He might as well stay here to help dig, and anwhile, guide them on how to dig.
In the pouring rain, four n worked tirelessly to dig up the soil.
Without proper tools, Lu Shifeng took out so small equipnt from the trunk, used for car repairs just in case, and the police took out so tools from their vehicles, like small shovels. Despite this, progress was slow in the face of the huge mound of earth.
The more Lu Shifeng dug, the more anxious he beca. Although the police said that the people in the car couldn’t possibly survive, he still felt that if he could dig the child out a second faster, there would be one more second of hope for rescue.
When the small tools didn’t work, he simply tossed them aside and started digging with his bare hands.
His long fingers plunged into the soil, with neatly trimd nails now covered in dirt. As he kept digging, soon his nails began to peel back, breaking into the flesh, and the pain shot through his fingers.
But he couldn’t care less about that, drenched in rain and bent over, he dug with all his might like a laborer, scoop after scoop...
A little more...
Maybe the next dig would reach the child...
He didn’t know how much ti had passed before, as he was about to go numb, suddenly, his fingers touched sothing with a strange texture.
His heart jolted, then turned cold. With trembling hands, he sped up the excavation, and soon, a child’s face was unearthed.
"Ah..." a kindergarten staff mber exclaid loudly, "We found it, we found it! This is... this is Lin Qi! This is the child Lin Qi from the Lin Family!"
Lu Shifeng looked at the child, and the tension in his heart finally loosened. His whole body seed to lose strength, and he half-knelt and half-fell against the mound of earth.
Luckily...
Luckily, it wasn’t Jue...
Thank goodness, it wasn’t Jue!
Although he felt sorry for the child nad Lin Qi, at this mont, he was truly grateful it wasn’t his Jue!
Lin Qi from the mound had a bluish-white face, his eyes wide open, and his neck twisted at an unnatural angle, clearly dead for so ti.
Only now did Lu Shifeng realize the strange texture he had touched; it was the skin of a deceased person — neither soft nor hard, bringing a chill unlike the soil, very eerie.
He cald down, turned his head to check the progress of the excavation, quickly walked over to the other side of the car to check another staff mber’s digging. Fortunately, although they hadn’t uncovered the entire car, a small part was exposed, and through the smashed glass, he could see there were only two adult and one girl bodies inside, no other children.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His Jue was not in the car.
"Mr. Lu, what should we do now?" two kindergarten staff mbers asked him.
Lu Shifeng glanced at the body of the child called Lin Qi, wondering if in another corner of the rainy night, there was another anxious father desperately searching for this child, just as he was worried about Jue? Or perhaps, the deceased couple in the car were Lin Qi’s parents?
His eyes beca compassionate, and he said to the two staff mbers, "There’s a blanket in my car. Take it to cover this child. After returning to the kindergarten, find a way to contact their family."
The two staff mbers nodded.
Lu Shifeng then looked at the police officer, "Thank you. Officer, please tell your na. I will generously reward those who have helped ."
However, the officer seemingly felt insulted, snorted coldly and said, "Get moving, you all, you’ve delayed so much already. I don’t want any rewards! Helping you is my duty!"
Lu Shifeng gave him a deep look, bowed in gratitude, and left the scene with the two kindergarten staff.
The Bentley drove back down the winding mountain road towards the kindergarten.
Finally reaching the kindergarten, the first thing he did was ask the remaining teacher, "Where is Su Xingyu?"
"Are you referring to your wife?" the kindergarten teacher replied, "Your phone was unreachable. We wanted to inform you that your wife left with Su Han half an hour ago. Jue was found at another child’s house from our kindergarten, at Zhao ngng’s place. The Zhao family picked him up when they encountered Jue lost on their way to pick up their child..."
Before the teacher could finish, Lu Shifeng hurriedly got back into the car and headed towards the Zhao family,
driving the dangerous winding mountain road in the rain, while calling Su Xingyu to prevent her from worrying, "Hello, Xingyu, did you know Jue has been found..."
On the other end, Su Xingyu was in the Zhao family’s living room, both children already changed into dry clothes, sitting by the fireplace drinking hot tea and warming themselves.
Su Xingyu, looking at the cozy scene in the living room, suppressed her anger and said, "The child has been found, at the Zhao family. You don’t need to co over, I’m about to take the two kids ho."
Without waiting for Lu Shifeng’s reply, she hung up.
This man, what kind of father is he?
Shortly after he went to highway 813, the Lu family’s butler called to report that the child had been found, at the Zhao family.
She was heading to the Zhao family with Su Han while trying to call him, but no matter how many tis she tried, she couldn’t get through, so she decided not to bother with him, bringing the child back ho herself, filled with anger.
Back at ho, Mrs. Gui had already prepared ginger soup for the two children and adults, along with a hot bath for a comfortable cleanup.
Su Xingyu, holding back her exhaustion, managed to put the children to sleep. Once they were finally asleep, she dozed off beside their bed.
anwhile, Lu Shifeng had not yet returned.
Alone in the car on a rainy night, the rain intensified, worsening the road conditions.
As he drove, he felt bouts of dizziness, sensing sothing wrong inside him, indescribable but very uncomfortable.
Hang in there...
He told himself to hang in there...
No matter what, he had to get ho and see the two kids safe with his own eyes!
He gritted his teeth, enduring the cold sweat on his forehead, thinking it was probably because he ran so much in the rain today, followed by the lengthy digging in the mud. His body couldn’t take it anymore. But a voice within him told him it wasn’t just that — his body was always robust, illnesses were rare even in childhood, and enduring such a rain shouldn’t have such a big impact...
As if his internal organs were churning, faintly shouting sothing...
Wei Linnan.
The na suddenly surged in his mind.
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