Chapter 1053: Chapter 1035: This is driving me crazy Chapter 1053: Chapter 1035: This is driving me crazy “`
After what felt like an eternity, the earth-shaking sensation finally ceased, and the ground slowly calmed down.

The distant sea also receded a bit, maintaining a very safe distance from where they were.

The rain seemed to have lessened somewhat, but a mist akin to an indistinct blanket of rain still engulfed them, right before their eyes.

“It’s over,” Gu Ning patted Tang Yuxin’s head gently, grateful that they were outside; otherwise, their situation would undoubtedly have worsened.

“It’s over?” Tang Yuxin still couldn’t believe it, “Won’t it start shaking again in a while?”
“I don’t know,” Gu Ning honestly didn’t know; they could only wait and see.

After a major quake, there are almost always numerous aftershocks; but no one can predict their number or strength.

“My phone.”
Tang Yuxin’s hand trembled, and the phone she had been holding all this time dropped to the ground.

Gu Ning quickly picked it up and held it in his hand.

Fortunately, it wasn’t damaged from the fall, and it hadn’t gotten wet in the rain; the screen was still lit up, but there was no signal.

He didn’t know how long it would take for the signal to be restored.

The news of the Yun City earthquake must have reached their families by now.

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He couldn’t imagine how worried they must be.

Fortunately, they had this mobile phone.

Gu Ning gripped the phone tightly but dared not take the risk of bringing Tang Yuxin inside just yet, uncertain if there would be more significant aftershocks.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, Tang Zhinian sat there, his face utterly drained of color.

“Go get your dad’s medicine quickly.”
Ren Li hurried to pour water, her hand trembling so much she almost scalded herself with the hot water.

But ignoring the pain, she grabbed the water cup and rushed over.

She placed the cup by Tang Zhinian’s mouth and snatched the medicine, shoving it into his mouth while speaking.

“Zhinian, take your medicine first.

Yuxin will be alright, didn’t they say the epicenter was near the heart of Yun City?

Yuxin wasn’t in the city center.”
“But it’s close,” Tang Zhinian weakly leaned against the couch, his complexion deathly pale.

Yet, he still took the medicine Ren Li had brought him.

Yes, it was close, dangerously close, and he wondered what they could possibly do.

Why, of all places, did it have to be where Tang Yuxin went that was struck by an earthquake?

With so many other places to go, even going abroad would have been fine.

Why did she have to go there?

If there were no sea nearby, would that place truly be considered safe?

After taking his medicine, Tang Zhinian muttered something indistinctly, blaming himself for agreeing to let Tang Yuxin study medicine in the first place.

If she hadn’t studied medicine, she wouldn’t have become a doctor; and if she hadn’t been a doctor, she couldn’t have been coaxed by the hospital staff to go on this ill-fated trip.

Ren Li felt helpless.

Now that they had traced it back this far, if they looked back even further, could they say it was because he didn’t raise Tang Yuxin well?

If she had been born to another family, perhaps she wouldn’t have been so unlucky.

But when it comes to natural disasters, who can really make sense of them or explain them clearly?

“Dad, are you okay?”
Tang Xincheng clutched Tang Zhinian’s hand, having been terribly frightened, thinking his father was about to die, his face as pale as a ghost just moments before.

It’s alright, Tang Zhinian raised his hand weakly.

What could be wrong with him?

It was just high blood pressure that had made him half-dead earlier.

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He couldn’t afford not to have something going on; his Yuxin was still unaccounted for.

His Yuxin also has a son-in-law, so he absolutely mustn’t be in trouble.

If something really happened to them, his poor little Xiaobai would be left without a mom and dad, his poor little Xiaobai, who is only three years old.

Tang Zhinian shook his own head, feeling his head was somewhat unclear, and the world seemed to be spinning around him.

“Find a doctor, a doctor…”
Tang Zhinian quickly grabbed Tang Xincheng’s hand, also feeling that he was at his limit, yet he couldn’t die; he still had two grandsons.

Tang Xincheng almost collapsed to the ground.

“Mom, mom…”
He called out toward the outside, after all, he was just a child, and it was his first time encountering such a situation.

Though he was mature enough, he still wasn’t capable of handling things independently.

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Ren Li ran over in a panic, and upon seeing Tang Xincheng’s barely breathing state, she was so frightened that she was speechless for a long while.

“The phone, right, call the phone.”
Without Tang Yuxin at home, everything felt out of sorts.

She hurriedly dialed the emergency number 120.

After a while, the ambulance arrived and took Tang Zhinian onboard.

However, as Ren Li was about to leave, she heard the home phone ringing.

She rushed over to answer the phone, only to find out it was from the kindergarten.

It had reached noon, and it was almost time to pick up the children, but right now, they truly did not have the time.

She quickly called Tang Zhijun, who should be at the construction site and therefore closer to the kindergarten.

Tang Zhijun might not know about Tang Yuxin’s trip yet.

If he had known, he would probably have hurried over earlier.

“Okay, sister-in-law, don’t worry, I got it.

I’ll pick up the children right away.”
Tang Zhijun hung up the phone and immediately ran out to pick up the two children.

He was frantic, wishing he could fly straight to the hospital, but he still had two children to take care of.

By the time he arrived at the kindergarten, the two children were already impatient.

Seeing it wasn’t their grandfather, their tears began to fall, which almost made Tang Zhijun feel like crying too.

He scooped up a child in each arm and walked toward Tang Garden, hurriedly calling Zhang Xiangcao to go over first.

Up to this point, he still didn’t know what had happened.

Ren Li’s words over the phone were very vague, and he didn’t have the chance to ask, nor did Ren Li clarify.

She only told him that Tang Zhinian was in the hospital and that the two children were waiting to be picked up by an adult.

As for anything else, Tang Zhijun truly didn’t know.

But what illness did big brother have?

With Yuxin there, even if big brother was ill, there shouldn’t be any issues.

Moreover, big brother’s health was okay; just a few days ago, he got a check-up, and except for some high blood pressure, there was nothing else.

So he absolutely shouldn’t have any problems.

But how could he suddenly be in the hospital, even forgetting about the two children?

Everyone knew how much Tang Zhinian adored these two children.

He would personally take care of pick-ups and drop-offs on regular days.

Even if he forgot about himself, it’s impossible he would forget his grandsons.

The fact that he was now disregarding the children showed the severity of what had happened.

“There, there, don’t cry now.”
Tang Zhijun was driving while trying to comfort the two children.

Little Xiaobai was indeed a well-behaved and sensible child.

Tang Zhijun’s consolation worked, and the crying subsided, though the eyes remained red and pitiful.

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