Rebirth: Starting from Saving the Desperate Girl

Chapter 43 The High-Lifted Schoolbag (Please read and vote)
There is a cool breeze in the early morning.

Most of the pedestrians on the street were wearing thick winter clothes, and at the elementary school gate, the students coming to school were wrapped up like little penguins.

Pingyang County has always been like this, with only summer and winter, and rarely spring and autumn.

Often the temperature was around 30 degrees the day before, but after a rain in the evening, it could drop sharply to below 10 degrees, a huge temperature difference.

Chen An shrank his neck and exhaled a breath of hot air.

It's already the end of November.

He thought that if he calculated the days until their separation, there was probably still more than a month left.

Then he thought of the girl's red eyes from crying yesterday, and he sighed, feeling a little guilty.

After being together for a long time, there will be some feelings between you, not to mention that she is a little loli who likes to stick to you so much.

But asking him to cry along with me is a bit embarrassing...

I had managed to coax her into submission some time ago, but when I accidentally mentioned the matter again yesterday, the little girl immediately burst into tears and hid in her bedroom sulking.

My mind is a little confused.

Chen An stepped into the school gate.

I didn't see the 'discipline team leader' who was only checking him at the door, so I guess he's still angry...

Walking into the classroom and sitting down in the back row by the window, Chen An propped up his head and stared out the window in a daze.

Some ecstasy.

"Um... Chen An, hand in your math homework."

Beside him, a girl with braids came over with a pile of exercise books and poked his arm with a pen.

"what?"

Chen An was startled, turned his head, and then smiled and said, "Sorry, I forgot to bring it."

The girl with braids looked at him and said "oh". She hesitated and whispered, "Then I won't remember your name. Can you bring it over at noon?"

Math teachers usually grade homework close to the end of school, so you can secretly make up your homework during lunch break.

Of course, this is her little secret and she won't show it to anyone easily.

"Thank you, but if the teacher asks, just tell the truth."

The girl with braids nodded and went to collect the homework of the boys in the row behind him.

"Tang Jinlong, hand in your homework!"

The homework book was slammed hard on the desk with a loud bang, which scared the boy named Tang Jinlong.

He glanced around with his small eyes, then lowered his head and rummaged around in his desk for a while, and finally looked up in shock, with a series of emotions flashing across his face, including regret, disbelief, and surprise.

"I forgot to bring it too!" he said in great pain.

The girl with braids glared at him, picked up a red pen, wrote down her name in a small notebook, and turned away.

The boy got anxious and shouted, "Why don't you remember Chen An's name just because he said he forgot to bring it?"

"I got full marks on my last math test!"

She didn't even turn around.

……

It’s time for physical exercise.

Bai Congdong still didn't come.

At this time in the past, the girl would jump downstairs and wave at Chen An with a smile at the classroom door.

After he came out, she would take out snacks from her school uniform pocket, making a "dangdangdang" sound, and then hand them to him.

Thinking of this, Chen An stopped waiting passively and stood up and left the classroom.

We had just finished our morning exercise and the corridor was noisy. We could see many boys and girls playing and joking around.

He went upstairs and followed his memory to Class 1. He looked out the door but saw no one.

So he stopped a girl who was about to enter the door and said with a smile: "Hello, classmate. I want to ask where your classmate Bai Congdong has gone. Is he not back yet?"

The girl was stunned for a moment. It was probably because she rarely encountered such a formal greeting. She hesitated, "She, she didn't seem to be here today..."

After a while, he nodded affirmatively.

"She didn't come!"

Chen An was slightly stunned, said thank you, turned around and continued walking upstairs.

In Class 1, Grade 5, he got the same answer.

not coming.

Neither of the sisters came.

Are you sick? Or is there something urgent?

With a vague guess in mind, Chen An frowned and walked back to his classroom.

Sitting in the back row by the window, he supported his head with one hand and stared out the window.

It shouldn’t be that serious. Why is it so bloody... He thought to himself for no reason.

……

……

It was almost noon and school was over.

Today is a rare sunny day. The midday sun shines on my body, making me feel warm.

Chen An took off his thick down jacket and held it in his arms.

He was thinking about something and his pace slowed down a lot.

In the afternoon... I should go visit the two sisters at their home.

In fact, we can go now, but Chen An has more important things to do now.

He has to go back and take care of Hanyu Shio.

I wonder if the girl is hungry...

If you have leftover meals and instant noodles at home, you can just heat them up and eat them, which is very convenient, or you can take them out at a restaurant outside the community.

Chen An originally planned to cook two dishes at the restaurant and bring them back, but when he passed by the restaurant entrance, he felt inexplicably nervous, so he didn't delay any longer and went straight to the community.

When turning at that familiar intersection, his figure suddenly stopped.

The view widened, and thick smoke billowed out like a continuous black fog from a building.

Further ahead, the entrance to the corridor was crowded with people.

The various discussions came into my ears, like a sharp hammer, hitting my heart hard.

……

……

smoke.

There was black smoke everywhere, seeping into every crack and leaving no way to escape.

First, someone saw the fire and shouted at the top of his lungs, "The fire is coming!" "The fire is coming!" Then, in just two or three minutes, thick smoke quickly spread to the entire floor like a black fog of despair.

The corridor was rumbling with the sound of people's hurried and dense footsteps, accompanied from time to time by the loud shouts of adults.

The fire was so fierce that it expanded rapidly in a fan shape and spread as if someone was deliberately directing it.

The wind fanned the flames, and in an instant the fire shot up into the sky, as if it would devour all living things.

Third floor, inside the room.

The girl covered her mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, her eyes flashing with panic. She pushed the wheelchair hard and finally opened the door.

The moment she opened the door, she was stunned.

Billowing black smoke enveloped the entire corridor, and the vision was blocked by the thick smoke, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

She only saw a flower pot that had fallen to the ground, and next to the spilled soil were dense footprints left by people rushing to trample on it.

Going further, she could hardly see the stairs due to the thick smoke...

The deafening footsteps faded away, and so did the shouts.

Apart from the crackling sound of the flames burning the firewood, there seemed to be no movement at all.

A dead silence.

The scorching heat burned her face, so the girl had to step back.

A touch of despair spread in my heart.

She pinched her whitening fingertips and walked to the only surviving balcony.

I just think that it won’t be long before this place will be engulfed by the thick smoke.

Her petite body trembled slightly, and Hanyu Shio's face was pale. She hugged the diary, leaned back in the chair, and waited for the final moment to come.

It seems like I can't wait for him to come back.

I haven't said goodbye to him yet...

The girl looked downstairs in a daze.

She saw people's anxious looks, saw people pointing at her, and saw the flashing fire sirens in the distance.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear those anxious cries again.

The shouting came faintly through the thick smoke.

“No… don’t go!”

"Whose doll is this! Come back quickly!"

"Wait for someone! Wait for someone!"

Finally, she saw a schoolbag raised high.

(End of this chapter)