A Matter of Wife and Love
Chapter 192

Chapter 192

Leo looked at her with a puzzled look.

Previously, Elyse had given him a series of evidence that proved that it was her older sister, Ellen, who had donated her cornea to save his eye.

Regarding this matter, Leo had done a thorough investigation and even found Ms. Albert from Quinn Town.

Ms. Albert confirmed that the shoemaker's daughter, Elie, did come to ask her for information on corneal donation.

Since he had used some special measures, Mrs. Albert had spat out the truth.

However, why was Julia asking about this now?

"Who is it?" After a slight pause, he asked Julia, wanting to hear what she was about to say.

"Of course, it's Elie!"

Before she could say the name "Elie," they heard another loud rumble, followed by the ground trembling again. Something had happened at the collapsed supermarket!

As the loud rumble interrupted their conversation, Julia didn't speak any further, and both looked in that direction. "Mommy! Grandpa!" Bria's cries were becoming more hysterical.

Scrunching his eyebrows tightly, Leo ignored the rescue staff's warning and tore the cordon away before rushing inside.

"Hey, it's dangerous there!" the personnel responsible for guarding the site yelled.

However, Leo had already disappeared.

Following that, Eugene just happened to lead another team of rescuers over, and they entered the scene.

The scene was a mess with broken and fallen pillars all around. The concrete coating was broken into pieces, exposing the twisted steel bars inside. There were even some bars that were bent into strange angles.

There were so many concrete pieces with sharp angles that there was nowhere to step on.

Dust filled the air, choking anyone who ran inside and causing them to have difficulty breathing.

At the same time, the rescuers were constantly carrying out the wounded one by one.

All of them had faces covered in dust and they were heavily wounded, and there were still some who were pinned under concrete pillars, with no one knowing whether they were still alive.

The originally luxuriously and fashionably decorated supermarket had now become hell. It was a horrific situation!

When Eugene caught up with Leo and saw the situation, he couldn't help but gasp.

Meanwhile, Leo frowned slightly while focusing his attention and quickly locating Samuel, who was directing the rescuers.

Leo walked over and arrived before Samuel in just a few steps. "Have you found them?"

Samuel looked at Leo in surprise but then shook his head solemnly.

The building was so badly damaged that it was almost impossible for Amelie to still be alive.

Such a realization made Leo frown even deeper.

A while later, he informed Samuel, "I'll look over there!"

"Mr. Alston, that part of the building is still crumbling. How about I bring someone over?" Eugene ran over and suggested.

Leo glanced at him and declined, "No need!"

After saying that, he sprinted over there himself.

While searching through the rubble, Leo dodged a few small collapses before finally coming across a light-colored figure under a large pillar. There was Amelie, lying right under the huge pillar.

When the shelves fell, they happened to form a small corner that blocked the pillar and created a small space.

That small space was where Amelie was in.

"Are you alright?" Leo called out to her the moment he saw her.

Hearing someone calling her, Amelie slowly raised her head and looked over.

It was then that Leo discovered that she was shielding someone below her.

Judging from the gray hair, Leo thought it might be Steven.

"I'm fine, but my dad... he might be injured," Amelie answered softly. When she saw it was him, a trace of surprise appeared in her eyes. She didn't expect Leo would come and save her.

After a quick observation of Amelie's position and surroundings, Leo frowned because where she was was a tight space, so they needed to dig her out. The things around her and the shelves were supporting the huge pillar, so if they moved any of that, the pillar would fall and squish the people under it. However, the situation hadn't reached the point of desperation either because they could still save Amelie and Steven by removing the pillar.

"Don't be afraid. I'm coming to save you," Leo comforted her.

It was the first time Leo spoke so gently and harmlessly to Amelie. She was terrified at first, but she was now filled with courage.

She nodded. "Okay."

Afterward, Leo didn't say anything else and quickly contacted the rescuers and professionals.

The professionals came quickly and tied several huge iron chains to the end of the pillar while a piece of heavy machinery was outside, waiting to move the pillar at any moment. Back inside, Leo and a few rescuers had changed into their rescue uniforms and were ready to save Amelie and Steven the moment the crane raised the pillar.

There was a safety rope attached around Leo's waist.

"One, two, three!"

Under the guidance of the commander, the pillar was slowly raised.

At the same time, Leo and the others were being let down slowly according to how they had planned.

Leo pushed away some debris and came to where Amelie was.

Then, Amelie strenuously helped Steven fasten his safety belt and let the rescuers pull him out first.

"Give me your hand. Grab onto me." Leo landed before her.

As Amelie knew it was an urgent situation, she reached out her hand without giving it much thought.

With his hands linked together, Leo hugged her waist and was prepared to bring her up.

However, before he could grab hold of her, Amelie suddenly pushed him away!

Leo's body was hanging by the rope around his body, so he couldn't replace his footing and was swung far away. Then, his back crashed into a concrete slab.

He felt the sharp edge of the concrete pierce his back and was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.

At that very second, the ground began to shake again.

The roof collapsed again, bringing down a huge slab of concrete that landed on the spot where he was previously standing!

He instinctively grabbed onto the concrete slab behind him and saw Amelie retreating in the opposite way.

Even though she was moving fairly quickly, she was still hit by one of the corners of the falling concrete slab.

Pfft! She spat out a mouthful of blood!

The situation had changed in just a matter of a few seconds.

When Leo saw her spitting blood, he felt like a knife was stabbing his chest. The sharp pain was even more painful than the pain in his back! Just now, she pushed him away to save him!

Even though it happened in a split second, he still managed to see the gentle light in her eyes when she pushed him away.

Her eyes were filled with gratefulness, joy, and relief...

"Amelie!" The pain in Leo's chest seemed to have exploded as he used the leverage on his safety rope to desperately swing over to Amelie.

He saw her lying there with blood at the corner of her lips and a ghastly face.

Dark red blood was slowly seeping out from her back and staining her red clothes like a silently blossoming blood-red flower.

It was shocking!

Amelie hadn't lost consciousness, so she slowly turned her head and smiled at Leo.

Seeing her smile left Leo so heartbroken that his sobs were caught in his throat, rendering him breathless.

He didn't have any time to care about his feelings because after the incident just now, the load-bearing equipment was destroyed, and everything had tilted onto the pillar.

When the pillar's weight came down again, the shelves shielding Amelie broke and pushed down on her body, encasing her inside.

Even so, those shelves couldn't hold on much longer.

"Get new heavy equipment over here and reattach the pillar. Hurry up!" Leo had never felt so flustered as he roared out his order. Obviously, his plan of attack was the right one, so the rescuers quickly contacted the others outside.

This time, they sent a helicopter over.

Several iron chains were hung down from the helicopter, and the rescuers that came down with Leo quickly fastened the chains to the pillar.

"They have to lift the cranes first, so the pillar will definitely shift, but don't worry because the load is on that end, so you won't be in danger." Leo was speaking to her through a small hole between the shelves, and he couldn't help but soften his voice when reassuring her.

Amelie barely managed to nod. She was in bad shape after losing a lot of blood and getting hit by the concrete slab.

Leo stared at her for a few seconds before screaming his order to the personnel outside. "Start lifting!"

The helicopter above him whirled as the crane was slowly lifted away, followed by the pillar.

When Leo reached out his hand again, they suddenly heard a child's pitiful cry.

Everyone was shocked.

"Bria!"