Life in the countryside is relaxing and pleasant. Even in the cold winter, taking a look at the snowscape outdoors has a unique charm.
Lin Yao rarely gets to be so idle. With his daughter and her friends laughing and playing around him, he feels truly happy both physically and mentally.
The courtyard of this farmhouse, though it's a small villa, has the entire first - floor made into a living room and a place for cooking with a fire. There aren't many rooms that can actually be used.
With the parents around, the kids surely can't sleep in the same room and have a fun night - talk. So at night, they go back to their own rooms to sleep.
Miaomiao was originally supposed to sleep in the master bedroom. But as a filial young girl, she definitely wouldn't let her silly dad sleep in the secondary bedroom. So she gave the master bedroom to her dad.
With her friends and dad around, Miaomiao slept soundly, feeling nothing in a drowsy state.
In the middle of the night, Wei Ziqi heard a few strange noises. He slowly opened his eyes and swallowed hard.
The strange noises stopped. Wei Ziqi thought he might have had a nightmare and confused his dream with reality, so he didn't pay much attention.
The kang in the countryside was burning hot. People sleeping on it tend to feel dry. Wei Ziqi felt his throat was a bit dry. He slowly got out of bed and planned to go downstairs to find some water to drink.
Half - asleep, he went downstairs, took out a bottle of mineral water from the fridge, and gulped it down. Just then, Wei Ziqi suddenly saw a dark shadow flash outside the door. It seemed to be a human figure.
Wei Ziqi was completely awake now. He immediately opened the door and ran out. The cold winter air was extremely freezing. The wind made him shiver.
When he chased after, the figure had just climbed over the wall. When the person climbed over, they turned their head. With the moonlight, Wei Ziqi saw the person's eyes. There was an indescribable sense of familiarity.
Who would climb over the wall into someone else's yard in the middle of the night? It couldn't be for something good.
Wei Ziqi pushed open the gate of the yard and wanted to catch the person. But after running out, there was no one there. The person had already disappeared.
There was still no sound in the villa. His friends and Lin Yao were probably still sleeping. If it was just a thief stealing some money, it wouldn't be a big deal. But he was afraid the person had other malicious intentions.
Wei Ziqi quickly turned back to the villa and knocked on his friends' doors one by one to wake them up. He didn't rush to chase after the thief.
It didn't matter if they couldn't catch the person. The most important thing was to make sure that the people around them were okay.
Yao Mingxuan and Cheng Ruan were woken up sleepily. When they heard that there was a thief, they were both startled. They rummaged through their things and found that their valuables were still there.
Now only Miaomiao and Lin Yao hadn't been woken up. They were mainly afraid of whether Lin Yao had a bad temper when woken up, so they didn't dare to go. They originally planned to wake Miaomiao up and let her, as his daughter, wake Lin Yao up.
After all, Lin Yao's anger would disappear as soon as he saw Miaomiao.
But it was the time when Miaomiao was sleeping soundly. No matter how they knocked on the door, they couldn't wake her up.
Even more strangely, although the three of them had made so much noise, there was still no sound from Lin Yao's room.
This was not scientific, very unscientific. They were used to Miaomiao sleeping like a log when there were people around. But Lin Yao, an adult, shouldn't sleep so deeply.
Wei Ziqi felt his eyelids twitching. It seemed that something bad was about to happen. He summoned up his courage and knocked on Lin Yao's door.
There was still no response from inside, but he smelled a faint trace of blood in the air.
"Call an ambulance! Hurry up!" Wei Ziqi frowned, took two steps back, shouted and then gathered his strength and rushed towards the door.
His thin shoulder hit the wooden door. With a thud, a big hole was knocked out of the door. The arm he used to hit the door started to bleed.
He ignored the pain in his arm and quickly reached out to unlock the door.
Yao Mingxuan had already taken out his phone and called the ambulance, reporting their location.
As soon as the three of them entered, they saw Lin Yao lying unconscious on the ground.
There was a fruit knife beside Lin Yao, and the floor was covered with blood. It was extremely terrifying.
Cheng Ruan quickly ran to the bathroom, found all the towels and bath towels, and ran back to Lin Yao's side. He pressed hard on the bleeding parts of Lin Yao's body.
Seeing Lin Yao in such a state, Wei Ziqi didn't even dare to imagine what had happened to Miaomiao.
"You guys stay here and watch Uncle. I'll go and knock down Miaomiao's door."
After saying that, Wei Ziqi turned around and walked out of the room. Yao Mingxuan followed him.
When they reached Miaomiao's room, Wei Ziqi was about to knock down the door when he was stopped.
"Your arm is injured and can't take another hit. I'll do it." Yao Mingxuan pulled Wei Ziqi behind him and rushed towards the wooden door, knocking it open forcefully.
Wei Ziqi quickly entered the room and turned on the light. He saw Miaomiao with a flushed face, mouth wide open, breathing heavily as if having difficulty breathing.
But Miaomiao didn't seem to have any obvious external injuries. Wei Ziqi quickly stepped forward and touched Miaomiao's forehead. It was extremely hot.
"She has a fever. It's a high fever. When will the ambulance arrive?"
"They said it will take at least 20 minutes."
Yao Mingxuan was a bit helpless. They had come to a remote rural area in the suburbs. The ambulance was in the city. 20 minutes was already the fastest time it could take to get here.
"Can you drive?" Wei Ziqi felt they couldn't wait any longer.
Not to mention that Miaomiao's high fever might develop into pneumonia or make her stupid. Lin Yao was already seriously injured. If he lost too much blood and went into shock, he might never wake up.
"Maybe. You don't mean we should drive them to the hospital ourselves, do you? But I... I... I'm not an adult yet. I've only driven in my own yard. I've never driven on the road before!" Yao Mingxuan stepped back again and again. He didn't think Wei Ziqi's idea was a wise one.
Yes, kids from wealthy families usually start learning to drive early, mostly out of interest and curiosity. But they really start driving on the road after getting their driver's licenses. Usually, they just drive around in their own yards for a while.
"But we can't wait for 20 minutes. I've read so many medical books. I know their conditions. We definitely can't wait for another 20 minutes. Let's take a risk. If we drive Uncle and Miaomiao to the hospital now, it might take about 20 minutes. But the ambulance will take 40 minutes for a round - trip. Miaomiao needs to have her fever reduced now, and Uncle must get stitches and have an operation right away!"