Chapter 129 Snow Disaster
Hotel guests gradually gathered in the lobby, and the staff informed everyone that they had called the emergency number. They tried their best to calm everyone down, and thankfully, everyone was quite optimistic. Some, feeling bored in the lobby, even asked for two extra quilts to go back to their rooms to sleep.
Amy and Ian were gradually infected by this group of Chinese people and were no longer so worried and afraid.
Chen Zan also went to the front desk to get two more quilts. They played until the early morning last night and were woken up by the cold after only two or three hours of sleep. Instead of squeezing in the lobby, it would be better to go back to the room and wait for news.
I went back to the room, wrapped myself in a blanket, and slept for a few more hours. The snow was still falling outside, but the hotel restaurant had not stopped operating. Even if the guests were afraid of the cold and didn't want to go out, meals could be delivered to their rooms.
Apart from the lack of electricity and heating, there was actually no difference. Chen Zan wrapped in a coat and went downstairs to ask for hot water, and found that some guests had already turned on the entertainment mode, playing cards and mahjong.
When Amy saw this, she couldn't help but marvel at the Chinese people's really good mentality.
"Sisters, nice to meet you again. Is this the hot water you wanted?" Meng Jiaxin came over with two pots of hot water and called out enthusiastically.
Seeing him, Amy was surprised and asked, "Are you still working part-time in the hotel restaurant?"
Chen Zan also showed a curious look.
Meng Jiaxin scratched his head and said, "No, no, the ski resort is closed anyway, and I was worried that the hotel might not have enough staff, so I came here to help."
Amy: “I see.”
Meng Jiaxin filled the hot water bottle and handed it to Chen Zhan. He accidentally touched Chen Zhan's cold fingers and couldn't help but remind him, "There's no heating now. Your clothes are too thin."
Chen Zhan held the hot water to keep warm, "I didn't bring a down jacket when I came here."
"I don't have any extra ones, I'll lend them to you," Meng Jiaxin said. "We don't know when the snow will stop. This morning, a maintenance team went out and found that the mountain roads were completely blocked due to heavy snow last night. We only have one snowplow, which is totally insufficient right now. I guess we'll have to wait until the snow stops before people from the bottom of the mountain can come up."
Chen Zhan also felt that the clothes he was wearing were not warm enough. He had originally thought about asking if there was any place to rent clothes. "Thank you, brother. I can pay for it."
"You don't need to buy them. They're all worn by me, but don't worry, they're clean." Meng Jiaxin said, then turned and went back to the room to get clothes. "Wait for me, sister. I'll be back soon."
Amy: "This kid is quite heartwarming. I thought he could only call me sister in a smooth and sweet way."
Meng Jiaxin brought over a clean down jacket, and Chen Zhan put it on directly. However, he was tall, and the jacket was almost dragging on the ground on Chen Zhan.
"Sister, are you from the south?" Meng Jiaxin asked at this time.
Chen Zhan asked in surprise: "How did you know?"
Meng Jiaxin laughed, "No, I was just watching a video and there was a meme called 'Southern Little Potato'."
Chen Zhan: “…”
Haha, that's not that funny.
It had been snowing since the morning, and it was really uncomfortable without heating. The hotel staff got some firewood from somewhere and lit the fireplace, but fortunately, the government department at the foot of the mountain had already organized a rescue team.
Lin Xiao and his group of men and women also came down. They were originally a group of rich young men and women who loved beauty. They were freezing cold at this moment. It was really exaggerated that they came downstairs wrapped in quilts.
Chen Zan had hot water and shared some with the girls.
One of them complained: "How unlucky! He said he was going down the mountain today."
"I told you to go back yesterday, but you guys didn't leave."
"My phone has no signal and no internet, and my dad asked me to go home for dinner tonight. Now I'm screwed."
“So when will this road be open?”
Lin Xiao asked them to stop shouting, as it was annoying to hear them.
This group of people obviously listened to Lin Xiao the most. Once he spoke, the others had to shut up reluctantly.
