Chapter 88 Life and Death

It was just getting up in the morning. Xiaoying and I washed up and prepared to go out for breakfast, and then we continued to plan our next trip.

Just as I was about to go out, my cell phone on the bed rang. I picked it up and saw that it was a strange number from my hometown Harbin. Although I was confused, I still answered the phone:

Is you Mr. Wang Jincheng? As soon as I answered the phone, an anxious voice from a strange man on the other side came from a very anxious voice from a strange man.

Yes, I am, who are you?

I am from Huanya Wind Power Company. Did your father work here and act as a guest on N-013 Island? To facilitate distinction, the geological agency has marked each Jiangxin Island with numbers. N-013 Island is Jiangxin Island where my father is located.

N represents the north, 013 represents the 13th island

I had a vague premonition when I heard that the other party was so anxious

Yes, my father was indeed a guest at the place, what happened? Although I had a bad premonition, I still communicated with the other party in a steady tone. What if I was wrong?

Then, is your father at home? The other party verified my identity and immediately asked.

My father is at home? Isn’t he on the island? My wife and I were traveling in Guilin. What happened to me? When I heard that the other party asked such a strange question, my heart suddenly became raised. Did my father run back home afterwards?

Please quickly confirm whether your father is at home. There are very important things. The other party said anxiously, as if he wanted to find ways to get my father's specific location and situation.

What exactly is there for you? Please explain it clearly? I can't be sure what happened. Before I figured out the matter, I can't do it as required by the other party. What if my father did something happen to him and deliberately avoided them.

It's like this. Eight days ago, our company received a notice from the Meteorological Bureau that in two days, there will be intermittent rainstorms, thunderstorms and level 7 strong winds in northern Harbin. Because our company has employees stationed in Jiangxin Island, we have been working with the Meteorological Bureau. In case of bad weather, for the safety of the employees, we will notify the employees in advance to temporarily evacuate Jiangxin Island. After receiving the notice from the Meteorological Bureau, we notified your father that day and asked him to temporarily leave Jiangxin Island and go home. After the bad weather is over, we will notify you to go to work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. So we called your father this morning and expected to come back to work in two days. We are ready. But just called, his mobile phone has been turned off. We went to your house according to the address he filled out when applying for the job, but there seemed to be no one at home and no one opened the door... The staff of the power company began to tell the whole story of the matter.

It turned out that before Xiaoying and I went on a trip, on the day when Xiaoying and I went to Jiangxin Island to say goodbye to my father, my father received a notice that their company had temporarily evacuated Jiangxin Island. That is to say, when we said goodbye to my father that day, my father had already received the notice, but my father never told me and Xiaoying. Maybe he thought it was not necessary to say it.

But when I thought of Xiaoying and I bid farewell to him, his eyes were filled with envy and loss, but there seemed to be a hint of despair and death. At that time, I thought I had read it wrong and didn't care. Now when I heard the phone call from my father's company, what had already been expected in my heart

My hands began to tremble, and I couldn't even hold the phone

My father's mobile phone is turned off. If my father is not at home, then there is only one possibility. My father is still on Jiangxin Island, and has experienced nearly 5 days of heavy rain and windy weather so far. Thinking of the desolate scene on the island without any cover, my heart is already extremely worried.

Wait, I will call my home landline to see if anyone answers. Thinking of these possibilities, I will quickly confirm my father's current location.

After hanging up the phone with the staff member, Xiaoying asked me what was wrong. I quickly told her about the matter as concisely as possible.

After knowing the whole story, a hint of panic flashed across Xiaoying's face, but she was also a steady person after all. She asked me to call my home, and she also called her mother to ask about the situation.

I called the landline at home as soon as possible, but I called it several times, but no one answered the phone. Whenever the busy voice of the beeping sound came from my phone, my heart would be like a heavy hammer hitting it, and cold sweat came out of my body without realizing it

Did my father go out to buy vegetables?

Or stay at home and go out to relax?

Although I know that this possibility is slim, I did not give up the last glimmer of hope

After calling home without results, I started calling my father with hope, but as the staff member said, my father's cell phone was indeed turned off

At this time, Xiaoying also ended the call with her mother. My father did not contact my mother-in-law during this period. It was just that the day before the bad weather came, my father went to her place to see Haohao, and took Haohao to the amusement park for a short day. Before leaving, he bought snacks for Haohao that he could not finish for a week.

