Chapter 66: Human beings are always insignificant in front of nature.
Seeing the situation at a stalemate, Lin Mian took the opportunity to speak up and said, "Where we are now is pretty good, we don't plan to move."
Zhong Yan and Sun Xiaotou paused when they heard his words, then looked at each other, snorted coldly together, and turned their faces away as if they looked down on the other.
The farce finally ended, and Lin Mian was about to slip away. "I'm leaving first."
"Mr. Lin Mian," Qin Liang called out to him, turning and pointing in a direction. "Our team is over there. If you need anything, you can come find us."
"Got it, thank you." Lin Mian glanced at him, thanked him, and prepared to leave.
"Brother, I'll give you a ride!" Zhong Yan spoke enthusiastically from behind.
Lin Mian turned to look at him, glancing at the bruises still on his face. "Are you sure?"
Zhong Yan subconsciously covered his face with his hands as he was stared at, and laughed dryly, "I'm not really sure..."
Lin Mian smiled when he heard this, then turned and left.
"Ah, that smile is so beautiful," Zhong Yan sighed with regret after the others walked away, "How come she's already taken..."
While speaking, he gently rubbed the wound on his face.
Sun Xiaotou seemed to have seen through something and asked with a gossipy look on his face, "Mr. Zhong, your injury wasn't caused by teasing Lin Mian and getting beaten by that ruthless Jiang Jie, was it?"
Zhong Yan, whose sore spot was touched, put down his hand, glared at him, and turned to go to the bathroom.
She didn't refute him, obviously having been guessed right. Sun Xiaotou laughed out loud, holding her belly. "Hahahahahahaha... I told you that if you keep acting like a slut, you'll get beaten up one day. Sure enough, hahahaha... fuck!"
Qin Liang hit him on the back of the head, interrupting his arrogant laughter, "You are just as bad as me, yet you still criticize others."
Sun Xiaotou covered the back of his head, which was aching, and followed the person who had already stepped into the bathroom, muttering in dissatisfaction, "Why are you helping outsiders to poke at my sore spot..."
On the other side, Lin Mian walked through the crowds of people sitting or lying down and returned to the corner where they had set up their tents.
From a distance, he saw a person who looked like an official talking to Jiang Jie, with a folder in his hand writing something.
He walked forward with doubts in his heart, stood silently beside the person, and did not say anything.
The official's gaze focused on him. "Are you Lin Mian?"
Lin Mian nodded when he was questioned, and then he saw that he was holding the temporary ID cards of two people in his hand. No wonder he knew his name.
After confirming their information, the official returned the ID card, said thank you for your cooperation, and then turned and left.
Lin Mian looked at the man beside him in confusion.
"To count the number of people," Jiang Jie pulled him to sit down beside the tent, "and to record the list of people with special abilities."
Lin Mian nodded in realization. It was just a normal official record, not a big deal.
"What took you so long?" Jiang Jie had seen the sign before and knew the approximate location of the nearest restroom.
"It was a bit crowded," Lin Mian thought of the farce in front of the bathroom and smiled helplessly, "I ran into Zhong Yan and Sun Xiaotou when I came out, and we chatted for a while."
To be exact, I just watched a lively scene. Those two people were really aggressive with their words.
Jiang Yan reached out and poked the corner of his raised mouth, narrowing his eyes, "It seems like you're having a pleasant chat."
Lin Mian was startled by his poke, then he pulled his hand away, "No, it's all because Zhong Yan and Sun Xiaotou had a quarrel. They don't seem to get along well."
Jiang Yan thought to himself, it's no surprise that idiots would get into a fight when they get together. "If you run into them again, stay away from them. Don't get infected."
Lin Mian was amused by his serious instructions. He looked up and wanted to say something, but his vision suddenly darkened.
The battery is out.
Suddenly plunged into darkness, the surrounding crowd instantly became chaotic, some children were frightened and cried, and people who had finally calmed down became panicked again.
"Don't panic, we'll have someone check the circuit!"
The registration staff had not gone far yet, so he spoke to comfort the man in time and turned on the flashlight he was wearing.
With a faint beam of light, everyone felt a little better.
The moment it got dark around him, Jiang Yan pulled Lin Mian into his arms and used his superior eyesight to glance around with the dim light of a flashlight in the distance.
Then he turned around and reached into the tent. After groping for a while, he took out the camping light that Lin Mian had placed inside and turned it on.
Warm yellow light enveloped the small area of their tent, making it a safe place.
Many people around looked over. The person closest to them was originally some distance away, but now he couldn't help but move closer to the light source.
Jiang Jie placed the lamp in front of the tent, patted Lin Mian, who was in his arms, and whispered, "Are you scared?"
What he was asking about was not the sudden darkness, but the current situation. No one knew when the disaster that covered the sky outside would stop, and they could only be trapped here.
Jiang Jie is very strong and he is not afraid of any alien creatures, but he has no way to deal with such natural disasters. Human beings are always insignificant in front of nature.
Hearing the question, Lin Mian raised his head, looked at the other person's slightly hazy profile in the dim light, and shook his head gently, "Don't be afraid."
