The woman’s hand slowly slipped from the little girl’s face, and her eyes closed, breath gone.


    Perhaps unable to ept such a massive blow so suddenly-having just experienced an earthquake, her dearest mother sacrificed herself to protect her-the little girl remained silent, staring nkly at the woman on the stretcher.


    Tears still clung to her face, but she didn’t wail as before, not even uttering a word.


    Jane lowered her head, a mix of emotions coursing through her.


    As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water. Even though she was currently most afraid of witnessing such scenes, she had indeed just witnessed a heartbreaking separation between life and death.


    She didn’t know where the little girl would live afterward, whether she would go to an orphanage or be adopted by someone else.


    But for the little girl, the most precious time was probably the time spent with her mother.


    Seeing the little girl like this, Jane held her hand. “Nic, do you want sister to sing for you?”


    Nic finally burst into tears, “I want Mom! I want Mom!”


    Jane reached out, embracing Nic tightly. “Be good. Mom will always be with you in heaven.”


    Some rescue team members went to handle the woman’s body. Nana, watching the person on the stretcher covered with a white cloth, turned her head to look at the little girl and casually wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes.


    Nana took a few bags of bread and a few bottles of water, walked up to Nic, handed her the water, and said, “Little sister, are you hungry? Have some bread.”


    The little girl blinked, mechanically took the bread, and took a bite after tearing open the packaging.


    Afterforting her for a long time, the little girl gradually recovered. The first thing she said, choking up, was, “Thank you, sister. Thank you.”


    Nana finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the little girl with both distress and tenderness, patting her on the back of her head. “It’s okay. This is what we should do.”


    After saying this, as if remembering something, she took out therge photo of William that she carried with her from her pocket and handed it to the little girl. “Little sister, do you know this brother in the photo?”


    “I know.” Nic’s eyes lit up as she saw the picture, then nodded affirmatively with her innocent voice. “He is Teacher Lawrence, who teaches us at school. Teacher Lawrence is very kind. He teaches us knowledge and often helps people in the vige. He even gave me potato chips once.”


    Nic spoke with an innocent expression, while Nana could no longer contain her excitement. Her eyes turned red in an instant, but she firmly held back her emotions, controlling herself from crying out loud.


    After all themotion, she finally knew where William was!


    Jane received this news, and a faint smile appeared on her face. She calcted, “The earthquake happened yesterday morning at nine o’clock, which was exactly the time for school. William should be in the school. Let’s go quickly!”


    These wordspletely awakened Nana. She quickly grabbed the little girl’s arm and said excitedly, “Nic, tell sister quickly. Where is the school in the vige?”


    Nic turned around, pointed in a direction, which was the west side of the vige.


    Nana and Jane exchanged nces and quickly called a few bodyguards, heading in the direction of the school.


    The school was outside the vige, with rugged and narrow mountain roads. A few people could only walk in a line, and Jane, still holding Nic, walked even more carefully.


    Having endured a difficult journey for nearly an hour, they finally reached the school entrance.


    “We’re here! We made it!” Nana’s voice trembled, her eyes filled with anticipation and excitement.


    William, you have to hold on!


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    Upon entering the school gate, Jane and the others witnessed many copsed ssrooms. The rescue team continued their efforts, rescuing those with injuries. Fortunately, due to timely evacuations led by the teachers, most of those rescued were injured, resulting in fewer casualtiespared to the vige.


    “Here, have some bread and water. Everyone, take it easy, don’t rush… There’s enough for everyone.”


    Jane hadn’t expected the earthquake in the mountainous region to be so severe. They had brought a full carload of supplies, including food and a substantial amount of medical equipment and medicine. However, within a few hours, half of the food reserves they brought were nearly depleted.


    “Jane, take care of them. I’ll go ahead and see if there are any people left behind or if there’s news about William.”


    As two more students were rescued and brought out by the rescue team, Jane and some doctors stayed behind to care for the students and teachers already rescued. Meanwhile, Nana, along with the bodyguards, continued searching. She left two children with Jane, uttered a hurried sentence, and then rushed ahead.


    Seeing more and more people being rescued and realizing their current location was likely to be dangerous during aftershocks, Jane felt her heartstrings tightening and sensed her stamina waning.


    But at this moment, she couldn’t afford to take a break.


    Jane quickly organized the students rescued by the rescue team, helping each other, and guided them towards the open space on the yground.


    The severely injured students were carried by the bodyguards and rescue team, handed over to the medical staff for treatment.


    After the evacuation waspleted, Jane finally breathed a sigh of relief.


    Following that, a wave of fatigue swept over her.


    Since entering the vige, Jane had been on the move non-stop.


    She had just inquired with a rescued teacher, contacted nearby rescue teams, and they were on their way here.


    Half an hourter, the mountain rescue team finally arrived at the school, and the team leader came over to coordinate with Jane.


    There were also many reporters from outside rushing over tirelessly, hoping to get first-hand information for news coverage.


    Jane said to the team leader, “Hello, these are the students and teachers we have currently rescued. There are still many people in the vige, but we don’t know when the aftershocks of this earthquake wille. Please take them out to a safe ce first.”


    The team leader nodded and looked at Jane with admiration. “Of course, and thank you foring to the mountainous area to help with the rescue of the disaster-stricken people. Leave the rest to us.”


    Jane nodded.


    The rescue team arranged for the rescued students to leave the school and go to a safe ce, and Nic would also be taken away.


    “Little sister, would you like to go to a safer ce with Uncle? Don’t dy sister’s work, okay?” The team leader bent down, patted Nic’s head, and his eyes carried a touch ofpassion.