Looking back on the miracle

On Sunday, the weather was fine - at least that's what the morning weather forecast said. More than [-] children from Foxy Children's Home, led by five teachers and several volunteers, rushed to the east coast with bento fruits.

No matter how big or small, a bright and clear environment always makes people feel at ease.The children were singing and joking on the bus, which was very lively.

Chen Guanlin is dressed casually today, with a light blue polo shirt, pure white slacks and white casual leather shoes, looking very energetic.In the past six months, he has lost a lot of weight. His originally slightly soft and protruding belly disappeared, and his straight back slightly made up for the little regret that he was not tall.

Zhou Xiwen was a little amazed when he came to pick him up in the morning, but when he saw the children, he forgot about Dean Chen's long body like a jade horse, talked and laughed on the bus, and sang to the children. English short story.

Chen Guanlin didn't realize that the smile on his lips hadn't disappeared all morning.

On the beach, according to the previously divided list, the leading teacher took the children in his own group to do activities separately. Zhou Xiwen and Chen Guanlin were divided into the group of two young teachers in their 20s. They first took the children to do sand sculptures After an hour, exchange places with another group of children, go to the amusement park to play, or go to the beach to collect shells.

Children probably like to create by nature. The sand sculpture teacher gave a brief introduction, and the children created their dreams with sand and soil.Some children made castles, some made rockets, and some made turtles, bunnies, and puppies.Xiaosha built a naive bear doll with sand and soil, and he was almost distressed when it was almost ready.

"what happened?"

Zhou Xiwen was on the sidelines and another child was strengthening the castle with childlike innocence. He didn't notice Xiaosha's expression. Chen Guanlin squatted down, hugged the child's young body and asked warmly.

"Well... no white sand."

Ok?

white sand.

Chen Guanlin was taken aback. "Why do you need white ones? Aren't baby bears all brown and yellow?"

"This is not a baby bear, this is a baby panda. Uncle, have you ever seen a baby panda? It's black and white, chubby and so cute!"

I see.Chen Guanlin laughed, "Uncle has seen it, in Sichuan, China, the hometown of pandas. In the future, uncle and aunt can take you to see real pandas."

"Really?!" Xiao Sha was so surprised that his eyes lit up.

"Of course, uncle won't lie to you. Come on, Lagou."

One big and one small ticked off their fingers, and made an appointment to seek Dean Qiu's approval in the coming year, so that they could fly to Sichuan to watch Mengmeng's rolling.

Chen Guanlin coaxed the child well, but when he turned around, he couldn't find Zhou Xiwen. "Xiao Wu, where's Miss Zhou?"

"Miss Zhou took Minmin to the bathroom, and she should be back soon." The little girl blinked maliciously, and said mischievously, "Dean Chen, why can't you not see Miss Zhou for a moment?"

The man blushed immediately, coughed lightly, and turned his head to look at the sky and the ground to see the children, but he didn't look at Miss Wu's playful eyes.

Zhou Xiwen led the four-year-old Minmin girl back slowly along the beach. The little girl's intelligence was a bit regretful, and her reaction was a bit slower than other children, but she was cute and cute.There was a shiny object buried in the sand in front of her feet, she stood still, and obediently looked up at Xiwen without speaking.

"What does Minmin want?" She bent down with a smile, a strand of hair slid down her cheek.He raised his hand and brushed the broken hair behind his ear.

"Liangliang~" Nunuo's child's voice melted her heart, and she pulled the little girl to squat down, and she helped the child lightly brush away the sand. It turned out to be a metal bottle cap, colorful and beautiful.

After blowing off the sand and touching it around to make sure there was no scratches from the rower, she confidently put the bottle cap in Minmin's hand, and continued to walk slowly holding her soft little hand, her heart bubbling with happiness.

Minmin is shy of strangers, but likes nature. It is rare for Zhou Xiwen to see her so happy, so he can't help slowing down, walking around with her, squatting down from time to time to dig holes and dig sand to search for treasures.She didn't know that Chen Guanlin was looking at them from afar with gentle eyes.The sea breeze was cool, and the man put on a white cotton singlet, which was unbuttoned.The wind blows, the corners of the clothes flutter, and the white clothes and trousers seem to be young at that time.

