Early the next morning, Cheng Suming prepared breakfast and called Sinan to eat. She got up with a sore back and sat at the table to eat in a daze. She almost fell asleep due to being too sleepy.
She had always thought that Cheng Suming was not a lustful person, and usually went to sleep after one or two times at night. But last night, she didn't know what happened, he tortured her for most of the night and still felt it was not enough, he wanted to torture her until dawn.
She really couldn't bear it anymore, so she brought up the matter with Dabai and his wife, saying that if they came again, Dabai and the others would be suffocated to death, so he kept quiet.
At this moment, her body felt sore and painful as if it had been run over by a millstone. The area below her abdomen was swollen and sore, and her whole body was soft and weak. She just wanted to lie down on the bed and have a good sleep.
Seeing that she was really sleepy, Cheng Suming cleared the table, picked her up and walked to her room.
The feeling of her feet leaving the ground startled Si Nan. She stared at Cheng Su Ming with wide eyes: "What do you want to do? Are you still a human being? You tortured me for so long last night, and today you want to..."
"What else do you want?" Cheng Su Ming's eyebrows were frivolous and there was a very rogue smile on his handsome face. "If you want so, then I'd better obey your command." As he said that, he gently put her on the bed and pressed his whole body against her.
Si Nan was startled, his cheeks flushed, and he pushed him: "How can you be so shameless, distorting what I said, am I what you think I mean! Get up quickly, you're going to crush me to death."
"What a pity! I thought we were on the same page." Cheng Suming got up slowly, sat beside her, and tidied her messy hair. "If you haven't woken up yet, just sleep a little longer. We'll go out later."
Si Nan then remembered the important matter and sat up immediately: "No, we have to go out now. If we run into people in the building later, they will gossip about us when they see us going out."
She insisted, and Cheng Suming did not object, reminding her: "It is best to put the materials that were distributed yesterday in the space, and find a deserted place on the way and put them on the raft to avoid arousing jealousy."
"I know." Si Nan got up, combed his hair, put on his clothes, and went to the living room. He threw the supplies that were distributed yesterday into the space.
Before leaving, she let out the two geese that were locked in the toilet, pointed to a basin full of chicken and duck feed and a small basin of water in the living room and said to them, "Dabai, I'm going to go out for a while. You and Xiaobai stay at home and guard the house. If there are thieves coming to the door, just shout. Weiwei and her boyfriend who often come to our house for dinner will come to help you drive away the bad guys. Don't make the water everywhere in the house, otherwise your father Cheng will cut your necks when he comes back and sees the mess at home."
Cheng Suming:......
I feel inexplicably happy to be a father, but it doesn't feel good.
Dabai nodded to show that he understood, but when he looked at Cheng Suming, his oval goose eyes were full of disdain and his white goose head was held high.
It is impossible, absolutely impossible, to let this couple recognize the thief as their father!
I was looked down upon by a goose again! I have had enough of this life!
Si Nan pulled Cheng Suming, who had a murderous look on his face, out of the house with amusement. The two of them locked the door, took a deflated raft and went downstairs. After inflating the raft with the help of an automatic air pump, the two of them sat on it and paddled towards the community where Sheng Youqing lived.
There is no rain today, or rather, it has not rained in Xingcheng for more than half a month. There are still thick clouds in the sky, and it is pitch black. People's mood also becomes depressed with the gloomy weather.
The two of them still relied on the more conspicuous buildings on the water to determine the direction and paddled towards the target location.
Today, many buildings in Xingcheng are deserted. The walls of the buildings, which have been soaked in water for a long time, have grown many mold spots, and emit a gray glow under the dim light of the early morning.
The accumulated water under the buildings is no longer filled with floating garbage like before. After a year and a half, most of the floating objects have been soaked by the water and sunk to the bottom. The entire Xingcheng now looks like a real water city, peaceful yet full of dead silence.
When the two passed by a low-rise commercial building on the street, only the last floor was not flooded. All the doors and windows were open. It had been searched many times. The windows were like a pair of empty eyes, staring at every passerby, which made people's scalps numb.
