Obviously, the government has ordered a state of emergency, and the military and police began to take to the streets to maintain control and order. Then various special disaster relief agencies began to enter the scene. I even heard from the news that the navy had been used.
Chen Nuo spent the night in this warehouse.
At first, Louise couldn't sleep. Obviously because of fear.
Of course, it is unknown whether this fear comes from this disaster, the experience of her falling into the drainage pipe, or because there is a stranger like Chen Nuo around her - maybe all three
.
However, children are still children after all. In the middle of the night, the five-year-old girl finally drooped her head, unable to hold back her sleepiness, and finally fell asleep.
Chen Nuo was originally sitting at the window. He turned to look at Louise, got up and walked over, covering her with the blanket.
When Chen Nuo covered her with a blanket, it was obvious that the little girl was having a nightmare.
She huddled up, pinched the blanket with her fingers, and shouted something vaguely.
Chen Nuo frowned and listened for a moment before confirming that the girl was calling.
"Help."
Gently put a finger on the girl's eyebrow, and a trace of spiritual power was injected into it, slowly entering the girl's consciousness space, soothing the girl's spirit...
After a while, the girl's frown relaxed and her breathing became steady.
Chen Nuo thought for a moment and added two more pieces of charcoal to the stove.
At night, he released his mental tentacles and enveloped the entire London, but unfortunately, he could not find Lu Xixi.
The woman seemed to have gone into hiding after the battle at sea.
In the early morning, Chen Nuo went out first before Louise woke up.
In the neighborhoods outside, the water has receded, but the streets are devastated.
Everywhere looked very dirty, and there were some ruins of buildings that were washed away when the floods came. There were people around organizing cleanup or rescue operations.
Chen Nuo walked around on the road a few times, inquired about the situation outside, and then found a supermarket.
The supermarket had been smashed open. When Chen Nuo entered the supermarket, he found that most of the items on the shelves had been emptied, and nothing was left.
He took a bag and packed some randomly, but the main reason was that there was no drinking water.
On the way back, Chen Nuo also helped rescue an injured person who was buried under a collapsed building. Then he quietly left in the chaos.
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When she returned to the warehouse, Louise was already awake, but when she saw Chen Nuo coming back, the little girl was obviously a little surprised.
"...You didn't expect that I would come back?" Chen Nuo smiled.
Louise pursed her lips, and then whispered: "I thought you left."
But after Chen Nuo took out an orange from his pocket, the little girl's eyes suddenly straightened.
This was what Chen Nuo finally collected from the few supplies left in the smashed supermarket.
The only orange that is still intact.
After cutting the orange and passing a piece of pulp over, the little girl took it and stuffed it into her mouth. Then her eyes quickly narrowed, as if her whole body and mind were savoring the sweet taste.
"You must not have eaten fruit for a long time."
"………………Um."
After Chen Nuo handed the whole orange to the little girl, he stood up and looked around the room.
When he turned around, he found that Louise carefully divided the orange into two halves, and then carefully placed the remaining half on the table for Chen Nuo.
"Did you have a nightmare last night?" Chen Nuo smiled.
"...What did you say?" the girl asked.
"You were shaking and then you seemed scared. Then I heard you shouting for help."
The little girl trembled.
However, she still said it slowly.
"I dreamed that I fell into the drainage pipe. It was dark and cold in that place.
When the water rushed into the pipe, I thought I was dead. Especially...
When the water was above my head, I couldn't breathe, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything.
And... for the first time, I learned that when a person is swallowed by water, in addition to being unable to breathe...
There was no sound at all.”
"Well, I can't hear, I can't see, and I can't breathe yet." Chen Nuo nodded and gave the girl the remaining half of an orange: "Those things are over now."
Looking at the little girl's still frightened eyes, Chen Nuo suddenly felt happy: "It's okay, I'll teach you how to swim when I get the chance. Once you learn it, you won't be afraid anymore."
"ha?"
"The best way to overcome the fear of fear is to face the fear, come on! Ori~"
Chen Nuo made a joke, but obviously Louise didn't know how to appreciate this kind of joke from forty years later, but looked at Chen Nuo blankly.
