Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 352 - 335 Imminent Peril (First Watch)

Chapter 352: 335 Imminent Peril (First Watch)

He Ximei, who had rushed downstairs, saw the situation above and cried out in desperation, "Pengzi, Xiaofeng, wait for me, Mom will come up to save you."

When she went downstairs, the fire in the stairwell wasn’t that big. No sooner had she run down than the fire downstairs became like a dragon, devouring the stairwell entrance.

"Big sister, you can’t go up anymore, if you go up again, you’ll lose your life too," a neighbor grabbed He Ximei, "Big sister, if you go up now, you’re just waiting to die."

"I have to go up, both my son and my daughter are up there. My daughter is about to give birth any minute, I beg you all, please save my daughter, she’s about to give birth," He Ximei said as she knelt down to everyone present, "Please, I’m begging you to save my daughter."

Xiaofeng had already started contractions, and the baby could come at any moment, which would be incredibly dangerous.

Both Xiaofeng and the child might lose their lives.

Everyone was moved by her plea, but the fire was clearly getting out of control, and they weren’t professionals; going up there was tantamount to suicide.

"I have a ladder at home, we can’t use the stairs, let’s see if we can get them down from above." A middle-aged man said, quickly going home to fetch the ladder.

"Right, I’ll go home and fetch water, when people come down, we’ll all splash water towards the second floor," a woman suggested.

"I’ll check if the firefighters have arrived at the intersection. If they come, I’ll bring them over immediately."

This is such a sin, there’s a pregnant woman inside, about to give birth.

"Brother, just go down. Don’t worry about me," Xiaofeng’s body felt weaker and weaker, and even the contractions seemed to let up, as if the pain in her belly wasn’t as bad as it had been.

She felt paralyzed, unable to move.

She was someone who had lived on secretly, and now, having lived half a year more, she was content. It was just a pity that her two unborn children had to go to heaven with her.

She gently placed her hands on her belly, "Babies, Mom didn’t have the chance to show you the world before we have to leave. I’m so sorry."

"No, if we’re going to die, we die together." Su Peng held Su Xiaofeng tightly, "Sis, you can’t give up, think about the babies, they haven’t been born yet, don’t you have the heart?"

"Brother, just go down. You might still survive if you jump from the second floor." Xiaofeng looked at the staircase entrance, which was now engulfed in flames, and felt a sense of despair for the first time.

Such a big fire, outsiders couldn’t get in, and those inside couldn’t get out.

"No, I won’t leave. I believe the firefighters will definitely arrive soon," Su Peng hugged Xiaofeng and stepped back, "Sis, I won’t give up, and neither should you."

"Brother, listen to me. I don’t belong here, probably against the natural order, and the heavens have found out and want to take me away. You jump from the second floor, then Mom and Dad are in your hands. Take good care of them for me, jump."

Her vision began to blur. Was this the power of the space fading away?

Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi...

"Master, it seems I can’t keep my eyes open anymore, master, I’m afraid I can’t protect you all any longer. You must hold on," Xiaoqi’s voice was especially faint, really faint.

Within the roaring flames, it simply couldn’t be heard.

Watching Xiaofeng’s consciousness slowly fade, Su Peng panicked, reddening eyes and a hysterical voice, "Feng, you can’t close your eyes. Feng, look at me, look at me."

O heavens, my sister is so kind, so strong, so beautiful; she’s brought laughter and joy to this home, do you have the heart to take her away?

No, you can’t.

Xiaofeng closed her eyes, and all she could see was Ye Cheng’s pair of cold yet gentle eyes, looking at her intently, "Will you marry me?"

Ye Cheng, where are you? Did you back away?

Xiaofeng used the last of her consciousness to ponder a solution, she couldn’t just sit there and wait to die, she had to find a way out.

Yes, Bronze Mirror.

The Bronze Mirror was always with her.

If her Bronze Mirror were smashed, would the space cease to exist? Without the space, she would no longer be drawn by its power.

Yes, the Bronze Mirror, she needed to smash the Bronze Mirror.

"Xiaoqi, if I smash the Bronze Mirror, will the space cease to exist, and can I revert to being a regular person?" Xiaofeng forced herself into the space with her remaining consciousness and asked Xiaoqi, who was also about to pass out on the ground.

Xiaoqi, barely able to open her eyes, replied, "Master, you can’t. You and the Bronze Mirror are one. If the Mirror is destroyed, nobody knows what could happen to you and the babies."

Xiaofeng had entered into the space, oblivious to the events outside. Su Peng thought she had passed out and, a tall man, he cried aloud, "Feng, you can’t sleep, you can’t die."

Listening to Su Peng’s anguished screams, Mei Sanying felt dizzy, Xiaofeng, she...

