Chapter 7 Suicheng

This is the third day since it started raining, Saturday.

Shu Fu turned off the alarm clock, forced herself to get up from the soft and comfortable bed, and walked towards the bathroom cursing.

She rushed home last night to sign for a bunch of intra-city express deliveries, then sorted out the clothes and food that were not needed at home and put them in the Drifting Island House. She also appropriately selected some seldom-used furniture to place in the house, decorated the empty wooden house, and installed curtains. She was busy until midnight.

I thought I could sleep in peacefully today, Saturday, and continue to sign for online shopping deliveries. However, just after midnight, the bracelet vibrated again, and the second task appeared on the black mini notebook.

[Complete the breakfast check-in at Yaoji Bubble Wonton Shop between 6:30 and 7:00 today to get a 5% progress bar for level 2 of the raft. (Current progress of level 2 of the raft: 10%)]

This is a very unfriendly task for her!

Yao Ji Bubble Wonton Shop is quite famous. It has two branches in Suicheng and one near her school. It is an old shop and this one is also the closest to her now.

Unfortunately, the restaurant is more than 20 minutes' drive from her place. Taking into account the time required to get up, deal with traffic jams, order food, and prevent accidents, she has to get up before six o'clock.

But she has to complete this task now.

After checking the message yesterday and accepting the invitation, she did not get the 10% progress bar. This situation shows that the task is still in progress and has not been completed. She guessed that she would have to wait until Sunday, when she completed the appointment, for the task to be considered completed.

She has no mission experience now and is not sure whether she can complete this mission successfully.

But she also didn't want to deduct 15% from the progress bar. She always felt that something bad would happen if the percentage became a negative number, so the new task that appeared at this moment was quite important.

As long as you complete the breakfast check-in, even if you fail the second task, the percentage will not be deducted to a negative number.

It was still raining outside. It wasn't particularly strong, but the rain was dense, the sky was extremely dark, and the whole world was wet.

She checked the weather forecast: cloudy and rainy all day, with local hail, wind speed four to five, and temperatures of thirteen to eighteen degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, the wind was not too strong, but the temperature was several degrees lower than yesterday's forecast. A denim jacket was no longer enough, so Shu Fu changed the short-sleeved T-shirt inside the jacket into a long-sleeved sweatshirt, and changed into thin velvet shark pants, and still wore rain boots when going out.

It was early on Saturday and the traffic was not congested, so she arrived 15 minutes earlier than expected.

Yao Ji runs along two lanes and there are no parking spaces nearby. Generally, not many people drive here to eat breakfast, and the occasional car that does come will park directly on the side of the road.

Shu Fu followed suit and found a place to park the car nearby on the road, but she kept the mission time in mind and sat in the car until half past six, then she walked to Yao Ji, 20 meters away, holding an umbrella.

This old store was the first to open. It is not very big and is run by the boss and his wife themselves. Business is usually very good and they don't do takeout. She has been here many times during her four years in college and is already familiar with the place. She is also familiar with the boss and his wife and they would occasionally say a few words.

When she was in her senior year, she seemed to hear from the other party that their daughter was also admitted to the same university, also in the West Campus. Because it was close to home, the proprietress was particularly happy. When she saw people from the school coming to eat wontons, she would always order more.

"Oh, you are from Xiaoyun School, right? I haven't seen you for a long time!" Sure enough, the proprietress who was taking orders and collecting bills at the counter recognized her.

"Well, I graduated this year and lived quite far away, so I didn't come here. But today I wanted to eat again, and I rushed here even though it was raining." She ordered a bowl of bubble wontons and a serving of soup dumplings, and asked the other party to put more green onions in the wontons.

Bubble wontons are not traditional wontons. They have a thin skin and very little stuffing, and are wrapped using a special method. After the wontons are cooked, they float on the delicious soup like bubbles, and every mouthful is full of delicious soup.

In particular, the soup base of this restaurant is made from real pork bones. On this cold and wet rainy morning, a mouthful of hot soup will make you feel relaxed.

Shu Fu enjoyed the meal and did not complain about the task. After a few bites, she asked the boss to pack it up, saying that she had a family gathering and wanted to buy more to let everyone taste it. Then she placed an order for 30 small wontons, 20 soup dumplings, and 40 meat dumplings. She said she liked their soup the most and asked the other party to pack the soup in the largest takeaway box.

Although Yao Ji's old store does not do takeout, many people come to take away their orders. Most of the wontons and meat dumplings are bought raw directly from the box, and they also pack wonton soup to take home. When they want to eat, they just boil it in water and heat up the soup.

"The little girl is really taking care of our business!" After a few days of rain and hail, the business in the store was affected. When the boss heard that she wanted to pack so much, she laughed and said, "How are you going to carry so much later?"

"I'll drive next to you and will be at the door in a moment."

"Okay, you eat while I pack everything tightly for you. I'll load it into the car later and make sure it doesn't get wet!" Seeing that no new customers were coming in for the time being, the proprietress applied some disinfectant gel to wash her hands, then went into the food delivery kitchen in the glass compartment and helped others serve the soup and pack the food.

