She grabbed his hand

  "Uncle, is it suitable for me to accompany Xiao Yue to transfer hospitals? Why didn't you notify Xiao Yue's husband?"

  "Her husband has gone on a mission and can't be reached for the time being." Jiang Zhonghai pinched his shoulder, "A Yan, I've always considered your son as my own, so it's only natural that Xiao Yue looks up to you as an older brother, what's wrong with that?"

  "There is." Jiang Yan replied without hesitation, "My wife is in the mountains."

  "Isn't your wife being taken care of?" Jiang Zhonghai furrowed his brow, looking somewhat displeased. "But I heard that this time you're escorting your wife back to her parents' home. Logically speaking, your wife should have people taking care of her at her parents' home."

  "Uncle." Jiang Yan spoke bluntly, "My wife and I were able to successfully apply for our marriage certificate, and I know it's thanks to your help. However, to be honest, sending Xiao Yue is not suitable. Firstly, you know she had feelings for me before, secondly, even if I'm being petty, I don't want to cause trouble for both families. If you're not busy, can you let her cousin continue to escort her over and notify her husband to come as soon as possible?"

  "You're really something, Jiang Zhong."

  The sudden voice made Jiang Yan stunned.

  Turning back, she saw a middle-aged woman walking out of the doctor's office.

  Jiang's father tensed up: this sharp-browed and sharp-mouthed middle-aged woman was none other than Jiang Zhonghai's wife and Jiang Yue's mother, Guan Xiulove.

  "Xiu Ai." Jiang Zhonghai gave his wife a look, while explaining to the Jiang family father and son, "When we came, I actually went back home and picked her up. Originally didn't want to tell my wife, but was afraid of not being able to keep it hidden."

  "Hello, Auntie." Jiang Yan respectfully addressed Guan Xiulove.

  Gu Xiu Ai's face was cold and unfeeling, not acknowledging his feelings: "Xiao Yue treats you like a brother, it's clear in your heart. She has always regarded you as an older brother. You're not even willing to do this small thing for Xiao Yue. Do you know that this so-called avoidance of suspicion is baseless, and are you trying to frame my daughter?"

  "Mother-in-law, isn't this going too far?"

  "I'm over the top, who's over the top. Jiang Zhongxiao, you're getting more and more out of line! You rely on the fact that you saved my husband's life to think you can point fingers at our family. Now it's your sister who hurt Xiaoyue. Maybe you didn't do anything wrong in this matter, but your sister must pay the price for this!"

  "Alright, Xia'ai, that's enough!" Jiang Zhonghai suddenly shouted at his wife, causing a somewhat unreasonable surprise to the father and son of the Jiang family.

  Gu Xiu Ai closed her mouth.

  To this aunt, Jiang Yan's impression was extremely shallow. He had acknowledged Jiang Zhonghai as his godfather, but the number of times he visited Jiang Zhonghai's home could be counted on one hand, and the number of times he met Guan Xiulai was also negligible. In his memory, Guan Xiulai was a woman who disliked talking and focused solely on doing things. Since when did Guan Xiulai accumulate so much dissatisfaction towards him?

  "A Yan's concerns are also correct, it is what we lacked in consideration when we came. Jiang Zhonghai was magnanimous and trusted this adopted son deeply, "Alright, you send Xiao Yue to the hospital for transfer. Anyway, there will be doctors and nurses accompanying her all the way, no need for you to exert yourself. Then, Da Wei received the news, it should be within these two days."

  Gu Xiu Ai did not speak, it was unclear whether she had agreed or disagreed.

  At this time, Jiang's father spoke up: "A Yan is not very convenient because his wife is pregnant. I'll substitute for A Yan to accompany the patient to the troop hospital."

  "Dad—" Jiang Yan did not agree with this, because his father had traveled a long distance and his originally unhealthy body was already tired.

  Chiang stopped his youngest son from saying another word. It was not suitable for the youngest son to intervene in this matter, and it was necessary for him as a father to take action to show sincere apology to the victim's family.

  "Alright then. Thanks for your hard work, Minister Jiang." Jiang Zhonghai could only sigh helplessly at his father's persistence.

  After visiting his daughter, he had to take a flight overnight to the troops' exercise location.

  On the way to Jiang Zhonghai, he may have discussed with his wife and booked a ticket for Jiang Yue first. At 10 o'clock that night, the patient was sent out of the ward to prepare for transfer.

