I am weak and friendly

Chapter 307 In the Downpour

The car made its way through the torrential rain, slowly and with difficulty, but with great determination.

The rain was pouring down, and many vehicles in the city, like this one, were struggling to move forward.

Many more vehicles had already stopped on the roadside to avoid the torrential rain.

There must be a very important reason why vehicles are still struggling to move forward on the road at this time.

Tang Yiping sat on the side of the back seat, watching Bao Ge drive away.

The air conditioning in the car was on full blast, and his forehead was covered in sweat.

The torrential rain lowered the temperature of the entire vehicle. The breath of the four men and the dog inside condensed into a thin mist on the windows, which couldn't be wiped away even by blowing. Brother Ban kept wiping the mist off the windows, while Tang Yiping and Shen Qianyu, who were sitting in the back, were left idle.

Tang Yiping wiped the fog off the window with his hand and looked outside.

He saw that even in such conditions, pedestrians were still struggling to trek.

There were deliverymen in their uniforms, and people who looked like ordinary office workers.

Outside the car window, a bridge flashed by. Tang Yiping leaned over the bridge and looked over, then suddenly felt that the bridge looked so familiar.

Wait, is this the bridge where I first saw the corpse?
It seems that the river had swelled, causing an accident to a homeless man who was temporarily staying under the bridge.

So what about tonight?
This rainstorm is no less severe than the last one.

Moreover, the typhoon has only just arrived, and such torrential rain may come several more times, continuing to affect the region for the next two or three days.

Tang Yiping had a bad feeling.

Just then, Brother Ban shouted, "We're almost there!"

"Forward! Forward! Forward!"

"Pull over!"

Bao Ge pulled over to the side of the road, then got out of the car and rushed out without even closing the door.

The wind and rain poured in from outside the car door, instantly soaking the car seats.

Ban quickly followed after him, intending to close the door, but before doing so, he added, "Pingzi, don't wander off! You can't go out in this weather!"

Who says I can't go out in this weather? I brought my walking stick with me today.

But before he could get off the bus, Brother Ban said to Shen Qianyu, "Keep an eye on Pingzi!"

With that, Brother Ban slammed the door shut, then ran to the other side of the vehicle and closed that door before disappearing into the rain.

Shen Qianyu was also planning to get off the bus, but when he looked at Tang Yiping and then at Bao Ge and Ban Ge in the rain, he grabbed Tang Yiping who was about to get off the bus: "Don't you dare step over my dead body today!"

Wait a minute, isn't this a bit too early?
Tang Yiping and Shen Qianyu both crowded around the window to look over.

In the wind and rain, the two ran while shouting, "Yu Mo! Yu Mo!"

In this kind of weather, there's no point in using an umbrella, so neither of them used one.

He shouted as he disappeared into the rain.

As the two voices faded into the distance, Tang Yiping and Shen Qianyu exchanged a glance: "Are you really not planning to go down?"

Shen Qianyu turned around and opened the car door.

Tang Yiping also opened the car door at the same time and extended his cane out.

As soon as Tang Yiping stepped out of the car, he regretted it a little.

The wind and rain outside were too strong. They were on a slope, and the water above the slope was rushing down, almost forming a river. It was not easy for Tang Yiping to stand still.

Fortunately, the "Pillar Staff" remained as steady as ever, and Tang Yiping held onto it tightly to support his body.

Then, he felt something pressing against his feet.

It's Stoka.

For a fleeting moment, Tang Yiping recalled a novel he had read in high school: The Mountain, the Man, and the Dog.

When the old, frail postman was leading his son along a mountain path, this was how it was: his old dog, who had been with him all his life, would stay close to his legs, helping him fight against the rushing water.

The world depicted in the novel is so far gone, and Tang Yiping never expected that he would experience this feeling of fighting against a rushing river in the heart of the city.

Supported by the "Staff of Pivot" and leaning against Stoka's body, Tang Yiping looked ahead.

Visibility was less than five meters in the rain; beyond that, everything was shrouded in mist.

The rain lashed down on Tang Yiping, making it difficult for him to open his eyes. He turned his back to avoid the direction of the downpour, but his wet hair and face still made it difficult for him to open his eyes and see clearly.

"I'll go over there! You go over here!" Tang Yiping turned around and shouted to Shen Qianyu.

Hearing Shen Qianyu's reply from afar, the two of them then entered the rain.

Tang Yiping moved forward almost step by step, calling out as he went, "Yu Mo! Yu Mo! Du Yu Mo!"

But almost every time he opened his mouth, rainwater poured in.

He could only spit out water while trying to increase the volume as much as possible.

The rain pouring down from the sky acted like natural sound-absorbing cotton, preventing his voice from carrying very far.

He groped his way forward, slowly making his way forward.

He needed more strength to move forward in the rain, but thanks to the support staff, the process wasn't too difficult, but it was very, very slow.

After finally crossing the green belt and moving to the roadside, Tang Yiping walked forward along one side of the road.

Even the houses by the roadside couldn't offer him much protection; the water cascading from the eaves only brought him more trouble.

Finally, after calling out once more, he heard a voice: "I'm here!"

It was the voice of a little girl.

"Yu Mo?"

he shouted.

"It's me...who are you?!"

Du Yumo didn't recognize his voice, but Tang Yiping was very excited to hear the other party's response.

He hurriedly shouted, "Come over here! She's over here! Come quick! Yumo's over here!"

He shouted as he groped his way toward the direction from which the sound had come.

He hadn't walked ten meters when he heard the sound of running behind him.

He turned his head and saw Bao Ge's figure breaking through the rain.

To be honest, he had never seen Brother Bao run so fast before. Even when he was about to hand out the bonuses he owed for the past three years, he hadn't run this fast.

His body was a mess, covered in rainwater and mud. Tang Yiping even thought he had crawled out of the mud.

"Yu Mo!" He rushed past Tang Yiping. "Where are you?"

"Daddy!" The little girl's voice came from a nearby alley.

Tang Yiping turned into the alley and saw Bao Ge tightly hugging a little girl, crying loudly.

"Yu Mo, you scared your dad to death! Where did you run off to...?"

The little girl wanted to say something, but couldn't get the words out. She clung to Bao Ge and cried loudly.

Tang Yiping looked in the direction the father and daughter were looking and saw a man in tattered clothes huddled behind a tricycle. The tricycle's roof was open and swaying in the wind and rain. It was this small tricycle that had just provided him with a space to hide.

At that moment, the man behind the vehicle grinned at the group, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, then turned around, got on the tricycle, and wobbled away in the downpour.

"Wait a minute!" Tang Yiping shouted, but the man did not turn around.

(End of this chapter)