Chapter 142: Catastrophe
After taking the medicine and getting into the sleeping bag, the soft, warm feeling surrounded me, and the feeling of fatigue suddenly came to my heart, and I couldn't help but feel a little happy at the thought of waking up with a good curry to eat.
Lan was lying next to me, sleeping in another sleeping bag. Although I set up two tents, Xiaolan didn't seem to have slept well last night, so she took me to the girls under the tree to make up for sleep with the tents. Hawkers, speaking of the separation of men's and women's tents, in fact, the main problem is Dr. Asa and Xiaolan, and children don't care. I can't help but feel a little funny when I think of Xiao Ai and I being in the same bedroom and all kinds of entanglements. Back then, I was still very naΓ―ve and thought too much, but now I go out camping with the doctor, and everyone is in a tent, and it's not a big deal.
Xiaolan was still thinking about me talking when she first got into the sleeping bag, but she didn't expect to fall asleep in a blink of an eye, and it seemed that she slept late last night. Looking at Xiaolan's quiet sleeping face, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, everyone would grow up. The little girl who swore to protect me and my brother back then didn't expect to become so strong.
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"Now, Yuichi. β
"Ah, have you come back from kindergarten, Sister Xiaolan?"
"Hmm...... Well. β
"Have fun in kindergarten?" said the boy sitting under a tree in the courtyard as he lazily read a book and accosted the girl.
β...... Well. β
"What's wrong?" the girl's hesitant voice diverted the boy's attention from the book, and the boy wondered a little as he saw the usually cheerful and lively little girl hesitating uncharacteristically, "Did something happen?"
"Hmm. Something happened...... Not so good. β
"Oh, can you talk to me? Speaking of which, I didn't see my brother, didn't my mother pick you up and come back with you?"
β...... Well, Aunt Yukiko is talking to Shinichi in the house. At this, the girl's little head hung down in some frustration.
"Huh?" Seeing the girl's expression, the boy was even more confused, but he didn't rush to ask anything, just looked at her with warm eyes, and waited quietly for her to speak. The evening wind gently ruffled the hair of the two of them, and the rustling of leaves made people's hearts involuntarily calm.
After a long while, the girl finally mustered up her courage: "Well, today, Shinichi fought with other children for me." β
"Huh? Fighting with other children? That's really not his style. The boy was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Why?"
"Because Keita said that my parents often quarrel and will definitely separate in the future, so ......"
"Oh, I see," the boy nodded, and said, "Although it is not good to fight, but this time it can be considered excusable, well, it should be said that the old brother did a good job." The boy remembered his brother's stinky fart appearance on weekdays, and he was a little emotional, but he didn't expect that he was quite manly at the critical moment.
"Yes...... However, Shinichi is still injured......" The girl rubbed her little feet on the ground uneasily, and carefully raised her big eyes to look at the boy: "Because I bumped my head with Keita, both Shinichi and Keita have a big bag on their foreheads, will Aunt Kiko ......"
"Ah, rest assured, mom won't blame you for this little thing, my brother won't be fine, it's nothing if the boy is injured. Seeing the girl's uneasiness and apprehension, the boy smiled and waved his hand.
"Aunt Yukiko won't reprimand Shinichi, right?"
"Ah," the boy smiled and shook his head at the thought of his mother's doting appearance: "Don't worry, although punishment is inevitable, but my mother won't do anything to my brother." What's more, it's still my mother's favorite "hero saves beauty" episode, and it's good not to show it off. The so-called "punishment" is the most serious one, which is the confiscation of a day's snacks. Thinking of this, the boy's smile turned into a wry smile.
β...... Really?"
"Really, really, so don't look at me like that. The boy turned his head away a little uncomfortably. This timid little animal-like look is too wicked.
"Wow~ Great! Thank you Yuichi!" The little girl's melancholy disappeared in an instant, and she pulled the little boy to jump and jump.
"Ah, don't pull me, the books have fallen to the ground!"