"Xiaofeng, listen to your aunt, you can’t pass out, Xiaofeng."

"It’s here, the ladder’s here, the ladder’s here," the ladder was quickly set up. "Everyone cooperate, let’s try and carry the pregnant woman down from above."

"Xiaofeng." Su Peng called, no matter how much he called, Xiaofeng wouldn’t wake up; he knelt on the ground, holding her, tears falling heavily.

Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng, please wake up.

"I’ll go up." A male voice rang out, before anyone could get a good look, his swift steps had replaced the neighbor on the ladder.

He Ximei watched as Ye Cheng suddenly appeared, and tears fell down her cheeks. Ye Cheng had come, it was Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng swiftly climbed up the ladder to the second floor.

The fire on the second floor was beyond control, edging towards Su Peng and Xiaofeng’s position.

Su Peng knelt on the ground, his eyes void of any expression.

Ye Cheng quickly approached Su Peng, "Big brother, give her to me."

Xiaofeng’s eyes were closed, as if she were sleeping.

Silly woman, you can’t sleep, do you hear me?

Seeing Ye Cheng coming, Su Peng seemed to have found his pillar of strength, "Ye Cheng, my sister is in bad shape, please save her quickly."

Ye Cheng’s hand rested on Xiaofeng’s pulse; there was still breath in her.

"Big brother, you go down first. Catch us from below, I’ll carry her and slide down the ladder, and you must catch her," Ye Cheng said, glancing at Xiaofeng with a tinge of heartache.

"Okay, okay, I’ll go down immediately," Su Peng understood Ye Cheng’s plan, "Be gentle when you come down."

Words caught in his throat, he ultimately made a hard decision, "Ye Cheng, if it really comes to it, save the adult first."

Sliding down from the second floor, no one knew what could happen; if mother and child could both be safe, that would naturally be the best outcome.

Ye Cheng nodded.

This was the worst-case scenario.

The electrical wires above his head crackled ominously, ready to fall at any moment.

This was already the edge of safety; if this area also fell prey to the electrical wires, it would become incredibly dangerous.

Ye Cheng quickly unbuckled his belt, pulling a long and strong wire from the middle, securing another wire with a claw hook around his waist. Although tiny, the claw hook looked firm and powerful.

With a strong toss, the hook firmly latched onto the wall.

"Wife," Ye Cheng said as he wrapped his arms around Xiaofeng’s waist, "We’ll be able to go down soon, you have to hang on."

At this moment, Xiaofeng was already inside the storage room.

In the storage room lay five items that Su Dada had left for her, resting silently as if they were ancient dust beneath a thousand-year-old Buddha.

These were all old items left by Su Dada.

Especially those three things that looked like lumps of coal, currently, in Xiaofeng’s eyes, they seemed like a furnace, able to contain all flames.

If she took these things into her arms, would she not fear the fire or perhaps regain some of her strength?

The moment her hand touched the coal-like objects, they immediately emitted a flash of light.

"Cough, cough," Xiaofeng awoke from the intense smoke outside, opening her eyes to find herself tightly held in Ye Cheng’s embrace, as he carefully attempted to climb out of the second-floor corridor window, where a wooden ladder awaited.

The ladder had started to catch fire, and the neighbor was pouring water on it while reaching out with both hands, "Quick, there isn’t much time. Any more delay, and the flames will only get bigger."

Ye Cheng held Xiaofeng as if she were a small child, with ease, although due to Xiaofeng’s size, care had to be taken not to get stuck in the second floor’s window.

"Ye Cheng," Xiaofeng whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Ye Cheng’s face was covered in soot, but seeing Xiaofeng awake, he showed a few white teeth, "Hold on to me tight, I’m going down now."

Just now, with Xiaofeng asleep and unable to cling to him, he had to be mindful that she might fall from his grasp, so his hands were not free.

Now that Xiaofeng was awake, he could be more flexible.

Thus, he carried Xiaofeng from the second-floor window, one hand dragging Xiaofeng, the other grasping the steel rope, walking down the ladder as if on level ground.

At the moment Ye Cheng landed, the second-floor window crashed down.

"Ye Cheng..."

"Be careful."

Xiaofeng, looking behind, reached out with her hands for a light block.

The iron window, initially falling towards Ye Cheng’s shoulder, was pushed aside by Xiaofeng, landing not too far away.

Ye Cheng didn’t care about what happened behind him and carried Xiaofeng straight to the hospital.

Everyone watched him carry Xiaofeng, looking as if he was carrying nothing at all, so effortlessly.

In their hearts, they wondered just how strong one had to be to do this or if it was a burst of latent power unconsciously unleashed in the face of danger.