Compared to the woman's trembling and the shop owner's despair, Song Yue was as calm as a programmed machine and didn't know what panic was.
Under the helpless gazes of the woman and the shop owner, they saw the girl in front of them first go to the windowsill to take a look, and then walk around the house, as if looking for something.
"Do you have a plastic bucket?" The two heard her ask before they understood what she was going to do.
The shop owner was stunned: "Yes, there are."
Song Yue: "How big is it?"
The shop owner raised his chubby hand and measured it in front of him: "About... this wide and this deep."
That's enough.
Song Yue had an idea in mind and asked the owner to bring the plastic bucket. Although the owner looked confused and didn't understand what she was going to do, given her previous reliable performance, she still obediently carried the bucket from the bathroom to the living room.
"What are you going to do?" The woman seemed to see through Song Yue's intention, and an expression of disbelief gradually appeared on her face.
Song Yue answered while taking a rope from the backpack behind her: "Sit in the bucket, then cross along the outer wall of the second floor to the supermarket next door."
What?! By a bucket?
The shop owner stared at her in amazement. "Are you crazy?! You've seen what's going on out there. Even a boat can be overturned, so balancing a bucket is even harder!"
Song Yue heard the voice and slowly raised her eyelids: "What else? Are you going to let us all sit here and wait to die?"
The owner was speechless for a moment.
"We are now like trapped beasts in a cage. We can either wait for death or find a way out ourselves." Song Yue continued speaking in a calm tone. It didn't sound like he was discussing the issue of life and death, but rather like he was casually mentioning a trivial matter.
Of course, there is a reason why she can be so calm.
She also has an inflatable kayak in her space, and if she really can't find a way to save herself, she will get it out.
But this is a last resort. She will never expose the space until the last moment.
That's why she came up with the idea of using plastic buckets to carry people away.
"The flood has reached the upper half of the first floor and will soon reach the second floor. I will tie myself and the handle of the plastic bucket with a rope. After I go in, you two will grab the rope and let it out little by little." As she spoke, she had already tied a knot around herself and the handle with the rope, and handed the other end of the rope to the shop owner and the woman respectively.
Knowing that this was their only way to escape from the cage, the shop owner and the woman still felt trembling violently.
What's flowing outside now isn't a stream or river, but a turbulent, irregular torrent! Add to that the torrential downpour, the water surface is oscillating back and forth, constantly stirring up waves. How safe can a small plastic bucket be?
The two of them stared at Song Yue worriedly, but the latter remained as calm as ever.
Song Yue put down the plastic bucket tied with a rope, crossed her legs over the windowsill, sat on it, grabbed the window sill with both hands, then faced the room and slowly lowered herself down.
The flood below was rushing rapidly, and from time to time one could see broken branches, plastic sheds, etc. rushing down from upstream, almost knocking the plastic buckets away.
Fortunately, the owner was very helpful and held the rope tightly. Song Yue looked down carefully, and when the opportunity arose, he dropped one leg into the bucket and then slid his whole body down.
There was a muffled sound of "thud".
She successfully landed in the bucket.
"Wait until I get over there, I'll definitely find an inflatable boat to rescue you."
"Okay, let's put down the rope."
This was not the first time she had experienced such a thing. In her previous life, when she and the community search team were out looking for supplies, they encountered a sudden flood and a group of people were trapped on the second floor.
Seeing that the waterline was about to rise and the danger was imminent, Song Yue had no choice but to take out the plastic bucket and rope from the space, providing the most advantageous tools for the team to escape.
So although the whole process looked terrifying, Song Yue herself was not that scared.
Practice makes perfect. As long as she climbs onto the outer wall of the second floor, she can reach the supermarket next door.
Facing the heavy rain and strong wind, Song Yue successfully reached the second floor of the hypermarket a few minutes later.
There were quite a few people on the second floor. As soon as Song Yue climbed in, she spotted three students from the Academy of Fine Arts from afar. They were the same people who had ridiculed her for having plastic surgery on the shore.
They had sad faces and were asking for help everywhere, but no one was willing to help them and they all rejected them coldly.
"They are really too much. No one is willing to help."
"They are all indifferent guys. Forget it. Let's not ask them for help. Let's find a solution ourselves."
"But Sister Mei... Nan Nan is across the street. There's such a wide current, and we don't have a boat. How can we save her?"
The girl named Sister Mei frowned and looked around anxiously, trying to find something useful.
But the second floor of the hypermarket is dedicated to clothing, and there is not even a rope, let alone any tools for calling for help.
Sister Mei looked around but found nothing. Finally, she accidentally discovered Song Yue climbing in from the west window!
"Song Yue?! How did she climb up here?" Sister Mei widened her eyes in surprise.
The other two girls then noticed her, their eyes widening with shock as well.
Looking again, I found that she was carrying a bag on her back and a rope around her waist, and I secretly guessed how she got here.
There is a rope, there is physical strength, and there is courage.
Such a person has a better chance of rescuing the trapped Nan Nan than any of the three of them.
"Song Yue..." Sister Mei, who was always arrogant, lowered her head for the first time. "Can I trouble you for a favor?"
I'm afraid it's not as simple as just helping out, right? Song Yue lowered her eyes and untied the ropes on her body, thinking to herself, if things go wrong, she might even lose her life.
However, thinking about the nine people she still needed to rescue in her optional mission, Song Yue didn't mind listening to Sister Mei's story. So she hummed and raised her eyes: "Tell me, what's the matter."
Sister Mei was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect her to answer so straightforwardly.
