Lin Zhaoxi tried her best to keep herself excited, only in this way could she get rid of negative emotions.
The Research Institute of the Traffic Management Bureau is a research unit, and the gate is much more difficult to enter than the service hall. At the gate guard, they were ruthlessly stopped.
Lin Zhaoxi repeated the words that had been repeated many times to the security guard of the scientific research institute, but Mr. Security heard it from beginning to end, and finally said that he still refused.
Lin Zhaoxi looked at her phone anxiously, and the hope that had been ignited in her heart was gradually extinguished. They weren't going to let her in, though it wasn't their fault.
11:30, this is the lunch time agreed between her and Pei Zhi.
Lin Zhaoxi's mouth was dry and she felt regretful. What is she doing now, why is she standing here, not by Pei Zhi's side.
At this moment, a sharp car horn sounded from behind her, and Lin Zhaoxi was pulled aside by the security guards. A white Mazda drove past her, and the electric door of the scientific research institute opened.
Those car-blocking scenes flashed through Lin Zhaoxi's mind, probably because of her own thoughts, the moment the car drove into the electric gate, it stopped suddenly. The window was pulled down, and the middle-aged man driving stared at them, and then asked, "What are you two girls doing here?"
Lin Zhaoxi coughed twice, and Bao Xiaomeng spoke first: "Uncle, we want to find a leader!"
"Oh, what do you want the leader to do?"
Although she said it many times, Lin Zhaoxi still spoke very calmly: "We are doing an extracurricular program, and we need some traffic data of Yongchuan City."
The middle-aged man had an incredulous expression on his face.
"The current students are quite interesting." The middle-aged man said.
Some flames of hope were ignited in Lin Zhaoxi's heart again. She looked at the person in the car expectantly, but saw the person turned his head and looked ahead.
The window slowly went up, he stepped on the accelerator, and just drove the car away.
The car exhaust scattered a blue-gray smog band, and when Lin Zhaoxi turned around again, she saw Bao Xiaomeng's eyes were red, as if it was difficult to accept such a situation.
Lin Zhaoxi rubbed her head, looked at the security uncles who had held them and chatted for a long time, and said, "Uncle, if there is no other way, then let's go first."
"Where are you going?"
"Let's think about it again."
"I remembered that my son's school's traffic activity day always contacted the traffic police brigade directly." The security guard said, "Why don't you go there and ask."
Another security guard came over and said in a low voice: "Or go to some leader to approve a note, it's more effective than anything else."
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The industrial development in Cheng'an District was sparsely populated, so Lin Zhaoxi and Bao Xiaomeng stood by the side of the road and took a taxi back to the city.
She held Bao Xiaomeng's hand, because she was not familiar with the situation, she really couldn't blame other people for bumping back and forth between various departments.
Bao Xiaomeng sniffed, very frustrated.
Lin Zhaoxi reassured: "It's okay, just run around more."
"But you feel in a hurry."
"No." Lin Zhaoxi said with a smile.
"But I secretly saw you texting just now." Bao Xiaomeng hurriedly said, "I was not careful, but is Pei Zhi also in Yongchuan?"
"His mother is critically ill and is being treated here."
"Oh my god, how could this happen!" Bao Xiaomeng was overwhelmed with shock, "Then why don't you go with him, no, is your matter so important now?"
Bao Xiaomeng's question was very sharp and direct, and Lin Zhaoxi couldn't answer it.
There were very few cars on the road, and only trucks whizzed past her, as if even the cold wind in the sky was covered with haze.
"Yeah, sorry..."
"It has nothing to do with you, it's because I didn't handle it well."
The time spent waiting on the side of the road made her inexplicably loathe herself. Even though time was tight, she made no progress.
At about this time, her phone vibrated.
She skipped a beat, and nervously took out her cell phone. The call came from a number she didn't recognize, the area code of Yongchuan.
She quickly picked up the phone.
"Hello, we are Yongchuan Xinhu Real Estate, may I ask you..."
The tense muscles immediately relaxed, Lin Zhaoxi put down her phone, the air was thick with smog, and she began to cough non-stop.
On the other end of the phone, he was still chanting professionally, "If there is any demand for home ownership, we recommend it to you..."
She was so out of breath from coughing that she squatted on the ground involuntarily. Bao Xiaomeng knelt down anxiously and patted her on the back: "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Lin Zhaoxi waved her hand.
—
Like a stinging bug crawling on your heart, every second of time, that bug will scratch you lightly. You can't get the worm off, you can only let it keep digging into your heart.
Lin Zhaoxi took a car back to downtown Yongchuan and came to the gate of the traffic police brigade in the old city.
There was a lot of people around, and after lunch, many students and office workers left the restaurant one after another, and the smell of oily smoke had not yet dissipated on the street. Under the sun, the smog is clearly visible, and the peeling paint on the white signboard of the traffic police brigade is very clear.
