Chapter 92

It is indeed difficult to respond to a police call in the middle of the night, especially when it is windy and snowy. However, with the online call and a photo of a group of people tied up and thrown on the roadside, the police responded much faster. After all, if they hadn't been faster, these people would have frozen to death.

Seeing that Qin Huai had also sent the photo, Mu Nan asked worriedly, "Will this be a problem? Will they confiscate our weapons?"

Qin Huai pulled Mu Nan to sit next to him: "Don't worry, it's okay, I confiscated the gun but we still have it, and we can make it ourselves if we find the materials, so what are you afraid of."

Mu Nan covered his chest and said, "I was so scared. My heartbeat hasn't even slowed down yet."

Qin Huai hugged him in his arms: "I thought you were not afraid. You performed so well. If it weren't for your quick reaction, one of us would have been injured today."

Mu Nan said, "I was a little scared. So many people were climbing over our yard. If we didn't have weapons, it would have been very dangerous. But I didn't think too much about it at the time. Now I am a little scared. Our wall is already high enough, and there are broken glass on it. How could they climb over it?"

Qin Huai said: "In winter, clothes are thick. If there is a ladder, it will be possible."

Mu Nan was a little worried: "What should we do next? If it happens the first time, there will definitely be a second time. Besides, it seems that we are the only ones who have built walls around our houses. We are too conspicuous."

Qin Huai comforted him, "This situation is bound to happen. Now the exchange point is closed, and it's so cold that many people can't go out to work. The current environment is such that if you don't work, you can't earn food. Although those who can't afford to eat can still ask the government for help, such as arranging some work that can still be done at present, or even buying on credit, some people are unwilling to do so and want to make quick money. This is normal. There are always burglaries and thefts in peacetime, let alone now. So it's better for us to choose a yard like this. We can shoot from a distance by standing upstairs. If we live upstairs and someone blocks the door and cuts it, it will be a close contact once the door is opened, which is dangerous."

After what happened, they definitely couldn't sleep, as there were a group of people tied up in the yard outside, and when the soldiers came, they would definitely come into the house to question everyone. So after they came back, they felt a little scared. It wasn't the fear of hurting anyone, but if it weren't for Niuniu, they would probably have to wait until someone broke into the house before they discovered it. What's more, these people even brought ladders with them. The ladder could be directly erected to climb to the second floor, break the glass door of the balcony on the second floor, and directly kill their way in, which would be even more fatal.

The soldiers arrived fairly quickly, driving a snowmobile directly over. Seeing that the group of people tied to the ground were already frozen to death, they left two of them behind while the other two took the people back first. No matter what, they couldn't let people freeze to death before the matter was investigated thoroughly. The two people left behind could just go into the house to inquire about the situation, and then wait for someone to drive over to pick them up.

When there was a noise outside, several people in the house heard it. Niu Niu from next door screamed, but was quickly calmed down. She didn't keep screaming like before when someone climbed over the wall. Obviously, Song Jia didn't stop Niu Niu's screaming just now in order to remind them that someone entered the yard. This was much faster than making a phone call.

Yu Zibai and Xu Ming came out to open the door. After the others left, they led the two soldiers into the yard and pointed at the machetes they had just piled together and said, "These are the weapons they carry with them, and there is also a ladder."

One of the soldiers asked, "How did you hurt them?"

Xu Ming said: "A homemade crossbow."

As he spoke, he led the two soldiers into the house. Although their first floor was a garage, there was also a small living room. There was no floor heating on the first floor, but it was on upstairs, so the heat would flow down a little. At least it would be warmer than the minus 40 degrees Celsius outside. It would not be good to have people standing in the yard to question them, so he went in.

Qin Huai asked Mu Nan to stay at home while he went to next door to take a look. He was the main culprit and it was impossible for him to let the neighbor take the blame after questioning him now.

Mu Nan said, "Be careful then. If they want to confiscate it or punish us for hurting someone, don't get angry. Communicate well. If that doesn't work, just fine us."

