Chapter 29: Pain
As the night deepened, I don't know when it began, and the whole sky was covered with dark clouds, and it was dark and dreary, as if it was going to rain soon.
Because of the accident on the Ferris wheel, the tourists have already run almost the same, and the staff of the downstream playground are still here.
At this moment, I was anxious like never before, but fortunately, the playground was not large, and after entering, I immediately confirmed the location in the direction of some people who were watching the excitement, and ran over without thinking about it.
After a while, after rounding the two pirate ship and roller coaster sites, a Ferris wheel that had been planted upside down came into view.
This Ferris wheel is not big, almost four stories high, the diameter of the wheel is about 15 meters, it was originally built by the river, but for some reason, the ground at the position of the Ferris wheel bracket collapsed, and there is an artificial river next to it, the river is not big, but the river dam is very high from the water surface, after the Ferris wheel fell, half of the wheel just did not enter the water.
This scene is similar to the scene of a tree being cut down and falling into the water.
But fortunately, the quality of the Ferris wheel is very good, even if it has fallen, the steel bar at the bottom of the bracket into the ground has not been directly broken, but twisted into a ball, like a broken thread, dragging the Ferris wheel to prevent it from sinking directly to the bottom of the water.
But in this way, the Ferris wheel has become a waterwheel, even if the power has been cut off, but under the washing of the turbulent river, it is still turning little by little, extremely slowly.
I gasped heavily, came to the side of the river dam, looked down, and almost saw at a glance, Li Shuang was sitting on one of the seat boxes, slapping the window glass behind him, and the side of the door was just pressed against the wall, which made the bridge box a completely closed space, if you want to get out, you have to have someone destroy the seat box outside.
At this time, there were a bunch of people around the river dam, most of them were employees of the playground, and some were tourists watching the excitement, pointing at Li Shuang below, but no one went down to rescue.
My heart was on fire, and I grabbed a staff member and asked, "What are you doing to eat, the Ferris wheel should have been down for a long time, why haven't you gone to save people?"
The staff member said confidently: "We have already called 119, this kind of thing is the job of firefighters, what does it have to do with us employees?"
I know that they are just afraid of death, after all, Li Shuang's seat box is already very close to the water, and it is still turning down little by little, and it will not take ten minutes to completely submerge in the water.
I was furious, pushed the staff away, and was about to climb down the herringbone bracket of the Ferris wheel, but at this moment, I coldly saw that someone in the crowd on the right side walked out, and I fixed my eyes and saw that it was Zhao Peng!
I saw Zhao Peng slowly come to my side, looked down with me, and said with a smile: "Qiao An, you are finally here, it seems that you are just in time, and you can see Li Shuang for the last time." ”
"What the hell did you do?" I instantly reddened my eyes.
Because we were quite far away from those onlookers, Zhao Peng was not worried about being heard, so he nodded, smiled and played, and said that the matter was indeed done by me, but I was also instructed by others, and it was none of my business.
I took a look at the bracket of the Ferris wheel, and found that there were two big pits on the ground, and even the concrete in the pits was turned up.
Zhao Peng laughed, I didn't dare to talk about it at first, but the man said that this is Germany's latest high-tech "smokeless mine", after use, it will not leave any traces, even if it is not detected with an instrument, so I did it.
I saw that he said it easily, and knew that most of this was true, so I asked him, "Is the person you just mentioned Xu Jian?"
"What's the matter, what's not it?" Zhao Peng laughed and said, "You may not even be able to live tonight, and you still have the heart to seek revenge on him?"
Seeing Zhao Pengman's indifferent appearance, I forced myself to calm down, knowing that I couldn't conflict with him now, and the most important thing at the moment was to rescue Li Shuang as soon as possible.
Zhao Peng saw my thoughts and sneered: "What are you going to do? The fire brigade may still be saved, but those staff members are slow to respond, and they have just finished making a phone call, and when the fire brigade comes, it is estimated that people will die early, right?"
Zhao Peng sighed twice, looked down and said: "Li Shuang is really beautiful, I have never seen such a beautiful girl when I am so old, if I can be my girlfriend, I am really willing to die." But alas, she has to die tonight, and in the 'accident' of this playground. ”
I didn't say anything more, closed my eyes, gritted my teeth, and began to climb down the bracket of the Ferris wheel.
Fortunately, there are a lot of fine steel supports on the inside of the Ferris wheel, just like a ladder, it is not too difficult to climb up, and the Ferris wheel is not big, I quickly went down, and soon came to the bottom, and finally jumped hard and jumped onto Li Shuang's bridge box.
Seeing my arrival, Li Shuang's eyes, which had already shown despair, reappeared brightly, she propped her hands on the glass behind the seat, her face was pale, looking at me, tears welled up in an instant, sobbing and said, "I...... I'm scared. ”
I know that Li Shuang is very clear about her situation, but because of this, she watched the seat box turn little by little, getting closer and closer to the water, which is equivalent to watching her life drain, plus she herself is alone in such a small space, under the huge fear and depression, it is already very good that she has not collapsed.
So, I knelt down, leaned over, tried to get closer to Li Shuang, and comforted her in a soft voice: "Don't be afraid, I'm already here." ”
Then I told her to step back a little bit and start hitting the glass behind the seat with her elbow, once, twice, three times...... After hitting it seven times in a row, the glass cracked with a snap, and then I stepped on it twice with my foot, and the whole piece fell down.