"What's the matter! It's getting dark anyway, and reading a book now is not good for your eyes!"
"I know, I know, so don't pull me around in circles, I'm so dizzy!"
"Now, Yuichi. The little girl who stopped was staring at the boy with her little hands behind her back and wide eyes.
"What's wrong again?"
"I want to be like my dad when I grow up, don't you think?"
"Do you want to be a police officer?"
"No, I just want to be as good as my dad and beat the bad guys. β
"Why?"
"So I can protect you and Shinichi, lest Shinichi be like he is today. At this, the girl squirmed a little shyly.
"Oh, brother, why do you even count me together? I didn't fight. β
"Because I'm an older sister, isn't it natural for a sister to protect her younger brother!" the girl thrust her waist in, looking like she took it for granted.
The boy was stunned for a moment, not knowing what else to say. The first time someone said to protect him, at this moment, he didn't even know his feelings. Is it a little more happy? or a little more crying and laughing.
The light of the setting sun shines through the shade of the trees, mottled on the girl's hair, and on her body, the girl's smiling face is reflected in joy. The chirping of birds in the trees, against the delicate and lovely laughter of the girl like a yellow warbler, seemed to brighten up the whole world for a moment.
From the beginning, he knew it.
This girl is an angel.
"Huh. β
"Ah, Yuichi, you look good when you smile. β
"I didn't laugh. β
"You smiled, you smiled! I just saw it!"
"I didn't laugh when I said it!"
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I didn't expect to be really protected by you, you are really brave, Xiaolan. On the dock that day, Xiaolan struggled to jump out of the trunk of Judy's car, hugged me and Xiao Ai into her arms, and used her body to protect me and Xiao Ai, the scene is still vivid in my mind.
Xiaolan fell asleep quietly, her small nose fluttering gently, and a few drops of crystal sweat hung on it.
Have a good dream, Lan. Like when I was a child, I gently wiped the beads of sweat off Xiaolan's white jade cheeks, and scratched her small and delicate nose a little mischievously.
Xiaolan's brow furrowed slightly, and then relaxed.
I haven't contacted Ueki for a while.,I don't know how the action is going over there.,But I don't think there's any problem.,Those people are old fritters.,I shouldn't need to worry about these basic little things.γ Speaking of which, Kaito hasn't moved since the last time he helped him celebrate Aoko's birthday, has he been a good boy? This guy didn't know to come to see me. And my parents don't know how they are doing in the United States......
While thinking about some messy things in my heart, my drowsiness gradually rose, and the effect of Xiao Ai's medicine seemed to be quite good. Well, let's sleep.
"Wake up...... Wake up......"
Well?
"Wake up, hey, Xiaolan......"
Xiaolan?Xiaolan...... What's wrong?
"No, this guy can't be counted on, the medicine you prepared in Gray Plains is too strong!"
The whole world seems to be spinning.
"Let's find it ourselves. β
By the way, someone seems to have said something...... What do you mean?
That's a lot of people...... Why are so many people spinning in front of my eyes? Don't spin, I'm dizzy.
"But Minghui is ...... here"
"It's too late! Look at his confused appearance, let him go out and look for it, maybe he will be lost! Feed him some more sleeping medicine, let him sleep quietly here, don't take advantage of our inattention, he will disappear again." Let's go out and find someone!"
β...... All right. β
Small...... A familiar and unfamiliar face appeared in front of me.
The feeling of the cold liquid mixing these solids into my throat made me feel a little sober. Yes, Xiaolan! They said what happened to Xiaolan?!
I tried to turn my head in the direction of my side, only to see that the place where Xiaolan had been sleeping was now blank.
What about Xiaolan? yes, they just said they were looking for someone? So, Xiaolan...... My head hurts! I feel dizzy! The lucidity of pain and the confusion of vertigo keep alternating in my brain, and my constant change between reality and illusion makes me unable to tell whether this is reality or a dream.
"Ugh!" I groaned.
"Sleep well, we'll fix it......" There seemed to be a sigh in his ear.
