Snare of Love
Chapter 673 You Must Be Looking for Someone

It will be two days and two nights soon, could he still be alive even if they did replace him?

Officer Miller took off his hat and sighed deeply.

"Dad, don't be like this." She took Officer Miller's arm and looked at the rising sun in the sky. She could not help sighing too.

There was a fork below the spot they searched. One side faced east and the other faced west. The river channel in the west was wider, which increased the difficulty of searching, and they needed to divide int two groups.

Armand said, "I'll take some to the west."

Officer Miller nodded and assigned more people to him. Armand had gone down several times. He was exhausted. He sat on the deck barefoot, and water was dripping from his body.

At dawn, Matthew came and asked him if he had any clues.

Armand shook his head and thought of the worst outcome. "Could he..."

"No." Matthew said firmly, "if we didn't replace him, it's not necessarily that he drowned in the water, maybe he was saved? When the car was salvaged, the glass was not broken and the door was closed. We all know that due to the water resistance, it's impossible to open the door in the water. I think, maybe he's come out of the car and didn't fall into the water with the car."

What he said was very reasonable, but Armand still did not understand one thing. "If he's alive, and we've searched from the city to the suburbs, how come we still don't replace him after such a long way? Where has he gone?"

Matthew could not explain this too.

As Armand said, if he was still alive, how can they not replace him?

At this time, the mobile phone in the pocket of the shirt Armand threw aside rang. He snatched it and took out his mobile phone. It was Theresa's number.

He pressed the answer button. "Hey, Theresa."

"Did you replace him?" Theresa asked.

He was in a hurry when he came back and he did not see Theresa. He called her and told her Boyce's situation. She must be worried that she called to ask about the situation.

Armand answered, "No."

"What if I go..."

"No, you can't do anything either. I'll call you when there's news. Don't worry, we'll try our best." There would be more people worried about Boyce when she came, it was better for her to stay away to alleviate the anxiety.

"Alright, don't forget to tell me any news," Theresa said.

"I won't."

Armand lowered his head. "I'm afraid I can't see you recently."

"You don't have to, it's more important to replace him."

Armand agreed.

Theresa clenched her mobile phone and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

She then hung up.

Armand put his mobile phone back into his pocket, stood up, walked to Matthew and asked, "There's no point searching this way."

Matthew looked at the small wooden boat docked by the river and turned to ask, "What's that boat for?"

Armand shook his head and said, "I don't know."

He did not say anything and asked people to pull the boat ashore. Armand ran over and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

Matthew still did not speak, because he was not sure whether his judgment was right.

Armand followed him off the boat and asked the rest to continue searching.

Along the shore was a reclaimed vegetable garden. An old man was picking vegetables. Matthew came over.

The old man put the picked lettuce into a basket. When he saw someone coming, he asked, "What can I help you?"

"I saw a boat docked by the river, what's that boat for?" Matthew asked.

"Why are you asking?" The old man was unwilling to answer.

Armand said, "We come to clean up the river."

The old man then only replied, "Mr. Parry used to raise geese in this water, but since he was not allowed to raise them later, the boat has gone useless."

"It was used to raise geese before, right?" Armand asked.

The old man pointed at the blue nets discarded by the bank and said, "Yes, these nets were fixed in the middle of the river back then. He needs to go in when feeding the geese, so Mr. Parry made the wooden boat, but the village head said that it would pollute the environment, and he did not allow him to raise the geese, so the boat was abandoned."

"So the boat was not used anymore?" Armand asked again, probably knowing what Matthew suspected.

Since no one was found in the river, could he possibly get ashore by any coincidence? Or was saved?

The old man said assertively, "No, you can see there's moss under it. No one used it, and it's not firm anymore after a long time, who would use it?"

Matthew looked up. There was a village not far away. Although it was a village, there were also small buildings with three floors and five floors.

"Have you ever had strangers in your village?"

"Yes, they're all strangers. Many rental houses in our village are occupied by migrant workers," said the old man.

Matthew was a little disappointed. It seemed that Boyce had not been saved.

However, he did not know that his judgment was actually correct, it was just that he had searched the wrong place.

Boyce did come out of the car when the car fell, he did not fall into the water with the car, but the water above the dam was deep and urgent. After falling into the water, he wanted to save Lucy, but the car door could not be opened underwater at all. During the process, he accidentally stepped on the side of the dam and was washed down. He could only go with the rapid current down the river.

He was washed to a far place, and the water grass entangled his feet before he stopped. During the process, he was choked by a lot of water and almost drowned in the river several times. Fortunately, he broke free from the water grass, and was exhausted. He vaguely saw a boat. He did not know what it was for. He swam desperately towards the boat. The person on the boat did not see him. When the person steered the boat around, he was knocked into a coma.

When he opened his eyes again, he was in a strange environment.

The small room was dark and damp.

He could vaguely hear someone talking.

The one talking was the man who hit Boyce. He was tall, fat, dark and had rugged looks. He fished river snails and wild clams for a living. He did not expect to hit someone. At that time, he wanted to run away, but he was afraid that he would be found through investigation if Boyce died. He then took him onto the boat. He only saw blood on his head when he returned home, and he was horrified at that time. After sitting on the ground for a long time, he only then reached out to detect his breath. Sensing he was still breathing, he hurriedly searched for a doctor. He would become a murderer if Boyce died. A doctor from the village service agency asked him to send Boyce to a big hospital after checking him.

"I have no money." The man was not willing to spend huge amount of money, so he asked, "Can he still live without going?"

"I'm not sure. The injury is on his head, it's best for him to take a CT scan in a big hospital," the doctor suggested.

"It would be fine as long as he doesn't die."

The doctor could not force him too and he could only leave. As he reached the entrance, he asked, "Is he someone of yours?"

The man choked, he rolled his eyes and said, "He's my relative."

The doctor nodded and walked out of the door.

Boyce's head hurt so much as if it was going to crack, but he could hear their conversation clearly. He supported himself with the wall and came out. "Are you the one who hit me?"

He clearly remembered that he had lost consciousness after being knocked down by a small boat.

The man was startled and he widened his eyes. "You, you're awake?"

Boyce glanced at the large and small pots and bags placed on the floor in the room. There were water and mud on the floor and pots filled with river snails.

"Do you have a phone?" Boyce asked. He needed to contact someone.

He had already lost his mobile phone.

"What are you trying to do?" The man was afraid that he would sue him and he hurriedly pushed away the responsibility. "You can't blame me, it's you who's in the water in the first place."

"I just want to make a call," Boyce said weakly.

"Don't you think I'm easy to fool." The man obviously did not believe it. Boyce just wanted to make a phone call but he thought he must have wanted to call someone to catch him.

As soon as Boyce realized that he could not persuade the man, he decided to go out and replace someone. He needed to go back quickly and tell Matthew that Declan had got out and he should be alert. Declan wanted to avenge him.

However, when he came to the door, he felt a sharp pain on the back of his head. He turned his head and saw the man holding a wooden stick. He was grasping it with both hands, slightly trembling and acting calmly while widening his eyes. "Don't think I'm easy to fool, you must be looking for someone."☐☐☐☐