The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 171 - Thank You for Still Being Alive
Chapter 171: Chapter 171 Thank You for Still Being Alive
Chapter 171: Chapter 171 Thank You for Still Being Alive
Two people ran towards the second floor.
The deck is on the second floor, everyone evacuates towards the second-floor deck.
Daring to go down to the second floor, they saw a sea of people.
Everyone was scurrying towards the exit of the second-floor deck like ants from the staircases of the first and third floors.
The elevator had already sunk to the bottom, some people tried to escape through it but got trapped inside.
Huo Tingdong glanced around and shouted Lin Qi’s name loudly: “Lin Qi!”
Everyone was only concerned with escaping, no one paid any attention.
Mo Ke also ran against the crowd, “Miss Lin!! Miss Lin…”
Suddenly, someone ran over, “The Miss Lin you are looking for, is she number 19?”
This person was one of the livestock being auctioned; Lin Qi had rescued everyone but only told them her surname was “Lin”.
He only remembered Lin Qi was number “19”.
Huo Tingdong looked at the man, grabbed his arm: “Do you know where she is?”
The man said, “I just saw her on the first floor, not sure if she’s dead or alive…” Having said that, he immediately broke free from Huo Tingdong’s grip, only thinking of escaping.
Huo Tingdong and Mo Ke just got to the first floor, but they found that it was completely inaccessible.
Just now, the explosion in the cargo hold had filled the entire first floor with dense smoke.
From the first floor down, raging flames, everything was devastated by fire.
And the sight of the first floor at that time was too dreadful to bear.
The fire had broken the water pipes, and water flooded everywhere.
“This is bad…” Mo Ke said, “The first floor is quickly getting flooded…”
Huo Tingdong wanted to go down, but Mo Ke grabbed him, “Mr. Huo, it’s all water down there…”
The water was only halfway up, but water conducts electricity; if anywhere was leaking electricity…
It could electrocute a large number of people.
Yet Huo Tingdong didn’t hesitate and stepped into the water.
He looked around, the people on the entire first floor, either fled or drowned…
“Huo Tingdong!”
Not far away, suddenly Lin Qi’s voice, exhausted with effort, sounded, “Huo Tingdong!!”
Huo Tingdong followed the voice, Lin Qi was holding a little girl, trudging through the water, struggling towards the exit of the first floor.
The resistance from the water was too great.
The little girl was not tall, thus, with her feet underwater and carrying the little girl, it was extremely difficult for her to move.
Seeing her, Huo Tingdong’s lips involuntarily stretched into a smile.
She was still alive!
He had never been so grateful for anything.
“Lin Qi…”
He ran towards her at the same time.
The water gradually rose to his thighs.
And for Lin Qi, the water was already near her waist.
In 3 more minutes, the entire first floor would be flooded.
Suddenly, the lights overhead flickered and went out.
Lin Qi momentarily felt disheartened.
In the dark, her vision was very poor; she had a bit of night blindness.
The fire and water had damaged the electrical panel, plunging the entire ship into darkness.
Lin Qi started to feel scared, losing all sense of direction without sight, her swimming slowed, panic-stricken, she called his name, “Huo Tingdong… Huo Tingdong…”
Then, she heard the sound of splashing water getting closer.
“Huo Tingdong…”
Lin Qi called out delightedly.
A man’s gentle voice suddenly sounded above her, “I’m here.”
Huo Tingdong didn’t have time to say much, with one hand he held the little girl on his shoulder, with the other arm wrapped around Lin Qi’s waist, he swam towards the exit of the first floor.
The water gradually reached Lin Qi’s chest.
She felt suffocated by the water, her movements underwater became clumsy, feeling as if she was being carried along by him.
Lin Qi hoarsely asked, “Huo Tingdong, can you see?”
Huo Tingdong replied, “Yes, I can see.”
Even if he couldn’t see, he would remember the way they came.
Two minutes later.
Huo Tingdong holding her, climbed up the stairs.
The water had already submerged half of the staircase.
Lin Qi stepped on the stairs, her heart finally settled.
Thankfully…
Thankfully he came.
Otherwise…
She and Lili would have definitely drowned here.
She had bet correctly.
Her hero would definitely come to rescue her.
Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise—
The fire broke the water pipe, nearly flooded the first floor but also extinguished the fire in the cargo hold, and the soaked explosives were rendered useless and did not explode.
Huo Tingdong didn’t have time to say much to Lin Qi; holding the little girl with one hand, leading her with the other, they arrived on the second floor.
At this moment, the deck was crowded with people.
“Mr. Huo!”
Mo Ke, who had been waiting for them, immediately came over and took the little girl from Huo Tingdong’s hands.
Huo Tingdong said, “Hurry and leave this place.”
Mo Ke replied, “I have already called for a helicopter, we’ll go straight to the watchtower.”
“Alright.”
They quickly climbed up the watchtower.
Not far away, the helicopter roared towards the watchtower.
Standing from such a high angle, Lin Qi overlooked the entire deck and realized, the crowd densely packed on the deck, densely gathered.
The ship was about to sink.
Nearby Armed Cruisers raised the gangways, evacuating in an orderly manner.
But the gangway could only accommodate one person walking on it.
Everyone wanted to be the first one in the line to escape the life-threatening danger.
Some people, desperate not to be left behind, started pushing and shoving.
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People just stepping on the gangway were pushed impatiently by those behind, pushing and pulling.
Accompanied by intermittent screams and shrieks, people continually fell from the gangway into the sea.
Crying, yelling for help, swearing, all intermingled.
The entire ship started to split in the middle.
Some people overlooked their footing and fell into the crevices.
Some were pushed over the railing, falling from a height into the sea.
As the ship tilted, some people fell unexpectedly from the deck, hitting the signboards…
Amid the surging waves, more people fell into the sea, swept away by the waves.
From such a height, falling down could cause not only drowning but also a lethal crash.
The scene in front of her seemed like a purgatory on earth.
Lin Qi watched, terrified.
The man gently covered her eyes, “Don’t look.”
He hadn’t expected that at such a crucial moment, Lin Qi would save a little girl, but her capability was limited, unable to save everyone.
Lin Qi couldn’t bear to watch any longer, turned around, her little face buried in his chest.
Huo Tingdong said, “You’ve already done well enough.”
Lin Qi lifted her head.
Huo Tingdong said, “Thank you.”
Lin Qi smiled through her tears but was somewhat puzzled, “Thank me for what?”
It was clearly he who had saved her.
Huo Tingdong smiled with a hint, wrapping his arms tightly around her, “Thank you for still being alive.”
He was incredibly grateful, grateful that she was still alive.
Just now, there was such a thought, if he couldn’t find her anymore, if he had lost her, he would rather accompany her to perish in this sea.
Lin Qi’s nose tingled, she tightly hugged his shoulders.
She also thought… she would die here.
If it weren’t for him coming…
She probably would have died in despair with Lili.
