Chapter 345: 345 Emergency Situation

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(Second update)

Ling Ruonan had instructed Luo Ziling to visit Ouyang Lingyun during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After all, Ouyang Lingyun was an elder and had a good relationship with the Luo Family. No matter how you looked at it, it was appropriate to visit during the holiday.

Tomorrow was Saturday, and Luo Ziling planned to visit Ouyang Lingyun in the morning before spending the Mid-Autumn Festival at Ling Ruonan’s place in the afternoon. He had intended to buy gifts before setting off tomorrow, but he didn’t know what gifts would be appropriate. Today, Ouyang Huihui had mentioned wanting to buy a Mid-Autumn gift for Ouyang Lingyun, so he thought that going shopping with her might be a good idea.

At least, Ouyang Huihui would suggest some ideas and he could also find out from her what Ouyang Lingyun liked.

There was another reason: in the afternoon, Yang Qingyin had said she was going home for the weekend and to celebrate Mid-Autumn.

Yang Qingyin returned home after her classes this afternoon, so Luo Ziling couldn’t arrange a date with her, and thus he was willing to go out with Ouyang Huihui.

But what he didn’t know was that buying a gift for her grandfather was just an excuse for Ouyang Huihui.

As a student, she didn’t actually need to buy a gift for Ouyang Lingyun, it was merely an excuse to lure Luo Ziling out of the school.

This afternoon when Luo Ziling mentioned he would be having dinner with Ouyang Feifei in the evening, Ouyang Huihui felt a pang of discomfort in her heart.

She called Luo Ziling, making up an excuse, and she also called Ouyang Feifei, letting the phone ring once before hanging up. She knew Ouyang Feifei seldom carried her phone with her and rarely picked up immediately even if someone called her, let alone when she was with Luo Ziling.

Bringing up her grandfather finally made Luo Ziling change his mind, and Ouyang Huihui felt quite smug about it.

After walking out of the school gates and reaching a well-lit area, Ouyang Huihui slowed her pace and looked Luo Ziling over carefully. Then, out of curiosity, she asked, “What’s wrong, you seem to be in a bad mood? Did you argue with my sister?”

“No,” Luo Ziling shook his head, then pointed ahead, “Let’s hurry. Really, where should we go to buy things?”

“I know there’s a big store up ahead called Yintai Department Store,” said Ouyang Huihui curiously, “Where do you plan on going, and what are you planning to buy for my grandfather?”

“Let’s decide when we get there. I don’t know either, why don’t you give me some advice?”

“What’s the reward?” Ouyang Huihui looked at Luo Ziling with a face full of youthful and bright smile, “If you want my help, you’ve got to offer a reward.”

“I’m accompanying you shopping, you should give me a reward as well, let’s just call it even,” Luo Ziling’s mood improved a bit when he saw Ouyang Huihui’s face brimming with youthful cheer and radiant smiles.

Actually, his impression of Ouyang Huihui had improved somewhat, mainly because she didn’t often act like a high-maintenance princess.

Ouyang Huihui was always smiling, her face expressive, unlike Ouyang Feifei who always had a poker face.

To Luo Ziling’s surprise, Ouyang Huihui flatly rejected his suggestion, “No way, I’ve already promised to treat you to a late-night snack, how can I go back on my word?”

“Then you decide!” Luo Ziling was a bit helpless.

After some thought, Ouyang Huihui said with a triumphant air, “How about this, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, invite me for a late-night snack or dinner some day, how’s that?”

Luo Ziling thought it over, it wasn’t a difficult thing to do, and immediately agreed.

Seeing Luo Ziling agree, Ouyang Huihui felt a little flush of satisfaction from her sly maneuver and smiled happily.

The two quickened their pace towards Yintai Department Store.

Soon, they arrived at the mall.

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Tomorrow is the weekend, and it’s also Mid-Autumn Festival, so the mall is packed tonight, with the escalators full of people.

“Let’s go over there,” Ouyang Huihui tugged at Luo Ziling’s arm, heading in the direction of the health supplements, “to see if there’s a suitable gift for my grandfather.”

“Okay,” Luo Ziling didn’t refuse and followed Ouyang Huihui.

As they approached the escalator leading to the second floor, preparing to head to the health products counter, a scream suddenly erupted. Looking up, they saw a child falling from above.

It turned out that an elderly woman holding a baby about four or five months old was descending on the escalator when she was bumped by a young man rushing down quickly. As a result, she lost her balance, stumbled, and instinctively reached forward. Lacking the strength, the baby slipped from the edge of the escalator and dropped.

The elderly woman was out shopping with her daughter, holding onto her three-year-old grandson while cradling her newly born granddaughter. It was an accident they hadn’t anticipated while descending the stairs.

Many people who witnessed this scene couldn’t help but cry out in shock.

But just as everyone thought a tragedy was about to unfold, that the child would surely fall hard on the first floor, either severely injured or worse, a figure dashed past the people ahead with an inconceivable speed and ran to the spot where the child was falling, reaching out his arms to catch the child.

With a “thud,” the figure caught the child, but, being unprepared, he failed to stay upright and fell to the ground at an angle.

But before he hit the ground, his hands had already caught the child.

After catching the child, he fell to the ground and, without caring whether he was hurt or not, he shielded the child with his body.

However, when he fell, the child’s arm scraped against the outer wall of the escalator.

The frightened and injured child let out a cry that shook the heavens, flailing his arms and legs while crying loudly.

The nearby people were stunned.

But when they saw that the child had been caught by the courageous person who had rushed forward and was not hurt, many let out cheers of relief.

From the escalator between the third and second floor, the wailing of a few women was heard, and then two women and a child stumbled past the people in front, desperately running downwards.

It was the elderly woman whose grandchild had fallen, along with the child’s mother and her son whom she was holding.

The mother, with a fierce love for her daughter, ignored even the son in her hand, only intent on rushing down to save her daughter.

As a result, her son, after bumping into someone, fell on the escalator, and the child’s mother was tripped, both tumbling down together.

Fortunately, with the escalator crowded, they were stopped after rolling a few times and weren’t seriously injured.

The mother just glanced at her fallen son crying on the floor and, weeping herself, pushed through the crowd, desperately running downstairs.

The elderly woman behind her was also crying loudly as she rushed downwards, but fortunately, some kind-hearted people stepped forward to help her, preventing another fall.

By this time, quite a crowd had gathered around the man who caught the child.

“Luo Ziling, are you hurt?” a woman’s voice, filled with sobs, called out.

The person who had collided with others and rushed forward to save the child was none other than Luo Ziling, who had seen the child fall.

Seeing Luo Ziling catch the child but unable to get up from the ground for a long while, appearing to be badly injured, Ouyang Huihui, who had followed him, nearly burst into tears.

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