Chapter 217: Super Flood 3
We might slack off at work, but when it comes to survival, we’re serious.
The rain outside was even heavier than yesterday, but it couldn’t deter Chu Yian from going out.
She ran around all day, not even having time to eat. In a pinch, she finally gathered most of the supplies. She crossed off items on her list one by one; everything on the list, except for a gun, was now collected.
The kayak and engine were the most expensive items among them.
Chu Yian certainly didn’t have enough money, and Grandpa Treasure Box ultimately couldn’t escape the fate of being pawned.
As for why she didn’t ask Lu Qingyuan for a subsidy?
Because it would take too much time going back and forth.
In seven hours, the heavy rain had already turned the low-lying parts of the street into small streams. Chu Yian didn’t dare to wait; she was afraid that if she left, someone else would snatch up the kayak.
With her large items, Chu Yian contentedly waited by the door to hail a taxi.
Then… there were so few taxis today!
Although there was an awning outside the shop, the rain blowing in through the doorway soaked her already damp clothes. She really couldn’t wait for a taxi, so she picked up her phone to call Lu Qingyuan.
It rang twice, and then he answered, “Boss…”
Before she could finish her sentence, he preempted her, “Where have you been messing around?”
“I went out to buy some things.”
Chu Yian looked at the heavy rain outside, “Um… could you come pick me up?”
“What do you think? Come back yourself.”
He hung up the phone coldly.
Chu Yian listened to the busy beeping of her phone and didn’t blame him. After all, if she were the boss, and her newly hired employee took an advance on her salary and then skipped work on her first day, her lungs would probably explode from anger.
Not being fired was already good enough.
Chu Yian shook her head and dragged her purchases back inside the shop. She could get wet, but some of the newly bought items couldn’t be ruined by the rain. Leaving her things in the shop, she went out into the rain again to look for a car.
“Little sister, it looks like it’s hard to get a car. Is where you live close to the subway station? Otherwise, you can take the subway back.”
The owner, seeing her getting drenched outside, kindly said, “The subway station is just 100 meters ahead. I’ll lend you a cart and take you there. You’re completely soaked; you should go back and change into dry clothes soon.”
The subway station… it seemed to be only two or three hundred meters from the shop.
Very close.
Drenched in the downpour, she could rush back in a few minutes at most.
“Alright, thank you for your trouble.”
Chu Yian nodded, took the delivery cart the owner pushed over, and slowly stacked her items onto the small cart.
Her soaked clothes made her shiver with cold, and her lips were a little pale.
At the same time, her mind was still pondering her relationship with Lu Qingyuan.
To be honest, from a stranger’s perspective, Teacher Lu was a very good person. For example, this time, she skipped work on her first day. A normal boss would definitely scold her, make her return the money, and fire her, but he didn’t.
However, from a game perspective, cooperating with Teacher Lu had too many disadvantages.
The increasingly prominent issue was that he lost his memory each round of the game. At the start of each round, she had to re-cultivate their relationship, and in multiple rounds, Teacher Lu couldn’t keep up with her pace of action at the beginning.
The current heavy rain seemed to be the fuse, making Chu Yian begin to consider whether she should continue to stick with Teacher Lu.
Alright,
Her scale, which had originally tipped towards Lu Qingyuan, was now wavering, gradually leaning towards Jie Yan’s team.
The cold, icy rain beat haphazardly on her face, her soaked clothes merging with the chilling rain. The umbrella in her hand could only just manage to keep her items from getting wet, leaving her utterly disheveled.
The subway entrance was almost there!
Just as the kayak shop owner opened the elevator, ready to help her push her things in, a voice came from behind, “Chu Yian!”
In the heavy rain, a black figure ran towards her.
Lu Qingyuan was still wearing house slippers, and he hadn’t even taken an umbrella from the car. Shortly after getting out of the car, the heavy rain had already soaked his jacket and hair.
Lu Qingyuan didn’t notice this, but instead, he first pulled her away from the elevator leading to the subway.
“Why haven’t you been answering your phone?”
Huh?
Chu Yian was stunned for a moment. Didn’t he hang up on her?
“It’s raining hard, let’s talk in the car.”
Lu Qingyuan reached out and pulled her towards the car. Chu Yian quickly pointed to the supplies beside them, “My purchases!”
Lu Qingyuan put Chu Yian into the car, then went back to put all her purchases into the back seat and trunk of the car. The expensive luxury car was instantly drenched by the rain. Lu Qingyuan turned on the air conditioning, and the car went from damp and cold to damp and warm.
Her clothes sticking to her body were still very uncomfortable, but it was much better than being drenched in the heavy rain.
Chu Yian couldn’t help but sneeze twice, pulling a tissue from the front of the car to wipe her nose. She looked at Lu Qingyuan, who was also drenched by the heavy rain, “Teacher Lu, I thought you really weren’t coming.”
“Do you think I wanted to come?”
Lu Qingyuan reached out and turned on the car radio, hearing the announcer broadcasting the latest news.
“Currently, S City’s drainage capacity has reached an unbearable level. Subway Lines 3 and 6 have both experienced waterlogging. Specifically, Line 3 is currently stalled between Wangliu Station and Maodu Station, with an estimated three hundred people trapped.
Passengers on Line 3 are now using their phones to call for help from the outside world. From the videos they’ve sent, we can see that the water level has risen above their chests, which is very dangerous…”
The subway station was flooded.
Chu Yian was stunned when she heard this news, realizing why Lu Qingyuan had rushed over so frantically.
“Thank you, Lu… Achoo! Achoo!”
Before she could finish speaking, she sneezed several more times. At the same time, she noticed how high the water splashed by car tires was on the road.
The accumulated water on the ground had already reached the car’s undercarriage.
Looking at Lu Qingyuan’s serious and cautious expression, Chu Yian didn’t dare to speak again and distract him, gripping the seatbelt across her chest tightly.
There were still a few cars driving through the water on the road. The ripples spread outwards as the cars moved, and no driver dared to stop at this moment.
As soon as they stopped, the vehicle would surely stall.
Some vehicles had already stopped in the water, and the people inside were wading out.
Splash, splash, splash—
The heavy rain continued to fall densely, like an unceasing faucet.
The car radio had already changed from reporting the flooded subway station to notifying citizens of an emergency evacuation.
Do not go to low-lying areas. The XX underground Shopping Mall is flooded and emergency rescue is underway. Pedestrians trapped on the road should immediately abandon their vehicles and move to higher ground in buildings… In this tense atmosphere, they returned to the small shop, safe and sound.
Lu Qingyuan opened the shop door, took out a dry towel from inside, and threw it over Chu Yian’s head, “Go take a shower and change into dry clothes first.”