After putting away his smile, Chen Nuo looked around and said slowly: "If nothing happens, let's leave here."
"...us?" The girl was a little confused.
Chen Nuo took a breath and squatted in front of the girl: "I don't know how much you can understand at your age, so let me say it first. If you don't understand anything, you can always ask me.
First of all, what I want to tell you is that I am not a bad person, I am not a human trafficker or a criminal."
"I believe... you saved my life. There was no one around here, but you jumped into the pipe to save me. So you are definitely not a bad person." The girl nodded and said in a very determined tone.
"Okay, now that the first thing is clear, I'm going to tell you that I won't let you stay alone - because the situation simply doesn't allow it."
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"You are a child, and you have no one to take care of you here. You have no relatives or guardians, so... I don't know how many days you have been here, because you can't tell yourself.
But I know that you are really lucky to be alive until now!
But at the same time, it’s also very dangerous!”
"I can find food, and... it's not too far from my home. I can go back and visit occasionally. Maybe my mother will come back.
If I leave too far, I'm worried that she won't be able to find me when I come back."
Your mother will not come back...
Chen Nuo actually wanted to say this directly.
But seeing the girl's eyes, he chose to keep these words in his heart.
"But you can't continue to live here." Chen Nuo said slowly: "This place is a vacant warehouse - it's just vacant, but it's not abandoned.
Moreover, the terrain here is relatively high, and it was not affected when it was flooded. Therefore, after the current disaster, this place will definitely be reused by the government.
Soon, someone will come in and activate this warehouse to store materials mobilized from various places.
There would be a lot of people here, and then the place would be expropriated, and then... they wouldn't allow a little girl to live here anymore."
Louise's eyes suddenly became frightened.
"So, you come with me."
Chen Nuo made a decision directly.
Louise was silent for a while, and the child asked a tentative question in a low voice: "So...sir, will you adopt me? Are you going to adopt me?"
"..." Chen Nuo was silent. Then, facing the girl's eyes, Chen Nuo shook his head with difficulty: "Sorry, that's not the case. I'm not from here. I will only stay here for a while.
Time is about to leave, so...I can't adopt you."
"...I understand." The girl lowered her head.
"But before I leave, I will take care of you. If you come back with me, you will have plenty of food, a warm room, clean bath water, and a comfortable bed and pillows.
I promise that before I leave, I will find a very safe and suitable place for you to stay, and I will arrange it anyway."
The little girl nodded, then shook her head.
Chen Nuo frowned: "You..."
"No, no, you misunderstood, sir." The little girl took a deep breath: "I believe you are not a bad person, and I am willing to leave here with you... But, can you stay here for half a day, just half a day!"
"...Why?" Chen Nuo just wanted to say—it's impossible for your mother to come back within half a day.
But Louise had already told the answer herself.
"I have a friend who comes here to see me occasionally and brings me some food.
The next scheduled meeting should be this afternoon, so I want to wait until the afternoon and see that friend before leaving, is that okay? If I leave suddenly, my friend might be worried about me."
Chen Nuo nodded: "Okay... By the way, who is your friend?"
"He is a person who doesn't like to talk. He looks a bit scary, but - apart from not being talkative, he is actually very easy to get along with. He always brings me some food."
Chen Nuo frowned: "How old are you?"
"Absolutely the same as you..." Louise replied.
Is that a grown man?
Chen Nuo was a little confused.
Soon, I asked for some more information.
According to Louise's answer, this matter seems a bit strange to Chen Nuo.
That "friend" is a grown man.
He is about the same age as Chen Nuo.
Very thin.
He doesn't like to talk and is very cold.
Not long ago, Louise met this man after coming to this warehouse.
Then the man would come over occasionally, bring some food, sit here for a few minutes, and then leave.
This is very unusual!
"Okay, let's wait."
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In the afternoon, Chen Nuo actually hid himself. He pretended to go out for a walk, but in fact he hid on the beam and waited.
Then, just as Louise said, a man suddenly walked into the warehouse!
What made Chen Nuo immediately realize that something was wrong was...
This man "suddenly" appeared at the door of the warehouse!
Chen Nuo, as the boss of the controller, guaranteed that before this man appeared at the door, no one walked on the road outside the warehouse!