When everything was almost packed, the boss lady’s cell phone rang. She looked at the incoming call and answered it directly: “Don’t rush me. The store is busy. I’ll be there soon!... Yes, there were not many customers before, so someone came to pack the food.... What’s wrong with the rain? I’ve been eating here for four years. I just like your mom’s wontons... Yes, I went to the same school as you and graduated this year... You little stinky girl! You’re so old and you still want me to clean up every time you go home! You’re so lazy...”

Although the proprietress was cursing, she always had a smile on her face.

Shu Fu heard that the person calling was the boss's daughter. Perhaps because it was raining, business in the store was not busy. The boss's wife originally wanted to go to school, but now she was delayed because she took her takeout order.

At 6:55, Shu Fu finished his breakfast and saw that the take-out was almost finished, so he said something to the proprietress and said that he would drive over first.

The distance was only 20 meters, and we could get there in a short time. The rain was still falling, crackling, much heavier than before, and it seemed to be mixed with hail.

She opened the trunk, got out of the car with an umbrella, helped the proprietress hold the umbrella for the two shop assistants, and quickly and carefully placed the packed bags in the trunk.

"Put the soup down there, keep it steady! Don't be impatient..." the proprietress gave instructions while busying herself.

The road was still the same as before, with few pedestrians, heavy rain all around, and the street scene was blurry.

Suddenly, a huge rumbling sound came from somewhere nearby, like some huge monster colliding.

The clerk carrying the take-out bag was startled, and the umbrella in the proprietress's hand was also crooked.

The sound was so terrifying that just from the noise, you could tell something big had definitely happened nearby.

A moment later, thick black smoke rose from behind the building in the front left. Even though it was raining so heavily, it still couldn't disperse the smoke.

There were two more loud noises, mixed with the creaking of metal being squeezed and the shattering of glass. The people who were still asleep in the surrounding buildings were awakened and rushed to the windows to look towards the sound and the smoke. Some people lived on high floors and could barely see some of the movements at the accident site, but in the heavy rain, they could only see a vague outline.

"There's a car accident--" Someone in a nearby building yelled at the top of his lungs, then found his cell phone to call the fire department and ambulance.

Near Yao Ji, people from some breakfast shops that were open earlier also ran out in the rain. Although they could not see the scene of the incident, they had all heard the huge noise just now. At this moment, they were looking around in shock and asking questions privately.

Shu Fu also couldn't see clearly what was happening, but she recognized the direction where the smoke was rising - that was where her school was!

The proprietress obviously also thought of the school. Her face changed immediately. She took out her cell phone and was about to make a call, but the phone rang.

"Hello! Xiaoyun——" She heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, "I'm glad you're okay! Mom was worried about you!... Mom is fine, don't worry, Mom hasn't gone to school yet... Is it at the school gate? Okay! Don't join in the fun, stay upstairs, Mom will come over soon... Don't worry, Mom will take a detour later, um, ask your dad to come along, just be obedient! Don't go to watch the fun..."

As the proprietress repeated her instructions over and over again, Shu Fu felt the bracelet on her wrist vibrate slightly again.

**

In the picture, the person shooting the video is broadcasting the car accident scene live in the rain.

This was a chain accident. The first vehicle involved was a large truck. The driving hours for large trucks in Suicheng are different from weekdays, from 10:30 pm to 7:30 am on weekends.

This is the west of the city, near the highway exit. The truck was rushing out of the city. After going down the ramp in front, it should have stopped at the red light and waited for the left turn light to come on before continuing to drive. However, due to the heavy rain and slippery roads, the truck had problems, the brakes failed, and it failed to stop or turn. Instead, it accelerated through the intersection and crashed directly into the school gate.

The road is not like a street. There were already cars passing at the intersection, and they were affected by the oncoming truck, eventually causing a chain of car accidents.

Two people died on the scene, three were seriously injured and are currently being rescued, and seven or eight others were also injured to varying degrees.

Of the two people who died, one was the driver of another car behind, and the other was a student who happened to be walking to the school gate.

It is said that there were three students walking together at the time. The other two were slightly injured, but this one was the most unlucky and died on the spot.

Shu Fu sighed, feeling a little sad and a little scared. In that situation, no matter who it was, there would be no way to survive.

Sometimes, things like fate seem to be destined - thinking of this, a subtle thought flashed through my mind.

No, maybe sometimes fate can be changed!

Just like when she completed the first mission, if she hadn't come to Yaoji for breakfast today, if she hadn't packed up, then when the car accident happened, the boss lady of Yaoji might have gone to the university, and if she happened to be near the gate...

If this is the case, then these tasks - no, that's not right!

The whole thing was not certain to happen. It was possible that she gave up the task, or that she did not decide to pack today.

Shu Fu frowned as she browsed through videos related to car accidents on the Internet. She had some guesses in her mind, but there were too many variables, so they had not yet been fully formed.

On the black mini notebook, the handwriting of completed tasks has faded, while the handwriting of unfinished tasks is still dark and eye-catching.

And in the latest line, new words appeared:

[Complete the check-in task at Yaoji Breakfast Shop, get a 5% progress bar for level 2 raft; get an extra 5% progress bar bonus; get a wheel lottery: 1 time. (Current progress of level 2 raft: 20%)]

Wheel of Fortune? What is this?