Run in the opposite direction

In the city of the university, maybe we met each other at some event. "

Qiao Qianyan drank the tea in the cup, put the empty teacup in front of Xing Chen, and signaled him to pour another cup.

Mrs. Qiao made lunch and greeted Qiao Qianyan to serve the dishes. Xing Chen also got up to help.Xiao Xu ran back and forth to set up tables, chairs and bowls and chopsticks. There was no table for them in the room, and the six of them could only eat in the yard.The four members of the Xing family toasted the old lady with tea instead of wine, and everyone sat down to eat.

Father Xing finished a bowl of cured pork rib soup and said with satisfaction: "The taste is much better than the dishes in restaurants, old lady, you should open a restaurant to ensure a prosperous business."

Mrs. Qiao smiled and said: "When we first came here, we didn't think about doing business. I planned to open a restaurant, but Qianyan disagreed. He said that I am old and don't have the physical strength to be a chef."

Mother Xing asked: "Since you are from Ancheng, why did you come to Luojiang to do business? This place is not close to Ancheng."

Mrs. Qiao glanced at her grandson, changed the subject and said, "Oh, the environment is good, and it's comfortable to live in."

People around heard that she didn't want to mention it, so they also bypassed the topic.

After dinner, the Xing family went out to buy souvenirs. As soon as Qiao Qianyan returned to the computer, the two female college students who checked in yesterday hurried to check out. Qiao Qianyan was talking to them when he heard a crisp voice coming from outside the house. Come: "Brother Qiao, I'm back!"

It was Wen Na, the waiter of the inn, who came. When the inn has a lot of people and work during the peak season, Qiao Qianyan recruited a local minority girl to help, and gave her a holiday in the off-season.It will be National Day in a few days, and Wen Na's family is busy, so he came back early.

The two female students obviously had something urgent to leave as soon as possible, but there are few tourists now, and there is only one bus from the scenic spot to the downtown station every day, and today's bus has already left, so if the two girls want to leave, they have to Pack a car yourself.The two of them became even more panicked when they heard this. Small vans are usually driven by locals, and those owners are middle-aged men who are big and thick. The more the two girls thought about it, the more frightened they became. One of them kept calling home, saying that he would go back immediately, talking With a crying voice.

Seeing this, Qiao Qianyan guessed that something might happen to the girl's house, and they had to rush back immediately.He thought for a while, and said to Wen Na, "Pay attention to grandma, I'll take them to the central station." Over the years, Wen Na was the only one Qiao Qianyan could trust grandma to.

To go from the inn to the city center, you need to bypass a section of the winding mountain road. The weather was unpredictable, and the van suddenly turned off halfway through the drive.

Both the driver and Qiao Qianyan got out of the car to check the fault. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, there was not a single passing vehicle on the road.Based on his own experience, the driver tried each method. After more than two hours, the car finally started.

It was already dark when the van arrived in the city center, and the two girls quickly rushed to the ticket office after expressing their thanks.The driver wanted to drive for maintenance, so Qiao Qianyan had to find another car to go back.It is too late now, and there is no car in the city center that will be sent to the scenic spot.Qiao Qianyan knew that there was a small station near Panshan Highway, and there was a private van pulling work every night before ten o'clock.

In fact, the safest thing to do now is to stay in the city center for one night and go back tomorrow morning.But if grandma can't see him before going to bed, she will definitely fall ill.So he decided to go back, and if there were no cars at the small station, he would sleep in the hotel there for one night.

There is a shortcut from the city center to the small station, which is through a tunnel at the bottom of the mountain, which can save more than half of the journey.It's just that the tunnel hasn't been repaired yet, and the road is full of rocks of all sizes. Generally, passenger cars would rather go around farther than ruin the car.The road can still be seen under the current sky, Qiao Qianyan decided to take a shortcut in order to save time.

When he was approaching the entrance of the tunnel, Qiao Qianyan suddenly felt that it was not a good day to go out according to the calendar.A high fence was erected at the entrance of the tunnel, and a detour sign was hung outside the fence.He can only walk from the small road beside the tunnel entrance to the winding mountain road, and then walk quickly in the direction of the small station.Within 10 minutes, the surrounding area was completely dark.He took out his mobile phone to look at the map. There was still a third of the distance to the small station. If he had to walk half an hour on the mountain road to return to the city center, he might as well run to the small station quickly.

If it is in the daytime, the strange rocks on the side of the mountain road can be regarded as a good scenery.But at night, there was a gust of wind in the front and back of the road, and under the thin moonlight, there was only the sound of Qiao Qianyan's footsteps stepping on the stones. It was dark and quiet, and there was no scenery at all.

There will be fog in the mountains at night, and Qiao Qianyan used his mobile phone to illuminate the road. Looking at the road on the mobile phone, he didn't feel how long it was, but at this time, it seemed to be endless, and the lights of the station could not be seen for a long time.He quickened his pace, and suddenly heard a rustling sound on the hillside, and he was startled. He knew that there were all kinds of animals in the mountain, but large beasts hardly came down the mountain, so he wouldn't be so unlucky, would he?He looked at the time and changed from brisk walking to running.

