Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Please Don't Do This
"Xiao Heng!"
Fortunately, Hou Wentao was not far away. On his way back from buying water, he heard Shen Miao's cry for help and quickly quickened his pace and rushed over.
He rushed to the artificial lake and saw that Yao Heng had already sunk. Bubbles appeared on the water surface. He didn't even bother to take off his clothes and shoes. He threw away the water bottle in his hand and dived into the water.
thump!
Hou Wentao created a huge splash when he jumped into the lake. He grabbed Yao Heng's clothes and lifted him out of the water, like a sturdy giant scooping up a weak little animal.
Yao Heng had been frozen in the cold lake water for a long time and choked on the water several times. He had lost consciousness. He leaned his head on Hou Wentao's shoulder, and the redness on his face was frozen pale.
Hearing that someone had fallen into the water, more and more people came running from all directions to help.
"Someone help! Someone fell into the water!"
"Lifebuoy! Find a lifebuoy!"
"Where's the school clinic? Go to the clinic and call the school doctor!"
In a short while, dozens of people gathered by the lake. Those who could help hurriedly took off their clothes and went into the water, while those who couldn't help were shouting for help and looking for things everywhere.
Soon, with the help of four or five people, Yao Heng and Hou Wentao were finally pulled ashore, leaving Shen Miao alone trapped under the ice further in.
Yao Heng fell down just after he stepped on the ice, and was only one or two meters away from the shore, while Shen Miao fell down after walking a few meters.
It was also an ice hole, but there was still a circle of ice around Shen Miao that had not broken. The frozen lake surface was like a Chinese character “回”, leaving Shen Miao in the small “mouth” in the middle.
The location where Shen Miao was trapped was not easy to rescue.
Now it seems that the ice is not as solid as imagined. If I want to go over to save her, there is a high probability that I will accidentally fall down like her, so it is better to break the ice in front of her, or put a rope around her and pull her out of the ice hole.
"Rope? Find a longer rope!"
"Use a mop to break up the ice first. Go get a mop."
"It's useless. Use a sledgehammer. A sledgehammer can smash things faster!"
"Where's the shovel? Go find out where the shovel used by the cleaners is."
Fortunately, Shen Miao knew how to swim. Although her lower body was so cold in the water that she was about to lose consciousness, she still relied on her hands to support herself on the ice to prevent herself from sinking further.
Shen Miao was very calm, she knew that in such a situation, only by staying calm could she reduce the loss of body heat and hold on until the people on the shore came to rescue her.
Wait, just wait a little longer, until the ice is broken, and then you can be rescued.
Watching everyone on the shore anxiously trying to rescue him, Shen Miao's mind suddenly flashed with scenes from the movie "Titanic":
This is how Jack and Rose waited for rescue in the icy water after the Titanic sank.
Unfortunately, she is not the delicate Rose, and the person who fell into the water with her just now was not Jack.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~~
She stared at the people knocking on the ice on the shore, and the theme song of Titanic rang in her ears. She didn't know whether she was moved by the plot of the movie again, or by the crowd, but her nose was inexplicably a little sour...
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, a tall figure walked forward from the crowd.
Seeing that everyone was hitting the ice with mops and only a little bit of it broke after a long time, he took off his coat without hesitation, picked up a stone from the ground and jumped into the water.
"Don't be afraid, hold on!"
Luo Jialin's voice was like a flame across the sky, piercing straight into the cold.
Listening to his powerful voice, the blood in my body began to flow slightly faster.
Boom! Boom!
Pick up the stone in your hand and hit it on the frozen ice surface again and again. Even if you can't break the ice into pieces with every hit, it will leave a gradually cracking white line.
As Luo Jialin approached him, the picture in Shen Miao’s mind changed again.
At this moment, she is no longer Jack soaking in the sea water, and he is no longer the weak and helpless Jack. They are not in a romantic love movie, but a passionate patriotic movie.
