Chapter 260 Storm Surge Arrives Ahead of Schedule
Inside the detention center.
Ling Huanwu frowned as she looked at the two hard, flat cakes and the enamel cup of water on the table, feeling no appetite whatsoever.
These past few days, Captain Sun has been bringing her meals prepared by Zhou Jiuzhen for dinner.
But today, something was clearly wrong; Zhou Jiuzhen didn't come.
Captain Sun comforted him from outside, "Jiuzhen must have gone to the city to see your brother-in-law. I heard that your brother-in-law's kidney has been found and he's having surgery today."
"Really? That's great!"
Ling Huanwu rarely showed a smile, it was the first time in a long time that she had smiled.
If Zhou Shuyao gets hurt while saving her, she will never have peace of mind, even if she gets out of here.
She picked up the hard, flatbread and ate it in big bites, thinking that she couldn't let herself get too thin when she went out.
Otherwise, Zhou Jiuzhen would have cried his eyes out while holding her.
Captain Sun was also outside, munching on a tasteless flatbread, explaining to her why the food was so bad: "Recently, the island is starting a relocation plan, and the supplies of the troops and some of our departments have been transferred, so we can only make do with what we have for now."
"At this critical juncture, I don't know how Jiuzhen is going to cook you all those delicious meals every day with his salary."
"It's a pity about our island. It's been so well-developed, with reservoirs and water storage facilities, all to prevent storm surges. I think with these reservoirs, even if a storm surge comes, we won't have to relocate. You know, a small storm came here yesterday, and when I went to the reservoir, wow, it's stored quite a bit of water..."
As he ate, Captain Sun excitedly gestured to indicate the water level of the reservoir.
The idea for this reservoir was proposed by Ling Huanwu and Zhou Jiuzhen before the island relocation plan, and Political Commissar Hao also strongly agreed with the proposal.
Since the reservoir was built, it has been filled with water whenever there have been small or large storms in the past few months, thus preventing some flooding.
Just then, the radio next to us began broadcasting the weather forecast: "An unusually warm front is expected to occur in the southeastern coastal areas of my country over the next two days. The seawater in several coastal areas of Wantan Island will warm up, and the temperature inside the island will also rise by 5 to 8 degrees Celsius. We are now broadcasting the weather forecast for various regions..."
The light cake in Ling Huanwu's hand fell to the ground, and her fingers suddenly trembled uncontrollably.
Captain Sun swallowed the dry, hard flatbread in his mouth with difficulty, and sighed, "The temperature has warmed up really quickly this spring; in previous years it wouldn't be until May..."
As he spoke, he turned his head and saw Ling Huanwu, whose face was deathly pale, looking completely bewildered.
Looking again at the flatbread on the ground, she panicked a little, "What...what's wrong with you? Did you choke on the flatbread?"
The next second, Ling Huanwu vomited.
Captain Sun hurriedly opened the iron gate to the prison, calling for help from those outside as he did so.
As the group hurriedly placed Ling Huanwu on a stretcher and carried her out of the police station, Zhao Jingxiang happened to arrive at the police station to turn himself in.
Seeing Ling Huanwu being carried out, he hurriedly followed her to the clinic.
The group ran all the way, carrying the stretcher to the clinic.
Zhao Jingxiang followed closely behind, secretly trailing behind the group.
Inside the clinic.
Ling Huanwu lay on the examination table with her eyes closed, large beads of sweat dripping from her forehead.
The doctor took her pulse, examined her eyelids, and finally gently pressed on her stomach.
This whole operation left Captain Sun terrified.
He was afraid that his flatbread had upset her stomach, and if that was the case, he would definitely have a hard time in the future.
Zhou Jiuzhen will definitely beat him up every time he sees him.
Fortunately, under Captain Sun's anxious gaze, the doctor, with a serious expression, clearly stated the cause of the patient's illness.
"She's pregnant, and the emotional fluctuations caused abdominal pain, which triggered symptoms of threatened miscarriage."
"That's good, as long as it's not an upset stomach."
Captain Sun patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.
The next second, Captain Sun and the other team members, realizing what had happened, stared wide-eyed in shock and exclaimed, "What? She's pregnant?"
Zhao Jingxiang, who was hiding outside the clinic, was also so surprised that his mouth dropped open.
The reason Chu Mei caused trouble at the family compound last time, forcing Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu to divorce, was that Ling Huanwu couldn't have children.
Everyone on the island had already accepted the fact that Ling Huanwu was infertile.
But now, the baby in Ling Huanwu's belly has undoubtedly slapped Chu Mei in the face and exposed the rumors Chu Mei spread.
Standing outside, Zhao Jingxiang's eyes welled up with tears, and a warm stream slid down his cheeks.
He wiped his hand, and it turned out to be a tear.
For some reason, it was as if he had a child; he was happy for Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu.
Inside the building, the team members returned to the police station after finding nothing amiss.
Captain Sun stayed behind to watch over Ling Huanwu.
Ling Huanwu, who was receiving an IV drip, woke up and listened to Captain Sun's beaming voice telling her that she was pregnant, but she didn't show much happiness on her face.
Instead, he eagerly grabbed Captain Sun's hand and began to say unbelievable things.
"Captain Sun, you must quickly tell the villagers to evacuate the island. The storm surge will be here soon, probably within a few days. Please report to the organization immediately and evacuate the people!"
Somewhat embarrassed, Captain Sun pulled his sleeve back and politely reassured her, "Comrade Ling, did you hear from outside that experts say a storm surge will come in a week?"
"I asked around later, and it turned out it was all a lie. It was just the relocation team trying to scare the island villagers into moving away as quickly as possible..."
Ling Huanwu stared wide-eyed in disbelief, never expecting that there had been such a prophecy on the island long ago, but unfortunately no one believed that the storm surge would come again.
After all, in their eyes, storm surges only happen once every hundred years, and they didn't think they would be so unlucky as to encounter two storm surges in just two years.
Based on her memories from her previous life, Ling Huanwu originally thought that the storm surge was still more than two months away, which was May in her previous life, the time when the island's temperature was rising.
But in this life, the island experienced its first warming since spring in March.
The temperature changes between spring and summer in this life and the previous life made her realize the butterfly effect caused by changes in certain things.
For example, in this life, due to changes in circumstances, the mother-in-law died earlier than in the previous life.
Zhou Shuyao also nearly lost his life in the fire.
Even the climate was affected by the construction of reservoirs in this lifetime, which led to excessive water storage and a small-scale flood discharge a month before the storm surge, indirectly altering the climate circulation and causing an abnormally warm front.
Just now, after learning about the abnormal climate in this life, she immediately deduced from these subtle changes that the storm surge would return in a devastating manner in a short period of time.
This time, she was not only unprepared, but she was also still in detention!
Ling Huanwu was so anxious that her tongue was tied in knots, "It's true, it's true... Go and call Jiuzhen, I want to talk to him, I want to talk to him..."
Overcome with excitement, she choked on her saliva and began coughing violently, gasping for breath.
Captain Sun was terrified again and immediately went outside to find a doctor.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Jingxiang, who had been secretly hiding outside, quickly slipped inside and nervously patted the woman's back, which was trembling from coughing.
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