Chapter 12: Every second is torment
When Cheng Ji went to the river to fish without worry, Xu Yan was accompanying Xu Ruyi, a dealer in Hengshan, and his family to climb the mountain.
Business doesn't always have to be done in the office. Before she arrived in Hengshan, she had already made proper arrangements for her weekend trip.
Climb the mountain first, then go to take the cable car, grass skiing, hot springs, and eat the original ecological farmhouse banquet in the scenic spot for lunch, and the service is better than the local tour guide. After dinner in the evening, Xu Ruyi said with satisfaction: "Consultant Xu, I have already felt your sincerity. On Monday, I arranged for the payment to be made through the contract. ”
Xu Yan happily replied to her: "Thank you, Mr. Xu." You can't go wrong when you choose Maxim. ”
Send Xu Ruyi away, it's still early, Xu Yan plans to go outside. In recent years, Hengshan City has done a good job in urban planning, and the night view has a unique charm, which has won a lot of praise on the self-media platform.
Follow the directions and walk from the hotel to the river.
The riverside is very lively, there are families going out for a ride, there are couples dating, and there are vendors selling snacks and knick-knacks, and everywhere you see is the thick atmosphere of human fireworks.
Xu Yan leaned on the railing by the river, looking at this noisy scene, looking in a trance. How long has it been since you had such a good mood?
The days by Jiang Han's side were always very difficult, at first with a sense of humiliation, and later with a one-way love that suppressed low self-esteem. When I went to Cheyenne to be a medical assistant, I saw the most evil human nature, and no matter how good the scenery was, it disappeared on the dissecting table.
At this moment, she wanted to cry a little, glad that she could return to her normal life.
She walked a long way along the riverside recreation path until the contents of her stomach were almost digested, and then she turned back.
Turning back does not go the same way. On the riverbank is a narrow motorway, and there is an open-air night market on the side of the road, where the merchants set up a pot, set up a barbecue grill, and set up a few tables to become a pastime. Although it is a little cold at this time, there are many people in the night market. They drank and guessed boxing, and had fun.
The smell of roasted animal fat wafted in the air, but it didn't attract her. The professional habits of being an assistant forensic doctor make her not like to eat roadside stalls.
As he was about to walk through the night market, a shrill female voice caught the attention of passers-by. Xu Yan looked over and saw two tall men smiling with three thin girls.
The girl in red scolded angrily: "Crazy! We don't know you, so why should we drink with you? ”
One of the men said, "Wouldn't you know each other after two drinks?" ”
"Get out! It's not uncommon for your aunt and grandmother to drink with you. I want to drink and go back to your mother! The girl in black reprimanded.
"Yo! Look at this spicy energy, it must be cool enough to. Another man reached out and touched someone's buttocks.
The offended girl picked up the half-eaten noodle soup on the table and threw it at the man. There were chili peppers in the soup powder, which splashed into the man's eyes. The man scolded, "Little! Pretend to be serious, don't you just want to seduce a man when you go out for supper at night? ”
After speaking, he raised his hand and hit the girl on the head. When the other man saw that his companion had made a move, he was also unceremoniously pushed the other two girls to the ground.
The three girls screamed, and the people next to them watched, took videos, and called the police, but no one went up to pull the two men away.
Xu Yan can't see this kind of thing of bullying the weak with the strong. Without even thinking about it, she rushed straight forward, using all her strength to push away the man who had been splashed with noodle soup earlier, and punched him in the nose again.
She is familiar with the anatomy of the human body and knows which parts are fragile and vulnerable.
The man's nose was sore and painful, and he couldn't help howling: "Stinky are nosy? Believe it or not, I chopped you up? ”
Xu Yan said sharply: "What kind of ability is it to harass women? You garbage is not worthy of being cremated and used as fertilizer. ”
Another man saw his companion covering his nose, picked up a small stool and was about to smash it at Xu Yan. Seeing this, the woman in red who was rescued by her before hurriedly stepped forward and used her body to help Xu Yan block it.
The girl let out a terrible scream.
The onlookers gasped. When the righteous people saw Xu Yan come forward, they didn't care about anything else, and soon four or five young men came up and separated the two groups.
The two men who were not powerful scolded loudly: "Do you all know who Lao Tzu is? Dare to do bad things about Lao Tzu, so that you can't get along in Hengshan, and you will all be chopped up and fed to the fish! ”
The man who was slapped by Xu Yan stretched out his finger and pointed at her and threatened: "You thing wait for me, I will let you die a good death!" ”
The three girls who were harassed for no reason were frightened and hugged each other and cried.
Xu Yan glared at the two men and comforted them: "Don't be afraid! The police are coming, let them go to jail! ”
A man laughed wickedly: "Eat prison food? Believe it or not, I make you not see the sun tomorrow! ”
Many people are recording videos with their mobile phones, Xu Yan twitched the corner of her mouth and sneered: "Then let's see if you are powerful, or the law is powerful!" ”
The police from the nearby police station soon arrived and wanted to pull the group back to the police station to make a record, but the girl in red was smashed by a stool and was so painful that she couldn't speak.
Xu Yan asked the police: "Can you send her to the hospital first, I'm afraid her bones will be broken." ”
The policeman glanced at him and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to take you there, and you will cooperate in making a record in the hospital." ”
Seeing that they were going to the police station, the enthusiastic crowd around them became emboldened and said loudly: "Comrade policeman, I have a video recorded on my mobile phone, and I will go with you." ”
"Yes, I'll go too."