Luo Jialin is the brave and fearless Dong Cunrui, and I am the "bunker" that he is willing to give everything, even his life, to get close to...
Well, although this picture is a bit too "red", who can blame him for having such a straight voice and such a determined expression when he approached me?
If she hadn’t known that he was here to save her, just looking at his determined expression, Shen Miao was really afraid that he would treat her as a “bunker” and kill her in one go.
One, two, three...
The white lines gradually spread together, and with another violent blow, the ice surface shattered and splashed water in an instant.
He dropped the stone in his hand, and in the next second, Luo Jialin firmly grabbed Shen Miao's wrist, and then he exerted a little force as if demonstrating a shoulder throw... Shen Miao was pulled over nimbly.
However, unlike the demonstration of the over-the-shoulder throw, Shen Miao did not hit his back, but fell headfirst into his arms.
The freezing lake water did not lower his body temperature, and when she touched him through the shirt, Shen Miao could even feel his still warm body temperature.
Perhaps worried that Shen Miao would consume too much energy by soaking in the water for too long, Luo Jialin firmly clasped his hands around her waist, trying to lift her out of the water and try to get her out of the water.
"Slow down, slow down."
"Okay, okay, I've got her, please let go."
Soon, with the help of everyone on the shore, Shen Miao was also rescued from the water.
"Is it serious?"
"How is it? Are you injured anywhere?"
"Hot water, hot water. Yes, come and have a sip of hot water to warm yourself up first!"
Just as several female students were putting clothes on Shen Miao, several sounds of spitting and choking were heard from the open space a few meters away.
Yao Heng was already unconscious when he was pulled out of the water, and while everyone was busy rescuing Shen Miao, several doctors who were at today’s safety briefing were giving him first aid while they were waiting for the school doctor to arrive.
It was just because the scene by the lake was too chaotic that it drowned out the doctors' CPR sounds of "One, two, three, four, five, breathe; one, two, three, four, five, breathe."
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
Fortunately, Yao Heng did not choke on water for long. After the doctors’ rescue efforts, they finally helped him spit out all the water stuck in his trachea.
Yao Heng opened his eyes in a daze, and having just "died" once, he hadn't yet reacted to what was happening.
He glanced at the onlookers with a dazed look. He felt his mind was blank and his last memory was the moment he fell into the water and was submerged by the lake.
"Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng, are you feeling better?"
Holding Yao Heng in his arms, Hou Wentao nervously waved his hand in front of his eyes to confirm that he was awake. "Look at me, can you see who I am?"
"Brother, Brother Hou..."
As his breathing gradually calmed down, Yao Heng's consciousness also became clearer.
It’s cold. Very cold.
His hands and feet were in great pain, and his chest, which had been pressed hard by the doctor during the rescue, was extremely painful. To be more precise, he felt that there was no part of his body that was unharmed.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's okay now." Holding Yao Heng in his arms, Hou Wentao's eyes were full of heartache.
Hou Wentao covered him with his own clothes, and kept rubbing his hands and breathing on him to keep him warm.
Seeing Yao Heng in pain, Hou Wentao didn't have the heart to blame him for being too harsh, so he could only try his best to control his tone: "What happened between you and Miaomiao? Why did you fall into the water?!"
Only after Hou Wentao mentioned this did Yao Heng remember the unopened plastic doll.
He hurriedly wanted to get up and look for it, but as soon as he sat up, he saw the reflective plastic bag on the lawn full of people.
The smiling Doraemon was being ignored by the crowd at this moment.
"It." Pointing in the direction of Doraemon, Yao Heng replied timidly, "I accidentally dropped it into the lake."
"Are you a fool?!" Hou Wentao couldn't help but scold him, "For a toy, you don't even want your life!"
He raised his head and stared at him for a long time. When he spoke, Yao Heng's eyes suddenly became moist. "Because it was given by you."
