They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

"I have a suggestion," Qiu Wuqi said loudly, "Let Wangzi use candles as portable light sources."

These words sparked bursts of laughter in the classroom, even briefly drowning out the roar of the wind and rain.

"They are all born!"

"Stop arguing! Stop arguing!" Shen Qingning found an emergency flashlight, stood on the teacher's desk, and shouted.

"The teacher will be here soon, everyone stay quiet and don't run around!"

However, even with Shen Qingning's authority as class monitor, she couldn't quell the students' noise.

High school life is so boring that even a gust of wind or rain can make you happy for half a day, let alone a power outage.

However, some people are too timid to be frightened.

Lin Mo was in the darkness, holding a frightened little rabbit.

Xu Lingxi was trembling. He guessed that it wasn't just the thunder that frightened her, but also some childhood trauma that probably reminded her of.

After all, the girl's past was mostly spent working hard and managing the household alone. It's normal for her to be afraid of the dark and being scared after being lonely for so long.

Sometimes people can really break down when they're scared.

This has nothing to do with age, especially for someone like Xu Lingxi whose mind is often tormented by stress.

Lin Mo turned on his phone's flashlight and saw Xu Lingxi, who was on the verge of tears, clinging tightly to his waist.

The situation was urgent, so Lin Mo simply pulled the girl into his arms and gently stroked her back several times.

The girl seemed to have calmed down a bit, but her eyes were still red, and she looked at him helplessly.

"It's alright, it was just a power outage. Are you afraid of the dark?"

"No," Xu Lingxi sobbed.

Are you afraid of thunder?

Xu Lingxi shook her head, saying she didn't know.

But in that instant, after hearing the thunder and rain, and everything went black, her mind went blank.

A belated sense of fear and unease instantly overwhelmed her.

Her mind involuntarily replayed the many nights she had spent alone: ​​torrential rain, a dilapidated rented room, darkness under the bed, and the shouts and curses of debt collectors outside the door.

Just like the thunder, it struck a dull ache in my heart.

My stomach, which had been feeling less painful, suddenly started hurting again.

She could only instinctively grasp at whatever she could rely on.

Even now, after I've become a little more sober, I still can't let go.

Seeing her like this, Lin Mo then remembered the breakfast box he had brought her that morning.

Refresh!

The lunchbox was once again filled with steaming hot brown sugar and donkey-hide gelatin soup, which he placed in the girl's arms.

I'll just use it as a temporary hand warmer.

"I made an extra box of soup this afternoon. I didn't give it to you because you were feeling much better. Drinking too much of this stuff isn't good for you."

"Oh"

A warm sensation in her abdomen gave Xu Lingxi a moment's respite, but as soon as she let go of the food container, the person beside her made a move to leave.

The girl was startled and hurriedly reached out to grab him again, her pretty face full of anxiety. She was like a stubborn, proud little bunny, but then realized she had no more reason to cling to Lin Mo like this.

The hand that had been around his waist loosened little by little, until finally it timidly clutched at Lin Mo's hem.

She thought back to how she used to grab her mother's skirt like this, but it never worked.

She had to be alone, slowly, in the endless darkness, pretending to be strong, crying as she pretended to be brave.

"Half an hour."

Suddenly, Lin Mo turned and grabbed her hand. Even in the dim light of the classroom, she could see the sharp angles of his face.

"I will be back within half an hour."

"I'll pinky swear with you." Lin Mo hooked his pinky finger around the girl's slightly numb finger, stamped it, and smiled rather optimistically.

"Pinky promise. Forgot about the middle part, forgot about the end, but if I don't come back, I'm a dog."

Looking at his smile, Xu Lingxi suddenly realized that this person wasn't her unreliable, lying mother from home.

In the same darkness, amidst the same raging storm, the people are different.

He is truly a man of his word.

If you say you'll come back, then you definitely will.

"Where are you going?" Xu Lingxi finally let go of him, her heart feeling a little uneasy.

Without realizing it, my dependence on him reached an extreme level.

Besides her own fear, she now felt more reluctance and worry.

It's raining heavily outside.

"Don't worry, with the help of Yu the Great, this flood can be controlled."

Xu Lingxi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and seeing his joking expression, she couldn't help but laugh in annoyance.

"Did you leave something important outside? Why are you joking now! Otherwise, I'll go with you."

"We left our cat outside, we have to go find it." Lin Mo rubbed her head. "Otherwise, Hakimi will become Flying Kimi."

"What."

Xu Lingxi was confused, but then she saw Lin Mo pick up the umbrella she had prepared for him earlier.

The girl hesitated, seemingly wanting to speak but then stopped herself; she had at least been helpful.

"With your umbrella, everything will be fine. Just stay here and wait for me, baby."

"It's not a treasure," Xu Lingxi murmured, but this time she didn't mind being called such a strange nickname; in fact, she found it surprisingly endearing.

"Let's go. If the teacher asks me where I'm going, just say you don't know. Consider it a favor."

"Um"

Lin Mo had just left when the people in the classroom heard the sound of a door opening and closing.

"Who went out?" Shen Qingning asked. "You can't run around like this!"

"I don't know," Huang Yaoyao said, shining a flashlight to look for empty seats.

