Chapter 538: The Collapsed Mansion
Guo Caiying smiled, and the others looked at each other, and gradually began to laugh together.
Even Consul Hong showed a smile on his face, but his smile was just the right wry smile, while laughing, he shook his head and sighed self-deprecatingly, and said with a sigh: "Classmate Zhang has lived in the United States for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the domestic situation, and there are some things...
Hey, it's hard to say, and it's not a big deal, but this style of work is really unacceptable, so we have to 'rectify the style and be pragmatic'...", he nodded to Guo Caiying, who had just stopped laughing, with an admiring expression, "In this regard, Secretary Guo is far-sighted and walks in front of the leaders of the whole party." ”
This kind of evaluation doesn't sound like sycophancy, but if you think about it carefully, it can be said that it is infinitely high, and Guo Caiying is not humble for her father, but just smiles back, and the atmosphere at the table becomes harmonious again inexplicably.
Everyone talked and laughed for a while, and finally waited for the short old man to walk out of the back kitchen with a plate of delicious dishes.
Bright and bright red dried peppers, fresh sesame peppers with tender green color, cut into thin slices, soft and fragrant meat slices, hairy belly... When Zhang Lisheng lived in New York, he tasted all the noble restaurants, but he hadn't eaten such a meal to his taste for a long time.
Since ancient times, China has been a country of etiquette, and especially pays attention to official foreign etiquette, government diplomats have been educated in foreign affairs protocol, although it is a private dinner or pay attention to chewing slowly, the action will never be too vulgar, seeing the young people eating with a mouth full of oil, some people can not help but look a little strange.
Guo Caiying was influenced by her ancestors who had experienced the war years, and she admired Zhang Lisheng's heroic eating style. But she had seen the young man's elegant table manners many times, and it was really completely different from now, so she couldn't help but ask in a curious low voice, "Li Sheng, are you very hungry?"
"No, what's wrong. Zhang Lisheng, who didn't realize that he had anything abnormal, shook his head and said.
"It's nothing, it's just that I've never seen you eat in such a hurry, be careful not to choke. The girl said with a smile, and the whispering and bright smile naturally caused a moment of depression among the other young men at the dinner.
And after being reminded by his senior sister, Zhang Lisheng, who suddenly noticed that he had changed, naturally didn't care about the inexplicable jealousy of others, and frowned and fell into contemplation. But he was suddenly awakened by a loud 'boom la-la-la-la'.
Meanwhile. Across the road just across the street from 'Chuan Xiangju', there is a skyscraper with a small square in front of it, and the top floors of the exterior wall that have just been wiped clean by 'Spider-Man' are covered with cement. Slowly collapse.
Countless cracks and thin scars joined together to form large cracks on the surface of the building. Exposed twisted steel bars like broken blood vessels. Against this backdrop, several cleaners, who look as small as ants from the ground, waving their arms and shouting hoarsely, standing on an open-air lift. Cries for help echoed back and forth in mid-air.
In the square, as the broken concrete blocks continued to fall, the people who fled in terror were also shouting, and this headless fly-like scurrying caused a series of car accidents on the street, and in the smoke that shrouded the overturned cars, there was a faint flash of fire, and people shouted, "It's going to explode, the car is going to explode...", and they panicked even more.
The noise outside the door was like a disaster movie scene, and it was naturally impossible for the diners in the Sichuan restaurant to continue to sit and eat peacefully.
Everyone walked into the street in a daze, and a few young people who went out first were almost knocked to the ground.
When he saw the building that was about to collapse across the street and realized what was happening, Consul Hong, who went out after the last day, couldn't care about maintaining his demeanor anymore, and suddenly said nervously to Guo Caiying: "Director Guo, there are high-rise buildings opposite, and it is easy to cause a chain reaction if one collapses, it is too dangerous here, we have to go quickly, go quickly." ”
"Consul Hong, don't be nervous.
Now I can't drive, I run in a panic, and it's even more dangerous to fall and be trampled on. Seeing hundreds of meters of skyscrapers like giants collapsing little by little in front of her, Guo Caiying also felt dry for a while, but at this time, Zhang Lisheng took half a step forward and blocked her side, but it made the girl's heart become stable and her speech was organized.
"Yes, yes," in times of crisis, the two attitudes of tension and composure are very contagious, Guo Caiying's calmness made Consul Hong's mind clear, and secretly praised in his heart that it was really a 'tiger father and no dog girl', and said with a little shame: "It is true that you must calm down first, think about me carefully, well, it is safest to walk through the alley, through the 'Cat's Tongue Street'..."
The Consul General of the Chinese government in New York was carefully designing an escape route when a shrill siren and the characteristic 'rush...' sound of propeller rotation could be heard in the distance.