After the glass shattered, Li Shuang immediately stretched out her hand from inside, and I also reached over and interlocked my fingers with her, holding them tightly.
At this moment, I could clearly feel that the tremor on Li Shuang's body slowly subsided a lot.
Of course, although this piece of glass is broken, the window is very narrow, and I knocked it off just to let the air circulate inside, but to pull Li Shuang out of such a small opening is undoubtedly a fool's dream.
I looked at the seat and was in despair, for I didn't know how to open it, and the door was pressed against the wall on one side, and the other directions were covered with thick iron sheets, which could not be broken with both hands unless I forcibly cut it with an electric cut.
What can I do?
In such a short time, the seat compartment sank down a little more, and the sound of rushing water could already be heard.
Li Shuang's face approached the small window, and suddenly smiled sadly, saying that I know, I can't survive.
I grabbed her hand and said don't worry, the fire truck will be here soon.
Li Shuang shook her head, her face was sad, but she didn't speak.
At this time, the sky rumbled, and a thunderbolt flashed, and then the raindrops the size of beans fell down, hitting the faces and causing pain, and hitting the river with a loud noise.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no moon in sight, but heavy rainfall.
Soon, because of the rain, before the seat box could land, the river had already risen automatically, reaching the bottom of the seat box at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye, and then it went crazy through the gap in the seat box.
I knelt on top of the seat box and watched as the river flooded Li Shuang's feet, then to her calves, thighs, and then to her waist......
And Li Shuang's face is becoming more and more bloodless, and the person is becoming more and more calm, I know that she has accepted her fate, because her eyes are so hollow, she can't see any light.
Looking at her desperate expression, I felt sad, and began to smash the seat box desperately with my fists, punch after punch, smashing the seat box with a clang, smashing the fist with a burst of tearing pain, and then changed to stepping on it with my feet, knocking it with my elbow, and finally hitting my head with it, but in the end it was useless, but I hit myself on the head and bleed.
"Leave me alone, you can go. Li Shuang smiled at me, suddenly let go of my hand, and said with a crying voice, "Thank you for coming to accompany me." ”
My brain thud, blank, and I tried to reach in my hand, trying to grab her hand again, but Li Shuang retreated to the corner of the seat, far away from me, the river had already flooded her chest.
It was like I was hit by five thunderbolts, a thunderbolt on a sunny day, my whole body was drenched, my whole heart was cold, and only my ears were buzzing.
Two years ago, Li Shuang was so desperate in front of me, and two years later, she is still so desperate under me.
At this moment, I had a strong hatred in my heart, hating myself for being small, hating myself for being powerless, hating myself for why I didn't agree to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Li Shuang, if I could be by her side, maybe Zhao Peng hadn't moved the Ferris wheel yet, and I could find out?
It's just that there is no regret medicine in the world after all.
Just when my heart was like ashes, suddenly, a fire truck siren sounded in my ears, from far to near, getting louder and louder, I was full of excitement, carefully pricked up my ears, and found that I heard correctly, a thick ecstasy appeared in my heart, and shouted to Li Shuang: "Don't give up, the firefighters are coming!"
Li Shuang also heard the alarm, and her empty eyes finally slowly regained their brightness, even though the river was almost up to her neck, but driven by the desire to survive, she still struggled to stand on tiptoe and try to be as high as possible from the water.
Soon after, some firefighters in yellow life jackets appeared above our heads, and three people quickly climbed down towards us.
It's just that the fantasy is plump, but the reality is skinny, and before the firefighters come down, the seat box sinks down a little more, so that even if Li Shuang pads her feet, the river water does not pass her neck, and continues to climb up, according to this trend, before the firefighters come down, the entire seat box will be flooded.
The light in Li Shuang's eyes receded like a tide, and in the huge contrast of rekindling hope and turning back to despair, she finally gave up the struggle and suddenly said to me, "I'm sorry." ”
I froze for a moment, because of the three words she said, some thoughts in my heart that I had suppressed were about to move.
Li Shuang looked at me, tears couldn't stop falling, she covered her mouth with her hands, and cried: "I'm sorry, I actually recognized you on the podium that day, but I deliberately pretended not to know." ”
I changed my face and shouted, "Don't say it!" and jumped into the river with a thud, slowly swam to the seat box, stepped on the wire below with my foot, and then put my shoulder against the protruding handle of the seat box, using human power to prevent the Ferris wheel from continuing to turn.
However, even though I tried my best, I couldn't match the force of the river, and the seat slowly sank, and at the same time pressed my waist to bend slowly.
"And when I was in the cafeteria, I said in front of Hu Jiaqi that I remembered you, and then in the classroom, I came to chat with you after every class, all of which I deliberately did for the purpose of ...... It's to make you and Hu Jiaqi have a misunderstanding. ”
"Also, ...... at noon that day"
"Enough!" I yelled, scaring Li Shuang to a fright.
"I know what you're talking about. ”
In the dark night, in the faint light, I burst into tears, looking at Li Shuang's beautiful face, looking at the surprise on her face, the whole heart cracked into several petals in an instant, and said painfully: "But why do you want to say it, just treat me as if these things have never happened, just treat me as just a fool, okay?"