  "Uncle, hello." Lying on the stretcher, Jiang Yue smiled at her father and asked, "Is only Uncle accompanying me?"

  After arriving at the county hospital, Jiang Yan did not enter the ward to visit her.

  It's gotten to this point, and it's clear that Yan must have said something to her brother, making him extremely vigilant.

  "And your mother, doctor and nurse are also coming along." Jiang's father knew who she was referring to, so he deliberately didn't mention it.

  "Even Lian's uncle suspected me." Jiang Yue's face seemed extremely helpless, "I'm a married person, I've always just treated Jiang Zhong as my brother."

  Chiang's father chose to avoid answering.

  Jiang Yan stood at the hospital entrance, seeing off his ailing old father who was accompanying a patient onto an emergency ambulance, with a solemn and stern expression, his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

  Manman, you will understand me, won't you?

  In my heart, this sentence emerges.

  The wife's face is superimposed on the old man's face.

  He regards his wife's father as his own father, and his wife will also regard his father as her own father.

  Less than five minutes after the ambulance left, he hailed a taxi and headed for the airport.

  On the road, I dialed my wife's phone number more than a dozen times, but it was still unreachable. I then dialed my father-in-law Lu Shangjiang's number, but he probably wasn't in and didn't pick up. Having no other choice, I finally dialed Wen Shi Xuan's number.

  At this time, Wen Shixuan finally knew that Manman had returned to the old Lu family.

  It's unknown how it happened, but everyone, including Manman, the Wen family, and even Lin Jiajing, kept this matter from him, possibly because they were afraid he wouldn't be able to take it.

  Jiang Yan was also quite embarrassed when he brought this up with Wen Shixuan.

  Wen Shi Xuan unexpectedly let out a refreshing smile: "Nothing. It's quite normal. She returned to her own family, went to worship ancestors and take care of the elderly, all these are very normal. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called truly returning to one's own family."

  Wen Shi Xuan is a kind old man.

  Jiang Yan had always been convinced of this, and now, after hearing Wen Shixuan's words, he was even more certain.

  "We'll be boarding soon, and I might not have a chance to call Manman. Manman is in the mountains, where there's no signal. Father-in-law, please help me get in touch with her during this time, and when the signal is available in the mountains, please let her know that I'm safe and sound, and that I'll be accompanying an injured person to a hospital transfer tonight, so she doesn't worry."

  "Alright." Wen Shi Xuan didn't bother to ask him about the details and simply agreed.

  Even Lin Jiajing, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, was shocked: "Big Brother, don't you ask Brother-in-law why he left Sister Mianmian?"

  "Wen Shixuan didn't think much of it: 'Your brother-in-law has his reasons for doing things, I went to ask him what he was doing, he didn't say anything, definitely thinks it's not necessary to explain that much to me.'"

  "Eldest maternal uncle, you... really trust sister's husband?" Lin Jiajing stretched her neck, as if she wanted to get to the bottom of it.

  It is said that when Jiang Dashao and Manman's marriage was first proposed, Xu Yuer opposed it. Later, Wen Shixuan seemed to have come around and became supportive of his daughter. And later on, he even went so far as to say that Manman should be good to her husband.

  It is said that mothers-in-law love their sons-in-law more than their own sons, but it is extremely rare to have a father-in-law like Wen Shi Xuan who loves his son-in-law more than his own daughter.

  "I naturally trust him, your brother-in-law saved your sister's life," said Wen Shi Xuan.

  Lin Jiajing thought: When did Jiang Dashao ever save Manman's life?

  Before marriage? After marriage?

  I'm confused.

  Was it from Wen Haosheng that he heard about Jiang Dashao's heroic rescue of Manman sister when Jin Ruowen wanted to harm her?

  When she turned back to ask, Wen Shixuan had already walked out onto the balcony to make a call to Manman.

  ……

  Mountain village

  It's drizzling.

  When Mengmeng opened her eyes, she found herself lying in a place similar to a sleeping bag, wrapped in a blanket all over, very warm, and there was a fire burning beside her.

  The outline of the man's profile, carved out by the flames, was very clear-cut.

  In the elevator, she had secretly peeked at his profile, leaving her with endless doubts and emotions: this person was her brother.

  Now, with the profile illuminated by the flames, it presents another color, making her feel a bit like she's dreaming.

