Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 143

Chapter 143: Buried (2)
Today’s chapter.

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Chapter 143

Wei Jun had no idea that on the outside, no rescue operation was underway. The teams were clearing the surroundings, but they couldn’t get in deep because of how unstable it all still was.

“I will help stabilize it with my Qi. You people do it one at a time,” Sun Ruan offered a suggestion and a slow but dangerous operation began. It was dangerous for those buried underneath as well because of a little mistake and they would be bombarded with the full strength of all the rubble of the fallen villa.

Sun Ruan would stabilize the rubble before the other would remove it. Lin Ruan bit her fingernails as she anxiously saw everything. She wanted to help but she couldn’t because she couldn’t endanger Wei Jun who could be buried with the slightest of mistake.

However, the time frame given for the operation was at least ten hours. She wasn’t so sure they would be well down there until then. If only she knew that the things were a hundred times worse than she thought. Wei Jun and Xia Lu weren’t sitting in some cave made of rubble like she thought, but Wei Jun was supporting all of it with his own body.

Wei Jun on the inside was able to hold himself even when the Qi empowerment skill ended. It was difficult for him to bear the brunt but soon it settled down and the weight on him lessened considerably.

They continued to look at each other, well, Xia Lu did most of it, while Wei Jun was more focused on bearing the weight of the rubble.

“You need to use your cultivator skills and get out of here,” Xia Lu said.

“The more you speak, the sooner we get out of the oxygen,” Wei Jun said. Although he could purchase more canisters, it was still getting dangerous for them and there were chances of CO2 poisoning.

Xia Lu went silent but she kept looking at Wei Jun. As for Wei Jun, he wasn’t just bearing the weight of the rubble, there were other problems too such as sweat, dust, and everything.

However, he could bear it, but not Xia Lu so he was also protecting her with his body. Time passed slowly, with Xia Lu telling Wei Jun to leave in between small breaks.

Fortunately, their oxygen didn’t run out but it had already been five hours so Wei Jun was very worried for Xia Lu.

“Drink some water,” He said.

“No,” She replied.

“Drink it,” He said it again.

“No,” She replied again.

“Either you drink it, or I will be shoving it down your throat while I let this go and let myself be buried underneath,” Wei Jun threatened.

Xia Lu looked at him, deep in his eyes and she could tell he wasn’t kidding. She reluctantly took the bottle of water and began to take small sips. She was thirsty and her lips were parched but she refused to take it more than necessary.

“Drink more,” But Wei Jun was adamant. Xia Lu let go of the bottle and said, “Only if you drink more,” She said.

Wei Jun sighed and said, “I have a lot more. Just drink it,” He said.

Xia Lu, however, didn’t believe him. She took a big gulp and then another but didn’t swallow this time. She took the bottle off of her mouth, her mouth swollen like a balloon.

She raised her body a little, practically pasting herself with Wei Jun, and planted her lips on his. She began to shove water in his mouth, even when he was reluctant and half of the water in her mouth was wasted on the ground.

However, even when she was done feeding him, she didn’t stop. Wei Jun kept his eyes open and kept looking at her. He couldn’t understand what was going through her mind but what he did know was that she was loving this.

So Wei Jun didn’t mind. He let her kiss him and he also began to enjoy that kiss. Although Wei Jun never had a girlfriend before, he had experience when it came to kissing at least but he didn’t go all the way. He only kept it limited to the lips. It was evident from Xia Lu’s kiss that she hadn’t even experienced that much because she couldn’t even move her lips very well.

Of course, it was the gesture that mattered. Gesture of her seriousness so Wei Jun focused on that more than her clumsy kiss.

‘Besides, we can learn later,’ He thought but didn’t break the kiss. Only when Xia Lu struggled to hold her breath did she break the kiss and slumped down on the floor, breathing heavily.

Wei Jun looked at her current image and she looked intoxicating as well as she was beautiful.

Wei Jun smiled and kept his eyes on her. She looked at him, but there was no blush on her face. Only determination. Wei Jun didn’t know what inhibitions she had before but even he could tell that she had some of the before. But right now, she had lost all of them.

She just kept looking straight into his eyes and Wei Jun kept doing the same. He forgot about the predicament they were in and focused on just each other. Wei Jun just kept using the Qi empowerment skill and continued to support himself, holding back all of the rubble, not even knowing that with the passage of time, it was getting easier for him to hold it back.

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“We are going through the lower levels!” A rescuer yelled while Sun Ruan stabilized the surfaced level rubble. The rescuers carefully removed the rubble.

A rescuer said to another, “Would the people inside still be alive? Wouldn’t they have long perished due to the lack of oxygen?” The other rescuer just looked at him and said, “Down there is the prince of Yuan Yin City. Even if he is dead, we have to bring him out.”

Sun Ruan heard the conversation of the rescuers but he didn’t say anything. He was more focused on the matters down there. Unlike others, he could make almost all of the things out with his Qi.

He could sense that not only both of the people under the rubble were alive, but they were also doing better than ever.

‘What are you doing? What are you hiding?’ Sun Ruan thought inwardly.

Soon enough, almost 75% of the way was cleared. It would take at most an hour to clear all of it now.

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Back inside, Wei Jun could now clearly feel the pressure reducing on his back. So much so that he didn’t even need to use Qi empowerment to hold it back and it was easy enough even with his base strength and stats.

However, his focus once again wasn’t on that.

“Take this,” Wei Jun said as he leaned forward and fed a healing pill to Xia Lu. Xia Lu didn’t reject but instead, hungrily took whatever was being tongued into her mouth, mainly Wei Jun’s tongue.

After the water-feeding incident, they both found an excuse to kiss each other and it was their tenth time when they were kissing. Wei Jun fed her a healing pill because there were scratches on her forehead and some other places. However, after that, he just kept feeding it to her for no reason. This was the fourth pill that had no effect on her but they still kept the excuses up.

It was just small pecks in the beginning but now, they were becoming deep. Xia Lu wasn’t an amateur anymore and could kill very well. Not expertly, but it was something better than before.

Now that they were in a deep and passionate kiss, they didn’t realize that there were voices of the people very close by. Well, Wei Jun did but he couldn’t care less about them.

He didn’t stop until once again Xia Lu was out of breath. However, this time, he had to put a stop to it because although Xia Lu was okay with just the two of them, she would die of shame if she saw someone else watch them doing it.

He didn’t know that Xia Lu also couldn’t care less but he couldn’t read minds, now could he?

Soon enough, the voices became apparent to even Xia Lu and she said, “Rescuers.”

“About time,” Wei Jun said, annoyance on his face but deep down, he wanted to remain here for a few more hours.

But, he couldn’t prolong this situation any longer. They were already trapped underneath for almost twelve hours and not just that, he had other issues to worry about as well.

Such as his main and most urgent issue, Run Long.

“We found them,” Suddenly the rubble on top of them was lifted and fresh air entered their nostrils which they both missed very much.

“They’re alive! Get the medic!” Another rescuer yelled as they saw the man on top of the woman, his back laced with injuries, and a rod in his leg but he kept supporting the rubble with his body to protect the woman underneath.