By the time the medical staff from the Second Hospital had turned the hospital upside down and were preparing to catch the thief who dared to steal medicine, Xiao Jin had already left by taxi.
After getting into the car, Xiao Jin took the last bit of money in her pocket and gave it to the driver, asking him to take her around the city aimlessly.
There are fewer taxi drivers working the night shift, so the price is higher. The driver was a middle-aged man, and the weathering on his face was particularly noticeable.
Clearly, this was the first time he had heard such a strange request, but Xiao Jin was offering a generous sum of money. The customer is always right, and he was willing to drive the car all the way to the capital.
"Okay, sit tight!" The driver stepped on the gas and drove leisurely through the city until the sky began to lighten, at which point Xiao Jin said, "That's enough."
After getting off the bus, Xiao Jin went into a convenience store and ordered a bowl of oden, two hot custard buns, and a cup of hot soy milk.
Sitting at the bar by the window, Xiao Jin ate while reminiscing about the various landmarks she had passed by that evening.
She had the driver drive around the city center, not because she was bored, but because she wanted to find information about a safe place. Unfortunately, she had a few options in mind, but she wasn't sure which one she wanted.
The temperature was a bit low in the morning, and a cool breeze brought a slight dampness. Xiao Jin, who was engrossed in drinking soup, suddenly paused and noticed that there were some glistening watermarks on the transparent window in front of her.
"Oh no! It's raining!"
The convenience store owner yawned, then walked outside and bent down to move the small blackboard placed at the door back. However, the raindrops, which he expected to be cold, instead stung his skin when they fell on him.
"Ouch!" The boss put down the blackboard, touched his neck, and then looked up in confusion.
Just then, a raindrop fell and landed in the boss's eye. He instinctively closed his eyes, and then a sharp pain made him cover his eyes and howl in pain.
"Aaaaaah!!"
Around six or seven in the morning, when the streets are mostly filled with people going to work, not only convenience store owners, but many others encountered this sudden change, with screams and commotion erupting everywhere.
"Acid rain, it's acid rain." Someone quickly realized.
Upon hearing the shouts, passersby began to run and hide, taking off their coats to cover their heads and using their backpacks to shield themselves.
I had just taken shelter in an open shop on the street when a torrential downpour began.
Those who couldn't run away were drenched. After enduring the pain and crawling into the store, they discovered that their exposed skin had been corroded red by the acid rain, and their bodies were covered with pits and blisters of all sizes.
The subsequent burning pain made them suffer even more.
Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Jin had already dragged the convenience store owner, who was lying at the entrance, back into the store, preventing an even bigger acid rain from falling.
"Ah, it hurts so much, help me!" The boss waved his hands helplessly with his eyes closed, and when he touched Xiao Jin, he grabbed her clothes tightly.
Xiao Jin frowned, then grabbed the person and dragged them into the bathroom, pressing their head down and pulling them close to the faucet.
"Take your hands off and open your eyes!"
"Uh..." The boss put his hand down as Xiao Jin had instructed. He tried to lift his eyelids, but the pain in his eyes prevented him from doing so.
Seeing this, Xiao Jin took matters into her own hands. She forcefully pried open the boss's eyes with one hand and pulled down the pull-out faucet with the other, then started rinsing the boss's eyes with water.
Although he was in great discomfort, the boss knew that Xiao Jin was saving him, so he endured the discomfort and tried his best to cooperate with Xiao Jin's actions.
After rinsing for about ten minutes, although the boss's eyes were still a little stinging, they were much better than before.
"Thank you!" The boss said, panting heavily, his lips turning pale.
He could hear the pouring rain outside and knew that if this guest hadn't dragged him back, he probably would have died out there.
Xiao Jin walked out of the bathroom and looked at the heavy rain outside the window. There was no one on the street now, except for the sound of rain and the occasional cries and groans.
The rain came so suddenly that many people, like the convenience store owner, were injured.
At this moment, the boss stood next to Xiao Jin, looking at the heavy rain outside with a hint of panic on his face.
"How could this be? We've never had acid rain here before!"
Meanwhile, the boss was looking worriedly into the distance. It was the time when his child was going to school. He usually left early because he had to come to the store, and his wife always drove the child to and from school.
Hopefully they didn't encounter this acid rain...
Fortunately, the rain didn't last long. Five minutes later, the sky cleared up again, but the people who were hiding inside were still too scared to come out. Only after they realized that everything was really alright did they stand on the street again.
At this moment, a pungent smell permeates the air outside, and many things are corroded by acid rain: plastic advertising stickers, synthetic flags, and milk tea paper cups in the corner.
The debris was shriveled and twisted, and countless people were injured.
After thanking Xiao Jin, the convenience store owner simply closed the store and went to the hospital. Although Xiao Jin provided timely first aid, the eye problem still required treatment at the hospital.
Before leaving, the shop owner gave Xiao Jin a lot of snacks from the convenience store. It wasn't right to take money, but after all, the shop owner had saved her life, so the snacks weren't expensive, but she could take them as a token of his appreciation.
Xiao Jin naturally wouldn't refuse, and even felt a little happy looking at the colorful snacks in the bag.
The shop owner couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. He really was like a child; his son was the same way, always happier to see snacks than meals.
...
This sudden acid rain terrified everyone. What's even more frightening is that the acid rain outbreak wasn't limited to Xiao Jin's city; it affected the entire globe.
The dean of the Second Hospital was holding Xiao Jin's small note with a pounding heart. Upon closer inspection, his eyes were slightly glazed over, his gaze unfocused on the air, clearly lost in thought.
"No way..." the dean muttered to himself.
After a while, he seemed to have figured something out, and suddenly slammed his hand on the table and stood up, startling the head nurse who was walking by outside.
"No, I have to report this."
After saying that, the dean spread the note out in front of him, took out his phone with his other hand, dialed a number, and the call was connected in a few seconds.
"Hey, Dean Tan, how come you, such a busy man, have time to call me today?" The speaker was a middle-aged man, his words tinged with a hint of joking.
"Mayor Jiang, listen to me..." The dean's serious tone made Mayor Jiang on the other end of the phone pause for a moment.
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