Min Min was struggling to dig a crab hole, but accidentally splashed sand into her eyes. She raised her hand to rub it without crying or screaming, but Zhou Xiwen's heart ached so badly that she quickly grabbed her little dirty hand and took out a wet tissue Wipe your eyes and wipe your hands.Minmin squinted her eyes, and saw the uncle in white striding towards him against the light, tilting her head in a daze, and before she could pull Zhou Xiwen to look, the two of them were knocked to the ground by a strong force!

"Ah!" Zhou Xiwen was half-kneeling and half-squatting, her center of gravity was unstable on the soft sand, she only had time to hold Minmin in her arms when she fell to the ground, and then the whole person fell into the sand pile, making her face ashamed.

"Bah, bah, bah!" She spit out sand and squinted her eyes and got up, "Is Minmin okay?"

Because the sand got into her eyes, her tears were hazy. In the mist, she saw the man in white clothes and white trousers holding the little girl in one hand, and reaching out to her with the other.

"Does it hurt your eyes? Go over there and wash it."

It's Chen Guanlin.

Her heart warmed slightly, but she felt embarrassed, and she shouted angrily: "Who knocked us down?! Did you make a mistake and didn't apologize for bumping into the child!"

Chen Guanlin held her hand tightly and led her slowly out of the sunken bunker, "It seems to be a boy from the children's home. I met him last time."

"What color is he wearing today?"

"Fuchsia."

"Wu Jiahao. It's him again! He's rough all day long."

Zhou Xiwen complained in a low voice, followed Chen Guanlin with his eyes closed.The sun shines through the eyelids, and she feels a different color tone than when she opened her eyes and saw the world.An orange-red halo swirled in her eyes, but she could feel the gorgeous color with her eyes closed.

His hand still didn't let go, and the wide palm was always stable, but it gradually became sweaty from the initial dryness and warmth.She moved a little uncomfortably, but felt the man's hand clenched a little, and she didn't dare to move anymore.

Chen Guanlin's heart was beating violently, he was no longer young and had been married before, but he was still innocent.The palms of his hands were getting hot and sweaty, making him feel that those soft and slender hands were like swimming fish, which might slip away at any moment.

He couldn't help but clenched a little bit.

"What's the matter? Minmin comes to my sister's hug." Xiao Wu took over the soft Minmin.

"Please hand me my bag." Chen Guanlin, as a doctor, should give full play to his professional ability when he comes out to be a volunteer.He brought a first aid kit and common medicines, and carefully cleaned Zhou Xiwen with eye drops.Her face was so close that it was hard for him to concentrate.

The rubber gloves didn't feel good to the touch, she frowned with her eyes blindfolded, and pouted unconsciously.

Chen Guanlin slammed his hand, and exhaled slowly to keep his professional standards and avoid capsizing in the small gutter.

Finally, he could open his eyes, and what caught his eyes was him looking at him intently.

Is affectionate?Or self-indulgent?

"Miss Zhou, Dean Chen, have you seen Beibei?"

The volunteer girl who was in the group with Wu Jiahao was sweating profusely and asked out of breath.

The panicked words interrupted the two of them looking at each other.

Zhou Xiwen stood up abruptly, and his heart suddenly arose.

"This Wu Jiahao! Not enough success, more failure!" Wu Jiahao is the leader of Group C, and he should definitely bear the main responsibility if the child can't find him.

Zhou Xiwen cursed angrily, and told Xiao Wu to gather the children in his group not to run around, while contacting Dean Qiu.

"Miss Zhou, it's true that Beibei hasn't been found yet. We have arranged for three teachers to look for her. I hope you can stay calm and remember that children will be influenced by adults' emotions."

"I see--"

Before she finished speaking, she heard Teacher Liu's voice from Group D on the other end of the phone, "Dean, Weiwei and Wenwen from our group are also missing."

His heart sank immediately, but anger burned his brain.Zhou Xiwen hung up the phone with a snap.

"Xiwen, how are you doing?" Seeing her uneasy expression, Chen Guanlin knew that she had reached the limit of the outbreak, so he pulled her a few steps aside to avoid the children.

