Chapter 195 — A Startling Resemblance
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"Xiao Fen..." Tang Zhi cried out instinctively in alarm, but before the cry was out, a white shape plummeted swiftly downward...
"Xiao Fen!" Song Huiping let out a scream torn from her throat, and Tang Zhi and Liu Xinlan were frozen with fright. They had never imagined Lan Zhi would jump just like that, without the slightest warning.
"Lan Zhi!" Kang ** lunged forward, meaning to catch Lan Zhi as she fell.
But neither in speed nor in judgment could he accurately gauge where Lan Zhi would land.
Wei Zhao sighed inwardly, dashed after him, and swiftly steered Kang ** into the correct position... In the circumstances, however, no one would notice these subtle adjustments. Wei Zhao did it very discreetly; anyone watching would think only that he had rushed over with Kang ** to save the girl, and would suspect nothing else.
On battlefields raining bullets and shells, surprise attacks from the enemy were impossible to guard against; fail to judge your position correctly, and you almost never walked out alive.
At the very instant Xiao Fen struck the ground, Wei Zhao feigned a frantic lunge forward, yet pushed Kang **'s arm and gripped it, catching Xiao Fen. Given the speed and height of Xiao Fen's fall, anyone not professionally trained could never withstand the force of that impact — most likely they would catch her and then lose their grip, and though the intervening buffer might help, it could still easily cost lives. So Wei Zhao could only assist Kang ** this once.
This brother who, ever since his transfer to the school, had trailed after him calling him "Boss" — Wei Zhao did not mind helping him play the hero and save the beauty once. But once Kang ** had caught Xiao Fen securely, Wei Zhao quietly released his arm.
In the tension of that moment, Kang ** would hardly have noticed anything unusual; at such a time there was only panic in his heart and chaos in his mind, and even if he thought back on it later and felt something was off, he would not remember it clearly.
"Xiao Fen!" Tang Zhi, Liu Xinlan, Song Huiping, and the crowd of onlooking shantytown residents all rushed over. Seeing that Kang had actually caught Xiao Fen, their relief was mingled with astonishment — Kang had actually caught Xiao Fen?
The incident had come so suddenly. The police had already been called, but it would still take some time for them and the fire brigade to arrive. In the space of mere minutes, no one had expected Xiao Fen to jump!
"Xiao Fen, how are you? Don't scare your mother — are you all right?" Song Huiping was the first to dash forward, meaning to snatch Xiao Fen out of Kang's arms, but Kang was stunned as well and held on to Xiao Fen for dear life, refusing to let go.
When Xiao Fen had fallen earlier, the only thought in his mind had been that he absolutely had to catch her, that she must not come to harm. Now that he had caught her, he instinctively gripped her tight, and naturally would not easily loosen his hold.