"Mind."

Jiang Yan said, and looked at her with a smile.

The other party's question made her sigh and laugh, but she naturally couldn't easily show her true emotions.

Wen Wanli's eyes suddenly turned red. She bit her lips with blood scabs tightly, and said uncomfortably:

"Then, then please don't kill us. They said you have a gun and you shoot people when you are unhappy. We live next door and won't make you unhappy."

Jiang Yan: "." Is she that scary?

In addition, although the other party looked about the same age as her, the words and behaviors she said were a bit similar to those of an eight or nine-year-old child who made a mistake.

Combined with the wounds on her body, Jiang Yan had to be confused for a moment.

But she didn't want to have a deep relationship with the other party. After saying "OK", she raised her feet and continued to walk downstairs.

Wen Wanli pursed her lips and wanted to say something to her, but she heard the door upstairs creak.

Judging from the direction from which the sound came, it was probably 3203.

There were heavy footsteps coming towards the fire door.

Wen Wanli's eyes flashed with a trace of panic. After nodding to Jiang Yan to say goodbye, she walked up quickly with the things in her hands.

When they passed by, Jiang Yan casually glanced at the things in her hands.

They were some boxes of instant noodles, a children's book full of muddy footprints, and what seemed to be half a pack of the cheapest cigarettes.

On the other side, Wen Wanli had already climbed to the fire door in two steps.

"Hey! Wife, you're back! Come, I'll help you get it!" It was Wang Jin's voice.

It sounded gentle and considerate, and it didn't seem to have anything to do with domestic violence.

Wen Wanli didn't hear her respond.

"Bang!" The door of 3203 was closed heavily.

Jiang Yan frowned slightly and continued to walk down.

Starting from the 31st floor, people came downstairs with large and small bags.

Almost all of them were young people.

But there were not many people.

There were also old people coming out to see them off.

Some people recognized Jiang Yan, while others didn't.

However, everyone's mind was almost on the cruise ship that would arrive soon, so they didn't pay much attention to her.

The windows for checking identity and boarding were on the 18th floor. Jiang Yan was going to go to the 20th floor, but she didn't expect that she would be blocked in front of her when she reached the 21st floor.

Although the ship didn't arrive until noon, everyone had already lined up early.

There were still many people who didn't board the ship in the morning, and they never left in the middle, and they kept waiting there with their eyes wide open.

Jiang Yan had no choice but to go to the 22nd floor.

The elevator waiting area and the corridor on the 22nd floor were full of people.

They should have decided not to go to the official base or the conditions did not meet the requirements.

It was almost time for dinner, and two families worked together to light a fire and grill fish.

They grilled a lot, and it should not be just as simple as preparing lunch.

The weather outside was very cold, but the temperature in the crowded corridor was still high.

In addition, the air was humid, so it was not easy to preserve.

It could only be pickled or grilled dry.

As the flames grew stronger, the aroma of sizzling oil and thick smoke began to spread in the passage.

Seeing her come in, everyone had a look of vigilance on their faces.

There were even a few people who were sitting on the ground, standing up with their fists clenched. It was not

until they saw her walk to the glass window at the entrance of the passage and stop that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The area near the passage window was empty.

Several glass windows were previously cracked by hail, and someone found a few plastic bags to cover them, but rain still seeped in from time to time.

The ground was wet and full of water.

Jiang Yan glanced out the window and saw a vast ocean.

A few people risked their lives to catch fish in the water, but it seemed that the harvest was not great.

The fish and leeches seemed to appear in waves.

The water level outside was still rising.

Fortunately, the temperature did not drop further.

Time passed by.

"Hey, it's twelve o'clock, and the boat hasn't come yet!" Someone in the passage exclaimed.

Now that there is no need to go to work or school, many people don't have watches, and their mobile phones and computers have run out of battery, so they have lost their sense of time.

Most people work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Some

even go to bed before it gets dark and are still lying down at noon.

It's like an animal hibernating.

The less you move, the less hungry you are.

Food can be saved.

"It's not raining too hard, is it?"

"Could it be that the old official lady's words are lies? I was so excited when I heard them this morning!"

"It shouldn't be. It's raining so hard now, who can be so punctual? Maybe something delayed them in the middle."

"I don't know. Anyway, I saw Xiao Zhang and his wife waiting downstairs for a whole morning. They said their legs were about to break."

"Yes, I went downstairs and heard them say that they had to hold their urine when they were in a hurry, and they didn't dare to leave, for fear that someone would take their place as soon as they left."

"Oh, I hope the ship will come. If it comes, we can move in to 2204 to live."

"Yes, yes, if 2204 can't get on the ship, our plan to move in will be ruined, otherwise we can ask them to take us in?"

"Pfft, don't say unlucky things, just be patient and wait and see."

People in the passage don't go to the official base.

But everyone is still very interested in whether the cruise ship can come.

On the one hand, the ship came, and some people in the houses went to the base, so they could move in with a legitimate reason.

On the other hand, the arrival of the ship also represented that the government kept its promise or was reliable.

To put it bluntly, no matter how heavy the rain was, the government did not abandon them, and the government was still there like a magic needle that stabilized the sea.

In short, it was a manifestation of confidence.

But now, the ship has not come.

Some people are obviously panicking.

"The ship I'm waiting for hasn't come yet, and the person I'm waiting for doesn't understand." Someone sang a song.

"Look, it's still good for us. We should eat, sleep, and sing here. Those people downstairs are all waiting for God with hungry stomachs!"

"That's right, maybe some people living in the corridor didn't wait for the ship, and when they come back, they will lose their territory, haha!"

There are also people who gloat over the misfortune of others in the crowd.

"."

Jiang Yan stood at the window with her hands folded for a long time.

She had a bad feeling: the ship was probably not coming.

*

An hour passed.

The ship still didn't come.

The confidence and hope that everyone had finally regained early in the morning sank in an instant.

There was a clear noise of agitation coming from downstairs.

"Why don't we go to the base by ourselves!"

"It's raining so hard, we can't even see the road clearly, how can we get there?"

"Yeah, yeah, isn't this just like paddling a rubber boat on the sea? If we run into something in the middle, the boat will be ruined!"

"Fuck! If I had known earlier, I would have lived near the Twin Towers!"

"Yeah, the people there are so lucky!"

"Life is hard to buy early knowledge, this is fate!"