Chapter 18 Revenge

By the time we got to the bottom of Building 10, it was completely dark.

First, carefully transport the person they picked up on the street upstairs and settle them in the vacant 14th floor, room 1402.

The Zhuang family now lives in apartment 1401 next door. When the floodwaters rose to the 9th floor, the Zhuang family of three, who lived on the 11th floor, felt a great sense of crisis and moved to the 14th floor. It turned out that their move was the right decision.

The ice outside has frozen everything below the 9th floor, and the ice surface is only 5 or 6 meters above the 11th floor. In this special period, this height can be said to offer no safety guarantee whatsoever.

Zhong Junfeng and Yin Meng stayed behind to take care of the man, while the others continued to transport supplies downstairs.

Everyone tied the cart to the steel cable to secure it, ensuring it wouldn't fall off halfway as they pulled it up.

During several trips to transport supplies and help new residents move into the building, the only option at first was to hoist the elevator up little by little using ropes, which was both time-consuming and laborious. Later, they finally came up with a solution: to install a simple lift using pulleys and steel cables.

When not in use, the steel wire rope should be stored away to prevent it from being stolen.

Of course, the pulleys and steel cables were also kindly provided by Gu Yanzhi.

After the supplies were delivered upstairs, they were distributed according to each household's specific needs, basically on an equal footing based on the number of people each household contributed. Because they had rescued this person on the way, everyone discussed with Yin Mengzhong and Junfeng the possibility of them continuing to care for the man. In return, each household would contribute some supplies to the two of them, and the two could choose from today's supplies.

The man's three meals a day were provided by each family in turn.

The young couple readily agreed, as this suited them perfectly. Taking care of someone simply meant changing his dressings, monitoring his condition, and ensuring he didn't die—nothing troublesome. Besides, even if he died, no one would blame them; after all, that's how conditions are in the apocalypse. It could only be said that the man was unlucky.

They already lacked various supplies, so why didn't they quickly agree to this good deal?

Afterwards, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao went upstairs to their home, found a bag, and took out the gold from their spatial storage and put it in the bag. To make it easier to distribute, Gu Yanzhi directly filled the bag with 500g of gold each, based on the previous calculation, and gave each person one gold bar, so as to avoid the trouble of cutting and weighing them.

After a busy day and late nights, everyone was exhausted. They didn't linger downstairs and went home to rest.

"Sister, was there anything wrong with that person today?" At the dinner table, the group devoured their food and drinks, and only after they were full did Gu Yanlin have the time to think about what had happened that day.

He originally intended to kill the thug outright, or at least cripple him to prevent him from committing further crimes. His sister told him to release the man, and although he didn't understand, he strangely complied.

Gu Yanzhi remained silent, so Song Zhao directly explained, "That person is Gu Yanqi's man."

Today, while they were loading supplies downstairs at the office building, Song Zhao and Gu Yanzhi vaguely noticed someone in the distance who looked very much like Gu Yanqi. The expression on his face when he saw them wasn't good.

Soon after, someone came out to rob them and even took Gu Yanlin hostage, which made it hard not to suspect something.

As expected, Song Zhao followed the thugs to Gu Yanqi. Gu Yanqi was surrounded by a bunch of hooligans, already showing the beginnings of the powerful figure he once was in his previous life.

However, it was probably because they had swindled almost all of their second uncle's family's money in this life that their progress was hindered. In their previous life, their power was far greater than it is now. Gu Yanqi and Gu Qiang were already operating behind the scenes, and their core subordinates were not these small-time street thugs. In this life, Gu Yanqi was still personally handling things in the public eye. This difference made Gu Yanzhi silently give himself a thumbs up.

1 a.m.

The moment the alarm clock rang, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao immediately jumped out of bed.

He wore a close-fitting bulletproof and stab-proof vest, covered by a pure black, temperature-regulating garment, and a robbery-specific hood. Even his eyes, the only part of his face visible, were covered with colored contact lenses. His black, warm combat boots were stuffed with height-increasing insoles. He was so completely disguised that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

They then selected two knives of different lengths, each one handy to use, and strapped them, sheaths and all, to their legs. A silenced gun was strapped to their waist. Donning black insulated gloves and a hat, everything was ready, and the two opened the door, prepared to leave.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I knew it!"

As soon as Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao opened the bedroom door, they saw Gu Yanlin sitting on the living room sofa, dressed in the same outfit. Seeing their attire, she murmured to herself.

When Song Zhao returned today and mentioned Gu Yanqi, Gu Yanlin had a vague suspicion that his sister was preparing to avenge their parents and himself.

How could he be left out of this? He wished he could tear this family of beasts to pieces and grind their bones to dust.

After finishing dinner, he barely slept, keeping a close eye on the outside noises, and sure enough, he caught him.

Gu Yanzhi looked at Gu Yanlin, a complex mix of emotions welling up inside her. This matter was far too dangerous; she hadn't wanted her younger brother involved. However, avenging their parents was Gu Yanlin's right, and seeing the determination in his eyes, Gu Yanzhi knew that even her persuasion would be useless. Rather than having Gu Yanlin secretly follow behind, it was better to act together.

Let's go.

Gu Yanzhi carefully checked Gu Yanlin's clothes, then handed him the bulletproof and stab-proof vest, telling him to go back to his room and put it on, making sure all his vital parts were protected before leaving the house.

During the day, Song Zhao had already found out where Gu Yanqi was staying. It wasn't far from them, only about an hour's walk away.

They had kept the heating on inside and hadn't felt anything. But when they opened the door, it was colder outside than during the day. The three of them closed the door, wrapped their thick scarves tighter, and quietly went downstairs without disturbing anyone in the building.

It was too dark to see the stairs, so Gu Yanzhi took out his night vision goggles and put them on.

To avoid being found by following the trail, the three of them walked quite a distance after leaving the building. They temporarily changed their combat boots into ice skates. When they took their feet out of the combat boots, they felt the cold air and their toes involuntarily curled up.

The three of them, wearing roller skates, glided gracefully along the quiet, deserted street.

Their figures moved nimbly through the night, like ghosts, their all-black attire allowing them to blend seamlessly into the darkness. Only the white streaks left on the ice indicated that people had passed by.

Not far from their destination, the three found a secluded spot to change back into their combat boots.

He crouched down and circled the outer wall of Gu Qiang's family's residence to determine where to enter.