Shocking!

Outside the compound.

More and more people gathered around.

When they heard that Dong Xuebin wanted to go up, many of them froze.

County Chief Jiang, Pu An, Yao Cui, and the others immediately tried to stop him. It was too dangerous. They certainly could not let Dong Xuebin take such a risk. What if something happened?

Dong Xuebin said, "I bear some responsibility for this too."

"What responsibility do you have?" Jian Xiangrong said. "You already saved enough people at noon!"

County Chief Jiang was unexpectedly forceful as well. "You are not allowed to go anywhere today! Stay right here!"

Li Xiaona said, "You nearly fell during the day. You really can't go. It's far too dangerous!"

But Dong Xuebin would not listen. He looked at the stunned firefighters. "How heavy is the slab pinning down Big Sister Zeng?"

A firefighter answered, "We're not sure exactly, but it looks like it weighs around a ton. Maybe... maybe even more!" If it had only weighed a few hundred pounds, the six or seven of them could have moved and lifted it together. Yet so many of them had failed to raise it even an inch. It clearly weighed over a ton, though friction from the slab being embedded in the ground might also have been a factor.

Over a ton?

Everyone sucked in a breath!

Dong Xuebin's expression turned grave, and he frowned. In the end, he still said, "I'll give it a try!"

"Little Dong!"

"County Chief Dong!"

"County Chief Dong, you—"

Dong Xuebin truly regretted this. If he had known someone might die, he would never have gone to the Standing Committee meeting. He would have come directly to the dormitory building to save people. It was because he had trusted what the future newspaper said that things