"Why does it feel like no one lives around here?" Sinan stopped paddling and turned around to look around: "Where have all the people gone? Have they all gone to the temporary shelters to seek protection? I remember that when I came here before, there were still quite a few people in this area."
Cheng Suming kept paddling, controlling the raft to move in the designated waterway. "Not many people have managed to hold on until now, and still have supplies in their homes. Most of them ran out of ammunition and food a year ago and moved to temporary shelters. Once people left, these houses and buildings naturally became empty."
"I don't know if Sheng Youqing and the others still have supplies. I haven't seen her for almost two months." Si Nan looked worried.
As a friend of Sheng Youqing, she actually wanted to send supplies to Sheng Youqing all the time, but because of Cheng Suming's dream, in order not to expose the space and cause fatal disaster, she could only send a small amount of supplies to Sheng Youqing every one or two months, using the reason that Cheng Suming was a doctor who treated people and received money and had sufficient supplies.
Previously, because of the robbers' stronghold, in order not to arouse other people's suspicion, she and Cheng Suming had been staying at home and rarely went out. It was almost two months since they had delivered supplies to Sheng Youqing.
I wonder how her family is doing now, relying only on the supplies the government sends once every two weeks.
"Don't worry. Sheng Youqing seems to be very independent. If her family really can't make ends meet, she will definitely come to you. The fact that she didn't come to you means that she can still hold on."
"I hope so."
“Ah! Help!”
Sinan picked up the oar and was about to row when he suddenly heard a shrill scream coming from a few buildings not far away.
"What happened?!" Her heart tightened. She felt that the voice sounded familiar. She looked in that direction but saw nothing.
Cheng Suming thought for a moment and said, "This place is very close to the neighborhood where Sheng Youqing and the others live. We can go and take a look."
"good."
The two men took turns paddling the boat, one on the left and one on the right, and moved quickly in the direction where the sound came from. Soon they entered a complex of buildings in an old community and soon saw the owner of the sound.
It was about five floors above the water surface, on the security window outside a resident's window, an old, skinny middle-aged woman was being tossed by a dark-skinned man, and there was a security window with a big hole that looked like it had been cut by a knife, and was being pushed down.
Si Nan recognized at a glance that the middle-aged woman who was leaning against the security window and scratching the man with her skinny hands was Sheng Youqing's mother. He was immediately shocked: "Su Ming, that's Sheng Youqing's mother! Row over quickly and save her!"
Cheng Suming paddled faster and rushed over. Sinan took out a crossbow from the space and aimed it at the chest of the man standing at the window pushing people hard. He held his breath and pulled the trigger.
"Swish!" The iron arrow broke through the air and the man screamed. He subconsciously let go of his hand, covered his chest, and fell backwards.
Mother Sheng lost her strength, let out a scream, and fell into the water from the security window on the fifth floor.
Cheng Suming rowed the raft to the place where she fell into the water, jumped into the water, and helped her onto the raft while she was struggling on the water and shouting for help.
Si Nan reached out and pulled her up, leaning against the edge of the raft, patting her back and helping her spit out the water that had choked her mouth: "Auntie Sheng, are you okay?"
Mother Sheng choked on water several times. She recognized Si Nan and stretched out her skinny hands to grab Si Nan's arms, tears streaming down her face. "Xiao Nan, hurry up and save You Qing and her father! They, they have been pushed into the water by those robbers for quite some time!"
Si Nan was shocked: "What happened?"
Mother Sheng said with tears in her eyes, "There have been more and more burglars in our neighborhood recently. Youqing and her friends thought that I was in poor health and would not be able to adapt to the temporary shelter and would easily relapse, so they insisted on not going to the shelter. Recently, the three of them, father and daughter, have been using the diving suits issued by the government to dive nearby to look for supplies. Somehow they got into a conflict with a group of people. There were about nine of them, and they came early this morning to smash our door and steal our food. In order to protect me, Youqing and her father were stabbed and thrown into the water. Youbin was still fighting with them in the house. I went to help, but one of them grabbed my neck and pushed me into the water..."
