27. XXVII
People always feel happy when they are close to happiness, but they suffer from gains and losses when happiness is in progress.
Liu Fanxu cried like a child, but her body seemed to be frozen, cold and biting, she looked at the increasingly blurred mobile phone in front of her, moved her fingertips and squirmed her lips in despair, "Spencer, I can't see clearly, it's so cold, am I going to die?" ”
Midnight in the depths of the forest is not the best time and the search and rescue personnel also take great risks, but the time is limited, they cannot allow a hostage-taking murderer to wander around the night, they cannot predict whether he will commit another crime. Rhett insisted on joining the search and rescue team despite Hodge and Morgan's objections, and he couldn't do anything and wait in the camp until someone else told him what would happen to Liu Fanxu. He was going to find her in person, not that he didn't know that there was a worst-case scenario, but he refused to think about it. Spencer walked through the dark woodland with a flashlight in one hand, a walkie-talkie in the other, and a revolver pinned to his waist□□.
The search and rescue team was a team of two, and when he first entered the forest, he also had a ranger as a guide. But just now, he had an argument with the young ranger. Red pursed his lips, tears rolling in his eyes, he knew it was irrational to throw off his guide and rush into the dark and strange woodland, but he couldn't take the ranger's words, they were like a knife awl slicing his heart and brain, and no one was allowed to say that Aga was dead until he found her. Raising his hand to wipe the tears from his eyes, he used his flashlight to probe the traces around him, the forest was very dark, and he couldn't see the environment outside the beam except for the area where the beam reached.
He walked forward again for an unknown distance, groping in the dark, causing him to gradually lose his sense of direction and distance, and he could only rely on the faint stars in the sky to discern whether he had lost his way. Then, just as the flashlight flickered to his left, he saw a reflection flash in the darkness. Red's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly quickened his pace and walked in that direction, vaguely a huge silhouette, and when he got closer, he was sure that this was the small Chevrolet he saw in the monitor. He rushed to the car door in surprise, through the glass, and used a flashlight to check the situation inside, it was empty, he froze for a moment, and then quickly took out the walkie-talkie and contacted Hodge and Morgan, "Hodge!" Morgan! I found the murderer's car! ”
By the time the army arrived, Red was gone. Morgan saw a note on the front lid of the car that he had left in a hurry. He sighed, turned to the frowning Hodge and said, "He left a note for us to search in this direction, he must have found something." Suddenly, he saw the ranger standing not far away, he was supposed to be in the same group as Red, why did he come here with them? Morgan's eyes widened angrily, and he walked over a few steps, pulled the front of the young man's clothes, and scolded angrily, "Aren't you supposed to be with Red?" Did you leave him alone in the woods? The ranger couldn't break free, his face flushed, "Hey, he didn't let me follow him, he said he didn't want to stay with me." Hodge walked over, took Morgan's hand, and asked sternly, "You are a forest ranger, but you left behind your companions who need your help, ignored your own guide work, and left him alone in the dark and unfamiliar woodland." I don't think you're still qualified to stay here, so please leave immediately. ”
Hodge and Morgan looked at each other, and the two immediately turned around, raised their flashlights, and stepped into the dark forest without hesitation, they needed to find Red as much as they could. The ranger looked at their backs as they left and shouted unconvinced, "Hey, I didn't want to leave him." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the busy police officers around him, looking up at him from time to time, and he felt that there was disdain in those eyes. He kicked the grass beneath his feet, looked up at the direction where Hodge had disappeared, pursed his lips and muttered, "What are you kidding, I'm a good ranger!" He tightened his grip on his flashlight and quickly followed them into the dark forest.
Red hunched over, squinting at the indentations of the grass, which he had a hard time following the marks. It was too dark for the flashlight to shine into a small area, and he couldn't tell the number of people who had caused the marks, and he couldn't tell if his Aga had walked here. He could only tell himself over and over again, go on, go on. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the grass behind him, which became louder and louder, and he touched the □□ around his waist, and shone his flashlight there vigilantly but expectantly.
