Chapter 162: Searching for People in the Rain [2 in 1, extra chapter for Xiaoyao Ghost]
Chapter 162: Searching for People in the Rain [Two-in-one, extra chapter for Xiaoyao Ghost]
Lu Yuanqiu lowered his head.
If this was true, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt uncomfortable after putting himself in Bai Qingxia's shoes.
"She must have been waiting for me to leave before she dared to feed Dad."
Urban village, Osmanthus Lane.
Inside the rental house, the dining table was erected against the wall to create some space in the middle area.
Bai Qingxia lifted the curtain and glanced at the basin under the ceiling. The dripping speed was faster than the previous few days. After all, there was only a wall separating the roof from the ceiling, and there was much more water on the roof today than before.
I have just poured out one basin, and it will probably take a while for the next basin to be full.
Thinking of this, the girl let down the curtain, stood in the space outside and recalled the dance content she had learned. She raised her legs and did a smooth split facing the wall as a warm-up before practicing dancing.
She looked back and saw that her father had fallen asleep, so she tried to minimize the noise she made.
Under the dim light, in the narrow rental house, the girl began practicing after a simple warm-up.
This scene had been played out many times in the countless days and nights in the past, but the sound of rain was getting louder tonight, so the girl's movements gradually became more relaxed, as if she was not far from becoming a real swan.
……
Early Wednesday morning, Lu Yuanqiu walked out of the bedroom scratching his head, and suddenly heard Lu Yidong exclaim: "There's a flood, what should we do?! Can we skip school?! Wuuwuwu..."
"What's the flood?"
Lu Yuanqiu put his hand on her shoulder, walked to the window and looked out, and her sleepy eyes suddenly opened completely.
"I go……"
The water on the road downstairs seemed to be very deep. The vehicles passing by were driving very slowly, but they also created a large ripple.
The boundary of the Xingfu River next to us is no longer visible, as the water has overflowed the shore. If I hadn’t looked down from a high building, I really wouldn’t know where the dividing line between the river and the shore is.
Lu Yuanqiu knew that the terrain on Xingfuli was relatively high, but the water level had risen to this point, so the area on Guihua Lane...
"It seems that there is something wrong with the city's drainage system. Damn it, every time there is a heavy rain, the drainage system will have problems. Lucheng is really ruined."
After Lu Tian finished using the toilet, he started to mumble.
Lu Yidong looked at his father with a sad face: "Can I not go to school?"
Lu Tian was stunned, turned his head to look in the direction of the bedroom, and said, "Ask your mother, don't ask me."
Lu Yidong could only pout and give up.
No...I have to go pick up Bai Qingxia.
When Lu Yuanqiu thought of this, he was too lazy to wash up. He took out a pair of his mother's sandals from the shoe cabinet and ran out.
"I'm going to school!"
He yelled and walked out the door.
The water outside Xingfu Li had reached the calf level, and the streets were filled with the sound of cars honking their horns frantically. Lu Yuanqiu waded through the water with his sandals in hand, jogging towards Guihua Lane.
The closer we got, the deeper the water on the ground became. When we arrived at Qingnian Road, the water was already up to our knees.
Lu Yuanqiu turned his head and found that some parents had already brought their children out. They put the children in a large basin of water and let the children play with the basin as if it were a boat. The parents and children were laughing non-stop.
"..."
Let’s see if you can come out smiling when you fall into the pit, Lu Yuanqiu thought to himself.
He walked all the way to Guihua Lane. The path in the lane was downhill. When he walked into the lane, the water had reached halfway up his thighs.
I really want to call my third uncle to report this... but I guess he's very busy right now, Lu Yuanqiu couldn't help but mutter to himself.
As soon as Lu Yuanqiu entered the courtyard where Bai Qingxia lived, he heard Sister Li's voice coming from the balcony on the second floor.
"Isn't this Xiaoqiu? Is she here to pick up Xiaoxia?"
Sister Li was standing on the balcony looking down. Lu Yuanqiu looked up and found Bai Qingxia standing next to Sister Li. She had indeed not gone to school yet.
"Slow down, watch your step!"
The girl looked at the scene below worriedly and shouted to Lu Yuanqiu.
The accumulated water in the yard was even more terrifying. It had already reached the base of his thighs. According to Bai Qingxia's height, the accumulated water would definitely reach her lower abdomen.
Lu Yuanqiu turned his head to look at the rooms in the yard on the first floor. The old man and several middle-aged men were packing up their things while cursing. There were a bunch of empty bottles floating on the water that the old man had picked up. The old man was almost collapsing from picking them up.
After going upstairs, Lu Yuanqiu leaned against the wall, feeling very tired.
Seeing the young man's embarrassed look, Bai Qingxia quickly found a towel from the house and ran to his side to help him wipe the rain off his head.