"These bastards actually dared to attack you. I think they are tired of living!"
Si Nan was furious. She thrust the crossbow in her hand into Cheng Suming's hand and said, "Suming, go save Sheng Youbin and get rid of those bastards while you're at it! I'm good at swimming, so I'll go save Youqing and the others."
She gave one of the two guns seized from the bandits' stronghold during her last robbery to Cheng Su Ming, asking him to carry it with him for self-defense. He still had one magazine left in his submachine gun, and he also carried a scalpel with him. With his excellent fighting skills, she believed he could handle nine people without any problem.
Cheng Suming looked at her deeply and said, "Be careful."
"The same to you."
The two men acted separately. Cheng Suming climbed directly to the fifth floor from the first floor close to the water surface, grabbing the sewer pipe with his bare hands.
While Sheng's mother was not paying attention, Si Nan took out a pair of diving goggles from the space and put them on his eyes, then jumped directly into the water, leaving Sheng's mother alone waiting on the raft.
The water temperature was freezing cold, visibility was very low, and there was too much debris and garbage deposited in it, making the bottom of the water turbid.
Fortunately, Si Nan had a strong ability to adapt, and she got used to the cold water temperature not long after going down. She had stocked up on waterproof outdoor flashlights in her space before, and she took one out from the space after going into the water and turned it on. The bright white light shone far in the water.
Si Nan held his breath, holding a flashlight, and pushed aside the many tables, chairs, buildings and other garbage that had been settled in the water for a long time. He pushed down hard with his legs and continued to sink along the abandoned ten-story building submerged in the water.
There was too much sediment and debris on the bottom of the water, and even with a flashlight, it still blocked the view.
Si Nan carefully avoided the sharp steel and wooden stick materials that were growing among the countless floating objects under the water. He kept swimming with his legs, looking for traces of Sheng Youqing and his daughter.
But after searching for a long time, she didn't see Sheng Youqing and his daughter at all.
Her lung capacity was limited, and she could only hold her breath for one minute at most while diving. She reached her limit after diving less than ten meters, and had to swim upwards.
As soon as she got up there, Sheng's mother asked anxiously, "Sinan, did you see them?"
"No, I'll be right down."
Si Nan didn't know how long Sheng Youqing and his daughter had been in the water, but if they were not found immediately, their chances of survival would be slim. After saying this, she dived again.
This time she dived down along the wall as fast as she could. During the dive, her clothes were torn by various trees and steel materials floating in the water, leaving several scars on her skin. Blood spread in the water, but she didn't care and endured the pain to look around.
When she passed through a pile of wood debris, a group of dark eyes suddenly appeared in front of her. When they saw her, they seemed to be frightened and scattered. They looked like some kind of fish she had never seen before.
After they left, a pile of bloated corpses that had sunk to the bottom of the water appeared before her.
There were a large number of corpses, piled up into a mountain. Many of the corpses were incomplete, with limbs scattered around, all wrapped up by floating objects on the bottom of the water. The color was the same gray-black as the bottom of the water, which made people's hair stand on end just by looking at it.
If it weren't for the empty eyes of those skulls staring at everything in the water, you wouldn't even notice their existence when you swam past them.
Above these skeletons, there were several swollen corpses with horrible faces that had been eaten by something and were floating above. It seemed that they were corpses that had died recently and had sunk to the bottom of the water.
Next to these corpses, there were two figures wearing blue and black down jackets. They were Sheng Youqing and Sheng's father!
Both of them had their eyes closed, tiny bubbles coming out of their mouths, blood seeping from multiple wounds on their bodies, and their limbs spread out weakly in the water, swaying gently with the movement in the water.
Si Nan swam over, wanting to drag the two of them up together, but she found that one of Sheng's father's feet seemed to be stuck in the pile of corpses.
