C28 Escape with All Their Might(1)
C28 Escape with All Their Might(1)
Soong Shiyan's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the kitchen's side door, which had been engulfed in flames.
Grandmother's house was an old-fashioned green tile house. Not far behind the kitchen was a small stream and a large bamboo forest.
If he could open this side door, then not only could he escape with Xiaohu, he could also avoid being found by the men guarding the door!
The side door was rather hidden, so the men probably didn't notice it. Perhaps it wasn't locked at all. As a result, his chance of escaping with Xiaohu increased significantly!
Soong Shiyan looked at the burning side door, gritted her teeth, and walked through the sea of fire until she reached the crumbling side door. According to my grandmother, there was something wrong with the lock of the side door, but there was no time to change the lock. Therefore, Soong Shiyan could only open the door with brute force.
Soong Shiyan couldn't find any tools, so she could only close her eyes and use all her strength to ram against the door. If they opened the door earlier, the chances of her and Xiaohu surviving would be greatly increased.
"AHH!" The place where the fire and skin met made a sizzling sound, and the smell of roasting meat filled the air. Soong Shiyan could clearly feel her skin and flesh being burned by the fire. Water evaporated quickly, and her skin was instantly charred and wrinkled. However, the burning side door was still in front of her, but it was shaking a lot more.
Soong Shiyan looked at the side door, gritted her teeth and endured the pain as she rammed into it once again. She couldn't just die like this, and she definitely couldn't let innocent people die because of her! Soong Shiyan's eyes were full of hatred and determination as she repeatedly rammed against the door.
"Ah!" Soong Shiyan clenched her fists, her face contorted with pain as she cried out in agony. However, even so, she still charged towards the door without any hesitation.
"Clang!" A sound that sounded like the sound of nature entered Soong Shiyan's ears. Under Soong Shiyan's earnest gaze, the burning side door finally collapsed outwards. For the first time, Soong Shiyan felt that the boundless night sky was actually something she yearned for. She endured the pain and returned to the water tank once again, doing her best to carry Xiaohu out of the water.
"Xiaohu, let's go!" Soong Shiyan looked at Xiaohu and smiled with great difficulty. Then, she held onto Xiaohu's hand and quickly rushed through the flame …
Soong Shiyan knelt on the ground, exhausted as she watched the dilapidated house slowly collapse into ashes in the midst of the raging flames. Her eyes were dry, but she could not shed a tear. The current her did not have the joy of surviving a calamity, only endless regret and self-blame. After that nightmarish change, the only person who could bring her hope and warmth, died miserably in this great fire because of her. She turned around and looked at Xiaohu, who was beside her. Her lips were trembling slightly, but she didn't know how to reply. If it wasn't for her, how could Xiaohu, who should have been carefree and innocent, have met with the most tragic death in this world?
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry …" Staring at the blinding light, Soong Shiyan could only mechanically repeat the simplest and heaviest two words.
Xiaohu tilted his head and looked at Soong Shiyan. After a long while, a hint of light finally returned to his vacant eyes. He looked at the flames that were pulsing not far away and wailed, "Ms Soong, my grandmother, my grandmother … She's still in there! "
Hearing that, Soong Shiyan looked at Xiaohu with reddened eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she choked with sobs and said to him, "Xiaohu, Grandma is getting old. She said she was tired and wanted a good night's sleep. She didn't want anyone to disturb her. Therefore, from now on, Xiaohu could only follow his sister. When Grandma wakes up, she will bring Xiaohu home. Do you understand? " Soong Shiyan finally could not bear to say the word "dead" in front of Xiaohu.
Xiaohu looked at Soong Shiyan and said in a choked voice, "But, the home of Xiaohu and Grandma has already been burnt away. When Grandma wakes up, where should we go with Xiaohu and Grandma?"
Two streams of tears flowed down from Soong Shiyan's dry eyes. She patted Xiaohu's head and forced a smile, "From now on, sister's home is Xiaohu's and Grandma's home. "When I get my things back, I'll buy a very big house for Xiaohu and Grandma Wu. It's like what Xiaohu saw on TV, a very beautiful big house — Xiaohu, do you know the way to the city?" Soong Shiyan suddenly remembered that according to Yan Duoya and Yinn Haoming's personalities, they would definitely eliminate the root of the problem. Even if the men had succeeded today, Yinn Haoming and Yan Duoya might ask their other subordinates to come here again to confirm if they had really died in the fire. If that happened, he and Xiaohu would still be in the vicinity, and they would definitely be viciously attacked once again.
"I know, Grandma used to take me a few times. As long as we follow the main road and walk eastward, we will reach the city. " Xiaohu thought of his grandma again as he said in a choked voice while wiping away his tears.
"If we follow the road to the west, will we reach City B?" Soong Shiyan frowned as she heard this.
Hearing that, Xiaohu nodded his head and thought for a while before replying: "Grandma took me to B City once. "However, going to City B is much better than going to City A. We will have to walk for an entire day — Ms Soong, are we going to City A or City B.?"
Soong Shiyan heard what he said, grabbed Xiaohu's shoulder and said to him with a serious expression, "Xiaohu, although A City is closer to here, we can't go to A City. You have to go to B City with sister, and we have to leave now!"
Xiaohu nodded as he saw the serious expression on Soong Shiyan's face.
Soong Shiyan struggled to get up from the ground. She turned around and looked at the smoking ruins. Then, she held onto Xiaohu's hand. Borrowing the moonlight, they walked westward.
"I'm sorry, Grandmother. You died because of me. I should have taken justice for you, but now, in order to survive, I had no choice but to escape with Xiaohu. I'm sorry! Once I become strong, and once I take back the Soong Family, I will make these people who caused your death pay the price for their actions today! " Soong Shiyan said apologetically with tears streaming down her face.
In the blazing fire, she had lost the courage to live, and had wanted to end her own life just like that.
However, as she endured the pain and slammed into the door again and again, she finally understood that sometimes, people live not only because of courage, but also because of a promise.
As long as Soong Shiyan thought of the old lady who had died because of her and Xiaohu, who had no one to rely on in the future, her desire to live would be so strong that it would shock even her.
Even ants coveted life, so what about her?
She still carried a blood feud with her. Yinn Haoming's hands were still stained with the blood of the people she loved: Uncle De, Ah Xiang, Grandma, and, Father! Yinn Haoming and Yan Duoya have not paid the price for what they did? How could she just give up her life like that?
She wanted to live on. She wanted to make Yinn Haoming and Yan Duoya pay with their blood!