Chapter 81 Candle in the Wind
After Zhou Feng sent his colleagues to the foot of the mountain, he immediately drove back.
While carefully observing the road conditions, he kept thinking about the conversation he had just had with Pei Song.
The mountain road was winding, snow was flying, and the visibility ahead was getting worse and worse.
Just around a bend, a black SUV came towards us at an abnormally fast speed.
Qiangzi and Zhou Feng in the driving seat met each other's eyes for a moment, a trace of panic flashed in their eyes, and then they quickly looked away.
Zhou Feng frowned slightly, without thinking too much, he sped up and overtook the car almost sticking to the guardrail on the mountain road.
When he rushed back to the ski resort, he happened to meet the bus that came to pick up Pei Song.
"Where's Manager Pei?" the driver asked, leaning his head out.
"I didn't see anyone," several colleagues came over, "Boss Zhou, didn't Manager Pei go with you?"
Zhou Feng's heart sank suddenly. He immediately took out his cell phone and dialed Pei Song's number, but he only heard a cold prompt tone: "No one answered the call you dialed..."
He tried a few more times, with the same result.
"Maybe he went to the hot drinks shop?" someone suggested.
"I'll go look for it." Zhou Feng strode towards the rest area, but all the shops were empty, with only the clerks dozing off.
"What about the snow trail?"
"locker room!"
"Maybe in the bathroom..."
"Manager Pei! Manager Pei!" Colleagues went to look for him separately, becoming more and more anxious the more they looked.
"Pei Song!" Zhou Feng shouted from the platform, "Pei Song!"
The only response he got was the sound of the sharp wind.
Shouts came through the gaps in the pine branches. Pei Song was lying at the bottom of the pit, trying desperately to make a sound, but the tape on his mouth made him only able to make a faint "woohoo" sound.
The soaked quick-drying clothes stuck to my body like a cold film.
The coldness was like countless fine needles, piercing into the skin.
He was shaking all over and his teeth were chattering uncontrollably.
With my hands and feet tied, I could only curl up to keep a little warmth, but the cold still mercilessly eroded every inch of my skin.
"Look over there again!"
"Manager Pei!"
The sound became farther and farther away, and was gradually drowned out by the wind.
He began to feel severe chills and his muscles spasmed uncontrollably.
My toes and fingers have completely lost all feeling, as if they were frozen.
Every hair stood up and a dense layer of goose bumps appeared on the skin.
He tried to curl up tighter, but his muscles were shaking, making even the most basic movements difficult.
The body temperature was constantly dropping and consciousness began to become hazy.
For a moment, he felt that he was not so cold anymore and even wanted to undress.
But he knew it was a sign of hypothermia.
The body was still shaking uncontrollably, but the frequency began to slow down.
As the tremors subsided, an irresistible feeling of fatigue came over me.
His breathing became shallow and rapid, and his heartbeat began to slow.
There were bursts of tingling in my limbs, followed by numbness.
The scene before my eyes began to distort, and even hallucinations appeared.
"Songsong, don't be afraid, mom is here."
In a trance, he felt his mother's warm embrace, and the sense of security made him want to cry.
The scene changed again and turned into the day when the college entrance examination results were announced.
"Good son! Dad is proud of you!" Dad touched his head with a gleam in his eyes.
"Dad..." he called softly in his heart, with a hint of grievance in his voice.
Finally, it stopped on Shi Yanchen's face.
The man who was always strong and overbearing was looking at him gently at this moment.
"Don't sleep," he said.
But Pei Song couldn't hold on any longer.
It turns out that when you are about to lose your life, you will be so unwilling to accept it.
How much he wanted to tell Shi Yanchen that he actually liked him too.
Those dodging and escaping are just because they care too much and dare not get closer.
Thinking about it now, it was really stupid and ridiculous.
Consciousness is like the receding tide, withdrawing bit by bit.
All sensation in the body was disappearing, even breathing became barely perceptible.
His life was like a candle in the wind, flickering weakly in the cold wind and could go out at any time.
…
Shi Yanchen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of City B Airport, staring at the screen of his mobile phone.