She tried to pull his feet, but couldn't move them. At this time, she felt her breathing had reached its limit again. She had no choice but to pull Sheng Youqing and swim up first.
"Qingqing!" As soon as she surfaced, Sheng's mother excitedly lay on the edge of the raft to pull Sheng Youqing.
Si Nan handed Sheng Youqing to her to pull up, and pretended to take out a 20-meter-long rope from the space among the many supplies placed on the raft halfway. He handed the other end of the rope to Sheng's mother and said, "Aunt Sheng, Uncle Sheng's foot is stuck. I tried to pull him out just now, but I couldn't do it by myself. I will dive into the water immediately and tie the rope around his waist. When the time comes, I will pull the rope as a signal, and you can pull hard from above, maybe you can pull him out."
"Okay." Mother Sheng held the rope tightly in her hand with shaking hands and heart. She did not forget to give Sheng Youqing first aid. While holding the rope, she pressed Sheng Youqing's chest and cried, "Qingqing, Qingqing! Wake up!"
Si Nan pulled the rope and swam quickly to the bottom of the water near the corner. He soon arrived in front of Sheng's father, tied the rope in his hand around his waist, made sure it was tied firmly, and pulled the rope hard. The originally loose rope straightened within a few seconds. It was obvious that Sheng's mother was pulling the rope hard.
Si Nan quickly dived to the feet of Sheng's father, took out an iron rod from the space, inserted it into the position where Sheng's father was stuck, and used all his strength to try to pry out the debris that was stuck on him.
Time passed minute by minute, and when she felt she was running out of breath again, the debris was finally pried loose by her.
Before she could see clearly what was stuck on Mr. Sheng's left foot, Mr. Sheng was pulled up slowly by Mrs. Sheng above. Just as she was about to catch up, she suddenly heard some movement behind her. She turned around and was horrified!
Pieces of skeletons fell towards her, threatening to push her under the water.
She swam desperately, trying to escape, but unfortunately, she felt her feet were stuck in something, as if she had stepped into the mouths of a pile of skeletons, or was stuck in a narrow crack in the corner of the wall. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't pull her feet out.
The skeleton at the bottom of the water collapsed quickly, stirring up a large area of turbid mud, making it impossible for her to see the surroundings even with a flashlight.
At this time, she had reached her limit of holding her breath, and her right foot was stuck, unable to move. She could only see the horrible-looking skeletons falling on her.
She wielded the iron rod in her hands with both hands, and pried open the upside-down skeleton to avoid a direct hit from the skeleton and to prevent the skeleton from burying her.
But even so, half of her body was buried under the water. No matter how she used the iron rod to pry away the corpses on top of her, they would collapse and pile up on her again.
She struggled helplessly in the water. Gradually, her strength was drained away. The bursting chest and the feeling of suffocation made it impossible for her to breathe. When she opened her mouth, dirty water filled with filthy bacteria rushed into her nose and throat.
She couldn't help coughing, and every time she coughed, she swallowed a mouthful of dirty water, which choked her and caused pain in her chest.
Soon, she stopped coughing, bubbles came out of her mouth, her eyes gradually lost their light, and her arms drooped weakly, slowly sinking.
In the last few seconds before she lost consciousness, she saw many dark eyes with malicious intent hidden in the broken building materials soaked in water.
She always felt that this scene was familiar. When she thought about it carefully, it was one of the natural disaster nightmares she had two years ago when she rescued Cheng Wei from the hospital.
It turns out that those dreams actually happened to her. Who will save her?
......
Anan.
Sinan!
Wake up!
Low, painful cries rang in my ears, faintly mixed with the sobbing of several different voices.
The voice was so sad and mournful that Si Nan's heart ached. He couldn't help but open his eyes to see who was crying.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw several anxious faces in front of her, including Cheng Suming, Sheng Youqing, Sheng's father and mother, and Sheng Youbin, all surrounding her.
Seeing her wake up, everyone shouted in surprise: "She's awake!"
