There were not many people going to Qing Liao at night, except for her, there were only two elderly couples and a child carrying large and small luggage and preparing to return home.

The driver was thinking about whether to start the car, saying that it might rain next time, it was too dark, and the road over there was not easy to walk.

After being persuaded by the two couples and discussing with the internal staff, they finally decided to drive them away.

It's just that the original bus was replaced by a small bus.

After Shu Li got into the car, he felt a little regretful.

Feeling that I acted too impulsively, I came here before tomorrow, and hurriedly took the car to Qing Liao to find him.

Calculating the time, it is estimated that it is almost midnight when we get there, and everyone is basically asleep.

She didn't tell Zhao Jingchuan about this, let alone how to find him after arriving there, he must think it strange to see her coming all the way from the city at night.

At that time, how should she explain it?

At the moment when she was struggling, the passenger car had merged into the traffic flow and drove onto the road out of the city, there was no road of retrogression to go.

Shu Li accepted the status quo resignedly, closed his eyes and prepared to rest for a while, and then think about this problem over there.

She tightened her scarf, leaned against the back of the chair and slept with her eyes closed for half an hour.

After passing a section of high speed, was suddenly woken up by a gust of cold wind. opened eyes and looked out the car window, only to find that it was really drizzling as the driver said at the beginning.

The rain was wrapped in cold air and blown in along the cold wind.

Although it is not big, it hurts when it is scratched on the face, like an ice pick, which is unbearable.

Shu Li stretched out his hand to close the window, but he didn't have enough strength, so he pushed hard a few times but nothing happened.

Xu Shi, who was in the back seat, also felt cold. Seeing that the little girl was too weak to close, he kindly got up and came over to help, "Come on, I'll do it."

Shu Li backed away to give him his seat, and was about to say thank you, only to find that he couldn't close it either, so he tried desperately to push the window, but the window still remained motionless.

The uncle tried to ask the driver sitting in front: "Master, why can't you close the window?"

The driver glanced at the situation behind him through the rearview mirror and told him: "Oh, that window is broken and cannot be closed. It seems to be stuck by something. No matter how hard you push it, you can't push it. Don't worry about it, Who will be responsible for the fall, go back and sit down quickly."

Shu Li said helplessly: "But it's very cold, what if it rains heavily?"

The window on the driver's left was closed tightly, and no wind could come in. He couldn't empathize with it, and said indifferently, "Be patient, there are still two hours to go, can't you bear it? The rain is temporaryDon’t worry if you don’t know how to get big, even if you get big, you will only get big when you get to the west entrance.”

There are not many seats in the car, and some vacant seats are filled with various luggage.

The uncle knew that she was very cold, and his face was pale from the cold, so he put his luggage on the seat that was most likely to be blown by the wind to shield her from the wind, which was the seat where Shu Li was originally sitting, and had a conversation with her.Swap.

After the swap, it was indeed not as hard as before.

But as the speed of the car increased, the cold wind outside kept pouring in through the window, and Shu Li was terribly cold. She forced down her body that was trying to tremble, closed her eyes quietly, did not speak, and tried to get over the rest of the situation.of two hours.

However, within half an hour, there was a precursor to a cold.

The nose seemed to be blocked, which made her unable to breathe and made her uncomfortable.

The two old couples sitting behind her were not much better than her. The front seats blocked the wind, but they couldn't stop the near-zero cold in winter.

In addition, they are older and have weaker immune systems, so they will probably suffer more than her.

The place where Zhao Jingchuan is currently located is the most remote and poor town in Qing Liao, called Xikou Town.

When preparing to enter Xikou Town, they have to drive on a section of dangerous winding mountain road. The road is especially difficult at night, and it is even more dangerous when it is raining.

There is still half an hour to Xikou Town.

After sitting in the car for two hours, Shu Li, who was so tired and dizzy, could only think about the scene of seeing Zhao Jingchuan later, her heart was pounding, and the closer she was to him, the higher the heart rate.

It also happened that at this time, Zhao Jingchuan finished his day's work, returned to the dormitory after dinner, picked up his mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to find her.

jc: What did you have for dinner tonight?

A Sydney: glutinous rice balls.

In the past, when Shu Li told him what he ate today, he would send him a photo with it, but not tonight.

Zhao Jingchuan didn't notice anything wrong, and chatted with her unimportantly as usual.

jc: Is it delicious?

A Sydney: It's quite unpalatable, maybe the brand I bought is not tasty.

jc: What are you going to do tomorrow?

jc: I might not be able to go back until Monday.

jc: Don't stay at home alone tomorrow, go back and stay with your parents and have a meal with them.

jc: By the way, take the mango there too, so that you don't have to think about coming back at night.

jc: what are you busy with?not talking.

The network signal on the mountainside was getting worse and worse. Zhao Jingchuan sent several messages to her in a row, but none of the messages that Shu Li sent to him were sent out, and even his messages were only received intermittently after a while.

After a long time, it seemed like he was talking to himself alone.

Shu Li was so anxious that he told him: My internet is not very good.

jc: where are you?

jc: not at home?

The upper right corner of the screen has already displayed 2G, Shu Li looked at the gradually disappearing grid, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

So, decided not to go around the bush, just tell him she came to him.

