Chapter 64 Why did they stop looking?

Qiao Xu shook her head: "That's not how it is. He called me and said..."

"If you can't wait any longer, then stop loving me."

Meng Zhe didn't know how to comfort him, and he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Ye Yurou handed the suit to Qiao Xu, assuming she was going to wear it, but instead she held it in her arms.

"Brother, Xiaorou, you should go back. I can manage on my own."

The young couple exchanged a glance, and Ye Yurou squatted down to hug her: "No, we're worried."

Qiao Xu gave her a smile: "I won't kill myself. He traded his life for mine, how could I dare to die?"

Perhaps she was tired from squatting, Qiao Xu casually slumped to the ground, bending her knees and hugging herself.

She took the recovered bracelet from her suit pocket and put it on the six-pointed star bracelet.

"You guys go ahead, I'll wait for you alone."

Meng Zhe tugged at Ye Yurou; he knew his cousin's personality fairly well.

"Then be good and don't make your auntie worry."

Mentioning Qiao's mother, a flicker of lifelessness appeared in Qiao Xu's eyes: "Brother, could you help me send my mother back to her hometown? I might not have time to take care of her."

"No, your aunt won't feel at ease with your current condition."

Qiao Xu lowered her head and buried her face in her suit jacket: "Please, brother."

Considering that this whole affair was caused by Qiao's mother being kidnapped, Meng Zhe had no choice but to agree.

After Meng Zhe left, only Qiao Xu and Si Shen and He Yanxun remained on the blocked bridge.

He Yanxun's eyes were bloodshot, and his feet were covered in cigarette butts.

As he took out his last cigarette to light it, it was snatched away: "Don't smoke anymore, it won't do you any good even if you smoke yourself to death."

"I just can't stand her like this. She doesn't even know if the person is alive or dead. Who is she trying to impress with her suffering?"

"I was actually hoping they could make up, what a fucking pushover."

Si Shen held the cigarette between his fingers but didn't light it: "Ah Xun, this isn't her fault."

"I suddenly feel that Qiao Xu is quite pitiful, both four years ago and now."

He knew the reasons, he understood them all, but his brother's fate was now unknown, and he subconsciously felt resentment towards Qiao Xu.

Si Shen glanced at the girl who had been squatting in the cold rain and wind for several hours: "It's no use glaring at me."

"Four years ago, it was because of the Xu family and Shen Zhiwei that she broke up with Xiao An. Four years later, it is also because of Shen Zhiwei that she has fallen into this predicament."

“It’s worse now than it was four years ago. Before, at least it was just a breakup, but now, I’m afraid Xiao An will come to me in my dreams and blame us for not protecting the people he risked his life to protect.”

He swallowed back all the rebuttals he had prepared.

"Do you think he'll die?"

Si Shen lit a cigarette in his hand: "I don't know. Chang Yi jumped down to rescue people. If he can't find them, he will definitely come back up. Now we can only gamble. We gamble that the search and rescue team didn't find them, and we gamble that Chang Yi found them."

Yu Chuan, who had been silent, walked to the parking area, took out a bottle of wine, and went to Qiao Xu's side.

"Give!"

Qiao Xu looked up at him, then lowered her eyes and did not take it.

Yu Chuan unscrewed the bottle and placed it next to her: "Four years ago, when you broke up, he came to my place to drink. A grown man in his twenties cried so hard he couldn't breathe."

"At that time, I felt that he was such a devoted person, and the person who dumped him was really not worthy of his love."

"But looking at you now, you're just like him back then."

“Miss Qiao, Si An is my friend. I can tell he loves you very much, whether it was four years ago or now.”

"So don't waste the chance he gave his life to save you."

Yu Chuan left after speaking, and the traffic police came to negotiate: "Mr. Si, Mr. He, the golden search and rescue time has ended."

"According to the traffic police's surveillance video, the car shook violently more than once, which seemed to indicate a struggle. Furthermore, bloodstains were found on the seats inside the car, which belonged to Mr. Xu."

"The vehicle exploded after falling into the river. Although there were a dozen seconds to escape, Mr. Xu had injuries, making his chances even slimmer."

The traffic police officer glanced at Qiao Xu, who was still sitting in the same spot: "The suspect is dead. We will hand over all the accident evidence to the judicial authorities."

Si Shen nodded, his words pleading: "Could you have someone search again, following the river, for at least twenty-four hours?"

"Don't worry about the cost, any price is fine."

"I'm just reporting the situation."

Qiao Xu stood up anxiously when she saw the search and rescue team's speedboat dock.

The prolonged squatting caused her to fall outwards uncontrollably.

Qiao Xu didn't struggle. She closed her eyes and quietly waited to fall to the same place as him.

She never expected that someone would pull her back.

Traces of terror and fear were visible on He Yanxun's ashen face: "You fucking want to die?"

Qiao Xu nodded like a puppet.

He Yanxun was furious: "You fucking idiot, Qiao Xu, can you have any pity on Xu Si'an?"

Qiao Xu stared blankly at the search and rescue team that had docked: "Why...why did they stop searching?"

"It might not be found."

"Let's go back." He Yanxun looked at the suit she was holding in her arms, and his heart clenched.

He held out his hand: "Give me your phone, I'll take it to someone to get it fixed, and if they can't fix it, I'll export the data from it for you."

Qiao Xu gripped her phone tightly, her eyes red, but there wasn't a trace of moisture in them.

From the time she arrived until now, nearly ten hours have passed, and she hasn't shed a single tear.

He Yanxun felt a little uneasy.

They studied and ate together in college, and he was often the third wheel.

He had seen many different kinds of Qiao Xu.

At that time, although she came from an ordinary family, her eyes shone with light, confidence, and love.

But now...

Those dark eyes were lifeless.

"Actually, President He was afraid. He was not only A Si's childhood friend, but also someone who had witnessed their relationship. He was afraid that Qiao Qiao wouldn't be able to hold on. When people are on the verge of a breakdown, they inevitably speak without thinking. Later you will find that he is not actually that kind of person."