Chapter 73 73. It’s too late

Jin Jiuke didn't know that now in the barrage, people were either curious about what she said or scolding her for being too selfish.

But she couldn't see it anyway.

After walking for a distance, Qiu Ruoran finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"Sister Jinjiu, what did you just say to them?"

Jin Jiu thought about it and suddenly asked a question: "Can you cook?"

Qiu Ruoran was stunned, then nodded: "I know a little bit, the taste is okay, but not particularly good."

Qiu Ruoran didn’t know why Jinjiu asked this question. Could it be that what she had just talked about with those two people was also about cooking?
If they were just asking about cooking, why would Jinjiu give them money?
She wanted to ask more, but seeing that Jinjiu didn't want to say anything, she didn't ask anymore.

Jinjiu and Qiu Ruoran are now going to the village chief's house. Although their task is to sell fish, the fish they sell are all at the village chief's house, so they have to go to the village chief's house to get the fish first.

On the way, Jinjiu and Qiu Ruoran met a few rural men traveling together, so they went up to ask for directions.

"Hello, brother. Do you know where the village chief's house is?"

"There, just follow this road. When you see a big banyan tree, turn left and it's the first house." The man answered enthusiastically.

When they saw that Jinjiu and Qiu Ruoran were followed by several cameramen, they seemed to have guessed something.

"Little sister, are you here to record a show?" Recording a show is such a big deal, the village chief has told everyone, and everyone in the village is very excited.

However, the village chief said that the program crew gave them money and asked them not to make trouble and affect the recording of the program, otherwise it would be considered a breach of contract and they would have to pay compensation.

The mere words of compensation immediately put an end to everyone's desire to join in the fun.

"Yes." Qiu Ruoran smiled and didn't plan to talk more. "We still have a mission, so we'll leave first."

"Okay, you guys get busy." The man was afraid that he would affect their program recording and then have to pay compensation, so he immediately took the other people to the side and let them pass first.

The rural path is surrounded by farmlands on both sides and is not very wide, so it is always inconvenient for so many people to walk on it.

Seeing that Jinjiu and the others were about to leave, Hanzi and a few others were ready to go, but they were suddenly stopped.

"Brother, do you have a son?" Jin Jiu suddenly stopped the man who had helped to point the way and asked.

The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, I have a son who is nine years old this year. How did you know that, little sister?"

Jin Jiu shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter how I know this. Does your son like to go to the fish pond to play in the water recently? Go to your fish pond right now and check it out. It will be too late if you are late."

Everyone was stunned by Jinjiu's words.

Especially the protagonist who was being talked to was suddenly frightened by her words and broke out in a cold sweat.

He subconsciously questioned: "How do you know? What else do you know? What exactly happened?"

I don’t plan to say much now, mainly because it can’t be explained clearly in the short term.

"I suggest you not waste your time now." With that, Jin Jiu turned and left.

Before leaving, he did not forget to bring Qiu Ruoran along.

Qiu Ruoran had already guessed something when Jin Jiu said those words.

The combination of the key words "a nine-year-old child", "playing in the fish pond", "it's too late if you're late" suggests that this is a drowning incident.

If someone else said this, Qiu Ruoran would definitely not believe it, but the person who said this was Jin Jiu, the one who saved her. Jin Jiu didn't say it directly, maybe because it was a live broadcast, and he was afraid of bad influence, or maybe he was afraid of misunderstanding and deliberately cursing other people's children, or maybe he couldn't say it.

But Qiu Ruoran didn't have so many concerns.

She was being dragged away by Jinjiu, but she couldn't help turning her head. Seeing the man still standing there stupidly, she couldn't help but remind him loudly: "What are you doing? Go find your son!"

The man finally reacted, and for a moment he didn't bother to ask, let alone the things on his body. He threw away the bamboo basket on his back and the hoe and shovel in his hands, and ran straight towards his own fish pond.

The man ran all the way, and his companions followed him.

After all, they are all from the same village and have a good relationship with each other. If something really happens, they certainly can't sit idly by.

They ran for five or six minutes and were about to reach the man's fish pond, but not far away they saw a few children standing with their backs to them.

The man just breathed a sigh of relief and took two steps forward to look for his son, but suddenly discovered that his son was not among these children!

"Where is Xiaohai? Didn't you go out with Xiaohai at noon?" The man suddenly grabbed a tall boy's hand tightly and asked loudly.

The people following him were shocked at first when they saw him like this, then they noticed that the child he was holding was already crying loudly, so they immediately stepped forward to separate the people.

"what happened?"

"Xiao Lei? Why are you here too?" Another middle-aged man saw his daughter and hurriedly stepped forward to check on her. "Xiao Lei, are you okay?"

"No, it's okay..." Xiaolei's eyes turned red and she shook her head fearfully.

The middle-aged man saw that she didn't say anything and her eyes were still red. He didn't believe her action of shaking her head and saying it was okay.

"Where's Xiaohai!" The man who lost his child was still shouting loudly.

Several children were frightened and burst into tears.

Finally, Xiaolei couldn't help sobbing and said, "Xiaohai... Xiaohai is dead..."

"You bullshit!"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on his body, and he looked like he was ready to kill someone.

If there weren't a few people trying to stop them, they would have believed it even if they were told that this man would tear the kids to pieces alive.

Xiaolei was so frightened that she was completely speechless. The middle-aged man felt very distressed when he saw this, but he knew that the most important thing now was to find Xiaohai. The child could be coaxed at any time, but if he could not be found, then he would be really gone.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaolei. Daddy is here. Tell Daddy where Brother Xiaohai is."

I don’t know if it was because the middle-aged man’s comfort was effective, but Xiaolei tugged at her father’s clothes and led everyone to a fish pond.

"We were just fishing. Xiaohai was fishing in this pond. We finished fishing and were ready to leave, but halfway through we realized that Xiaohai was missing." Xiaolei pointed to a slipper in the grass and continued, "We came back to look for it, and only found this one slipper, so we thought...we thought..."

'thump--'

Before Xiaolei could finish her words, the man jumped into the fish pond with a splash.

Seeing this, several other people also jumped in one after another, leaving Xiaolei's father standing there to look after the children.

The fish pond was neither big nor deep, and there were four people in total. Everyone could probably stretch their bodies close to each other, so within two minutes, one of them carried a child out.

"found it!"

(End of this chapter)