Seeing Nana in this state, Jane also felt a bit uneasy.
She understood Nana’s feelings at this moment, but no matter what, saving lives was the top priority. Whoever was under the ruins, they needed to be rescued quickly.
Jane pursed her lips, took a step forward, and first comforted Nana with a reassuring pat on the shoulder. “We will find him for sure.”
There was no time for unnecessary words. Watching the rescue team and bodyguards starting to move and clear the debris outside, Jane also joined in, getting herself covered in dust and dirt.
Soon, the obstacles outside were cleared, revealing the fuzzy hair and twin ponytails of a little girl.
“It’s a little girl. Hurry, save her!” Jane exclaimed with a hint of joy.
Now, besides searching for William, the priority was to rescue as many people as possible. In such a massive earthquake, casualties were inevitable, and saving one more life mattered.
Everyone was busy with the rescue, and the digging speed increased.
As more obstacles were cleared, the cries of the little girl became clearer.
“Woo, woo, mommy, mommy…”
The helpless cries of the little girl reached them, and Nana, at this moment, put aside her sorrow and joined in the rescue efforts.
“Mommy? It’s a mother and daughter. There are people below!” Jane’s expression froze for a moment, then she calmly directed everyone in the rescue.
Ten minutes later, with everyone working together, they finally managed to move the large crossbeam at the bottom.
Jane looked down, seeing a woman with her head bowed.
Her indigo blue coat was covered in dust, looking disheveled.
Not only that, her clothes had several tears, and there were large red marks on her back. It seemed like she was hit by a collapsed beam, buried in the ruins. Her exposed skin showed many wounds, scratches, and injuries-quite shocking.
In the woman’s arms, there was a six or seven-year-old girl.
The little girl seemed to be in better condition, only suffering some abrasions. Her face was dirty, covered in tear streaks, dust, and the smell of soil-pitiful.
Seeing this scene touched Jane’s heart.
This great mother had shielded her child with her own body.
“Mommy, mommy… Wake up, mommy…” The little girl, upon seeing Jane and the others, hesitated for a moment, then burst into tears again. She pressed her hands on the woman’s arms, trying to shake her.
“Someone is here, mommy, wake up…”
Jane walked over, comforting the little girl. “Little sister, don’t cry.”
The rescue team quickly dispatched personnel to move the woman’s position slightly, carefully lifting her out of the debris and placing her on a stretcher.
Nana frowned, looking very worried at the woman.
The little girl was brought to a safer area by the rescue team’s doctor, who carefully treated her injuries.
The girl’s throat was already hoarse from crying, but she kept looking in the direction where her mother was.
She knew that Jane and Nana were the people here to save them. Tearfully, she looked at Jane and pleaded, “Sister, please, save… save my mom…”
Nana had been taking care of the woman, or rather, trying to wake her up.
The woman’s face was pale, always in a state of unconsciousness. Even with the emergency treatment from the rescue team’s doctor, there was still no response.
“Sister, go and check on your mom. Don’t worry; we will do our best to save her!” Jane tightly pressed her lips. When they were rescuing people just now, the woman had clearly protected her daughter. She couldn’t imagine what it looked like when the beams and stones fell on her back during the earthquake.
Fearfully… it seemed more bad than good.
After doing her best to comfort the little girl, Jane gestured to the doctor to take care of her and walked towards the stretcher.
Nana frowned as she slowly stood up. Jane approached, reexamining the woman’s condition. The bloodstains on her arms and legs had already dried, and it was unclear how long she had been buried under the rubble.
“How is she? Are her wounds all bandaged?” Nana sighed gently, turned her head, looked at the little girl not far away, shook her head, and didn’t say a word.
In the end, the doctor spoke first, “The earthquake had the widest impact. She and the little girl have been buried in the ruins for so long; it’s already remarkable that they held on until now. As for the extensive abrasions on her back and body, we did our best. The resources we brought this time are limited, and there is no way to perform surgery. But transferring her to the city is also too late…”
The doctor didn’t continue with the rest of the words.
Jane and Nana understood what he meant. Both sighed inwardly.
At this moment, the woman’s lips suddenly moved slightly, and she tentatively raised her hand.
Perhaps due to exhaustion, she only managed to raise it a bit before it fell again. She extended one finger, and a faint voice emerged, “You…”
Jane and Nana noticed her change and quickly crouched down. Jane held the woman’s hand, paying no attention to the dirt under her fingernails, and said quickly, “Ma’am, we are here to rescue you from the mountain area. If you have anything to say, please feel free.”
The woman struggled to half-open her eyes but only glanced at the two of them for a moment. Then, she looked in the direction of the little girl, slowly clasping Jane’s finger with her thumb.
“Th-thank you. She… she…”
The woman’s voice was weak and small. Jane had to bend down to barely hear her.
Although her words were always intermittent, Jane could roughly understand what the woman wanted to do.
“Do you want to see your daughter? Alright.”
Nana understood quickly. She turned and walked towards the little girl and the doctor responsible for bandaging her. “Little sister, come with me. Your mom is awake.”
The little girl, upon hearing this, seemed unusually happy. She let Nana hold her hand, walking much faster than at the beginning.
As she approached, seeing her mother lying almost lifeless on the stretcher, tears couldn’t be held back, streaming down.
“Mom… what happened to you…”
Only at this moment did the woman reveal a smile. She raised her hand, and her fingers brushed across the little girl’s face, wiping away the tears. Her voice was very light and gentle, “Nicola, Mom… Mom may not be able to accompany you as you grow up. In the future, you must take good care of yourself and listen to these uncles and aunties. Mom loves you and will be watching you from the sky…”
The woman glanced at Jane, her lips moving. Although she didn’t say anything in the end, Jane felt she understood her emotions.
?Take care of my daughter. Thank you.】