Moreover, when my father was parting Haohao, my mother-in-law said that my father had tears in his eyes at that time, and seemed to be reluctant to leave and was a little excited.

She felt strange at that time, she hadn't seen Haohao for half a month, so she wasn't so excited

Hearing these details, the panic in my heart had reached its extreme. The possibility that I most could not imagine and the possibility that I least wanted to think of seemed to be becoming more and more affirmed.

If my father had been staying on Jiangxin Island and had not returned home, then he had experienced 5 days of bad weather, and my father had not contacted us and his phone had been turned off. I could not imagine it anymore

I quickly called the power company to tell the details, and then started booking tickets online to prepare to go home. I went back immediately. Xiaoying and I were praying for my father.

Three hours later, after anxious waiting and suffering, Xiaoying and I boarded the return flight, but because the bad weather in Harbin has not yet passed, there will be occasional thunderstorms, and all flights have been grounded. Xiaoying and I can only take the plane to Dalian first, and then take the high-speed rail to return to Harbin.

After hearing that my father might have had an accident, Xiaoying was always panicked. The guilt and self-blame on her face were not hidden at all, and she would occasionally wipe her tears. Although I saw Xiaoying showing these emotions, I was no longer in the mood to pay attention to it at this time, because now my father's safety is the first priority.

Now I don’t care about anything else, I only care about my father’s situation, because my mother passed away early, and my father is now my most important relative

But I can't panic at this time. As a man, I must stay calm at this time. Now I am the backbone.

At this time, Xiaoying would occasionally comfort me, think of many possibilities for me, so that I can feel more at ease, and I would also comfort myself in my heart.

Perhaps after my father left Jiangxin Island, he also went out to travel and relax, but his phone happened to be lost again?

It’s not that there is no such possibility, but if my father’s cell phone is lost, he should notify us by public phone as soon as possible to avoid worrying

While we were anxiously waiting, we finally arrived in Harbin in the afternoon

We are going to go home to see if the father is at home.

Sitting in a taxi, watching the rain outside the car window constantly slapping the car window, listening to the whistling wind outside, my heart kept praying. Now there are tall buildings in Harbin, which can block the strong wind, so the strong wind experienced in the city is much smaller than outside the city

The wind in the city is so strong now, so on the unblocked Jiangxin Island, the thunderstorms and storms that will be experienced on it will be so violent.

When I got downstairs, I got off the car and ran upstairs desperately. When I arrived at the door of my house, I took out the key and opened the door. At this time, I really hoped to see my father sitting on the sofa watching TV, and then showing a surprised expression. Why are you back early?

It's just a fantasy. The home is quiet, the house is well-tied, and the floor is spotless

I didn't even take off my shoes, so I ran to my father's bedroom, my bedroom, bathroom, balcony, etc. I frantically turned over my home, but there was no trace of my father at all.

After giving up the hope at home, Xiaoying and I rushed to the wind power company where our father was and contacted their supervisor. After we explained the matter clearly, our father's company was also panicked.

My family and the company jointly called the police, and the police notified the armed police fire rescue team

Xiaoying and I, the company where my father is, and the firefighters of the armed police arrived at the riverside. We saw that the river water had risen a lot. The heavy rain could not see much far away on the riverside. The strong wind was still howling. After leaving the city and coming to the riverside, we realized how violent the storm we suffered outside the city was.

As the wind speed has reached level 7, accompanied by heavy rain, the rescue helicopter cannot take off to Jiangxin Island for rescue

At the same time, since the fire rescue team does not have large ships, the only larger cargo ships strictly implement the strict regulations of the Department of Transportation Level 7 winds. After all, the danger of boarding is extremely high now.

In all the above situations, we can only wait until the bad weather weakens before we can rush to Jiangxin Island for rescue.

I heard that I could not rescue now, and I had to wait at least a day later. Looking at the surging rivers, I looked at the direction of my father's island, but I could never see the river island where my father was.

