Chapter Nineteenth: Motherly Love Like the Tide

  Under the Hongyingtan Bridge, a mangled car with all its windows shattered, the front end crushed, and four tires blown out.

  The car was at a location with a slope of 60-70 degrees, if not for the supporting force, it would have slid into the turbulent river.

  But!

  The whole car's supporting power!

  It was the frail and bloody figure in front of the car.

  Under her feet, a large area of land was stained with eye-catching blood red color. Although the river water was rushing, the river water on the shore was still a bright red.

  What shocked Zhang Wei was that this woman, who should be around thirty years old, had a face that was already a blur of blood and flesh. One of her arms had disappeared, and drops of fresh blood were dripping from the stump.

  Her other shoulder was pressed against the car head, if not for her feet stepping on a protruding stone, the whole car would have pushed her into the river.

  Once the entire vehicle falls into the river, with a slope too high on the riverbank, the entire vehicle will be washed away by the turbulent river water.

  At this moment.

  A faint whisper was coming from the woman's mouth, which was full of fresh blood:

  "Good girl, don't cry, Mommy is with you, just wait a little while longer, the police uncle will come to save you..."

  "Don't come out, listen to Mom's words, don't come out, you'll fall into the river and drown..."

  "Baby daughter, I'm sorry, really sorry. In the future, Mom can't be by your side, you must live well..."

  "My daughter, Mom really misses your dad, misses him so much... Forgive me for leaving early to find him, forgive me..."

  "My child, without mom by your side, without relatives accompanying you, no matter where you are, no matter what happens to you, you must... cough, be happy and joyful..."

  “……”

  Zhang Yi listened to the woman's murmurs, his heart cut like a knife, tears falling like rain. He carefully made his way along the steep riverbank and arrived at the scene, but instead of rushing to help the woman first, he went to the passenger seat.

  He didn't dare open the car door, fearing that the vibration of the car would push the woman into the river and cause the entire vehicle to slide down.

  Without noticing the sharp glass shards, Zhang Yi cleared all the broken glass and with his hands cut in several places, he reached out to unfasten the seatbelt of a six or seven-year-old girl in front of the driver's seat.

  "Uncle, are you a police officer? Save my mom..."

  Feeling a pair of hands embracing herself, the little girl who was in a daze struggled to lift her head, and tears fell again on that small face stained with blood.

  Her voice was very weak, and if it weren't for being too close, Zhang Yi might not have heard what she said.

  "I'm not a police officer, but I'm here to save you."

  Zhang Yi said, carefully pulling her small body out of the car window.

  The little girl's arms were covered in blood and flesh, the bleeding had stopped, but her lips were pale, clearly due to excessive blood loss.

  "Uncle, save my mom, she's...she's down there."

  The little girl trembled with her voice and tried hard to turn her head, attempting to catch a glimpse of her mother's figure.

  Zhang Yi's left arm was wrapped around the little girl, and he nodded heavily as he carefully slid down towards the bottom. When his body was almost stuck to the ground, he slowly slid next to the blood-soaked woman, and his right hand moved like lightning, instantly wrapping around her waist, pulling her into his arms with a fierce tug.

  The sedan lost its support and slid directly into the river water, swallowed up by the turbulent river water without a trace.

  "Who... who are you?"

  The woman struggled to lift her eyelids, but she was so weak that even with all her strength, her eyes were only narrowed into a slit.

  "Big sister, don't ask for now, I'll take you guys to a safe place upstairs first, then we can talk."

  However!

  The woman seemed to regain her strength, and with a sudden burst of energy, she pulled Zhang Yi's hand, then lifted her arm with difficulty, using the blood-stained hand to caress the other daughter in Zhang Yi's arms.

  "Don't take away my daughter, I...I have no time left."

  Zhang Yi's eyes welled up with tears. Although this woman was a stranger to him, she could use her frail shoulders to carry the entire car, and it was under such severe injuries that moved him while his heart was like being cut by a knife.

  "I'm a Chinese doctor, believe me, I can definitely cure you." Zhang Yi said with a trembling voice.

  The woman forced a faint smile and said: "No... I really don't have time. My situation is clear to myself, sir, you are... a good person, I believe you are a good person."

  "Thank you for saving us. I know there are many people upstairs, but only you came to save us. I'm done for, my daughter has no one else...no other relatives besides me."

  "I know you're a good person... Please, take her in and raise her... The money... all the family's money is on the bank card in my pocket... The password is *"

  "Please, I beg of you, my daughter is following good people, I am at peace. My child's father and I will be protecting you from heaven..."

  "Promise me... Please, promise me."

  Zhang Yi had already reached out and grabbed her wrist while the woman was speaking.

  However, with the pulse diagnosis, his heart violently trembled, and tears again burst forth, like a string of broken pearls, streaming down his face.

  "Sister, you... your body..."

  "Promise me!"

  The woman's hand withdrew from her daughter's face and grasped Zhang Yi's collar, her emotions surging violently as her breathing became rapid.