Because it was given by Hou Wentao, he had to get it back, not to mention that he almost lost it himself.
From childhood to adulthood, he has always treasured the things Hou Wentao gave him, and this time was no exception.
Seeing Yao Heng's aggrieved look, Hou Wentao's heart seemed to be tugged hard, and then he hugged him tightly in his arms, feeling lucky that he didn't lose him, and also thankful that God had given him this rare true heart...
"Hello, hello? How are you?"
A dozen meters away, the doctor was also checking Shen Miao's physical condition.
"Ah? What did you say?"
"Are you feeling unwell?" the doctor asked again.
"No, I haven't."
Subconsciously covering herself more tightly with the blanket, Shen Miao turned her head again and looked in the direction of Hou Wentao and Yao Heng.
She was really fine, just a little cold.
But her reaction made the doctor worried, so another female doctor asked her: "Did you sprain your neck? Or does your neck hurt?"
Shen Miao: “Neither do I.”
"Then why do you keep your head tilted?"
Crooked?
Shen Miao: …
After the female doctor reminded her, Shen Miao realized that her attention had been on Yao Heng and Hou Wentao over there.
In fact, it was not her fault that she did not actively cooperate with the doctor's examination, because she had just discovered that she had been standing next to a huge melon field without knowing it:
There is something going on between Yao Heng and Hou Wentao!!!
I've known them for so long, but I just discovered them today!
But then again, why is it that apart from myself, there is no one around to watch the gossip about them?
I just fell into the water and got my clothes wet, but over there, two men were so affectionate and sparks were flying?!
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"Brother Heng, are you and Brother Hou..."
Shen Miao has always been unable to keep things to herself.
She didn't dare to ask at school, but after following him home, she immediately expressed her doubts.
Yao Heng, who was sitting in bed, was too sleepy to open her eyes one second, and her eyes were as big as bells the next. She hurriedly sat up and looked out the door, fearing that her words would be heard by her mother in the kitchen.
Without having to answer, Shen Miao guessed the answer based on his reaction alone.
Shen Miao stood up to close the door, and her voice became a little lower: “Don’t worry, I won’t tell Aunt Chen, I’m just asking.”
Yao Heng slowly sat up on the bed. Although he clearly did not have a fever, two blushes appeared on his face.
At this moment, he was a bit like a young girl in love, delicate and shy, not daring to show his love openly.
Seeing that he couldn’t hide it from Shen Miao, Yao Heng could only nod and say “hmm”.
He likes Hou Wentao. He has liked him since he was a child. Even though there is nearly a ten-year age gap between them, he still likes him.
Yao Heng was raised by Hou Wentao.
When Hou Wentao was a child, his mother had a good relationship with his mother, so she often brought Hou Wentao home. At that time, Yao Heng was very attached to this tall and strong brother, who didn't say the same thing but took good care of him.
Later, when he grew up a little, this clinginess turned into love. I would be unhappy when I saw him chatting with other girls, and I would be jealous when I saw him going on blind dates with other girls. Only then did he realize that he had fallen in love with him.
It was not until the year Hou Wentao graduated from high school and failed in another blind date that Yao Heng mustered up the courage to confess to him and took the initiative to give him her first kiss... From that day on, they were together.
Yao Heng is not that greedy. He only hopes to be a lifelong "brother" with Hou Wentao. He won't get married, and neither will he. When they get old, they will be two unwanted old bachelors.
But Yao Heng is not like Hou Wentao who is left alone. He still has Chen Xiulan, a mother who hopes he can get married early so that she can divorce him.
On one side is the only person he loves in his life, and on the other side is his mother who loves him the most in his life... He doesn't know what to do.
Fortunately, fortunately, the person he met was Shen Miao. With her, he could help him deceive others, at least for a while.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell your mother.” Shen Miao assured him.
Yao Heng and Hou Wentao were both very good to her, and she had just witnessed their "unwavering" love today. How could she bear to break them up?
