Helper 2. Evening and night of the first day

Evening and night of the first day

My dear readers, if you have read my first book, “Help,” then the city of Suifenhe should already be very familiar to you in absentia. And if you live in Vladivostok or the Primorsky Territory, and often travel to China, including the city of Suifenhe, you may have noticed that the city in the center has not changed much. Some buildings fell into disrepair, others, on the contrary, were demolished and replaced with new ones, but the general outline of the city center has changed little. The city has grown in size. When I first came to this city, I still found one-story village houses and slums, but now all this is gone. What used to be the outskirts is now just another area of the city. When I came to the city of Suifenhe, I always tried to learn something new about its history, because the history of the city of Suifenhe is, among other things, the history of the Primorsky Territory and Vladivostok located not far from it. When I first came to this city in 2006, the city ended approximately where the indoor sports center is now. Then there was a wasteland on this place, and behind the wasteland there was a Botanical Garden. Beyond that there were only fields and wastelands. Now all these areas are built up. What am I talking about? Probably because I will not describe in detail the sights of the city of Suifenhe. If you are interested, you can read about this in my first book, “Help,” and in the book, “Singer for China.” In the book “A Singer for China,” I talked about how I lived and worked as a singer in the city of Suifenhe.
But I won’t spoil your reading experience, you can read about it yourself. So, the first evening and the first night at the Long Shen Hotel, which is located on the premises of the Snow Empire shopping center. Well, what can I say, I walked along the streets of Suifenhe while I could walk. When the streets began to empty, I went to the hotel. After the street, the temperature in the room did not seem so terrible to me. However, half an hour passed, and then another hour, and I began to shake. There was no question of taking a shower. I imagined myself coming out of the shower into a cold room, and I was starting to shake with redoubled force. Having somehow washed myself, I crawled under the blanket. However, the blanket did not provide any warmth. After suffering like this for two hours, I decided to do some exercises. You won’t believe it, I ran around the number like on a football field. After spending twenty-five minutes and running two kilometers, as my fitness watch showed, I warmed up a little. All this warmth was enough for me to fall asleep. I woke up at 3:00 am completely numb. I had to put on all the clothes I had and just go to bed under the covers. The night lasted endlessly, I turned on the TV, Russian channels were on. The Comedy Club residents joked, the audience laughed, and I finally fell asleep. I didn't turn off the TV. This is how my first evening and my first night went at the Long Shen Hotel, which is located in a room under the pompous name “Snow Empire” in the Chinese city of Suifenhe.