The next morning, Su Keke had breakfast at home, wrapped herself tightly, and planned to go out to find Qian Xiaoluo.
Because I made an appointment with her yesterday, I went to the pet store today to exchange cat food.
Looking through the window, small snowflakes were falling outside again.
The temperature is very low today, so Su Keke asked Grandma Qiao to stay at home with Tangyuan and she would be back soon.
Su Keke has been to Qian Xiaoluo's pet shop. It is very convenient to drive there by yourself, and there will be no danger in doing business in her shop.
"Then drive carefully on the road."
Grandma Qiao carried Tangyuan and walked Su Keke to the security door.
"Got it, you guys go back, it's cold here."
Su Keke waved to Grandma Qiao and Tangyuan, telling them to go back to the house to warm up.
After leaving Changhong Community, Su Keke found a secluded place and took out the off-road vehicle from the space. Today he would drive the off-road vehicle he rented before. This car was not as conspicuous as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
After Su Keke got in the car, she turned on the air conditioner immediately because it was really cold outside.
Not knowing how much cat food Qian Xiaoluo had, Su Keke first took out a 20-liter bucket of cooking oil, two 20-jin bags of rice, two jins of vegetables that were not easy to spoil, such as potatoes and lotus roots, a 19-liter bucket of drinking water, and a women's down jacket from the space.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, there was no one on the street.
The falling snowflakes soon covered Su Keke's car windows tightly.
She quickly turned on the wipers and prepared to start the car.
The road was wet everywhere. The white snowflakes turned into a mist the moment they fell to the ground, seeping into the cold ground.
White snow has slowly accumulated on the trees on both sides.
Scenes like this were once the snowy scene that Su Keke had always dreamed of. But now that she had seen it so many times, she had become numb to it and even hated this kind of extremely cold weather.
Unless you stay at home, warm yourself by the fire or use a portable air conditioner, it's really painful to be outside.
Before Su Keke went out, she put several heat packs inside her thermal underwear, and now her body is feeling a little warmer.
If people didn’t have so many warm gears, their hands and feet would really be frozen stiff if they went out in this weather.
It takes about half an hour to drive to Qian Xiaoluo's pet shop. The road is slippery due to the snow, so Su Keke tries to drive slowly. We should be able to arrive within 40 minutes.
As soon as she walked out of the street of Changhong Community, Su Keke saw a patrol team from the Municipal Office marching in step in front of her.
They all wore thick cotton coats with the word "Patrol" printed on them, and Lei Feng hats on their heads, which were tied tightly on both sides to cover their ears. Even their noses were frozen red.
Su Keke thought of Meng Yi and Chen Li. Since they joined the patrol team, they have seen each other less often. She guessed that they were patrolling some quiet street seriously at this moment.
Su Keke put away her thoughts and continued driving seriously.
When Su Keke arrived at the door of Qian Xiaoluo's pet shop, she looked at her watch. It was 8:35. It seemed a little early. She wondered if Qian Xiaoluo was up yet.
This area used to be full of shops, but after the flood, no one actually lives here anymore.
Su Keke parked the car and saw a row of shops along the street. Some of them had no doors or windows, some had broken glass on the ground, and some had garbage and mud piled up at the door.
This feeling of desolation is completely different from the day when Su Keke brought Tangyuan over.
Although it was raining heavily at that time and most of the nearby shops were closed, everything still seemed full of vitality, not at all as desolate as it is now.
Huh? Could it be that Qian Xiaoluo had gotten up long ago and knew that I was coming today, so she even left a crack in the door for me? "
"This is impossible! Isn't it dangerous to leave the door open like this?"
Su Keke quickly pushed the door open, thinking that she would have to explain to Qian Xiaoluo how dangerous the world is today, and that she had to lock the door even in broad daylight.
"Qian Xiaoluo, are you there? I'm here to exchange cat food!"
Su Keke walked around the store on the first floor and called out several times, but no one responded to her.
Could it be that Qian Xiaoluo doesn’t live in the pet shop?
Oh my god! Su Keke then remembered that she didn't agree on a specific time with Qian Xiaoluo yesterday. How long would she have to wait here?
"Oh..." Su Keke suddenly felt that she was careless. It was very cold here. The sofa had been soaked by the flood. If she waited for him here, she would freeze to death.
I remember that Qian Xiaoluo came down from the second floor last time I came here. How about I go upstairs and wait there myself?
Su Keke stood on tiptoe at the stairs and looked towards the second floor. She thought that the sealing of the second floor should be better and could block some of the wind.
"Then I'll go upstairs and wait. Qian Xiaoluo shouldn't mind, right?"
Su Keke muttered to herself, lifted her right foot and walked up the stairs.
“Boom boom boom… boom boom boom…”
The Martin boots made a thudding sound as they stepped on the wooden stairs. Fortunately, it was not the middle of the night, otherwise the sound would have been a bit scary.
When Su Keke thought of this, she couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Qian Xiaoluo!!"
Su Keke screamed and almost stepped on empty air with her left foot.
She saw Qian Xiaoluo wrapped in a quilt, with her hair disheveled and her eyes visibly dull. The most terrifying thing was that she was holding a blood-stained fruit knife in her hands.
"What happened?"
Su Keke was frightened by Qian Xiaoluo's appearance.
There were thick curtains in the room, making the whole room very dark. Su Keke quickly ran over and lifted a corner of the curtains.
A soft beam of light shone in, but the scene in front of her made Su Keke feel a chill down her spine.
On the ground in front of Qian Xiaoluo's bed, a disheveled man was lying in a pool of dried, dark blood.
The floor was littered with broken pieces of ceramic and a chair with a broken leg.
Su Ke could probably tell that a fierce fight must have taken place here before.
"I killed someone! I killed someone!"
Qian Xiaoluo, who had been silent, saw Su Keke suddenly stand up from the bed, and the quilt wrapped around her silently slipped to the ground.
She was only wearing a thin underwear, and one of her sleeves had been violently torn off, revealing multiple bruises on her arm.
"It's okay! It's okay!"
Su Keke quickly took off her down jacket and put it on Qian Xiaoluo, then took the fruit knife that she was holding tightly in her hand and threw it away.
As for the man lying on the ground, he was already dead.
Su Keke wrapped Qian Xiaoluo tightly in her down jacket and guided her to follow her downstairs first.
The two of them walked slowly to the store on the first floor. Su Keke, who was not wearing a down jacket, was so cold that her teeth were chattering.
"Oh my god, I haven't put shoes on her yet!"
Looking at Qian Xiaoluo's feet that were frozen blue, Su Keke quickly ran to her off-road vehicle parked in front of the store and took out a pair of super warm snow boots for her to wear.
"Let's go! Let's get in the car first."
Su Keke whispered something in Qian Xiaoluo's ear, and then pulled her towards the SUV in front of the store.
Qian Xiaoluo stopped talking again, staring at his toes and following Su Keke woodenly.
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