hotmtlnovel Chapter 80: The Well Water Does Not Offend the River Water
Chapter 80: The Well Water Does Not Offend the River Water
Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The Well Water Does Not Offend the River Water
“Jiang Yan, your smile is really beautiful!” Su Dai sincerely complemented with starry eyes.
The comment made Jiang Yan a bit embarrassed.
Previously, she had always worn a mask when going out, and neither Ye Qing nor Sun Jingtao had seen her real face.
Moreover, her phone had long since run out of battery, so Su Dai had no way to show them her favorite idol.
Now, everyone had finally met “face to face.”
Although their relationship hadn’t heated up to an explosive degree in seconds, it was obviously much closer than a few days ago.
After giggling and covering her mouth, Jiang Yan glanced at them and said,
“Thank you all for today; I’ll head home first.”
Just now, when the Scarred Man had been threatening her, the Cannibal Flower was itching to jump out and bite him, but she restrained it.
At this moment, she had to go home and soothe her “baby.”
Plus, she was sweaty from head to toe after smoking half a day in a “manure pit,” and she wanted to go home and take a shower.@@@@
Listening to her polite words, Su Dai, full of righteousness, almost patted her chest as she said,
“Jiang Yan, you’re being too polite. We actually didn’t help much! Just now, all we did was steady the situation for you, haha!”
Sun Jingtao, looking at his wife who was laughing heartily, also revealed a relieved smile.
After losing their unexpected child, Su Dai had been depressed for a while.
Although she had recovered, her overall state had not been as good as before.
The apocalypse had struck, and although they lived a meager life lacking food and clothing, his wife’s mood and spirit had been getting better lately, evidently thanks to Jiang Yan.
It demonstrated the great power of having a role model to look up to.
Thinking of this, he felt even more grateful to Jiang Yan.
“Jiang Yan, keep these Fish Shooting Guns safe,” Ye Qing, who had been standing quietly by the side, said as he handed over the stack of Fish Shooting Guns they had confiscated when he heard Jiang Yan was going back.
Hearing this, Su Dai playfully slapped his arm and scolded,
“Xiao Ye, show some respect, call her ‘Sister.’”
Ye Qing: “...”
After the apocalypse, everyone had more or less blood on their hands.
The difference was, some acted out of aggression, while others out of self-defense.
But the outcome was fundamentally the same.
She was more curious about these people controlling the lower floors.
Thinking of that, she asked: “Controlled everything, what do you mean?”
“They mostly stay indoors during the day playing cards or sleeping, then every evening at eight they go to these floors to collect stuff; anyone who can’t hand over what they want gets off easy with a beating, and at worst—”
The rest of his words went unspoken, but everyone understood the implications.
Jiang Yan was even more puzzled: “But the stuff inside these homes, after being taken a few times, there should be nothing left, right? Surely they can’t just conjure up new things?”
Over here in Shallow Bay, especially Block A, were mostly large apartments.
Although located far from the city center with moderately prices, the total cost was still significant due to the large area.
Those who could afford them generally had better circumstances.
Sure, there were also those who emptied six wallets to buy their homes and had to live frugally.
Yet most people were able to live comfortably.
There might be some valuables or cash at home.
But now, that cash was virtually useless.
Assets stored in stocks, mutual funds, and online banks were even more so.
At most, they could take some useless jewelry or rice and flour.
Other types of food mostly spoiled during the previous heatwave.
Sun Jingtao explained, “They don’t care about that. I only got a rough idea, and this gang is now slowly expanding their influence floor by floor.
However, I heard that Ma Longbiao warned his men not to mess with the people on the 32nd floor; probably he is wary of the guns in your hand.
Because they don’t come out during the day, so when you said you were going down, I didn’t think to warn you.
By the time I remembered, you had already run into them, and that’s why I rushed down immediately.”
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Special note: Some industries and characters are purely fictional, with no intention of implying or disparaging any real entities.