Yao Heng curled the corners of his lips and raised his hand to rub her head, "I knew it, Miaomiao is the best."
“Do I need you to tell me that? I also know that I’m fine,” Shen Miao pushed his hand away, “Okay, go to sleep, Brother Hou said he’ll come to your house to see you later.”
Shen Miao had a good physique. In such a cold day, she looked fine after falling into the water. However, Yao Heng became weak immediately after being choked by water. Shen Miao felt his pulse and confirmed that he had caught a cold.
But fortunately, after Chen Xiulan made the ginger soup, drank it, took a nap, and sweated, she recovered.
Not long after, Chen Xiulan walked in quickly with a bowl of ginger soup in her hand. "Come on, Xiao, drink a bowl of ginger soup before going to sleep."
After hearing what happened at school today, Chen Xiulan was scared. She also sighed that it was a good thing that Hou Wentao accompanied her today, otherwise who knows what accidents might have happened.
Of course, Shen Miao did not tell the real reason why Yao Heng fell into the water, only saying that he fell in accidentally.
"Miao Miao, are you okay? Why don't you drink a bowl too?"
Shen Miao's clothes were soaked, so she changed into clothes from Yao Heng's dormitory. Yao Heng was tall and broad, so his clothes were much bigger for Shen Miao, and the longer sleeves bunched up at the wrists.
Shen Miao waved her hands, “No, no, I’m fine, nothing’s wrong.”
After that, she looked at the washing machine on the balcony of the living room and asked, "Auntie, are my clothes dry? I should go back after changing my clothes."
"You can't just throw your clothes away. Who knows if they've got some dirt on them from the lake. You need to wash them again." Looking up at the time on the clock, Chen Xiulan said, "Let's go to the clothing market and buy a few more sets while it's still early."
"No, no, no, thanks. I..."
"Oh, just listen to me!"
Holding Shen Miao's hand, Chen Xiulan did not allow her to refuse, "It's all Yao Heng's fault for dragging you down today, otherwise how could you fall into the water? Let's go, let auntie buy you two sets of clothes, all as a small apology to me!"
It was hard to refuse such a kind invitation, so Shen Miao had no choice but to follow her to the clothing market to buy clothes, just in time for Yao Heng to rest at home, so that when Hou Wentao came later, they could have some time for themselves.
It has to be said that he got along well with Chen Xiulan. When she went out, the two of them walked hand in hand like real sisters.
Along the way, Chen Xiulan told Shen Miao a lot of gossip, and when she mentioned Hou Wentao, she couldn’t help but chat a little more.
"It's a pity that his mother is gone, otherwise the three of us sisters would have a lot of fun chatting, and maybe we could get together to play mahjong more often."
Chen Xiulan said that she met Hou Wentao's mother when she first got married to Beiguan Village.
Hou Wentao had a miserable life. His father died shortly after he was born, and he was raised by his mother Wang Fenfang alone.
When Chen Xiulan first got married, Wang Fenfang was their neighbor. Chen Xiulan and Yao Heng's father had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days, making the whole building restless. Only Wang Fenfang understood her pain and often came to their house to persuade her.
After all, I'm married. What else can I do but grit my teeth and continue living?
Later, Chen Xiulan's husband made a fortune in the transportation business, and they built their own small building, but the two did not break off contact. Wang Fenfang still often brought Yao Heng to accompany her to relieve her boredom. Sometimes when Wang Fenfang was busy at work, Hou Wentao would come by himself.
It was not until a few years ago when Wang Fenfang fell ill and died that their sisterhood came to an end.
I don’t know if it was because she missed Wang Fenfang too much, but when Chen Xiulan mentioned her, her face looked very bad. She only seemed somewhat relieved when she mentioned that Hou Wentao was very hardworking and supported the family on his own.
“Then Brother Hou has never been married, don’t you worry about his mother?” Shen Miao asked curiously.
