A Favor Done, A Husband Won-Chapter 495 - 489: Calling Out with Red Eyes and a Hoarse Voice

Chapter 495: Chapter 489: Calling Out with Red Eyes and a Hoarse Voice

"Jing Jihan, don’t sleep, don’t sleep, do you hear me?"

Thick smoke billowed around, Shi Su wanted to pull Jing Jihan up, wanted to lead him further away from the direction of the inferno, but at this moment, the damp scarf on her face had already slipped down. The smoke around was billowing, her breathing was erratic, and while coughing, the sparse oxygen around was not enough for the two of them to escape smoothly.

She forced herself to endure the dizziness, her hand always pressed against Jing Jihan’s philtrum, hoarsely saying, "Jing Jihan, don’t sleep, open your eyes and look at me! You can’t sleep..."

The heat from the inferno and the continuous cracking sound from the gasoline explosion seemed to pull Shi Su back to that dark, still, terrifying night seven years ago. She clung on to him desperately, her other hand pressing on his philtrum: "Jing Jihan!!!"

Shi Su glanced again at the window on the third floor they had just jumped from, already completely engulfed by the inferno. The height of this building, the interior height was much taller than ordinary residences, if it weren’t for Jing Jihan just now resolutely bearing all the impact upon landing for her, she would already have broken limbs.

But even so, she could feel her whole body’s tendons and bones about to break because of the severe impact, pain permeating her ears, her head, her body, everywhere was painful.

What about him?

Jing Jihan bore her weight as they landed, and he just inhaled so much thick smoke!

Shi Su dared not think, greater fear was enveloping her than when she was in the inferno. She bit her teeth fiercely, forced herself to stand up, tried hard to drag Jing Jihan away from the still dangerous edge of the fire, but exerting a huge effort, she only managed to drag him about three or four meters before she stumbled and nearly fell to her knees.

No...

It’s no good...

The fire there is too intense, and there’s gasoline...

It’s still too dangerous here, the smoke is too thick...

He needs oxygen, he needs a place with fresh air to breathe...

She could hardly hear the distant rumble of cars, nor see the vehicles unable to get through because the fire here was too great.

Just as Shi Su was desperately dragging Jing Jihan another two meters outward, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her: "Miss Shi?"

Shi Su heard the voice, turned her eyes blankly, and saw Lu Zhao who had just gotten out of a car and was running towards them. Immediately, she cried out with reddened eyes and a hoarse voice: "Lu Zhao, help! Come... come... help!"

Lu Zhao rushed forward, with two people following behind. He saw Shi Su in a disheveled state, her face almost blackened by smoke, and then saw Jing Jihan lying motionless on the ground. Instantly, he sensed something bad: "Quick, get Mr. Jing and Mrs. Jing back to the car, head to the hospital immediately!"

Upon hearing the words ’head to the hospital immediately’, Shi Su’s instincts finally somewhat restored, chest cavity filled with intense pain, the aching in her body spreading across her nerves, eyes fixated on Jing Jihan being supported upright.

"Mrs. Jing!"

Lu Zhao came to support Shi Su: "Hurry, get in the car, there might still be secondary explosions here!"

Shi Su did not speak, only as she was being taken to the distant car, before getting in, suddenly turned back to look at the inferno behind her, vaguely hearing the sound of fire trucks nearby. But the fire trucks might be at the front entrance, here was the rear of the building, surrounded by a mess of building debris, tongues of fire seemed to devour half the sky, the pitch-black smoke obscuring all her vision.

"Mrs. Jing—" Lu Zhao immediately stretched out his hand to support the suddenly fainted Shi Su, opened the car door, and helped her into the car.

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Pain.

Excruciating pain.

Everywhere is painful.

Shi Su was running in a deep abyss nightmare where she couldn’t wake up. She knew this was a dream, but she couldn’t wake up, couldn’t open her eyes, couldn’t escape.

The sight in the darkness seemed to be constantly rewinding, the all-encompassing inferno pulling her back to the small motel’s fire sea seven years ago.

"Help! Help—"

Everything was still receding.

She became the small child curled in the corner of the Shi Family villa in Jiang City.

She felt very cold but did not cry, only clinging to her thin clothing, hiding in the corner and watching the harmonious trio, watching Shi Yunyin dressed in a princess dress acting coquettishly in front of Shi Lingkang.

Even though she was right here, sharing the same place with them, yet the trio seemed unable to see her, the servants couldn’t see her either.

The trio was chatting happily together about something she couldn’t hear, and seemed someone was calling her, calling her...

Calling her... Mommy...

"Mommy, Mommy..."

The young Shi Su in the corner blankly lifted her eyes, seeing a likewise small, beautiful, cute little girl standing in front of her, smiling brightly and looking at her. The little girl had cute twin ponytails on her head, lively and mischievous eyes, waving in her direction: "Mommy, don’t be sad. When you grow up, you’ll see Daddy and me. Mommy, I miss you so much... when will you and Daddy come back..."

The young Shi Su looked at the little girl, reached out hand instinctively to touch her. The little girl stood there allowing her touch, even lifted a small hand to also touch her hand: "Mommy, Daddy and I’ll always be with you, we’ll be the real family. Whoever dares to bully you, Mianmian will beat him for you! Mommy, when will you grow up?"

Grow up?

Hasn’t she grown up long ago?

Why return to that cold Shi Family in Jiang City from before?

These deep-rooted nightmares hidden in the depths of her memory all these years.

Why?

Shi Su stood up in the corner, walked to the Shi Jiang’s warm light living room, gazed at that seemingly unaware trio, held Mianmian’s small bouncing hand, walked past the expressionless trio, pushed open the Shi Family’s door in Jiang City, and walked out with Mianmian.

Outside the door was a stage filled with flowers and applause, a man in a black coat waiting for her below, his being seemingly illuminated by light, handsome and graceful, with bright and beautiful star lamps around blinking.

Just as she was about to walk over, suddenly a raging inferno from nowhere engulfed everything ahead...

Shi Su’s face changed drastically: "Jing Jihan!"

Shi Su suddenly opened her eyes, all the severe pain in her body immediately surged, everything around darkened, cold sweat instantly beaded on her forehead, she bewilderedly looked at the darkness before her, not knowing where she was, but the pain in reminding her she was pulled back to reality, the nightmare stirred awake, but another nightmare of pain remained.

The hospital room light suddenly turned on, a somewhat stunned Shi Yuan beside holding the light’s remote control, looking at Shi Su, hurriedly set down the remote, stood up saying: "Sister, you’re awake?"