CHAPTER 161: DRIVING THE SHARK SUBMARINE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SAVE SOMEONE

Despite Jinglai hoping that nothing else would go wrong, trouble occurred again. Yesterday, a group of people got drenched in the rain. When they came in, they had many red earthworms on their heads, and some people even brought in red earthworms that hadn’t been removed previously.

Furthermore, it was the first day of the self-service buffet, and it was terribly crowded.

Then the red earthworms started hopping around chaotically. Oh boy! They ensnared everyone, whether they were there to eat or the staff serving food, binding them up so they couldn’t move. The scene was...

The entire cafeteria instantly turned into chaos. Some were crying on the floor after being stepped on, some were howling as their hair was pulled, and others who tried to help also became entangled and couldn’t move. Women with long hair suffered as if they were being torn apart. Even Jinglai felt pain just watching them.

Weiwei was also one of the victims. Her charming, big wavy hair was now tangled around the heads of seven or eight men, who were all running in different directions... She felt like killing them.

Only Jinglai was fine. She stood in the middle, her hair securely wrapped under a rain hat. Weiwei had laughed at her that morning, but now she stared in disbelief.

"My niece brought me a clipper. I’ll quickly shave your heads. Everyone in our residential complex has already gone bald."

"No, I don’t want to go bald," Weiwei cried immediately. Would her husband still want her if she turned ugly?

Jinglai ignored her and began buzzing one head after another...

Finally, the situation was resolved satisfactorily. The director praised her for her wit and even secured several more clippers. He instructed the security guards to shave people’s heads at the door, decreeing that in the future, everyone must have their heads shaved before coming in to get food.

All these bald heads are so much more pleasing to the eye.

The red earthworms on the ground shouldn’t go to waste. Boiled in water, they can make an extra soup. And since the hair is everyone’s own, they probably wouldn’t mind, right?

"Let’s hope nothing goes wrong tomorrow!" the director said.

Unfortunately, a great flood happened today.

The Balds scrambled up the stairs, vying to be first, as the water had already risen above their knees and was coming in furiously! Unfortunately, it was pitch black outside, and nothing could be seen clearly, only the shimmering reflections on the water and the ROARING sound of the current.

Jinglai sighed, directing people to run upstairs while instructing the staff,

"Take anything that can float, like tabletops and wooden planks, upstairs! What if the flood engulfs this building too?"

The Armed Police sounded the alarm and were dispatched. A nearby petroleum base residential complex, home to tens of thousands, was also in imminent danger. The floodwaters had arrived with such ferocious speed, leaving no time for preparation. After all, it had only been three days of heavy rain; how could it possibly cause a flood?

Simultaneously, Huaxia issued a red alert. A drastic rise in sea levels had been detected, and coastal residents were urged to evacuate to higher ground quickly. It was also announced that, considering this drastic rise, many islands would likely be submerged.

The Wu City Government also issued an emergency notice, sending messages via big data to urge people from the city center, whether their homes were flooded or not, to evacuate north quickly.

Meanwhile, people in the higher terrain of Xishan District and areas to the north were told they could hold their positions for now, and evacuate depending on the developing situation.

「...」

Wang Qiqi: "@everyone There’s a huge flood at Ai Family Supermarket! I heard it’s moving towards the city center. I’m not sure if it will reach us here. Some neighbors went to get food and are now trapped in Ai Family Supermarket. I heard the water has reached the third floor—it’s really fierce!"

Wang Cuihua sent a voice message: "Oh, good thing we planned to go eat this afternoon instead."

Luo Zhu: "If the flood comes our way too, what do we do? Where do we run?"

Wang Qiqi: "Run to the top floor, of course! It’s raining so hard outside; where else could we go?"

Jing Shu stretched lazily. She had already made all necessary preparations. Just as she was blissfully applying cucumber slices to her face and eating some fried chicken, Wu You’ai rushed over. "Jing Shu, my mom is trapped in Ai Family Supermarket! She just called. The water is incredibly high, already past the third floor, and the rescue teams are too overwhelmed to reach them... Can I borrow your submarine to bring my mom back..."

Jing Shu suddenly slapped her forehead. She remembered that Mr. Jing’s livestock farm was in the West Mountain area, and Mrs. Jing’s Agricultural Department was in the Development Zone; the flood wouldn’t reach that far.

But she had forgotten that Ai Family Supermarket was the flood’s main discharge point. Essentially, all of Wu City’s floodwaters were channeled from there into the city’s basin, turning half of Wu City into a water city.

"Don’t panic," Jing Shu said. "I had an automatic life jacket put on your mom. Even if the water rises above their floor, she’ll be fine for a while. You don’t know how to operate it; you’d only mess things up. I’ll go pick them up."

Wu You’ai gripped her clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white. "Then... then be careful on the way... If it’s too dangerous, don’t force it. If anything happens to you again, Grandma will kill me."

"I’m someone who’s very afraid of dying, so don’t worry. Let’s not tell Grandma yet. I’ll go and be right back."

Wearing a raincoat and equipped with two automatic life jackets, Jing Shu set off in the Shark Submarine. When it came down to it, she really had Su Malie to thank; otherwise, she wouldn’t have known what to do in today’s situation.

In her previous life, she had never shopped at Ai Family Supermarket, so she wasn’t familiar with it. Fortunately, now that this had happened, she had this emergency solution.

After traveling less than ten kilometers, the Shark Submarine quickly went from land into the water. The rain was heavy, and the floodwaters were immense. In the dim weather, Jing Shu’s experience was terrible as the floodwaters continuously battered the submarine. The Shark Submarine was essentially going upstream, facing strong resistance, making it difficult to control. She also had to be careful not to hit any buildings.

This was only manageable because Jing Shu had night vision and good piloting skills. Otherwise, in such darkness, she would definitely have crashed into a utility pole.

When Jing Shu arrived at Ai Family Supermarket, the area was a vast expanse of water. Not even utility poles were visible. Only the roof of Ai Family Supermarket could be seen, with countless Balds crowded on it.

Furthermore, this vast expanse of water was still encroaching deeper into Wu City. Jing Shu estimated that by now, the water in the city must have reached thigh height. In her previous life, it was around this time that the government had ordered the evacuation, and her family had hurriedly fled, taking nothing with them.

But laughably, some people, relying on their high-rise buildings, had claimed the water wouldn’t reach that high. Yet, in less than a day, even rooftops tens of meters high were submerged.

The basin in the center of Wu City was very low-lying. No matter how tall a building was, once water poured in, it was effectively no higher than the foothills. Jing Shu remembered clearly: initially, the city center was completely submerged—not even a spire poked through—and Wu City had directly transformed into Wu Lake.

「...」

"Jinglai, just let me wear the life jacket. You can swim, so you won’t be in danger. My husband knows people; he’s looking for someone right now. They’ll be able to rescue us together soon," Weiwei pleaded pathetically. It was just that with her bald head, lacking her voluminous wavy hair, her face suddenly appeared very round and large.

"Oh."

"You agree?"

"I didn’t agree."

"Then why did you say ’oh’?"

"Oh."

"Jinglai, please, could you just give me the raincoat then?"

"Oh."

"I finally understand why your husband divorced you." Weiwei was furious, her teeth clenched. This person was completely unreasonable.

SMACK!

A heavy slap landed. Jinglai said, "Perhaps it’s because I hit him like this too often that he divorced me."

Weiwei: "..." She whimpered. So this person was actually this terrifying.