Chapter 23

"...The torrential rain has been upgraded to a red alert. The lower part of Nuojin City has temporarily closed the passage, and the traffic in the upper part of the city is almost paralyzed. A large number of industries have been hit hard, and the infrastructure has been severely damaged."

"Currently, the sewer network has been operating at maximum efficiency, and the water accumulation has eased slightly, but according to expert predictions, this is just a drop in the bucket. If the heavy rain continues for another week, one-third of Nuojin's area may be submerged."

"Roll Resource Development Company proposes to use the lower urban area to build a more complete and effective sewer system. This will be a very large project. Therefore, it appeals to all sectors of society and hopes to get the support of the Central District."

"According to expert analysis, the main cause of this heavy rain is the cold air mass from the northern highlands..."

Lin Jie listened to the news broadcast by the TV in the neighbor's shop next door, while trying to clean up the water stains on the floor with a mop.

This torrential rain has lasted for almost a week.

Just as the news said, before yesterday, when the situation was at its worst, the water on the road had exceeded 30 centimeters.

It would be impossible to completely paralyze the traffic... because water transportation such as kayaks can also be used.

The water surface even overflowed into the bookstore from the outside at one point.

Lin Jie woke up early in the morning and went downstairs to see water flowing in from under the door, carrying some leaves and the like, almost thought he was going to move.

But fortunately the situation was not that serious.

After the sewer system was fully operational, the water level outside had not risen, but some plastic bags and the like floated in and blocked the door, so the accumulated water came in.

"Wow."

Lin Jie pushed the last amount of water out from the door with a mop, straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, it's really tiring."

He put the mop aside and was very satisfied with the clean floor.

"I don't know if the kitten has found a home. It's too dangerous to wander outside in such bad weather."

Lin Jie suddenly remembered the black cat that ran away outside the door the day Joseph came.

Being kind by nature, he sighed with some concern.

The sound of the TV next door suddenly stopped, followed by a curse and a slap.

Lin Jie could completely imagine how distraught the owner of the shop next door is now.

"Excuse me, do you need help?"

He walked to the wall closest to the next door, cleared his throat, and asked.

Next door to this bookstore is an audio-visual store, which sells some CDs and digital products, but they are mainly second-hand, and the quality is very worrying.

The popularity of the business is comparable to that of his dilapidated bookstore, with an average of 0.2 customers per day.

"No thanks."

The owner's voice came from next door, followed by two violent slaps.

"Bang bang!"

Karl Colin stared angrily at the television in front of him, cursing in a low voice, "Damn it...Damn the TV! Damn it's raining! Lord, someone help me!"

He checked the TV and found that it was not a problem with the TV itself, then it should be a problem with the wiring or power supply.

Colin checked the wiring and found that there was no problem.

"Then it would just be tripping," he thought, "but now, my door is almost flooded, and the switch is out there..."

The audio-visual store is lower than the bookstore. Whenever Colin thinks about stepping into the water, he frowns bitterly, wishing to give the group of people who designed the sewer pipes a wrench each.

"Wait, the guy next door might be able to help."

Although Colin just refused the help of the owner of the bookstore next door out of a kind of shameful pride.

But he knew that the guy next door had always been a nice guy.

Basically, if you can help, you will definitely help.

"Uh, uh, uh, uh, are you still there?"

Colin spoke.

Sure enough, there was a response from the young man next door: "Yes, is there anything you can do for help?"

Colin secretly thought sure enough, and then looked at his TV: "It's like this, you should have heard it too. There is something wrong with my TV. I suspect that the switch outside may have tripped. I have something to do now. Come on, can you take a look for me?"

Anyway, the guy next door is very helpful, and it's absolutely fine to ask him to do a little favor.

What's more, his TV broadcasts news every day, which is considered free for him.

Of course Lin Jie didn't mind helping out.

In fact, he is bored now and looking for something to do.

"No problem, as for the switch, I remember it was at..."

Lin Jie was about to go out.

Suddenly, a dark fuzzy figure was reflected on the door, inside the glass frame on the door, it was like a blackened portrait.

That unspoken feeling suddenly reappeared.

"Ah, it's you, you're here."

Lin Jie was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, after a few days, the man behind the scenes appeared again: "Is there anything you can do for me? Or is it to urge me to borrow books quickly?"

The black figure at the door shook his head, stretched out his finger and pointed to the left.

Lin Jie turned his head and saw the location of the audio-visual store over there. Based on the context, he guessed: "You want to say, can you help me?"

Sombra nodded.

Lin Jie smiled, why does he feel that the man behind the scenes is quite cute.

Last time there was no entity, and it could only be expressed with water stains, but now it looks like a shadow.

That should be the credit of the books he lent out - it said last time that lending out books can bring benefits to it.

So show up now and do me a favor and say thanks?

What, it was already a deal, and now it's time for him to pay the price, why did he say thank you instead.

What's up with this rather polite good boy vibe?

If you refuse, it seems that it will make people feel sad.

"Thank you then. The location of the switch is... um... I can't remember."

Lin Jie turned to the next door and raised his voice: "Where is the switch?"

Colin quickly said: "At the back door of my shop, on the wall on the right, check if there is a trip, and if so, just press it."

Lin Jie said, "No problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, Colin saw his TV turned on again with a click. The news had finished broadcasting and an advertisement was being played. He was overjoyed: "Okay! Thank you very much!"

"You're welcome."

Lin Jie looked at the black shadow and nodded with a smile. The latter gradually faded outside the glass window, as if gradually receding into the rain.

Satisfied, Colin lay back on the sofa, picked up the remote control panel and changed a few channels.

He looked at the changing pictures on the TV, and was taken aback for a moment, then his face became stiff.

The cold sweat on the back came out little by little.

From the moment the owner of the bookstore next door starts talking until the TV comes back on.

The position of his voice has never changed...