New Year's Day, January 3.

Light snow falls across the country.

The cold wind blew up from last night, and then rolled up the fine flowers, dyeing Yanshan white again.

"Quack, quack......"

The crow that flew from nowhere opened its eyelids and was startled by the people walking on the ground for the first time.

The sky is getting brighter.

The lights in the national command center, which had been on all night, finally went out with a pop.

Liang Jing held a breakfast taken from the cafeteria and walked through the miserable mountain road filled with a heavy atmosphere.

I saw that after a busy night, the clerks who had not closed their eyes walked out with red eyes and scattered in all directions tiredly.

She waited until the people were almost gone before she pushed the door open and walked into the room.

I saw the messy conference table, the papers and cups were scattered, and the light curtain of the projector hitting the wall was only a monotonous blue.

In the conference room, Shi Shengcun was the only one left.

Still sitting at the table, resting his elbows on the table, rubbing his eyebrows, he turned his head to look at the voice when he heard it:

"Go get some rest, you've been busy for so long."

Liang Jing walked over in silence, put breakfast in front of him, and then looked at Shi Shengcun, whose face was too tired to hide:

"Don't you have a day and a night without rest?"

"It's different, I'm just sitting here, different from you," Shi Shengcun squeezed out a smile, "It's a pity that the injury hasn't healed yet, otherwise ......"

Liang Jing suddenly raised his hand to stop his words, then reached out and frowned, took a cup full of bitter coffee temperature from the side, washed it with mineral water, and poured it full of hot soy milk.

Shi Shengcun smiled, sighed lightly, and ate obediently.

After Liang Jing finished doing this, his eyes saw a document on the table that still had residual warmth.

Then his eyes moved: "Casualty statistics...... Came out? ”

The battle had been basically grounded yesterday afternoon, and by the evening, the undead had been destroyed, and even the projection had dissipated silently.

Everything happened so quickly and ended so quickly, and the good news is that the "disaster relief" is still timely, but even if it is "timely", it still cannot recover the lives that have been lost.

The battle is over, and the battle has just begun.

In each province and city, the affected areas need to be dealt with by the local authorities.

In contrast, the property damage is not high, the most damaged are only some cars, as for those dilapidated streets, it is necessary to repair them again, and I believe that they will soon be restored to new condition.

However, the real problem lies with the people who die.

How to deal with post-disaster compensation and reassuring public opinion is an extremely heavy and important task.

"I ...... I watched the news before, saying that the big leaders had come forward and toured to various disaster areas to offer condolences. Liang Jing said softly, but he didn't touch the specific casualty report.

"Well, if it's not inconvenient, it's me who should really deal with it." Shi Shengcun said with emotion, and then fell silent and said a number, "More than 97,000 people." ”

"How much?"

"Incomplete statistics, the number of victims, 97,000, the number of injured is very small, you should understand, in that case, almost few can escape, most of the injured are because of car accidents, and some accidents that occur when citizens flee......"

Shi Shengcun's tone seemed to be very calm, like a spokesman in the news.

"Whoa." Even though he had made some preparations, when he heard this number, Liang Jing still subconsciously helped down the conference table and pushed a few empty bottles.

Lakh...... The death toll reached 100,000!

Liang Jing only felt that her breathing was short, and her chest seemed to be pressed by a boulder, which made her breathless!

You must know that the number of victims in Sichuan Province, which shook the whole country and mourned more than a billion people, was less than 70,000!

What does this mean?

She was almost unimaginable!

"Fortunately, this number is much smaller than I expected," Shi Shengcun pinched his breakfast and said in an almost emotionless voice, "You have done a good job, if it weren't for the timely rescue, this number might have doubled many times, as for the number of victims in the world, I believe we will know in the next few days." ”

Liang Jing looked at him, didn't know what to say for a while, his lips moved, and he said:

"It's mainly Cheng Lin...... He put a lot of effort into it......"

"I know," Shi Shengcun nodded, then looked at the gradually brightening window, and said, "In which room is he resting?" ”

"Ashram No. 3, he ...... I haven't come out since I called, I've been in the room, I've been in the room before, and I haven't called to open the door," Liang Jing explained, "He should be very tired, and...... The death of his father should have hit him harder. ”

"I'll take a look, and you can go and rest too." Shi Shengcun was silent for a few seconds, swallowed the food in his hand stiffly, and then pushed the wheelchair and walked out.

Walking out the door, the wheelchair walked down the aisle to the left side of the building, pressing two thin ruts on the ground.

……

……

Walk through the red columns and finally stop at the door of an inconspicuous room.

Shi Shengcun didn't speak, just sat quietly in the chair, staring at the door.

After more than ten seconds, the pair of classical carved wooden doors slowly opened inward, and the faint sunlight fell from the corner of the eaves and shone on Cheng Lin's pale face.