Qin Huai didn't want to make him worry, so he naturally agreed to everything he said. He put on his clothes and went directly from the garage to the garage next door. Jian Chu came over to open the door, and then he entered their small living room on the first floor. The two soldiers were checking the homemade crossbow.

Xu Ming said to the soldiers, "Things are different now. It should be okay for us to prepare some protective weapons at home. Otherwise, if someone breaks in today, we will be the ones to die. You have seen those machetes. They brought such big weapons here, and they don't intend to leave anyone alive."

The soldier put down the crossbow and said, "We need to report your weapons to the higher-ups, but we will take them away tonight. If you can keep them for yourself, we will send them to you later. Are there only a few people in your yard? I seemed to hear a dog barking just now."

Jian Chu said, "There is a house in the building next door. There are four girls living in one house, and another one is two brothers and a dog. However, the elder brother got frostbite some time ago and is unable to get out of bed. The younger brother is also young, only about 20 years old. I'm afraid he was scared. Only the dog still has some fighting ability and knows how to protect its master."

After asking about the incident, the frozen bodies outside finally warmed up a little. The soldier took out a notebook and asked their names and occupations. Seeing that one of them was a doctor and the other was from the communications department, he immediately had a slight bias in his opinion. Although the others were not in the technical department, they had worked for a long time, proving that they were not idle. After making a record, he asked them to close the doors and windows tightly today. They also had to go to the next building to ask.

The two brothers next door were fine. They went upstairs to check and saw that their elder brother was indeed lying in bed unable to move. The frostbitten area had not recovered yet. The dog looked neither like a rural dog nor a purebred dog. It was a little ugly, but it was well-behaved and loyal. When it saw them approaching its master, it kept staring at them. Although it did not have any attacking posture, it was obviously on guard. The soldier could not help but say, "This dog is really good."

Song Jia touched Niu Niu's fur and comforted her: "But she is also very attractive." He even suspected that today's disaster was caused by Niu Niu again.

Thinking of the current situation, the soldier didn't say much. He told them to close the doors and windows and keep an eye on the dog, then went to their next door.

As soon as they entered, they felt like Tang Monk entering the Silk Cave. Although the girls hid in the house, they couldn't have missed the barking of the dog next door. When they looked out from the house, they were so scared that they started crying as soon as they saw the soldiers. The two young soldiers were at a loss and didn't know how to comfort them. It was a headache. Just at this time, there was a beep outside. It was the car that came to pick them up, so they quickly withdrew from the girls' homes.

As soon as the soldiers left, the crying girl stopped crying. Sun Sisi was still a little worried and asked, "Will they punish us because the guys next door were too harsh?"

A girl who looked a little more gentle said, "No, it's already this late. If you still have to be punished for self-protection, then you don't want people to live."

Yang Jing, who cried the loudest before, wiped away tears calmly: "When we were assigned houses before, I said that it was too scary to put us in this yard full of grown men. Now I really have to thank the soldiers who assigned us. Honestly, it's better not to let this kind of thing happen again. I was almost scared to death."

Sun Sisi sighed: "It's a pity that they sold it domestically, otherwise I would be willing to marry any handsome guy."

A girl with short and neat hair rolled her eyes at Sun Sisi: "You may be willing, but others may not be."

The crossbow that was taken away was returned to them on the third day, and nothing else was said. However, as a maintenance personnel of the local area network, Qin Huai had an internal account, which meant he could see the channel used by the soldiers. He learned through internal reports that theirs was not the first family to be attacked that night. There was a family of six just in front. It seemed that they were residents who had lived here originally and later occupied a house. The family of six had rummaged through a lot of things here earlier. Of course, there was not much food, but all kinds of electrical appliances and clothes, whatever they could find were dragged home and stored. Later, when the military began to rebuild this place, they exchanged all the extra things for points, and used the points to exchange for a lot of food. They had the rent, water and electricity expenses, and food for the winter, so they began to stay indoors.

No one knew how the gangsters targeted that family, which consisted of two elderly people, a couple, a 20-year-old son, and a 10-year-old daughter. When the soldiers were patrolling the residential area, they saw an open door and went in to see a family of six, including the little girl hiding in the closet.

