Dongzi, who had just surfaced, was worried about Lu Yi's injuries when he saw the strange situation on the shore. He grabbed Lu Yi, who was wading ashore.
"Third Brother, be careful!"
Lu Yi looked closely for a few moments, then said, "It's nothing, it's Jiao Jiao!"
Although he didn't know how long it would take for those people to find him, seeing Ruan Jiaojiao disguised like this guarding the riverbank calmed him down considerably.
"Help! What are you standing there for!"
Lu Yi clutched the wound on his abdomen, his breath coming in barely a whisper.
"Ah, okay..."
Ruan Jiaojiao recognized Lu Yi's voice, jumped barefoot into the water, and quickly approached him.
"Leave this to me. You support Third Brother; he's injured!"
Dongzi grabbed the driver's arm, put it on his shoulder, pulled him ashore, threw him on the spot, and rushed back into the river to help.
How did you take care of him?
Looking at Lu Yi's pale lips, Ruan Jiaojiao felt a pang of heartache and couldn't help but complain about Dongzi.
"I'm sorry, it was my oversight!"
Dongzi was about to help Lu Yi up.
Ruan Jiaojiao pushed him away, bent down, and carried Lu Yi on her back, her voice choked with emotion as she said, "Help him!"
After getting ashore, we went straight to that huge rock.
"Jiaojiao, can you please not be so rough!"
Lu Yi, who fell to the ground with a thud, gritted his teeth and endured the excruciating pain in his abdomen, panting heavily like a fish out of water.
"I didn't mean to, you're too slippery!"
Ruan Jiaojiao tore at the seaweed on his body and head, "Where are you hurt? How serious is it? I told you not to go, but you wouldn't listen..."
Dongzi checked the driver's condition; his breathing was very weak, but there was still hope.
After picking up the clothes, Dongzi dragged him away from the riverbank by one leg.
"Shh!"
Just as he reached the back of the boulder, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps.
At the same time, Lu Yi mustered all his strength and pulled Ruan Jiaojiao to his side.
Dongzi looked back at the road he had come from and felt a sense of relief.
Fortunately, the area was a rocky beach, and footprints were not visible at night; otherwise, the three of them would probably have been discovered very quickly.
With that in mind, he began to look around, searching for the most effective way out.
The footsteps grew closer, and it seemed to be two people.
"There seems to be someone here? Where's the car?"
"Is he dead? It looks like the car really plunged into the river... Call the boss, I'm going over there to check!"
Boss?
This term is so common that it's hard to distinguish between good and evil.
The three people hiding behind the rock held their breath, even their breathing became cautious.
Seeing the beam of light coming from beside him, Dongzi pressed himself close to Ruan Jiaojiao and leaned towards where Lu Yi was sitting.
The stone barely concealed the three of them. Ruan Jiaojiao nervously swallowed and turned slightly to Lu Yi, her chest almost touching his arm.
Lu Yi subconsciously leaned to the right, meeting Ruan Jiaojiao's gaze, which was earnest yet shy.
When Ruan Jiaojiao saw that Lu Yi's eyes were as bright as a galaxy, her ears turned red, she bit her lip, and turned her face away.
"Huh, what's with these marks here..."
The person who came over seemed to have discovered something and shone the light on the stone.
"Stop looking! The boss is here with his men. We need to get there and assemble as soon as possible!"
The shouts from not far away interrupted him.
The three of them relaxed simultaneously after hearing the two talking in the distance.
"Where do we hide if their people come?"
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at the uneven stones in front of her with distress. Apart from this one, the others could only hide a cat or dog at most.
Even someone as petite as her couldn't hide it, let alone tall guys like Dongzi and Lu Yi.
Moreover, there is only one way to leave this area.
No matter where they left from, they couldn't escape the people who were tracking them.
"There!"
Lu Yi pointed to the river and said, "If it's someone else coming looking for you, Jiaojiao... hide in the river and try to swim south!"
Dongzi had also thought of that.
Nodding, he said, "Swim as far as you can, swim to a deserted place, get ashore as soon as possible, and then try to contact President Huo and Brother Long!"
Faced with another life-or-death decision, Ruan Jiaojiao's expression suddenly darkened.
"I don't want to leave!"
Dongzi lowered his voice, pulled a small metal piece from his pocket, and said urgently, "If you don't leave, who will tell Brother Long and President Huo the truth!"
"Give this to them; hopefully it will be useful!"
Dongzi solemnly placed the iron sheet into Ruan Jiaojiao's hand.
He picked up the T-shirt, bit a hole in it, and started tearing it apart strip by strip.
Lu Yi's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He wanted to say something, but his teeth chattered uncontrollably as soon as he opened his mouth.
They found nothing on the driver that suggested identification, realizing it was Dongzi's "white lie," and could only gesture to Dongzi to continue, separated by Ruan Jiaojiao.
"If the three of us die here, it will only put the Huo family in an even more embarrassing situation. Perhaps that's exactly what those people planned!"
"Tomorrow, no, perhaps in a few hours, our photos will be posted online, and the Huo family will be accused of murder to cover it up..."
Dongzi became more and more excited as he spoke, as if it were really going to happen.
"Stop talking, I understand!"
Ruan Jiaojiao took the metal sheet, carefully placed it against her body, and then grabbed the clothes from Dongzi's hand...
It belonged to Lu Yi; wearing it would make her feel more at ease.
Looking into her resolute eyes, Lu Yi grinned and reached out to pull her into his arms.
"Jiaojiao, you are the best girl I have ever met, so pure and heartbreaking!"
Does your heart... hurt?
Ruan Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat.
He actually felt sorry for her; the person who rescued her from the rubble last time said the same thing.
However, before the man could even smile, a bullet pierced his forehead.
In the countless nights that followed, she kept replaying that scene in her mind. If she hadn't turned her head away and cried out in pain, that person might not have died!
Thinking of this, she grabbed Lu Yi's arm, shook her head, and resisted the urge to look at Lu Yi again!
"Okay, I'll remember what you said... Lu Yi..."
Ruan Jiaojiao sniffed and rubbed against his chest affectionately. "Take care, I'll come back to accompany you to school!"
Before she finished speaking, she crouched down and walked into the river.
"It's over there... Hurry!"
A gasp from afar broke the brief silence.
Dongzi nimbly hoisted Lu Yi onto his back, stepped on the cold, hard, and slippery stones, and rushed into the river.
They cannot sit idly by and wait to die.
The best course of action now is to avoid their sharp edge and hide for as long as possible!
Lu Yi lost too much blood, his head was spinning, and the scenery in front of him turned into double images, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.
With his last shred of reason, he patted Dongzi on the shoulder.
With difficulty, he said, "Dongzi, you go too. Jiaojiao can't hold on for long by herself. Tell our eldest and second brothers that we'll still be brothers in the next life!"
After saying all this, he felt he had exhausted his last bit of strength.
"No, Third Brother, Dongzi will stay with you through thick and thin! I won't leave, I won't leave!"
Dongzi froze, then moved even faster!
Just as the two men disappeared into the river, gunshots rang out from behind them...
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