The voice on the hillside is getting louder and louder, it seems to be chasing in the direction of Qiao Qianyan, the road ahead is in chaos and the road is unclear, this situation is very similar to the nightmare that often wakes him up in the middle of the night - being chased by unknown things, being chased by something Shrouded in pitch black mist, there is no way in front of you, and no way behind you.

Qiao Qianyan ran faster and faster, trying to get rid of a series of approaching voices behind him, and his heavy panting seemed to echo in the mountains.Because he ran all the way forward without looking at his feet, his leg tripped over a dead tree branch on the side of the road, and his body lost his balance and fell to the side. He quickly stretched out his hands to support the ground, leaning against the hillside, and his phone rolled to the side.The gravel on the hillside rolled down and fell on half of his body. Qiao Qianyan vaguely saw a large black mass rushing towards him, and instinctively grabbed the stone at hand and smashed it. There was a crisp sound, and the mass Things stopped at his feet.

It turned out to be a big rock with branches wrapped around it.

Qiao Qianyan's heart jumped into his throat and he couldn't stop panting.

The screen of the phone on the other side suddenly turned on, and the crisp ringtone echoed in the valley.Qiao Qianyan was startled, and suddenly turned his head to look at the phone. On the screen was a string of numbers he had never seen before, but the attribution below the string of numbers saved him from the helpless predicament. The familiar hometown - Ancheng.

Qiao Qianyan grabbed the phone and hurriedly answered: "Hello?!"

Xing Chen was taken aback by the urgent voice on the other side, and paused before saying, "Qiao Qianyan, it's me, Xing Chen. Where are you now?"

Qiao Qianyan took a deep breath to calm himself down, closed his eyes and said, "...I'm almost at the station."

Xing Chen's deep voice came from the phone: "Got it."

Just as Qiao Qianyan was about to hang up, he heard the other person say: "Qiao Qianyan, what's wrong with you?"

Qiao Qianyan held his mobile phone and looked at the black hole-like fog in all directions, stood up and walked forward, returning to his normal tone: "It's nothing, the road is not easy to walk."

Qiao Qianyan's mood has improved from this phone call. He wrapped his clothes tightly and strode forward. Although he still couldn't see the road clearly, but there was a station in front of him, so he no longer wanted to look back to see if there were any messy things following him. .

It was quiet all the way, save for the sound of his footsteps.

While burying his head on the road, Qiao Qianyan suddenly heard someone calling his name.

He stopped in place: "Who?"

A beam of light penetrated from the front, and a tall and thin figure came out of the black mist. Xing Chen raised his flashlight to shine on the place where Qiao Qianyan was standing: "Qiao Qianyan, is that you?"

Qiao Qianyan relaxed, her voice hoarse: "...Xing Chen."

Xing Chen walked over quickly, saw the branch on Qiao Qianyan's head clearly, stretched out his hand to stroke it, and asked softly, "Did you fall?"

Qiao Qianyan took a step aside, slapped the things on his body, and replied in a low voice: "Well, I tripped and fell just now."

Xing Chen walked back together with him, Qiao Qianyan asked him after regaining his composure, "Why did you come here?"

Xing Chen went back to the inn after shopping with his parents in the afternoon, but Qiao Qianyan didn't come back until after dinner.After his parents went back to their room to rest, he asked Wen Na to call Qiao Qianyan to inquire about the situation. When he learned that Qiao Qianyan was going to the small station, he called Xiao Xu and drove on the Panshan Highway.In case there is no car at the small station, he can still pick people up.

Facing Qiao Qianyan's question right now, Xing Chen said: "I heard that there may be no cars at this time, so I will come here with Xiao Xu to pick you up."

Qiao Qianyan said gratefully, "Thank you."

The two of them didn't walk for long before they arrived at the small station.Just now Xiao Xu and Xing Chen planned to wait for Qiao Qianyan here, but after Xing Chen called, he wanted to go and see by himself, Xiao Xu was worried and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Xing Chen.

The three got into the car, and Xing Chen told Xiao Xu to drive slowly, chatting with Qiao Qianyan in the back seat without saying a word.

When the car drove to a curved road, Qiao Qianyan's phone rang. When he saw Wen Na's name, he immediately picked it up: "Wen Na?"

Wen Na hurriedly said: "Brother Qiao, grandma hasn't seen you for a long time, and now she's sick again, and she's going out to find his son, when will you come back?"

Qiao Qianyan immediately said: "Wen, let her take medicine first, lock the doors and windows, and don't open the door until I get home."

Wen Na: "Okay, hurry up."

Xing Chen immediately called his father after he finished speaking: "Dad, you and Mom go downstairs to help Wen Na look after the old lady, don't let her go out." After hanging up the phone, he comforted Qiao Qianyan and said, "Don't worry about it." Worry, the three adults in the family will be fine."

Qiao Qianyan knew how the old lady was sick, except Qiao Qianyan, no one listened to her, and no one remembered.Even though Qiao Qianyan was in front of her, she still took Qiao Qianyan to see his father, Qiao Yiran.Qiao Yiran was imprisoned more than two years ago. Except for explaining some things to his son at the beginning, he never wanted to see them again.not to mention now