Symbolically grabbing a plastic bag, Chen Momo took out her flashlight and prepared to head downstairs to Room 908.
Passing by Xu Xiaoka's apartment, she knocked on the door. A voice from inside called out, "Coming!" and Xu Xiaoka walked out shortly after.
The two seemed to have developed a tacit understanding. Xu Xiaoka linked her arm with Chen Momo's, and they headed downstairs together.
"Hey, hey, let's hurry up! Those two women in front have a flashlight!" Yang Hong spotted Chen Momo and Xu Xiaoka the moment she stepped out of her room. Knowing they both had flashlights, she urged Zhang Qiang to pick up the pace.
The stairwell remained pitch black. Chen Momo was about to turn on her flashlight when Xu Xiaoka beat her to it.
"Sister Momo, I brought a flashlight today too," Xu Xiaoka said.