  "Sleep a bit more. The rain is so heavy, it's impossible to get to the county town tonight." Jun Ye said as he handed over his military green canteen, letting someone pour water into it.

  Manman snapped back to reality and asked: "Are you... Brother Yao? Where's Huan'er and Bao'er?"

  It seemed like he heard her voice, Yao Ziye hastily walked back and said: "The two of them are asleep."

  Two young people, in their prime years of growth, couldn't bear the fatigue. One wrapped himself in a quilt and leaned against the other, snoring away.

  Left with Wang Yunyun, wanting to sleep but not daring to, eyelids opening and closing, head nodding slightly, chin hurting from the slight knocks.

  They have now found a small, abandoned brick house nearby. Although it's simple and empty inside, at least it can provide some shelter from the wind and rain. They quickly moved here from under the big rock where they were taking shelter from the rain.

  A group of people, all waiting for daylight, the rain to stop.

  The crescent moon is shining brightly, its ears perked up listening to the sound of rain in the mountains which seems to be getting smaller.

  "It may stop raining in the second half of the night, but it's not suitable for traveling. After all, at night, the road is still slippery. I don't know if there will be landslides on the mountain." As if seeing what she was thinking, Leng Mei raised an eyebrow and answered the question she was about to ask, "You can think about your husband later, but first consider yourself and the child."

  Hand, stopped on the lower abdomen: "I know."

  "If you knew, you wouldn't have slipped away alone."

  The crescent moon's eyebrow is raised, neither affirming nor denying.

  Her eyes narrowed slightly: "You and your husband got married, you can't even trust your husband, what's the point of this marriage?"

  "Who says I don't trust him." A slight curl of the corner of his mouth.

  "You trust him, so why must you rush to the county town? The phone can't get through, that's no excuse."

  Lowering her eyebrows, she suddenly fell silent.

  Her sharp eyes scanned her silent face, and she coldly hummed out: "There's a secret."

  "There's no secret." Manman denied.

  "Let me guess." The fingertips were pinched under the chin, staring at the flames, "Your husband's second sister, is it a problem with her career or marriage?"

  Man Man turned her face away.

  "Grandfather Yao smiled slightly: "Don't make it difficult for her anymore.""

  "If it's just her husband's second sister's business, I'm too lazy to bother with it."

  "That's right." Manman quickly picked up on this and said, "Didn't Grandpa say not to interfere with my business?"

  "Cold voice suddenly stern: 'Do you really think we don't need to care about your affairs?!'"

  With these words, he slammed down his iron cup in anger.

  This temper is directed at himself and will be vented. Manman has no way to reason: "How come I've never seen you lose your temper with others?"

  His eyes dimmed with helplessness at her words.

  "Baby." Yao Ye was both laughing and crying.

  Lifted up the clothes covering her body, and closed her eyes tightly.

  However, the small cottage was suddenly invaded by anxious footsteps, once again interrupting her drowsy thoughts.

  "The water under the bridge has risen. We're worried that there's a problem with the small reservoir up ahead," said Secretary Liu, with rainwater dripping from his hair.

  As soon as they heard this, all the people resting in the house woke up.

  "Are you kidding me?" Wang Yunyun's voice trembled.

  "Start the engine and get out of here within five minutes." The order was given as soon as Master Jun stood up.

  A group of people immediately packed up their luggage and withdrew.

  Manman just got up, and Yao Ye grabbed her hand: "I'll carry you on my back."

  "No need, I can walk myself."

  "Niang niang, you really can't engage in strenuous exercise anymore, and can only be carried by others." She grasped her wrist tightly without letting go.

  Mr. Yao's words at this time made Mianmian's heart hang again.

  "I'll let someone else carry it." Liu's secretary said, bringing a soldier over.

  Let Mr. Yao carry it himself, Secretary Liu is uneasy.

  The master turned his head and saw that they were hesitating, frowning and knotting their brows, and he strode through the midst of them.

  Manman only felt the black shadow in front of her falling down, and before she could think about what was happening, her body suddenly floated up, and she let out a small cry. The other person's two hands had already reached over her armpits and waist to pick her up.

  "Master Jun?" Secretary Liu looked at Master Jun personally carrying her and was slightly startled, hastily saying, "Let's have someone else carry you instead."

  "I'm her brother, who else will hold her if I don't?" His cold eyes stared at them, naturally, his words exposed Mianmian's thoughts.

