ninth tail

When Ji Xiao rushed downstairs with the child on his back, he almost died of exhaustion, his legs were a little fluttering.The child looked thin, but he was heavy on his shoulders. When Ji Xiao threw him into the ambulance, he almost got in with him.

Over there, Wu Zhijun shouted hoarsely, the water pressure of the fire hose was not enough, and because it was on the roof, some people dared not step on the platform on the top of the fire escape during the rescue. His voice was full of anxiety, and Ji Xiao patted the child's face. Shoulder: "Wait here, the doctor will check it for you later."

Ji Xiao ran to the bottom of the fire escape, and the tongue of flames had rolled in from the window on the 15th floor. It was impossible to go down the stairs, but the height of the ladder was not enough, and the people on the top of the building had to slide down the rope a little under the protection of the firefighters before jumping. When they got to the cloud platform, a few jumped up, and now the remaining few dared not move, hugging the firefighters and refusing to let go, making them in a dilemma.

"Get this batch down first!" Wu Zhijun shouted into the walkie-talkie.

The ladder slowly descended with seven or eight people, Wu Zhijun turned his head and waved at Ji Xiao, Ji Xiao immediately climbed up, and the ladder took him up again after all the people were down.

Ji Xiao untied the lifeline and fastened it on himself, then swung the other end up, and the colleagues above tied the rope to the guardrail of the roof.Ji Xiao pulled the rope and jumped out of the platform after making sure it was all right, kicked his legs on the wall twice, and climbed up to the roof.

"Help, help..." As soon as Ji Xiao went up, he was hugged by a woman in her 30s. She was trembling all over, and she was a little unsteady on her feet.

"Isn't this saving you guys?" Ji Xiao was hugged by her waist and pushed against the railing. He didn't bother to say anything, took the colleague's safety rope and began to wrap around the woman, "Cooperate, sister, don't worry about it." Fear."

"No, no, no, what are you doing, no, no, no," the woman realized that Ji Xiao was tying the two of them together, and immediately became anxious, and reached out to the firefighter who was standing to the side and was fighting with another aunt, "Help, help, Help me—"

Ji Xiao's colleague over there was already sweating profusely, but looking at this posture, he couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only pretend not to hear.

After Ji Xiao tied the rope firmly, he hugged the woman and stepped up the railing. The woman screamed, and her arms wrapped around his neck suddenly. He became dizzy and pulled the woman's arms away: "Sister, wait for the fire Come up or go with me, you choose, if you want to, I will send someone else first."

"...I want to go down." The woman stared at Ji Xiao's face for a long time, and finally said a word without screaming.

"Hug somewhere else, don't strangle my neck," Ji Xiao smiled and comforted her, "It's okay, it's less than one meter, it's on flat ground, you just step over it, don't look down. "

Ji Xiao hugged the woman and slid down slowly. He came up in a hurry. He didn't wear gloves, and his hands hurt from the rope. Fortunately, the distance was very short. After jumping on the platform, he looked at his hands and saw that the skin was broken. .

"Wait here, is there anyone you know up there?" Ji Xiao untied the rope.

"Yes." The woman nodded in shock.

"Tell them, don't be nervous, and cooperate with us to go down quickly. The fire is already burning. You can see that the water pressure of the fire gun is not enough, and it can't spray the 15th floor. It is dangerous to drag it down." Ji Xiao and other colleagues took another After a person slipped down, he climbed up again along the rope.

There are still three or four people on the top, and they must be taken down together. It takes 10 minutes to go up and down the fire ladder, so there is no delay.

The woman behind her calmed down, sat on the cloud platform and began to shout to the top: "It's okay, I'm here, I don't feel anything, hurry up, the fire is coming up..."

After getting everyone off the top, Ji Xiao climbed into the fire truck and sat down to rest, covered in sweat.My whole body was tired and weak, and my legs and arms were trembling slightly because of the exertion just now, and they were a little sore.

The fire extinguishing team over there had put out the open flames below the 13th floor, and now they have all entered the building. Lin Zi also climbed into the car and unbuttoned the protective clothing. Both of them were covered in sweat, and the T-shirts inside were wet. It was through, and his face was covered with streaks of ashes.

"Damn, it's really terrible..." Lin Zi was also exhausted, he picked up his clothes and wiped his face carelessly, "Your hand is broken, wrap it up."