Don't, let me go too, let me ...... too Damn, I can't open my eyes.
"Gray Plains! Hurry up! It's too late! It's fifteen o'clock in half an hour!"
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I don't know how long I slept, and when I woke up, the camp was empty. I stiffened out of the tent and looked around. My head is still a little dizzy, and the effect of the sleeping pills has not completely passed.
The fact that the person did not come back means that Xiaolan has not been found. Calm down, I'm useless to be anxious now. What about the phone? Why can't I find it? Eh? I'm dizzy, so annoying. Dizzy, I accidentally fell to the ground, the earth would not turn, my face was close to the ground, and the feeling of solidity calmed me down a little.
Forget it, no matter what, anyway, let's see if there are any clues first.
In the kitchen, the pot for the curry stew is set aside, and the ingredients are ready, but they are not stewed. Firewood and miscellaneous items were scattered aside, and it seemed that it was an emergency, and everyone was in a hurry. If a few people were close to the tent, the target would be so big that there was no reason why no more than two prisoners should not notice. But Xiaolan is not me who has taken sleeping pills, how can I not resist if I am taken away? One or two people can't get close to Xiaolan at all. Could it be that those people who are targeting me are doing it to Xiaolan?!
I shuddered at the thought of this! Yes, with the professional methods of those people, it was so easy to take a little girl without knowing it.
Wait! Since he is my enemy, why did he take Xiaolan away and turn a blind eye to me beside him? Could it be that he didn't know that I had become smaller?
If you don't know that I'm getting smaller, how can you know about my relationship with Xiaolan?
Thinking about it this way, this matter should not be my problem, then the prisoner should be an ordinary person. So the reason why they were able to take Xiaolan away is probably because they drugged her. Well, it makes more sense.
Raise your head and look at the surrounding environment, there are mountains and trees all around, if you want to abduct a person, it is a good way to quickly enter the woods after you succeed, but it is undoubtedly very troublesome to go out with a person who does not know when he will wake up and resist, it is far from the city, but it is very close to the police station, and the hostages are prone to accidents, so they should have a car.
And the car doesn't leave the same road we came from, because it will be very visible and easy to spot.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but walk towards the forest not far away. If I'm not mistaken, there must be a driveway in the woods, and I saw it when I came. It would have been better if there were ruts in that lane, because there weren't many people camping here today, even fewer people walking on the forest paths, and if there were tire marks, the eight achievements would have been the kidnappers' car.
Stumbling in the direction of his memory, there were still bursts of pain in his head from time to time. I don't know if it's because of the effect of sleeping pills or because of my original illness. Because I was in too much of a hurry, I forgot to bring analgesic medicine when I came out, which was a bit of a mistake.
But it doesn't matter, because this level of pain, I should say that it is quite a habit.
Huh? This is ......
I found the lane in my memory, I found the wheel print I was looking forward to, and to my surprise, I also found Conan's scattered footprints in it! I am very familiar with the pattern of this shoe print, because my mother bought it for me and Conan when she came back last time, and my shoe print and Conan are the same.
If you follow this mark, even if you can't find Xiaolan, you can join Conan and them.
I walked along the rut for a while, I don't know how long I walked, and I was a little confused now, and my concept of time was a little vague. Suddenly, a sound similar to an air raid siren swirled in the sky.
Was it an air defense exercise? I looked up at the sky. Not quite right, the siren sounds a little different from what I've heard before.
Rushing...... Rushing......
There seems to be some sound, and it's getting louder.
Rushing...... Rushing...... Rushing!
No, it's getting closer to me!
Before I could react, the water rushing from behind me instantly rolled me up and carried me forward! Isn't this a driveway, it's a river? But how could so much water suddenly come out? Is there a hydropower station nearby?
"Coo!" Although I can swim, I can't use my strength at this time, and the current is too fast! I just got my head, and in the blink of an eye, a wave slapped me down again!
"Ahem, ahem!"
