A piercing, heartrending pain shot through him, and Zhenzhen instinctively opened his mouth in agony, only to have the icy water engulf him as it rushed into his mouth and nostrils. He belatedly realized that he had been knocked into the ice pit that they had just used to rescue someone.
Enduring the intense pain, Zhenzhen tried to stretch out his still-strong left hand to grab the edge of the ice, but a sudden undercurrent struck and swept him away from the ice pit...
When Mo Yan arrived at the frozen river with Mao Tuan, led by Yun Zhao, she saw several children lying on the ice, crying inconsolably, screaming their brother's name.
She instinctively searched for that familiar small figure, but among the dozens of sobbing children, she couldn't find her brother anywhere.