Chapter 37 Sou Shan
"Wang Yusheng, who gave you the right to make things difficult for this young man?"
Suddenly a deep, powerful voice came from the gate. The group turned around and saw the village chief, Wang Youdao, walking out of the rain with a flashlight in hand.
"Xiao Wen has been taking good care of the children these past few days. Xiao Hu was disobedient before, so Wen Yanyu went to talk to him."
Wang Youdao glanced at Wang Yusheng and said sternly, "What, if a child does something wrong, can't an adult scold him?"
Wang Yusheng opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to refute, but under Wang Youdao's stern gaze, he ultimately swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue, though his expression remained rather unpleasant.
Wang Youdao: "I just saw Xiaohu's toys on the back mountain. He probably ran up the mountain."
Upon hearing this, Wang Decai, who was still angry, suddenly narrowed his eyes, his face turned deathly pale, and he anxiously shouted repeatedly, "How is this possible! How did he get there! What do we do!"
Hearing this, Wang Jianhua was also stunned.
Jiang Wanrou asked, "Then let's quickly organize a few people to go up the mountain to search."
Wang Decai was utterly despondent: "There's something on that back mountain!"
Wang Jianhua sighed and explained, "Many people in the village have gone to town to sell things and won't be back for a while. Those who remain in the village are mostly people who have difficulty moving around. Now that it's raining so heavily, the mountain roads are difficult to travel on."
He paused slightly, "Besides, wolves often roam the mountain behind it, and the mountain path is winding and difficult to come down from. It's hard to get out even during the day, let alone at night. We generally don't go up that mountain..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanrou, who had originally intended to discuss going together with the staff, began to hesitate.
It's raining heavily outside, and even if we call the police and get a search and rescue team, it will take several hours to get into the mountains.
Their group was unfamiliar with the mountains, not to mention the wild animals that might appear there, they were prone to getting lost.
Not only is it dark, but it's also raining so heavily. There are news reports of people going into the mountains to rescue others, only to get lost themselves in the mountains for several days.
The easy mountain road to get here was winding and twisting, and I almost got lost several times while driving. After all, it's not my own child, so I still have to think about myself.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Oh no, I almost forgot there are wild animals in these mountains. This child is probably dead.
With the rain so heavy now, by the time the rescue team arrives and finds the child, he'll probably be dead.
The villagers should be quite familiar with the mountains, so organizing a search shouldn't be a big problem... I'm not sure, just guessing.
The main problem is that it's dark now, and it's raining, so the mountain road must be extremely slippery. If something happens, it will be difficult to handle.
"I'll go find it," Wen Yanyu said, breaking the silence.
Everyone looked at him.
Li Qianhua gripped his clothes tightly: "Brother, don't go."
He patted the little girl's head.
“The child’s safety is more important right now,” Wen Yanyu said calmly. “I just need someone to show me the way up the mountain, and I’ll go and bring him back.”
Duan Mufeng also said, "I'll go too."
Lu Mingxu: "I'll go with you."
“It’s getting dark, it’s not safe…” Wang Youdao’s expression was solemn, and he was also very conflicted.
“It’s raining so hard outside, it will take the search and rescue team two or three hours to get in.” Wen Yanyu raised her eyes and added the last sentence in a very light tone: “If you find someone to take me there, there is still a glimmer of hope.”
The entire room fell into a deathly silence at that moment, with only heavy breathing audible.
Wang Youdao took out a cigarette, but still refused to give in.
At this moment, Wang Decai grasped Wang Youdao's wrist: "This is the only child left in my family."
The old man's voice trembled, and his eyes were full of pleading.
Wang Youdao took a breath and stubbed out his cigarette.
"Let's go! Let's go up the mountain."
Several men from the production crew also joined in preparing to go up the mountain.
Wang Yusheng shrank back a little. "My stomach hurts. I'll stay here and watch over the children."
Duan Mufeng gave him a cold glance.
Wang Yusheng lowered his head.
"Brother..." Several children tugged at Wen Yanyu's clothes worriedly, "Can you not go?"
Wen Yanyu put on her coat, took out a large bag of candy from her bag, and handed it out to the children one by one. "No, you can't. Xiaohu must be very scared right now. Your brother and grandpa have to go and take him home."
Li Qianhua remained silent, only tightly gripping the hem of his clothes.
Wen Yanyu lowered her head, rubbed the child's head, and placed the child next to Jiang Keyan, who had been silent all along.
"Let your sisters stay with you for a while, your brother will be back soon."
Wen Yanyu spoke softly, and casually handed the last bag of chocolates to Jiang Wanrou.
"Aren't we being filmed? You can see us. We'll be back soon."
"Yan Yu, slow down."
"Bring a hoe."
"Take something with you."
"Little Fish! Raincoat!"
Before Jiang Wanrou could react, her hand had already instinctively taken the chocolate.
As the departing figures were completely obscured by the rainy night, Jiang Wanrou suddenly froze.
Something seemed to flash through my mind, gone in an instant, leaving only a lingering bitter aftertaste.
After a while, she lowered her head and gripped the chocolate in her hand tightly.
The night was as dark as ink, and a torrential downpour began. Raindrops pounded wildly against the mountains and trees, and a misty fog enveloped the entire forest. The thick darkness of the night seemed capable of swallowing everything.
The storm howled through the mountains and forests, making a chilling howling sound.
"Little Tiger!"
"Little Tiger!"
The group slowly made their way along the winding path, calling out Little Tiger's name as they looked around.
The sounds of thunder and rain were deafening, and the flashlight beam was extremely weak in the fog, making it almost impossible to see anything around us.
Wang Jianhua was tense all over, glancing around at his surroundings every now and then, gripping the hoe tightly in his hand.
After walking for a while, the group came to a fork in the road. Wang Youdao stopped and looked back.
Wen Yanyu walked straight past the old man and headed towards the fork in the road on the right.
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the dark forest, followed by thunder that nearly pierced eardrums.
Suddenly seeing a precipice ahead, Wang Jianhua called out, "This is the end. We need to change direction."
Wen Yanyu paused, then took another step forward, glancing at the cliff that he estimated to be five or six stories high, with drifting gray mist clinging to the tree branches at its base.
"Found it..." The murmured words were drowned out by the night rain, and layers of light gray spread across his dark eyes.
The people behind them didn't react in time.
Wen Yanyu: "Wait here for me, I'll go and bring Xiaohu back."
Duan Mufeng asked in confusion, "Where are you going? Aren't we going together?"
"No need, just wait here and don't go anywhere." Wen Yanyu thought for a moment and then calmly instructed, "I'll take you back in twenty minutes."
"But," Duan Mufeng continued.
Wen Yanyu took a step forward, firmly landing on the spreading mist in the air. With a gust of wind, the boy's figure completely disappeared into the night.
"Little Fish!" Lu Mingxu exclaimed in shock, and in a panic, he reached out to grab him, but the second half of his sentence was caught in his throat by the scene in front of him.
Duan Mufeng: "!!!"
Wang Youdao was also startled, and the others quickly shone their flashlights down.
In the darkness, one could vaguely see Wen Yanyu walking slowly into the distance below the cliff.
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