Chapter 35: Moving forward in the water

Jiang Peng, covered in rain, got into the car with a heavy expression and threw the umbrella on the ground in the back seat.

"How is it?" Jiang Yitong looked at Jiang Peng's face and knew that the situation was not good.

"I asked the guard. When it rained heavily in the afternoon, the school ended early. I guess Xiaohu should have arrived home now." Jiang Peng whispered.

"Jiang Peng, I have a bad news to tell you." Jiang Yitong bit her lower lip and whispered.

"What's wrong? You said." Jiang Peng turned his head and looked at Jiang Yitong.

"This storm was caused by Typhoon Morak's early landing."

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Jiang Peng said in confusion.

"The location of Chinatown is in a low-lying area, and if I remember correctly, the houses in Chinatown should have been around for a while."

After Jiang Yitong finished speaking, Jiang Peng suddenly reacted and his scalp immediately became numb.

That’s right, Chinatown is indeed in a low-lying area, and its drainage capacity is particularly poor. When it rains, Chinatown will definitely turn into a small river.

The most important thing is that the heavy rain has been falling for several hours, and I don’t know where the water level in Chinatown has reached.

There are old houses there, and the foundation is not solid. If you soak in water for too long, it is not impossible for the house to be washed down directly.

"No, I have to go back and check it out to confirm the safety of Xiaohu. Chinatown is not only low-lying, but also not far from the port. I am afraid that the water level will rise too quickly and there will be danger. I must bring Xiaohu to the city center." Jiang Peng became more and more anxious to return to his home in Chinatown immediately.

"Well, the city center is indeed safer. You can go to my house first when you come to Xiaohu later." Jiang Yitong nodded and spoke.

"No rush to find Xiaohu first."

Jiang Peng turned on the headlights of the car, started the jeep, and left the school.

The sky was completely dark, but the rain showed no sign of weakening.

Jiang Xiaohu’s school is not far from Chinatown, but this road is becoming increasingly difficult to walk.

"The water level is getting higher and higher." The driving resistance is getting stronger and stronger. Jiang Yitong looked at the world outside the car window and said worriedly.

The jeep is also getting slower and slower, just like driving a boat.

Jiang Peng now judges his location and Chinatown completely based on his sense of roads over the years and the street signs that appear on the road from time to time.

Jiang Peng kept repeating a sentence in his heart, that is, "Don't turn off the engine." If the engine is turned off in such a place, it will be completely finished.

Just as Jiang Peng was at a high concentration, his phone suddenly rang, and the sudden ringing sound scared Jiang Peng almost stepped on the brakes.

"Help me answer the phone, the phone is in my pocket, and help me see if it is Xiaohu?"

Jiang Peng's hand was completely afraid to leave the steering wheel, and he didn't dare to turn his head around, so he could only ask Jiang Yitong to help him get his phone.

"Oh, okay, I understand." Jiang Yitong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, stood up slightly, turned her body sideways, and reached out to touch Jiang Peng's trouser pocket.

"Don't block my sight, your hand is down." Jiang Peng held the steering wheel and directed.

"Ahem, no, not over there, on the other side, ahem, don't tamp my legs."

"Don't shout, my hands trembled." Jiang Yitong shouted with a red face. Jiang Peng's cell phone was placed on the left pocket. When Jiang Yitong touched it for the first time, she didn't touch it. After a long time, Jiang Yitong took out Jiang Peng's cell phone.

"Who called it? Is it Xiaohu?" Jiang Peng only felt his face burning. Fortunately, it was dark now and I couldn't see clearly.

Jiang Yitong stared at the screen of the phone for a long time before speaking: "It's a man named Panda."

"Is it Panda?" Jiang Peng was a little disappointed. "You click on the hands-free."

Jiang Yitong followed Jiang Peng's instructions to open the hands-free voice and immediately heard Panda's intermittent voice.

"Brother Peng... can you... hear it?"

"You can hear it, Panda, you said!"

Jiang Peng shouted loudly.

"...Brother Peng... something big happened...the dock...was flooded...there was a tsunami...the tsunami four or five meters high."

"Tsunami?" Jiang Peng burst into a cold sweat and asked loudly: "Are you okay? Is our ship going to sea?"

"I... it's okay... Ship 1 is still in the port... There's no big problem... Ship 2 goes out to sea... hasn't come back yet."

"You can find a way to see if you can contact Ship No. 2, and you should also pay attention to safety." Jiang Peng was a little anxious. The brothers of Ship No. 2 don't know what the situation is now.

"...Brother Peng... I heard from others that... the other side of Chinatown... has flooded... the water depth is already two meters... Are you at home... How is the situation?"

When Jiang Peng heard that the water was two meters deep, he immediately became nervous.

