Jerry Xiao listened attentively as she relayed it, nodding his head squarely.
Along the way, the group pointed and talked. Occasionally, when they got tired and took a break, they sat cross-legged on the Arabian carpet, talking, laughing and drinking a cup of coffee. When the coffee was served, Jerry Xiao had not yet pushed it away, but there was already a hand that took it one step ahead of him. He looked up, Zoey half-kneeling beside him, his expression did not have any change, only silently replaced the coffee with a cup of clean water.
“Drink this.”
Looking at the clean water, Jerry Xiao’s thin lips lifted up, his eyes tightly fixed on her. Her hair hung down, half covering her face, Jerry Xiao subconsciously hooked his hand to hook her hair behind her ear, Zoey was startled for a moment, almost immediately looked up and took a step back. His hand, once again, fell short, hanging in the air.
“I just, wanted to fix your hair.” He, somewhat astringently, explained.
“Not … used.” Zoey had no reason to panic, his eyes, like a vortex, as if they were going to swirl her whole person into it. She wants to stand up, back to their own seats, resting on the knees of the hand, but was Jerry Xiao a grip.
“Just sit here.” He shifted slightly, gesturing for her to sit down.
Zoey subconsciously wanted to refuse, but the firm, irrefutable look in his eyes left her with no words of refusal, and she could only let him quietly hold her. Luckily, everyone was so engrossed in their own pleasant conversations that they didn’t notice their ‘impropriety’ at the moment.
“Why did you leave early this morning?” Jerry Xiao was holding a glass of water, and when someone greeted him, he raised his glass in a gesture. The words he asked were from Zoey.
Zoey gave him a sideways glance and simply said, “Got a little busy, so I came over first.”
“Yeah? I thought you were counting on last night, so you were avoiding me early in the morning.” He was still thriving.
Zoey ruffled the hair at her temples, “No. What happened last night …? I’ve forgotten.”
Jerry Xiao’s movement of drinking water, paused. The glass of water was frozen on his lips. He turned his face to the side and stared at Zoey, who was extremely uncomfortable by his look, and her eyes drifted all over the place, gazing at the distant sand dunes.
Instead, I heard his voice ring out in a low tone, “After not seeing you for a few months, it seems like your memory has gotten a little worse. Do you need me to help you remember again?”
She looked away, her eyelashes fluttering, “How can I help? Forgetting is forgetting.”
He had a bad smile under his eyes and suddenly bent his head over. Her jaw dropped, “Don’t you mess with …”
He then stopped, thinking it was really quite fun to tease her. “I wouldn’t mind doing what I did last night all over again if you can’t stop thinking about it.”
“You …” Zoey blushed and looked at him with shame and annoyance. “I haven’t seen you in a few months, you seem to have gotten a little thick-skinned …”
“So you want to get up?” He didn’t mind her undermining herself like that at all, and the smile under his eyes grew deeper instead. Whatever she thought of herself was fine, at least now they could talk properly.
“Uh-huh!” Zoey gave a somewhat gamely, heavy ‘hmmm’, a sound that came out of her nasal passages. Watching her in this state, Jerry Xiao smiled more and more cheerfully, picking up his cup and drinking the water in it in a single gulp.
Zoey couldn’t help but glare at him, but her cell phone rang at that moment. She hurriedly got up and walked to the side to listen to it. Jerry Xiao’s line of sight also followed her over.
But Zoey’s face changed when she heard the voice, and she panicked and lost her mind. She was so panicked and confused that she even dropped the cell phone in her hand on the sand. jerry Xiao immediately put down the cup in her hand, and almost jumped up and ran towards Zoey.
She almost fainted, but Jerry Xiao was quick to hold her firmly. “Zoey , pull yourself together! What happened?!”
Zoey see is him, did not hold back ‘wow’ cry. Hands trembling firmly grabbed his, “Go back … we immediately go back … child accident … villa, fire …”
Everyone’s eyes were gathered towards them. Seeing Zoey’s uncontrollable behavior, Ah Fung and Jing Si already came over to understand the situation. But Jerry Xiao dragged Zoey and ran away, turning back and yelling at Afon out of control, “Call the fire alarm! Tell them to come to the villa!”
Fire alarm?
Afon immediately thought that it might be two children in trouble, face changed, dare not be slow, and hurriedly pulled out a cell phone trembling fingers dialing the fire alarm …
Zoey was sitting on the passenger seat, his whole body was about to collapse, he couldn’t even fasten his seat belt. Jerry Xiao was also anxious, no better than Zoey, but he had to force himself to calm down.
He bent over, trying to suppress the shudder, and put her seatbelt on first.
“Calm down, Zoey . Talk me through the situation!” He asked her as he started the car quickly, forcing his emotions to stabilize. Trying to suppress the tremor in his tone for fear of scaring her.
“Just … came to the phone is the child …” her hands, cold. Groping around, as if to grab a life-saving straw. Jerry Xiao one hand gripped the steering wheel, one hand reached over to merely clasp her. She was obviously afraid, his hand only reached over, she sharply counterclasped.
