Early the next morning, Xia Guocheng and Xia Huiyin began to notify the neighbors in the apartment building door to door, asking everyone to go to the temporary shelter on the 23rd floor to keep warm.
Because the power and internet were out, there was no way to send notifications to the business group or make phone calls. The only way was to use the most primitive method, which was to knock on every door to inform everyone.
In order to share the work with her mother and uncle, Xia Shige also got up early to help. She was assigned to the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th floors.
After Xia Shige went out, he immediately ran to Room 1602 on the same floor.
Li Mengdi from 1601 has moved to Aunt Fan's house, the three Liu Hu brothers from 1603 are dead, and Guan Zheling's family from 1604 was also driven away by Xia Shige. Now, besides the Xia family, the only one left on the 16th floor is Lin Mai from 1602.
As soon as Xia Shige knocked on the door of Room 1602, Lin Maizhen opened it quickly.
Lin Mai was wrapped in a thick blanket, wrapping herself tightly like a cocoon, with only a gray face showing. Her originally rosy and plump lips were slightly purple, and there was a layer of white frost on her eyelashes. She looked very haggard.
What surprised Xia Shige the most was that there were several open wounds on Lin Mai's face, and the blood had already coagulated on them, forming dark red and black marks.
Xia Shige was frightened by Lin Mai's appearance. She asked in shock: "Oh my God...why are there so many wounds on your face? What happened?!"
Lin Mai's lips were trembling slightly. Because of the cold weather, she was so frozen that even her eyesight was a little dazed.
She looked at Xia Shige and said in a hoarse voice: "...It's cracked due to frostbite...The room was too cold. I rubbed my face with my hands a few days ago, and the force was a bit too strong, so the skin on my face cracked..."
When the temperature is extremely low, the exposed skin is very fragile and will be injured if you apply a little force. Fortunately, Lin Mai's face has been numb from the cold and he can't feel much pain.
Xia Shige looked away reluctantly, no longer looking at Lin Mai's blood-stained face. She told Lin Mai about the temporary shelter built on the 23rd floor.
After hearing what Xia Shige said, Lin Mai started packing up without saying a word and prepared to go to the 23rd floor for refuge.
On the one hand, she had run out of coal and had no source of heat. If things continued like this, she was afraid she would freeze to death.
On the other hand, because of the power outage and internet connection during this period, Lin Mai lost all means of contact with the outside world. He was all alone in this house where someone had died, fighting the darkness and cold alone, feeling scared and desperate.
After all, humans are social animals. Lin Maixian couldn't wait to see some living people, otherwise she felt that she would really go crazy.
After notifying Lin Mai, Xia Shige climbed the stairs to the 17th floor.
The two large apartments 1705 and 1706 on the 17th floor were bought by Xia Shige. Currently, no one lives there. Xia Shige is preparing to notify the other four households on the 17th floor.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the door of 1701, she was surprised to find that there was a person lying at the door!
The man was wrapped in a gray down jacket, lying upright at the door of Room 1701, his back facing the sky, his face on the ground, his head against the door of Room 1701, motionless.
Seeing this, Xia Shige couldn't help but cover his mouth and took a breath.
——Although she didn’t know what the situation was, she felt that this person was most likely dead!
She held her breath and walked forward cautiously, leaning over to look at the back of the fallen man's head and neck, only to find that blue-black spots had appeared on his exposed skin.
Xia Shige couldn't help but shudder when she saw this. She felt a chill in her heart. She took a deep breath and bravely reached out to feel the pulse of the person lying on the ground. The person's body had become cold and stiff, without any signs of life. He was undoubtedly dead.
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