Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 268 - 271 mocks you for saying things you don’t mean

Chapter 268: 271 mocks you for saying things you don’t mean

"Don’t you... hate me?"

Wen Nian asked in a gentle voice.

"..."

Tang Xiaohua didn’t speak, just kept drilling into the wall until it cracked open. She removed the chunks of stone, and a hole large enough for a person to pass through appeared.

Wen Nian first helped the siblings out,

"You take them out first."

Without much thought, Tang Xiaohua saw that the hole was ready and it should not be a problem for Wen Nian to crawl out, so she carried the little boy and started crawling towards the way they’d come, letting the little girl carefully walk in front of her.

Early on, people were ready to receive them at the mouth of the tunnel.

The siblings were successfully rescued, but no one could afford to celebrate just yet because...

"Where is he?"

Qu Yu asked Tang Xiaohua hurriedly.

"He’s coming, should be out soon."

After Tang Xiaohua finished speaking, she turned back to look inside again, her brow creasing in concern...

"What’s wrong?"

Qu Yu, sensing Tang Xiaohua’s unusual expression, quickly asked.

Hesitating for a moment, Tang Xiaohua said, "I’ll go back in and check."

After speaking, she crawled back inside. Qu Yu was truly worried on the outside, but Tang Xiaohua was resolute in her actions and speech, not offering him an explanation.

Logically, Wen Nian should be nimble, unless...

He was injured.

As Tang Xiaohua crawled forward, speculating in her mind, the flashlight beam landed on Wen Nian. He had already crawled out, his face covered in dust. Seeing Tang Xiaohua, his expression turned solemn again,

"Why did you come back?"

"I saw you hadn’t caught up for such a long time, I was worried you..."

The words reached her lips, but she swallowed the rest, instead using the flashlight to scan his body, and then she sharply noticed a dark spot on his suit pants that was different from the rest.

Wen Nian saw where she was looking,

"Two shards of glass have gone in, it’s nothing serious."

Tang Xiaohua frowned,

"Let’s hurry up."

He hadn’t mentioned his injury earlier, so no additional rescue measures had been taken. Now, they could only crawl out through this cramped passage.

The most awkward part was that due to the narrowness of the tunnel, one could only crawl in and out in one direction; it was hard to turn around.

As Wen Nian crawled forward, she moved backward, with their heads nearly touching.

In theory, Tang Xiaohua should be faster than Wen Nian, but she really didn’t feel comfortable leaving him far behind, so even though it was uncomfortable, she endured it.

Wen Nian was different though...

"You still haven’t answered me, don’t you... hate and detest me? Why come to rescue me? You should know it’s dangerous here."

"Being your personal bodyguard gives me plenty of opportunities to show off, and I’m doing it right now. So please remember my contribution after we get out,"

Tang Xiaohua replied offhandedly, just hoping to quickly finish the remaining few steps.

Wen Nian chuckled softly.

"What are you laughing at..."

This soft chuckle irritated Tang Xiaohua.

"Laughing at you being insincere."

"You—"

Just as Tang Xiaohua was provoked by Wen Nian into a heated rebuttal, suddenly, the ground shook again!

Tang Xiaohua was half a second too slow to react, and she was already yanked underneath Wen Nian, her upper body and head protected by him.

But it was just that one shake, and as if by a stroke of dumb luck, aside from some dirt and dust falling, the cramped passage did not collapse.

Tang Xiaohua was stunned, nestled under him, silent for a long time...

"Sir! Tang Xiaohua!"

Hearing Qu Yu’s voice from outside the tunnel, Tang Xiaohua snapped back to reality and hastily crawled out from under Wen Nian.