For a moment, Lin Zhaoxi felt that everything she did was ridiculous.
A high school student made a program to predict his father's upcoming car accident. For some reason, the high school student had to modify the prediction program in a short period of time. In order to find data, she ran between major transportation departments.
Only her junior high school classmates are with her. They have hit the wall twice, and this is the third place she has gone to in one day.
How likely are they to be useful here
"Are we going in?"
Bao Xiaomeng's voice was crisp and soft, pulling Lin Zhaoxi back from the sense of absurdity.
This is the third time she has come to the parallel time and space, and all the absurdities are nothing in front of this incident.
Lin Zhaoxi forcibly cheered herself up and said, "It's already here, thank you for not going in."
This is probably what it feels like to do your best with meager hopes. Take a breath and never let it go, otherwise you won't even have the strength to take one more step.
Fortunately, the traffic police brigade will be responsible for dealing with traffic accidents, and there are people entering and exiting here one after another, so the gate here is much easier to enter than the scientific research institute.
The guard asked them why they were here, and said directly, "The mission department is in 205, and it's on duty at 1:30."
Lin Zhaoxi was basking in the sun and was stunned for a moment.
At about this time, she felt the cell phone she had been holding tightly vibrate.
Her first reaction was to take out her phone and look down. It was a text message—
Hanamaki: I haven't been able to get through to the ICU. I'll try it for you later.
"What?" the doorman put the register in front of them, "Aren't you going to do extracurricular activities?"
All the joy vanished in an instant, like being tightly gripped by some sudden nightmare, Lin Zhaoxi stared at the phone screen until it went dark.
Bao Xiaomeng pushed her, but the guard still handed her the pen.
"Thank you." Lin Zhaoxi picked up the pen and bowed.
—
No one answered the phone in the ward, giving people too many bad associations.
Lin Zhaoxi still couldn't react until she walked to the traffic police brigade's office. She should have thought that if Hanamaki didn't respond for so long, something must have happened to Pei Zhi.
She really wanted to know how Pei Zhi was doing now, but she didn't have any channels to find out, and she even canceled the agreement with Pei Zhi herself.
Lin Zhaoxi couldn't help feeling regretful, it was more like there was an empty place in her heart, and a cool breeze blew, making her panic about what was happening around Pei Zhi now.
However, what made Lin Zhaoxi even more powerless was that at this moment, she was mechanically raising her hand and knocking on the door of the Traffic Management Bureau's office.
The traffic police brigade has a special secretary in charge of liaison matters, and it's not time for work yet. The door opened, and the policewomen in the office were happily sharing milk tea.
They explained their purpose and were taken to an office where a lady was sitting.
Lin Zhaoxi just bowed and said, "Hello."
After listening to the subordinate's introduction, the lady's eyes wandered, and finally fell on her face.
"To do the procedure, why do you want to come here?"
"We ran to several places today, and other places said no, we... only come here."
"Several places?" The policewoman at the desk raised her eyelids with interest, "Which ones?"
"It's just in the lobby of the Traffic Management Bureau, and then they asked us to go to the scientific research institute... the guards at the scientific research institute wouldn't let us in, so we came here." Lin Zhaoxi told the truth.
"What kind of data do you want?"
"I want the road accident rate and traffic flow..." Lin Zhaoxi said here, and took out a piece of paper from her pocket, on which was a list of all the required data she had compiled, "It would be best to have the actual traffic conditions of the day. "
She solemnly handed over the paper, the lady lowered her head, her gaze changed slightly.
"You are very serious in your work." She flattered.
"Thank... Thank you." Lin Zhaoxi rubbed her knees with the palm of her hand.
"The real-time traffic situation is a bit difficult. How about this, do you have a teacher in this project team? Let your teacher come over."
"Really, thank you very much." Lin Zhaoxi stood up excitedly.
—
There are always one problem after another.
The female policewoman wanted to find their teacher, so Lin Zhaoxi had to find one for her.
She left the office and took out her mobile phone in the corridor.
Calling Xie Ran is very likely that the other party will cooperate with the performance, but Xie Ran is now a graduate student at Yongchuan University, so his status must not be enough. And of all the people she knew, there was only one who was a perfect fit in every way.
Lin Zhaoxi took a deep breath, bit the bullet, and pressed the call button.
Zhang Shuping had a very good attitude when he answered the phone, probably because he didn't get what she asked for, and he explained to her seriously that he tried his best, but the person he was looking for didn't reply.
Lin Zhaoxi could only keep saying "It's all right", "Thank you teacher", "Teacher, you are so kind".
"I really want to be able to help you." Lao Zhang used this sentence as the ending for the first time.
Just before Zhang Shuping hung up the phone, Lin Zhaoxi said, "Mr. Zhang, can I trouble you to come to the traffic police brigade now?"