Chapter 30 Lou Yuncheng

The sky, which had been clear for three days, was once again filled with dark clouds. Even after dawn, it was still gloomy all around. The temperature dropped to thirteen or fourteen degrees. The refugees, who had originally taken off their thick coats and put on thin coats, cursed and put their clothes back on.

However, these things had little to do with Shu Fu. She only carried a backpack with her, which was filled with a single sleeping bag, a moisture-proof mat, a blanket and a raincoat. It was impossible for her to put down other clothes.

After all, it was deep winter, and no one expected the temperature to soar from zero to nearly thirty degrees and then fall back in two or three days. Many people in the shelter did not have a change of clothes, so they just took off their coats. Shu Fu's underwear was all clean, so she would rather stay hot than take it off, and she had been wearing her old cotton coat these days.

The conditions in the shelter were poor, and the water supply was limited. Every day, a large number of people would line up before the water supply was due. Some people would help their family and friends to reserve a spot, some people would cut in line, and some people would get angry because the people in front of them were taking too long to get water, and sometimes they would even fight.

Most of the time, because the time limit was about to expire, many people who had not yet gotten water rushed in, crowding the few restrooms with open faucets. Some people had gotten water but were knocked over and spilled all over the floor. Others scooped water from other people's buckets and ran away. In short, the scene was a mess and it was impossible to control it.

The only thing the rescue team is spending manpower to control and supervise now is the distribution of drinking water and food.

In this case, Shu Fu naturally would not fight for this little water. After receiving the water on time every day, she would quietly stay in her overnight area. The amount of drinking water distributed was small, and she did not use her backpack to take it out from the space to drink. Instead, she tried to drink as little water as possible, because this way she would go to the toilet less often.

The restroom is only flushed at fixed times every day, so you can imagine the conditions inside.

At first she was worried that the disguise on her face and hands would fall off because of the hot weather, but after two days of not washing her face, brushing her teeth, washing her hands, taking a shower, changing her clothes, or even changing her underwear, she no longer needed additional disguise.

She went from being a fake refugee to a real refugee.

The most uncomfortable thing is my hair. Because of the hot weather, I sweat and produce oil. Now I have real oily hair.

Because her hands were dirty, she tried her best not to rub the corners of her eyes, which caused eye mucus to accumulate. Every day when she woke up, she felt that she could not open her eyes...

Perhaps because of her appearance of blending into the larger group of refugees, Cheng Yu did not recognize her when he first saw her in the morning. He simply turned around and ignored her while discussing the rescue work with Liu Shuang beside her.

Shu Fu naturally recognized him. The rescue team's exclusive camouflage waterproof suit, the familiar delicate features and sharp temperament, as well as his height, made it difficult to ignore him.

Liu Shuang came to talk to her about taking a boat into the city at noon. She had been working outside the wall for several days in a row and had planned to return to the city this evening.

Cheng Yu was the captain who took over from her. He was supposed to come in the afternoon, but for some reason he came in the morning.

"I have something to do, so I'll go check out some of the nearby shelters first..." Cheng Yu said, looking up and looking around.

This was the second shelter outside Dam No. 1 that he checked. The number of people in the shelter had increased dramatically in the past few days, so a quick glance would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Two days ago, he suddenly found that several messages he had sent to Shu Fu that could not be delivered were shown as successfully delivered. Afterwards, he called her, but the phone was clearly connected but she still didn't answer the call.

It would be more accurate to say that she disappeared rather than left that time in Suicheng, and after that she completely lost contact with us.

The other party was just an alumnus of his nephew's classmate, and he was not very familiar with him, but he had always found this matter puzzling and couldn't help but take it seriously.

This time the other party's phone suddenly rang, and he couldn't help but have some inexplicable thoughts. He always felt that she left suddenly and mysteriously last time. Would she suddenly appear again this time?

But he was just doing it while working. After all, the possibility was too low. Suicheng and Louyuncheng were separated by a thousand kilometers.

Cheng Yu's thoughts came to an abrupt halt. He turned his gaze back to the figure he had overlooked. His long eyebrows knitted together and he spoke in surprise, "Shu Fu?"

Shu Fu greeted him politely, her tone calm as if she had not lost contact for more than two months: "Well, long time no see, Captain Cheng."

Cheng Yu: ...

Liu Shuang looked over in surprise. She looked at Cheng Yu, then at Shu Fu, and carefully examined her face again. Suddenly she clapped her hands, "Oh, right! Suicheng Library!"

Liu Shuang had indeed seen Shu Fu, but Shu Fu did not know her. But now that Cheng Yu was here, things became clear after a little thought.

