The sudden heavy rain and the extremely rare flash flood forced Father An and Xie Chonggui, who had planned to rush back before noon, to wait for the so-called rescue to arrive together with other ordinary citizens trapped here.

However, until noon, there was no rescue.

But when the two of them began to worry about how to solve their lunch, the little brother who seemed to be a staff member sent instant noodles that were enough to satisfy their stomachs.

Father An was slightly surprised by the attentiveness of the staff, and then while thanking the other party for his kindness, he casually asked the rather young staff, "Excuse me, I want to ask." How many people are trapped here this time? ”

"If you count us workers, there must be nearly a hundred. But there is no way to do it, no one would have expected that this flash flood would wash down the billboards on the bridge and smash the road. I heard that there is a construction team sent by the municipal government to rush to repair, and it should not be long before you can go home. ”

After answering Fr. An's questions very enthusiastically, the young staff member told him that he could go to the counter later to get a bottle of water and a pack of tissues.

"Today's young people are really good, just like when we were back then, the last household registration belonged to love and ignorance." Xie Chonggui looked at the other party's distant back, and at the same time picked up a soaked instant noodle from Father An's hand, lifted the lid, and added, "Ouch, I'll go, I even added a ham sausage." ”

"Looks like there's a boiled egg in the noodles."

Father Ann also began to lift the lid, picked the noodles with a fork, and said.

"I'll go, it's too rich."

Xie Chonggui blew the hot air, impatiently forked a mouthful of noodles for himself, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"You call this 'abundance'?"

Father Ann asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Come on, Father. You don't look at what we're like now, it's windy and rainy, and there's a flash flood outside. It seems that even the visibility is almost in time for the evening.

In this 'harsh' environment, there is enough food to fill our stomachs, and there are places where we can shelter from the wind and rain. Personally, I think that people may really not be able to ask too much of their current situation. ”

Xie Chonggui ate noodles and told Father An his opinion.

"It sounds like we should be 'grateful'. But don't you really realize what's weird about it? ”

When Father An raised the face to him, he couldn't help but put it down and asked Xie Chonggui a question.

"What's weird? If the priest was referring to the weather, I think it was a bit odd. But it can't be helped, can it? Xie Chonggui took a bite of the braised egg and said inarticulately: "Well, the braised egg in the instant noodles can really produce the so-called 'chemical reaction'." ”

"I'm not just talking about the weather." Father An casually put aside a bite of instant noodles and walked to the nearest window. Turning around, he looked at Xie Chonggui, who even had his cheeks bulging, and said, "To be more precise, why is this situation happening." ”

"Maybe we're not lucky."

Xie Chonggui swallowed the noodles in his mouth and said.

"I think it's a bit too far-fetched to explain things by just the good or bad of luck." Father An turned around, walked a few steps, and said to Xie Chonggui, "Actually, since I came here, I have been trying to collect places that seem unreasonable. Now, it's a little bit of a gain. ”

"Oh? Fr. Fei, what did you find? ”

Xie Chonggui put the half-bitten braised egg back into the soup and looked at Father An with a little curiosity.

"I think so."

Father Ann replied briefly, and then swept around him.

After making sure that there was no one else nearby but the two of them, he said, "Do you think it's too quiet now?" ”

"Too quiet? It seems that there is a little bit of it. But maybe everyone is just like me, patronizing noodles. ”

As soon as Xie Chonggui finished speaking, he was about to continue to eat half of the braised egg in his stomach, when he suddenly put down the fork in his hand and said, "That's not right!" That said, it's a bit too quiet. ”

"It's not just 'quiet'. Let me ask you again, you should have heard all the conversation I had with that staff member just now, right? ”

Father Ann stepped forward and asked.

"Is it about the number of people? I did. ”

Xie Chonggui knew very well that the priest usually came to this time, and most of them thought of something very crucial. So he didn't choose to continue eating noodles, but looked at Father An with a very serious expression.

"Very well, then I'll ask you. In an office where there is almost always a cafeteria, can you really pull out nearly 100 buckets of instant noodles at once? You know, this isn't a convenience store or a street supermarket! Father An's words woke Xie Chonggui up, and the latter, as if sensing something, asked, "Is it that all this is ready?" ”

"Combined with the overly quiet 'masses' and the 'extreme weather' that is difficult to encounter, I'm afraid that's the case. Agui, follow me. ”

Father An strode away from Xie Chonggui, who followed closely behind him.

At first, Xie Chonggui wanted to remind the priest, 'You haven't eaten your noodles yet', but later, seeing that he didn't have any intention of doing so, he casually put the leftover noodles on the top of the trash can on the side of the corridor.

At this time, they came to the backyard of the office.

"If we're leaving, why don't we go through the front door?"

Xie Chonggui looked at Father An standing in front of the locked backyard gate and asked.

"First, there are too many people at the front door.

Second, I don't want anyone to notice our departure. ”

Father Ann replaced his sword with his palm and slashed at the lock.

Soon, the huge U-lock was broken by him.

"Does this count as damage to 'public property'?"

Xie Chonggui smiled and asked.

"Possibly. But I can't do that much at the moment. Considering how unbelievable it all seemed, I was starting to worry a little bit about being smaller than them. ”

Father Ann glanced up at the weather outside, and the rain showed no sign of abating.

"There shouldn't be any problems. I mean, who would do such a thing? ”

As Xie Chonggui spoke, he began to doubt his own point of view.

"It's not a question of who will do it, but rather what kind of preparation is needed to do so. And then if you put that part of what we're going through right now, you can see that everything that's happening right now has a strong purpose. ”

Father Ann braved the storm and walked out.

"Does anyone want us to get back in time?"

Hearing this, Xie Chonggui couldn't help but be a little shocked, if it was really as the priest said. The situation in that house must be very bad.

No, for the sake of Ah Zhen, I have to rush back immediately.

So, the two of them walked a long way in such bad weather, until they walked out of this department called the certificate hall.

Although the pouring rain quickly drenched the two of them, it also blurred their sight.

However, the pace of the two at the moment is extremely firm.

For by now they had become very convinced that all of this had been carefully arranged to delay their return home.

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