Chapter 10

After dispelling Mu Nan's idea of ​​staying in City B, Qin Huai placed orders in the group for the packages he had just chosen. All he had to do was wait for the volunteers to deliver the items. After finishing the community online shopping, Qin Huai started video chatting with people. The small company he co-founded with others needed to be sold. In addition to shares, he also had some projects that were laying the eggs. He was the developer of the software and the founder of the project. Although he went through the company's channels, the company's profit share was only a small part. Now he wanted to sell the project and sell the shares, as many people wanted to buy them.

Qin Huai did not avoid Mu Nan when he was doing this. When Mu Nan knew that Qin Huai was going to sell all these things in his hands to his partner, he was a little surprised: "When the chaos comes, these things will be worthless. Will he hate you?"

Qin Huai looked at him, understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Do you think we are friends?"

Mu Nan was even more confused: "Not friends?" If they were not friends, how could they start a company together?

Qin Huai said: "He is a second-generation rich Chinese. He has money and I have technology. What we have is cooperation, which is what each other lacks. When it is profitable, we are friends. When there is a conflict of interest, we can become enemies at any time."

Mu Nan was not an innocent person who did not know much about the world. He understood what Qin Huai said. Seeing Qin Huai bargaining with the other party without mercy, Mu Nan asked, "Do you have any good friends over there?"

Qin Huai paused for a moment while typing on the computer, then raised his hand and rubbed Mu Nan's head: "I wish I could split one minute into ten minutes. How can I have time to make friends? Besides, isn't it enough for me to have you?"

Mu Nan was a little happy but also a little unhappy when he heard this. He was happy that Qin Huai's world still belonged to him and had not been occupied by others. He was unhappy that Qin Huai had been alone all these years and he felt a little distressed.

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Qin Huai pushed him towards the bathroom: "It's getting late, go take a shower."

Mu Nan said "oh" and went into the bathroom with the prepared clothes. Qin Huai's smiling face gradually turned cold.

He doesn't have many friends abroad. When he was still considered a rich second-generation, he had friends around him. But when he was nothing, he naturally had nothing around him. Moreover, in foreign countries, prejudice caused by skin color is inevitable. What's more, discrimination from compatriots is sometimes more direct.

But speaking of friends, he once thought he had some. During those difficult days, his only way to relieve his stress was to get news about Mu Nan from Jiang Xuan. During the communication, he would inevitably talk about his own situation. With the frequent contact and their friendship during their student days, he still valued Jiang Xuan as a friend.

Unfortunately, what he thought was friendship was just an approach with ulterior motives.

Qin Huai was going to sell his projects and shares. Jiang Xuan, who had already started working at Qin Huai's company, naturally learned about these things. When he knew that Qin Huai had returned home, Jiang Xuan was not calm for a moment. He even regretted his naivety and stupidity when he was young. At that time, he just wanted Qin Huai to stay away from Mu Nan forever. Now looking back at his childish way of handling it at that time, it was ridiculous. What he should have done was not to prevent Mu Nan from contacting Qin Huai, but to become friends with Mu Nan. Unfortunately, he was too young at that time, so young that he could not hide his malice towards Mu Nan.

Holding on to a glimmer of hope, Jiang Xuan contacted Qin Huai as if nothing had happened. Especially when he learned that Qin Huai was going to withdraw his shares, he was even more anxious to inquire about him. Unfortunately, there was no response to the messages he sent and the phone calls he made.

After dialing the number he knew by heart again, the call was connected. Jiang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and then he quickly forced himself to calm down and said calmly, "Qin Huai? Where are you now? You didn't reply to my messages or answer my calls during this period of time. Now you want to sell your shares. What happened? If you have any difficulties..."

Qin Huai said coldly: "Jiang Xuan."

Jiang Xuan's heart was lifted, and he even felt his throat trembling: "Hmm? I, I'm here."

Qin Huai: "Nan Nan said he looked for you."

Jiang Xuan had already prepared for the worst, and had predicted countless times in his mind what his reaction and excuse would be when Qin Huai came to question him. So when he heard Qin Huai ask this, he immediately showed surprise and said, "He looked for me? How is that possible! If he had looked for me, how could I not tell you!"

Qin Huai smiled on the other end of the phone: "Who do you think I should trust, you or Nan Nan?"

Jiang Xuan's face turned pale: "Qin Huai, what happened? Are you at home now? Wait for me to come back and we can talk face to face. There must be some misunderstanding!"

Qin Huai said: "No need, and Jiang Xuan, did I ever tell you that Nan Nan is looking for you because she wants to find me?"

Jiang Xuan, who was far away in City B, turned completely pale when he heard the sound of the phone being hung up.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Huai stood by the window for a while until Mu Nan came out of the shower. He put down his phone and walked over with a smile on his face again: "Blow it with a hair dryer before you come out. It's wet, be careful not to catch a cold."

Mu Nan wiped it with a towel without caring: "Your hair is so short, it will be dry in two strokes. Hurry up and take a shower while the water is still hot."

Qin Huai didn't move. Instead, he took the towel from Mu Nan's hand and gently wiped his short hair: "You can't be so casual with short hair. This is a special period. You can't get sick. Come here, I'll blow dry your hair first."

Mu Nan was pulled by him towards the bathroom and suddenly couldn't help laughing. He felt that Qin Huai was still the same Qin Huai, the same Qin Huai who even cared about what socks he wore in the morning.