Lu Yuanqiu bent down so that she could reach it, and asked Sister Li, "Long time no see, Sister Li, are you still working there?"
Zhang Li sighed: "I didn't change it. I shamelessly went back. Anyway, the customer only came once, and the boss understood us."
Lu Yuanqiu nodded and asked, "Are you still going to work today?"
"How can I go to the KTV? All the KTVs are closed. I'm going to rest at home today."
Bai Qingxia was still helping Lu Yuanqiu wipe the back of his head and neck like a mother.
Suddenly she stretched her head over and said to Sister Li in an embarrassed tone: "Sister Li, can you help me look after my dad at home today and don't let him go out?"
"Okay, no problem, but you're still going to school today after all this?"
Sister Li was a little confused.
Lu Yuanqiu smiled and said, "If the school doesn't notify me, I won't go, so I'll go."
But his fears became more real.
In this case, the exam won’t really be cancelled, right?
There is no problem for students living on campus at the moment, but they have to go home on Friday. It is very likely that the exams on Thursday and Friday will be cancelled and the students will be asked to go home directly because the water may get deeper as time goes by.
After Bai Qingxia put the towel back into the house, Lu Yuanqiu handed her the sandals in his hand and said, "These are my mother's shoes, wear them first."
"Okay, thank you..."
She ran back to the room, glanced at Lu Yuanqiu at the door, then lowered her eyes and closed the door.
Changing shoes and avoiding me? That's too much!
Lu Yuanqiu stood at the door and stared.
But after a while, when the door opened, Lu Yuanqiu found that it was Bai Qingxia who had changed her clothes. She changed into school uniforms, and it seemed that she didn't want her new clothes to get wet. Lu Yuanqiu lowered his head and looked at the flat sandals on Bai Qingxia's feet. These sandals were not suitable for girls, and the design seemed a bit mature. However, they did not go against her beautiful white feet, but they did not look out of place with the childish school uniform.
Before going downstairs, Lu Yuanqiu saw Bai Qingxia lifting up her school uniform pants at the stairs, revealing most of her snow-white, slender legs. The curve of her legs was symmetrical and soft, and the whole leg was glowing white. Paired with the pair of shiny beige flat sandals on her feet, this pair of slender legs looked so beautiful from behind that Lu Yuanqiu even imagined what she would look like wearing a short skirt and sandals in summer.
However, Bai Qingxia glanced at the depth of the water below and seemed to realize that her pants would get wet if she lifted them up. She put her pants down again and walked down the stairs. Lu Yuanqiu followed her quickly: "How about I carry you? Wait until we are outside and then lift your pants up. The water will be about the same depth."
Bai Qingxia seemed to have some doubts about the word "hug". Her little face hesitated for a second or two before she raised her head and nodded towards Lu Yuanqiu.
After all, what she resisted was not the fact that Lu Yuanqiu was hugging her, but the fact that he was hugging her in front of the students.
After going downstairs, Bai Qingxia jumped lightly and hugged Lu Yuanqiu's neck tightly. Lu Yuanqiu picked her up like a princess, lifted her above his lower abdomen easily, and slowly walked out of the yard.
The girl weighs about 167 kilograms and is about cm tall. It was so easy to hold her.
After leaving the courtyard, Bai Qingxia looked up and waved goodbye to Sister Li on the second-floor balcony. Sister Li smiled and nodded, then watched the couple leave the alley with emotion.
After arriving at school, Bai Qingxia was surprised that her pants were not wet at all.
Lu Yuanqiu was wearing shorts and sitting next to them, laughing and shaking his legs. He looked at the miserable looks of other students in the class with a kind of gloating look.
Almost everyone came here today wearing slippers and sandals. Su Miaomiao was also wearing sandals. Zhong Jincheng followed her to the teaching building, staring at her heels all the way.
"Get ready to admit defeat, Lu Yuanqiu!"
After entering the classroom, Zhong Jincheng smiled at Lu Yuanqiu excitedly. Other people in the class also looked at the scene in the campus with great passion. Even Zheng Yifeng did not sleep.
Everyone seems to be like this when going to school. Although heavy snow and rain will bring great inconvenience to normal life, students are secretly hoping that the trouble will be as big as possible, and it would be best if it can affect the normal operation of the school.
After all, compared with the boring campus life, this unavoidable "natural disaster" can at least add some passion to the dullness.
At the end of the day, the whole class was filled with a strange, damp smell.
It was not until evening self-study that Lu Yuanqiu suddenly received a QQ message on his mobile phone. He took it out and took a look.
"Sister Li": Xiaoqiu, I sent a message to Xiaoxia but she didn't reply. I don't know when her father went out. I was cooking and didn't notice. What should I do? It's raining heavily outside.