"Wenwen and Weiwei from Group D are gone too! What are they doing! Four adults in each group can't stand the attention of seven children! If they were my employees, I would have fired them long ago!"

"Okay, don't worry, you take the children in the car first, let Xiao Wu go buy some food, and let the children rest for a while. Mr. Lin and I will go find the three children." Chen Guanlin quickly made arrangements, "and the others Lead the teacher to contact and let the children go back to the car."

He held Zhou Xiwen's shoulder, "Xiwen, don't be impatient, these children are very sharp."

She froze for a moment and nodded.

"Go ahead, don't worry."

Chen Guanlin found Dean Qiu and hoped that Dean Qiu would inform all groups to get back in the car.Dean Qiu hesitated.She didn't want to upset the children.

"They regulate the children's emotions and their safety is more important now."

Chen Guanlin became serious, no one could refuse.

The children were eating snacks and watching cartoons in the car. At first, they felt that the sudden stop of the game was a bit unsatisfactory, but now they are also captured by ice cream and chocolate. For the sake of dental health, the children's home rarely gives everyone candy.

Zhou Xiwen raised his hand to look at his watch. It had been half an hour, and she couldn't wait any longer.After instructing Xiao Wu, she quietly got out of the car.

Most of the children were laughing and laughing without realizing it.But there are always children who are smarter and more sensible.

Xiao Sha took the cone and looked at it aimlessly, and frowned again.

"Mr. Wu, where's Hyacinth? Where's Beibei?"

Xiao Wu squatted down, "Xiao Sha, you are my sister, can you do the teacher a favor?"

Chen Guanlin walked quickly among all kinds of men and women on the beach, asking some people who were sitting and basking in the sun, or vendors selling small items.These people are more likely to notice small children alone than tourists or young adults enjoying themselves.

Sure enough, the effort paid off. An uncle who sold garlands told him that the three little girls went to the rocky area by the sea, and they also brought small buckets and shovels.

Zhou Xiwen got out of the car, and as far as he could see were happy people all over the beach.She took out her mobile phone and dialed 999, but she didn't dial out for a long time.After a moment of hesitation, she closed the phone and acquiesced in the private search.The places she was looking for were different from Chen Guanlin's, most of them went to some remote corners.Wenwen and Weiwei are two sisters, and the elder sister is 9 years old, which is considered a sensible age. She believes that this child will not take his younger sister and friends to dangerous places, and most of them will play by themselves in a corner avoiding the crowd.

However, she did not find the three children after all, but she ran into Wu Jiahao and a girl kissing passionately in the corner.

"Wu Jiahao!"

Zhou Xiwen's face was frosty, and he scolded sharply.

The two young people separated quickly. The girl Zhou Xiwen also knew, and she was one of the volunteers for this activity of the children's home.

"Suzanne?"

"Miss Zhou, we, we..."

Suzanne was very shy and nervous, murmuring and didn't know what to say.Wu Jiahao is fearless, and he had some conflicts with Zhou Xiwen before.He took a step forward to protect his girlfriend, and glared at Zhou Xiwen, "Why, can't we fall in love?"

Zhou Xiwen sneered, "I'm not her parents, siblings, why should I care about her being ignorant of people and falling for an irresponsible man like you? Someone is qualified to ask you why you leave your children behind during working hours. Your private business!"

She turned and left.

"Zhou Xiwen! Just knowing how to file a complaint is nothing! I know you look down on me, don't you just have more money than me!" Wu Jiahao was a little flustered, but he was even angrier. He came forward to pull Zhou Xiwen, shouting to vent his anger.

"Let go!" She struggled, but couldn't get rid of Wu Jiahao.Working since childhood, he has great strength, and his palms are like iron pliers, firmly grasping her wrist, making her feel a dull pain in her bones.

"open!"

Wu Jiahao just stared at her, unable to utter a word of pleading but unwilling to let Zhou Xiwen complain to him.

"Miss Zhou! Jiahao knew he was wrong, we won't make this kind of mistake again in the future, please don't complain to him!" Suzanne rushed over to hold Zhou Xiwen's other hand, pleading with rain. "If I hadn't been jealous and ran out, Jiahao wouldn't have chased me out to comfort me. Really! I won't interfere with his work next time!"