When the camera focused on Li Zhihan's empty seat, she suddenly realized what was happening, her face filled with panic as she clutched her head and screamed:

"Oh no! Ningning! Did Zhihan just go out? She always walks by herself and never asks anyone to pick her up or takes a car. What are we going to do?!"

"Oh My God"

"buzz"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingning felt her mind go blank, and a rare sense of panic welled up within her.

She admitted that she would also like to see Li Zhihan's less glamorous side, but such an accident cannot happen.

If her family finds out, she'll be furious.

The previously noisy scene in the classroom quieted down after Huang Yaoyao's scream.

They realized that the class's star student was likely facing some trouble outside, and they lost all interest in playing around.

Everyone has benefited from Li Zhihan's family.

They may play and joke around normally, but when something really happens, this class remains remarkably united, with Li Zhihan or Shen Qingning as the core members.

A moment later, hurried footsteps sounded outside the classroom. The homeroom teacher, Mr. Ni, and the dean of students, both soaked in sweat, rushed into the classroom.

"Ah, this typhoon has unexpectedly caused heavy rainfall, and the power distribution room in Shi'an South District has been damaged. The school's generator has also broken down and is being repaired. All day students will stay on campus temporarily today. There are any spare dormitory beds available, so please help each other out."

"Qingning, count the number of people. Ah, Zhihan shouldn't have left yet, right?"

When Shen Qingning was asked a question by the teacher, she stood up but couldn't speak.

No one in the class made a fuss; it was completely silent.

Old Ni's face immediately turned ashen, and the head of the teaching department next to him gasped in shock.

Suddenly, Yang Jianshen, the sports committee member, stood up and shouted:

"Teacher! We boys can go out together to look for her."

"Yes, yes!" Guo Huowang chimed in, "Lin Mo seems to have been blown away by the wind as well, let's find him too!"

"We girls are going too," Huang Yaoyao retorted. "Guo Huowang, you shouldn't go! You'd be blown away by the wind!"

"Born! Born! Don't look down on OP!"

"Nonsense!" Old Ni slammed his hand on the table. "You all stay put! No running around! Leave the rest to the teacher!"

"Qingning, hurry up and count the number of people. Did Lin Mo sneak out too?"

Shen Qingning's heart skipped a beat. She said "okay" and began to count the items, staggering as she went.

She suddenly had a ridiculous thought: if Lin Mozhen were outside, she would wish to bring Li Zhihan back safely.

Chapter 82 Li Zhihan's Crying and Sticky

"Splash! Rumble!"

The weather is so uncooperative; it changes without warning.

The heavy rain seemed to have affected the power supply in the area; apart from the school, the surrounding streets were completely dark, and even the streetlights were out.

The rain was still at its heaviest. The weather forecast was correct; the typhoon wasn't very strong, and the strongest winds had already passed. It was just that the rain was excessive.

He had just stepped out of the teaching building when the low-lying areas were so deep they reached his knees.

Lin Mo didn't have time to put on a raincoat or open an umbrella; that would be too slow, and running would be a mess.

He acted so decisively because he was the only one who could contact Li Zhihan in a short period of time.

And given Li Zhihan's withdrawn personality, it's hard to imagine her finding someone to ask for help.

To ensure the cat is brought back as quickly as possible and suffers as little as possible, he had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Fortunately, the typhoon has passed its peak. The torrential rain and lightning looked scary, but it wasn't a case of strong winds mixed with rain, and there were no floods or anything like that. At least no one was killed.

It's like small hailstones, about a centimeter in diameter. If they hit you, it will hurt a bit; people with delicate skin will probably suffer.

Lin Mo dared to come out alone because he knew that Li Zhihan from the future was still alive and well, and that she died because of him. This little bit of trouble wouldn't pose a significant threat to her personal safety.

But the cat is already introverted. If it gets scared and cries because it's alone in the dark with thunder and rain, it will become even more introverted.

If Xu Lingxi could be so frightened, then Li Zhihan would be even more timid.

This was an added insult to injury for her mental health.

If it gets scratched, bleeds, or develops a fever, please, no man could bear it.

He was cursed to death by someone ten years later. If he is careless and makes her sad again today, then he might as well start over.

Lin Mo guessed that the girl was probably too preoccupied to think about anything else at the moment, since she hadn't replied to the message he sent to Li Zhihan immediately.

All I could do was call her, hoping she would answer, and drive around the school in my "Emotional Awareness" car.

The tags displayed in the "Emotion Perception" feature are used to find people, essentially giving them a cheat code. The tag colors for Li Zhihan and Xu Lingxi are different from the others.

It's like a golden legend, sparkling and glittering, and you can see it as soon as you get close.

"There's no mom at school."

Lin Mo circled the school as fast as he could, but didn't see any glowing labels, which meant that Li Zhihan had already left the school.

But where exactly did she go and did she go home? Probably not. The girl told him that her home wasn't close by; it would take half an hour to walk back.

The phone hasn't been answered yet.

This is where the chat history comes in handy. The chat history Li Zhihan had accumulated with him on QQ over the past few days meticulously recorded every detail of her life.

This includes her route home.