Chapter 126 Freezing Rain (13)
Although Lao Gao wasn't entirely sure about what she said, he definitely listened to her. He just thought, "No way, how could it rain like that?"
"Why not? Didn't the rain just start before?" Ling Jiang retorted immediately. Looking at the sky that was getting darker and darker, she had a bad premonition in her heart.
But Lao Gao still said, "But the rain has stopped. It hasn't rained for several days."
"Will it stop raining if it stops? It's not like the rain is just a one-time thing and then it's gone the next time."
Seeing that the three of them were still in the mood to bicker, Huang Jinghe was the only one sitting at the back, anxiously saying, "Stop talking! Hurry up! Don't you think it's getting darker? Not only does the temperature seem to have dropped again, but the wind's also gotten a lot stronger."
Indeed, the uncovered hair parts of everyone's face were now covered with a thin layer of frost.
So really, the right thing to do is to go home quickly.
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They had been wandering around the community during this period, so the distance back was not very far. After Ling Jiang and Lao Gao paddled hard for a while, the distance to their community was getting closer and closer, but the sky was getting darker and darker.
As it got dark, everyone felt even more uneasy, but soon they heard a particularly noisy sound coming from behind them, which was getting closer and closer.
Ling Jiang and Lao Gao didn't dare to look back at all, while Huang Jinghe, who was sitting at the back, only took one look and his whole body began to tremble.
Huang Jinghe carefully tugged at her sleeve, leaned his head towards her ear and whispered, "Sister Lan, look behind you, what's that?"
Lan Jin looked back and was surprised to see that there was already a large area of fog behind the four of them.
This foggy area extended from the ice surface to the clouds. Not only was it pitch black, but it seemed as if there was no gap at all.
More importantly, the fog seemed to be heading straight towards them.
Lan Jin quickly said to the two people in front, "Under the circumstances that ensure safety, please speed up. Don't look back. Don't look back."
Ling Jiang and Lao Gao were already very nervous, and after hearing Lan Jin's words, this nervousness suddenly rushed to the top of their heads.
While running, Lao Gao took the time to ask his doubts, "So, what happened back there? Why is there such a loud noise?"
"Don't ask, just run quickly, something is definitely wrong." Ling Jiang was already nervous, she was afraid that Lao Gao would say something and delay their escape.
Lao Gao immediately shut up, and in the blink of an eye they were back in their own community.
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Building 12 where they were located was not winding from the gate of the community. After entering the community, they went in a straight line and stopped at the corridor of Building 12.
When Ling Jiang and Lao Gao stopped and looked back, the dark fog behind them frightened them so much that they stood still.
Lan Jin and Huang Jinghe had already made preparations earlier. Almost at the same time as they got off the car, they immediately jumped into the corridor and did not forget to pull the other two stunned people in.
Ling Jiang moved quickly and flipped in with a turn. On the contrary, Lao Gao was a few seconds slower than them because he had to put away his skates.
But in just a few seconds, when he came in again, the arm holding the skate passed by the clouds and mist behind him, hitting his arm and causing pain.
Moreover, the sound of the clouds and fog was so loud that even if they stood next to each other, they could not hear each other's voices.
Soon, some substances mixed in the clouds poured in from the gaps in the corridor. Only then did they realize that the dark mass in the clouds was actually hail.
The four men were so frightened that cold sweat soaked their backs. After all, hailstones that could make such a loud noise could easily kill a person.
But when they saw the shape of the hailstone clearly, almost at the same time, they all set their sights on Lao Gao's arm.
Fortunately, Lao Gao's arm was not injured, but the clothes on his arm were all torn by the hail in the clouds. At this time, there were feathers inside the clothes around them, but their attention was all on the outside, so they didn't notice it.
Seeing that Lao Gao's arm was fine, Ling Jiang quickly took off his gloves. After confirming that his hand was fine too, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
When the four of them recovered, Lao Gao immediately blurted out the quintessential Chinese saying, "Fuck you."
However, the fog outside still surrounded the building, and they could not hear what Lao Gao was saying at all.
But they could still understand the lip movements of these two words.
In this situation, can't they just say "Fuck" to describe their feelings?
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The baffles in the middle of the building's corridor had been removed after the poisonous fog, so hailstones penetrated almost every floor of the corridor without baffles.
In order to ensure their own safety, they naturally would not choose to take the risk of going upstairs, and the safest place would only be the corner halfway up the floor.
The four of them stood here, feeling somewhat relieved for a moment. Fortunately, they had not hesitated when they just came back, otherwise...
Whether or not you can find a place to hide is one thing, but whether or not you can return home is another.
Given the situation outside, even if someone survived, it would take some time for them to be able to travel again. Lan Jin and Ling Jiang have both elderly and children at home, and no one can be at ease if they stay outside.
So even though they were stopped in the stairwell at this moment, they could still feel like they were back in their own building.
Really good.
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They stood there for about twenty minutes. After a lot of hail piled up on both sides, the huge cloud finally drifted away.
Listening to the sound gradually fading away, the four of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It finally floated away. I was scared to death just now."
"That's right, I was scared to death."
After saying that, Lao Gao walked a few steps upstairs, picked up the hailstones on the ground and looked at them carefully.
"That's not right. Why are the hailstones in long strips?"
Huang Jinghe also picked up an ice bar. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Actually... what just fell wasn't hail, but rain. It's just that because the temperature was too low, it froze into ice bars as it fell, and then hit the ground."
It is definitely impossible to do this at normal low temperatures, but it is probably even below zero at this moment, so this situation is not impossible.
Lan Jin said, "Are you talking about freezing rain?"
But this freezing rain is too dangerous.
Ling Jiang was speechless. "That means we have to choose a good day to go out next time. If we're not careful, we might get left behind."
Lan Jin said, "We still need to think about how we're going to get out next time. The rain was pouring down just now, and who knows how frozen the ice will be when it hits the ground. We might not be able to use our sleds and skates anymore."
(End of this chapter)
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