A piercing sound...
Jiao Yuyin heard it.
It was Lu Yu's voice, and a strong sense of unease instantly swept over Jiao Yuyin.
The coconut milk he had bought fell from his hand, and Jiao Yuyin ran upstairs.
At that moment, Jiao Yuyin hated the diagonally crisscrossing escalators in the mall. Instead of going around half a circle, he ran directly in the opposite direction on the escalator that was going down.
The lights on the top floor seemed dazzling.
Beads of cold sweat stung Jiao Yuyin's eyes, making the scenery before him seem even more blurred.
The gathered crowd made Jiao Yuyin's goal clear, and he headed straight for it...
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In a flash, Lu Yu, with a strength he didn't know he had, took two steps forward and barely managed to grab the upper arm of the falling girl.
The girl was very light, and her arms were very thin.
Lu Yu's body was already halfway over the fence, with no foothold, and she also had to overcome her own weight. Lu Yu's hat was not securely on, and with her head half-hanging, the hat fell from the top and disappeared without a trace.
Lu Yu felt every cell in her body trembling, her calves tightly hooked onto the colorful slanted post next to the fence.
The slanted pillars were decorated with different cartoon shapes. With the force of the road, the sharp corners had already scratched the road's calves, and a few drops of blood were seeping out.
People around heard Lu Yu's shouts and gradually gathered around, hurriedly helping to grab Lu Yu. With everyone's help, they managed to pull the two people back inside the fence.
Jiao Yuyin stopped a few steps away from Lu Yu and the girl.
A feeling of soreness and weakness washed over him. This was the first time Jiao Yuyin felt like he was about to collapse.
The transparent, smooth railing reflects the glaring ceiling lights from the top floor.
Jiao Yuyin watched as the girl sobbed uncontrollably in Lu Yu's arms.
"I don't want the money they give me, I just want my dad. I only have my dad..." The girl's cries attracted a larger crowd.
Without the hat to conceal her identity, several people recognized Lu Yu and began to discuss her in hushed tones from a distance. Some even secretly took photos from afar.
Jiao Yuyin walked to Lu Yu's side, unzipped his shirt, took off his beige casual jacket, squatted down on one knee, and then covered Lu Yu's head with the jacket, blocking most of the outside world's view.
As Lu Yu looked up, Jiao Yuyin's gloomy face came into view.
Earlier, someone in the crowd had called the police, and soon police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks arrived outside Qingbei Building.
The paramedics lifted the girl onto a stretcher, which elicited an even more violent reaction from her.
"Don't pull me! I don't want to go—it was the Jiao family that killed my dad—" The girl's shouts were sharp and piercing.
Only after receiving a sedative injection did the girl calm down.
Lu Yu sat on the smooth ground, staring blankly at the girl who was gradually walking away, momentarily forgetting Jiao Yuyin, who had a somber aura beside him.
The manager of Qingbei Building briefly inquired about the situation in the mall, then nervously accompanied Jiao Yuyin, squatting down beside him and wiping away sweat.
"Manager Zhang, you handle the aftermath of the mall's situation. I won't stay any longer," Jiao Yuyin said in an unfriendly tone.
Lu Yu quickly said, "That girl might be related to the Shifu mine disaster..."
"Find out more about the girl's situation. There were quite a few people at the scene, and I suspect someone has already posted about today's events online. Be careful in handling this. If it really is related to the Shifu Mining accident, report back to me in detail later." Jiao Yuyin interrupted Lu Yu and gave him a series of instructions.
Lu Yu glanced at Jiao Yuyin again; his eyes seemed to be brimming with anger.
Jiao Yuyin stared at Lu Yu's torn casual pants, the blood seeping out clearly visible. After taking a deep breath, he gently moved Lu Yu's ankle. "Does it hurt like this?"
Lu Yu shook his head.
Before Lu Yu could even finish her sentence, Jiao Yuyin got up, picked her up, and headed downstairs to the ambulance.
The torn trouser leg was cut open, exposing the wound to the air.
"The wound isn't too serious, but some paint chips are stuck inside. We need to pick them out, and it will hurt a bit, so please bear with it." The doctor poured disinfectant onto the wound.
Jiao Yuyin braced himself against the back of the ambulance, his palms still sweating profusely.
Lu Yu's forehead was covered in a fine layer of sweat, and he groaned intermittently.
"Bear with it." Jiao Yuyin's emotionless voice rang out from above.
Lu Yu suddenly became angry, but she forced herself to endure the pain in her wound and swallowed all her groans.
Jiao Yuyin sighed, almost imperceptibly. He still took a step closer and gently wiped the sweat from Lu Yu's forehead with a tissue.
"It'll be fine after cleaning and disinfection. Just be careful for the next couple of days and try not to get it wet. The wound isn't deep, and as long as it doesn't get infected, it will heal quickly." The doctor spoke quickly but carefully. "Do you have any anti-inflammatory medication?"
"We have some at home, thank you doctor." Jiao Yuyin replied to the doctor, then dialed his cell phone, "Xiao Zhong, we're at the main entrance, just come over."
"You asked Xiao Zhong to pick us up?" Jiao Yuyin had driven us here, and Lu Yu was confused as to why Jiao Yuyin would call his driver Xiao Zhong again, so she asked casually.
"I can't drive right now," Jiao Yuyin said. "Think about today's events while you're on the road."
Xiao Zhong rushed over, took the car keys from Jiao Yuyin's hand, and ran to the garage without even pausing to say goodbye.
Seeing the growing number of media reporters gathering at Qingbei Building, Lu Yu knew that the current situation was not suitable for him to stay there for too long.
The Qingbei Building and Lixiang Villa are not far apart, and Jiao Yuyin did not utter a word the whole way.
Upon arriving at Lixiang Villa, Jiao Yuyin remained silent, glanced at Lu Yu from afar, and then turned and went upstairs, locking himself in his mother's bedroom.
Lu Yu had never seen Jiao Yuyin like this before.
She knew he was truly angry this time.
He got really angry; what was supposed to be a sweet date...
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