"Confess what?" Ge Youcai's eyes flickered. This man was clearly not with Cao Jin. If he admitted it, he would definitely not get any benefit, so he absolutely could not admit it!
Although he shook his head resolutely, Cheng Zhen still saw guilt and hesitation in his eyes.
He narrowed his eyes: "A repeat offender?"
Then he blurted out, "Some important supplies were missing from my house earlier. It seems you were the ones who did it? That's perfect. Come with me, and I'll show you what happens when you steal important supplies from the city guards!"
"What? What supplies?" Ge Youcai was completely dumbfounded and immediately dodged to the side. "I...I didn't steal it, it has nothing to do with me!"
Upon hearing him say "my home," Ge Youcai panicked and became extremely frightened. Did he have a death wish to steal from the city guards?
He grabbed the old lady as a shield: "We made a mistake! My mom said the door wouldn't open! That's why she called me to come and pry it open. Turns out it wasn't that it couldn't be opened, we just went to the wrong floor!"
As Ge Youcai spoke, he kept giving the old lady meaningful glances.
The old lady thought it made sense, so she quickly got up from the ground and muttered very clearly, "Oh dear, I was so flustered! I went to the wrong door!"
He quickly patted his legs and feet, then headed up the stairs.
Jiang Xiaoxin jumped out and stood in the middle, spreading her short arms to block her, and said in a childish but righteous voice, "You're lying!"
The old lady's face turned cold, and she was about to reach out and push the child when Jiang Wan quickly stepped forward to protect the little girl, staring coldly at the old woman: "Try hitting her."
The old woman knew she was ruthless, and was so frightened by her fierce expression that she shrank back and sheepishly withdrew her hand.
Cheng Zhen was grabbing Ge Youcai, who was trying to slip away along the wall, when he heard the noise, looked up, and couldn't help but laugh: "See? You can't even fool a three-year-old, and you still want to play tricks on me?"
As he spoke, he clenched his fist and punched Ge Youcai in the stomach, his eyes cold as he hissed, "Say it, what brings you here!"
"Aww~!"
Ge Youcai is notoriously lazy and gluttonous. He only goes out to dig for crystals out of necessity, and he has never done any manual labor. He even complains about the pain of fighting, and he always runs away as soon as he sees things are going badly.
So Cheng Zhen's blow almost knocked his soul out of his body!
Before he could even bear the initial pain, and seeing the second blow about to land, he quickly hissed and knelt down, begging for mercy: "Sir, spare me! Sir! Spare me! Spare me!"
Cheng Zhen didn't even use 20% of his strength in that punch, yet it made him writhe in pain like a coward. He was incredibly contemptuous of it, but he didn't actually hit him again; he just kept his strength up as a threat.
"Confess!"
Seeing that solid fist already raised halfway in the air, he didn't dare to be coy anymore. He closed his eyes and honestly confessed, "I...I knew she went out, so...so we came to see what good supplies she had at home..."
Once he started talking, he felt much more at ease, so he simply shouted, "How much stuff could a woman with a child possibly need? If we don't have enough, she should share with all of us!"
Absolutely shameless and self-righteous, Cheng Zhen, with a stern face, punched him with half his strength, knocking him down. The pain silenced him, and he couldn't get up for a long time.
Cheng Zhen walked up to Jiang Wan and the two children, glaring at them with sharp eyes. His icy voice boomed in their ears: "This is my territory. If I see you again, I'll throw you all out of the city to kill monsters!"
"roll!"
Go outside the city to kill monsters?
With their old, frail bodies and lazy ways, they're probably just there to feed the monsters, right?
Ge Youcai was so frightened that he ran away in a panic and disappeared down the stairwell. He climbed all the way to the 19th floor before daring to return to the elevator, covered in sweat, and then took the elevator back to the top floor.
The old lady couldn't bear to look at her; she really didn't want to admit that such a cowardly child was her own!
But she didn't dare linger. Holding onto the wall, she walked out with unusual agility, her heart filled with doubt and unease. It turned out that this woman really did have a lover among the city guards!
Jiang Wan checked the door lock and saw the pry marks. Her brows furrowed and her face was full of displeasure. Although the door and lock were quite sturdy, it was still very unsightly to have such obvious pry marks.
Cheng Zhen saw this and followed her into the house. The oxygen-rich air greeted him, and the indoor temperature felt like 18 degrees Celsius. He checked every corner of the room and, upon seeing the refrigerator full of food and two solar generators, finally understood why Ge Youcai and his mother had chosen to target her.
In the apocalypse, they lived a comfortable and prosperous life.
Just by looking at how rosy and tender the twins are, you can tell they've never had to worry about supplies.
Jiang Wan was very displeased with his behavior of barging into her home: "This is my house. Do you think I gave you permission to rummage through my things?"
Cheng Zhen didn't stop for a second, continuing to open the wardrobe. As he passed by her, he gave her a slight smile and said, "It's my duty, a routine inspection."
Jiang Wan frowned, stood at the doorway with her arms crossed, and looked out.
Cheng Zhen was relieved to confirm that there was no danger in her home.
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Wan was not an ignorant young girl; she didn't believe in unsolicited favors, and she had already made it clear that she would not serve as their so-called botanist and would not provide them with any assistance.
Cheng Zhen hadn't expected her to be so cold and hard. She sighed helplessly and asked in a gentle tone, "You don't naively think that all the other botanists just happened to die at the hands of mutated plants, do you?"
Jiang Wan was taken aback, but immediately understood the deeper meaning behind his words.
But she still stubbornly insisted, "They deal with plants all day long, so it's not impossible that some plants around them might have mutated."
Cheng Zhenshen glanced at her twice and curled the corners of his lips: "It's good that you believe me."
After saying that, he straddled her with his long legs, walked straight out, opened the door, and left.
Jiang Wan was speechless. What did this guy mean?
Is this what he calls protection?
Did they follow her home to check everything, and then leave as soon as they found no danger?
Haha, that's really effective protection!
No wonder all those botanists are dead!
However, she did know that few of those so-called botanists, especially those with higher titles and official positions, actually did any real work.
She frowned and pondered deeply. So, those people's deaths weren't accidents?
The twins, who had been timid and invisible since entering the room, breathed a huge sigh of relief as soon as the scary old man left. They then hugged their mother's legs on either side and asked pitifully, "Mommy, Mommy, what are we having for dinner?"
Jiang Wan then remembered that the two children were still hungry, so she quickly took out two hamburgers and two bottles of milk from the tree hole space: "You eat first, Mom will cook."
The two little ones cheered and took the food, holding hands and sitting on the sofa to eat together. But they had only eaten half of it when they suddenly heard rustling sounds coming from the doorway.
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