  Manman would never think of letting others carry her. If a man other than her husband carries her, she always feels strange.

  Liu and others stopped talking.

  Yao Ye bent down, picked up her fallen clothes with a curved waist, and let out a somewhat sighing gaze.

  The master who had taken big strides out of the house found someone opening the door in front of him.

  A gust of cold wind hit her in the face, and suddenly made Meng Meng shiver.

  Outside it was pitch black, but I could clearly hear the rumbling sound from the mountain, like a beast roaring, and I didn't know what kind of sound it was.

  A group of people were hastily retreating to the parking area. The doors of five cars opened simultaneously, and everyone jumped in. Just as Manman's butt touched the seat, the car door slammed shut, and the vehicle accelerated like a well-trained racing horse, racing against time on the mountain road.

  Just as the last vehicle had left the bridge, a torrent of water suddenly came rushing down from the mountain, like a giant wave swallowing up the bridge in one gulp. The rapidly rising water surface quickly spread to the highway, and the two sides of the small bridge soon became a pool of water.

  Several cars sped towards the high ground at their fastest speed, with the surging water like a giant dragon's open mouth chasing behind. Such a thrilling scene made people feel as if their lives were hanging by a thread.

  Wang Yunyun's tears fell down.

  Lu Huan and Yao Zibao looked back, as if watching a horror movie, exclaiming and joking with her: "Aren't you a nurse? Haven't you participated in disaster relief?"

  Wang Yunyun burst into tears: "How could I have encountered such a thing? I'm not even married and haven't had children yet?"

  At this time, he actually thought about whether he himself was married?

  "A woman must get married at least once to experience happiness in life." said Wang Yunyun, sniffing her nose.

  This sentence is not wrong. The problem is - what if she marries someone casually?

  "If it's not someone you've set your heart on, then marrying him is equivalent to throwing yourself away."

  I'd rather die than marry a poor man.

  Several military vehicles passed through the intersection in front of those residential buildings. The minibus rushed out like a runaway wild horse. Several villagers chased after it, scolding the driver for being ruthless.

  So Lu's family had to stop the cars and pick up the villagers. Some villagers reflected that there was still a 70- or 80-year-old elderly person at home who could not move.

  Liu Secretary then took his men and ran into the civilian residence.

  The flood that had been left behind a distance was catching up again, and the sound of water could be heard at any moment, submerging people and vehicles.

  "Zi Ye, you lead the convoy and go first." With a decisive mind, Jun Ye planned to move to another car to wait for Secretary Liu.

  He hadn't expected that as soon as he jumped off the car, his sleeve was caught by a slender hand. He raised an eyebrow, looking at her with a hint of incredulity.

  "Lu Jun, you stay here, I'll go wait for Secretary Liu." Yao Ye's narrow eyes swept over her fingers grasping the corner of Jun Ye's sleeve, as he reached out to open the door.

  "Wait a minute. I mean," Meimei took a deep breath, "the person ran back."

  "Don't be reckless!" The icy tone was in stark contrast to the warm hands that were pulling hers apart, his brow furrowed tightly as he said, "Zi Ye, you stay here."

  "I'm not being arbitrary!" As his hand was about to move away, she grabbed it again even more quickly.

  He glared at her, his face seemingly angry, but in his heart, a warm current overflowed. In this stormy weather, it was the first time she treated him like a real family member.

  On the other hand, Mr. Yao, who was about to get off the bus, was astonished to see a soldier carrying an old man behind him, followed by Secretary Liu, who had just wiped past their car door and rushed onto the front of the bus.

  Yes, the sound of water caught up at the same time.

  "Get on the bus!" Mr. Yao urged everyone, "Start the car!"

  He seemed stunned and hadn't heard her, she hastily pulled his hand, pulling him to the car.

  This action suddenly flashed a vague scene in his mind.

  "Lu Jun!" Mr. Yao turned around and helped pull him up.

  Four hands were busy pulling him onto the vehicle, and before the door could be closed, the water had already caught up.

  Wow.

  Water immediately surged into the rear carriage.

  This scene shocked the four cars that had already driven away in front.

  "Brother!" Lu Huan and Yao Zibao exclaimed in unison, wanting to jump off the car to rescue him.

  The others in the car pinned them down firmly.

