Chapter 1 Heavy Rain
Outside the Kappa nuclear power plant, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the showers wash the world.
In an old-fashioned apartment, a pregnant woman tasted a delicious fresh fish soup and now waited for her husband to return home after a busy day and have dinner with her.
Rainwater splashed through the window onto the dining room, and the pregnant woman hurriedly put down the spoon.
"It's raining so hard that I almost forgot to close the windows!"
She made her way to the leaky balcony, where the cold rain had accumulated and wet the beige cotton slippers on her feet.
Inside the cartoon school bus parked at the intersection, the little girl was looking out the window boredly, when she was suddenly attracted by the blue light bursting from the sky and screamed excitedly.
"Look, there's fireworks outside!"
The other children followed her finger and looked out the window, their faces full of curiosity.
In Kappa City, the lights in the box of a star-rated hotel are flickering on and off, young people who have just been liberated from work are eating and drinking with friends, the fat of barbecue on the iron plate is sizzling, and everyone raises their wine glasses and shouts:
"Happy birthday to Emma!
In the midst of the unbridled coaxing, Emma drank all the cold beer in one gulp, and the flush soon spread over her beautiful face and white neck.
The male colleague actively toasted Emma, and after three drinks in a row, she blushed and thanked everyone for their support.
And in this party, two single dogs who did not toast, just sat and chatted.
"Hey, I said such a good day, aren't you going to confess to Emma?"
Keck stabbed Sarain, who was only interested in eating meat, with a wicked smile, although Emma was the goddess of all the single men in the company, Keck still felt that among all the men who pursued Emma, only Sarain was worthy of her.
"Me?"
Shalin was stunned for a moment when he heard Keke's words, obviously not expecting him to match himself at this time.
Emma is indeed a very good woman, she has a standard and well-proportioned figure, a lively personality, and although her facial features are not as good as the big stars on TV, she is already a rare beauty in such a small city.
The most important thing is her background and education.
Emma's father is the CEO of several listed companies, and even in a small and up-and-coming city like Kappa, there are three large companies that belong to Emma's family.
The reason why Emma became a colleague with Shalin was entirely because she wanted to start from the grassroots level and enter the top step by step with her own efforts, of course, this was just a passing scene in Shalin's eyes.
Therefore, it is not that Shalin has fantasized about marrying Emma and reaching the pinnacle of life.
But since he had been warned a few months ago when he had taken Emma's car home and had dinner together, he had stopped daydreaming.
Oh, if you want to chase Emma, let's wait for him to become president.
Glancing at Emma unconsciously, Sarin smiled and shook his head when he saw three men surrounding her at the same time.
"Forget it, Emma is in such good condition, I don't deserve her. โ
"What's wrong with her good conditions, don't you have a bunch of little girls who like it, and besides, who in our company doesn't know that Emma likes you?"
Keck said indignantly, because in his eyes, a high-achieving student like Shalin, who is tall and handsome, can play and sing, and graduated from a well-known college, has made him very envious.
He staggered to his feet, completely ignoring the sarin who was desperately pulling him underneath, in his heart, as a good friend of righteousness, at this time he was going to push the other party!
"Stinky boy, don't you dare to say it, I'll create a chance for you!"
"Hey, Emma, Shalin has something to tell you!"
In front of the public, Keck's words instantly silenced the private room.
And hearing Shalin's name, Emma's face instantly turned red, and she looked at Shalin expectantly, except for the few men who surrounded Emma like flies, other friends began to coax again.
"Confession! confession! confession! confession!"
Slowly getting up at the instigation of everyone, Shalin was a little embarrassed and had to stand up again.
He held the glass, and his face was a little flushed from drinking several times the beer, but his sanity and self-esteem as an engineering man had not been lost, and he couldn't accept the title of little white face that he would carry after being with Emma.
After all, he has worked hard for so many years, not to be looked down upon.
"Emma, I'm ......"
"I ......"
"I wish you a happy birthday and find your perfect person soon!"
"I'm sorry guys, I'm a little unwell, so I'll go home first. โ
It took Shalin half a day to squeeze out a few words, and in a continuous boo, he walked out of the box with his head down.
After saying that kind of refusal, he didn't have the face to stay any longer.
If only I didn't come to the party tonight......
Thinking like this, Shalin even forgot Keke's call, and quickly took the elevator downstairs to the first floor of the hotel.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby of the hotel, the view is blocked by torrential rain, and the rain floods the streets.
He ran out with an umbrella given by the hotel, and his clean sneakers were thoroughly soaked through the sewage because he needed to run to the next street to make a bus home.
Although it has been more than three years since graduation, Shalin has invested all his money in financial products and has never bought a car.
The rain tonight was unusually heavy, and he couldn't even see the oncoming car clearly, and he had never seen this kind of rainstorm in the three years he had been in Kappa City.
After crossing a street, Sarin entered the bus shelter, where he was the only one waiting.
In the face of the torrential rain outside the pavilion, he saw Emma's beautiful face full of red in the white skin in front of him, but gradually, a strange burning sensation came from the soles of his feet, and quickly spread all over his body from the outside to the inside.
Got a nail?
Shalin hurriedly sat on the bench to check the soles of his feet, blood flowed down the gauze of his sneakers, and he took off his shoes and cursed.
But he didn't find the nails, and the soles of his feet seemed to be reflected in the skin soaked in sulfuric acid, and a sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart.
"Acid rain?"
"No, no......"
His heart pounded, and Shalin suddenly looked up to the east, a faint halo of light shining through the layers of rain.
Turning on the phone camera, over the direction of the Kappa nuclear power plant, billowing smoke drifted into the sky from the eerie discrete light, accumulating more and more clouds, which was the hideous roar of death.
The torrential rain continued to bring particles of smoke into the city, and a flash of lightning struck down, instantly turning the nosebleed face white.
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"Yes...... Something happened at the nuclear power plant!"
"It's broken!"
Shalin suddenly realized something, and hurriedly stood on the bench to avoid his feet from continuing to soak in the turbulent water, the stinging sensation became more and more intense, and he took out his mobile phone to call Keck as soon as possible.
It's just that the phone didn't connect, and Shalin's heart became more and more anxious.
"What are you doing, answer the phone quickly!"
"Damn, didn't they start karaoke?"
One call after another was made, but only a long beep came from the phone.
Thinking of Emma's blushing face again, Shalin didn't know where to muster the courage, he actually jumped off the bench, wrapped the black garbage bag in the trash can in the waiting hall to his feet, rushed to the hotel he had just left, knocked frantically through the glass door and shouted:
"Turn off the exhaust fan and tell your people to close all doors and windows immediately!"
"Don't let anyone out!"
"Something happened at the nuclear power plant!"