Chapter 195 - Uncanny Lookalike
"Don"t jump down, you can"t!! You"re still young, you"ve still a whole life ahead of you……" Xiaobo yelled panickedly, his voice surprisingly loud.
Xiaobo"s loud voice stood out exceptionally from Tang Yin, Xinwen, and Huiping"s calls, and it attracted Lan Fen"s attention.
She lowered her head down, her face blank as she looked at where the voice was coming from, her face flaring up in disbelief, lighting up as she started talking. Her voice wasn"t very loud, but people closer to her at the bottom could catch her excited words clearly.
"Zhaoming, is that you? You finally came for me……" A weak, happy file formed on Lan Fen"s lips as she spoke. "You came back… You didn"t abandon me after all….. Zhaoming……"
"?" Xiaobo wasn"t sure what on earth the girl was talking about. He turned to Tang Yin and Xinwen, confused.
Both the girls were troubled enough as it was- they thought that Lan Fen had started hallucinating, but they turned to look at Xiaobo all the same. Tang Yin called out in surprise. "Wen Wen……. Him and… that Kang Zhaoming……"
She"d thought that Xiaobo looked familiar, but hadn"t paid much attention to him- the guy had to be some sort of delinquent who got into fights at school, something she"d naturally expect of a guy who followed Lin Yi…
But it became clear now after hearing what Lan Fen had said- Xiaobo was a complete lookalike!!
It was hard to connect Kang Xiaobo and Kang Zhaoming under usual circ.u.mstances, but the two had very similar faces, from the forehead, nose, cheeks, mouth…… They didn"t look identical, but they definitely had very similar faces!!
"This is bad, Lan Fen thinks he"s Kang Zhaoming??" Xinwen was taken aback as well- why were there so many coincidences, a Kang Zhaoming lookalike just had to show up when Lan Fen was thinking of killing herself..?!
"Kang Zhaoming?" Xiaobo had a guess at what was going on from what Tang Yin and Xinwen were saying- Lan Fen had to have had some sort of past trauma for her to say stuff like that. The name "Kang Zhaoming", however, hit his heart like a blade, and Xiaobo"s face changed. He started breathing heavily as he held his fists tightly. "You said she thinks I"m Kang Zhaoming?"
"Yeah, you really look like the guy that dumped Fen!! Are you maybe his relative or something?" Xinwen asked, not noticing the expression on Xiaobo"s face. "You need to go hide first!"
"Relative, huh……" A ferocious glare flashed in Xiaobo"s eyes- Kang Xiaoming really was his relative!! He was a grandson from his great grandfather"s line, his second cousin.
"What"re you still mumbling about? You gotta hide! Something bad might happen……" Xinwen said with a frown, not quite catching what Xiaobo had said.
Xiaobo"s heart turned bitter as his anger grew- had his second cousin abandoned a girl like Lan Fen, to the point she was killing herself for it?
Xiaobo was deep in thought when Lan Fen smiled happily all of a sudden. "Zhaoming Bro, I"m coming…… Wait for me……"
Xinwen, Tang Yin, and Huiping felt a sense of dread- Lan Fen was in an extremely unstable state…
"Fen……" Tang Yin called out on instinct when a white shadow started dropping at the ground with alarming speed…
"FEN!!!" Huiping shrieked as Tang Yin and Xinwen stared with wide open, panicked eyes- they didn"t expect the girl to jump down so abruptly!!
"Lan Fen!!!" Xiaobo screamed, charging out like an arrow as he tried to reach Lan Fen before she hit the ground.
Yet he had neither the speed or accuracy to be able to pinpoint where Lan Fen would be landing…
Lin Yi sighed, stepping up and guided Xiaobo to the correct spot… No one would think much of his subtle motion, however, since Lin Yi had made sure to make it as unnoticeable as possible. The crowd would just think he wanted to catch Lan Fen, much like what Xiaobo was trying to do.
One had to have a sense for pinpointing locations like that if he wanted to survive enemy ambushes and attacks in a battlefield, after all.
Ln Yi put on a panicked expression, and in an instant, pushed Xiaobo"s arms out, catching Lan Fen with his own arms as a support. With the speed and height of the drop involved, one had to be a trained professional to be able to catch the target properly- any regular person wouldn"t be able to handle the momentum at all, getting their arms dislocated… It was pretty easy for a death to happen, too, and Lin Yi had no other choice other than helping Xiaobo out this once.
Lin Yi didn"t mind helping him out with the damsel in distress scenario- this was a bro who kept following him and calling him "boss", after all… Lin Yi quietly pulled his arms back after Fen was safely in Xiaobo"s arms.
With how tense the situation was, it"d be pretty hard for Xiaobo to notice the changes that had taken place- he"d only think that something was weird after the adrenaline had settled down, but that"d probably be it.
"Fen!!" Tang Yin, Xinwen, and Huiping called out, charging at Xiaobo and Fen both relieved and shocked- Xiaobo had managed to catch Fen!!
It was an emergency that"d take even the police and fire department a certain amount of time to get here, but no one had expected Fen to have jumped down after a mere ten minutes!
"Fen, are you okay? Don"t scare mom!! Are you okay??" Huiping said, the first one to run up and try to pry Fen from Xiaobo, who still held on to her tightly, still adrenaline-filled.
After all, his only thought was to catch and hold Fen so that she wouldn"t die- it was only natural then that he"d continue holding on subconsciously.
Chapter 196 - Worked UpKang Xiaobo
Lin Yi had already retreated to the side, giving Xiaobo all the spotlight.