Ji Xiao looked down at his hand, he didn't feel that he was not paying attention just now, but now he realized that a layer of skin had been strangled on his hand, and blood was oozing out from several cuts, he frowned: "Sun, it's disfigured."

"Sure enough, he is an expert, with a long face and hands." Lin Zi gave him a thumbs up.

Someone approached by the car door, Ji Xiao glanced at it, it was a reporter from the TV station, he was holding a microphone and poking his head into the car, he stood up and said to Lin Zi, I'm going to get the clothes, then pushed the reporter away and jumped off After getting out of the car, it is very annoying for reporters to interview such things, especially since the fire has not been extinguished, who has the time to talk to them.

He walked to the side of the ambulance just now, and he might go into the fire scene for a while. He wanted to take back the protective clothing and find some gauze to wrap his hands, but he took a look in the car and found that the child had disappeared. The protective clothing was folded and placed on the car seat.

Ji Xiao took the clothes and looked around while putting them on. There were many people around, but he didn't see the child.

The weather has turned warm in March, but the temperature is still quite low after five o'clock. The child is wearing a pair of underwear. Where can he go?

He grabbed a little girl who looked like a nurse, asked her for some bandages, and asked, "Where is the boy I brought here?"

"I didn't see anyone," the little girl glanced at his hand, "You can't do this, the cut is too deep, it needs to be disinfected!"

"Let's talk about it when we're done..." Ji Xiao twisted the bandage around his hand twice, turned around and ran away, the child might have left with his family.

After returning to the dormitory from the fire scene, it was already past seven o'clock in the morning. Ji Xiao was so tired that he didn't even want to take a shower, but his body was so dirty that people and gods were angry. He could smell the strange smell coming from his body, the smell of burning wood, the smell of burnt , sweat, and inexplicably smelled of sour radish, so he took his clothes and went into the bathroom.

Lin Zi had already stripped naked inside, saw him come in and grunted as a greeting, looked at his hands and added: "Your disfigured hands should go to the hospital sometime. "

Ji Xiao looked down at his hands, blood seeped out from the messy bandages, he took off his clothes indiscriminately, stood under the nozzle and propped his hands against the wall, not bothering to say anything.

After taking a shower, Lin Zi didn't come to rub the bed in his room again, probably because he was too tired and forgot to spray instant noodles on his bed.

Ji Xiao lay down on the bed and fell asleep within 5 minutes.

"So you have no place to live?" Su Gui sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at Ding Wei who was looking through clothes in his closet.

"Well," Ding Wei sighed, "Why are your clothes so childish?"

"It's good to wear what you have. I don't like to go out and buy it naked." Su Gui gave him a white look. You haven't woken up yet? You've lost all face of the nine-tailed cat..."

"Shut up." Ding Wei turned his head, pointed at him, and narrowed his eyes.

Su Gui closed his mouth, and shrank back just to be on the safe side.Ding Wei has a bad temper, and his moves are neither light nor heavy, and Ding Wei is stronger than him, so he is not an opponent in a human state.

Ding Wei randomly found a suit of clothes and put them on, and went to Su Gui's refrigerator to find something to eat. After eating comfortably, he sat cross-legged opposite Su Gui, and said a little depressed: "I have become seven tails again. .”

"No—yes—is it—" Su Gira raised her voice. Ding Wei's new tail just grew out not long ago, but it disappeared so quickly, "Have you met someone with a predestined relationship again?"

"Ah."

Su Gui sighed, and patted him on the shoulder: "I won't comfort you anymore. I've comforted you for hundreds of years, but I can't find any new words. Go to sleep, I'm going out."

Ding Wei didn't ask why a nocturnal guy like Su Gui ran out in broad daylight, probably because of himself.Although Su Gui and him have known each other for a long time, they are not of the same kind after all. They are even rivals by nature. Let them stay in the same room, and within an hour, they will definitely get into a ball.

After Su Gui left, he walked around the house and had to go back to the rented house first. He didn't know if the fire reached the 15th floor in the end, and he didn't bring out any of his things.

In fact, if the firefighter hadn’t carried him away, he could have gone back and packed his things, at least... Ding Mo squinted his eyes in the mirror, looking at his pupils shrunk into a single line due to the direct sunlight, at least he should be invisible Wear glasses.