The policeman nodded in agreement: "Okay, then let's go together." ”
Xu Yan and the woman in red went to the hospital under the escort of the police. In the emergency room, Xu Yan told the doctor on duty that the girl had been hit by gravity and might have broken bones and needed to be taken. After settling the woman in red, she cooperated with the transcript and completely narrated the cause and process of the incident.
It was late at night.
The family of the woman in red arrived, and because Xu Yan was not injured, she came out of the hospital and took a taxi back to the hotel where she stayed.
After closing the door and taking a shower, she went to bed.
In a daze, I heard a slight movement on the door. Xu Yan was particularly alert when she slept, she got up from the bed, put on a dress, tiptoed to the door, and listened with her ears down.
It seems that someone is trying to open the door with a lock-picking gadget.
She asked in a loud voice, "Who's out there?" ”
The sound immediately stopped, and then the sound of footsteps faded away. Xu Yan didn't dare to go out, she called the front desk and wanted to turn up the surveillance to see who was outside.
The front desk replied to her: "Sorry ma'am, we need permission to adjust the surveillance." ”
Xu Yan thought that it might be an accomplice of the two bastards in the night market. Not daring to take it lightly, she said to the front desk, "I suspect that some criminals are trying to pry open my door." ”
The front desk said, "Then I'll ask the security guard to go up and have a look." ”
The security guard quickly came up, walked down the corridor twice, and also looked at the fire escape, and came to reply that there was nothing unusual about her.
Xu Yan believed her instincts, it must be the gangster's accomplices who came to retaliate. She turned on the light in her room, changed her clothes, and planned to change to a hotel.
Halfway through the change of clothes, there was a sudden power outage in the room. Xu Yan was very flustered, and a vicious person could do anything. She was in the bathroom and called the front desk again.
The front desk said a little impatiently: "There is no power outage, our hotel has a backup power supply, it may be tripped, I will call my colleague to take a look." ”
A few minutes later, the front desk replied to her through the internal phone: "Madam, the colleague in charge of the electrician said that the electric switch is normal, if it is convenient for you, I will ask them to come to the house to check the line." ”
Xu Yan was afraid that the electrician would be bribed, so she refused on the spot: "No need, I'll pack up my things and check out now." ”
After cleaning up, Xu Yan opened the door and walked out to the elevator, where she saw a big man standing there and smiled weirdly at her. She was so frightened that she hurriedly turned around and walked towards the fire elevator.
But there are also two people blocked in the fire ladder, and it looks like a mixed society.
Xu Yan hurriedly returned to the room just now, her heart pounding. The room was dark, and she didn't dare to sleep, so she sat on the bed and planned to stay up until dawn.
She is not familiar with the place in Hengshan, it is impossible for her to disturb Xu Ruyi at this point, there is no substantial harm, and it is useless to call the police.
When she couldn't stay up, she smelled a strong smell of gasoline. I turned on the phone light and saw that there was liquid slowly seeping in through the crack in the door.
Xu Yan screamed and sat down on the floor of the room. At this time, if someone lights a fire outside, she can't go out right away, and she will suffocate from the smoke inhaled. She was so scared that she had forgotten to call the police while holding her mobile phone, and pressed a string of numbers frantically on the number keys with both hands.
After the phone was connected, she said in a trembling voice: "Cheng Ji, you have to find a way to save me." ”
Hearing this voice, Jiang Han sat up from the bed and said tentatively, "Xu Yan? ”
Xu Yan heard Jiang Han's voice and immediately hung up the phone. She obviously called Cheng Ji, why was Jiang Han the one who answered the phone?
She sniffed, wiped away her tears, and was stunned when she saw the number dialed out. That number, she hasn't called since she left Canghai three years ago, but in a critical situation, why does she still remember?
Jiang Han quickly dialed back after she hung up the phone. She was crying just now, and asked Cheng Ji to find a way to save her, there must have been something wrong outside.
The first time, Xu Yan didn't answer, Jiang Han's heart was so anxious that she dialed the second time, but she still didn't answer.
Jiang Han got up and got dressed, and he called Cheng Ji while dressing. Cheng Ji had already fallen asleep, and asked him in a daze, "What's the matter?" ”
"You call Xu Yan immediately and ask her where she is now and what's wrong? Ask her to answer my phone, I'm in Linjiang now. Jiang Han ordered.
", what are you doing in Lin Jiang?" Cheng Ji said in surprise.
Jiang Han roared, "Is now the time to care about this? Call Xu Yan quickly! ”
Xu Yan didn't dare to answer Jiang Han's call just now, she was very annoyed, annoyed that she still remembered his phone number. After hanging up the phone, she came back to her senses and wanted to call Cheng Ji, but she didn't expect him to call in first.
"Where are you now? What's wrong? As soon as he connected, Cheng Ji asked anxiously.
Xu Yan cried and said: "I was in Hengshan, and I met the local hooligan ruffians, who are now blocking me in the hotel and trying to burn me to death." ”
"Jiang Han is in Lin Jiang, you must answer his call. Drive from Linjiang to Hengshan, if you are fast, it will take you an hour and a half. I'll hang up now. Cheng Ji said.
Jiang Han waited anxiously, and in the two minutes he waited for Cheng Ji to call, every second was torment for him.