All his senses returned in an instant, and the feeling of suffocation made Si Nan unable to help but lie on the side, retching and inhaling heavily.
Cheng Suming supported her, patted her back with his hand, and said distressedly: "Anan, are you okay?"
After Si Nan spit out the water in his mouth, he felt much better in his chest. He collapsed weakly in Cheng Su Ming's arms, looking at his wet cheeks. A weak smile appeared on his pale face: "You saved me."
Cheng Suming lowered his eyes and looked at her, his eyes were slightly tearful, and he answered in a low voice: "Yes."
At that time, he was confronting a man who was holding Sheng Youbin hostage, when he suddenly heard Sheng's mother shouting anxiously, "Sinan, Sinan! Why don't you come up? Don't scare me!"
He was startled and realized that something had happened to Si Nan. Without further ado, he rushed over and slashed the kidnapper's neck with a knife. During this time, Sheng Youbin was injured by the man, but he didn't care. He turned around and jumped into the water through the security window. According to Sheng's mother's instructions, he quickly found her.
Si Nan asked curiously, "My foot was stuck and I was pressed down by a bunch of corpses under the water. How did you save me?"
Cheng Suming hugged her tightly in his arms, and said with red eyes: "Of course, I used the principle of leverage to pry your feet out from inside."
Si Nan still had many questions, such as why there were so many corpses there, why she and Sheng's father were stuck among the corpses and unable to move, and what were those fish with black eyes swimming in large schools in the water, and what were they trying to do when they surrounded Sheng's father and the others?
Father Sheng replied, "It's a mutated bloodthirsty fish. When Youqing and I were thrown into the water by those bastards with wounds all over our bodies, the smell of blood on our bodies attracted the group of creatures. There were too many of them, and they were very big. They bumped around us and seemed to want to eat our flesh. The two of us were surrounded by them and couldn't float to the wall. Finally, we ran out of strength and sank into the water. I guess the bones under the water are what they left over. They may have deliberately pressed the bones on us in order to hunt, so that our bodies were restrained and we couldn't float to the surface to breathe. We sank to the bottom of the water and let them eat us."
Si Nan was surprised: "What kind of fish has such a high hunting awareness? Could it be a piranha?!"
"It shouldn't be piranhas. If it was, we would have been eaten to the bone. It should be some other fish."
"Sinan, thank you and Dr. Cheng for saving our family." Sheng Youqing wanted to hug Sinan, but seeing that Cheng Suming had been holding her like a baby, she could only hold Sinan's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "I really can't imagine what would happen to our family if you hadn't come today. I just woke up and my mother said you didn't come up. I was so anxious that I wanted to go into the water to save you, but Dr. Cheng rescued you. Fortunately, you are okay, otherwise I would have a guilty conscience for the rest of my life."
Father and Mother Sheng were also extremely grateful and said, "Yes, thanks to you, Xiaonan, and Dr. Cheng, our family is lucky enough to be alive. We cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Please accept our greetings."
The two gray-haired men knelt on the wobbly raft and kowtowed to Si Nan and the other man.
Sheng Youbin, who looked like a girl next to them and was 70% similar to Sheng Youqing, didn't care about his wounds and knelt beside them to kowtow to the two of them.
Si Nan hurriedly stopped them: "Aunt Sheng, Uncle Sheng, please stop kowtowing. Youqing is my friend, and when my friend is in trouble, I should help him."
Cheng Suming agreed: "Anan is right. Friends should help each other to be considered true friends. Uncle and aunt don't need to be so generous. It will embarrass us."
"Yes, yes, we were inconsiderate enough. It is Yuqing's blessing to have you as her friends." Mother Sheng's eyes were filled with tears.
Sheng Youqing had a proud smile on his face: "Dad, Mom, stop talking. We've been busy for so long and are cold and wet. Let's go back to the house and change clothes first."
"Yes, you are right. Dad, Youbin, you guys come paddle, Youqing, you hold Sinan, she just woke up and is weak."
"Got it, Mom. Sit tight, we're going to paddle the raft."
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