In order to solve the problem of food and clothing for each family, the community delivery speed this time was very fast, but with the speed, the quality of some things may not be so easy to guarantee. The things received by Mu Nan's family were okay. The green vegetables were a little damaged, but the damage was not serious. After cleaning up some of them, the rest were still good. However, looking at the community group, some families received vegetables that were not very good, and some vegetables were even crushed. Although this is an unavoidable problem, but after spending so much money, the things received were not very good, and this person always had some thoughts in his mind.

Some people understood this, and they were grateful that they could get food without leaving their homes in such an environment. However, some people were not willing to give in to the issue of vegetables, and even made a scene in the group. One family complained about the poor quality of the vegetables they received, and said some unpleasant things. They didn't even communicate with each other, but they were impatient and sent out various angry voice messages in the group. I don't know if it was because of the pressure of the epidemic or the pressure of life, but they wanted to vent all their dissatisfaction over the small matter of vegetables.

The volunteers in the community also feel aggrieved. They were originally doing voluntary labor at risk, and now they are working themselves to death but still get no reward. The bad food is not their fault. In addition, the situation outside is becoming more and more serious. They are so busy outside that they can't even take care of their own families. Some of them have families to support, and their families are worried about them. So after this incident, they simply quit.

If one person stops doing his job, two or three others will be affected and leave together. The community will lose a few volunteers, and the workload for others will become heavier. All of a sudden, the community will be a little overwhelmed.

So the family that was making trouble in the group was directly attacked by the group. At first, the family resisted and cursed back, but there were more people cursing at them, and it was hard to see clearly after scrolling through the screen. Many people also asked the group administrator to kick this family out, saying that since they were not satisfied, they would not buy things for this family in the future. In the end, the person didn't say a word in the group, either because he was worried that others would really stop caring or because he was scolded too badly.

Mu Nan just watched the noise in the group silently. Although many people now scolded the family who disliked the dishes, and seemed to speak up for the volunteers, when the family disliked the dishes, many people came out to agree. They just wanted to seek their own interests through other people's noise. Now the reaction is so big, they are also afraid that in the end, no one will serve them.

But the volunteers who left never came back, and the community was helpless. They couldn't mobilize anyone to help at this time, so they could only ask in the group if there were anyone willing to be a volunteer. Unfortunately, not many people responded. It is dangerous to go out. The weather is not cool to begin with, and you have to wear those non-breathable protective suits every day. There is no subsidy. Except for those who are truly kind-hearted and want to help others, who would be willing to do such a thankless task?

Qin Huai hesitated a little. Mu Nan noticed the hesitation. Even though they had been apart for a long time, the tacit understanding they had since growing up together was still there. So she stopped him immediately: "You can't go. I won't agree."

Qin Huai knew Mu Nan's worries. In fact, he didn't want to go out and take risks. Even if he had protective clothing, who could guarantee that he would not be infected by the mycelium in the haze? But he had his considerations. Staying indoors was safe, but the news was closed, and what he could get from the Internet was only part of it after all.

Qin Huai said: "It's safe in the building. I won't leave the building. The volunteers are just staying in the building to deliver things up and down, so it's not that dangerous."

Mu Nan shook his head: "Do you know that people with this disease cannot be cured!"

Qin Huai frowned and said, "It can't be cured? Will those who recover have problems later?" Although the mortality rate of this disease is very high, it is not absolute. At least half of the cure rate is among the elderly who were already in poor health. Young people, on the contrary, recover quite quickly. The number of cured people is increasing every day. Otherwise, people would not be at ease to stay at home and follow the government's arrangements.

Mu Nan nodded: "Yes, those who have recovered are just temporarily suppressed by some drugs, and then they go dormant. When the virus becomes stronger in the human body, it will break out again. The infection rate of this disease is not high. Most of them were infected at the beginning because the haze was not obvious and people were infected without any protection. Later, the haze became more serious and more people wore masks, so the infection rate dropped sharply. But once you are infected, you will die!"

Mu Nan knew that if you wear protective clothing and are careful not to breathe too much air outside, the chance of infection is very low. At this time in his previous life, he didn't even have a few masks, and he went downstairs to get something, but nothing happened in the end. But there is always a chance of something happening. In his previous life, Qin Huai never came back, and that was the chance he didn't dare to gamble on. He admired those who could stand up and serve the people at this time, but he didn't dare to gamble with the people he cared about the most. He would rather be a coward who was afraid of death. In this life, he just wanted to be with Qin Huai and no one should get into trouble.

Seeing Mu Nan's anxious face turned pale, Qin Huai said quickly: "Okay, I won't go. I will stay at home and not go anywhere."

He wanted to be a volunteer not because he was kind and wanted to help others, but because he wanted to prepare for the future. Since the power of the country is always there, he will definitely have to rely on the government in the troubled times in the future. He and Nan Nan both have no family background, so they can only fight on their own, but the premise is that it will not affect his and Nan Nan's own safety.

After giving up the idea, neither of them mentioned it again, and several people in the group responded and volunteered. Because of what happened last time, the residents in the building no longer complained in a harsh attitude. If they were really given rotten and inedible dishes, they would try to negotiate for a change.

Apart from the smog outside, the situation in their community was slightly harmonious for a while, but this period did not last too long, because as Mu Nan said before, the epidemic broke out again.