Chapter 1057: Chapter 1039: The Phone Call Chapter 1057: Chapter 1039: The Phone Call “It’s alright, don’t be afraid,”
Gu Ning quickly wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and with equal haste led her towards the greenhouse they had just left.

By the time they reached the greenhouse, the trembling of the earth seemed to have lessened somewhat; it no longer made them feel dizzy.

Gu Ning quickly wrapped Tang Yuxin in a blanket and held her tightly in his arms, waiting for the aftershock to pass.

It was hard to tell how much time had gone byaEUR”it felt like only a few minutes, yet also like an entire century.

The aftershock finally stopped.

Tang Yuxin then opened her eyes, and she looked inside the greenhouse, touching the wall and the chandelier not far away.

The chandelier wasn’t shaking.

Hmm, had it stopped?

“It’s stopped,”
Gu Ning patted Tang Yuxin’s shoulder, then grabbed a bottle of water from the side, opened it, and placed it in front of her to drink first.

Tang Yuxin took it, drank a small sip, and then handed the water back to Gu Ning, who took several gulps.

He suddenly smiled and pinched Tang Yuxin’s face,
“You were scared to death, yet you still dared to go in just now?”

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Without you, what would be the point of living?

Even if I did continue living, I’d probably die of starvation.”
In her previous life, she had only lived until she was thirty-three, and what she cared about the most was her father.

This lifetime, both her dad and her uncle had found their own places in life, needing her no more.

The ones she felt sorriest for were the two kids, but even without them, the children had many relatives; they would grow up regardless.

It was Gu Ning she couldn’t do without.

Without Gu Ning, she had no idea how to march on with the rest of her life.

Gu Ning gently patted Tang Yuxin’s back, and he couldn’t help but exhale deeply.

He just hoped this was the last major aftershock, because if not, they really wouldn’t dare to go out or even enter buildings.

“What did you go to get?”
Tang Yuxin asked Gu Ning, wondering what in this world could be more precious than their lives that he would take the risk again.

Thankfully, nothing happened this time; otherwise, they really might have lost their lives there.

Now, thinking about it, Tang Yuxin still felt the aftershock.

It was only now that she hadn’t recovered; her legs had given out once more, and she doubted she could even stand.

People are afraid of things, and although she wasn’t afraid of much else, she deeply feared these natural disasters, which were beyond her control and impossible to change.

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She was terrified, and she was afraid she and Gu Ning might lose their lives together.

It was all because she had brought Gu Ning here; it was her fault.

She could handle her own death, but she didn’t want to be the cause of his.

Gu Ning perhaps knew what she was thinking, for he laid his large hand upon her hair, gently soothing her.

No one wished to go through these disastersaEUR”it was something unavoidable, and maybe it was just our destiny to experience this once, right?

Tang Yuxin didn’t speak; she didn’t want to.

It was her fault.

That’s right, he hadn’t said what he went to get.

Tang Yuxin lifted her face, gazing curiously at Gu Ning’s face.

“What did you go to get?”
“This,” Gu Ning reached to the side and brought over his laptop.

He had intended to grab it easily and leave directly, but due to the earthquake, the laptop had fallen into a gap beneath the table, and it took him quite a while to find it.

Unexpectedly, this brief delay was the reason they had experienced another severe aftershock, which really almost scared them to death.

This…

Tang Yuxin did not understand.

“What are you going to do with this?”
“See what’s going on outside?”
Since the TV wouldn’t turn on, this was the only option left.

“Is there a signal?” Tang Yuxin also knew that if there was a computer, it was possible to find out what was happening around the world, but without a network, it was just a lump of metal.

Gu Ning himself didn’t actually know if there was a signal, he turned on his laptop, fortunately, it was a laptop, otherwise there would be no electricity, then how could he connect to the internet?

After Gu Ning turned on the laptop, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, thankfully, he was always in the habit of using it plugged in, so there was plenty of battery left, enough for about three to four hours of use.

How he managed to connect to the network, he didn’t know, but somehow he did.

His fingers tapped on the laptop keyboard, pulling up news about the earthquake in Yun City.

As soon as he searched, he knew everything there was to know.

It seemed that the earthquake in Yun City was not minor, and it was reported that there should not be any more strong aftershocks.

These were the words of experts, but Tang Yuxin couldn’t help feeling that experts were not trustworthy.

Didn’t they say there wouldn’t be any more strong aftershocks?

So tell her, what was that aftershock just now, what was it?

That’s right, Tang Yuxin suddenly remembered something.

“Gu Ning, have you contacted home?”
Gu Ning was startled for a moment, then he raised his face, “Didn’t you see?”
Tang Yuxin looked puzzled, her hand fumbling under the blanket for a while before she managed to find her phone.

She held the phone up to her eyes, the signal had been restored, and there were quite a few missed calls she hadn’t answered.

She checked the missed calls, all from her family made not long ago.

The calls were frequent, and there were at least fifty missed calls on her phone; maybe the signal had just been restored.

She hurriedly put the phone to her ear and dialed Tang Zhinian.

Meanwhile, Tang Zhinian still sat there, stunned.

He had tried calling his daughter’s phone just before, but no one had answered.

What was going on, what had happened, why wasn’t she answering her phone?

Could something have really happened to his Yuxin?

Tang Zhinian had only one daughter, and if anything happened to Yuxin, how could he, her father, keep living, and what about the two kids?

They were so young, how could they possibly go on without their mother and father?

Every time he thought about it, his heart ached like it was being carved out.

Just as his face was turning pale and he was about to cry, his phone rang, vibrating so vigorously in his palm that it almost caused a numbing pain, and he nearly dropped the phone to the ground.

He hastily picked up the phone and, seeing the incoming number, the tears he had held back finally fell.

It was a call from his Yuxin, from his family’s Yuxin.

Finally, there was news from his Yuxin, wasn’t there?

He quickly put the phone to his ear.

“Yuxin, Yuxin, is it you?

Tell Dad it’s you.

Are you alright?

Is Gu Ning alright?

Where are you now?

Have you been hurt, is everything okay?”