Chapter 33 Good Intentions Don’t Get Rewarded

As soon as Xiao Tang fell, someone came to tear Qiao Lan and Xiao Li apart.

Qiao Lan kicked the people who were close to him one by one, knocking them down quickly and fiercely.

Those who were about to step forward were frightened and looked at Qiao Lan in astonishment. They obviously didn't expect that the two girls who seemed to be the easiest to bully were actually difficult to bully.

So he didn't dare to do it again and turned to the people who were carrying food boxes before.

"Brother Tang!"

Xiao Li saw blood gushing from Xiao Tang's face and rushed over to help, but was knocked to the ground.

Qiao Lan stepped forward and pulled her up.

"Sister Lan, Brother Tang..."

Qiao Lan shook his head and didn't go up to help.

Xiao Tang was pressed to the ground, his clothes were torn, his pockets were searched, he was kicked, pushed, and even stepped on by the soles of shoes.

He is in good health and strong. He learned fighting when he was in the army, so he can deal with a few ordinary people.

But he refused to fight back, just blocked and shouted, trying to warn the other party to retreat.

How is that possible?

This is no longer a normal society. Hungry people will grab things without reason.

It was easy for Qiao Lan to save him, but she wanted him to wake up sooner and stop holding on to the moral standards of civilized society.

Otherwise, you will suffer a great loss or even die sooner or later.

"Damn! There's nothing to eat. What a waste of my energy!"

"Clothes, clothes! His clothes are strong and windproof, take them off!"

Several people searched all of Xiao Tang's pockets but didn't find any food. They cursed and started to snatch his clothes.

Xiao Tang was anxious.

Seeing that his pants were about to be ripped off, he quickly did a somersault and used the fighting skills he learned in the military school to kick over the person who was pulling his pants leg, and then twisted the other person who was unbuttoning his belt under his body.

He elbowed the other two away and struggled to his feet.

"Fuck! How dare you kick my brother!"

One of them cursed loudly and picked up a broken brick and hit Xiao Tang on the back of the head.

Xiao Tang was surprised.

I felt a gust of wind behind my ears and dodged in a hurry.

Bang!

He dodged the blow to his head, but he didn't dodge it in time and was hit hard on the shoulder.

Half of my body suddenly became numb, my left shoulder ached terribly, and I couldn't lift my arm.

Xiao Tang rolled twice on the ground and escaped from the encirclement in a panic.

Those people were enraged by his resistance and were ready to move forward viciously.

Someone called out to them, "Stop staring at the useless guy and come help! Hurry!"

It turned out that during this short while, the few people who were holding the food boxes had been completely knocked to the ground by the increasing number of people who surrounded them and could not get up.

The boxes in their arms were torn apart, and instant noodles, biscuits, sausages... were scattered all over the floor.

People were falling to the ground and grabbing things.

After hearing the shouting, several people who were besieging Xiao Tang hurried over to help their companions grab things, and for a moment they had no time to beat Xiao Tang anymore.

Xiao Tang stood up covered in dirt.

There was blood on his face, it was because his nose was stepped on and it was bleeding.

It wasn't a serious injury, so Qiao Lan handed him two wet wipes.

Xiao Tang took it with his right hand, wiped the blood off his face, and looked at the crowd nearby who were scrambling for food, his eyes full of shock.

I have been staying in a safe house these days and had no idea that society outside has become like this.

"How's your left shoulder?" Qiao Lan patted the place where he was hit by the brick.

Xiao Tang hissed in pain and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

As he cried out in pain, Qiao Lan grabbed his left arm and shook it a few times, judging: "The bone isn't broken, at most it's a slight fracture. When we get home, apply some plasters and take some anti-inflammatory medicine. Just take care of it."

Xiao Tang's dark brown face turned pale with pain, and he said bitterly, "Sister Lan, you are too cruel. Can't you check it more gently..."

"Be gentle, and you'll learn your lesson?" Qiao Lan glared at him. "Remember to fight back early next time! No, you can't let others hit you. Strike first. Do you think this is still a normal world?"

Xiao Tang shut up immediately.

He was wrong.

If I had dodged a little slower and been hit on the head by the brick, I could have died. It was more than just the pain.

But the physical fitness he developed and the fighting skills he learned in the army were used to protect civilians, not to attack them. When encountering danger, the soldiers would be the first to rush forward. This concept was deeply engraved in his bones.

He never thought that one day, he would be beaten up for no reason by the people he once vowed to protect, and was almost beaten to death.

The reason he couldn't fight back immediately wasn't because he was slow to react, but because he couldn't change his mindset.

Fighting with civilians? Using military fighting techniques to hurt them?

this……

"Please, please, don't grab it. My wife is sick and hasn't eaten in two days. Please..."

In the crowd, a man was shouting loudly, tears streaming down his face, holding two packets of biscuits tightly in his arms, begging desperately to the two strong men who were beating and kicking him.

The two men didn't care what he said. One of them grabbed his neck, and the other took advantage of the moment when he let go of his hands to protect his neck and snatched the fallen biscuits away.

"Give it to me! Give it back to me! Can you leave one pack? I only need one pack..."

The man chased after him and begged for mercy, but was kicked and beaten even harder, falling to the ground and unable to get up.

The two men who had robbed something went to rob someone else.

The backpacks on their backs were already stuffed bulging, but they still kept on snatching.

There were a few other people in the same group as them, and they were the same group that besieged Xiao Tang.

There were about seven or eight of them, tall and strong, with ferocious looks.

Of the scattered food boxes, about 70% to 80% was packed into their backpacks.

Only a small portion was taken away by some people who moved quickly and escaped quickly.

After the group of men robbed everything, they rushed into the Tsui Wah Hotel.

Only a group of people who had been beaten and had not been able to grab any food were left there. They were crying and cursing, and some were so badly injured that they fainted in the ruins.

Xiao Tang frowned.

Xiao Li's face was tense.

"Hey, wake up, how are you?"

An old man with gray hair passed by. He stepped forward to help the man whose biscuits were stolen and asked him about his condition.

The man covered his kicked stomach and cried with snot all over his face: "My wife had a high fever and was hungry for two days. There was nothing to eat or take medicine. I finally got two packets of biscuits..."

"Alas, they're a very fierce bunch, you can't afford to offend them." The old man opened his coat and took out a piece of chocolate from his inner pocket. "I only have two left. I'll give you one. Go give it to your wife and have a look..."

Before he could finish his words, the man suddenly snatched the chocolate handed to him by the old man, jumped up, ripped open the old man's clothes, and took away the other chocolate in his inner pocket.

"Young man, this is the only piece I have left, please don't..."

The old man tried to take it back, but was pushed to the ground by the man.

The man turned and ran into the restaurant.

"...Good intentions are not rewarded!" Xiao Li snorted coldly.

In just a short while, everything I saw before my eyes was completely different from before.

It seems that as buildings collapse, people's hearts also begin to collapse.