After interrogation, the soldiers found the gang's lair, which was in a farmyard behind the vocational school. Although there was no floor heating in the yard, there was a heated kang and a cellar. The cellar was filled with clothes, food and various valuables that had been looted from outside. It was unknown how many houses this group of people had robbed, as the cellar was filled to the brim with them.

Seeing Qin Huai reading the report, Mu Nan asked curiously, "Did it say what happened to those people?"

Qin Huai poured him a cup of hot water: "If you want to talk, send me a message. Doesn't your throat hurt?"

After the exercise that day, I was already feeling hot, and then I saw blood. I was frightened and caught a cold. Fortunately, my tonsils were a little inflamed, but I didn't have a fever. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to pass the daily temperature measurement and would have been taken away. My voice is hoarse when I speak now, so I'd better talk less.

Mu Nan was drinking water while holding the cup. Qin Huai said, "Two people could not be saved. Xu Ming's arrow probably injured his lung. The leader's shoulder and leg were frozen in the snow. He died when he was dragged back. The others could not withstand the interrogation and confessed some past crimes, including murder. Now there is no trial procedure. If they are convicted, they will be sentenced to life imprisonment."

Mu Nan was surprised for a moment, and just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, his throat started to itch, and he couldn't help coughing. Qin Huai patted him on the back, and after he recovered, he stuffed the phone into his hand and said, "Don't talk anymore. Drink some Sichuan Fritillary and Snow Pear Water later."

Mu Nan typed a message to him: "Is there still a life sentence?"

Qin Huai: "The current life sentences are certainly not about being locked up and waiting to die. They are all sent to work on construction sites. In such a cold day, even those with a little bit of ability can't stand such low temperatures to work. But the greenhouses and resettlement houses cannot be stopped for the time being. These all require manpower. Those who have committed crimes have no freedom to choose whether to do it or not. If they don't do it, they will die. If they do it, they can still get food and live a little."

After Qin Huai finished speaking, he saw that Jian Chu and the others had sent him a message. They were probably still frightened by the last incident, so they wanted to make a crossbow. However, it was too difficult to make one with the things they could find now. It would be better to take a step back and make a bow and arrow. Qin Huai thought it was feasible. Bows and arrows were much easier to make than crossbows. He couldn't provide other materials. After all, Jian Chu and the others knew everything about how much they had brought before, but they knew something about the big things, so they could take out the scales and ropes.

A ball of bow string can be divided into a few pieces by each family. As for whether they can succeed, it depends on their own ability. Taking out the bow string that had been prepared long ago, Qin Huai said to Mu Nan: "I will send it to them. If your throat is itchy, drink water. If you can't drink boiled water, take out the snow pear water to drink."

Mu Nan nodded in response, then fell on the bed, hugged the pillow and wrapped himself up into a ball.

Yu Zibai was waiting in the garage. After Qin Huai came down, he gave him Xu Ming's copy as well: "That's all. There are no drawings. You can figure it out on your own."

Yu Zibai nodded: "Okay, let's try it first. If it doesn't work, just grind the wood we picked up into arrows. It never hurts to have a little more."

While the neighbors were thinking about weapons, Mu Nan was recuperating at home, and even stopped running every day. They had medicines, anti-inflammatory, cough suppressant, lung moistening, and food supplements, which he took every day, but this time his coughing was still severe. He coughed so hard every day that his throat hurt and he couldn't eat anything. He would vomit if he coughed too hard, and the little bit of meat he had built up was visibly lost. Qin Huai applied a hot towel to his back three times a day. Seeing that Mu Nan was coughing so hard, he felt distressed.

Every time at this time, he felt a little regretful. Why didn't he learn medicine in the first place? Regardless of anything else, it would be enough for Cheng to learn how to prepare medicines and give injections. He had asked someone to prepare some basic medicines for him before, but those medicines needed to be mixed. Now there were medicines in Mu Nan's space, but he didn't understand them. This was not something that could be learned by just reading a book. If the medicines were not mixed correctly, something bad would happen when injected into a person's body.

