Chapter 11 The Disappearing Child
After taking a bath, Yuan Zhuan stepped out of the bathroom door and saw that his brother and mother were lying on their stomachs, sleeping soundly. He shook his head in a funny way. He thought of something and was about to go back to the bathroom. Suddenly his body stiffened. Yuan Zhuan lowered his head. The thumb and middle finger of her left hand touched lightly, and a sigh escaped from her mouth. A flash of realization flashed in her eyes. She knew this would be the result, so she made second-hand preparations.
At the Wensheng intersection, Xu Yu woke up from violent bumps and the screams of her mother.
"Where's the kid?!" the driver muttered, "I'm sorry, madam, for frightening you. I'll go down and take a look."
Yang Ailan, who was still in shock, had her eyes wide open, clutching her chest, breathing heavily, and there was still fear in her eyes that had not driver had braked suddenly. If they hadn't been wearing seat belts, their heads would have been injured.
"Xiaoyu, how are you? Did you get hit?" After a moment of shock, Yang Ailan's first reaction was to look at her daughter.
However, Xu Yu could no longer hear what her mother said~ Her clear pupils shrank violently, as if she had been greatly stimulated. The iconic blue sign on Wensheng Road at the bridgehead trembled violently, and then, huge spider silk patterns appeared on the ancient bridge piers. It quickly cracked and spread away, and passers-by screamed in terror. The next second, the stone bridge shattered into countless stones with a bang, and countless cars, motorcycles, and taxis fell down. As well as bicycles and pedestrians, the river water was hit by huge waves, flying several meters into the sky!
Some people were screaming, some were frozen in place, and some people were overstimulated and fainted.
In my ears, the thin little girl's smiling words kept repeating, "Sister, don't take Wensheng Road, that's not the place you should go."
"Sister, don't take Wensheng Road, that's not the place you should go."
……
"Ah..." After a scream of collapse, Xu Yu fainted.
People always lack the ability to accept fantasy that they have never experienced~ In the hotel bathroom, a small white paper figure burned in Yuan Zhuan's open palm and soon turned into ashes.
"Thank you, little one." Yuan Zhuan murmured, turned on the faucet, and let the running water wash away the gray stains on his palms.
The corners of his lips slowly rose. It seemed that there were souls in this world.
After confirming that the world was in order, Yuan Zhuan felt a big stone fall in his heart~ In this way, she doesn't have to worry about going hungry with Zhao Yuxiang and her son.
Xu Yu leaned on the bedside sluggishly, the chaotic pictures in his mind were mixed together, his lips were white and blue, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.
She was so frightened that she didn't know how to mention it to her parents and brother who were worried about her.
If, she wanted to say, if the driver had not stopped because he almost hit a child, then the car must have gone on the bridge, then would she and her mother...
I dare not imagine ~ I dare not think! !
When Yang Ailan entered the room with the soup bowl, what she saw was her daughter's pale face, huddled up and trembling~ Feeling a pain in my heart, I walked a few steps quickly and placed the bowl on the bedside table. I bent over and sat on the bedside and held my daughter in my arms. "Xiaoyu, if you feel uncomfortable somewhere, tell your mother. Mom will call the doctor."
The body in her arms was shaking violently, and Yang Ailan was heartbroken. She knew that what happened today was too thrilling and frightened the child, so after the child fainted, she did not dare to take it home and went directly to the hospital. Fortunately There is nothing wrong with the child's health, but he has been frightened and needs companionship and rest.
Xu Ran and Xu Qing walked in and saw the mother and daughter hugging each other and crying. "Ailan, Xiaoyu."
"Mom, Xiaoyu."
After crying, Xu Yu's panic dissipated a lot. Perhaps her relatives were nearby, which gave her a sense of security. She no longer panicked. After careful consideration, she decided to tell her family what Yuan Zhuan said to her. .
After saying a few words, the entire ward fell silent. Yang Ailan looked at her daughter blankly, seeming a little shocked or in disbelief.
"Xiaoyu, what you said is really weird. I think the possibility of coincidence is very high. That little girl is trying to scare you!" Xu Qing, as a college student, advocates science, so naturally he doesn't believe it. This should be just a myth. Coincidence, and what can a seven or eight-year-old child understand?
Father Xu didn't say anything, he just stepped forward and caressed his daughter's head.
After making sure that the child was fine, the Xu family drove home that night and just settled the bill the next day.
In the middle of the night, the couple was lying on the bed, neither one of them could sleep. Even though they were adults, they were frightened by what happened today. The accident happened so unexpectedly that they could not imagine what would happen to them if such a danger happened to them. of.
"Lao Xu, I asked Xiao Zhang, and he said that he saw a three- or four-year-old kid in white clothes running towards the front of the car with a smile, so he braked suddenly. It felt like he had hit the child, but when he got off Look, there’s nothing there. Do you think this is weird?”
Lifting his arm and patting his wife's back, Xu Ran was thoughtful, but still did not forget to comfort her with words, "Don't think too much, it's just a coincidence."
As the principal of Beiyu High School, Xu Ran didn't need to get to school early, but she was pretending to be troubled and couldn't get over it. She always felt unhappy and wanted to get to school early and make a transition with work.
"Teacher Tao is so pitiful. When her husband died, he held that woman's hand. Tsk tsk... I guess God couldn't bear to see such a good woman being delayed, so he let that bitch couple die under the bridge. Speaking of this article The stone bridge on Sheng Road had been frequently repaired in the past. It was said that it needed to be rebuilt. I applied for it many times, but the higher authorities could not approve it, so I delayed it. Now it is over. It collapsed and no one who fell survived. , What a sin~"
"No, it's really a crime, but Teacher Tao is a blessing in disguise this time. The man is an only child. His parents have long since died. The remaining property belongs to her and her two children."
"Tsk...this is what Buddhists often say, cause and effect, cause and effect, retribution."
"Yes, yes, I think so too."
Outside the door, the two teachers talked for a while and then left. Inside the door, Xu Ran slumped on a stool, with a layer of cold sweat covering her fair forehead.
No one is alive? The right hand that rested on the table opened and squeezed, opened and squeezed again, repeated several times. Xu Ran let out a long sigh, slumped on the stool, and let his eyes go blank.
Regardless of whether it was a coincidence or not, he suddenly wanted to see that little girl.
If you have an idea, just do it. Xu Ran packed up the middle table, got up and left.
(End of this chapter)