Afternoon.
District Party Committee Building.
The District Party Committee Building is burning.
Geng Yuehua and six staff were trapped on the rooftop of the five-story building. There’s nowhere to escape.
“Help!”
“Where are the fire engines!?”
“Help! Save us! The fire is coming!”
“Help! Help!”
The ones on the rooftop are panicking. The heat had almost melted their shoes, and thick smoke made them dizzy. These people had escaped from the fire because they were on the fourth floor. The fire was too big and caused the stairs to collapse from the ground floor to the third floor. The only place to run is upstairs. More than twenty of them were inside, but only eight made it to the rooftop. The rest had died along the way. But the rooftop is a dead end and can only extend their lives for a few minutes. There’s no way to escape as the fire spreads nearer to them.
The survivors shouted for help on the rooftop.
Geng Xinke cried out to his sister and tried to run towards the building. “Sis!”
But Shen Fei pulled him back.
Geng Yuehua looked at the people outside the building and did not say anything.
Ma Jian shouts to Geng Yuehua. “The fire department cannot reach us because the roads are blocked!”
Wang Anshi snatched a loudhailer from a staff. “Hang in there! The fire department will be here soon! Just hang in there!”
The ones on the rooftop immediately understood the situation.
A female staff fell to the ground, crying, and the rest were in despair.
Hang in there?! The fire will reach them in a few minutes. They might not even last five minutes!
Dong Xuebing looked at them helplessly. The stairs had collapsed, and there was no way to reach them.
That’s it! Yuehua is going to die!
Dong Xuebing’s eyes are red from his anger.
Geng Yuehua looked down and saw Dong Xuebing. She shouted. “Xiao Dong! Stand away from the building. It might collapse anytime.”
Dong Xuebing did not move and stood there looking at Geng Yuehua.
“Xiao Dong!” Geng Yuehua got mad. “Can’t you hear what I said?! Get away from the building!”
The fire had spread to the fourth floor and was spreading quickly. The building’s structure is unstable from the earthquake and the fire and is in danger of collapsing. Only Dong Xuebing is standing below the building, and he will be crushed if the building collapses.
Someone shouted to Dong Xuebing.
“Director Dong, come here!”
“Xiao Dong, get away from there!”
“Director Dong! It is dangerous over there!”
But Dong Xuebing ignored. He continues to look at the rooftop without saying a word.
Are there no other solutions?!
There must be a way to save them!
Suddenly, Dong Xuebing got an idea. He turned to the others and shouted. “Are there anything that can cushion falls?! Bring anything that can cushion heavy impact! Go and look for it!”
Geng Xinke jumped to his feet. “That’s right! We need things that can cushion falls!”
Wang Anshi shouts anxiously. “Go and look for things that can cushion their fall! Bring everything you all can find!”
Everyone immediately got it and rushed to look for items.
The people on the roof saw a glimpse of hope.
That’s right. They can jump off the roof if there are enough cushions below. They might not die from the fall.
But the roads to the District Party Committee Building were destroyed, and buildings had collapsed. How are they going to find airbags to cushion their falls?! It’s a miracle if they can find a few mattresses.
Dong Xuebing ran to an abandoned car and pulled out the backseat cushions. After that, he ran to another car. The doors were locked, but he smashed the windows with his elbow and pulled out the back seat cushions. He carried all the backseat cushions from these two cars and spread them at the foot of the building.
Ma Jian and other staff ran towards Dong Xuebing with their items.
“Director Dong! Here!” Geng Xinke had brought back a few backseat cushions.
Ma Jian had brought a pile of clothes. These clothes were from the survivors, and she helped Dong Xuebing, and Geng Xinke spread them on the cushions.
This is a five-story building, and the wind and air resistance might prevent anyone from falling straight down. Their cushions must be spread across an area. However, they don’t have enough clothing and cushions. Spreading them caused it to be thinner, and it will not withstand the impact.
Dong Xuebing shouted anxiously. “Hurry and look for more cushions! We need more cushions!”
Everyone started to search for more items to cushion those people’s falls. But they can only gather a few more items, which is insufficient.
Even an idiot will know no one can survive from jumping off a five-story building with this thin layer of cushion.
“No! This is not enough!”
“What should we do?! We can’t find anything else.”
“How about we go outside to look for cushions?!”
“It will be too late!”
The fire had reached the fifth story, and a loud explosion was heard. An office on the fifth story had exploded. The explosion blew out some chairs and tables from the windows, almost falling on Dong Xuebing. The fire might reach the rooftop in less than two minutes!
The people on the roof screamed in horror.
“The fire had reached us!”
“It’s too hot! Help!”
“I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die here!”
A few female staff are screaming for help.
Many survivors outside the building were tearing up. Some gritted their teeth and clenched their fists. Everyone felt helpless.
That’s it.
This is the end for those people!
No one felt those people could be saved.
Geng Xinke tried to run into the fire to get upstairs to save his sister. But Dong Xuebing pulled him back. “Secretary Geng, get back!”
“My sister is up there! How can I get back and do nothing?!”
“Just get back! I will save your sister!”
“How are you going to do that?! There’s no time!”
“I can save her! Just get away and stop giving me more problems!”
Ma Jian and the other staffs were afraid Geng Xinke might run into the burning building, and they quickly pulled him away.
“Director Dong! You must also leave!” Ma Jian shouted.
Dong Xuebing took a deep breath and waved her off. “Just go! Don’t worry about me!”
“But….”
“Just get away from here!”
The situation is desperate.
No one knows what Dong Xuebing is thinking. They saw Dong Xuebing taking off his blood-stained and burnt shirt and throwing them on the cushions.
After that, Dong Xuebing looked up and shouted. “Jump!”
Everyone is stunned. Jump?!
Those people are not on the third floor! They are on the roof of a five-story building! This is equivalent to jumping off from the sixth story onto a thin pile of cushions and clothing. How are they going to survive?!
“Xiao Dong! What are you doing?!”
“The cushions cannot take the impact! Don’t jump!”
Dong Xuebing ignored the others and looked at the roof. “Just jump down towards the cushions!”
A female staff looked down from the edge of the roof and trembled. “No…. it is too high!”
Dong Xuebing scolded. “Stop wasting time! Just jump as you are told!”
Geng Yuehua looks at Dong Xuebing angrily. “Xiao Dong! You….”
“Mayor Geng!” Dong Xuebing looked at her. “If you trust me, just get them to jump one by one. I promise nothing will happen to them!”
Nothing will happen to them?!
How can nothing will happen from jumping off from the sixth floor?!
The fire had reached the ceiling of the fifth story, and the woman on the edge of the roof felt her feet burning. She lost her footing and fell off the building. Everyone screamed as she fell.
“She fell!”
“Ahh!!!”
Everyone’s heart had stopped.
Dong Xuebing calmly stepped onto the cushions, and everyone wondered what he was doing. The next moment, everyone’s jaw dropped. They saw him extending his arms outwards.
“Xiao Dong!”
“What are you doing!?”
“Are you mad?!”
No one had expected Dong Xuebing’s crazy actions. Catching someone falling from the sixth story is committing suicide!
The air froze as everyone stared at Dong Xuebing and the falling female staff.
Swoosh!
The female staff had fallen more than ten meters in a split second.
The momentum from the fall made a swoosh sound.
Dong Xuebing shouts and moves forward to catch the woman. The impact was strong, and they landed heavily on the cushions.
Everyone is shocked.