A Sydney: Let me tell you something.

A Sydney: Don't be scared, and don't talk about me, okay?

A Sydney: I'm in the car now, and I'm almost in Xikou Town.

The message was not sent successfully, because the network is too bad, it is still spinning to show the status of sending.

Afraid that Zhao Jingchuan might misunderstand, Shu Li quickly continued typing to explain: Don't think too much, I have no other intentions, I just...

Shu Li felt that no matter how she explained it, she couldn't explain it, and any reason was far-fetched.

Before she could figure out how to explain this, a cross appeared under the signal grid, and the signal was completely cut off.

Thankfully, the first three messages were sent at the last moment when the signal was lost.

What also made Shu Li feel embarrassed was that she had no chance to explain at all.

Zhao Jingchuan happened to have received her first three messages, his brows furrowed, and he continued typing to ask her.

jc: Xikou Town?

jc: are you here?Where exactly are you now?

jc: Send me a location.

However, the news seemed to sink into the sea, and no response was received.

Zhao Jingchuan waited patiently for a few minutes, made several video calls in a row, saw no one answered, quit WeChat, opened the address book and called Shu Li directly.

After still not getting any response, he checked the time and weather, finally put on a coat uncomfortably, took an umbrella, opened the door and went out.

Song Shiwei came up and saw him going downstairs in a hurry, stopped curiously, and asked, "It's so late, where are you going?"

"The bus station." Zhao Jingchuan only dropped three words and walked past her, bringing a gust of cold wind.

"What are you going to the bus station for?" Song Shiwei didn't understand, and asked him with a smile, "The villagers brought a lot of vegetables and meat in the afternoon, and the volunteers saw that it was so cold, so they planned to have a barbecue with the whole stove. It's a team building activity. Would you like it?"past?"

Zhao Jingchuan said, "Eat, I'm not free."

Song Shiwei didn't give up and said, "If you come back late, I'll pack some for you and keep it, that's the decision."

Zhao Jingchuan didn't hear the last sentence at all. He borrowed a car from someone and drove directly to the bus station.

Xikou Town is different from other rural suburbs in South City. It is the most remote place in South City. The government has not allocated funds to open up the expressway, so it can only be accessed by driving around the mountains.

The transportation is inconvenient, it is difficult for people outside to come in, and it is also difficult for people inside to go out. Without contacts, the economy will naturally be difficult to develop. The people who stay here are left-behind elderly and children, and life is very difficult.

The rugged mountain road is especially difficult to walk on rainy days.

There is a cliff on one side and a mountain on the other. The defensive fence erected on one side of the cliff is neither high nor low. If a rock falls on the mountain and hits the car on a rainy day, causing the wheels to slip, and the driver is not skilled, it is easy to turn over with the car.

A few days ago, a private car that entered the mountain in heavy rain had a similar accident and fell straight down from the road.

All four members of the family are gone, and the bodies have not been found yet.

Zhao Jingchuan didn't know how Shu Li came here, whether he bought a ticket at the bus station or found another car.

He first went to the bus station to ask, and the person there replied: "I can't tell you if anyone with this name has bought a ticket to our side, but there is indeed a car that left the city a few hours ago.Set off and come here. It stands to reason that we should have arrived ten minutes ago, but we haven't arrived yet. I suspect that the road is blocked by mud and rocks, so we have been delayed for a while. I just heard that someone has already helped to clear it. How about youetc."

Zhao Jingchuan couldn't wait that long, it was already dark, and the rain outside had stopped, and the wet water vapor floating in the air was so cold that it was penetrating.

He stood at the gate of the bus station for a while, as if he was thinking of a countermeasure, he also used his mobile phone to call Shu Li again, and after three consecutive calls, she finally got through the call.

But the signal was so bad that he had no idea what she was talking about, he could only hear intermittent "I... I... You... No..." and couldn't even make out a complete sentence.

He didn't say a word, but he didn't get nothing after all, at least let him know that she is fine now.

Zhao Jingchuan's anxious heart eased a little. Seeing that there was no tendency of raining again this day, he decided to drive slowly along the only road to have a look.

After driving for about 20 minutes, saw a road rescue wrecker trailer parked in front of me, and several traffic policemen in uniform were chatting and working.

One of them was dazzled by the headlights not far away, gestured for him to stop, and then walked over.

Zhao Jingchuan lowered the car window and asked, "What's going on in front?"

The traffic policeman approached the car window and asked him, "Do you want to go back to the city? You can't go now. You have to wait for another ten minutes. A rock has fallen, and it's being cleared."

He groaned, pretending to be surprised, and asked one more question with concern: "Did you hit anyone?"

"No, no one was injured." After the traffic policeman finished speaking, he was relieved to see him, and walked back without saying anything to him, "Just wait a little longer."

During the ten minutes of waiting, Zhao Jingchuan was not idle, and kept trying to call Shu Li, but this time even his mobile phone had no signal.

It is completely called every day, and the earth is not working.

He simply opened the car door and got out of the car, leaned against the side of the car and stayed quietly for a while, staring at the few words Shu Li sent him in WeChat, and remained silent for a moment.

It was also at this moment that he seemed to have glimpsed into his own heart.