"This station's latest news, at 2:20:13 am, an 8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Pingnan County. The seismic intensity of this earthquake reached 8.0 Ms..."

A fine rain shrouded the entire city, oh no, it could only be described as ruins now.

The entire city was reduced to ruins, with only endless sorrow remaining.

Jian Sangyu gradually adapted to the darkness. Just as she was about to try raising her arm, a hoarse voice came from above, "Don't."

"My arm seems to have been hit, it hurts." Even though the person speaking wasn't very nice, Jian Sangyu couldn't help but rub her arm. She tried a few times and finally managed to get her arm back.

It's already a limit for someone to be able to pull their hand back from the stone. It's impossible to raise an arm to see if it's broken skin.

But the fiery pain in her arm was real, coming in waves. It didn't take a doctor to know she was hurt, but thankfully, San Yu remained optimistic and estimated it wasn't a serious injury.

Gazing at the pitch-black surroundings and then at the person above, Jian Sangyu let out a barely audible sigh.

The two of them were very close, so Jian Sangyu's almost imperceptible sighs still reached Gu Chen's ears. He lowered his head and glanced at the person below him, asking in a short tone: "Hurt?"

"Hmm…" Jian Sangyu replied.

After a pause, just as I was about to say that it wasn't that bad, Gu Shen spoke again.

A powerful statement.

"Bear with me."

This sentence is Gu Shen's consistent style, sparing words like gold, and still carrying his usual commanding tone.

Of course, Jian Sangyu also wanted to roll her eyes, but she just held it in.

In fact, besides a few minor injuries on her arm, Jian Sangyu wasn't hurt anywhere else. She was already awake when the house first started to collapse, and at the moment it came down, Gu Chen had held her tightly in his arms.

At that moment, Jian Sangyu could clearly feel Gu Chen's broad shoulders protecting her head with strength. In a daze, she seemed to even hear the sound of his heartbeat.

Just like now, it's tapping, tapping, tapping. It's so clear in this overly quiet and cramped space.

"Watered?"

Suddenly, she felt a drop of water on her forehead. Jian Sangyu lightly shook her head, and the next second, another drop landed on her nose. Jian Sangyu licked her lips.

Salty, with a fishy taste.

It is not water, it is.

"Gu Shen, where did you get hurt?" Jian Sangyu opened her eyes, trying to see Gu Shen's face clearly, but the line was too dark. She couldn't see clearly at all. She could only guess based on the two people's current posture, "Your head?"

"Minor injury." Gu Chen replied.

However, the truth was far from what he said. A piece of concrete slab had struck the back of his head, and a rusty nail, half-embedded in his brain, was anything but a minor injury. It wasn't a word like "pain" that could describe it.

This guesthouse is old and dilapidated; it probably wouldn't stand up to an earthquake for very long.

Jian Sangyu fell silent for a few seconds, not quite believing Gu Shen's claim of minor injuries, because she could feel more and more drops falling onto her face.

"Gu Shen, with your reaction speed and agility, you could have jumped out the window as soon as you felt the earthquake. You could have run away from a third-story building; that height wouldn't be anything for you, right?" Jian Sangyu asked, utterly confused. "But why did you drag me along?"