He picked up a pair of sunglasses from Su Gui's desk and put them on, then left a few words for Su Gui in the guestbook on the refrigerator, saying that the sunglasses are good, return them to you tomorrow, and then went out.

Back in Yajuwan, Ding Wei clearly saw the scene after yesterday's fire.

The entire building was pitch black from the 10th floor upwards. The windows on the lower floors were all burned out, leaving a few big holes, and a plume or two of black smoke drifted out from time to time.

The elevator was not allowed to be used. Ding Wei walked up the stairs. There were many people on the stairs. Many residents who were affected by the fire were moving things outside. Ding Wei would climb up the railing of the stairs and jump up when he didn’t meet anyone. Walking, it can save a lot of energy, when he heard someone's voice, he would stop and walk instead.

Nothing was burned on the 15th floor, but the walls were so smoked that it looked a bit like a stove.

There were people in the room he lived in. He pushed open the door that was smashed yesterday, and saw the landlord and his wife standing in the living room with depressed faces.Seeing him, the landlady's wife immediately jumped over: "Ding Wei, are you okay yesterday?"

"It's okay." Ding Wei felt that the room was very dark because he was wearing sunglasses, and he didn't dare to take them off in front of the landlord, so he had to walk slowly to the bathroom, trying to put on the contact lenses first.

"It's good that you're fine. I didn't know about it until this morning. I came here quickly. When I saw you were not here, I was scared to death." The landlady's mouth was broken, but her heart was not bad. The first floor cannot be used by people, so it must be repaired first, you see..."

"I'll move out." Ding Wei went into the bathroom and saw that the contact lenses were still placed by the sink, so he quickly took off his sunglasses, washed his hands and put them on again.

I looked in the mirror, it was fine, and my eyes turned back to black.

The landlord refunded his rent deposit, and Ding Wei went out with a bag on his back.

He has very few things, just a few clothes. In fact, if the landlady's wife has not been very concerned about helping him pack things, he can do without clothes.

As for things like clothes, it is enough to have a set, but if I don’t have any, I will just stay in a cat-like state at worst.

It's just... Now that I have lost my residence so suddenly, where should I stay?

While standing on the side of the street in a daze, the mobile phone stuffed in the bag rang.Ding Wei seldom uses his mobile phone. He hates modern things, and he hardly has anyone to contact, so it took him a long time for his mobile phone to react.

"Hello." Ding Wei looked at the strange number on the screen, unable to figure out who would be calling him.

"Little cat, where are you?" A man's laughing voice came from the phone.

Ding Wei immediately recognized that it was Lu Kuan's voice, and he frowned: "It's none of your business."

Lu Kuan is a cat lover.

The cat guest sounds strange, but they are actually ordinary humans who have provided protection and assistance to the nine-tailed cat for generations, so that the nine-tailed cat can live safely in human society while practicing.But these protections and assistance are not all free, and sometimes there are some conditions attached.

Ding Wei hates cats, especially Lu Kuan.

Although he is now working in the bar owned by Lu Kuan, he has never concealed his dislike for him in front of Lu Kuan, but Lu Kuan doesn't seem to care: "The fire in Yajuyuan, kitten, you have nowhere to go Bar."

"Well, don't let me stay." Ding Wei walked slowly along the street.

"Come here," Lu Kuan smiled, "I'll find you a place to live."

"No need." Ding Wei refused very simply.

"Don't be stubborn, the house I found for you is at the back door of the garden in the middle of the street, it's very close for you to go to the sun," Lu Kuan said slowly, "It's also very close to the moon, come here before four o'clock to get the key, I still have something to do at four o'clock .”

Ji Xiao rested in the morning, and he could have slept until noon, but the phone started singing disrespectfully after ten o'clock.

The number showed that it was home. He didn't want to answer it at first, but he couldn't bear the bombing every 10 minutes. I didn’t come back from the fire at seven o’clock in the morning..."

"Why are you tired, young man? Back then, no one forced you to go to the fire brigade," the mother's voice came out, quite contemptuous, "You can take a vacation this afternoon and go to the airport to pick up the plane."

Ji Xiao suddenly raised his head from the pillow, ignoring his mother and calling the fire brigade the fire brigade: "Pick up? Shen Yu is back?"