"Cough cough cough cough cough."
Xia Ning patted her chest, recovering her strength.
She had no doubt about Shu Qilan's words.
In the script of "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me," how could ordinary mineral water be worthy of Jian Yuan's noble status?
However, Xia Ning had never seen a domineering CEO who delivered water before.
Forgive her ignorance.
In the owners' group, Shu Qilan's explanations were in vain, such as her water being extracted from the white snow at the very top of the snow mountain, symbolizing the purity and innocence of her heart, blah blah blah.
The more people in the group listened, the more they felt she was pretending to be stupid. Could a normal person say something like that?
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In the middle of the night, Xia Ning was so sleepy that she kept yawning. She brought out two plates of spicy rabbit heads to stimulate her sense of taste.
She took out a box of vitamin B complex tablets, wanting to prepare for the worst, as a reversed day-night cycle is a major killer for the scalp. She used to hear her sister say that her classmate lost a lot of hair after giving birth, had to get up in the middle of the night to soothe the baby to sleep, and was almost suffering from neurasthenia.
This made Xia Ning feel a pang of sympathy, and she developed a daily fear of marriage and childbirth.
Once, Xia Ning hugged her mother's waist emotionally: "Mom, you must have sacrificed a lot for me."
The mother stroked her daughter's messy hair and sighed, "It's all thanks to the sacrifice of my fiery temper."
Xia Ning: "..."
Xia Ning silently released her hands—
Mother's love is so profound!
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Xia Ning reminisced about the glorious past while clutching her short, chewed-up hair. Luckily, she had bought good blackout curtains, which created a nighttime effect during the day.
However, Xia Ning, who was trying to adjust to the time difference, forgot the most important thing.
Even the most meticulous plans can have a flaw.
Even the wisest person can make a mistake.
As the saying goes, "He who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present."
When Xia Ning survived the night on coffee and chili peppers, she lay on the bed, delirious and ready to sleep.
He was dazed for less than 5 minutes.
A screeching sound came from outside the door.
Xia Ning got goosebumps from hearing it, and in an instant, she recalled the fear brought by the horrifying sound of fingernails scratching the blackboard during her school days.
My younger sister started scratching at the door.
It started scratching at the door!
Pomeranians, with their destructive nature, are like a rock band in themselves.
The sounds of dogs barking, running, scratching at doors, tearing things apart, and banging... filled my ears.
Xia Ning covered her ears in despair, and a passage from a Chinese language textbook she had studied before, "The Art of Ventriloquism," inexplicably popped into her mind—
“In the capital there was a skilled ventriloquist… From afar, the barking of a dog could be heard in a deep alley, then a woman awoke with a start and stretched, her husband muttering in his sleep. Then the child awoke and cried loudly. The husband also awoke… The first cries of the older child, the husband's shouts at the older child, all rose at once…”
The original text summarized it as "all wonders are present," but Xia Ning felt it was "all poisons are present."
She looked up at the sky resentfully: "What happened to the promise that dogs don't need to adjust to time zones?"
Xia Ning resignedly got up and opened the door: "I loved it too much."
Young people, if you don't stay up late, or rather, stay up all night, you'll get old before you know it.
Xia Ning opened the bedroom door and stared at her excited little sister, who was wagging her tail excitedly.
"I've heard of training hawks, but I've never heard of training dogs."
She couldn't play with her sister in the room either. The living room was spacious, but it would disturb the neighbors, and they were probably asleep downstairs.
Actually, Xia Ning had another option: the underground parking garage. During the day, everyone goes home to enjoy the air conditioning, so the underground parking garage would allow her younger sister to run and play freely.
The temperature there is about 10 degrees Celsius lower than on the ground. It's still hot, but not hot enough to kill you.
However, after thinking about it, Xia Ning ruled out this option.
The security guards are all on night shift, so there's no one around during the day. What if a car thief sneaks in? The car is too conspicuous, so what about stealing fuel?
Oil is more expensive than gold these days.
If she encounters a petty thief, should she step in to help?
Whether we take action or not, it will be a troublesome matter.
What you don't see, you don't worry about.
Xia Ning moved the roller to the balcony and sat in the rocking chair watching her younger sister run around by herself.
As she looked, her eyelids began to grow heavy. One younger sister, two younger sisters, three younger sisters… one sheep, two sheep, three sheep… (_ _) ..zzZZ
"Woof woof!"
When her younger sister saw Xia Ning sprawled out on the chair and unresponsive, she immediately jumped off the roller and onto Xia Ning's stomach, then started licking her face indiscriminately.
Xia Ning: "Ugh!"
An earthquake?
Is it raining?
Xia Ning woke up with a start and looked at her younger sister's fluffy little face, which seemed to be smiling, and frantically rubbed it.
You really are a dog!
The younger sister tilted her head and stuck out her tongue innocently.
Xia Ning listlessly recited the second half of "The Art of Ventriloquism" in her mind—
Suddenly, a man shouted, "Fire!" The husband jumped up and shouted back, and the wife jumped up and shouted back as well. The two children cried together. In an instant, hundreds and thousands of people shouted, hundreds and thousands of children cried, and hundreds and thousands of dogs barked. Amidst the sounds of things being pulled down and collapsing, the crackling of fire, and the howling of the wind, hundreds and thousands of things arose at once; mixed with hundreds and thousands of cries for help, the creaking of houses being dragged down, the sounds of looting, and the splashing of water...
--bump!
A loud bang came from outside the window, and Xia Ning thought she heard someone shouting "Fire!"
She thought to herself, feeling dizzy, "I must have been hallucinating."
However, her sister's behavior told Xia Ning that it wasn't an illusion.
My younger sister clung to the balcony wall, barking wildly at the window.
Xia Ning was fully awake: "What happened?!"
--bump!
Another loud bang.
This time, Xia Ning saw it clearly through the window.
The old air conditioner in the building across the street couldn't withstand the high temperature and exploded!
Sparks flew everywhere.
Since the temperature spiraled out of control, the government has repeatedly reminded citizens to be careful with fire, but fires still occur frequently.
The property management in Xia Ning's residential community is quite responsible; apart from the issue of elderly people living alone, no other serious incidents have occurred.
The property management immediately organized everyone to take measures to insulate against the heat and sun, and every household hung up shields in front of their windows. Exposed equipment was also protected to varying degrees, with sheds and mats erected, which all played a role to some extent.
The air conditioner outdoor units hanging on the buildings in the community are covered with blackout cloths of various sizes and colors, which look quite like an art painting from a distance.
Now, a spark ignites both floors.
The families affected are truly wronged. It's not that they didn't want to use fireproof materials, it's that they simply couldn't get any!
People in the apartment building were desperately running outside, exercising intensely under the midday sun of 50 degrees Celsius. Three or five people collapsed within ten steps of the building entrance.
It's a recipe for disaster, and the more mistakes we make, the more chaotic things get!
Fortunately, the property manager arrived immediately. He didn't even have time to put on his clothes; he was shirtless and wearing only his underwear. He blocked the entrance to the building and told them not to run out but to use the emergency exit to go down to the underground parking garage.
The fire was most severe on the 7th floor, and the floors above it were also affected.
Xia Ning heard an old man shouting repeatedly through a megaphone—
"Don't jump! Don't jump!"
"The fire truck will be here soon. If you jump down, you'll be getting into a hearse, not an ambulance."
"If you're on the first floor, feel free to jump."
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