A financial crisis swept through, forcing Yan Mo to return home for a blind date. What? Over thirty and still unmarried? Is he a complete straight man? A fake marriage to fool grandpa? Is that some...
"Momo, hurry up, I'm catching up..."
"Hurry, hurry... He's less than fifty meters away from us..." Gong Ling looked at the boy who was gradually approaching in horror, and kept urging Yan Mo who was struggling to move forward.
"Yan Mo..."
"Shut up." Yan Mo frowned, and her pale and colorless lips were bleeding from being bitten by her, but it was soon washed away by the river water.
She tried her best, and whether she was caught or not depended entirely on fate.
Gong Ling closed her eyes in despair and sighed to the sky at the injustice of God.
At this moment, the boy was only fifty meters away from Yan Mo.
The bald man in the lead on the shore noticed a burst of neat and uniform footsteps coming from the foot of the mountain. It sounded like there were at least dozens of people. The bald man in the lead ignored it, narrowed his eyes, and stared at the situation in the river.
As the distance gradually approached, the long-robed military advisor also noticed it. He glanced down the mountain, turned back, and said:
"Boss, someone is coming up, and from the sound of it, there are more people than us."
The leading man said nothing, staring intently at the river.
Glancing at the younger brothers following them, the long-robed military advisor frowned and said in a deep voice, "Boss, there are a lot of them. I guess the dozen or so of us aren't enough to fill their gaps."
"It's okay." The leading man looked at the robed man beside him, a cruel smile on his face, and said cruelly: "As long as we catch Si Ze's woman, it's worth sacrificing more people. Once they enter this business, they should know that sacrifice is their final outcome, it's just a matter of time."
"Yes, their lives aren't that important, but judging by the footsteps, it must be that ruthless man. Even if we capture his woman, do you think we can escape?" The robed man's eyes flickered, but his expression remained silent. He analyzed, "Boss, as long as there's a good thing going on, there's always a future. Now that we know what his woman looks like, there's a chance."
The leading man frowned and looked at Jiang Zhong unwillingly.
"Boss..." the robed man shouted.
"Tell that kid to come back and retreat." The leading man gritted his teeth and ordered.
The younger brother breathed a sigh of relief. He had heard most of the conversation between the boss and the others and was afraid of being abandoned. Now that he had learned the secret of retreat, his face lit up with joy and he immediately shouted loudly towards the river:
"Qian boy, come back quickly."
Hearing the call from the shore, the boy in the river was startled, stopped swimming, looked at the shore behind him, and asked loudly in confusion:
"Why, I'm almost overtaking them."
The younger brother who shouted glanced at the bald man.
"Retreat." The bald man spat out a word unwillingly.
Since we are destined not to take them away, it is not worth sacrificing these people.
"Give up immediately and retreat to the shore."
Hearing this, the boy in the water was so angry that he slapped the water. He turned his head to look at Yan Mo and the others who were swimming farther and farther away, then looked at his companions who were retreating on the shore. After thinking for a while, he turned around and swam back.
"Momo, Momo, they retreated." Gong Ling, who was dragged by Yan Mo and floating on the water, patted Yan Mo's shoulder and said excitedly.
"You should stop and rest!" Seeing that Yan Mo did not stop and swam for nearly an hour and dragged her along, Gong Ling said with concern.
Yan Mo gritted his teeth and looked at the nearby river bank. Instead of stopping, he walked even faster.
"silently…"
"Gong Ling, don't move, we'll be there soon." Yan Mo said with difficulty.
It's not that she doesn't want to stop, it's that she simply can't stop.
Yan Mo was afraid that if she stopped, she would no longer have the strength to swim. Then she and Gong Ling would really sink to the bottom of the river and might never come out. She could not give up on herself, nor could she harm Gong Ling.
He had to use up his last bit of strength to bring Gong Ling ashore. Life or death depended entirely on luck.
As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Si Ze saw this scene and his heart ached so much that it bled.
Regardless of the steep cliff, he was about to jump down on the spot. Fortunately, Xun Jiage was quick on his feet and grabbed Si Ze who was about to jump down the cliff. He pointed at the bottom of the cliff and said sternly:
"Si Ze, are you trying to kill yourself? This is a cliff thousands of feet high. Even a god would think twice before going down. You are just a mortal. By then, it will be too late to save yourself, let alone your sister-in-law."
"Isn't Gu Zhengshan heading towards the col? You can call him. It's much lower there, so you should be able to go down directly."
After Xun Jiage mentioned this, Si Ze let out a long breath, looked deeply at Yan Mo who was still trying hard to swim to the other side in the water, took out his mobile phone, and immediately contacted Gu Zhengshan. At the same time, he turned around and walked down the mountain, heading towards the valley.
…
This side of the ravine.
When Gu Zhengshan received a call from Si Ze, he immediately ordered his men to find the lowest point on the river bank.
Soon, his men found the ravine where Yan Mo and the others had slid down and reported it to Gu Zhengshan. Gu Zhengshan strode to the ravine, and when he saw the two people in the river clearly, his heart twitched uncontrollably.
Without any hesitation, he dived into the river and swam hard towards Yan Mo and the others.
"Momo, hurry up, another wave of people is coming." Gong Ling reminded hurriedly.
Because she had been soaking in the water, her eyes were stinging and sore, and Gong Ling could not see the face of the person opposite her clearly. She only heard a "splash" sound, and someone jumped into the river. On the opposite bank, the same position was filled with several times more people in black than before. Her heart, which had relaxed, became tense again.
"Yeah." Yan Mo responded in a tiny mosquito-like voice. Even though he had no strength left, his limbs instinctively moved faster.
It’s no wonder that Gu Zhengshan was able to save Gong Ling in the water before. His swimming skills were very good and very fast. In less than a moment, he had already crossed half of the river.
However, Yan Mo and the others had been swimming for so long, so it would take some time to catch up.
But Yan Mo would not give him time, fifty meters, thirty meters, ten meters...
"Momo, put me down." Gong Ling said.
Yan Mo obediently let go of his hands, and at the same time, he completely relaxed, falling straight back onto the river, his lifeless eyes slowly closing.
"Yan Mo." Gong Ling was startled and quickly reached out to pull Yan Mo out, preventing water from entering Yan Mo's eyes, ears and nose.
Gong Ling glanced at the people in the river who were constantly coming towards them, cursed inwardly, and without hesitation, she carried Yan Mo on her back, stepped ashore, and ran towards the road on the opposite bank of the river.
During the two hours in the water, she was held back by Yan Mo and did not lose any energy. Now when she ran, her legs were a little weak except for the first two steps after getting ashore. It was much better afterwards, not to mention how energetic it was. Gong Ling lowered her head, gathered all her strength, and ran forward quickly. She disappeared in a moment.
"Gong Ling." Gu Zhengshan kept swimming and shouted loudly towards the gradually disappearing figure.
Seeing this, Si Ze on the opposite cliff was extremely anxious and asked, "Is the helicopter coming?"
"It's coming, it's coming." Xun Jiage shouted excitedly, pointing to the sky.
After a while.
The helicopter came over them and stopped, and the ladder came down directly from the helicopter.