"Hello, sonny, where are your parents?" Violet squatted in front of the boy and asked with a sweet smile on her face.
"My Daddy went to start his car. He told me to wait for him here," answered the little boy very obediently.
"Don't you know it's quite dangerous here?" Violet looked at the boy tenderly, and a warm smile curved her lips. She liked him because he was very cute and had a round face and fair skin.
The boy looked around, and then uttered gloomily,"I don't know. I didn't pay any attention to that till now. Aunt, these bubbles are so beautiful. Do you want to see them? I can make some for you too."
Looking at the cute boy, Violet caressed his head and replied,"Sure, but let's go to that place to blow the bubbles, okay?"
"No, I want to stay here," resisted the boy, with a frown on his face.
Roger Gu walked to the place where Violet was standing and still continued looking at her. He didn't know what Violet and the small boy were talking about, but he was quite sure Violet was poking?her nose into other people's business now.
Just then, Roger Gu noticed a car running at a short distance. Its speed was very high and it was running straight towards Violet.
Roger Gu opened his eyes wide and thought about what was going to happen in the next minute.
He recklessly rushed towards Violet and yelled at her at the same time.
"Violet, be careful!" he shouted loudly.
Hearing somebody call her name, Violet looked towards the direction of the voice and then she saw Roger Gu rushing towards her with an anxious expression on his face. 'What's wrong?' Violet was very confused.
But then she suddenly heard a harsh trumpet which seemed to come closer to her.
As soon as Violet saw the car which was about to hit her, she took the boy into her arms in a subconscious attempt to protect him.
"Violet," called Roger Gu again, pushing her away with all his strength.
Violet fell down aside, tightly holding the boy in her arms.
"Crack!" a dull, dead thud sound arose from the downtown.
All the people on the road stopped and turned around to see the accident that had just happened.
With her eyes closed, Violet held the boy tightly though she didn't know clearly what was going on at that moment. There was no doubt that she had seen Roger Gu's face. She was very well sure of that.
All sounds vanished as if there was no sound around the city.
Violet opened her eyes, seeing the boy she was holding in her arms staring at her with his big eyes silently.
"Sonny, are you okay?" Violet released the boy, sat up from the ground and helped the boy get up too.
"I'm okay," answered the boy seriously.
"That's good," said Violet. She got up to remove the dust off her clothes and pick up these leaflets which were scattered on the ground.
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