“They … are trapped in the house and don’t even know how the fire started … Jerry, I don’t want anything to happen to them! Something can’t happen to them … I’m so scared, what should I do?” She was already in tears, her face pale and bloodless.
“I’m here! Zoey , you trust me, I’ll make them both well! Both of them!” Jerry Xiao clasped her hand more tightly, as if he wished to use it to convey all his strength to her, to encourage her.
“I’m so not a good mom …” Zoey choked and mumbled, the firmness and warmth of his palm seemed to have a magical power that seemed to soothe all the panic and uneasiness for her. But she really couldn’t be at ease …
Blame and trepidation, both hit her hard.
Jerry Xiao was actually no better than her, but didn’t dare to show it for fear of scaring her. Only probing his hand, he held her whole person firmly between his arms and calmly instructed her, “Call the kids.”
Zoey’s entire mind was in turmoil, only able to do one command at a time, and she couldn’t even imagine if she didn’t have him by her side at the moment, if she wouldn’t collapse immediately.
With a heart of gold, she dialed the phone. When she heard the children’s voices, she fell uncontrollably into tears, but covered her mouth for fear that her cries would frighten the children. Jerry Xiao directly pressed the phone tightly to her ear.
“KK, Nini, are you guys okay?”
“Uncle … we are so hot … cough …” the children cried over there. Jerry Xiao just felt heartbroken, took a deep breath and told the kids, “Honey, you guys stop talking, keep your strength up and just listen to Uncle.”
He tried to be as calm as possible as he made arrangements for the children, “Now go to your room and find a quilt, wet it with water and wrap it around your body. Cover your mouths with wet towels …”
The kids were moving over there. He could even hear the sound of the fire burning over there, his heart hanging to the back of his throat, the hand holding the cell phone, shaking a little. He could only hold his breath and listen to the children’s slight breathing, “Don’t hang up the phone, let Uncle know how you are doing at all times. And don’t be afraid, Zoey and Uncle will be there soon and will get you out.”
“Well …” the children answered back, with trembling cries of trepidation, “Uncle … are we going to burn to death? ”
Jerry Xiao’s fingers, which were holding the phone, turned pale. This sound, even the side of Zoey heard, she almost fainted.
“It won’t! Babies, trust Uncle! Be good, wrap yourselves up and wait for Uncle!” It was hard, very hard, to get a complete sentence out.
When I finished, I realized that even my own eyes were red.
The car, speeding through the desert, raised a burst of flying sand.
…
When I arrived at the villa, from a distance, I saw the crazy fire tongue up very high, reflecting a large part of the sky red. Zoey was so weak that she could hardly take a step, Jerry Xiao held her with one hand and answered Feng’s call with the other.
“President, the firemen won’t be here for about ten minutes!”
“Fuck 10 minutes!” No matter how well-cultivated he was, at this moment, Jerry Xiao couldn’t help but explode.
Zoey’s jaw dropped. 10 minutes, what would this place look like? She couldn’t even imagine.
She shook her head and defiantly went to rush into the villa. Jerry Xiao hung up the phone and saw her out of control and immediately held her firmly, “Zoey , don’t mess around!”
“You let go of me! I’m going to save the baby!” She cried hoarsely, pushing and shoving him. He held her down into the car and bent his head down to look at her with a deep look, his eyes firm and serious, “Fool! Know what a man’s use is at a time like this? It is to save you from being frightened, to save you from suffering, and to save you from being hurt. So, you just have to be good and stay in the car, and all the risks, I’ll take them.”
With that, he pulled the seatbelt over and fastened it for her. Gazing deeply at her once more, he admonished, “Be a good girl and wait here for me and the kids to come out, and don’t go in and cause trouble for me and the kids.”
Zoey eyes a blur, can not say anything, only dead, dead dragged his hand. As if, he this go, is forever …
Jerry Xiao planted a deep kiss on her forehead, forced his hand out of hers, and turned around quickly, stripping off his shirt as he darted to the sprinkler outside the door. Luckily, there was water inside the sprinkler, and he unscrewed it, soaking his body and clothes. The next second, defiantly rushed into the fire.
Zoey, the whole person has been wooden. Sitting in the car, tearful eyes watched that figure, little by little disappeared in the sea of fire, let the wild tongue of fire, will be swallowed him little by little.
An immense sinking pain swept through her heart, and it hurt so much that she almost died. Her hands, trembling uncontrollably, tried to pull the seatbelt out of her body, but the more urgently she did it, the more confused she became. She screamed, and it took several tussles before she finally ripped the seatbelt off.
fell out of the car, almost wanting to rush in and join them. But … she couldn’t go back in and cause him any more trouble …
She wanted him and wanted the kids to be okay! Nothing can happen to anyone!!!
Covering his nose and mouth, Jerry Xiao rushed into the fire. It was already a blur, the fire was spreading from the kitchen, and the hall was a mess.
Jerry Xiao quickly searched for the kids, “KK, Nini! Where are you?”
After waiting for a while, there was no sound from the children. The fire lunged at him and he dodged sharply to one side, his heart twisting into a ball, “KK!!! Nini!!!! Can you hear me? Talk back to Uncle!”