After seeing Qi Yun walking away, Aunt Shen withdrew her gaze and said to Zhao Shiyan:
"Xiaoyan, are you sure he was the one who just helped you out?"
Zhao Shiyan nodded:
"Yes, Aunt Shen, although I don't really like the look in his eyes, it is true that he helped us."
Zhao Shiyan told Aunt Shen what happened in the mall just now.
Aunt Shen nodded slightly:
"It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it, but even if he helps you out, that doesn't necessarily mean he's a good person. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, I know. But, having said that, Aunt Shen, why didn't I see Xiaoshuai? Didn't I take him with me when I came out this time?"
Aunt Shen returned to her bossy posture and said nonchalantly:
"I brought him here, but I don't know where he went to play. It's okay. It has always been like this before. He will come back when he gets tired from playing. Don't worry."
Zhao Shiyan sighed secretly. Aunt Shen was too worried. But when he thought of himself, Zhao Shiyan felt a little ashamed. He was not qualified to criticize her.
Zhao Shiyan had met Xiaoshuai at any rate. Although he was only 6-7 years old, the little guy was very clever and kept calling him "Sister Shi Yan" as soon as he met him. Zhao Shiyan liked him very much.
"Then let's go find Xiaoshuai. Although there aren't many people on the street, it wouldn't be good if he goes too far to play. What if he gets abducted by bad guys?"
"Okay, you go ahead. When you see that kid, tell him and ask him to come back quickly."
"Wrap it up on us!"
Afterwards, Zhao Shiyan and Li Mengyao walked in the direction pointed by Aunt Shen.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, except for large shopping malls, there are not many shops opened on both sides of the street.
Zhao Shiyan thought that children who were afraid of the cold would definitely find some shelter from the wind to hide and play alone, so she focused on the stores around her that had opened early.
"Hello, auntie, have you seen a little boy of six or seven years old passing by here? He is wearing a red cotton-padded jacket. He is about this tall. Um, but I haven't seen him for a year. He must have grown taller too. Quite a few."
When passing by a bakery called "Sweetheart Grandpa", Zhao Shiyan asked the aunt behind the counter, gesturing with his hands while asking.
The aunt at the counter pondered for a while, shook her head and said:
"The little boy in the red cotton jacket? I haven't seen him before. But a group of children passed by me half an hour ago. I don't know if they have seen the little boy you mentioned. You can go further and ask."
"That's it, then thank you, auntie!"
"Need not."
After the aunt's guidance, the two girls walked another 2 kilometers together, and finally saw the group of children the aunt mentioned.
Contrary to Zhao Shiyan's imagination, these children did not gather together to play around. Instead, they had solemn expressions on their faces and were discussing something together.
When they found two sisters approaching them, the children stopped discussing. A boy boldly approached Zhao Shiyan and said:
"Sister, can you do us a favor?"
Zhao Shiyan felt that the help these children wanted from her was definitely not a big deal, so she agreed:
"Okay, okay, but before I help you, I have to ask you a question. Have you ever seen a little boy of about six or seven years old wearing a red cotton-padded jacket passing by?"
After listening to Zhao Shiyan's question, the little boy in the lead suddenly became excited:
"Red cotton jacket? I've seen him before. Of course I've seen him before. We were playing with him just now! Sister, the favor we need you to help is related to him."
Then, the little boy pointed to the iron fence not far away. Zhao Shiyan turned around and saw that a hole had been bent in the iron fence. She had a bad feeling in her heart.
And what the little boy said next confirmed her suspicion.
It turned out that Xiaoshuai had been playing with these children before, and while they were playing, they ran to the iron fence.
Several children were very curious about the world on the other side of the fence, and they wanted to go and have a look.
At this time, Xiaoshuai stepped forward. In order to look cool in front of everyone, he found a part that was severely eroded by the river water. After shaking it back and forth several times, he finally made a hole that was barely enough for one person to pass through.
However, although everyone wanted to cross the fence and skate on the river before, now that there is a hole, no one dares.
Xiaoshuai laughed at them for being cowards, so he went over to play alone. The other children hesitated for a long time, but no one dared to follow. Finally, they unanimously decided to ask an adult to help find Xiaoshuai.
After hearing this, Zhao Shiyan didn't think much and plunged into the hole in the fence that Xiao Shuai had broken open, trying to get the child back.
After Li Mengyao hesitated for a moment, he told the children to leave here quickly and not get close to the fence, and then followed him.
The Nenjiang River ebbs very strongly in winter, and is far from as high as the water level in summer. If you stand on a high place and look down at the Nenjiang River, you will feel that the Nenjiang River is not very wide after the ebb tide. But after actually getting through the fence, Li Mengyao started to look at the mountains.
Dead horse feeling.
We could clearly see the scene on the other side of the river, but after walking for 10 minutes, we still didn't get to the real ice.
