Chapter 49 Beset by Perils (1/2)

“Mr. Han, are you coming to see the rime?” Xu Yan greets with a smile.

“Secretary Xu, are you coming too? Siqi, I have told you that the scenery here is beautiful. It’s worth your trip.”

When Fu Zhengzheng looks at them again, she sees Qiao Keren holding Han Siqi’s arm and smiling like a flower.

There is no expression can be seen on Han Siqi’s face. He just lets Qiao Keren lead him over.

“Ah, Siqi, it is this lovely boy again. What’s his name?” Qiao Keren tilts her head to wave at Fu Xing, and looks back to ask Han Siqi.

“I will not tell you,” says Fu Xing.

Xu Yan hurries to answer, “Miss Qiao, his name is Xingxing.”

The two dimples of Qiao Keren immediately appear. “Xingxing. What a lovely name. Hello, Xingxing.”

However, Fu Xing doesn’t look at her. He goes aside to play with a puppy in a girl’s hand.

“Fu Xing, don’t be rude. Greet Miss Qiao.” Fu Zhengzheng immediately scolds her son. Although she doesn’t like Qiao Keren, she has to teach Fu Xing to be polite.

Fu Xing, who is greeting the puppy, reluctantly says to Qiao Keren, “Hello, Miss Qiao.”

After saying that, he suddenly claps his hands and laughs. “Look, Mommy, Miss Qiao’s dress is exactly the same as the dog’s!”

Fu Zhengzheng immediately criticizes her son, “Don’t talk nonsense. They are just of the same color.”

Several strangers burst out laughing after hearing their conversation.

Realizing that she has made a slip of the tongue, Fu Zhengzheng immediately shakes her hands and apologizes, “Miss Qiao, I’m sorry, I don’t mean that.”

Qiao Keren, who has recovered from embarrassment, shakes her head with a smile. She puts her gloves in her handbag, and then touches the puppy while asking Fu Xing softly, “Xingxing, do you like playing with dogs? I like it too.”

Fu Xing doesn’t answer Qiao Keren. He moves in front of her, trying to squeeze her hand away, so that she cannot touch the puppy.

The tame puppy suddenly struggles to jump out of its master’s arms and barks wildly at the same time.

“Ouch!” Fu Xing shivers with fear and Qiao Keren is frightened too. She drags Fu Xing backward, fearing that the puppy may hurt them.

However, when she takes a step back, she slips over and almost falls flat on her back.

“Watch out!” Fu Zhengzheng, who stands the nearest to Qiao Keren, immediately rushes to catch Qiao Keren’s hand.

She thinks that if she catches Qiao Keren, her son will be fine.

Just in the blink of an eye, probably because Qiao Keren is frightened, her hands that hold Fu Xing loosen and shake aimlessly. Being pulled by Fu Zhengzheng, Qiao Keren falls askew on the shore, thus being saved.

Being loosened, Fu Xing leans backwards like a kite with a broken string. There happen to be gapped guardrails behind him, so he falls down the dam.

“Fu Xing—” Fu Zhengzheng’s look changes and she rushes directly to Fu Xing. When she manages to hold him, they roll down like a ball.

“Xingxing—”

“My God!”

“There are people falling into the river!”

“Help!”

For a moment, there are all screams and cries for help from the shore.

Han Siqi stands a little far from Fu Zhengzheng and her son. When he finds there is something wrong and rushes over, it is already late. He kneels down on the dam but fails to catch them, and only to watch them rolling down.

Xu Yan and Xiao Yicheng go pale. They both want to catch them but are a step late.

Fu Zhengzheng, who has lost control of her body, holds her son and tries to protect his head. When they roll to the middle of the dam, they are cushioned by a wild sapling, but then slide down the sapling again. When they roll down, Fu Zhengzheng quickly releases one hand to catch the sapling.

With the loud bang, the ice under her feet cracks. Fortunately, the sapling keeps them safe for the time being.

Fu Xing tugs Fu Zhengzheng’s clothes tightly. When he looks up and sees the crowd above them, he says in terror, “Mommy, I’m terrified!”

“Don’t be afraid. Someone will come to our rescue soon!” Fu Zhengzheng says through gritted teeth. Her one hand clutches the sapling while the other hand holds Fu Xing tightly.

“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!” Several policemen elbow people out of the way. Ji Muxian, the leader of these policemen, quickly observes the situation before he pulls a rope in the hands of a policeman and ties it around his waist. Then he squats down and slides down directly.

“Ah!”

There is another cry from the crowd.

Ji Muxian stops near Fu Zhengzheng and takes over Fu Xing.

But because Fu Zhengzheng moves her body, the little sapling is uprooted and her body moves down rapidly. As she instinctively reaches out her hand, her arm is seized by Ji Muxian.

“Hold fast!” Ji Muxian shouts in a low voice.

Fu Zhengzheng slightly nods.

The people on the shore all cheer and help pull the rope.

When they move upwards to the middle of the dam, someone in the crowd suddenly shouts, “There’s a bomb! Run!”

“Ah!”