He looked a little sluggish, his hair was a little messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had obviously not slept all night.

"Won't you invite me in and sit down?" Shi Shengcun said with a smile.

Cheng Lin turned around and walked into the room, and when the latter entered the door, there were only the two of them left in the empty room, Shi Shengcun looked around with emotion and said:

"Why didn't you go to the office, or the place assigned to you? There isn't even a bed here. ”

"I'm thinking about something." Cheng Lin finally spoke, his voice was slightly hoarse, but his demeanor was very calm, much better than Shi Shengcun expected.

"Oh? What the? He asked.

Immediately, I heard Cheng Lin say:

"The day before yesterday, I was here...... The projection was summoned. When I came back yesterday, I didn't know where to go, so I subconsciously walked here, and then sat here for a while, in a trance, and even thought that I was still in a dream, but unfortunately, a dream is a dream after all. Then I thought, this could have been avoided. ”

There was a moment of silence.

Shi Shengcun said seriously:

"It's not your responsibility. I'm sure you didn't expect things to turn out like this, it's too abrupt, it's too unexpected, if you have to say, it's me who makes you deduce, and it's me who doesn't perceive the danger, then ...... I should be the one who should face all this. ”

"Do you like to take responsibility for yourself so much?" Cheng Lin suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth and said in an inexplicable tone.

"It doesn't matter, things have already happened, and there is no point in pursuing the past."

"If other people think like you......" Cheng Lin seemed to smile, but as if not, he turned around and picked up the teapot in the room, went to pour water, and then, as if casually, "Have you counted the number of victims?" How much? ”

"One hundred thousand."

The hand carrying the teapot paused slightly, and then returned to normal, Cheng Lin handed one of the cups to Shi Shengcun, picked up the other one himself, and took a sip: "Not much." ”

"Indeed."

Shi Shengcun nodded, but what he didn't know was that Cheng Lin's words were referring to billions of deaths compared to the deduction, which was really not much.

"What's next?" Drinking cold tea, Cheng Lin asked.

"It's not something we're going to be concerned about, it's not the scope of the Division's responsibility, and in fact, other departments will be more experienced in dealing with this situation."

"That ......"

"You go back and rest first." Shi Shengcun said suddenly.

"Where are you going?"

"Go home. Isn't your home in Ningcheng? Or any scenic spot, rest, relax, I know, you worked very hard yesterday, take a good rest, perhaps, you can have a good New Year, and after that, things here are stable, and you will come back. Shi Shengcun said in a seemingly casual tone.

Cheng Lin stared at him quietly, his eyes were a little strange: "Are you serious?" ”

"Of course."

"Just let me go back to rest? That's it? ”

"As soon as possible."

There was silence and staring at each other for a long time.

Cheng Lin finally retracted his gaze, swallowed the cold tea in the cup, and nodded vigorously: "I understand." ”

After speaking, he walked out without a pause, and at the moment of stepping out of the door, he heard Shi Shengcun's voice behind him: "By the way, ...... Jie"

"No, you don't." Cheng Lin waved his hand, then took a step and walked out quickly, but the latter was left behind.

His steps were not fast or slow, and he walked down the stairs of Yanshan like that, and along the way, he bumped into many clerks who had just returned from eating in the cafeteria.

"Cheng ......"

The clerks subconsciously leaned together and greeted each other, but before they could finish the three words "Commander Cheng", Cheng Lin left directly, as if he didn't see anyone at all.

He kept walking down until he broke away from Yanshan and stopped a taxi on the road.

“…… Where are you going? The driver glanced at Cheng Lin's uniform and asked respectfully.

Cheng Lin took out his mobile phone, opened the booking software, and then reported the name of the airport.

The driver nodded, stepped on the accelerator, and then habitually asked, "Are you on a business trip?" ”

Immediately, he saw Cheng Lin slowly raising his head from the rearview mirror, a complicated expression appeared on his face, he smiled and said, "Go home." ”

……

……

Because it was well protected, there was no impact in the vicinity of the capital during this disaster.

If you just look out from the streets of the capital, you can hardly detect anything unusual.

Cheng Lin chose the nearest flight and flew directly to Liao Province.

Regarding Shi Shengcun's arrangement, he vaguely guessed, but he was not sure.

After all, this matter is too big to be solved internally by a single department or a special department, and it will inevitably reach the heavens.

The aftermath of the disaster will become a whirlpool, and where it will eventually lead is bound to be a fierce game.

He had thought a lot about the possible follow-up in that ashram that night, and he was not afraid of any outcome.

"After all, the worst-case scenario is nothing more than a sword fight."

Sitting on the seat of the plane, Cheng Lin leaned back, covered his face with a magazine, and thought very seriously.