40. Stay Together
Li Yonggen was about to dig a hole to get out. Now that he had the shadow clone skill, he could dig with confidence.
Not only can it save a lot of trouble, but there is no danger.
Although he didn't know whether the accidental death of the shadow clone would have an impact on him, Li Yonggen still didn't want to try it rashly unless it was absolutely necessary.
The entrance of the cave has collapsed. Digging it out would be laborious and dangerous. Who knows if it will collapse again?
Therefore, Li Yonggen decided to find a location to dig a hole above.
It is not easy to dig a ten-meter-deep hole underground, but it is much easier to dig upward from the ground.
The only thing I have to worry about is that it may collapse, but this doesn't bother Li Yonggen.
He first chose a relatively solid place, then used things to support both sides, and then dug a hole from the middle.
At first, Li Yonggen used his shadow clone to dig holes, but unfortunately the effect was greatly reduced and there was still a certain cooling time.
He was worried about the long nights and dreams, so he had to dig holes himself.
The weather outside is very cold, but the temperature inside the air-raid shelter is much higher. Especially the place where daily supplies are stored is very dry, which makes people feel warm and spring-like.
Li Yonggen's physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary people, so the coldness is nothing to him.
In order to avoid getting his clothes dirty, he even took off his clothes when digging the hole, leaving only a pair of underpants for cover.
In just a few hours, Li Yonggen dug a large one-meter-square hole diagonally upward from the air-raid shelter to the ground.
When he returned to the air-raid shelter and had just finished taking a shower, he saw Lou Xiao'e slowly waking up.
"What are you doing?"
Lou Xiao'e looked at Li Yonggen who was naked in front of her, her face turned red.
Although she and Li Yonggen had an intimate relationship, the scene was still embarrassing.
"Take a shower!"
Li Yonggen smiled: "It's not like I haven't seen it before, why are you so shy?"
He walked straight towards Lou Xiao'e and started a new round of fierce fighting.
After a long time, Lou Xiao'e surrendered and ended the battle.
If it weren't for the recovery potion in Li Yonggen's backpack, Lou Xiao'e, who was on the battlefield for the first time today, wouldn't have been able to last so long.
Li Yonggen hugged Lou Xiao'e and said, "About the Xu family's fraudulent marriage, how will you deal with it after you get out?"
After waiting for a long time, he didn't receive the system prompt. It seemed that a person only had one chance to obtain the skill.
"If they are outside now, of course we should call the police to arrest them."
Lou Xiao'e thought for a while: "Now that we are trapped here, it doesn't matter whether we catch them or not; as long as we can get out alive and stay together, we have nothing else to ask for."
She didn't know that Li Yonggen had already dug a hole to get out of. People were about to die, so how could she think about holding him accountable?
"Don't worry, we'll be out soon!"
Li Yonggen smiled: "While you were sleeping, I had already dug a hole to get out."
As he spoke, he helped Lou Xiao'e clean up the traces of the battle and went to the place where the hole was dug.
"It's amazing!"
Lou Xiao'e looked at the dug hole and hugged Li Yonggen ecstatically: "You fool, why don't you ask me to help?"
There was a lot of soil dug out and piled up in the air raid shelter. Judging from the size of the hole, it was at least more than ten meters long.
Thinking of Li Yonggen digging alone, Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but feel a little guilty while feeling distressed.
At that time, she was sleeping, but Li Yonggen was working hard.
Lou Xiao'e thought that if she could help out, even if it meant sharing a small part, Li Yonggen would be much more relaxed.
"It doesn't matter!"
Li Yonggen responded enthusiastically: "I can do this kind of thing. It's not worth it to tire you out."
Lou Xiao'e felt warm in her heart after hearing this, and became even more moved.
At this moment, there was only Li Yonggen in her heart and eyes, and her eyes were filled with deep affection.
Li Yonggen first asked Lou Xiao'e to put on his coat and climb out of the newly dug hole, and then he climbed out.
When she got outside, Lou Xiao'e took a deep breath and breathed in the fresh air greedily.
Even the air has a breath of freedom.
Li Yonggen asked Lou Xiao'e to take off her clothes and give them to him, then put them on again.
As a result, his clothes were covered with mud, but Lou Xiao'e's clothes were very clean, except for a few stains on her body.
The two of them stood together, forming a sharp contrast.
Lou Xiao'e looked at the location and found it was not far from their backyard.
When she returned home, she realized that her family had no idea that she and Li Yonggen had been trapped in the air-raid shelter for nearly eight hours, and thought they had gone somewhere to play.
Although everyone knew that the air-raid shelter had collapsed, no one paid much attention to it.
Only when the situation is urgent, will everyone truly realize the importance of air raid shelters.
Who cares about its condition when it is not needed?
Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, Li Yonggen was very powerful, otherwise they would have been trapped in the air-raid shelter.
By the time others find them, they may have turned into bones.
Lou Xiao'e asked someone to get hot water for Li Yonggen to take a bath and find him some clean clothes.
Seeing Li Yonggen covered in mud, Lou's mother asked curiously: "Xiao'e, where have you been? How did he get like this?"
She thought Lou Xiao'e and Li Yonggen had fun and forgot to come back.
"Nowhere to go!"
Lou Xiao'e forced herself to be calm and said: "He was just going to play in the backyard. He accidentally fell and that's it."
She decided not to tell her mother about the air raid shelter yet to avoid worrying her.
Lou's mother couldn't help complaining: "So, you haven't eaten yet? How old are you and you are still so playful!"
While talking, he asked people to prepare food.
Although there was food and water in the air-raid shelter, how could Lou Xiaoe eat in that situation?
Not long after, Li Yonggen took a shower, put on new clothes, and came out to eat something with Lou Xiao'e.
After eating and drinking, Lou Xiaoe told Lou's mother about the Xu family's fraudulent marriage.
When Lou Xiao'e heard that Li Yonggen was not Xu Damao, Lou's mother couldn't believe it for a moment.
Someone asked Lou's father to come back and have a look, and it was confirmed that Li Yonggen was not Xu Damao, which shocked Lou Xiao'e's parents.
Lou's father was not very concerned about Lou Xiao'e's marriage and left all the power to his wife to arrange and handle it.
For him, as long as Lou Xiao'e likes the other person and the conditions in all aspects are not too bad, it is enough.
Lou's mother said angrily: "I never expected that I regard her as my own family, but she would deliberately try to cheat her into a marriage and almost ruin my daughter's life!"
She regards Xu's mother as a family member and is very close to her, otherwise she would not have arranged a blind date between Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e.
"Call the police!"
Lou Xiao'e was even more resentful: "That kind of person has nothing to say and doesn't hold us accountable. She thinks we are easy to bully!"
She understood that if Li Yonggen hadn't taken the initiative to explain, they might still have been kept in the dark, and then she would have married someone she didn't like at all.
"Wait a moment!"
Li Yonggen interjected: "Let me ask you a few questions first. Once you think about it carefully, it's not too late to call the police!"
He paused for a moment, then continued: "You said you cheated on the marriage, what evidence do you have? Xu Damao never said that I was Xu Damao. Even if you step back ten thousand steps, it can be proved that Xu Damao's mother deliberately cheated on the marriage, and if you arrest her, what will happen to you?"
What good is home?"
From the first time Lou Xiao'e met Li Yonggen to yesterday when Xu's mother brought Li Yonggen to Lou's house to propose marriage, she never said that Li Yonggen was Xu Damao who was on a blind date with Lou Xiao'e.
After hearing this, Lou's father and Lou's mother looked at each other, and both felt that what Li Yonggen said made sense.
Chapter completed!