Back at the base, Xia Yan dragged Xiong Xiong, who had just returned from get off work at the branch, and headed straight to Lidai Island.

"Boss?" Xiong Xiong was confused.

Xia Yan took out the things she had collected today, threw them on the ground, and stirred up thick dust.

"Xiong, let's clean these bikes together, and put them in Lidai Island for customers to ride for free in the future."

Fortunately, she put the bikes in the square, so they can be cleaned when the time comes.

Xiong Xiong looked at the muddy bikes, his two black eyes flashed, and he rubbed his hands and said, "Okay~ I'll go get water now!"

Cleaning up the items in the store is what a qualified cleaner should do!

𝟿𝟼sʜᴜ.ɴᴇᴛ】

Xiong Xiong is here~

While Xiong Xiong was getting water, Xia Yan opened the control background of Lidai Island and arranged bicycle and electric vehicle stations in each district.

Bicycles are easy to place.

It's just that electric vehicles involve charging issues.

She has to prepare a charging room.

Find the equipment options, enter the name to search accurately, a 30-square-meter power distribution room only needs 200,000 points.

Xia Yan put it in the commercial area, behind the official detoxification store.

Xiong Xiong came with a large basin of water, wet the rag, and the two began to wipe and wash, chatting by the way.

"Xiong Xiong, how is the store recently?"

"It's snowing heavily, and customers rarely go out now. The business in the store is average." Xiong Xiong thought about it and added: "If the sun comes out at noon, there will be more customers."

Xia Yan asked: "What about the branch?"

Xiong Xiong washed the rag again, and every time he shook it, a stream of black water flowed down, and soon the clear water became turbid.

"It's not bad these days. General Chu is working on a transfer plan. Many people have signed up, and more people have gone to the store to eat."

It suddenly thought of something and stopped.

"Fu Niang is a little strange."

Xia Yan also stopped, "What do you mean?"

Xiong Xiong organized his words: "This morning, she pushed open the door of the grocery store with a bang, and asked if you were there with red eyes. I said no, and she stood at the door without saying a word, looking very sad. I saw that she was shivering with cold, and wanted to let her in to warm up, but as soon as I stretched out my hand, she ran away."

"She didn't say what she wanted to see me for?"

"Hmm..." Xiong Xiong raised his head slightly, tried to recall carefully, and then shook his head, "No, she didn't say anything."

That's strange, what would Fu Niang want to see her for?

Could she want to come here through her?

As soon as this thought came up, Xia Yan threw it out of her mind.

Fu Niang is not that kind of person.

Xiong Xiong then said something that shocked her extremely: "I saw that she was holding a piece of paper in her hand, and she seemed to care about it. Maybe it was related to that?"

Xia Yan straightened up suddenly.

"Did you see clearly what paper it was?"

Seeing her like this, Xiong Xiong stopped wiping the car and pulled his ears to recall.

"...It's all words, I didn't look carefully..."

Xia Yan was thoughtful, and suddenly thought of the missing person notice she posted some time ago.

Could it be that Fu Niang is——?

She suddenly threw the rag into the basin and said, "I'm leaving first, Zhikang will come to help you later."

The thing she promised Lin before finally got a response, she had to go and see.

After returning to the room and putting on a thick down jacket that reached her knees, Xia Yan went straight through the back door to the branch.

The store manager Xiaowan was directing the employees to do a general cleaning. When she heard the noise, she turned around and was about to greet them to express her inner longing, but she saw the boss hurriedly pushing the door and leaving.

"...Huh?"

The door slowly closed, and the cold wind that took the opportunity to enter carried a sentence that was slowly heard in her ears——

"I'll be back later~"

Because it was already night at the mountain base.

The windows of the residential buildings in the distance were covered with a thick layer of plastic film, and it was pitch black without a trace of light, as if they had crawled into the thick quilt early to keep warm and fall asleep.

The snow was falling like goose feathers, almost covering the path that had just been cleared this morning.

Xia Yan walked along the snowy path with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

If I remember correctly, Fu Niang lives in Building 4. You have to turn around this building and walk forward to get there.

A faint yellow light shone through some windows of this building, and you could vaguely hear the sound of reading.

Xia Yan struggled to open the door of the unit, and it was pitch black.

She took out a flashlight and turned it on. The white beam of light instantly illuminated the entire corridor.

The walls on both sides were full of ice crystals, which reflected countless tiny photons when illuminated by the light.

She walked upstairs, and there was thick white mist between her lips and teeth, which soon condensed into frost on her eyelashes.

It was so cold, like walking in an ultra-low temperature cold storage.

When she inhaled, the cold air rushed straight to her forehead along her nasal cavity, making her head buzz and hurt.

Fortunately, the names of the residents were written on all the doors, so Xia Yan didn't have to work hard to find them.

When passing by the third floor, the sound of reading that I had vaguely heard before became clear.

"Victory and defeat are unpredictable in the military, and it is a man's duty to bear shame and endure humiliation..."

"I have already experienced adversity in my life, and I am even more unbearable to face the crisis at the end of my life..."

The whole building was silent, as if they were listening carefully to the powerful calls of the children with dreams in the cold night to never give up.

During this time, the female teacher recited with a voice full of emotion, sonorous and powerful.

Xia Yan listened for a while and was deeply impressed by the intellectuals who did not give up reading even in the end of the world.

People always have to have something to support them, otherwise how can they get through the long darkness?

It's hard to live, no one will point fingers at other people's lifestyles, and hearing some poems from civilized times can bring back memories from deep in my mind.

On the west side of the fifth floor, there is a cardboard doorplate with the words "Fu Niang" written on it.

Xia Yan took her hands out of her warm pockets and could actually see wisps of hot air coming out.

She knocked on the door.

"Fu Niang, haven't you rested yet? I'm Xia Yan."

The voice circled up and down the empty corridor, passed through the thin door panels and entered the room. After hearing it, several residents who were curled up in their quilts and breathing in the hot air came out of their quilts.

"Who's here?"

"She said her name is Xia Yan."

"Who is that? There's no one named Xia in our building... Why don't you go home to sleep in such a cold weather and visit?"

"... Is it possible that it's Boss Xia?"

"!!!"

Xia Yan switched the flashlight to her left hand, clenched her right fist and placed it on her mouth to blow on it to keep warm.

She stamped her feet to drive away the numbness in her toes.

Just as she was about to knock on the door again, the door behind her creaked open.

A man wearing a dog-skin hat carefully poked his head out and was delighted when he saw who it was.

"Oh! It's really Boss Xia! Are you looking for Fu Niang? She's at home. She's probably sleeping in the flower bud and didn't hear it. Knock hard. It's okay. The neighbors haven't slept yet at this time!"

He walked over and said, "Come on, I'll knock. Boss Xia, put your hands in your pockets. It's freezing in the corridor!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Fu Niang, open the door quickly! Boss Xia is here to see you!"

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