Logically speaking, Chen Xiulan and Wang Fenfang have a very good relationship. Not only have they been good sisters for more than ten years, but Hou Wentao also grew up under her care. As his "aunt", she should at least worry about his marriage.
In front of a women's clothing store, Chen Xiulan casually glanced at the clothes displayed at the door and said lightly: "The main reason is that there is no suitable one. He has high standards and is very picky." As she said that, she took the dress down and asked the boss: "Boss, how much is this dress?"
"forty."
"Forty? That's too expensive. Twenty. I'll get another one."
"Twenty is too little. I can't sell it."
"Twenty-five? Well, I'm not just buying this one. If I buy two, give me a discount."
"Take a look first and see which two you want. The price is negotiable."
"Okay, then let's pick carefully!"
Shen Miao originally wanted to ask more about Hou Wentao’s situation, but seeing that she was chatting about clothes with the boss lady, she had to stop the topic.
This afternoon, Chen Xiulan brought Shen Miao to do a lot of shopping.
At first he said he would only buy two pieces, but in the end, from tops to pants and shoes, he bought three or four sets at once, and not only did he buy them for Shen Miao, he also bought a few pieces for Yao Heng and himself.
Finally, the two of them left the clothing market when there was nothing left in their hands.
After coming out, Chen Xiulan first called a taxi for Shen Miao and asked her to take the clothes home, then said that she had something else to buy, and went somewhere else alone.
When I got home, Yao Heng had already woken up and was curled up on the sofa watching TV.
Seeing that only Shen Miao came back, he couldn’t help but jump out of the bed happily.
Chen Xiulan went out for something? That means she won't be back for at least a few hours, so that Brother Hou can come and accompany her.
Running to the landline, Yao Heng skillfully dialed a number.
“Brother Heng, you asked Brother Hou to come here, not because…” Shen Miao curled up her fingers, hesitating to speak.
Boom!
Yao Heng didn't answer her directly, but raised his hand and knocked her on the forehead, "What are you thinking about? Brother Hou and I are not that kind of people."
Yao Heng really likes Brother Hou, and it's not just a sexual thing.
The most that happened between him and Hou Wentao was kissing and hugging, or at most touching each other, but they had never really taken that step. On the one hand, it was because Yao Heng didn't dare, and on the other hand, it was because Hou Wentao felt sorry for him and was afraid that he would be hurt.
So Yao Heng just wanted Hou Wentao to accompany him. Being able to nestle in his arms and watch TV like when he was a child was already a very happy thing for him.
"Hello? Where's Brother Hou? Ask him to answer the phone."
"Ah... okay then, yeah, I get it."
After hanging up the phone, seeing that Yao Heng was a little disappointed, Shen Miao asked, “He doesn’t want to come?”
"He's not in the store."
Shen Miao: “Maybe he is at home. After all, his clothes are soaked, so he must change into a new set of clothes. Can’t you just give his family a call?”
"That's right, but his house doesn't have a landline, only the store has one." After thinking for a while, Yao Heng said to Shen Miao, "Miao Miao, please help me run a trip and tell him that I have a slight fever. Oh no, that's not right. Just say that I have a very high fever and I'm talking nonsense. Ask him to come and see me quickly."
Shen Miao: …
It turns out that not only women, but men also pretend to be weak in front of the people they like.
Since Yao Heng had asked for it, Shen Miao couldn’t refuse, so she had to help run a trip according to the address he gave.
Fortunately, they are in the same village and not far from each other. Hou Wentao’s home is just a matter of crossing two small streets.
The soundproofing of the old house was not very good, and when she arrived at his door, Shen Miao heard voices coming from inside before she even knocked on the door.
"Don't do that."
Well, Hou Wentao is indeed at home.
"What? What happened to me?"
Wait...why is Chen Xiulan also at his house? Didn’t she say she had something to do?
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