Before, when she had been begging those men with a flattering face, they either sneered at them coldly or warned them fiercely not to cause trouble for everyone, otherwise they would be in trouble.
Who would have thought that the person who would listen to her request in the end was Song Yue, who had been ridiculed by her sisters.
For a moment, she couldn't describe her feelings. Sister Mei's face turned pale and blue. Finally, she bit her lower lip and whispered, "Our roommate Nan Nan is trapped on the rooftop of the supermarket on the first floor across the street. The flood is almost up to her ankles. We want... we want you to save her..."
Sister Mei became less and less confident as she spoke. Everyone knew how much courage it took to leave the building and rescue people in this situation, and how much risk it would take.
Not to mention letting Song Yue go, even if the three of them were asked to cross the flooded streets, they would hesitate for a while.
However, unexpectedly, the person in front of him nodded without even thinking, "Yeah, I understand."
Sister Mei and the other two:?
A, agreed?
You agreed to it?!
Or are you joking with them or teasing them? !
As if she couldn't believe it, Sister Mei licked her lips and spoke again: "...Um, do you know what we just talked about?"
She felt the need to confirm again.
Song Yue raised her head and glanced at the three of them suspiciously: "I heard it."
She's not deaf.
As he said this, he placed the untied rope by the window, walked up the corridor leading to the second-floor terrace, leaving the three people behind him looking at each other in bewilderment.
In fact, Song Yue’s real plan was to go to the rooftop to release her kayak. It was raining heavily outside and no normal person would come up.
If someone asked her where the kayak came from, she would say that she found it by accident on the rooftop. Anyway, no one would be so idle as to verify it.
So Song Yue safely entered the space, dragged out the deflated kayak, and also took out the outdoor electric air pump and paddles that were given as a gift when buying the kayak.
Insert the inflation port into the kayak's valve, press the button, and the generator equipped with a lead-acid battery will automatically inflate.
This air pump is a high-pressure model and inflates faster than ordinary ones. After a few minutes, Song Yue saw that the kayak was inflated, so he turned off the button, pulled out the air nozzle, and put the electric pump back into the space.
The water level has now completely submerged one floor and is still rising. Song Yue judged this by the calves of Nan Nan, Mei's roommate across the street, which were submerged in the water.
Just now, Sister Mei said that the flood was about to reach Nan Nan's ankles, but now, just a few minutes later, it has reached her calves.
Time was running out, so she had to jump into the water to save people.
The kayak was thrown down from the second-floor terrace, and she jumped down immediately. After sitting firmly, she held the oars with both hands and paddled back quickly.
Thanks to his experience of rowing in his previous life, Song Yue was now very familiar with using a kayak.
She planned to go to the hardware store first, take the owner and the woman with her, and then go to rescue Nan Nan across the street.
However, on the other side, the woman who had been anxiously waiting by the window and the shop owner gradually realized that they had been deceived. Her claims that she would go find a boat first and would definitely come to rescue them were all lies!
In the face of a disaster, everyone is trying their best to protect themselves. Who has the kindness and ability to save them?
They were just stupid and believed that girl. As a result, others have been safely transferred now, but they are waiting to die here like abandoned ants.
The woman closed her eyes and stroked her daughter's head in pain.
The shop owner held up his forehead and his shoulders couldn't help but twitch.
But suddenly, the girl uttered a cry of surprise: "Mom, look! It's my sister!"
What?
The woman suddenly opened her eyes and saw a yellow kayak about seven or eight meters long suddenly appear under the window sill.
"What are you still standing there for? Come up quickly." Song Yue reminded the woman when she saw that she didn't respond.
The woman finally woke up from her dream, hurriedly sent the child out the window, then stepped over the windowsill herself and sat steadily on the boat with the help of Song Yue.
The shop owner inside also rushed over and found a seat to sit down.
"Hold on tight, the water flow here is a bit unstable. I'm leaving." Song Yue said and started paddling.
The man and woman sitting behind her were staring at her back in a daze.
She didn't lie to them, nor did she abandon them.
She really did as promised and found a boat to rescue them.
Song Yue naturally didn't know all this. After picking up the two people, she looked around at the water flow, confirmed that there was no debris on both sides, and then paddled quickly towards the small supermarket on the other side.
In fact, the small supermarket was no longer visible at all, and the entire first floor was completely submerged in the flood. Song Yue used Nan Nan, who was soaking in the water, as a reference point and paddled the kayak over.
"It's you... Song Yue?" Seeing Song Yue approaching her as if on a colorful cloud, Nan Nan couldn't help but be surprised. The person who had been ridiculed by her sisters was actually willing to come to her rescue...
Nan Nan's eyes reddened, and she whispered, "Thank you."
Song Yue knew what she felt guilty about, but she was not the original owner, so she was not too affected by these things. Completing the mission in this world was her top priority, and she didn't care about anything else.
So he smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, we are all classmates."
Song Yue safely sent the person to the hypermarket.
Sister Mei and the other two hugged Nan Nan and cried with joy.
"That's great, Nan Nan, you're okay!"
"It scared us to death. I thought we would never see each other again."
"Pah, pah, pah, what depressing words are you talking about! Isn't everyone fine now?"
Nan Nan wiped away her tears and nodded vigorously: "Yeah! Fortunately, Song Yue is here. Without her, I would have been washed away by the flood."
"Yes, she should be thanked."
"She was the only one who agreed to our request and risked her life to rescue you."
"By the way, where is she? I saw her just now."
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