Because the wind was too strong, I didn't hold an umbrella. I let the rain pour on my body and let the rain soak my clothes. At this time, I can no longer feel the cold

The cold wind and river water hit my face. At this time, I had countless thoughts in my mind.

It was the storm that came too quickly. Did my father have time to evacuate Jiangxin Island?

Or was my father who had enough time to evacuate Jiangxin Island, but he was reluctant to go home with a very lucky mentality?

Or is my father not wanting to leave Jiangxin Island at all, and he left the will of heaven to commit suicide?

Thinking of the day when I bid farewell to my father, the despair and silence in my father's eyes, and the scene when my mother-in-law said that my father went to see Haohao and she was crying. It seemed that her father was ready to part with us forever

Xiaoying stood beside me in tears, biting her lips constantly, as if her lips had been bitten, with deep regret and self-blame on her face. Perhaps her thoughts were the same as me, thinking that her father was just dying. Xiaoying and I seemed to have guessed the reason.

The police and the people from my father's company advised us to go home temporarily and wait until tomorrow's storm ceased, we will definitely organize personnel to provide rescue.

But, is it all too late?

Does it make any sense?

If my father was still on Jiangxin Island at this time, would he still be alive at this time?

Looking at the river water that has risen a lot, is the island already flooded by the surging river water at this time?

After evaluation by the fire rescue team, I thought that if my father was still on Jiangxin Island, the possibility of survival was very small, so Xiaoying and I were asked to make the worst plan.

Even so, we still did not give up the last glimmer of hope, even if this glimmer of hope is very small

At this time, Xiaoying and I no longer have the intention to reminisce about the joy brought to us by travel. Now, my body seems to be unable to feel the cold and pain, and I am like a walking corpse

The company where my father is also comforted us and would never give up on the rescue. They bear all the costs. If my father has any accidents, they will be responsible to the end.

But at this time, I no longer care what they said. I just hope my father will be alive. As long as my father is still alive, I am willing to pay all the price.

I don’t know how I got home. Xiaoying helped me change my clean pajamas. I stayed in our bedroom. Xiaoying was sitting on the sofa in the living room. I could hear her crying. She was also in great pain.

After calming down for a long time, Xiaoying sobbed and began to clean up everything at home. Although we were very worried, life still had to continue for the time being.

After Xiaoying and I went home, we didn't say a word to each other.

Xiaoying didn't know what kind of mood she had, and prepared supper, but I had no appetite at all. Finally, under Xiaoying's comfort, I ate a few symbolic bites.

Xiaoying was tidying up the dishes in the kitchen, the washing machine in the bathroom and bathroom was rumbling, washing the dirty clothes left by travel

I sat on the bed in the bedroom, my brain kept telling me to run

At this time, a light flashed across my mind. Did my father go home before something happened?

At this time, I remembered the monitoring equipment at home. While Xiaoying was still in the kitchen, I quickly turned on the monitoring equipment at home with my already stiff hands and adjusted the time to the first day of our trip. That morning, I finally saw my father in the surveillance. He opened the key and returned home, holding a file bag in his hand, and didn't know what it contained.

After entering the room, he entered his bedroom, and then put the file bag in his hand into the drawer of his bedside table

Afterwards, my father watched us leave the room that was not cleaned up, and a smile appeared on his face. Then he began to help us clean up the house quietly. During this process, my father's face was always nostalgic, and there seemed to be a hint of reluctance. His eyes stayed on every item in the house for a long time, as if he wanted to try to remember everything in the house.

After packing up, he focused his eyes on the family portrait on the living room wall. He just looked at it quietly, with love occasionally, attachment occasionally, admiration sometimes, and sweet sometimes... His father just looked at the family portrait so quietly for a long time, and all the emotions in the world seemed to appear on his father's face.

After a long time, my father sighed and walked slowly to the door with a much older figure. He put on his shoes. Finally, he looked at the house with nostalgia and closed the door casually. Only the room was left in the video that was spotless.

I quickly went in the video until we came back that my father never appeared at home again

I turned off the computer and remembered that my father came back and put the file bag in the drawer of his bedside table in his room. After I turned off the computer, I rushed to my father's room and opened the video. My father put the drawer of the file bag. He saw a brown kraft paper file bag lying quietly in his father's drawer......