Qin Huai took the information he had looked up before and asked Mu Nan to take out some medicines that had been classified before. Mu Nan looked at him in confusion. Qin Huai said, "I'll ask Xu Ming to see if he understands. If he does, ask him to come and give you an injection. Coughing like this will hurt your lungs. It will be troublesome if you cough into pneumonia."

Mu Nan frowned and took out his cell phone to type to Qin Huai. Qin Huai pressed his cell phone and stuffed him into the quilt: "It's okay, Xu Ming may not ask about the source of the medicine, and they know that I am familiar with people in the military, so they may automatically associate it with the source of private purchase. Don't worry, you take out the medicine first, and I will see which ones I need." Drugs such as cephalosporin are available out there, but the drugs are mainly used for serious illnesses, and the quantity is small, so they are relatively scarce. For ordinary people, it is difficult to get the medicine, but if there is a channel, it is not impossible to get it.

Mu Nanche was looking at the medicine names one by one. He had asked the doctor to classify some basic configurations and the approximate amounts needed, such as penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics. He took out some of them and put them outside, and asked Mu Nan to put away the others that were not quite suitable for the symptoms.

Mu Nan sighed. Other people's colds and coughs would heal in two days, but his cold was too terrible. His chest hurt from coughing and every breath was painful, not to mention that his throat was so swollen that it was difficult for him to even drink water.

Just when Qin Huai was about to contact Xu Ming, the doorbell downstairs rang. Qin Huai frowned slightly. He was concentrating on looking at the medicine just now and didn't notice anyone entering the yard. Now that his doorbell rang, it must be the neighbor who let someone in. Qin Huai glanced at his mobile phone and saw that it was time to take the temperature, so he pulled Mu Nan out of bed: "It's time to take the temperature. You wait on the second floor and I'll ask them to come up." Mu Nan must not be allowed to go downstairs to see the wind at this time, otherwise it would be more serious.

Mu Nan nodded, waved to Qin Huai, and asked him to go to the first floor to open the door for someone. He was just coughing a little bit, but he wasn't unable to walk.

Qin Huai went down to the first floor and opened the door. He saw a person who was obviously too petite. As soon as he opened the door, the person who rang the doorbell came in immediately and pulled down the mask on his face: "Team Leader Qin, good evening."

Qin Huai saw that Zhu Peipei didn't react much. After closing the door, he asked in a businesslike manner, "Take your temperature?"

Zhu Peipei thought Qin Huai would have some special reaction when he saw her, and she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed: "Well, I'm in charge of your area today." Then she took out the forehead thermometer, scanned Qin Huai, and recorded his temperature: "I see you have a younger brother registered here."

Qin Huai nodded: "He is on the second floor, or you can wait here, I will measure it and show you."

Zhu Peipei said, "You didn't even invite me to go up? Or are you still bothered by what Shi Yuanfei told you last time?"

Qin Huai said, "No, it's better to go home and avoid suspicion." Knowing that the other party had a good impression of him and was doing something that might cause misunderstanding, he would rather be self-indulgent and indifferent than act like he was going to break up and keep the other person hanging.

Zhu Peipei looked at him with an expression that seemed to keep people at a distance, and said, "I applied to come here today on purpose. I don't need to go out. It's so cold in the snow and ice. I'd better ask him in person."

Qin Huai said, "I'm sorry, I'm busy now. Could you please take my temperature as soon as possible? We can contact each other by phone if there's anything." In order to avoid trouble, Mu Nan would try his best not to cough when taking his temperature every day. The longer he delayed, the more uncomfortable Mu Nan would feel.

Zhu Peipei said: "It will only take a moment."

Qin Huai was somewhat helpless: "What do you want to say?"

Zhu Peipei: "My transfer to the military is an opportunity. You don't have to think it's because of me..."

Before Zhu Peipei finished speaking, Qin Huai heard Mu Nan's suppressed cough and frowned slightly: "Doctor Zhu, if this is what you want to talk about, then I appreciate your kindness, but I have already made plans for my future, so I'm sorry."

Qin Huai heard it, and Zhu Peipei naturally heard it too, so he asked directly, "Is your brother sick?"