Lu Yuanqiu frowned, patted the girl who was doing homework next to him, and showed her the message.
Bai Qingxia turned her head and looked, her expression became panicked for a moment. Without hesitation, she quickly put down her pen, closed the exercise book, and walked towards the classroom door.
Lu Yuanqiu put his phone in his pocket and quickly followed behind.
Brother Xu, who was sitting on the podium watching the evening self-study, looked up and said nothing, continuing to browse the space log of his last blind date.
When they arrived outside the teaching building, Lu Yuanqiu grabbed the girl's arm and signaled that he would make a phone call first.
"Hello? Dad, did Uncle Bai go to the supermarket?"
Lu Tian's voice came from the phone: "No, I told Xiao Xia that I have a holiday today."
"Okay, got it."
Lu Yuanqiu hung up the phone, and Bai Qingxia asked him anxiously, "What should we do?"
In the past, when she encountered trouble, she would never ask anyone and just relied on herself to solve it. But now, she has become accustomed to discussing things with the young men around her. Perhaps since the day at the amusement park, she has regarded Lu Yuanqiu as a family member in a sense.
Lu Yuanqiu first comforted her and said, "Don't worry, your father almost never goes to No. 65 Middle School now. Going to the supermarket has become his fixed route every day. I am % sure that he is on his way to the supermarket now, but the road is a bit difficult to walk, so he hasn't reached the supermarket yet."
Just as he finished speaking, Lu Tian called back.
"What's going on? Old White is missing?"
Lu Tian asked loudly.
While answering the phone, Lu Yuanqiu pulled Bai Qingxia's arm and walked out of the school.
"He ran away from home. If he went to the supermarket, call me immediately."
"Okay, how about I go out and look for her too? I'll ask Fatty and the others to keep an eye on her in the supermarket?"
Lu Yuanqiu frowned: "My father, just stay there. You don't know where they live, where to look for them? Otherwise, Uncle Bai will find you and you will be gone again."
"Okay, okay..."
After Lu Yuanqiu hung up the phone, he and Bai Qingxia walked towards the supermarket. The supermarket was closer to the school, and it would be easier to see Bai Songzhe by walking back from the supermarket. Of course... the premise was that Bai Songzhe really went to the supermarket.
After leaving the school, it was raining heavily outside and they were soaked in a few seconds.
Lu Yuanqiu turned around and extended his hand, Bai Qingxia quickly took it, but Lu Yuanqiu noticed that her eyes were a little red.
"Don't worry, uncle will be fine. I don't believe he has never gone out on his own before."
"Ah."
Bai Qingxia nodded quickly and responded with one word, not daring to say anything more.
The reason she was worried was that it rained heavily this time. The water was so deep and it was dark. If her father encountered any problems, passers-by might just pretend not to see it because it was raining heavily.
Under normal circumstances, Bai Qingxia felt that at least some kind-hearted passersby would be willing to lend a hand...
Due to family reasons, she has always maintained a pessimistic attitude towards things. The word "optimism" has always been a luxury and unrealistic for girls.
The two saw the appearance of the supermarket from a distance on the road. Lu Yuanqiu looked back and saw Bai Qingxia's hair was wet and stuck to her face. He held the girl's hand tightly and shouted in the heavy rain: "We will search along the road in the direction of your home!"
"it is good!"
The girl responded at the top of her voice, but it was still drowned out by the sound of heavy rain.
On this kind of main road, the water had accumulated to thigh-deep level. This rainstorm was extremely severe. Lu Yuanqiu now seriously suspected that Zhong Jincheng was doing something behind the scenes.
The two of them just passed two traffic lights along the road. Lu Yuanqiu wiped his eyes and suddenly heard Bai Qingxia behind him speak in a voice that was very inconsistent with her usual voice: "There!!"
Looking in the direction she pointed, Lu Yuanqiu saw Bai Songzhe standing on the side of the road hugging a lamppost, looking helplessly at the thigh-deep water all around him.
Lu Yuanqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and Bai Qingxia behind him let go of his hand and hurried over.
She came to her father, raised her hands and beat his arms, crying and shouting: "I told you to stay home today! But you didn't listen! What are you doing out here! What are you doing! What are you doing!!!"
In the heavy rain, the girl released all the suppressed emotions that had been accumulated along the way and yelled at her father.
"Xia Xia..."
Bai Songzhe hugged the street lamp and spoke fearfully.
Lu Yuanqiu watched this scene silently. After a few seconds of pause, he hurried forward. He first stopped the crying Bai Qingxia and accused Bai Songzhe, "Uncle! You are too dedicated! You still come to work when there is a flood! The supermarket should really give you a model worker award!"
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(End of this chapter)