Because Cheng Yu had taken her to the rest area for the rescue team members and arranged for her to sleep with the female team members, Liu Shuang should have seen her at that time, but just didn't talk to her, so Shu Fu had no impression of her.

Cheng Yu looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes, as if he had a lot to ask. But after looking at her for a while, he seemed to swallow back the words he wanted to ask and say.

Shu Fu always felt that he seemed to be swallowing hard, and finally he just said to her: "...You, call your friends who are worried about you."

In the past two months, he had been complained about a lot by Xun Huiming, complaining that he didn't take good care of the person, complaining that he lost the person. Of course, the most talked about thing was that his female classmate had been worried and sad for a long time...

Cheng Yu never refuted, he also thought so, but he thought she left with a plan, maybe because of the boyfriend she had been waiting for. But he also thought that she knew what she was doing, and she could take care of herself and live a good life even if she lost contact.

But now, she reappeared in such a miserable and pitiful appearance that he suddenly couldn't bear to say many things.

Cheng Yu turned around and planned to ask Liu Shuang, but after taking two steps away, he turned back and said to Shu Fu: "Wait for me, don't leave."

"I'm not leaving." Shu Fu spread her hands, looking innocent.

The two possible targets for this mission are here, where can she go?

She guessed that Cheng Yu must be a little upset. After all, she turned on her phone but didn't reply to his messages or answer his calls. It was obvious that she was dead and didn't want to be disturbed. But two days later, she suddenly appeared again. Not only was she alive and well, but she also looked like nothing had happened. It was obvious that she was just pretending to be dead and simply didn't want to bother with him.

If she were Cheng Yu, she would have asked herself a few more questions, at least to find out how she left the boat last time.

But he endured it silently. It seems that this man has a good temper.

Cheng Yu talked to Liu Shuang for a few words about Shu Fu and learned some about her current situation. He avoided her a little because she looked too miserable now and he didn't want to ask too much to avoid irritating her.

Shu Fu didn't know what the two people talked about, but she was sure that the conversation went astray, because when they finished communicating and came over again, Cheng Yu looked at her with a more gentle gaze, and offered to take her back to the city personally at noon.

"Don't you have a job?"

"It's okay. I'm here to take over. It's raining heavily today. We'll be stationed here tonight. If there's any mission, we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning." He said, and then looked at Liu Shuang, "I'll finish your afternoon work with you now, and you can come with me when I send her back at noon."

"Okay, I'll take her back to my dormitory first and let her take a shower and change clothes. Do you think it's okay?" Liu Shuang asked Shu Fu the last sentence, as if he was afraid that she would not accept it.

The bracelet on Shu Fu's wrist was still quiet. She nodded at the two of them and thanked them again.

**

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Cheng Yu and Liu Shuang came back. They didn't know what had happened. Cheng Yu was injured. There was a long bloody wound on his forearm and he only received simple hemostatic treatment.

Shu Fu was startled by his blood-stained sleeve, but he himself didn't care about the wound. He hurried back and seemed relieved to see she was still there.

The mission had not been completed yet, so Shu Fu would naturally not "disappear" at this time. She originally wanted Cheng Yu to suture the wound first, but the only few medical staff here were very busy and could not move their hands at all.

"Let's go back to the city first. Go to the infirmary to treat your wounds before coming back." Liu Shuang said, glancing out the window. "It's very windy outside. It's going to turn into a heavy rain soon. We have to hurry."

Shu Fu moved quickly, slinging his backpack in front of him, taking out his raincoat and putting it on as he followed the two men, quickly getting on the speedboat.

It was a similar style of speedboat to the previous one, just a little smaller. There were life jackets on the seats, and a rain-proof roof and zippered awning were added later. However, when sailing in such heavy rain, rain would still be blown into the boat by the wind.

There were other refugees traveling with them, and other boats could be seen in the waters ahead and behind them heading towards the dam.

The wind was getting stronger outside, the waves were rising, and the heavy rain blurred Shu Fu's vision. The closer he got to the dam, the more he could feel its enormity. It was really hard to imagine that this waterproof fortification was built in just one or two months.

According to the information she found online, the safety wall is expected to be 120 meters high and 20 meters thick at the bottom. It is also being widened and reinforced. After it is fully built, the dam will not only block the rising water level, but also reduce the impact of storms on the safety city.

According to the current rate of water level rise, these safe inland cities will sooner or later become coastal cities. Although the terrain and buildings in many places in the city are very high, the safety walls also protect some land in the suburbs that are not so high in altitude.

