bookpower Chapter 25 - 25 Hello Sister
Chapter 25 - 25 Hello Sister
Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Hello Sister
"Dad, I have something rather disrespectful to say, but if you died now, could you even afford to die?!
Can't you see the homeowner group chats? The hospitals, the police stations, even the crematorium phone lines are all busy!
The mother from 403, Old Liu's place, she just had an acute myocardial infarction because of the extreme heat and is now lying stiff at home!
With the temperature so high, the body might start to stink tonight!
So if you died, where would I bury you?! Not to mention, the trash room in our community is already piled up like a mountain and swarming with green-headed flies!"
He Chunmei's words were extremely unpleasant to hear and burst out like rapid gunfire—non-stop and utterly relentless.
"Chunmei, you're being completely unreasonable and obstinate!!"
Zhou Shangyou was so angry that he banged his walking stick on the floor tiles before sighing to the sky, "Ah, what sins has our Zhou Family committed?!"
After saying this, it wasn't clear whether it was the heat or He Chunmei's words that got to him, but his vision darkened and he collapsed to the floor.
Jiang Lifeng shivered with fright and reached out to grab his sleeve: "Old man!"
"Grandpa!"
"Grandpa!"
The two children dropped their stools with a "clatter" and ran over.
"Dad!"
The tall Zhou Guangfu stepped forward and caught Zhou Shangyou.
He Chunmei was briefly flustered for a second, then quickly composed herself and began giving orders,
"Zhou Guangfu, take responsibility for helping our dad go home to rest! I'll handle banging on the door here, I refuse to believe she won't open it this morning!"
In her eyes, it was better if her mother-in-law Jiang Lifeng, who had a chronic disease and often disagreed with her, was gone.
But her father-in-law Zhou Shangyou had a high retirement salary, and he definitely couldn't just die like that—he was the family's cash cow!
"Wife, let's just go home!" Zhou Guangfu's brows were knitted tightly, he sighed deeply.
Their daughter had developed jaundice and pneumonia right after birth, was alone under a nurse's care being treated with phototherapy every day, and had tubes all over her forehead...
Whenever they recalled that sight, the couple was so heartbroken they couldn't stop crying.
And ever since then, whenever their daughter caught a relatively severe illness, He Chunmei would become a bundle of nerves.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she could go temporarily insane.
And after hearing that heatstroke had a fatality rate of 20%-70%, and their baby Beibei showed symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and fever, He Chunmei was noticeably panicking:
The apocalypse hadn't truly begun, and it wouldn't be quite right to electrocute someone to death in one go.
And there were two children watching.
"Little girl, I'm knocking one last time. If you don't open, don't blame me for not being nice!" He Chunmei said, and again her palm knocked "bang bang bang!"
With her final slap, an excruciating sensation as if being devoured by millions of ants surged through her body from her palm.
He Chunmei screamed "Ahh!!" and instinctively stepped back, her hand losing strength and dropping the hammer with a "clang."
"Mama, what happened?!"
"Mama!!"
The two children were startled and rushed to help He Chunmei.
"Don't come over!" He Chunmei wasn't ignorant; she knew she had been electrocuted.
Today, she hadn't tied her hair into a bun; it was loose.
For a moment, she clearly saw her hair stand on end from the corner of her eye.
He Chunmei took a few deep breaths to steady herself and then stood still, observing the metal mesh, but she couldn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"Mama?" the little boy called gently when he saw his mother standing in place, quickly stepping closer.
He Chunmei snapped back to reality, a fierce look flashed in her eyes, and she growled, "Little girl, you're cruel! We'll see about this!"
She carefully picked up the hammer from the ground and said to the children,
"Let's go, baby, Beibei, we'll go home first."
If she couldn't knock on the door alone.
Then what about a group of people?
The few hundred households in this community, like hers with elderly, young, sick and those with babies in need of air conditioning, were not few in number.
Strength in numbers, she didn't believe it wouldn't work!
Whether it was moral coercion or outright usurpation, everything becomes easier with more people!
With that decision made, He Chunmei handed the small hammer to her son to take his sister home first, then took out her phone and quickly sent a message to the home-owners' group:
[A-3203: Dear neighbors, does anyone need air conditioning to cool down today? Please message me if needed!!! Special note: only for households with the elderly, infirm, or pregnant!]
The message had just been sent when an attractive woman with the user image "A-701" added her as a friend from the group.
[Hi sister, I'm the new neighbor Zhang Qiqi :)]