People tend to follow the crowd; if most people say to stay, then a small number of people will follow suit.
Chen Sisi wanted to leave, but when she heard everyone else staying, she felt too embarrassed to say it and agreed to stay as well, mainly because she was afraid to go down the mountain alone.
Captain Wang's team has 9 people left, while Chen Sisi's team only has Chen Sisi and Gao Zhangwu left.
Since being rescued by Jiang Li and the others, Gao Zhangwu's attitude towards them wasn't as bad as before, but it wasn't much better either. After thanking them, he didn't say anything more.
Of course, Jiang Li and the others didn't care about such things.
After resting and replenishing their energy, the group continued on their way.
After what happened before, everyone wanted to reach the top of the mountain as soon as possible so they could find out what had happened and get home quickly.
So everyone discussed it and decided that if we stopped for a meal, we wouldn't rest. We ate very quickly and then continued on our way.
In this situation, Chen Sisi unusually refrained from causing any trouble and quietly followed along.
Chen Sisi was so tired that she couldn't even speak. She was physically weaker than the others, so she would rest whenever she had time and had no time to pay attention to Jiang Li and the others.
The rest of the day passed without incident. At most, we encountered some animals, such as wild boars or rabbits, but only one or two at a time, never in groups, and we dealt with them quickly.
By evening, everyone had reached two-thirds of the way up the mountain and decided to find a place to rest. Given yesterday's experience, everyone was more vigilant, but fortunately, nothing happened that night.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, everyone woke up. Nothing had happened the night before, and everyone had rested quite well.
In the morning, everyone sat together, planning to continue their journey after breakfast, believing they should be able to reach the summit if they walked quickly today.
"Jiang Li, you have extra food, why don't you share it with everyone? This is a time for mutual help, you can't be so selfish."
Chen Sisi felt a little resentful when she saw that Jiang Li and the others had eaten breakfast and had meat jerky to eat, while she had to eat sparingly and was not full even when she did not eat.
“These are my things, why should I share them? You also have food, so why don’t you share yours with everyone? After all, we should help each other.”
Jiang Li couldn't believe Chen Sisi had the nerve to say such a thing.
"I don't even have enough to eat myself, why should I give it to them?"
Chen Sisi thought Jiang Li was really stingy.
"Oh, so you have food yourself, but you don't want to share it, yet you want me to share it. You're selfish, but you're telling others to be generous."
Or are you just looking to eat my food but don't want to trade anything for it, hoping I'll give it to you for free?
Looks like they had a good rest yesterday, as they even had time to come out and have some fun.
"I... I didn't mean that. I just feel that everyone is having a hard time right now. Since you have extra food, why don't you share some with those who aren't getting enough to eat? We're all in this together."
Although Chen Sisi did have this thought, she absolutely could not admit it.
"I think we shouldn't have let Jiang Li save you back then. We should have just let you freeze to death in the snow. Besides, everyone has food, and no one said they didn't have enough. You were the one who said you could buy food if you wanted it, and you even expected people to give it to you for free. Don't you even know what time it is?"
Fu Xiaxia launched into a tirade against Chen Sisi.
Others also felt that since the items belonged to them, it was their business whether or not they took them out.
They had their own lives saved by Jiang Li and the others, so how could they possibly ask for anything from them? Besides, everyone still had food, and even if they ran out, they wouldn't let Jiang Li and the others give it to them for free; they would definitely offer something in exchange.
This isn't the pre-apocalyptic world anymore. Food is so precious now. Besides, it would have been embarrassing to take things for free before the apocalypse. I don't know what Chen Sisi was thinking.
Even Gao Zhangwu felt that Chen Sisi had gone a bit too far, but since she was someone he liked, he didn't say much.
Seeing everyone's reactions, Chen Sisi knew she had been too hasty, but for some reason, seeing Jiang Li doing well made her very unhappy.
Moreover, even Gao Zhangwu, who was standing next to her, stopped speaking up for her, which made her even more panicked. If even Gao Zhangwu ignored her, then she would truly be isolated and helpless.
But she didn't want to take back what she had said, so she forced herself to speak.
"Then can I switch with you?"
"Okay, but what will you give me in exchange?"
"I don't have any with me right now."
"You want to trade with me even though you don't have any? What's the difference between that and me giving it to you for free?"
"Where am I supposed to find something to trade with you? Can I at least use my points to buy it from you?"
Chen Sisi felt that Jiang Li was targeting her.
"Sure, here, will you exchange it for 25 points?"
Jiang Li readily took out the dried meat. She wanted to see if Chen Sisi had the ability to buy it. Giving Captain Wang 20 points was already a friendly price.
When Captain Wang heard that it would cost 25 points to sell to Chen Sisi, he felt even more that he had already made a profit, and that it was fortunate that Jiang Li hadn't cheated him.
"What? Only this much? It costs 25 points? Why don't you just rob someone?!"
"Take it or leave it, this is the last pack anyway."
This was indeed the last bag in Jiang Li's bag. After eating for so long, he needed to bring other things with him. He couldn't possibly fill his bag with nothing but dried meat.
"25 it is. I'll give it to you when we get back to base, is that okay?"
After Chen Sisi finished speaking, she went to get the dried meat.
"That won't do. I don't trust your character. Besides, who knows if you even have 25 points in your account?"
"You... Jiang Li, you're playing me."
Chen Sisi didn't have any points in her card. She usually followed Gao Zhangwu and used his cards. She actually wanted Gao Zhangwu to give her some after she returned to the base.
"I don't have anything. I said I'd exchange it for something, but you don't have anything to exchange. What can I do?"
Jiang Li said that she really wanted to sell them to Chen Sisi, since she had a lot of them anyway, but she just couldn't do it herself.
"Hmph, I don't want it anymore. You can keep it yourself. I'd like to see which stupid sucker will give you 25 points to exchange for it."
Chen Sisi didn't want it anymore; she didn't absolutely need to eat it, and besides, she felt that Jiang Li was deliberately trying to embarrass her.
Captain Wang...
Oh, this silly sucker seems to be me, even though I bought it for 20 points.
"Oh, take it or leave it."
Jiang Li glanced at the unpleasant-looking sucker next to her, then disappointedly put the jerky back into her bag. She had been thinking that Chen Sisi might have some good stuff that she could use to swindle her, but it seemed that wasn't the case.
"you……"
Chen Sisi was provoked by Jiang Li's attitude and was about to say something when Captain Wang interrupted her.
"Enough. If you can't speak properly, then don't. Has your brain frozen in the dead of winter?"
Originally, it wasn't appropriate for a grown man like me to interfere in what the girls were going through, but now I just couldn't stand Chen Sisi anymore.
Chen Sisi didn't know what she had done to offend Captain Wang, but she could only sit back down and dare not say anything more.
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