TFWYH – Chapter 358 Earth Dragon Turns Over

“Alright then. Old lady, pack up the stall. Today we’ll bask in our daughter’s good fortune and go enjoy a day at the estate,” Uncle Qin said.

“Okay!” Aunt Qin replied cheerfully as she packed up the stall and took everything back home.

Tang Wan reminded them to lock the door, then took the whole group to the mountain estate.

At the same time, unbelievable phenomena were happening all over Xiangxi Town.

Birds suddenly burst out from the distant forests in dense flocks, continuously migrating eastward.

Many fish surfaced in the river.

And in the countryside fields, large numbers of frogs began jumping out.

Everyone was astonished.

Many elderly people’s expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly told their families to pack up valuables.

Meanwhile, Tang Wan had already brought the whole family to the estate.

Knowing everyone was coming, Ling Yue was overjoyed and prepared a feast of meat and fish dishes.

Li Wu and Aunt Yang were also helping, busy since the day before.

Before long, the whole group arrived. Li Wu and Meng Shi welcomed them in with big smiles and showed them around.

Madam Jiang and Madam Qian had arrived early and were helping Ling Yue in the kitchen along with Aunt Yang.

Everyone had bright smiles on their faces — only Ling Yu and Tang Wan looked worried, repeatedly glancing up at the sky.

At noon, Ling Yue set up a big round table in the courtyard and invited everyone to sit.

Madam Jiang and the others brought out plate after plate of exquisite dishes.

Ling Yu stood with one hand behind his back, looking at the sky, silently counting in his heart: three, two, one!

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled.

Many of the carefully prepared dishes slid off the table with the shaking and crashed onto the ground.

Madam Jiang and Madam Qian lost their balance and fell forward and back.

Tang Wan had been standing beside them and quickly caught them, lips pressed tight as she stared toward the horizon.

“The earth dragon has turned — it’s an earth dragon turning!” Tang Hongba shouted.

(Turning of the earth dragon = earthquake.)

Tang Tiansheng and Tang Tianyang exchanged a glance — the former immediately shielded his wife, while the latter rushed to protect the elderly Qin couple.

Suxi, Yan Cheng, and his men rushed out from hiding at once and surrounded everyone protectively.

Little Ling Chen grabbed Ling Yue, who nearly fell. Ling Sheng supported his father. Li Dashan protected his parents.

Soon, from below the mountain came waves of sounds of houses collapsing, mixed with people’s screams and cries.

Listening to the chaos below, Tang Wan’s brows knit tightly.

An “earth dragon turning” — that meant an earthquake.

She estimated that the strength was at most around magnitude five — not enough to cause landslides, and normally buildings wouldn’t collapse.

But that assumption only held true in modern times.

Modern buildings are at worst reinforced concrete; high-end ones use aluminum alloys and even bulletproof materials — extremely sturdy. Even quakes stronger than this could be withstood.

But this was ancient times.

Most buildings were wooden houses, mud houses, or even flimsier thatched huts. Even the better ones were only brick houses.

Aside from the better brick structures, the rest simply couldn’t withstand a quake of this level — collapse was inevitable.

Who knew how many people would die in this earthquake — the elderly, the innocent children…

Thinking of this, Tang Wan turned to look at Ling Yu.

Ling Yu also turned to look at her at that moment. In his eyes, she saw only coldness —

just like when they first met.

Her heart trembled, and she quickly looked away.

Ling Yu pressed his lips together and also withdrew his gaze.

He didn’t care how Tang Wan saw him.

In his heart, there were only two kinds of people: his own people, and everyone else.

What did the life or death of others have to do with him?

He had never been a kind man.