  Zhang Yi nodded heavily with tears in his eyes: "I promise, I promise you, I will take good care of your daughter and raise her to adulthood."

  The girl's eyes were filled with gratitude.

  Her gaze shifted laboriously to the little girl and struggled to lean towards her.

  "Baby daughter, Mom can't be with you anymore, you have to live well... go on living, listen to Uncle's words, and be happy..."

  Her voice dissipated in the cold air, her fingers slid down her daughter's face, and her arm went limp.

  "Mom... Mom, don't leave me behind, waaah... Mom, wake up, don't leave me behind, Yin-yin wants to follow mom, waaah..."

  The little girl wailed loudly, her eyes wide open with a desperate gaze. Her cries were heart-wrenching, filled with unbearable pain and helplessness...

  Because of excessive blood loss, coupled with extreme emotional fluctuations, the little girl cried out and fainted.

  Zhang Yi hugged the mother and daughter tightly, slowly closing his eyes, letting tears burst through his eyelids, still rolling down his face.

  He is a strong young man who has hardly ever cried since he was a child.

  It's about time!

  He couldn't help it!

  Because upon examination, he was shocked to discover that the blood on the woman's body had already been drained by the time he arrived.

  A living person, with blood flowing out all over his body, yet still alive, relying on that strong will to support the sedan chair.

  Zhang Yi clearly understood what she was after.

  She did it for her daughter, so that her daughter wouldn't be washed away by the river water as the carriage slid into the river.

  Motherly love is boundless!

  Even Zhang Yi, who had never felt maternal love since childhood, was deeply shocked at this moment.

  The distant sound of police sirens gradually became clearer.

  At the moment when he suddenly opened his eyes, those faintly red eyes looked at the already deceased woman and said firmly: "Sister, although we didn't know each other before, I, Zhang Yi, promise you that from now on, I will raise your daughter, love her, care for her, let her grow up healthy and happy, I promise!"

  His face lifted, took a deep breath, Zhang Yi controlled his emotions, slowly placed the woman's body on the sloping ground, and slowly released her without letting her body slide into the river.

  She pulled out her purse from her pocket, gritted her teeth, and looked at the little girl in her arms. She hunched over, silently controlling the vital energy flowing through her meridians, feeling her strength increasing as she climbed upwards.

  "Oh no! There's someone down there..."

  A shout came from the Hongyingtan Bridge.

  "Where is it? Heaven... Someone really is climbing up!"

  "Is it someone in the car?"

  "It's too dark, can't see clearly..."

  "That car was hit badly and even fell down there, I thought everyone inside was dead!"

  "He seems to be holding something in his arms. Hmm, is he covering his face?"

  “……”

  With cries of surprise, Zhang Yi climbed faster and faster until he reached a safe place.

  As his gaze swept over the crowd on the Hongyingtan Bridge, Zhang Yi pondered silently in his heart:

  Can't go up, otherwise those people will find out. And also can't take the bus to Jingnan City again, because I'm with this little girl named Yin Yin, it's inconvenient and will arouse others' suspicion. Besides, Yin Yin is injured and needs a quiet place for treatment.

  Thinking, Zhang Yi ran towards a place farther away from the highway and soon disappeared from the sight of the crowd on the highway.

  After making a big detour along the arc, Zhang Yi returned to the woods hundreds of meters away from the bus he was taking. After carefully putting her on the ground, he quickly tidied up his clothes and rushed towards the bus.

  His luggage was still on the bus, and he had made up his mind not to take the bus again, so he needed to get his luggage over.

  With a mix of surprise and relief, Zhang Yi quickly disappeared into the night with his luggage, under the curious gaze of several passengers.

  A serene forest, bathed in soft moonlight.

  Zhang Yi took off the little girl Yinyin's coat, while using clear water to clean up the dirt on her wound, silently injecting the vital fluid from his body into her wound, slowly nourishing and repairing her wound.

  Ten minutes later.

  Zhang Yi finished treating her and redressed Yinyin. He then carried the still unconscious girl into the distant woods, disappearing from view.

  The accident site on Hongyingtan Bridge.

  Chu Zhongyang's face was filled with a look of regret, watching the traffic police seal off the accident scene, and in the distance, the sound of an ambulance siren could be heard, he let out a faint sigh.

  He regrets it now.

  Regret why didn't I catch up with that young man named Zhang Yi just now.

  He was so young, yet possessed incredible traditional Chinese medical skills, which had already piqued his deep curiosity.

  "Teacher, are you still thinking about that young man just now?"

  One of the young men following Chu Zhongyang asked.

  "Ah! Such a brilliant traditional Chinese medicine technique, just let him go like that, it's really a pity!"

  The young man laughed and said: "Teacher, then let's find him! He can come here, which means he is in one of the cars behind, and it shouldn't be far from here."

  Chu Zhongyang's expression froze for a moment, then he slapped his forehead and exclaimed: "Right, right, right! I'm really clever for a lifetime but muddled for a moment! Come on, you two have also met that young man, let's go find him together."