"Sissy didn't ask her! How could a hard-hearted old woman like her understand our feelings!"

Zhou Xiwen was about to explode.Taking advantage of Wu Jiahao's distraction, she lifted her foot and kicked hard on the shin of his right leg, trying to break free while he was in pain. "Two idiots! Sisters Chen Xiaobei and Wenwen Weiwei are gone! If you still have a little professional ethics and sense of responsibility, go find someone!"

She turned and ran away, anxious to find someone, but also a little scared.

Men seem to have many faces, but they are all so ferocious when they lose their minds.The devouring face of the man on the top floor seemed to appear before her eyes again.She shook her head violently to calm herself down.

Bypassing the huge reef by the sea, Chen Guanlin heard the faint cry of a child. "Bebe! Weiwei! Wenwen!"

"Woooo...we are here!"

"Don't be afraid, don't move, uncle is here to pick you up."

The three children were huddled on a reef about five or six meters away from the beach. The sea water beat the reef from time to time, and the waves had already wet their dresses.

While taking off his coat, Chen Guanlin called Dean Qiu for help.Although he was born and raised here and has good water skills, he is middle-aged after all, let alone the safety of the children, and he dare not take it too seriously.

He took off his coat, shoes, watch, etc. and put them aside, and tried to get into the water.

Sure enough, as he thought, the water was not deep.

There should have been no seawater here, so the children could run up to the reef to play, but after a while, the tide rose and submerged the reefs on the shore, making it impossible for the children to come back by themselves.

He slowly swam over, "Hey, don't cry, uncle will buy you ice cream later, okay?" He lifted the reef and floated slightly with the waves, smiling to comfort the three children.He thought that if he just waited for the people to come and get closer to the children, their fear would be less.

Chen Guanlin used his best imagination to describe the deliciousness of colorful lollipops and three-color ice cream balls, and he also racked his brains to describe how fun the Barbie dolls he bought for Yinyin were, and how beautiful those little clothes were.The children calmed down slowly, and asked questions curiously.Chen Guanlin joked easily on the face, but became more and more anxious in his heart.

Why hasn't anyone come yet?

He could feel that the tide was still rising, and that the water might soon overflow the reef.

Can't wait any longer.

"Weiwei, are you the elder sister? Please take care of the younger sister. Uncle will take you to the shore one by one, okay?"

Out of some small selfishness, Zhou Xiwen did not receive a call from Chen Guanlin.Fortunately, when she went to the seaside to search angrily, the uncle who sold the garland stopped her and told her that a man in white had gone to the reef area to find the three children just now.

Expressing his thanks in a hurry, Zhou Xiwen rushed over and saw Chen Guanlin swimming with a child to the beach. There were already two little girls shivering with wet clothes on the shore.

The tide rose, and the place where the three little girls lived just now was already submerged.Although the boulders are only a few meters away from the shore, it is very dangerous to swim in the reef.Coupled with the fact that the waves were higher and higher, Chen Guanlin and Weiwei drifted towards the open sea during the ups and downs.

His strength was losing bit by bit. Just now, he was hit by the waves on the reef, and a piece of skin was scratched on his back. Now that he was soaked in sea water, the pain intensified and he gradually became numb.

"Guanlin!"

Another wave swept by, Chen Guanlin and Weiwei were submerged by the waves, Zhou Xiwen's heart tightened, ignoring the rescuers running over from far behind her, she didn't have the time to think, and jumped into the sea water.

The salty sea water enveloped her, the sky was getting late, and the water temperature was not as warm and comfortable as it was in the afternoon just now. She took a deep breath, saw Weiwei's red clothes, and swam in that direction with all her might.

Chen Guanlin exhausted all his strength in the confrontation with the waves, and now he just gritted his teeth and supported the child, so that Weiwei could barely breathe the air. He was floating in the waves, and the lack of oxygen caused him to feel dizzy and dizzy.He moved his legs mechanically and swam towards the shore, but made little progress.

Until one hand pulled his collar and lifted his head to the surface of the water, he coughed heavily and tried to open his eyes, "Xiwen..."