Soon after, a steady stream of fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and disaster helicopters appeared at the scene of the disaster.
The emergency rescue mechanism generated by the multiple terrorist attacks caused the New York government to respond quickly, but unfortunately the rescuers were one step too late, and with the sudden break of the rope of the open elevator, they lost the opportunity to save the lives of those poor cleaning workers, and could only watch as several lives were wiped out in the terrible howl.
"In this eye-catching moment, the Atlanteans didn't fly out to turn the tide, and it was really strange.
This feels familiar, is it..."Standing under the sign of the restaurant, looking at the building with billowing black fog reflected in his mind, Zhang Lisheng muttered with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
Of the thousands of witnesses present, he may be the only one who can clearly see that the cleaners who fell from the building had already lost their lives in the black fog before they landed, and it was only their bodies that turned into flesh.
The young man was watching here with great interest, but Consul Hong's patience over there had reached the limit, he persuaded Guo Caiying to leave with him, but the girl deviated from the topic after three or two turns, and his heart was anxious like a fire, and he said to Zhang Lisheng who had an idea to save the country: "Classmate Zhang, this building is too dangerous, let's hide in a safe place." ”
"You really should hide in a safe place," the young man turned his head to look at Consul Hong's bright face oozing dense beads of sweat, and said with a smile, "But I have studied martial arts, and I am quick and young and strong, and I plan to go and see if I can save people." ”
"Help, save people..."I couldn't help but look at the building in the distance, which was full of holes, and although it no longer fell cement blocks, it could completely collapse at any time, and the consul general of Huaguo New York was dumbfounded.
"Yes, I'm going to save people. Zhang Lisheng showed a compassionate expression, nodded solemnly, and then he looked at Guo Caiying and said, "Senior sister, you and Consul Hong should leave together, I will contact you when I have time." ”
The girl knew something about the young man's temperament, so she naturally didn't believe that he would voluntarily go to the disaster for no reason, and knew that there must be another reason for it, so she thought about it and said: "Senior brother, don't have time to contact me again, if you don't have anything to do, come to the New York consulate in the evening to report to me that you are safe, and invite me to dinner by the way." ”
"Well, see you in the evening. Zhang Lisheng casually agreed, jumped across the road with a light step, and soon came to the side of the collapsed building.
"Sir, it's dangerous here, please leave immediately. A young police officer with a blank beard on his chin noticed the young man approaching the building, and stepped forward to stop him solemnly.
"Hello Mr. Officer, my stepfather is traveling with you, and you may have heard his name, Inspector Su Luo of the New York Police Department's Major Crime Unit. D. Lavin.
He taught me never to be timid and retreat when I was needed," Zhang Lisheng smiled and pointed to the crumbling building and said: "I don't look strong physically, but I'm actually a master of skill, agile and powerful, and I know what I'm doing, there is someone on that building who needs to be saved, I'm willing to take risks, please give me this opportunity." ”
There is a very contradictory phenomenon in the society of the United States, which not only identifies with professionals, recognizes the social division of labor, but also advocates individual heroism, such as encountering a robbery on the road, it is best to escape from the wallet obediently, and it is a habit to leave other things to the police to deal with, but if a civilian is not afraid of risks, it is respectful to subdue the robbers.
In the event of a building collapse like this, it is necessary to search for survivors floor by floor, room by room, and the firefighters alone are obviously not enough to save as many people as possible.
Therefore, although the police officers in charge of evacuation will warn and prevent people from approaching the disaster scene, when volunteers show the basic qualities of saving people and are willing to take responsibility for their risky behavior, they often get a helpless shrug and a secretly thumbs up.
"Su Luo. Superintendent D. Laven, I've heard the name, is a good case-solver, very respected police officer. The young officer nodded, hesitated, and suddenly lowered his voice, "Go man, believe me, if it wasn't for me today, I would have rushed into the building to save people."
God will bless the warriors. "Yes, of course he will. Zhang Lisheng smiled slightly and walked briskly towards the building's scarred foyer.
The scene was very chaotic, although knowing that the building could collapse at any time, a large number of firefighters still rushed into the building again and again to rescue the injured and carry out the corpses;
The emergency doctors and nurses risked being smashed into meat sauce and rushed to the rescue within the dangerous area in front of the building;
There are also some ordinary people among them, obviously Zhang Lisheng's reckless and dangerous behavior is not an isolated case, but others are sincere, he is just fake.
As the flow of people rushed into the building, the young man was greeted by a bloodstained collapsed floor, but the wounded and dead buried inside were gone, and they had obviously been moved out of the building. (To be continued......)