We hadn't found a hotel where we could stay after all.
At a time like this, we couldn't even find an all-night internet café or fast-food place.
There weren't even any bridges in Yangshan District.
After discussing it back and forth, we decided to check out the local police station.
From the police cars we'd seen along the way, it seemed the government hadn't ground to a complete halt. So a police station had to be safer than sleeping on the street or wandering around.
"Now, here's the problem," the Thin Man said. "Where's the police station around here?"
I had the foresight to download an offline map ahead of time, so I found the police station.
"Is there a precinct nearby?" Nantian corrected our plan.
A precinct should be more reliable than a local police station.
I searched for police precincts and found one.
"It's a bit far," I said hesitantly.
I hadn't given it much thought before. Starting from the residential complex where Su Xiaoyu lived, we'd followed the delivery stations along the way, which had taken us in exactly the opposite direction from the police station.
Turning back now would be a hassle.
"Let's go there anyway." The Thin Man took a bite of a biscuit, then shared some provisions and water with us.
We just had a little something to tide us over before turning our bikes around.
Halfway there, we had the bad luck to run into a gang of robbers. There were five of them, driving a car with its interior packed full of boxes of food.
I couldn't believe anyone could still have bought that much from a supermarket at this hour.
The car stopped by the roadside. Someone got out and blocked a woman who was passing by.
"Shit!"
We'd meant to