A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 254: The Interrupted Leap of Faith

"10"

"11"

"Ding"

The elevator finally reached the top floor. Watching the elevator door slowly open, Chen Jinnian couldn't wait to rush sideways and run towards the roof.

Fang Yuan followed closely behind, dragging his middle-aged and overweight body, trying hard to catch up.

Running up the stairs, Chen Jinnian pushed open the door that should have been locked. The howling wind rushed in instantly, making his breathing slow.

He shielded his eyes with his hands and looked around. Finding that there was no one on the rooftop in front of him, he gently closed the door, took two quick steps out, and searched for Ding Yi.

The moment he turned the corner, he saw a scene that made his pupils tremble.

Ding Yi had already climbed over the rooftop wall and stood on the eaves outside. He leaned forward and calmly looked down at the scenery below, relying entirely on his two hands to hold the edge of the wall behind him to maintain balance.

Just let go and everything will be over.

Chen Jinnian walked over cautiously, wanting to pull him up while the other party was not paying attention, but when he was about to get close, other people also ran up.

Especially the loud sound of the door closing blown by the wind, which seemed particularly harsh under the quiet night sky.

Ding Yi, who was about to jump off the building, was also attracted by the sound. He used his arms to pull his tilted body back and tried to turn his head to look.

Chen Jinnian had already cursed these stupid teammates in his heart. If he had five more seconds, he would have moved over. However, his body reacted very quickly. The moment he heard the sound, he immediately ducked and hid in the opposite direction.

Ding Yi is now facing outside the building. Even if he tries hard to look back, due to his physical condition, there is still a considerable blind spot in his vision.

Chen Jinnian was betting that Ding Yi couldn't see him.

If Ding Yi had a wolf-like look like Sima Yi, whose head could turn 180 degrees without his body moving, then Chen Jinnian would definitely be exposed. But Ding Yi was not like that. He tried hard to look back, but he only noticed someone coming up.

He shouted excitedly, "Stop right there!"

When Fang Yuan saw Ding Yi's expression and Chen Jinnian squatting not far behind him, he knew they were up to something bad and quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, Ding Yi, don't get excited. We won't go over there."

Then he quickly turned around and said to the young couple who had just arrived, "Go guard the door and don't let anyone who's watching the excitement in. Also, call the police immediately. I'll try to delay it for a while."

"Okay, we'll go right away." The young couple quickly agreed.

After seeing Ding Yi's dangerous behavior, their legs went weak. Although Chunfeng Yayuan is an old community with not many floors, more than 30 meters is enough to scare ordinary people.

There is no real difference between jumping from this height and jumping from the 20th floor.

Chen Jinnian, squatting on the ground, pointed at himself and then at Ding Yi in front of him, hoping that the other party could understand what he meant.

Although Fang Yuan didn't understand, he roughly guessed that Chen Jinnian wanted him to divert Ding Yi's attention.

"Ding Yi, Ding Yi, we've met before. I know you. Can you come up and let's have a good chat?"

Ding Yi ignored Fang Yuan's words and looked down at his feet. In a short period of time, many people had gathered downstairs to watch. Wang Yidi and Qiao Yingzi were among them, trying hard to look up.

The property's security guards also rushed over after hearing the news, but they were helpless against Ding Yi on the roof. They could only rush to move the cushions from the tool room, hoping that it would provide some comfort.

Seeing that Ding Yi ignored him and continued talking to himself, Fang Yuan slowly moved sideways to the wall on the roof. He just leaned against the wall and glanced down, and his legs began to tremble and he felt dizzy.

He quickly retracted his gaze and continued, "You are a year older than my son. You are both students of Chunfeng Middle School. Isn't it a coincidence? The house my family is renting now happens to be right above the one you rented last year."

"You should be quite familiar with Song Qian and Yingzi. My family and Teacher Song's family are also quite familiar with each other. We have known each other for more than ten years. Teacher Song mentioned you a while ago and said that you are a good student."

"He's much better than my son. That brat can't even get into a second-tier university. He plays all day long. Ding Yi, you're different. You have good grades and a bright future. Don't do anything impulsive that you'll regret."

Fang Yuan's nagging seemed to have touched Ding Yi a little.

He turned his head away and said dejectedly, "What's the point of having good grades? I don't have any right to choose, no right to refuse. I'm like Truman, living in a world where everything is arranged, like a puppet, doing the prescribed things within the prescribed time."

Ding Yi suddenly loosened one hand, took off his glasses and threw them down, wiping his wet eyes with the back of his hand.

"I feel that only by ending the world in front of me with my own hands can I return to the world that belongs to me."

Ding Yi's almost crazy behavior caused exclamations from the residents watching downstairs.

Lao Zhang and Xiao Wang from the security team ran over carrying mats. When everyone saw them, they came forward to help and hurriedly spread the mats in the area downstairs.

Some people even brought out quilts from home to put under the pillow, hoping that they could act as a cushion when they fell.

While Fang Yuan was racking his brains to chat, Chen Jinnian had already moved little by little behind Ding Yi. The wind was very strong tonight, covering up the sound of his footsteps.

Suddenly, a shrill and long alarm sounded in the distance, breaking the balance between the three people.

Fang Yuan turned his head and saw a bright red color appearing at the main entrance of the community. He was overjoyed and could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Dante's reaction became even more intense. He immediately let go of his hands, opened his arms, and jumped off the roof.

Chen Jinnian pounced forward, stretched out his right hand and grabbed Ding Yi's clothes, but the huge inertia took half of his body out with him. It was only by holding the wall tightly with his left hand that he was able to stop.

Fang Yuan's heart almost jumped out of his throat when he saw this, because Ding Yi was now hanging in the air, and was only being held tightly by Chen Jinnian's hand.

He rushed over at the fastest speed in his life, leaned out and tried to grab Ding Yi's arms that were stretched out in all directions.

The crowd downstairs was in a panic, and some people even ran over holding cushions, hoping to catch Ding Yi who was about to jump off the building.

When Wang Yidi saw that the person who stretched out his hand seemed to be Chen Jinnian, he staggered and burst into tears on the spot. Then he covered his mouth and ran into the unit in panic.

"Thorn."

A teeth-grinding brake sound was heard, leaving behind heavy tire marks, and the fire truck stopped directly downstairs.

After seeing the suicidal person hanging in the air on the roof, the firefighters did not have time to build a fire cushion. Moreover, the maximum rescue height of the fire cushion is 20 meters. Facing an 11-story building, they were really unable to do it.

"Hurry, hurry, you two, hurry upstairs, and the rest of you, act according to the plan."