Tang Yan turned his head when he heard the cry and saw Yan Bing almost fall. He walked back quickly and asked, "Are you okay?""It"s fine, I just accidentally misstepped and twisted my ankle." Yan Bing said, gritting her teeth.
"You don"t look so fine, I"ll help you over there so you can take a seat." Tang Yan said, holding Yan Bing"s hand and propping her up.
Yan Bing blushed slightly, but went to thank him when she suddenly realized that her bag was missing. Touching her shoulder, she panicked and cried out: "Ahhh my bag, the anthology!"
Yan Bing"s bag had fallen off the bridge, he didn"t know whether it was lucky or unlucky but the bag hadn"t fallen into the river instead it was hanging from a tree branch below.
The tree branch was about four or five meters away from the bridge deck, and two or three meters further down was the river surface. Unless you could find or fas.h.i.+on some sort of hook contraption, it was really out of reach.
"I"ll help you get it back later." Tang Yan said with a look down.
"I"m so....." Yan Bing began blaming herself.
"Relax." Tang Yan interrupted. He hugged Yan Bing"s waist and helped her walk down.
Yan Bing"s face turned red, and even her exhaled breath was hot. She turned to see Tang Yan"s indifferent expression. She couldn"t help but take a long breath.
Tang Yan didn"t think over it. After helping Yan Bing down on a wooden bench, she took off her shoe and looked at her ankle.
"Fortunately, it"s not sprained, just twisted a bit, it just needs to be ma.s.saged down." Tang Yan said.
"I"ll do it myself." Yan Bing said already flushed at this time.
Tang Yan glanced at Yan Bing, and then he remembered how he had helped her down.
The atmosphere became a bit awkward.
"I"ll take a look at the bag." Tang Yan said and got up.
Going back to the bridge and looking down, the bag was still there.
Looking at the distance between the bridge and the bag in front, then looking at the thin tree branches, which branched out from a willow tree by the riverside. He knew it was basically unrealistic to try climbing the tree to get it down.
"If you can"t get it, let"s try to find some groundskeepers or call the council." Yan Bing shouted while rubbing her ankle.
Tang Yan looked over at the bag again, then looked up at the path in the distance, and suddenly remembered something, and then turned back and said, "No need, wait here for me."
After he finished speaking, he rushed straight back to the woodwork shop he had visited earlier.
Li Xiao and his friend were looking at a nearby shop at this time, when they saw Tang Yan running back.
After returning to the woodwork stand and buying the bow, the bow he had inspected before, Tang Yan brought the bow and a pack of arrows back to the bridge.
When she saw Tang Yan run off and return, holding a bow in his hand, Yan Bing"s eyes were full of doubt.
Why did he go back and buy a bow?
Li Xiao and his friend hiding around the corner were also puzzled but out of instinct and full of curiosity Li Xiao took out his phone.
Tang Yan took the bow, walked straight to the bridge, estimated the distance and angle, and walked back angling himself. After finding the right spot, he began to draw the bowstring back after nocking four arrows.
It was only then that Yan Bing understood what Tang Yan was trying to do.
He was trying to shoot the bag directly to the other side.
The worried look on her face at this time wasn"t distress for her bag, but for the anthology in it. If Tang Yan accidentally shot through the anthology, the loss would far outweigh the damage to her bag.
Li Xiao, seeing Tang Yan"s actions, was particularly excited. He felt that he was about to witness a magical scene.
In fact, after seeing Tang Yan"s archery posture, many other people also noticed his presence.
"Who"s that on the bridge?"
"Is he holding a bow?!"
"What is he doing? He"s aiming at the tree, ahhh there"s a bag in the tree!"
Tang Yan adapted to the feeling of the bow and after pulling the bow to a full draw, he aimed at Yan Bing"s bag.
He took a deep breath and fired.
Tw.a.n.g!
Swoos.h.!.+
The arrows flew off the bowstring.
Ding!
There was the sound of metal impacting metal in the air.
The next second, the metal railing by the river bank on the other side of the bridge, had arrows firmly nailed through it. At the position of the arrows, a bag was hanging in the air.
"Oh my G.o.d, he hit the bag. Incredible." Li Xiao had shot the whole process on video. The arrows had shot the bag off the tree branch and carrying it"s momentum had gone and pierced through the metal railings by the river bank. Three of the four arrows had managed to pierce through the railing and were holding up the bag.
This precision, this power, it was truly amazing
Onlookers seeing and realizing the situation couldn"t help clapping their hands.
And as Tang Yan walked down the bridge towards the river bank, more than a dozen tourists ran towards him, they recognized him, seeing him up close.
Fortunately the bag was still there, and no one had picked it up and ran off, the crowd was standing watch over it.
After Tang Yan took the bag back, he gave autographs and took some photos.
All of this was captured on camera by Li Xiao in the distance, and uploaded to his personal Weibo.
It took over ten minutes to finally finish all the autographs and sneak out the crowd, he came over with the bag.
"Your bags got a few holes but the anthology is still intact." Tang Yan said, putting down the bag, he couldn"t help wiping the sweat from his forehead. The archery hadn"t been tiring, but the fans surging up sure had been.
"Hahaha that"s fine but it seems the next time you go out, you need to wear a face mask, otherwise you will have a hard time going out in public." Yan Bing said with a smile.
"Maybe I"ll even chuck on a black cape so I can look like an off brand Batman or Zorro."
Yan Bing laughed amused by Tang Yan.
"Is your ankle better," Tang Yan asked.
"Yeah, it"s better. I just had to sit down for a while." Yan Bing said standing up.
"That"s good." Tang Yan said as he stood up. "It"s not too late yet so let"s go to that vegetable garden you mentioned earlier and take a look."
"Baicao Garden?"
"Yeah, let"s go see some carrots."