Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 72 Came Quickly (Thanks to Baby Tin Soldier for becoming the Alliance Leader!)

The two reporters who came to interview Yu Wenhao this morning were very quick. After interviewing Qiqi, they wrote their articles very soon. Probably because they were in a hurry to meet the deadline for the daily and express newspapers to be published tomorrow morning, they first published the articles on Hangzhou.com and 19lou.com, which is also an online media under the Hangzhou Daily Group.

This report is quite long, describing the entire search and rescue process in a dramatic and exciting way. It truly captures the grand scale and spirit of the massive rescue operation in the cold night, just as reporter Xia described.

The report also included many photos from the scene, as well as photos of Yu Wenhao and Qiqi, the instructor, and Officer Zhou. The largest section of the entire report, of course, focused on Yu Wenhao, mentioning that he worked part-time as a ride-hailing driver to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. Since he's an employee of the Hangzhou Daily Group, it's understandable that the report was heavily publicized.

The article, published on Hangcheng.com and 19lou.com, was widely shared on Weibo and WeChat Moments, especially by local Hangzhou netizens. They were unaware that while they were sound asleep, a massive rescue operation was taking place right beside them, in the mountains and along the riverbank in the suburbs of Hangzhou.

Meng Zhen saw the repost on her WeChat Moments, clicked on it, and was surprised to see Yu Wenhao. That's when she called Cao Fang.

The photo of Yu Wenhao that the reporter specially included was not of him standing in front of the German Heidelberg SM74 four-color offset printing press, nor in front of the Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 printing press, but rather of him standing in front of the Comet newspaper printing production line, which once again connected him with the newspaper and its employees.

Yu Wenhao looked at the photo and chuckled. He said to Cao Fang, "Not bad, quite photogenic, right?"

Cao Fang chuckled and scolded, "You're just being vain. Do you think you can get full just by looking at pictures and never need to eat?"

"Of course I'll eat!" Yu Wenhao rolled out of bed. "It's rare for President Qu to be so kind as to give us the opportunity to have dinner at home, how could I let that chance pass? By the way, where's Qianqian?"

"I've come in to check on you countless times while you're asleep. You're watching cartoons now."

Yu Wenhao's phone pinged with a WeChat message. He assumed it was another message from someone praising him. While Yu Wenhao was asleep, countless WeChat messages like this kept coming in. San San, Er Mao, even Guaren, and Jiang Yihe all sent him messages. Looking at all these messages praising him, Yu Wenhao felt a little embarrassed.

Yu Wenhao shook his head, then habitually patted his cheeks before opening the phone on the shelf in front of him. As soon as he opened the driver's app, a customer service representative from the platform contacted him, telling him that the platform highly praised his courageous and helpful behavior, and while calling on all ride-hailing drivers to learn from him, decided to award him 8,000 yuan.

Qianqian nodded, "Mommy showed it to me."

Qianqian nodded and picked up a shrimp from her own bowl. The two of them tapped the shrimp together in the air before putting them in their mouths. Qianqian even deliberately smacked her lips loudly.

"Don't think about it." Cao Fang picked up a shrimp, placed it in the shallow bowl, and said to Yu Wenhao, "Twenty thousand yuan can buy a lot of shrimp. You should still enjoy shrimp."

Yu Wenhao and Cao Fang walked out of the bedroom and into the living room. Qianqian saw Yu Wenhao and shouted "Dad!" She stood up from the sofa and waved to him. Yu Wenhao walked over, and Qianqian hugged him tightly. Yu Wenhao picked her up and said to her:

"What are you grinning about? Are you trying to show off again? Someone else said they saw you?"

Yu Wenhao placed Qianqian on a chair, Cao Fang helped her put on cotton slippers, then went to the kitchen, served three bowls of rice, and sat down herself.

"Let's go have dinner and see what delicious food Mom made."

"Oh, Qianqian saw that news too?" Yu asked.

After finishing his meal, Yu Wenhao was about to leave for work. He walked to the underground parking lot, got into his car, but didn't start it immediately. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the old man's son, squatting there, burying his face in his hands and crying. The thought made him feel a little sad. Qiqi also took a picture of this scene, which was used in the report.

Holding her phone, Yu Wenhao typed as she said, "I want to thank President Qu and the group leaders, but I must also be humble."

"Yes, I dreamed about her too," Yu Wenhao said.

Yu Wenhao and Qianqian both laughed. Yu Wenhao picked up a shrimp from her bowl with her chopsticks and said to Qianqian:

She glanced at Cao Fang, made a face at her, and then greeted Yu Wen, saying, "Dad, you've worked so hard. Last night, you searched for so long before finally finding that old man."

Yu Wenhao laughed too. He thought to himself, "People these days really react quickly, whether it's good or bad, they react immediately. But good things like this are always welcome, the more the merrier."

After waiting a while, Yu asked, "What did he say?"

"Okay, Qianqian, let's celebrate."

"Qianqian, why are you being so nice to Daddy today? Be careful, Mommy's going to get jealous."

The dishes were already laid out on the table. Since Yu Wenhao was rarely eating at home today, Cao Fang had prepared a few extra dishes.

Yu nodded in agreement: "That's true. But I still feel..."

I said, "Don't be so sure, I never thought you'd recover this time."

Upon arrival at their destination, the guests got out of the car, and Yu Wenhao picked up the phone and called back.

After typing and sending the message, Yu Wenhao paused for a moment, then shook his head.

Yu Wen chuckled and muttered to himself, "Well, now I can buy a lot more shrimp."

"What?" Cao Fang asked.

"What's wrong?"

"I had just arrived at the store when the boss gave me a reward of 18,000 yuan. He said, he said, haha..." Kiki couldn't continue.

Yu Wenhao picked up her phone and looked at it, then couldn't help but laugh. Cao Fang asked:

"He said that I was the first person in our area to be praised by the police," Qiqi said.

"I feel a little guilty," Yu Wenhao said. "I don't think I did anything wrong. A passenger who rode in my car disappeared. Shouldn't I go look for him? Isn't that what I should do? It's a very normal and small thing. How did it suddenly become a big deal, like it's something extraordinary? There are interviews and rewards."

Jiang Yihe's message was "Brother Yu, you're awesome!" followed by a thumbs-up.

"What's wrong, Kiki?"

Yu Wenhao carried Qianqian to the restaurant, and Cao Fang bent down to pick up Qianqian's cotton slippers from in front of the sofa and followed her over.

Yu Wenhao said, "This was sent by General Manager Qu. He said it was a group decision to reward me with 10,000 yuan, and the company will also reward me with 10,000 yuan. That's 20,000 yuan in hand. Aren't you happy?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Fang laughed as well.

Qianqian used her chopsticks to pick up fish and shrimp and kept putting them into Yu Wenhao's bowl. Yu Wenhao smiled and said:

Yu Wenhao laughed heartily, waving his phone around, and said to Cao Fang, "This is the real deal, you'll laugh when you hear it."

"Now there are fewer people who meddle in other people's business. When someone does meddle in something, it becomes very special," Cao Fang said.

Cao Fang looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Around 8 p.m., Yu Wenhao was driving his passengers to their destination when Qiqi called him several times, but he didn't answer because he had passengers with him.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you, brother, I'm so happy I can't speak," Qiqi said.

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