"Who did you hear me? I will no longer be in Chinatown, but Xiaohu is here, I will go to find her."

"Is Xiaohu...is there...? Brother Peng... don't... reply." Before Panda finished speaking, the phone suddenly hung up.

"Damn!" Jiang Peng knocked on the steering wheel.

"There is no signal." Jiang Yitong looked at her phone, and it was already shown that there was no service on it.

Jiang Peng cursed in a low voice, how could this damn signal be interrupted at this time?

But before Jiang Peng finished his anger, something worse happened - the Jeep was shut down.

"What's wrong?" The jeep suddenly stopped, and Jiang Yitong was also a little at a loss.

"The water level is too high, the car is out of the air." Jiang Peng is very upset now.

"What should I do? I'll fire again." Jiang Yitong looked at Jiang Peng and said.

This time it was Jiang Peng's turn to look at Jiang Yitong with the eyes of an idiot.

"What do you want? You don't know that if you ignite the fire in this case, not only will it not be lit, but the car will also be scrapped?"

"Ah? I don't know, what should I do?" Jiang Yitong said foolishly.

"Woman, I really don't understand the car." Jiang Peng touched his forehead and complained in his heart.

After looking at the shops and street signs around him, Jiang Peng gestured.

"There's nothing. Chinatown is not far from the front. Let's get out of the car and walk over." Jiang Peng said slowly as he looked at the place where there were a few lights flashing in front of him.

"Ah?" Hearing that he was about to walk over, Jiang Yitong immediately collapsed.

"Don't want to leave? Then you just wait in the car. Who knows when the rain will fall? When the car will be flooded, don't blame me." Jiang Peng looked at the water surrounding him and said carelessly.

"Ah! Forget it, let's go." Jiang Yitong immediately changed her face.

Jiang Peng searched through the boxes and cabinets in the car for a while, took out two plastic bags, wrapped their phones tightly, and then handed Jiang Yitong the only inflatable life jacket.

"Put on a life jacket." Jiang Peng threw the life jacket to Jiang Yitong.

"What do you do?" Jiang Yitong looked at Jiang Peng and asked back.

"You'd better worry about yourself first." Jiang Peng said, put away his cell phone, unplugged the key, rolled down the window, and got out of the window.

"Ah, don't leave me behind." Even though Jiang Yitong is a strong woman in the workplace, she is still so delicate when facing natural disasters.

The sound of falling into the water was heard, and the car window on Jiang Yitong was knocked by someone.

Rolling down the car window, Jiang Peng stepped in the water, looked at Jiang Yitong in the carriage, and shouted.

"I can't get down, I can't get down, I can't get down."

"Here you come." Jiang Yitong quickly put on her life jacket, followed Jiang Peng's appearance, and crawled out of the window.

"Isn't that bad?" Although he was a little embarrassed, Jiang Yitong was indeed a self-reliant person

He had climbed out of the carriage and did not ask Jiang Peng to help.

"Tsk, what do you think."

After getting off the car, Jiang Yitong felt something was wrong and regretted it.

In the dark night sky, street lights not far away kept flashing, but it seemed that they couldn't hold on for long.

The cold raindrops hit their body, and Jiang Yitong's body quickly became wet.

The water had already passed Jiang Peng's thighs and Jiang Yitong's waist. The rain kept hitting Jiang Peng's face, and the strong wind was shaking.

"Let's go." It was very storm, and Jiang Peng grabbed Jiang Yitong's hand and began to grop in the water.

This time, Jiang Yitong did not break free and let Jiang Peng hold his hand and open the way in front.

There was no turning back when he opened the bow. Since he chose to get off with Jiang Peng, Jiang Yitong no longer regretted it.

With one foot deep and one foot shallow, Jiang Yitong's speed was much slower than Jiang Peng.

The river water slashed between the legs, and there were tiny stones from time to time. Plastic bottles and other unknown things were scraping across the thighs. Although it didn't hurt, it made people tremble all over every time.

"Ah." Jiang Yitong's heel accidentally stepped into a small pit and half of her body fell into the water. Fortunately, Jiang Peng kept holding her hand, so she was not washed away by the water.

"Be careful, it's okay." Jiang Peng was not feeling well. The visibility at night was low and there was also heavy rain. Not only did he feel, but he was greatly affected.

Jiang Yitong quickly got up from the water and said, "It's okay."

For some reason, Jiang Peng held it. Although it was raining heavily and the wind was whistling around him, Jiang Yitong still felt a sense of security.

The rain quickly poured the two of them through. Fortunately, it was night, and Jiang Peng was not interested in other things now.

Jiang Peng pulled Jiang Yitong for a long time before walking less than a hundred meters away.
To be continued...