  In the dark of night, all that the rear lights can illuminate is an endless expanse of water like a bottomless pit.

  Everyone's heart sank.

  ……

  The sky is bright and hazy.

  Last night's torrential rain caused a sudden rise in river levels, flooding roads and homes, with the news being broadcast repeatedly on television.

  A silver-gray sedan drove into the county town, its body covered in mud and water stains, as if it had just narrowly escaped from a violent storm.

  Inside the car, the four Wen family members heard the broadcast on the radio and finally remembered that Manman and Wang Yunyun were trapped in the mountains.

  "Oh heavens, poor Manman and Yunyun!" Zhang Qiuyan wailed.

  Several others also felt it from the soles of their feet to the palms of their hands.

  One by one, people's minds are filled with thoughts of misfortune and the possibility of being held legally responsible for this matter.

  "It's them who want to stay behind and not follow us!" Wen Feng's sister covered her mouth with her hand, shocked and stuttering, "They themselves chose a dead-end path."

  "Yes, you all said that Weiwei Jie is smarter than my mom, but in the end, it was my mom who took you guys out of there. How can you now turn around and blame my mom?" Liao Shuya's heart skipped a beat, thinking about what would happen if her mother went to jail because of this.

  "Moreover, when I drove away, none of you told me to go back and pick them up." Wen Feng's sister spoke with conviction, pointing at Zhang Qiuyan and Wen Haixue mother and daughter, "If anyone is wrong, all of you are wrong, not a single one can escape blame."

  Zhang Qiuyan is indeed the one, and Wen Fengjie's guess was not wrong. If this matter is thoroughly investigated, she and her daughter will both be implicated. The top priority now is to shift the blame away from everyone involved.

  "Let's hurry up and report the case," said Wen Haosue, "and tell the police that we got separated from them because there was no signal all the way, so we had to run to the county town to report the case. The most hateful one is the driver who threw us off the road."

  This idea immediately won the approval of others.

  Zhang Qiuyan even praised her daughter: "Haoyue, you can finally think for yourself now."

  Even her mother would say such things about her own daughter, and Wen Haoyue had indeed done many foolish things in the past.

  Wen Haosheng, with a proud smile on his face, came up with another idea: "Also, didn't we get this car? Let's send it back to the Public Security Bureau and find its owner. We can say that we found it halfway down the highway and waited for a long time but couldn't find the owner, so we kindly drove it to the county town to report the case."

  The car followed Wen Haoxue's suggestion and drove to the county public security bureau. The police force in the public security bureau had almost all been dispatched to support the disaster area, leaving only a few on duty, who were extremely busy.

  Citizens came one after another to ask about the situation.

  The Wen family entered the police station, with Wen Feng's sister leading the way through the crowd, holding the car keys and unable to wait to hand over this evidence of a crime.

  "Line up! Everyone line up!" A police officer at the front desk who was in charge of receiving consultations stood up to maintain order.

  Everyone retreated backward, but only Wen Feng's sister, who was not afraid of death, squeezed forward and eventually broke through to the very front.

  The onlooker police officer glared at her for cutting in line.

  Wen Feng's sister had a thick skin from the start and smiled with a smirk: "Comrade, Public Security Bureau comrade, I'm here to report a case."

  "Report a case?"

  "Yes, someone left the car on the highway and didn't even take the keys with them. We're not afraid of the car being stolen, let's drive it to the Public Security Bureau and ask the comrades there to investigate the owner." With that, Wen Feng handed over the car key with both hands.

  The police officer stared at the car key in her palm, narrowing his eyes as he looked at her.

  Wen Feng's sister was swept by the opponent's gaze as sharp as a needle, and her heart felt cool.

  "Xiao Bin, go outside and take a look, what car is it?"

  Another police officer who was taking notes with a pen next to him immediately got up and took away the car key from Wen Feng's sister's hand, walking out.

  Looking at this situation seems a bit strange, Zhang Qiuyan and the other three people didn't dare to move forward.

  "Mom, who's car are we going to steal?" Wen Haosheng rubbed his chest hard, his eyelids twitching.

  They really haven't thought about this issue seriously.

  Wen Feng's sister said that the car owner was mentally abnormal, but what if he wasn't? Was it intentional to park there? After all, they didn't wait for anyone and drove away.

