squeak!
When approaching the garage, Chen Xu slammed on the brakes to stop the car, opened the door and rushed down.
"Luo Xiyun!"
He ran and yelled.
The vegetable garden that was set up like a garden was completely ruined, the flower pots were rolled everywhere, and the whole road was a mess.
He rushed to the house where Luo Xiyun lived, opened the door roughly, and rushed in, "Luo Xiyun, Luo Xiyun..."
He searched all over, but there was no one everywhere, and the door of the room was locked, and no one answered for a long time.
"If you haven't come back at this time, you must be stuck on the road."
It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, which meant that she had been trapped for four or five hours.
He came back with the hope of just in case, and wanted to see if she had returned home safely, but things still developed in the worst direction. Feeling a little heavy in his heart, he slammed on the door, turned around and ran out again.
He got back into the car, turned around, slammed on the accelerator, and drove off.
"Luo Xiyun, don't let anything happen to you." He didn't want to spend the remaining two months alone.
"Every time she comes back, she always takes this road." Chen Xu drove into a road while honking his horn fiercely.
It was still three o'clock in the afternoon, but in this weather, there was a typhoon and heavy rain, and the vision was not good. With the high beams on, I could only see a distance of two or three meters ahead.
He only hoped to attract Luo Xiyun's attention through the sound of the horn.
He didn't know where she was going by bicycle and which routes she took, so he could only go through every fork in the road.
Time passed little by little, and the typhoon showed no sign of weakening at all.
The sky was getting darker, and the anxiety in Chen Xu's heart was also accumulating, and various thoughts kept flashing in his mind.
"Is there a road missing? She happened to be stuck on that road."
"Did something happen to her, so she didn't hear the horn?"
"Could it be that she heard the horn and couldn't respond?"
...
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a light reflected from the rearview mirror. Although it was fleeting, he could see clearly that it was not lightning.
He couldn't help but slammed on the brakes suddenly, then turned the steering wheel, smashed into a small car parked on the side of the road, and forcibly turned the car around.
Not long after the car drove, he saw the bright light again, and this time he saw clearly that it should be the light behind the mobile phone.
"found it!"
He relaxed and drove the car closer. When the headlights shone through, he finally saw Luo Xiyun's current appearance clearly.
She was standing on the side of the road, drenched all over, but she didn't care, holding the street lamp with one hand, and waving the mobile phone with the backlight turned on in the other.
"It looks like she has suffered a lot."
Chen Xu thought to himself, and parked the car in front of her. At this time, she seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, she was blown by the strong wind so that she could not stand still, she sat down on the ground, and could only hold the street lamp with both hands, looking extremely embarrassed.
Seeing her embarrassed appearance, he thought it was a little funny, and felt that it was not good to gloat, so he managed his expression well, opened the door and got out of the car, braving the wind and rain, and helped her to the passenger seat with difficulty.
The back seat is full of things, and there is no place for people to sit.
After Chen Xu got into the car, he found a clean towel and handed it over, then started the car and went home.
...
Along the way, Luo Xiyun silently wiped the water stains on his body with a towel, without saying a word. She didn't speak, neither did Chen Xu, there was an awkward silence in the car.
Firstly, he didn't really want to talk, and secondly, he really didn't know what to say.
To him, Luo Xiyun was both strange and familiar.
The last time the two of them sat together like this was three months ago when they assigned work together. Since that time, the two have never spoken again. It seems that there is a tacit understanding, and they will stagger the time to go out to avoid running into each other.
Once in a while, they turned a blind eye to each other, as if the other party didn't exist.
Because of this, he is a stranger to her.
However, he also knows her very well, he knows what kind of food she likes to eat, what style of clothes she likes, what day of the week she will do, and even, he also knows what day her aunt comes.
The two live next door, and many places are shared, so there is no need to pay attention to them, as many things will be known naturally. For example, which meat in the freezer is consumed the fastest, vegetables in front of the door are picked the most, clothes hanging outside every day, etc.
When Chen Xu drove the car back to the garage, it was already dark. He glanced at his phone, and it was already seven o'clock in the evening.
He turned off the car and was about to open the door to get out of the car when he heard Luo Xiyun say the first words since getting in the car, "I sprained my ankle."
"what?"
He was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and turned to look at her by the light in the car. Only then did he find scratches on her arms and knees. As for her feet, he couldn't see them because of the angle and light.
From the looks of it, she should have fallen while riding a bicycle.
He thought about it for a while. It was more than 20 meters away from the door of the house. It was a bit difficult to support her to walk so far in the tenth typhoon.
He simply restarted the car and drove the car into the original vegetable garden. The flower pots used to grow vegetables were blown everywhere by the wind, and the wheels would be crushed from time to time and would shake a bit. Fortunately, the chassis of this SUV is high enough to not be stuck by the flowerpot.
He slowly drove the car to her door, got out of the car and helped her down, opened the door and walked into the coffee shop where she lived.
After entering the door, he pressed the light switch, and there was a "snap", but the light did not turn on.
"The lamp is broken?"
He turned it on and off several times, but the light still didn't come on. He had no choice but to take out his cell phone from his pocket, turn on the flashlight, and help her walk to the door.
Luo Xiyun took out the key from the top of a hanging noodle next to it, and opened the door.
After Chen Xu helped her in, he felt that he should go, when he heard the sound of the switch being turned on, but the light inside was not on.
He immediately realized something was wrong, the power went out
This is really a double whammy.
The electricity supply at home relies on diesel generators. If this machine breaks down, it will be troublesome.
Hope it's just a trip.
he thought.
At this time, he heard Luo Xiyun say something, but the voice was too low for him to hear clearly, so he asked, "What did you say?"
In the darkness, he felt her breathing became heavier, and it took a while before her tiny voice sounded again.
This time, he heard her saying, "I want to go to the bathroom."
This was the second sentence she said after the two met.
Chen Xu could tell that when she said this, she must have felt very embarrassed.