Yu Zhi listened to the snowflakes falling on the umbrella, and the figure in his eyes seemed to become increasingly blurry.
The first rescue failed.
Two firefighters and police officers came down. "Although the tower crane's boom is close to the building, there is still a distance and it cannot go up."
"Then let's see if the reporter can persuade him to come down."
Jiang Huai was responsible for holding the umbrella. He looked at Yu Zhi's side face, which was sharp and taut.
Xu Yanqing stood on the roof of the building. She looked down and saw that it was so high.
"Are you a reporter?" the man on the crane asked her.
"Yes," Xu Yanqing held up his press card to show him, "Is there anything you can't say down here?"
"What's the use? All the tickets to go home are sold out. Even if I can go back, I have no shame. My family is still waiting for money..."
"But I will help you now. I see you don't have much to wear. Come on down."
The two of them were locked in a stalemate upstairs, and it seemed like there would be no result for a while.
Yu Zhi didn’t want to wait any longer.
No one saw where he went upstairs. The corridor was very narrow and windy, and no light from the outside came in at all. I wonder if Xu Yanqing was afraid when he went up just now?
Yuzhi's shirt was caught on a nail, and he pulled it off hard, hearing a tearing sound reaching his ears.
When we went to the top floor, the wind was strong and the snow was even heavier.
As Yuzhi walked forward, he heard the voices becoming clearer and clearer. He did not walk all the way over in a grand way, but slowly approached around the piled building materials.
Neither of the two people not far away noticed that he was coming.
Xu Yanqing's voice trembled, and she grabbed the steel bar next to her for fear of falling.
"Look at the place you chose. There isn't even a life mat downstairs. What if I really fall?"
"That would be better, let them pay the wages and funeral expenses together."
Xu Yanqing's tone was not harsh, but a little soft and waxy, not like a reporter, like a girl who just came out of school.
"Are you committing suicide? You died in vain."
"Then I can at least get my salary back, right?"
Xu Yanqing stood there facing the wind and asked him, "Is your purpose to get your money back, or... you just don't want to live anymore?"
"Of course I want money."
"Then I've recorded what you just told me. I can help you distribute the news when I get back. Come down here."
The man sat there motionless, his face turned blue from the cold, "How do I know if you are lying to me? What if you are with them?"
Yuzhi looked at the time, it was almost 12 o'clock.
But standing in front, Xu Yanqing couldn't be a little impatient.
All her emotions exposed will affect the man on the tower crane. Maybe if she says the wrong word, he will jump off without hesitation.
You know, she is not a negotiation expert, she has no experience at all.
"Then tell me, what do you need to do to trust me?"
"I...I've seen it on TV. Please help me start a live broadcast so that everyone can see it, so you can't fake it."
Xu Yanqing stood there without moving.
The man gradually became excited, "I guessed it right, didn't I? You were bribed by those people, you just wanted to deceive me, you go!"
He waved his arms and swayed on the tower crane. Standing there, Yu Zhi could hear the creaking sound of his big arms swaying in the wind.
He was afraid that something unexpected would happen to Xu Yanqing.
"Uncle, have you ever experienced the process of someone changing from a living person to a corpse in front of you?"
The man was wary of her, "Don't tell me this, I don't want to hear it."
"You said you have a daughter who is only 19 years old. She is still in school at this age. She is on winter vacation now and must be waiting for you to come home..."
"Don't talk about my daughter, it's useless!" The man said and moved, "I know it's like that on TV, either he's looking for a wife or children, it's useless!"
"No, two months ago, I reported on a girl who committed suicide. She was only 22 years old, a little older than your daughter."
She knew that fathers with daughters should have a soft side in their hearts.
"That girl didn't dare to call the police when she was assaulted. The only person who dared to tell her was her mother."
The man's eyes were still defensive.
But he did not interrupt Xu Yanqing again.
"It's just that the mother didn't know how to communicate. She said, why was you the one who was violated and not someone else? You have your own problem."
Yu Zhi's tall figure was folded on a board, and Xu Yanqing's expression could not be seen. She could only hear her using a sad voice to talk about what happened to every mortal person every day.
"That girl couldn't figure out why she was the one who was wrong? The place she chose was a little lower than yours, so she chose the eighth floor."
"At first, the firefighters were almost close to her and could almost hold her hand. But at that time, there were many people gathered downstairs. They held up their mobile phones to take pictures, and their voices became louder and louder. They said that they had been waiting for a long time.
Why don’t you jump yet?”
"In the end, the girl jumped and the firefighters failed to catch her. Uncle, if I started a live broadcast for you, can you bear the sound?"
The man was silent.
"I followed up the report afterwards and found out that the girl's father was working out of town. When he came back, he was completely cold."
Xu Yanqing has seen too many things in the world. She is not numb, but just powerless and helpless.
She didn't know if she could persuade the man in front of her, "Maybe the only person in this world who can support his daughter is dad. You are not afraid of death, which is good, but the tens of thousands of dollars you asked for back can afford it."
What’s your daughter’s next life?”
Listening to this, Yu Zhi felt inexplicably touched. He felt that everything she said made sense, and felt that every word seemed to be imprinted on her body.
After a long time, the man said, "You really know how to help me?"
"Of course, definitely."
"I believe you for once."
The man was frozen and unable to stand up, so firefighters began to go upstairs to rescue him.
No one seemed to care about Xu Yanqing, she stood there like a sculpture.
Yu Zhi walked over and held Xu Yanqing's hand, which was as cold as a piece of ice.
He put his other hand around her waist and hugged her down. Xu Yanqing turned away, as if he didn't want to see anyone.
"You're freezing, aren't you?"
"No, it's okay." She said in a low voice.
Yu Zhi grabbed her body and pulled her in front of him, only to see Xu Yanqing's face was covered with tears.
It turns out that while she was standing here, she had been crying.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Yanqing stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, but Yu Zhi pulled her hand away and gently stroked the corners of her eyes with his fingers, wiping them again and again.
"What you just said was very good. Didn't it persuade people to quit?"
Xu Yanqing wanted to lower his head, but his face was held by Yu Zhi.
She could only face him, her expression was a little unbearable, and tears fell one after another.
"I miss my dad so much."
Xu Yanqing didn't want Yu Zhi to see her crying like this, so she could only step forward and bury her face in front of Yu Zhi.