  "What's stolen? My mom just borrowed it, she was kind enough to help him drive back to the county town, otherwise the car would have been flooded too." Liao Shuya refuted her words angrily, but didn't think that if they hadn't secretly driven the car away, maybe the owner wouldn't have been trapped in the flood disaster scene and drowned.

  The police officer who went outside to check the car came back and said breathlessly: "Yes, the license plate number and model are the same as the one that someone reported stolen before."

  Suddenly, Wen Feng felt like she had been shot in the head when the nearest police officer took out handcuffs and put them on her wrists. She let out a sharp cry: "No, it's not me! I didn't steal the car, my daughters can testify, we came to return the car!"

  Is there still companion?

  Theft gang?

  Zhang Qiuyan and others, in a state of panic, rushed to the door, but were blocked by the comrades standing guard with guns at the entrance.

  Four criminal suspects were arrested and brought into the interrogation room for questioning.

  "Yes, yes, the car has been found. But Colonel Yao is not in the car." The civil police officer who captured them held onto the phone and spoke to Lu Heting, who had reported the case.

  The signal in the mountain is not good, but Lu's family is not completely out of touch with the county. After Lu Jun led his men to chase after someone, Lu He Dong and several elders at home discussed and decided that he would personally take a car to the nearby train station. The signal at the train station was much better than in Lu's village, and he finally got in touch with the Public Security Bureau in the county. Thinking that maybe Yao Ye had escorted Meng Meng to the county safely, he first called the Public Security Bureau to ask them to pay attention to whether Yao Ye's car had arrived in the county or not. As for Jiang Yue's side, due to the old man's orders, no one intervened. However, it was known that at around 10 o'clock last night, Jiang Fu and his son Jiang Yan accompanied Jiang Yue out of the county. At this time, Yao Ye and Meng Meng had still not arrived in the county.

  As time passed, not only did Lao Ye fail to arrive, but also the five cars of Lu Jun and others who went to chase after him had yet to reach the county town.

  It was heard that a sudden flood last night flooded some low-lying mountain valleys and houses. Lu Hedu's heart is really anxious.

  Now, Mr. Yao's car has been found, and it was actually stolen by someone.

  "They said it wasn't theft, but rather they found it halfway and returned it." The police officer recounted Wen Feng's sister's statement.

  Lu He-dong slammed his hand on the table, his anger burning: "Even if they found it halfway, they shouldn't have opened it privately and brought it back. If I were my brother Yao's son, I would have gone back to find the car near the vehicle, but not seen the car, and encountered a flood in the valley. Now Zi Ye is indeed nowhere to be seen, what they did is no different from killing my brother Yao's son."

  "We've taken this into consideration, so we have detained and interrogated all of them." The police officer said.

  Lu He-dong's anger couldn't be dissipated, and now his nephews and nieces were all missing. This group of car thieves had become the only way for him to vent his anger. He scanned them as targets: "Mentioning public prosecution, I want to mention public prosecution, accusing them of manslaughter."

  Wen Feng and three others, handcuffed, tearfully pleaded their innocence to the police officer taking notes.

  Thinking of her daughter's future, Wen Feng couldn't bear the thought of her daughter suffering in prison. She said to the police: "Comrade, please let my daughter go? She's still a minor."

  "Underage?" He looked up, his pen pointing at Liao Shuya, "How old are you this year?"

  "Two, twenty..." The words trailed off as Liao Shuya's face turned red and she couldn't bring herself to continue.

  "The juvenile subject to criminal prosecution refers to those under the age of sixteen." said the police officer.

  "Isn't it eighteen?" asked Wen Feng's sister.

  Is this woman out of her mind? The police officer looked at her in surprise: "Your daughter is already over 18 even if she's only 20."

  Wen Feng's sister suddenly became speechless.

  To the civil police, this group of Wen family members seems to have a problem with their brains, perhaps they should invite a psychiatrist to diagnose them.

  For example, no one is stupid enough to think that taking someone else's car and driving it to the police station is a good deed rather than stealing. This is like finding someone's front door open, instead of helping them guard their house, you enter their home, take their money, put it away for yourself, and then send it to the police station, saying you're kind enough to help them keep their money safe.

  A completely irrational way of thinking.

  Or perhaps it's just stupid enough to use this as an excuse to cover up its own criminal behavior.

  The people at the police station didn't believe their excuses at all. Wen Feng's sister pointed at Wen Haosheng and scolded: "I'm telling you, second aunt, this daughter of yours is not just a little foolish, she's as stupid as a pig, and has implicated us all."

