When the House Collapsed, He Chose Her

I was dug out,covered in broken glass. The nurse was helping me clean up while wondering why my wounds looked like they were caused by an explosion. I stayed silent. Andrew and his first love Gillian were being interviewed at the same time. The video of him digging for Gillian went viral. This love story about earthquake rescue was the most popular. Reporters kept asking Andrew questions.They called him'the most handsome boyfriend in the world!' The whole ward knows about him.Even my doctor said he loves his girlfriend.He dug with his bare hands for hours.The wounds were deep.He also showed me the video.Andrew was kneeling on the rubble,digging with his hands in front of the rebar and glass. Glass pierced all his hands. He shouted Gillian's name and kept digging. In the end,he spent a huge sum of money to find a professional blaster to help him blast the floorboards to get Gillian out. He saw Gillian. He cried. The doctor wiped his tears and said,'If I had someone to love me,I'd be happy.There aren't many good men like this.' My mouth twitched. A good man. I thought about those three words,then looked at Andrew feeding congee to Gillian. He forgot he had a wife. He forgot I was under the floor too.I was buried because I saved him. He only talked about his love for Gillian. He didn't mention me at all. The only time he thought of me was when people were recording the death list and asking if my name was on it. He looked disappointed when people told him I was still alive.He didn't think I would survive the disaster.But we were in the same ward.Every day,I saw him looking at me as he took care of Gillian. Andrew looked at me,surprised. He brought over the leftovers and put them in front of me. I was wrapped in bandages. The nurse looked sad when she gave me my medicine. But Andrew looked at me with disgust. He couldn't stand the smell of my rotting body. He looked like he was going to vomit. 'I got these to eat.Eat them yourself or I will get someone to feed you.' He pushed the food in front of me and stayed one meter away from me. But when he served Gillian,he leaned tightly against her. He hated the meal so much that he couldn't even eat it. I looked at him. He was too obvious about it. He said,'I wanted to go back to save you after Gillian was rescued,but you were gone and that place had caved in.' 'It was dangerous.I couldn't stay.You don't blame me from not saving you,do you?' Save me? He followed Gillian into the ambulance without looking back.The ambulance crew asked him if there was anyone else there.He shook his head and I was trapped under the concrete slab.He called off the ambulance team and left.Why did he leave me there? She saw me chatting with Andrew for too long and pretended to be in pain,shouting loudly. Andrew left without looking back after hearing her voice. He heated up the food and fed Gillian a little. He helped Gillian clean her wound. Her body smelled too. But Andrew didn't even frown,rubbing it with a sad heart. And I... There were not enough nurses to take care of me because there are too many patients in need of rescue.. I wanted water. Andrew didn't hear me.I had to shout several times. I reached for the water bottle and I fell to the ground. Andrew stepped on my hand with the hot meal. He went to Gillian's side. 'I am thirsty...' I shouted again. The nurse who was looking after me saw that I had fallen. She looked at the couple and shouted,'Can't you see this patient?''Can't you help her get a glass of water?She has injuries all over her body!' He pretended not to see it and stepped over my hand,but he was acting pitifully. The doctor came over and said the single-person ward was ready.He told Andrew to take his girlfriend there. A single room? The earthquake was so sudden that several public hospitals were full.Gillian and I ended up at the most expensive private hospital in the city. This ward cost more. He asked for a single room. The nurse who gave me the injection said,'That boy took a lot of money,about a hundred thousand!'He took the single room and said he was heartbroken for his girlfriend. More than a hundred thousand! Where did he get so much money?