Field and orchard planting, breeding factories, water purification plants... these are the most important things under the current situation.

The route for ordinary people to enter the city is on the hills next to the dam. They first take a boat to the end of the water area, then land and take a bus to enter the city from the mountain road.

There is currently no accessible safety door at the bottom of the dam. There are several built-in elevators on the wall that can reach the safe passage on the upper level of the dam, which is only for emergency travel of troops and rescue personnel.

Shu Fu, who was looking at the dam, suddenly heard someone on the bow of the boat in front of him shouting "Hold on tight". His heart immediately tensed and he clenched his fingers that were holding the metal rod on the boat even tighter.

A huge wave hit, tearing a hole in the awning of the speedboat, allowing all the heavy rain to pour in. The boat was bobbing up and down in the water like a falling leaf.

The other refugees on the boat suddenly screamed nervously. Waves came one after another, and a heavy rainstorm was coming.

Some people started complaining out of fear. The rain had stopped for two or three days before, but they were unlucky. It rained so heavily when it was their turn to enter the city. They were so unlucky!

Someone asked the rescue team loudly whether they should return to the factory near the shelter and wait for the heavy rain to pass before going into the city. After all, after the boat reaches the hills, they will have to transfer to a bus and walk along the mountain road.

As soon as this man opened his mouth, some people on the boat echoed him, and some looked around, trying to check the situation of other boats in the heavy rain.

Soon, they found that the several boats that were originally following behind them began to turn back one by one.

At this point, everyone couldn't help it and shouted at the rescue workers to turn around quickly. They wished they could turn the boat around themselves and go back to the factory.

The boat Shu Fu was on was in an awkward position. The speedboat ahead of them was almost at the hills, and they would soon be able to land and board the boat. The boat behind them had not far from the shelter, and the way back was much closer than driving to the hills, so they immediately decided to return.

The heavy rain was mixed with noisy sounds, and all around was filled with all kinds of noise. Just at this moment, the intercom on the bow rang. It seemed that it was someone from another boat traveling nearby. Liu Shuang picked up the phone and listened for a long time but couldn't hear clearly what the person on the other end was saying.

She frowned, took out the utility knife from her waist, knocked on the metal pole on the boat, and ordered everyone to be quiet: "If you make any more noise, get off the boat and swim over!"

Perhaps seeing that she was really angry, the noisy voices of the others suddenly stopped, and Liu Shuang finally heard the voice on the other end of the intercom clearly.

It was indeed sent by the rescuers on the boat next to us, asking the same question: should we go back or continue forward? If we continue to go to the hills, there is still a long way to go. With such strong winds and waves, the boat may capsize at any time.

But it’s not cost-effective to go back. After all, the ship has already traveled halfway, and going back would mean braving the storm.

What's more, this is not the first time that such heavy rain has occurred in Muzhou Province. It's just that the last time there was a storm like this, the water line had not risen to this area, so everyone was traveling by land and there was no need to worry about capsizing.

The boat slowed down temporarily because of the problem of whether to turn around, but even though the speed had been reduced to the slowest, the hull was swayed left and right by the wind and waves, and every time a wave hit it, the hull was severely bumped.

This kind of bumpy ride is like riding a roller coaster, being thrown high up by the waves and then dropping heavily. Every time, the people on the boat couldn't help but scream.

Cheng Yu was originally near the stern. He held onto the top of the boat with his hands and moved to the stern with difficulty, wanting to check on the situation of other boats nearby. There was no roof at the stern, and the rain was so heavy that the brim of his raincoat was blown open, and his entire face was soaked by the rain.

At the side, Shu Fu, who was sitting at the stern, raised his hand, stretched out his hand from under the sleeve of his raincoat, and handed him a telescope.

"Thank you." Cheng Yu took it and turned around to check again.

The sky above the water was gloomy and dark, with clouds pressing in the air as if they would crash down at any time. He kept wiping his face hard, trying to check the surrounding situation. The other two boats that were originally in a similar position to them also turned around.

In this situation, he had to be responsible for all the people on this boat, so he couldn't proceed recklessly alone. Just as he was about to gesture to Liu Shuang at the bow to turn the boat around, his body suddenly stiffened and he quickly looked back again.

The telescope that Shu Fu handed him was not big, but the field of view was very clear. In fact, he had caught a glimpse of it when he checked the surrounding ships before, but he thought it was just dark clouds in the distance of the water, just like the clouds above their heads at this moment.

But - something is wrong!

If they were clouds, how could they move so fast!

That is - Cheng Yu's pupils suddenly shrank. That is not clouds, that is water waves!

Giant water waves taller than buildings!