  If I had known earlier, losing the car and running away would have been better than being caught red-handed by the public security bureau.

  Wen Haoxue felt infinitely wronged and pouted: "Since you say I'm dragging you down, why are you following my words? Are you even stupider than me?"

  This remark hit others' weak points.

  Indeed, Wen Haosheng is foolish, and those who listen to Wen Haosheng's words are even more foolish.

  Wen Feng's sister cried loudly on the table: "What should we do now? We really didn't steal the car!"

  "It's no longer just a matter of whether you stole the car or not." The police officer closed his notebook and glanced at the four of them, "But rather, the person whose car was stolen by you is now missing at the scene of the accident. You are suspected of causing death."

  The four members of the Wen family turned pale as if their faces had fallen into an ice cave.

  Murderer?

  To be shot!

  "We really didn't kill anyone, we didn't kill!"

  The police officer impatiently shouted at them, "Enough! Regardless of whether you have committed murder or not, you should reflect on your actions first. You keep saying that you didn't steal the car, but have you ever thought about the owner's feelings? Have you ever worried about the owner's safety?"

  The first sentence was like a ton of bricks, causing several members of the Wen family to lower their heads.

  No matter how they try to gloss it over, they can't hide their ulterior motives.

  They are selfish, in the face of disaster, only thinking of their own escape, without considering the lives and safety of others.

  "Manman Jie and Yunyun don't know how they are now." Wen Haosheng suddenly dropped a string of tears and said.

  At this moment, her tears didn't seem fake anymore.

  "Yes, Comrade Policeman, can you help us find my niece and nephew?" Zhang Qiuyan said.

  "Do you still have relatives trapped in the mountain?" the police officer asked suspiciously.

  "Yes."

  "How did you get separated from them?"

  "We got separated. It's because we lost each other that we had no choice but to drive this ownerless car back to report the case and ask for help."

  The police officer sat down and continued to take notes for them.

  When they mentioned a relative named Wen Man, the police officer looked up: "Wen Man, isn't that Lu Man?"

  "Wen Man." The four members of the Wen family clenched their teeth.

  The civil police officer looked puzzled as he scanned their faces.

  At the door, a comrade suddenly walked in and said, "The Lu family's people have arrived."

  Lu's family, could it be that you've found Mianmian and brought her here?

  The Wen family members looked uneasy and their eyes were uncertain: The Lu family wouldn't know that they took Manman away, would they?

  Liu secretary, who rushed to the door, was agitated when she saw that the four of them had stolen Mr. Yao's car: "You guys, do you have a conscience? You really got your sisters killed!"

  ……

  "Baby, baby."

  The sound of the earlobe, drifting very far away.

  A blackness enveloped her, like a whirlpool, sweeping her away to who-knew-where.

  She only remembered that her outstretched hand was tightly clenched, unwilling to let go again.

  This feeling and scene seem familiar.

  He lowered his head, looking at her hand grasping his fingers, holding them tightly, just like when he was a kid and his little sister would stretch out her small hand to touch his. But the thoughts flashing through his mind were far from just that.

  Frosty eyebrows, condensed water droplets, stained with crimson mud, applied a shocking deep color.

  Her head was spinning, and she wanted to shake off those images, but couldn't.

  Later, she simply immersed herself in this whirlpool, searching.

  The car drove towards her, she saw the shadow sitting in it, blurry, but the hatred that person had for her burst out strongly from the car to the person, like a huge black hand reaching out to her.

  In an instant, she realized that she wasn't subconsciously avoiding the person who was hit by a car while driving, but rather, she thought of her own near-miss experience while driving.

  Creeping.

  Her father hugged her from behind.

  The car, like a shooting star, brushed past her side and rushed onto the sidewalk. Then, a small figure beside her flew up into the sky, like a red umbrella thrown upwards.

  That was her classmate. She couldn't even attend the funeral because on the second day after the accident, her father took her and the whole family to flee the city at the fastest speed.

  It's not just this one thing.

  Not yet.

  It happened in a place very far from her home at that time.

  Why did I think of this?

  It was as if she had learned to drive and could only think of that car accident. Now, being chased by the flood, she thought of this other scene.

  What was she going there for?