Meng Jiaxin found some hot packs from somewhere and gave them to Chen Zan and Amy.
Lin Xiao took a look and realized that this was the man he met at the ski resort yesterday.
Meng Jiaxin also saw Lin Xiao coming over to talk to her, "Sister, who are they?"
Chen Zan introduced: "Friend."
Lin Xiao: "Ms. Chen, this can't really be your boyfriend, right?"
Chen Zhan: "He is the coach at the hotel's ski resort, Meng Jiaxin."
When Lin Xiao heard this, he realized that he was a ski instructor. He seemed very attentive, but he probably didn't have much competitiveness.
"Since we're bored, Chen Zan, let's go play mahjong." Lin Xiao made a direct invitation.
Before Chen Zan could answer, Amy next to him was already excited. They had learned it last night, but they didn't grasp the essence of it. Now they were bored and had no entertainment, and they were worried about having nothing to do.
Amy: "Okay, okay, but there's a power outage in the mahjong room."
Lin Xiao said confidently: "Give the hotel some money, they have a generator."
Amy raised an eyebrow.
Seeing Chen Zan and the others were about to go upstairs, Meng Jiaxin quickly said, "Can you add me? I'm pretty good at mahjong."
Lin Xiao tutted his words, "Boy, you should just study. You should exercise more since you are young. Gambling is not good."
Meng Jiaxin: “???”
But Meng Jiaxin still went. He was invited by a girl from Lin Xiao's group. He did not sit at the card table, but stood by to guide Amy so that she would not lose as badly as last night.
Later that night, as the snow began to subside, a staff member knocked on the door. "Excuse me, who is Chen Zhan, Miss Chen?"
Chen Zan was still drawing cards here. Hearing this, he looked over and asked, "Looking for me?"
Staff: "I have your phone number. Could you please come out and answer it?"
Lin Xiao's friend listened and asked, "Is there a signal? Can I make a call?"
The staff quickly explained that it was a satellite phone and the network had not been repaired yet.
Amy: "Cynthia, who would call you at this hour?"
Chen Zan had some guesses in his mind and got up to go out to answer it.
He took the phone and just put it to his ear when Zhou Jingyu's cold voice came from inside, "Chen Zan?"
Although Chen Zhan guessed it might be him, he was still a little surprised, "Mr. Zhou, why are you calling?"
This year's blizzard was almost the largest extreme snowstorm in the past decade, and many areas were paralyzed by traffic overnight.
Zhou Jingyu, on the other end of the line, had almost rushed back to the city from the mountains overnight to oversee disaster relief efforts. Upon his return, he immediately called Chen Zhan, but couldn't reach him. He speculated that the heavy snow might have crushed the mountain's communication base station equipment.
The snow disaster emergency response mechanism has been activated. Now that the secretary has not returned, he needs to take charge of the command in person and be responsible for directing, coordinating and dispatching emergency work, and he cannot be free for the time being.
During this period, Zhang Qing and Bai Qi were asked to pay attention to the situation at the hot spring hotel where Chen Zan was. They learned that the hotel had made an emergency call early in the morning, saying that more than a hundred guests were trapped in the mountains, and there was a power outage and heating, and emergency support was needed.
Zhou Jingyu has already instructed the extreme weather emergency command leading group to formulate an emergency plan.
However, the heavy snow has not stopped yet, and it is dangerous to enter the mountains rashly. It is expected that the emergency rescue team will have to wait until the snow stops or becomes lighter before they can participate in the rescue work and transfer the trapped people.
He selfishly wanted to find Chen Zan as soon as possible, and he didn't know whether she had brought enough clothes, but the work in the city could not be stopped. Fortunately, it has been verified that the hotel has sufficient reserves, so there is no need to worry about resource issues.
Zhou Jingyu also felt relieved after hearing this.
After hearing the news that the secretary was on his way back and someone was coming to take over his command of the work, Zhou Jingyu had time to call someone to find that person.
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