Jiang Jie's embrace is the safest place in the world.
He lowered his head back onto the person's shoulder and rubbed it gently.
Jiang Jie kissed him on the forehead and hugged him tightly.
The cause of the power outage seems to be that the external circuit was broken due to wind and sand. In this case, complete repair is impossible.
The authorities could only temporarily turn on the emergency generator, and some of the lights came on. Although it was not as bright as before, at least it was not completely dark.
But the generator needs fuel to maintain its operation, and they don’t have that much resources now, so it’s impossible to keep generating electricity all the time.
Therefore, it is necessary to turn off the device before going to bed to save energy, and everyone should try not to move around at that time.
At the same time, the authorities also recruited people with lightning abilities to help maintain the use of the circuits as much as possible.
The news brought by the official personnel made most people feel relieved. Even if a small number of people still had doubts, they could not care less at this time.
In this situation, there is nothing to do. Many people did not get enough rest due to the strong wind last night, so they sleep together in groups of three or four.
Many people came down with only food, or at most a blanket, and now they can only make do with sleeping on the ground.
Fortunately, the weather is not cold now, but the subway station is quite hot and stuffy due to the enclosed space and the large number of people.
Jiang Jie and his friends' tents are even more enviable at this time.
They went into the tent and pulled up the curtain, then lay on the air mattress to rest.
They leaned against each other, snuggling up to each other in the small space. Even though the outside environment was noisy, there was an inexplicable sense of quietness.
*
On the second day at the subway station, the wind and sand were still raging outside. Although no loud noise could be heard inside, it was still unable to dispel the anxiety in one's heart.
Sometimes, being completely unaware of what’s happening outside only amplifies the anxiety.
From time to time, someone would ask the patrol officers how long they would be staying there and when they could leave.
Even though the answers they get every time are unclear and they wait patiently, some people still don't give up and hope that the next time they ask, the answer will be different.
The entire underground space was filled with a depressing atmosphere, with occasional sobbing sounds.
"Fuck! What are you doing?! This is my stuff!"
"I just bumped into it by accident!"
"Who would believe you? I think you just want to steal something!"
"I didn't steal! Stop slandering me!"
A quarrel broke out not far away, and the noise was very loud in this space.
People tend to get angry and irritable easily when they are under stress. After just a few words, a fight seemed to break out over there, causing chaos in an instant.
Lin Mian, who was sitting cross-legged in the tent, poked his head out.
The place where the fight was taking place was a little distance away from them, and they could only see two people wrestling from a distance.
The people around moved away a little, and no one came forward to stop the fight.
It was not until the nearby patrol officers heard the noise and came over that they were able to separate the two people. By then, they were both bruised and battered.
The inspectors taught both of them a lesson and forbade them to fight again.
In order to avoid further conflicts, one of the people was taken to another place for resettlement.
There was no more excitement to watch, so Lin Mian withdrew his gaze and sighed slightly, "It's only the second day."
Some people are getting impatient now. Won't it be even more difficult as the supplies they have become less and the siege lasts longer?
Jiang Jie looked up at him and raised his chin to remind him, "It's your turn to play."
"Ah? Oh." Lin Mian reacted, took the card from his hand and threw it out.
There was nothing to do here, so the two of them started playing poker.
He also collected some miscellaneous items in his space, playing cards being one of them, and two or three board games, but they were all multiplayer and could not be played.
As soon as he threw out his cards, Jiang Jie bet on the last two cards in his hand, "You lose."
Lin Mian let out a small sigh. It was all his fault that he was distracted by watching the fun and didn't think about it when throwing the cards.
Jiang Jie raised his hand and tapped his lips, "I accept the loss."
Lin Mian didn't hesitate. He placed his hands on the deck of cards, leaned over and kissed him. When he pulled away, he pursed his lips and said, "If you lose, I kiss you. If I lose, I kiss you. It seems like winning or losing doesn't make any difference."
"What else do you want?" Jiang Yan stretched out his hand to scratch his chin, and said in an ambiguous tone: "In a place like this, other things are not convenient..."
Lin Mian was just about to say that he should play the game of Brain Blast, "..."
There was no need to make it such a big deal. He stepped back and reached out to straighten the cards. "I'm saying that kissing doesn't feel like punishment."
"Oh, you think the punishment isn't severe enough," Jiang Jie raised his hand to support his chin, "Then let's change the kiss to a kiss. How about a French kiss?"
Of course he didn't mean that. Lin Mian felt that he was deliberately misinterpreting his words.
Seeing the resentment in his eyes, Jiang Yan chuckled, reached out and grabbed the man's arm and pulled him to sit in front of him, put his arms around him, put his chin on his shoulder, and sorted the cards in his hand with him.
Lin Mian relaxed her body and leaned against his chest, lowered her eyes and looked at his fingers intertwined with hers, and suddenly pinched the base of his ring finger. A ring would definitely look good on a hand like that.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yan stopped and looked at him sideways.
Lin Mian shook his head and played with his fingers. "I'm just a little worried. I don't know when the sandstorm will stop."
Jiang Jiehui held his hand and said, "It will eventually stop."
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