The raindrops fell harder and harder, looking like a curtain of rain from a distance.

There were far fewer pedestrians on the street, and the pattering rain seemed to be mixed with the cries of a little girl.

In a certain alley.

"Auntie really is your mother's colleague."

A middle-aged woman rushed forward and called out to the little girl crouching in the corner:

"Why are you so stubborn? It was your mother who told me to bring you home."

The short-haired girl clung tightly to the railing with both hands, refusing to leave. "I...I don't know you!"

Just as the middle-aged woman was about to pick up the little girl, Liang Zhirou stopped her.

She then realized that there were other people in the alley.

While she was distracted, Liang Zhirou quickly shielded the little girl behind her.

Looking at the middle-aged woman with an unfriendly expression, she became increasingly nervous.

Are they human traffickers? But what era are we living in? And even if this is the suburbs, it's still Hangzhou.

This is something you only see on the news.

No, she shouldn't have run into this.

Thinking about all this, Liang Zhirou felt her heartbeat getting louder and louder, even gradually drowning out the thunder.

The middle-aged woman clicked her tongue and gently scolded the little girl:

"You brat, we ate together during winter break, and now you're pretending you don't know me after you ran away from home."

"Be good, don't let others laugh at your auntie..." she said as she continued walking forward.

Liang Zhirou and the little girl were both startled and took two steps back. Liang Zhirou had no other choice but to muster her courage and shout, "If you come any closer, I'll call the police!"

She was just about to pretend to record a video to scare the other person when her outstretched hand suddenly froze.

Chen Lu taught me that bad guys are cowards; you should always leave them a way out...

This person was only wearing a mask; if they really recorded a video, the other party would have no way to back down.

She didn't even know if this person had any accomplices.

So she simply held her phone in her hand, looking as if she was ready to call the police at any moment.

Even if the phone has no battery left.

The middle-aged woman looked at her with an unfriendly expression.

"Who are you? What's it to you?"

"I'm her older sister!" Liang Zhirou shouted without hesitation, touching the girl's head.

Seeing the little girl clinging tightly to Liang Zhirou's leg, the middle-aged woman shouted angrily, "I'll have your mother beat you when we get home!"

After saying that, she turned and left, disappearing around the corner of the alley.

"......"

Liang Zhirou glanced at the end of the alley with lingering fear, quickly wiped away her tears, and ran to lead the little girl to the roadside.

Seeing the occasional passing vehicles and pedestrians on the road, her breathing gradually calmed down.

I pressed the side button on the phone hard, but the phone still didn't respond at all.

Fortunately, I sent a text message to Chen Lu before turning off my phone.

I should earn some money and replace this phone...

The girl muttered to herself.

After using it for too long, it loses its battery life; when the battery level is in red, it drains as fast as if it's about to jump off a cliff.

One second it looked like it still had over ten percent left, the next it looked like it was about to shut down.

They really let us down at the crucial moment.

Liang Zhirou puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little annoyed.

Unlike Chen Lu, her phone runs on Android.

Only those who have experienced it know the immense psychological pressure of the 30-second countdown when an Android phone is about to run out of battery.

She stared at the WeChat loading screen for a full ten seconds, and then she didn't dare wait any longer.

Calling might not be fast enough, which is why she didn't text Liu Yan to ask her to wait for her there...

Naturally, it was because she only remembered Chen Lu's phone number.

So she sent Chen Lu that text message, planning to trick him back to the amusement park entrance so she could quickly propose.

Although I didn't prepare a specific setting, at least I had this outfit that I'd been preparing for a long time...

But now...

Liang Zhirou looked down at the little girl who was squatting next to her and crying.

She noticed that the ground around the little girl was gradually getting wet from the rain, and then she looked at herself in her pure white dress, which, apart from not having a veil, was not much different from a wedding dress.

Her heart sank instantly.

This is the color that gets dirty the least.

Liang Zhirou met this little girl a long time ago when she had just left the store. She saw the girl squatting in the alley crying, but no matter how she tried to talk to her, the girl ignored her.

She couldn't bear to leave the girl behind, so she squatted at the alley entrance, occasionally striking up a conversation while hoping that Chen Mo or Lin Miaomiao would come looking for her.

Then I encountered what just happened.

Liang Zhirou was still shaken and her mind was filled with thoughts of contacting Chen Lu as soon as possible. However, she was also worried about leaving her alone, so she squatted down next to her and said softly, "Don't cry, okay? I'll help you."

"Now you should believe me, I'm really not a bad person, otherwise I wouldn't have helped you..."

The little girl looked to be under six years old, probably still in kindergarten, and much younger than Xiaomeng.

Without any parents around, and in this kind of thunder and lightning weather...

Most little kids would just cry.

"It's raining, let's find another place to sit."

The rain was getting heavier, so Liang Zhirou had no choice but to pull her to sit in front of a bus stop some distance away. She held the little girl in her arms, and she looked around from time to time like a frightened fawn.

After a moment of silence, seeing that the little girl wasn't crying like before, she asked softly again, "Want some candy?"

The little girl nodded.

She rummaged through her bag and found some fructose, then checked that the ring was still there. She then peeled off the wrapper and offered it to the girl's lips.

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