"Hey, Red, is that you?" Morgan's voice came from the darkness, followed by his vague figure. Red pursed his lips, shone his flashlight back in front of him, and replied, "It's me." Morgan walked over to him, and then Hodge joined them, their flashlights scanning the trails around them, "The marks here are messy, the murderer has fallen, and it is impossible to tell which direction he went." Morgan frowned, crouched down, and leaned on the grass to take a closer look, "Hey, look here, a hair." Hodge glared at Morgan in surprise and sighed slightly, "Good eyesight." Rhett took the hair from Morgan's hand, just looking at the length is enough to judge, not to mention that the hair still has a fragrance that belongs to Liu Fanxu "It's Aga, it's Aga's hair." ”
Morgan is recreating the situation, lying on the ground to simulate the position of the murderer when he falls, so as to determine the direction he will take when he gets up. Red leaned over to inspect the grass around him, helping Morgan adjust his position, while Hodge stood by and watched vigilantly what was going on. At this moment, Red's cell phone rang suddenly, in the quiet of the night, in the dark forest. The three of them were stunned, and Red quickly lowered his head and took out his mobile phone, the screen of the mobile phone lit up with fluorescence, and he clearly saw the name of the caller written on it - Liu Fanxu.
Red's eyes instantly moistened, and he answered the phone with trembling fingers, "Aga, where are you?" Aga? Morgan and Hodge looked at Rhett with solemn faces, and Morgan whispered to Red, "Open to the public." Red looked at him at a loss, then at Hodge, nodded as well, and shook his hand to open the release. Although the phone was dialed, the signal was still very poor, and the voice on the phone was very noisy. Red shouted anxiously, "Aga, are you there?" Is that you? Aga, where are you? ”
No one answered, and suddenly the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from the other side of the phone, and Rhett's heart tightened when he heard it, tears fell from his eyes, and his voice trembled so much that he could barely speak, "Aga, Aga?" Is that you? Agha-" "Spencer" Liu Fanxu's voice came from the other side of the phone, very weak, as if enduring great pain, Red collapsed and raised his hand to cover his eyes, his body couldn't help but start to tremble, he listened to her intermittent muttering "I miss you, where are you, Spencer Spencer I'm sorry" Red trembled his lips and responded "I'm here, Aga, I'll find you right away, I'll find you right away!" ”
Holding back the tears in his eyes, Morgan raised his hand to point in a direction and gestured toward them. The three of them ran quickly in that direction, with a hole under their feet, but no one stopped. Liu Fanxu's weak voice was still talking, they knew that she couldn't hear them clearly, she was about to lose consciousness, but she still kept talking, trying to stay awake, "Spencer, I don't want to die, will you forget me, it's so cold, I really want to forget me, this is the best comfort for you, but, don't, I really don't want you to forget me, I'm just selfish and want you to remember me, Spencer, I don't want to leave you, I don't want to go to a place without you." ”
The first time Red heard Liu Fanxu's cry, she was always so strong, as if anything could be solved perfectly in front of her. But this time, she was devastated, just like him. He raised his hand to wipe the tears from his eyes, trying to keep his eyes open and look ahead, he wanted to run faster, faster, "Aga, hold on, please, hold on, I love you, don't leave me, please hold on." Liu Fanxu on the other side of the phone didn't hear his shout, she gasped, choked, sobbed, cried bitterly, and then endured the gasping sound of great pain, and finally she suddenly muttered softly, "Spencer, I can't see clearly, it's so cold, am I going to die?" Hearing her words, Red cried out loudly, "NO! NO! NO! Hold on, Aga, you won't die, your name you said belongs to me, I won't allow you to die! He roared, slamming out of the air from his trachea, nearly tearing his throat apart.
The phone didn't hang up, the call didn't end, but there was no Liu Fanxu's voice on the phone. Red was already crying bitterly, and he was running out calling out Aga's name. Morgan raised his hand to wipe the tears that flowed from his eyes, and Hodge's eyes also slipped into tears, his expression became more gloomy, and the speed of their feet became faster. After running for a short distance, I finally saw a figure curled up in the grass in front of me. They approached quickly, but stopped abruptly when they could see what it was.
Even in such a dark forest, even with only a flashlight, they could clearly see a large expanse of dirt stained dark red with blood under the huddled figure. Red stumbled beside her, cautiously raising his hand to touch her pale, bloodless cheek.