Chapter 13 Murder

After passing this narrow section of road, Gu Yanzhi could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart.

Under Song Zhao's cover, Gu Yanzhi quietly slipped into the water and made his way to the side of the bandit leader's boat.

Because of his small stature and the dim light, he did not attract the attention of the robbers.

As they passed a cluster of low-lying houses, Gu Yanzhi silently approached the bandit leader from behind. She grabbed his clothes, pulled him off the boat, and slashed his neck with a knife.

Blood gushed out, instantly staining a patch of water red.

Gu Yanzhi shoved aside the now-silent bandit leader and jumped onto the enemy's speedboat.

Song Zhao also joined the operation. He stood up, pulled out the knife that he had tied to his leg beforehand, pushed off with his foot on his assault boat, and jumped onto the boat of the nearest robber.

The remaining robbers finally reacted, grabbed their weapons, and surrounded the group.

"Those who don't want to die, make your move!" Song Zhao sneered and immediately joined the battle.

The couple acted swiftly and in unison, each strike of the knife resulting in a death.

The others were also startled awake by Song Zhao's cold rebuke, and they picked up their tools and swung them at the nearest robbers.

Apart from Gu Yanzhi and his wife, the others were all raised under the national flag. This was their first time facing murder, and they didn't dare to fight back. All they could do was push the robbers away from them.

Even the more formidable ones like Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhuang only managed to draw some blood from the robbers.

With everyone working together, the robbers were quickly knocked into the water. Some of the robbers, unwilling to give up, tried to continue fighting with their weapons, but they were also held down by the people in the water and swam away in terror.

Others are nothing to fear, but this man and woman are truly terrifying, especially the woman; one stab and she takes a life.

Blood splattered on Gu Yanzhi's face, appearing particularly eerie and chilling in the dim light.

The remaining robbers didn't even dare to look back; they just wanted to escape this terrifying place as quickly as possible.

Gu Yanzhi slowly walked to her family's speedboat, feeling her legs go weak. Fortunately, Song Zhao reached out and held her firmly in his arms.

Song Zhao could feel the person in his arms trembling. He gently patted her back and whispered to her, "It's alright, it's alright."

Although Gu Yanzhi was still shaken, he didn't dare to delay any longer. After calming himself down, he restarted the speedboat that had stalled and drove home quickly.

The others followed Gu Yanzhi silently. Tonight's experience was too shocking and terrifying; silence was the best way to express their feelings.

Uncle Zhang was an extremely reliable and meticulous person. Although he was also shocked and afraid, he remembered the five speedboats left behind by the robbers before the ship sailed away. He made reasonable arrangements to take the five speedboats with him on the way.

During the time the robbers delayed them, the rain gradually intensified, and there were no more pedestrians on the road. Nine boats roared past and soon returned to the foot of Building 10.

Hearing the sound of the assault boats outside, Gu Yanlin and Zhuang Nanyang, two young men, were already waiting at the window to provide support.

Upon climbing upstairs and seeing Gu Yanlin unharmed, Gu Yanzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Gu Yanlin was quick-witted. After they went out in the afternoon, seeing that the situation was not good, they found the security bars that had been left during the renovation and installed them on the windows on the 4th floor. The renovation quality of the community was also good. Although there were signs of impact on the windows on the 5th and 6th floors, they were not actually broken.

Boat after boat was hoisted up to the building, making the neighbors who heard the commotion and peeked out their windows envious. When they went out in the afternoon, they only had 4 boats, but now they had 9, which showed just how much they had harvested that day.

After the boats were hoisted aboard, Gu Yanzhi and the others began to sort through the items, classifying and stacking them to see which were urgently needed and which were optional.

Finally, each family took what they needed based on how much they lacked. More essential supplies, such as food and gas, were left as is agreed: if someone found something, they kept it; if they found something together, they shared it equally.

Xiao Lin received the supplies that were promised to him, and they were even more abundant than he had imagined. Under the cover of moonlight, he returned home from Building 10 with great satisfaction.

When he went out, Xiaolin was very careful to stay hidden. In the pitch-black night, he didn't even bother to use a flashlight when he left, just to avoid being watched.

Even though Building 10 is so powerful, it was completely robbed. His family only has his infant daughter and his elderly mother with mobility issues, so they can't withstand such a shock.

It was already midnight when the supplies were distributed. Gu Yanzhi's family received two boxes of instant noodles, a bag of flour, a bag of rice, some snacks, and three gas cylinders that they had found themselves and others.

Gu Yanzhi did not participate in the distribution of other items such as weapons like knives, fuels like alcohol, and various other miscellaneous items, citing his family's ample reserves.

None of the people were the type to take advantage of others, so they pooled together another bag of rice as compensation for Gu Yanzhi.

When everyone found the supplies on the five boats left behind by the robbers, they felt a wave of fear. Thank goodness.

The bandits' five boats also carried a considerable amount of supplies of various kinds; it's unknown how many robbers they must have robbed to collect so much stuff.

In particular, on the ship where the bandit leader was located, deep within the supplies, they actually found a corpse—a female corpse that had been tortured beyond recognition.

If Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao hadn't acted decisively, they probably wouldn't be sitting here happily sharing the supplies right now.

Back home, Gu Yanzhi closed the door, took off her raincoat, and sat silently on the sofa with Song Zhao. Song Zhao held Gu Yanzhi's hand tightly, not looking at her, but her eyes were full of heartache for her.

Neither of the couple mentioned what had just happened. Gu Yanlin keenly sensed that something seemed to have gone wrong, but seeing the strange atmosphere between the two, he finally suppressed his worries and curiosity and didn't ask the questions he wanted to ask.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you two go take a shower first. I'll make some ginger soup, and you can drink it when you're done." The strange atmosphere lasted for less than 5 minutes before it was dispelled by Gu Yanlin's concern.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Yanlin." Song Zhao nodded and half-embraced Gu Yanzhi, leading her back to the bedroom.

After taking a hot shower, Gu Yanzhi felt a little better. Although she had killed many people in her past life for revenge and was not afraid of them, the moment the blood splattered on her face when she killed someone for the first time in this life still made her subconsciously feel physical discomfort, as if she had returned to the scene of being locked in the laboratory and constantly being experimented on in her past life.

On the contrary, Song Zhao, although it was his first time killing someone, did not feel uncomfortable at all, as if killing someone was as simple as cutting a watermelon.

Now that I've relaxed, I realize I'm tired, hungry, and mentally exhausted.