However, there was no other good way. The two of them could only walk forward slowly in the thick snowdrifts. They still walked along the road that Xiaoshuai had trodden.
Zhao Shiyan was not much faster than Li Mengyao. He just moved forward step by step about 10 meters in front of her. Fortunately, not long after, the two finally felt that they had stepped on the ice, but strangely, they did not find where Xiaoshuai was.
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The frozen river surface was not as smooth as Li Mengyao imagined, and coupled with the reflection of light on the snowdrifts and ice, she was unable to have a panoramic view of the scene on the ice.
Zhao Shiyan's eyes hurt from the glare of the sun, so she didn't bother to look around and continued to chase along an obvious sliding mark.
After another 10 minutes, she finally caught a glimpse of a small red dot out of the corner of her eye. She tried to open her eyes to observe, and saw Xiaoshuai lying on the ice not far away, not daring to move. The ice around him was
The surface has some cracks and looks very bad.
"Xiao Shuai! Don't be afraid, crawl over slowly and come to sister!"
Zhao Shiyan did not dare to rush over, so he had to shout loudly to encourage Xiaoshuai to crawl over by himself.
Xiaoshuai raised his head and saw the familiar sister Shi Yan. He was a little excited. However, as soon as he moved, the surrounding ice cracked open again like a spider web, and he suddenly did not dare to move.
But even if he didn't move, Zhao Shiyan could still feel the cracks in the surrounding ice increasing!
She was anxious. If she waited any longer, the ice would soon completely crack!
She didn't care anymore and went straight to the place closest to Xiaoshuai. When she felt that she would be unable to bear the weight of her body if she walked further on the ice, she lay down and moved towards the spider web bit by bit.
The center moves.
Li Mengyao stood at the nearest place where Zhao Shiyan could be reached, feeling a little at a loss as to whether she should step forward to help.
After weighing it for a few seconds, she calmed down, picked up her phone, and called Zhao Shiyan's mother, Wei Hong, to inform her of the situation here.
Just when she was about to call 119, she heard someone approaching from behind. When she turned around, she saw that the person was Qi Yun who had disappeared in front of Aunt Shen earlier!
Li Mengyao had mixed emotions when Qi Yun arrived, but at this time she didn't want to think too much. She turned around and said to Qi Yun:
"Brother Qi, please think of a way to help me save them!"
Qi Yun glanced at the direction of Zhao Shiyan, then turned to look at Li Mengyao, showing a strange smile:
"Help you? Why should I help you save them? I helped you in the supermarket, but you ignored me in the end, and now you want to use me as a tool?"
Li Mengyao's face turned cold. Although she was usually easy to talk to, that was only to those close to her, and Qi Yun was obviously not among them:
"Since you're not here to help, then why are you here?"
The smile on Qi Yun's face grew stronger:
"Why are you here? It's very simple. I came here to play with you."
After saying that, Qi Yun stretched out his hand, took Li Mengyao's arm, and pulled her towards the fence.
"What are you doing! Let go! Let go! You bastard!"
Li Mengyao struggled to get rid of Qi Yun's restraints, but her strength was not as strong as Zhao Shiyan's, and there were no stress points on the ice, so she could only watch helplessly as Qi Yun pushed her in bit by bit.
Pull in the direction.
"What are you doing? Let Mengyao go!"
Zhao Shiyan, who was approaching the center of the spider web, obviously heard Li Mengyao's cry. She was anxious, but she couldn't stand up now!
And at this moment, I don't know whether it was the sound of Zhao Shiyan's shout that shook the ice surface through his body, or some other reason. The cracks in the ice surface suddenly increased, and suddenly, the ice surface collapsed!
Zhao Shiyan and Xiaoshuai both fell into the cold river. Li Mengyao watched this scene not far away. For a moment, her mind recalled all the things she had spent with Zhao Shiyan in the past. She no longer hesitated and used another
One hand touched an object in his trouser pocket, and then stabbed Qi Yun's arm hard!
"Ah! You stinky bitch! How dare you stab me!"
Qi Yun felt pain and let go of Li Mengyao's arm, and looked at his left arm. It turned out that Li Mengyao had plunged a knife into his arm, which was already bleeding.
Li Mengyao backed away from Qi Yun. This knife was originally prepared for her to use, but she didn't expect that it would be used here today due to some strange combination of circumstances.
Qi Yun did not pull out the knife. He looked at Li Mengyao with a fierce look and approached her step by step.
"Don't come over here. If you take one more step, I will crush the ice immediately. Let's go down together!"
Li Mengyao warned him.
After all, these words had some effect. Qi Yun stopped, but he didn't seem to give up:
"Little girl, if you want to fight with me, you are still too young!"
After saying that, Qi Yun rushed towards Li Mengyao.