Chapter 40 - 40

Chapter 40 Bad Idea"What? Do you want to be thrown into the water too?" Gu Lingxiao said, her gaze turning cold as she looked at the people behind Wang Kai.Qiao Yueyue looked at the man in front of her. This was the man she had been looking for. She cruelly pinched the child in her arms until it cried. With the child's cry, everyone's attention was drawn to her."The child hasn't eaten or drunk anything for days. If this continues, we'll starve to death.""You're so powerful, can't you share some of the food you found with us? We live in the same building, we should help each other out, isn't that a virtue of our Chinese culture?"An elderly woman in the crowd then spoke up."Xiao Qiao is right. You found so many things, why don't you share some with us? We old, weak, sick and disabled people don't need much. Just take pity on us!"" If you can take Zhao Yong with you, can't you help me?"The tall man then spoke up, "If you don't want to give it to us, that's fine. Just take us with you to find supplies. That way, we don't need your supplies. As long as you take us out, it won't bother you."Wang Kai looked smug and self-satisfied as he listened to so many people, as if he had them completely under his control."You have three assault boats, and you found so many supplies yesterday, that should be enough for you to use for a while."Why don't you lend us your inflatable boat today so we can go out and find supplies? That way, we won't have to trouble you."Are you trying to morally blackmail me?" Su Xiaoyu asked.Wang Kai said, "We are all homeowners here, and we'll see each other all the time. If we help each other out now, we can meet again in the future."Su Xiaoyu snorted coldly, "That's easy for you to say. Don't think I don't know what you're up to."Today they can ask us for a speedboat, tomorrow they can ask us for rice, flour and oil. People are just lazy. If you are really starving, there is some water at the door.They could swim out and find supplies anyway; the time they spend arguing with us could have been used to go out and make a round trip.Qiao Yueyue handed the child with red, swollen eyes to them, saying, "Look at my child, how badly he's crying! How can you bear to see him like this?"Adults can skip eating it, but can children skip eating it?All I want is for my child to have enough to eat, why is that so difficult? Do I have to sacrifice something? Otherwise, I'll go with any of you, as long as the child has a bite to eat! At the same time, she puffed out her chest, wanting them to see her impressive figure.With her skills in bed, no man who has tasted her can resist her charms.The woman's affected and pretentious manner almost made them vomit.Gu Lingxiao didn't want to waste any more words with them, so she led the way downstairs. When she encountered anyone blocking her way, she simply pushed them away with her right hand without any politeness.They cleared a path in an instant and followed closely behind, completely ignoring the group as they went downstairs.Seeing her plan fail, Qiao Yueyue pinched the child in her arms hard again. The child's crying only added to her frustration, and she roared angrily."Stop crying! All you do is cry!"The old lady couldn't bear to see it, so she quickly took the child into her hands and started to soothe him by waving his arms vigorously.When Qiao Yueyue saw someone take the child, she became even more unceremonious, not even saying thank you, but instead turning to Wang Kai and saying..."We can't let them get away with this. Why should they live a life of luxury while we have to go hungry!""Then what good ideas do you have?" Wang Kaipressed.Qiao Yueyue: "That's easy. Didn't we already discuss this in the meeting? We'll lock the stairwell door, and they won't be able to get in. They'll have to beg us for help!"Even if they're incredibly fast climbers, could they possibly climb all the way to the 18th floor?She was even more furious with those men for not recognizing her beauty; how could they not appreciate such a great beauty as herself?Wang Kai nodded, then turned to the remaining people and said, "Did you all hear what Yueyue said just now?"Let's lock the gate and make them hand over their things, even just a little bit is enough for us to live.A short man in the crowd spoke up, "They're not to be trifled with. If we piss them off, what if they kill us and throw us into the water?"Qiao Yueyue immediately interrupted him, "With so many of us, are we afraid of them? Besides, the rain has stopped now. Before long, someone will take care of us, and then they won't be able to hide their murder."We're all witnesses! Those 20-odd people were killed by them. We'll all testify and send them to jail, just to get justice for them!Those in the crowd thought of the people who had died before, who had flaunted their power and arrogance, and realized they deserved to die.Although these people were trying to protect themselves, they did not harm them. They hesitated in their hearts but did not say anything.Living alone without this group of people might be even more difficult.With them taking the lead, those with keys locked the stairwell doors and then quietly waited for them to return.Su Xiaoyu and Gu Lingxiao had reached the main road by this time. The water was a little shallower than yesterday, but it was still water everywhere.The temperature dropped compared to yesterday, so they were all wearing extra thick windproof jackets today to keep warm and waterproof.Today, the most important thing is to find warm clothing and also check the nearby supermarket to see if they have any ham sausages or other food to fill our stomachs.However, it was clear that quite a few people had survived. In just a short while, seven or eight groups of people had passed by, and judging from their direction, they were heading to the supermarket.Apart from the few items that were left on the surface, most of the rest were stored in Su Xiaoyu's space. After all, it was a free purchase, so she had to make sure she bought everything she could.We soon arrived at a building materials store, and when the door opened, there was an indescribable stench.Because of the terrain, although this place was flooded, only half of it was submerged. Now the water has receded, leaving only mud on the ground.Once inside, they discovered the source of the stench was a corpse—a man in his forties or fifties whose body was bloated from being submerged in water.Su Xiaoyu glanced at it once and didn't look at it a second time, then went upstairs.Upon reaching the upper floor, they discovered a small warehouse containing the materials they needed. At the moment, everyone was focused on finding food and hadn't yet considered looking for these materials.This made things much easier for them. The entire warehouse was about 40 square meters.Su Xiaoyu led the way in moving things from inside and also put some things in the storage space.In this way, they basically took everything from the entire warehouse.The assault rifle has limited capacity, and I thought about the previous conflict with the people in the building.Su Xiaoyu decisively told Gu Lingxiao, "Let's go back together. Those people don't have any good intentions."I want to see what tricks they can pull.