[Chapter 354 Her Pearl Earrings]
Huo Jingze looked at the unfamiliar number and pressed the answer button with trembling fingers.
A heavy voice came from the other end of the line: "Excuse me, are you Dr. Lin Yin's family member?"
Huo Jingze's heart suddenly clenched, and he answered in a somewhat dry voice: "I am her husband, what happened to Lin Yin?"
"I am the person in charge of the Haicheng Fire and Rescue Center. We regret to inform you that during today's rescue operation, a strong flood peak suddenly occurred. The rescue team that Dr. Lin was with was washed away by the flood. We have made every effort to search and rescue, and other personnel have been rescued one after another, but at present... there is no trace of Dr. Lin."
"boom--"
Huo Jingze's ears suddenly rang, and the phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, and the screen instantly cracked into countless marks.
Lin Yuan looked at his distraught appearance, and immediately thought in his little head that maybe something had happened to his mother.
She was so scared that she burst into tears, "Dad, where is Mom? What happened to Mom?"
Huo Jingze finally came to his senses. He hugged his daughter tightly and tried his best to control his emotions. "Don't be afraid, Yuanyuan, Mom is fine. Mom's colleague called just now and said that Mom will be back soon, but Mom is very tired today, so she didn't call us."
His lying voice trembled.
Lin Yuan was still young after all, so she believed everything her father said. She sniffed and said, "But Yuan Yuan misses her mother so much."
She had never been separated from her mother for so long.
Although her father was with her, her mother was different. She wanted her mother...
The little guy's eyes were red and his big eyes were filled with tears.
Huo Jingze's heart tightened, and he gently stroked his daughter's hair with his big hands, coaxing her softly, "Yuanyuan, be good. Mom will be back soon. Can we go to bed now? Maybe you can see mom when you wake up."
"Really? Can I see my mom when I wake up?"
Lin Yuan's eyes sparkled. He climbed onto the bed with his short legs and got into the quilt. He said in a soft and sweet voice, "Dad, it's time for Yuan Yuan to go to sleep. You can see Mom tomorrow when you wake up! Daddy, be safe!"
"Well, you will be able to see mom when you wake up tomorrow." Huo Jingze tucked in the quilt for Lin Yuan, his eyes red.
After Lin Yuan's breathing became even and he fell into a deep sleep, he tiptoed out of the room and closed the door.
Then he immediately called Zhou Qinglan.
The call was connected immediately, and a man yawned. "Old Huo, what's wrong? Why are you calling me so late at night?"
Huo Jingze's voice was hoarse, and he tried hard to suppress his collapse. He said to Zhou Qinglan: "Qinglan, Lin Yin is in trouble. She was washed away by the flood during the rescue in Haicheng, and her whereabouts are unknown now. I'm going to Haicheng to find her. You come to Gubei No. 1 now to help me take care of Yuanyuan."
Zhou Qinglan's originally confused voice suddenly became clear, "What! Lin Yin was washed away by the flood, is the news reliable?"
Huo Jingze said in a sad voice, "It was a call from the person in charge of the Haicheng Fire Rescue Center."
That's probably true.
Zhou Qinglan was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone, and said with a heavy heart: "Old Huo, don't be impulsive. Haicheng is flooded so badly now. It's too dangerous for you to go. If something happens to you again, what will happen to Yuanyuan? She can't live without a father anymore."
Huo Jingze's eyes were red, and his hands hanging at his sides were clenched tightly. "I have to go. Lin Yin must not be dead. I have to find her! She is my life. If I can't find her, what's the point of living? I'll leave the wish to you. Come here first."
After saying that, he hung up the phone, not giving Zhou Qinglan a chance to persuade him again.
Zhou Qinglan knew that once Huo Jingze made a decision, it would be difficult to change it. He sighed, quickly got up and rushed to Gubei No. 1.
He was an unmarried man without children and didn't know how to take care of a young girl. After hesitating for a while, he called Guan Xiaoxiao and asked her to go to Gubei No. 1 as soon as possible.
Zhou Qinglan was the first to arrive at Gubei No. 1. When he opened the door, he saw Huo Jingze sitting on the sofa in a daze. He felt heartbroken.
Guan Xiaoxiao arrived soon after. As soon as she entered the room, she sensed that something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong? Why did you call me over so late? Where's Lin Yin?"
Zhou Qinglan glanced at her with a complicated expression and said slowly, "Lin Yin disappeared during the rescue in Haicheng. She was washed away by the flood and has not been found yet. Jingze is going to Haicheng to find her and asked me to take care of Yuanyuan, but I... I really don't know how to take care of this little girl, so I called you here."
Guan Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, her face full of shock and worry: "What? Lin Yin is missing? How could this happen!"
As she spoke, her eyes became red.
Zhou Qinglan patted her shoulder, and the atmosphere in the living room became heavy.
"Qinglan, Xiaoxiao, I'll leave Yuanyuan in your care."
Huo Jingze wrote down all the things that needed special attention on a piece of paper, handed it to Zhou Qinglan, and briefly explained a few words to them.
He went back to his room and took a look at his sleeping daughter, then turned around and went out resolutely, boarding the plane to Haicheng with a heavy heart.
As soon as Huo Jingze got off the plane, he contacted Lin Yin's colleague Wu Da. After a few words, he went straight to the rescue center where the Bokang medical team was located.
After arriving, he anxiously found Wu Da and asked, "Tell me quickly, what happened to Lin Yin? Why did she disappear? Where did she disappear?"
Having not slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot.
A trace of guilt flashed in Wu Da's eyes, "Mr. Huo, I'm sorry, it's all my fault that I didn't catch Doctor Lin at that time."
Lin Yin was right behind him at the time. If he had noticed and reached out his hand earlier, Lin Yin would not have been washed away.
Huo Jingze grabbed his shoulders and growled, "Tell me everything that happened, no matter how big or small!"
The young man in charge of rescue and salvage explained:
"The flood came too suddenly, and the area they were in was submerged in an instant. When we arrived, we only saw other members of the rescue team struggling in the flood. Doctor Lin... must have been washed away nearby."
He pointed to a red dot on the map.
Then he took out a pair of pearl earrings from his pocket and handed them to Huo Jingze, "These were found near the scene of the incident. We speculate that they belong to Dr. Lin."
Huo Jingze held the earrings tightly. The earrings were very light, but they seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, making his breathing heavy.
"I know. I'm going there."
Without any hesitation, he turned and ran in the direction of the red dot.
Along the way, the scene after the flood was horrifying. The broken walls, piled up debris and turbid water all told the cruelty of the disaster.
After arriving at the place, Huo Jingze immediately joined the salvage team and searched in the flood day and night with the team members.
He did not dare to relax his eyes for a moment, and did not miss any place that might have clues. He carefully checked every floating wooden board and every tangled debris, and kept calling Lin Yin's name.
The sound echoed above the flood, carrying endless longing and despair.
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