Two hours have passed and Pei Song hasn't replied to any of his messages, which makes him a little disappointed.
He opened the dialog box again and took a look, his finger lingering on the read message for a moment.
At this time, Jin Shuning called.
"Mr. Shi, Pei Song is missing on the snowy mountain." Jin Shuning said hurriedly, "I just received a call from the administration department saying that their team building encountered a blizzard warning, and everyone else went down the mountain. He said he was waiting for the bus to pick him up, and now he can't be contacted."
Shi Yanchen's fingers tightened, and he felt an uncontrollable panic. He turned to his assistant and said, "Contact the business jet immediately."
Soon, the assistant came over in a hurry: "Mr. Shi, SNK's business jet sent Vice President Hans to New Zealand for a meeting. I heard that Mr. Liao of Harmony Medical has a business jet in City B, and Mr. Li of the Li Group also has one in City T."
Shi Yanchen immediately called Liao Ming, and Liao Ming's apologetic voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm sorry, Mr. Shi, our plane flew to H City this morning, and we can't return until tomorrow morning at the earliest."
After hanging up the phone, he immediately contacted the Li Group.
After waiting for a few seconds, the voice of Mr. Li's assistant came: "I'm sorry, Mr. Shi, Mr. Li's business jet is under maintenance and may not be able to take off today."
Shi Yanchen stood there, his knuckles turning white as he held the phone.
For the first time since he was a child, he felt what it meant to be helpless.
The most despairing thing in the world is knowing that the one you love is in danger but you can do nothing about it.
He looked at the plane on the tarmac outside the window, his eyes becoming increasingly darker.
Time passed by minute by minute, but he seemed to be trapped in the same place, unable to move.
At this time, a strange number called in: "I'm Zhang Ruojin. I heard that Pei Song was in trouble. I happen to have a business jet at the airport in City B."
Shi Yanchen was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"
Without saying anything more, he immediately turned around and strode towards the tarmac.
The assistant trotted after him and asked, "Mr. Shi, do you need to prepare anything?"
"Contact the best hospital at the destination." Shi Yanchen said without turning his head, "Notify the medical team to be on standby at any time."
The plane was parked not far away, and he almost ran towards the tarmac.
The cold wind whistled across his face, but he was unaware of it.
…
Colleagues at the ski resort divided into several groups to search, but they found nothing after a round.
"By the way," Lin Lin suddenly said, "our department has a positioning software that can find the location of colleagues. This is to facilitate team building..."
She turned on her phone and saw a red dot at the foot of the mountain.
Colleagues all breathed a sigh of relief:
"Look, he must have come down the mountain by himself."
"Really? You didn't say a word."
"You should criticize him when you get back."
"That's right. We were worried for nothing."
Everyone seemed to relax and prepare to leave.
But Zhou Feng stood where he was, staring at the red dot.
No, that's totally wrong.
Based on his understanding of Pei Song, he would never go down the mountain without saying hello.
He thought of the black SUV he had just met on the road and the driver's evasive look.
"Call the police! Call the police immediately!" Zhou Feng's voice was a little hoarse due to nervousness.
Xiao Zhang from the Administration Department quickly dialed 110: "Hello, hello, we are at XX ski resort, one of our colleagues is missing..."
"When did he disappear?" the voice of the police officer on duty came from the microphone.
"Just now, about ten minutes ago..."
"How old are you? What are your characteristics?"
"24 years old, wearing an orange ski suit, about 183cm tall..."
The police officer interrupted her: "There is a chain reaction at the foot of the mountain, and all police forces have gone to support. And according to regulations, if a person is missing for less than 24 hours, a case cannot be filed."
"But," Xiao Zhang was about to cry, "it's a big snowstorm now..."
Zhou Feng took the phone and said, "Hello, this missing person may be in danger. I saw a suspicious black SUV on the mountain road..."
"Sir, I understand your anxiety. But we really can't spare the police force right now, and without clear evidence of a crime, we can't file a case. I suggest you search on your own first, and then report it if there is still no news after 24 hours."