While the last batch of buns was still hot, Xu Lin could barely lift her hand.
"Let me give you a massage," Zhou Pin said.
"No need, I'll just go home, put on the plaster, and rest for a bit." Xu Lin wasn't comfortable with others touching her.
“I studied Traditional Chinese Medicine before, a massage will make you feel much better, otherwise your arm will definitely be sore tomorrow. Just think of it as going to a massage parlor,” Zhou Pin continued.
"Okay, thanks!" Xu Lin's arms were really sore.
Zhou Pin knew that although Xu Lin agreed to team up with him, she still didn't completely trust him. She had said at the port that it was true that people could enter the space, but she later denied it.
If the two were just in a cooperative relationship, it wouldn't be a big deal as long as it didn't harm their own interests. However, Zhou Pin now has other intentions and wants to gain Xu Lin's approval and trust, so he is seizing every opportunity to get closer to her.
Zhou Pin wasn't lying; he had indeed studied traditional Chinese medicine with his maternal grandfather before, and his massage and acupuncture skills were no worse than those of ordinary Chinese medicine practitioners.
After the massage, Zhou Pin gave Xu Lin a cup of warm milk, telling her to drink it and go home to rest early. Xu Lin was flattered and overwhelmed by this kind of care, and once again marveled at how wonderful her teammate was.
Because the steamer was too hot during the day, Xu Lin couldn't fall asleep after lying down, so she took out her tablet to watch dramas. She hadn't watched any dramas for a long time because she was busy stocking up on food.
She couldn't stop watching and kept reading until midnight. Suddenly, Xu Lin felt something was wrong; her nose felt a little cold. There was a heated kang (traditional Chinese bed) and underfloor heating at home, so how could her nose be cold?
"The extreme cold has begun!" A thought popped into Xu Lin's mind.
He quickly put on thermal underwear and a down jacket, and Zhou Pin's anxious voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Xu Lin! Xu Lin!"
"I... am here!" Xu Lin answered, trembling as she put on her clothes.
"Hurry up and get dressed, then turn up the floor heating temperature," Zhou Pin said urgently.
"Okay, let's go downstairs in a bit."
Xu Lin wore a thick sweater over her thermal underwear, then a down jacket, a scarf around her neck, a military overcoat, a Lei Feng hat, and thick, non-slip snow boots. At that moment, she didn't care about looking good.
Xu Lin took out several military overcoats from her spatial storage and went out. Zhou Pin also opened his door, dressed similarly to Xu Lin, but Zhou Pin was tall and had long legs. In addition, he had been in the army before, so the military overcoats he wore gave him an upright and righteous look, and he did not look sleazy at all.
The two arrived at the stairwell, where the woman who lived there was shivering from the cold but had not yet woken up. Xu Lin quickly covered her with a military overcoat and then patted her awake.
"It's getting colder, quickly put on your warm clothes," Xu Lin said to her.
"Uh... thank you..." The woman, shivering in her military overcoat, searched for clothes and a thick blanket.
Time was of the essence, so Xu Lin continued downstairs, while Zhou Pin knocked on the door of the 7th floor. With no electricity or internet, everyone was asleep early, in deep sleep. It took considerable effort to open the door to 701. The couple in 702 were fast asleep; Zhou Pin had to kick the door open to wake them.
Xu Lin woke up the family of four who lived at the bottom of the stairs. The child was a little hypothermic, and the whole family was in a hurry to dress the child and cover him with a blanket before they could take care of themselves.
The couple in apartment 602 were fine, but the eccentric old lady in apartment 601, because of her age and the fact that she gave all the good food to her grandson, was unconscious when Xu Lin and the others pried open the door and went in.
I learned from 602 that the old lady's son went out to buy food a few days ago and never came back; he's probably dead. The old lady is taking care of her grandson at home, giving him all the food and drink; even after being without food for so long, her grandson is still chubby and healthy.
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