Chapter 4: Risking Life to Rescue Beauty

  Dong Li Mao was choked by the smoke and dust, his chest hurt like it was going to split open from coughing, but he couldn't care about that right now. His mind only had one thought, which was to rescue Knife Lan Xiang. Although this woman had just met him for a day, she looked exactly like Bai Ru Shuang. It would be more accurate to say that the woman he wanted to save was not Knife Lan Xiang, but rather Bai Ru Shuang. He covered his mouth and nose with his hand, searching room by room from left to right.

  "Knife nurse... Knife Lan Xiang..." searched several wards, saw some dead wounded and medical staff, as the number of dead people he saw increased, he had a bad premonition, fearing to see Knife Lan Xiang being blown to death, his shouting voice was filled with tears: "Lan Xiang... you won't die..."

  Dolan Xiang was pinned down by the wood and the dead wounded, her lower body struggling to move, wanting to use her hands to push away the wounded who had been crushed by the wood, but she couldn't muster up the strength. Hearing Dong Li Mao's repeated shouts, she also wanted to open her mouth to respond, but the smoke made her choke, wanting to shout but unable to make a sound.

  Dong Li Mao heard a coughing sound coming from one of the rooms on his right side, and he thought it was Knife Lan Xiang. He moved towards the sound: "Lan Xiang... is that you?" But then the second wave of air raids came, and explosions sounded outside the house. Dong Li Mao quickened his pace, moving towards the position of the coughing sound. He had to find Knife Lan Xiang before the entire house was bombed flat, otherwise...

  Dolan Xiang also heard the explosion outside the house, and her heart thought that if the house was blown up by a bomb at this time, Dong Li Mao and herself would both die. Although she didn't want to die yet, she didn't want to let Dong Li Mao lose his life because of herself. In a panic, she suddenly shouted: "Dong Lian Chang, I'm here..."

  Dong Li Mao heard the voice of Diao Lan Xiang, and he pushed aside the rubble and broken wood that blocked his way. He kept shouting: "Lan Xiang... hold on... I'm coming..." When he found out that Diao Lan Xiang was still alive, he forgot about the pain in his chest. A man's instinct to protect a weak woman drove him to do what he had to do, and this woman was someone worth dying for.

  "Dong Lianchang, I'm pinned down... don't worry about me, it's dangerous here... you get out of here quickly..." Knife Lanxiang coughed and shouted loudly.

  As they spoke, Dong Limao finally approached the location where Knife Lanxiang was: "Lanxiang... are you hurt?" Dong Limao began to move the wooden planks that were pressing on Knife Lanxiang's body, but because he was injured himself, he couldn't exert much strength. Just as he was getting anxious, shouts came from behind him - it was Zhu Yongsheng and Zhang Dali.

  "Dong Lianchang... Dong Lianchang..."

  Dolan Xiang persuaded: "Dong Lianchang, you go quickly, don't care about me..."

  Dong Li Mao was busily moving wood while loudly shouting: "Zhu Pai Zhang, I'm over here... hurry up and come help..."

  Soon, Zhu Yongsheng and Zhang Dali arrived behind him, the two helped to move the wood away, Dong Limao pulled open the dead wounded soldier, hugged Kuai Lanxiang with both hands, turned around and ran out.

  Dolan Xiang's hands were wrapped around Dong Li Mao in surprise, she couldn't believe that a seriously injured person who had been shot twice in the chest and had been unconscious for five days could wake up and run while holding over 100 pounds of herself.

  As they ran out of the house, a loud explosion sounded behind them, and the entire building was completely destroyed. The shockwave from the blast lifted them up and threw them into a bomb crater in the yard.

  Dong Li Mao, as he fell, still didn't forget to use his body to press down on Knife Lan Xiang. He tightly pressed himself onto her, and the falling wood chips and debris all smashed towards his back. Among them was a wooden board that happened to hit the wound on his right chest where the bullet had pierced through and been bandaged, causing him to pass out from pain instantly.

  Dolan Xiang struggled to turn over, but her body felt heavy, and she thought it was bad. She assumed that Dong Li Mao had been blown up while protecting himself, and with a sobbing tone, she shouted: "Dong Lian Chang..."

  Zhu Yongsheng and Zhang Dali were also stunned by the shockwave, temporarily losing consciousness. When they heard Qielanxiang's cries, they quickly moved Dong Li Mao off her body, shouting: "Lianzhang... Lianzhang..."

  Dolan Xiang flipped over and knelt beside Dong Li Mao, reaching out to feel his carotid artery. Fortunately, the pulsating artery was very strong, and she finally let out a sigh of relief. She told Zhu Yong Sheng: "Zhu Pai Zhang, Dong Lian Zhang is only temporarily unconscious. Quickly pick him up and take him to the underground room, where there are doctors."

  Dong Li Mao coughed several times and came to, with dark red blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. As soon as he opened his eyes, he asked: "Is Lan Xiang okay?"

  Dolan's eyes were brimming with tears as she grasped his hand and replied: "I'm fine, it was you who saved me..."

  Dong Li Mao revealed a smile and jokingly said: "I finally understand the true meaning of a legendary beauty."

  "What does 'Jīn Gǔ Měi Tán' really mean?" asked Jian Lanxiang in confusion.

  "I finally know what it means to be a hero who saves the beauty...... Cough, cough......" Dong Li Mao said with a smile, and then he coughed up blood again.

  "Don't talk." Dao Lanxiang didn't expect Dong Limao to be joking at this time. She used a piece of gauze to wipe away the blood from his mouth, feeling happy in her heart but looking somewhat embarrassed with a dusty face, she gazed at Dong Limao's deep and affectionate smile.

  Zhu Yongsheng and Zhang Dali, who were standing guard beside him, exchanged a glance, smiled knowingly, and quietly got up and walked away.

  "Where is this?" Dong Li Mao's eyes scanned around and saw many people either lying or sitting, making a ruckus.

  "The basement, temporary air raid shelter." answered Dao Lanxiang.

  Dong Li Mao suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He had seen war scenes in movies and games before, but that was just as an observer, or rather, appreciating the special effects. Although many realistic bloody scenes had touched his heart, they were just fake, harmless to himself. But now, he had personally experienced an air raid, with many people around him being killed, and the phrase "blood and flesh flying everywhere" was not an exaggeration. Two ancient buildings that were intact just a moment ago were reduced to rubble in an instant. He, who had been pampered since childhood, couldn't bear such cruel reality. Just thinking about how he might be like Tai Gong (a legendary general) two years later, fighting to the death without regard for his own life, made him feel goosebumps all over.

  "No way, I have to think of a way to leave here and go back to my original life!" Dong Limao muttered to himself.

  "You're not fully recovered yet, you can't go back to the battlefield!" Dao Lanxiang thought Dong Li Mao was going to return to the front line, so she immediately stopped him.

  "Going to the battlefield?" Dong Li Mao said with a bitter smile: "I don't want to go to any battlefield, I didn't belong here in the first place, this damn war has nothing to do with me..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yongsheng led a military officer walking towards him.

  "Company Commander, this is Deputy Officer Yu from the Military Department. He says he wants to see you personally." Zhu Yongsheng squatted down and said to Dong Limao.

  "Brothers and sisters, quickly save this, let Dong Limao take you to experience a different kind of war!"