  Yes! She was about to graduate that year. That year, she and Chunxia, along with several classmates, went on a field trip to Jiangnan to do some research for their graduation project.

  They were studying advertising, but their interests went beyond advertising. One of their seniors was very enthusiastic about doing public welfare activities and wanted to create the largest public welfare project advertisement, pulling them along. While working on this graduation project, they also hoped to achieve some better results.

  The elder brother's hometown is in the Jiangnan region. They are a group of people who travel upstream on the Yangtze River.

  Why go upstream on the Yangtze River?

  The scenery there is more beautiful and needs more protection.

  But they heard news of a massive flood breaking out halfway through.

  Du Yu asked her and Chun Xia to go back on the phone. But at that time, where they were trapped was no longer a place where you could just say you wanted to leave and then leave.

  While following the local villagers in their withdrawal, they encountered the People's Liberation Army who had come to provide support.

  "Continue."

  A soldier saluted a young officer.

  At that time they boarded the troops' vehicle. Because there were too many people getting on, all the officers and soldiers on the vehicle got off, giving up their seats to them and their fellow villagers.

  She and Chunxia stood together, gazing far away at the officer standing with his back to them at the bus terminal. They couldn't see his face, but they could hear his voice, which was hoarse from exhaustion, yet it was like a warm sunshine that filled one's whole body with strength.

  Listen to those soldiers, they call him the Seventh Company Commander.

  "Leave only the driver in the car." Commander Qi said.

  So, only the army vehicle driven by the team driver was left to take this group of ordinary people away from the area. Meanwhile, those young soldiers, each equipped with neat gear, marched in a direction that was diametrically opposite to theirs.

  She still remembers what she said in early summer: "Why didn't I join the army back then?"

  The soldiers looked very glorious and great at that moment.

  But later on, Chu Xia didn't mention any of these things again. The only thing that remained unchanged was her fondness for the military profession.

  She found out later and finally knew why Chu Xia didn't mention it because an accident had happened.

  The armored vehicle they were riding in encountered a sudden flood of water from an unknown source halfway. Everyone rushed to jump into the water to escape. At that time, Chunxia bumped her head and fell down beside her. She reached out to grab her but couldn't catch up. The people who met with disaster became scattered all over.

  She should be considered one of the luckiest, having been rescued by that driving team's driver.

  The soldier took her and several villagers to run to higher ground together, hugged the remaining big trees in the flood, and waited for rescue.

  After waiting for several hours, a rescue motorboat came over.

  She opened her eyes to find herself wrapped in a blanket, sitting on a yacht. Jun Ye's hand was holding hers, which felt cold and icy. Their eyes met, and it seemed like they both read something from each other's gaze.

  Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her mind became three parts more thoughtful.

  "Where's Big Brother Yao?" asked Manman.

  "On another motorboat." He was amazed that at the time when the floodwaters were rolling in to sweep him away, if she hadn't been holding his hand so tightly, he would have lost his life long ago.

  So much so that when he and Yao Ziye joined forces to close the car door, they were both staring at her in surprise.

  Taking advantage of the momentum of the floodwaters, the jeep rushed out of the torrent and continued to rush up to the top of the mountain. They sat in the stalled car, waiting for dawn. A helicopter searched for them, a rescue boat arrived, and they were rescued.

  "Brother! Sister!" Seeing the two of them come back from the dead, Lu Huan's eyes were all teary.

  Yao Zi Bao directly took off his glasses.

  Compared with the joy shown by everyone else at this narrow escape, after embracing his younger brother, Yao Ziye found that Jun Ye's expression had changed.

  In fact, when encountering danger, Jun Ye's series of unstable behaviors, sometimes frowning as if in deep thought, are very suspicious.

  "What are you thinking?" Yao Ziye asked, pulling Jun Ye aside secretly.

  I've seen her before.

  "What did you say?"

  "I've seen her before!" Slapping his forehead, with some lingering passion in his heart.

  Yao Ye was puzzled and looked around for a while before turning his gaze to Manman who was sitting in the carriage, drinking warm water to warm up her body.

  Crescent eyebrows, crescent moon eyes, quietly facing Lu Huan, gently stretching a smile.

  Digression

  Sorry, it's late tonight. This part is written a bit more difficultly, and it's meant to be connected. Anyway, Fat Mama plans to finish writing this behind-the-scenes villain as soon as possible. Probably around the next chapter or so, it will surface.