I should be thankful for the rushing water, because it soaked my whole body instantly, and at the same time, it also completely cleared my spirit, but then the feeling of choking and flipping under the water made me extremely uncomfortable. But it doesn't matter, this situation has not been encountered before.
I quickly held my breath and struggled to float in the water, finally exposing my head to the surface. In fact, the river is not deep, only a little more than a meter, but because the current is so fast, every time I try to stand up, the current will push me forward, and I have no strength to stand up, so I can only float with the current.
Well, fortunately, there are no big rocks or anything on this passage, and there will be no danger, so let's float with the current first, and when the water slows down, you can go ashore.
But this idea didn't take long to rise, and I couldn't calm down anymore, because the front seemed to be coming to an end!
"I ......" Before I could swear or curse, the current of water carried me towards the cliff and rushed out together.
It is said that it is a cliff, but in fact, it is only a high ground of two or three meters, and there is a river beach below, normally, I would not be injured if I jumped directly, but now I am pushed down by the water in my state, and the height is too short, and the turbulent river makes me not even have time to adjust the position of my body and plant it down!
Just like the probability of dying by jumping off a building below 10 meters is higher than the probability of dying by jumping off a building above 10 meters, it sounds a little ridiculous, but in fact, the higher height is conducive to people consciously adjusting the parts and posture of their bodies during the falling process, so as to reduce their injuries as much as possible. Below 10 meters, there is no time to adjust the posture with the reaction speed of humans, so the mortality rate is even higher. And at a height of two or three meters, almost in the blink of an eye, I have already landed. The huge impact caused me to faint by the same time I hit the ground.
I hope I don't hit the ground first.
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When I woke up and opened my eyes, I saw tents I didn't know, and people I didn't know.
"Ah, Xiaohui, you're finally awake!, great!" a young girl looked at me with a smile on her face, as if she was very happy.
"Minghui-san, you've finally woken up, you've been waiting for a long time! Hurry up, if you don't hurry up, the curry made by Ashbara-san, will be eaten up by Yuantai." "A little boy with a freckled face.
"No, we left Minghui's share for him, Minghui's task now is to have a good rest!"
"That's right! I told you to sleep well, but I wanted to run out by myself! I was washed up by the water released by the dam! Fortunately, the doctor found the workstation in time to stop the water, otherwise you wouldn't know where you were going to be washed! We're looking for you everywhere!"
"Well, it's good to find it, he's also in a hurry, let him rest first. "Imp with glasses.
"Xiao Ai, Xiao Hui's previous cold was not good, and this time he was blistered again, it won't aggravate his condition, right?"
"I just took his temperature, the fever has subsided, let's see his situation next, if it doesn't work, I will dispense some medicine. β
"Xiaohui, how are you feeling now?Are you still dizzy?Do you have any bad feelings?" The girl's questions one after another made me a little flustered.
"Minghui is so pitiful! Always sick! There are always all kinds of accidents!" the sympathetic little girl with a hairpin looked at me with pity.
"It seems like that's really the case!But it doesn't matter, if you eat the curry of Ashbara-san later, it will definitely recover in a flash!" The freckled boy became a little squirming for some reason: "After all, the curry made by Ashbara-san is so delicious." β
"Ah, thanks for the compliment. The tea-haired girl's voice was a little cold, and she seemed to be a person who was not very easy to get along with.
"Anyway, you should rest first, and when you have slept enough, you will get up and eat, the curry has left you a lot, and you are thrilling enough today." The bespectacled little ghost patted me on the shoulder with a tired face. Do I know him well?
"Huh, Minghui-san hasn't spoken?" the hairpin girl looked at me strangely.
"Really, Xiaohui, are you still uncomfortable?" the girl suddenly became nervous and stared at me tightly.
"Uhhh
Stare at~~
"The ......"
Stare at~~
"Anyway, can you tell me first," I said with some curtleness, "you guys...... Who is it?"
The scene fell silent all of a sudden. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, looking incredulous. Did I say anything awesome?
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