"Neighbor! Open the door! I have some extra apples here. I managed to snag some today, so I'll give them to you. Please open the door!"
Zhao Qian called out from the doorway, but Wang Feifei was annoyed. She just wanted to wait a few days until the power was cut off so she could have some peace and quiet. Then she would see how he could come up there!
She ignored Zhao Qian and went straight to the attic, where she could hear no noise and check the water tank. She hadn't been up there to look at it in a long time.
I remember it took a lot of effort to buy the water tank because it was impossible to find such a large size on the market. In the end, I had to take the drawings and find a manufacturer to customize it.
The water tank is six meters long, three meters wide, and two meters high. Its internal structure consists of two layers, with the lower layer accounting for 5% of the total volume. This layer is used for settling impurities, and the water in this layer needs to be drained periodically.
To solve the sewage problem, Wang Feifei had a plumber install a pipe that connects directly to the circulating water tank in the vegetable room, which can then be used for irrigation.
The remaining 95% of the volume is for water storage.
The water tank has two outlets, one at the top and one at the bottom. The water from the top outlet has the best quality and can be drunk directly after boiling or used in the kitchen. The water from the bottom outlet is for daily use.
An area was left on top of the water tank as an ice-melting zone. Snow blocks taken from the terrace can be transported to the ice-melting zone via tracks, serving as a continuous water source.
Because the attic also has underfloor heating and wall heating, the temperature here is about the same as downstairs, so you can take your time looking around.
Wang Feifei carefully checked every part, and everything was normal. Moreover, the water level was about 80%, so there was no need to worry about the water source.
Zhao Qian waited outside for a long time, but no one opened the door. After being turned away twice, he was so angry that he jumped up and down and pounded on the door several times.
"Pretending you're not home, huh? Let's see how long you can keep this up at home. Don't come begging me then!" He stormed off...
Xu Huan's police team, with a large contingent of personnel following behind the snowplows, finally arrived at the east of the city. Because the snow on the road was too deep, three snowplows were worn out before they could slowly reach the destination.
The journey was like a convoy, a long and impressive procession. Wherever the snowplows went, they shoveled the snow from the road to the sides, so pedestrians had to be evacuated in advance. The journey was extremely difficult and very noisy.
Xu Neng saw the condition of the road from the hotel and was hesitating whether to return to the United States. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no sign of it stopping.
Xiao Gao just called and said the last flight takes off at 9 pm, and it's already 7 pm. Should we go or not?
He thought of Wang Feifei's fear when she saw the snow while driving, and what she said when she left, and he felt more and more that she seemed to know something...
Also, given the current chaotic state of affairs, did she make any prior preparations? How can a girl rob supplies?
"Damn it, I don't even know where she lives!"
Xu Neng gripped Chen Nian's phone tightly, stood by the window, and looked at the long convoy of police cars outside. He felt a bit down...
All the city's police have been deployed to the east of the city, leaving the police force in other areas weak. What if something happens? If supplies continue to be insufficient, unrest will probably be inevitable sooner or later.
Chen Nian is unreliable; he's worried about leaving Wang Feifei here alone.
"I'm not going back to the US for now."
At this time, Xu Huan's patrol area was not far from Xu Neng's hotel. They received a tip that there was an armed robbery in Baihua Lane in the East District. The murderer killed a woman, stole all the supplies, and was fleeing.
Xu Huan and his team's mission was to capture him as soon as possible, as he was extremely dangerous and might continue to harm people.
When they arrived at Baihua Lane, a woman was lying on the snow, already lifeless. Her throat had been slit, but the temperature was so low that little blood had flowed out before she froze.
Xu Huan reached out and touched the temperature of the deceased's neck, judging that the murderer had not gone far. They followed the footprints in the snow and tracked them to the back door of a hotel. Could the murderer have hidden in the hotel?
Without delay, Xu Huan reported the situation to his superiors, obtained a temporary search warrant, and hurriedly led his men into the hotel, ordering a full search.
At that time, more than 20 police officers surrounded the hotel, guarding every door to ensure that no one could escape.
The hotel reception then gathered all the guests in the lobby and checked them one by one, including Xu Neng.
The hotel manager said to Xu Huan, "Officer, all the guests are here."
"Okay, everyone go into each room and search!" Xu Huan said to his seven or eight colleagues behind him.
Fortunately, the hotel was small, and the entire search was completed in just over twenty minutes, confirming that no one else was hiding there.
Xu Huan stared at the guests in the lobby, about twenty or thirty people. He knew the murderer was among them…
The only challenge now is figuring out how to find him.
Let's start with the hotel registration list. If he sneaked in from outside the hotel, he shouldn't be on the registration list.
Xu Huan called over the receptionist, obtained the list of all guests, retrieved photos from the database based on the registered ID numbers, and then compared each person's photo with the one on site.
"I will call on a person, and that person shall step forward!"
"Hu Donghai, Zhang Yuqing, Gu Huilan, Xu Neng..."
After calling out all the names, there were still eight people who weren't on the list. Xu Huan asked the manager, "Do you know who these people are?"
The manager was stumped: "Where did these people come from?"
A junior staff member next to him whispered, "These people were sent by the boss. There were two empty equipment rooms before, and the boss wanted to combine them into one and renovate it into a room. These people are here to work."
Xu Huan wanted to take them back to the station for questioning, but they refused. Their families were waiting for them to finish their work, get money, buy supplies, and bring them home. They didn't know how long the investigation would take, and what would happen to their families?
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