Opening his mouth soundlessly, he moved along with the woman's movement, one meter, two meters.Finally, two rescuers in swimsuits and trunks jumped into the water and swam to them.One person took the child, and the other helped to swim back to the shore together with Xiwen, dragging Chen Guanlin's arm.

"Guanlin, lean on me."

After Chen Guanlin landed on the shore, he only had the last bit of strength to sit up, so that he would not be so unsightly lying on the shore with his limbs sprawled - this is his little dignity.Zhou Xiwen felt a little distressed, knelt beside him and hugged him, whispering in his ear.

Someone beside them handed a big bath towel to wrap around the two of them.She picked up a corner and wiped the sea water from the man's face.His eyes are closed tightly, and after losing his glasses, he looks a little vulnerable.

"Guanlin, are you okay?"

The body slowly regained its strength, and the soreness and tingling pain rushed to the limbs like a tide.Chen Guanlin opened his eyes after the dizziness subsided a little, and his eyes were blurred—as a myopic eye with an average of 400 degrees in both eyes, the only thing in front of him was Zhou Xiwen's worried face.

"I'm fine... why did you ask you to save me? It's really embarrassing." He smiled.

"You're still laughing!" Her heart fell back into her chest, and she couldn't help thumping him lightly, "It's scary, okay! You're generally watery and you still have to be brave!"

Yeah, he's just watery.she knows.Because I had embarrassing myself in front of her once.

"Miss Zhou, can you stop scolding Uncle? It's all our fault..." The three little girls timidly gathered around, wrapped in bath towels, begging pitifully with red eyes.

"It's okay, Miss Zhou is not scolding me." Chen Guanlin helped Zhou Xiwen stand up, and smiled gently at the three little girls: "She is worried about me. Just like you three will be criticized by the teacher and the dean after you go back Or punishment, they are just worried about you." Seeing the three children bow their heads in guilt or worry, he patted their heads weakly one by one, "Uncle said that he bought you candy and dolls, and I will give them to you tomorrow, okay? "

Zhou Xiwen accompanied Chen Guanlin to take a taxi to leave. In the car, she called Dean Qiu, expressing her strong complaint against Wu Jiahao, and hoped that Dean Qiu could deal with it and dismiss this black sheep.But Dean Qiu resolutely rejected her request although his attitude was very gentle.Although Zhou Xiwen likes to be straightforward, it doesn't mean she can't tell what a polite refusal is.She was disappointed, even a little sad.In the past two years of getting along, she has regarded Dean Qiu as a close person, and she can't help her true character when it comes to people who have expectations.

The tone gradually changed from disappointment to questioning and accusation. This is just an air conversation. If they communicate face to face, it may have developed into a quarrel!

Chen Guanlin thought that a few years ago, their conversations would develop like this many times, from the initial discussion, to disputes, to quarrels.

"—I am so disappointed that you favor him so much!"

With three points of disappointment and seven points of anger, she hung up the phone.Turning around, an angry certain person remembered Chen Guanlin's existence again. Seeing him frowning and staring at him in a daze, he snorted angrily and asked, "What? Do you think I'm too aggressive and unreasonable to make trouble!"

Chen Guanlin shook his head, "Why are you talking so angry?"

One sentence pierced her paper tiger's arrogance.

"Hmph, I know the bad guys made me do it." She muttered reluctantly.

"Your point is correct. Wu Jiahao is indeed not suitable for taking care of children. He is too evasive. However, he is a staff member of the Children's Home after all. We should respect Dean Qiu's thoughts on whether to hire him. There are so many unexpected things today. , Dean Qiu will not respond on the spot. She also needs time to understand what happened and comfort the children. You should also calm down and talk to her face to face when you go tomorrow. "

"Guanlin, you really have changed a lot." Zhou Xiwen was silent for a moment after listening.

"Have it?"

The man's heart tightened.Yes, I have changed, but do you like my change or hate it?

"You seldom talked about these things before. In fact, you used to be very clumsy with your mouth." She smiled.

The car was parked at the children's home, but they didn't go in and drove home.The two of them went into the water, one lost his glasses and the other broke his cell phone, but luckily they both had spares.When he put on his seat belt, the two of them almost unanimously proposed to go to Chen Guanlin's apartment to take care of it before going home.