all the departments, and they all declined for various reasons. Even with the businesses, I have communicated with them, but they all say they can't spare any heavy machinery."

"So what do we do now?" Fan Xian asked.

Ding Yuan shook his head in despair and said, "Secretary Fan, I'm even more anxious than you are, but at the moment, I'm powerless to mobilize any useful resources. Secretary Guan Cunzhong has gone to the province for training and hasn't returned, and the public security bureau is showing no intention to act."

Upon hearing this,

Fan Xian clenched her teeth and said angrily, "Ding Mengxiang wants Chen Fang dead!"

Though she was filled with resentment,

she was helpless.

The last line of defense was the military, but as of now, Meng Xiang, the director of the military affairs office, was Ding Mengxiang's man. Fan Xian truly felt the helplessness of being out of power.

And in such a situation,

she couldn't even challenge Ding Mengxiang. One could say he wasn't organizing a rescue, but he was making a show of mobilizing resources, able to provide justifications to both superiors and subordinates.

Ding Mengxiang was no fool, either.

He would advance the progress a little every few hours.

But for Chen Fang and Wang Yiyi, trapped in the ruins, these small advances were almost negligible.

Just like an hour earlier, he had sent people to carry bottles of mineral water on foot into the village, which could be seen as solving the villagers' water problem.

In a few more hours, people would carry in some instant noodles and bread.

By evening, they brought in some blankets.

After all, the welfare of the people was paramount, and he was indeed solving problems for the people.

6 hours… 12 hours… 24 hours…

A day and a night had passed.

The two people who had been full of hope at first were now starting to feel some despair under the bed.

Chen Fang was still okay.

In the endless darkness.

Wang Yiyi kept sobbing incessantly.

Which was somewhat annoying to Chen Fang.

But at this moment, he couldn't blame her.

After all, she was a woman, and right now, the most important thing was the will to survive.

Having tried to communicate with her several times to no avail, Chen Fang paused, then suddenly turned in her direction and asked, "Deputy County Chief Wang, can I ask you a personal question? Why was your husband cheating on you?"

The sobbing Wang Yiyi.

Suddenly stopped crying and asked, "What did I tell you that night?"

Chen Fang said, "You said everything, that your husband likes flirty women, but you weren't flirty enough, so he cheated."

"And?"

Wang Yiyi asked.

Chen Fang said, "The rest wasn't what you said, but what you did. Tsk tsk tsk, don't you remember?"

"I... I just remember that we did it, but I don't remember the rest." Wang Yiyi said.

Chen Fang recalled, and said, "Thinking about it now, that scene was really something, you spreading your legs and consoling yourself in front of me."

When Wang Yiyi heard Chen Fang say this, she was shocked too.

For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Seeing her reaction, Chen Fang suddenly asked, "Deputy County Chief Wang, since we are going to die anyway, why don't we have some fun before we die?"

"Do you men really only think about this one thing?" Wang Yiyi asked.

Chen Fang chuckled and said, "Isn't there a saying, 'To die under the peony flowers, even as a ghost you'd be romantic'? That night you were in a daze; you didn't really get to experience anything. We might as well do it again. I'm not bragging, but if you do it with me, you'd be willing to die."

As soon as he finished speaking.

He thought Wang Yiyi would get angry.

But to his surprise, she suddenly became quiet.

She was silent for a full minute.

Chen Fang asked, "Deputy County Chief Wang, what's wrong?"

"Chen Fang, thank you," Wang Yiyi said.

Chen Fang asked, "I've been teasing you and behaving like a hooligan, why are you thanking me?"

Wang Yiyi took a deep breath and said, "You are not that kind of person."

"I am that kind of person, I'm no different from any other lousy man in the world. It's normal for me to be lustful when you are so beautiful," Chen Fang said.

Wang Yiyi said, "From the moment you rushed into this building to save people, I knew you were inherently a good person. The reason you were saying those things to me just now was to stimulate me, to keep me from giving up the will to live."

Chen Fang had heard plenty of scolding.

Praise, on the other hand, made him somewhat embarrassed.

Suddenly.

He felt Wang Yiyi's breath drawing closer.

Before he could prepare himself.

A soft pair of lips pressed against his.

Her nimble tongue passed through his lips and began to dance around inside his mouth.

Chen Fang was startled.

But then he calmed down.

And began to respond actively.

Under the rubble, in a life-and-death situation, their tongues intertwined passionately.

"Do you want to touch me?"

Wang Yiyi suddenly asked in Chen Fang's ear.

"Uh... well..."

He had talked plenty of brazen words just moments ago, but now that it was time to act, he felt somewhat restrained.

As he hesitated.

Wang Yiyi's murmuring voice sounded again in his ear, "To tell you the truth, you are much better than my ex-husband. Being with you, I was really happy, truly, I'm not lying..."

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