Qin Huai looked at her steadily and said, "Well, he has a little cough, so you need to take your temperature as soon as possible." After that, he said directly, "He is not my brother, he is my lover."

Zhu Peipei's eyes widened immediately. When she heard Shi Yuanfei say this before, she actually didn't believe it. She thought it was Qin Huai's excuse, otherwise he wouldn't have come here without giving up. Now that she heard Qin Huai say this with her own ears, she still felt a little unconvinced, so she went straight to the second floor.

Because they were delayed downstairs for a while, Mu Nan didn't know what Qin Huai was doing downstairs, so he walked to the stairs wrapped in a thick blanket, and then saw a girl walking up aggressively.

Qin Huai walked over in two or three steps: "Didn't I tell you to wait on the sofa?"

Mu Nan looked at the girl in the thick cotton jacket. She was holding a notebook and a forehead thermometer in her hands. She didn't think much about it and waited for the girl to take her temperature.

The girl kept looking at him without moving. Mu Nan was full of confusion, but he couldn't speak. He was afraid that he would cough as soon as he opened his mouth.

Seeing that Zhu Peipei didn't move, Qin Huai took the forehead thermometer and scanned it at Mu Nan, then gave it back to Zhu Peipei: "Sorry to trouble you, Doctor Zhu." Then he wrapped Mu Nan's collar tighter and asked him to go to the sofa. The temperature on the stairs was lower than that in the house, and he was afraid that Mu Nan would catch a cold again.

Mu Nan nodded, and then saw the girl who took the temperature standing at the stairs, still looking at him, and not leaving. She looked at Qin Huai with more and more confusion. What was going on?

Zhu Peipei looked at Qin Huai: "Is he the reason why you rejected me?"

When Mu Nan heard this, his eyes widened immediately. There must be something going on with this question!

Seeing Mu Nan's reaction, Qin Huai's tone suddenly turned cold: "Military Doctor Zhu."

He didn't need others' likes to increase his charm, nor did he need to let Mu Nan know that others liked him to make her jealous. He wanted to block out anything that would make Mu Nan unhappy, so Zhu Peipei's provocative questioning had already touched his bottom line. Moreover, Mu Nan was already ill at the moment, and emotions had a great impact on the body.

Zhu Peipei didn't understand at all. Why should Qin Huai be angry for asking such a question? But she could feel from Qin Huai's anger and the sudden cold tone that Qin Huai cared about his little lover more than she thought. It was just as she had imagined. How happy it was to be liked by Qin Huai and to have that kind of unique concentration.

Zhu Peipei also has self-esteem. After being warned by Qin Huai in such a cold tone, she could no longer stay there and turned around and went downstairs.

Qin Huai ruffled Mu Nan's hair and turned his face away from Zhu Peipei: "Don't get me wrong, she was a military doctor who was in charge of our communications department before. Although I know her, I'm not familiar with her. She may have a crush on me, but I told her that I already have a lover. She was probably curious, so she came up to see me. I told her very clearly."

Mu Nan pointed downstairs and pushed Qin Huai, meaning for him to see her off. No matter what, she was a girl, so she should at least show some gentlemanly manners when seeing her off.

Qin Huai said: "She can close the door by herself, no need to send her off, go lie down on the sofa, I will send a message to Xu Ming to ask him if he knows how to give the injection."

Seeing that Qin Huai didn't even offer to see her off, Zhu Peipei became even angrier as she left. But when she got home, her anger inexplicably subsided and she began to feel a little bit sorry for him. She knew that at a time like this, there wouldn't be much medicine for the sick Chen Yun, Kong Yue and Jing. But she was a military doctor after all, and she had more channels than others. She couldn't help but send a message to Qin Huai: "If you need medicine, I can help you think of a way." Although she knew that the other party had someone he liked, and that person was a man, she still couldn't bear to see him worry and anxious, even if he was worrying and anxious about someone else.

Qin Huai was watching over Mu Nan who was receiving an IV drip, and replied to Zhu Peipei: "Thank you for your kindness, but it's not necessary."

Zhu Peipei threw his phone down and was so angry!