Lan Fen, on the other hand, had pa.s.sed out already, either from the shock or the grip Xiaobo was holding her with. Huiping put her hand to Lan Fen"s nostrils, sighing in relief after learning that she was still alive.
"Fuu……" Xinwen gave Xiaobo a thumbs up after knowing that Fen was fine. "Nice, hero!! Catching her from that height, nice!!"
It was only then that Huiping realized that this young man before her had saved her daughter. She showered Xiaobo with grat.i.tude as she held her hand to Lan Fen"s face. "Thank you so much, young man… If you hadn"t been able to catch her… My Fen would"ve……"
The horror of the thought put tears to Huiping"s eyes- just thinking of what might"ve happened if Xiaobo wasn"t there was an absolute nightmare!
"Aunty, it"s nothing, it"s what I"m supposed to do……" Xiaobo said, embarra.s.sed and blushing. After all, he"d been so pa.s.sionate about saving Lan Fen because of his romantic feelings toward her… A bystander wouldn"t have been as excited as he had been…
Xiaobo was no saint, no firefighter, no cop, and definitely no ultraman… He wouldn"t have charged out on impulse if it hadn"t been Lan Fen…
Without even thinking if he"d be able to catch the victim in the first place, there was the concern of getting himself killed if she had fallen on his head, or getting a serious injury if she"d fallen anywhere else… It had happened before, too, cases of people dying from the impact after failing to save someone who had jumped off a building…
"It"s nothing?! Bro, you"ve earned my respect! I, Liu Xinwen, am impressed!" Xinwen said, not noticing the embarra.s.sed and guilty look in Xiaobo"s eyes as she patted him on the shoulder. "You have anything you need, just look for me!!"
"I… just got lucky……" Xiaobo said honestly- he himself didn"t even know how he"d managed to catch Lan Fen so properly.
Just got lucky, huh..? Tang Yin thought as she looked at Lin Yi, who had darted to the side already. She pulled her lips back. Weird guy…
Other people may have missed it, but Tang Yin had sharp eyes! Something was wrong! The guy had charged over when Xiaobo did, but he"d been doing stuff to Xiaobo"s body instead of actually catching Fen! Tang Yin couldn"t help but get suspicious at that……
After all, what did the suicide have to do with him? Tang Yin didn"t understand why she was paying so much attention to Lin Yi, but she changed her focus to Fen as she pushed away her complicated feelings for him.
Sirens became audible from a distance, and an ambulance, firetruck, and police car made their way to the alley…
The firefighters were doubtful after hearing that the suicidal girl had been caught, but left after asking for details.
The police, on the other hand, started taking testimonies from the crowd, leaving as well after learning of what had happened. Zhaoming might"ve been an a.s.shole for abandoning Fen, but that didn"t legally count as a crime- they pitied the girl, but the police needn"t be involved here.
Some nurses got off the ambulance and received Lan Fen from Xiaobo"s hands before putting her on a stretcher. A middle-aged doctor then called out to the crowd. "Can the patient"s relative please get in the ambulance? Other uninvolved citizens, please make way!!"
"Me, I"m Fen"s mother!!" Huiping said as she walked up to the doctor.
The doctor took a look at Huiping before nodding. "Come with us to the hospital."
Xinwen, Tang Yin, and Xiaobo especially wanted to get on the ambulance as well.
"We"re her friends, can we come too?" Xinwen asked.
"No, this is an ambulance! There can only be one more relative, which one are you are getting on?" The doctor said with a shake of his head.
Tang Yin and Xinwen hadn"t even opened their mouths yet when a slightly excited and panicked voice came from a person behind them- it was Kang Xiaobo!!
Xiaobo was almost about to charge into the ambulance when Lin Yi pulled him back, a bitter smile on his face. He understood the guy"s feelings, but what was up with him taking the place of Tang Yin and Xinwen? How was he supposed to explain to Huiping his relationship with Fen?
They couldn"t tell her they"d just met today… The two didn"t even know each other yet! It was only love at first sight on Xiaobo"s part!
"Xinwen, you go with them." Lin Yi said as he pulled Xiaobo behind him.
"Boss, please! Let me go, please!" Xiaobo said, very worked up, as if he"d never give up until he got his wish.
"......Xiaobo!!" Lin Yi was speechless. "What the h.e.l.l dude? You can just get in my car if you wanna go!"
"Uh…… That"s right..!" Xiaobo said, calming down as he shook his head, embarra.s.sed. It was true- what was he supposed to say to Lan Fen"s mother if he got on the ambulance with them?
Xinwen and Tang Yin only looked at Xiaobo, and Tang Yin was starting to get what was going on… Xiaobo had been paying a lot of attention to that picture back home, too… Xinwen, on the other hand, had no idea what Xiaobo was doing.
Yet it wasn"t time for questions- the ambulance was still waiting, and Xinwen got on quickly before it took off to Songshan"s First People"s Hospital.
"You going or not?" Lin Yi turned to Tang Yin after the ambulance had left.
Tang Yin bit her lip- she didn"t really want to get in Lin Yi"s car, but she was worried about Fen. She nodded. "Yeah……"
There were no back doors for the Beetle, and one needed to push the front seat to get to the back. As pa.s.sionate Xiaobo was about Fen, he still made sure to let Lin Yi have a s.p.a.ce with Tang Yin as he moved to the back.
Lin Yi had been to Songshan"s First People"s Hospital before- it was where he got his checkups that time he got hit by a bullet. He didn"t need to follow the ambulance because of that. There was also the GPS system in place, too, if all else failed.
"Tang Yin… Can you tell me about what happened to Lan Fen?" Xiaobo asked, extremely curious about the past between Kang Zhaoming and Lan Fen.