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Life Pursuit

My Fairy Tale

By megangochoaPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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A fire broke out in a residential building in the city, and the smoke rolled and the fire raged to the sky. People inside the building were busy escaping and those outside were panicking and crying out.

A mother fell to her knees and shouted in a desperate voice, "My child is still inside!"

Firefighters were still on their way, and ordinary people rushing into the fire was an absolute death sentence. In this torn moment, a man stepped forward, taking his jacket off and putting it on his head, then drenching himself in a bucket of water, and just rushed into the burning building.

The flames scorched the house and made a "crackling" sound as if applauding the hero's feat and celebrating his masterpiece.

When everyone was worried about the man and the child in the building, the man rushed out with the child in his arms, and everyone immediately went up to meet them, leaving the rest to the firefighters, so they could finally feel a little more at ease.

"You deserve praise for going to save people regardless of your safety, but it must be under the premise of ensuring your safety!"

In the face of the firefighters' half-rebuke, half-education remarks, the man just smiled happily.

A woman's voice came from the side: "Wipe the dust and sweat off your face."

The man looked up and it was a woman who handed over a wet tissue, seemingly attracted by the man's heroic deeds.

In this way, Ade and Asu got to know each other.

In the days that followed, Azusa slowly got to know Ade. He is a helper, even if his job and this point have nothing to do with it, but as long as he sees others in danger, he will step forward to rescue them regardless of safety.

Ade often said, "This is the value of life I've been looking for."

Sol asked curiously, "Why didn't you consider becoming a police officer or a fireman in the first place? Wouldn't it be more in line with your life values?"

"Don't look at me like this now, I used to be just a weak person." Ade said somewhat nostalgically, "I happened once to save a child who was almost hit by a speeding car, and that moment gave me a feeling of 'this is what I seek'. It was only after that that I made a conscious effort to exercise just to be able to face a crisis at any time."

Asuka's admiration for this kind of Ade grew and later developed into a couple as a matter of course.

On this day, the two went on a date to an amusement park. The itinerary was planned by Ade alone, saying that it was a date that would make Aso's heart beat faster. The original Aso still has expectations, the results of the day, they play all the roller coaster, high-speed carousel, high rapids, a class of horror haunted house project, is indeed to make people "heartbeat".

A little upset in the heart, but seeing Ade the whole day can not stop smiling mouth, will not show what.

On the way home, they met a kid whose ball flew into a tree and couldn't get down, asking for help from them who happened to be passing by.

Seeing that the tree was tall and straight, plus the fact that they had played all day today and were worried about Ade's stamina, Sol suggested, "Why don't we go find a long stick or borrow a ladder?"

But Ade jumped at the chance: "No need to bother, this little problem can not be solved, my life is worthless."

With that, Ade began to climb the tree. But before he could reach the branches of the tree, Ade fell, his face was knocked and blood came out.

Azusa went up to help Ade and said worriedly, "See, I knew this would happen. You'd better do as I say."

Ade didn't care about Su's concern and pushed her away, staring dead at the ball in the tree as if he was facing a major problem in life. This time, Ade climbed more cautiously, but because the speed is too slow the climbing part of the tree pole consumed too much energy, and again fell.

Climbing high and falling hard, Ade's arm broke, bending in the exact opposite direction. But he didn't care at all, as if the pain was just a catalyst for dopamine for him, he laughed even more: "Good man, I didn't think a little book would be so challenging. Yes, this is the feeling I've been looking for!"

The child was terrified by the scene before him and ran away crying "I don't want the ball". Azusa looked at the frenzied Ade in bewilderment and suddenly realized that what Ade had been seeking was not "helping people", but the "thrill" of being in a crisis.

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