"By the way! Does Chen Jue have any news about Yang Mo?" Pang Jiaojiao asked.
Guo An nodded and said, "According to Chen Jue, Yang Mo is deep in the mountains. It is raining heavily and the stream is swollen, making it impossible to get through."
Pang Jiaojiao looked out the window and began to worry: "What should we do? Yang Mo is alone in the mountains. It is difficult to survive, especially now. If he stays alone for a minute, he will be one step closer to danger!"
Guo An opened the map on his mobile phone and said: "According to Chen Jue's description, the mountain forest where they are located is very close to the sea. I think we can get there in a roundabout way."
"You mean setting off from the sea by boat!" Pang Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, "This is indeed a good idea!"
After the conversation, Guo An began to contact the police station for the search and rescue boat to go out to sea, and Pang Jiaojiao quietly walked into the ward while he was on the phone. At this time, Chen Jue was sitting on the bed in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. It was not until Pang Jiaojiao stood by the bed that he suddenly woke up.
Pang Jiaojiao looked at Chen Jue with wide eyes, making him feel a little creepy. "Don't be afraid! I'm also a police officer." Pang Jiaojiao showed her ID. She thought the other party would feel at ease, but Chen Jue's reaction was unexpectedly strange. Chen Jue was heard saying hurriedly: "I didn't see anything! I don't know anything!"
"What did you see?" Pang Jiaojiao noticed the problem in the other party's words and asked.
Chen Jue subconsciously covered his mouth, and after a while, he said: "No...it's nothing! I was just too frightened."
This statement is almost exactly the same as Guo An's statement, without changing even a word, so Pang Jiaojiao cannot help but be suspicious. Pang Jiaojiao wanted to ask again, but she heard Guo An's voice from behind, "The search and rescue boat is already being prepared. It's still too late for us to rush over now."
Pang Jiaojiao had no choice but to give up questioning and follow Guo An out of the hospital.
In the ward, Chen Jue fell into deep thought again, and his soliloquy suddenly sounded in the quiet space, "If what he said is true..."
It was dark outside the window, only the patter of rain could be heard, and a figure on the glass hugged his head tightly.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. Under the command of Guo An, the search and rescue team was divided into two groups. One part continued to search around the mountain forest, while the other part went to the mountain forest by sea. It was already 4 o'clock in the morning, and the sea surface was dark at this time. In the darkness, there was a cold wind and cold rain blowing on our face, and there was a unique smell of the sea. The whole world seemed to have fallen into chaos, with only a glimmer of ignorance still visible at the far-off point where the sea and the sky met.
Guo An was on the deck of the search and rescue boat. Under the rain, there was only a hazy black shadow on the distant coast, but he still stared straight ahead. The rain had already soaked his clothes. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, Guo An felt a familiar feeling, as if he had gone back many years ago.
Pang Jiaojiao stumbled from the cabin, and everyone knew she was seasick from the look on her face that was turning blue and about to vomit at any moment. She was holding a life jacket in one hand, and at the last moment when she was about to fall, she was finally supported by Guo An.
"It's raining so heavily outside, what are you doing out here!" Guo An's tone seemed a bit harsh.
Not to be outdone, Pang Jiaojiao said loudly: "Are you still talking about me? What about you! Standing on the deck in such a storm, and the ship is so bumpy, you may fall into the sea at any time. You don't even wear a lifejacket. Do you want to die? Hurry up. Put on your life jacket!”
Guo An couldn't defeat her, so he had to take the life jacket and persuade Pang Jiaojiao to return to the cabin. Guo An was about to put on a life jacket, but suddenly his ears twitched and his face became uncertain.
At this time, a wave hit, and the search and rescue boat shook violently. Pang Jiaojiao couldn't stand and fell down. The moment she fell, she saw a familiar figure falling from the bow of the ship into the sea. Almost at the same time, Pang Jiaojiao seemed to hear a shrill scream coming from the distance.
A small town in the forest.
On a small mound more than ten meters away from the hut, a man's head poked out of it, looking around warily. An old woman's voice came from the soil, "Yang Mo, have you seen enough?"
"Keep your voice down!" Yang Mo hurriedly whispered to Granny Jiang, "If Mr. Bao finds out, the two of us will be dead!"
Granny Jiang sneered: "I have figured out his behavior a long time ago. At this time, he will only be in Longnu Pond."
Yang Mo asked strangely: "What is he doing there?"
Grandma Jiang paused and then said, "I'm locked in the room, how could I know what he was going to do."
"That's right." Yang Mo nodded, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"What's right? Why don't you get out quickly!" Granny Jiang urged.
Only then did Yang Mo react and climbed out of the cave. He couldn't help but admire Granny Jiang and said, "How long does it take to dig such a long tunnel?"
Granny Jiang replied angrily: "If I had thought of it earlier, I wouldn't have been so unlucky to meet you."
Yang Mo smiled coquettishly, suddenly remembered something and asked: "When Mr. Bao took us back before, didn't he ask you how you escaped?"
"Of course I asked." Granny Jiang replied nonchalantly: "Anyway, you fainted at the time, so I assumed that you picked me up from the broken roof."
"Did he believe it?" Yang Mo was still a little worried.
"Anyway, you fainted. Even if I want to force you to question me, I have to wait until after tonight!" Granny Jiang had already crawled out of the hole and said impatiently: "Are you going to leave or not?"
"Oh, okay!" Yang Mo didn't dare to contradict Granny Jiang, so he started to walk towards the town.
Granny Jiang grabbed Yang Mo by the collar and said, "You were caught from the small town just now. If you go there again, aren't you seeking death?"
Yang Mo pointed to the town and said doubtfully: "Didn't you say... Mr. Bao is on the mountain?"
"He's pretty good in the mountains, isn't he..." Granny Jiang coughed mid-sentence, and then said in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you afraid of those unclean things in the town?"
Yang Mo took one look at the town, couldn't help but trembled all over, and said quickly: "I will follow you, and I will go wherever you say!"
"That's pretty much it!" Granny Jiang snorted and warned again: "Follow me later, don't make any noise, and don't ask these boring questions again."
"Yes, yes!" Yang Mo nodded like a fool. He just wanted to leave the town as quickly as possible. Even if Granny Jiang asked him for all the savings, Yang Mo would never say "no". Of course, he doesn't have much savings.
Granny Jiang took Yang Mo in the opposite direction, bypassing the peak where the screams came from, and walked eastward along a creek. Yang Mo looked at the direction of the water flow and realized that they were heading towards the seaside. Yang Mo wanted to ask, but Granny Jiang had something to say first, so he had to keep the question in his heart.
However, Granny Jiang's next behavior was even more strange. When approaching the foot of the mountain, Grandma Jiang looked around from time to time, then quickly ran to the foot of the mountain wall and hid her whole body underneath. After she did this, she asked Yang Mo to follow suit, as if they were avoiding something.
"Maybe this old woman is a little nervous." Yang Mo forcefully explained to himself, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, and he knew clearly that this uneasiness did not originate from the small town, but from Granny Jiang in front of him.