Chapter 90: Drama Queen Online
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Since they have already discussed the subsequent escape plan, there is nothing to worry about. Ning Yuan will not let others take advantage of him, especially since many people are exchanging supplies today and the price of the supplies is set higher than yesterday.
But Zhang Xun didn't get his current position by playing the victim. Since he could calculate that there was room among them, he naturally thought of the possibility of secretly escaping. He talked a lot of nonsense and directly mentioned the exchange of gasoline. He even agreed when Ning Yuan offered one liter of gasoline for one kilogram of water.
Although it is not easy to carry gasoline tanks, everyone knows that gasoline is scarce. If Ning Yuan says no to 3,000 liters of gasoline, it is clear that he may have something to hide or be on guard. If he takes it, they will not be able to leave quietly with a tanker truck. If they encounter robbery on the road, they will either abandon the tanker truck immediately or be on guard against it exploding at all times. This is clearly a test.
A total of 200 barrels of water were replaced, 100 of which were replaced with gasoline, and for the other 100 barrels, Zhang Xun actually used gas tanks, solar charging panels, and generators. In short, he would not take out anything that was not a big item. If you want to take it away, it's hard to do so without a few trucks.
Ning Yuan set the price ridiculously high, but Zhang Xun still refused to give in. In the end, he almost said that he didn't want to exchange his things anymore.
"There is really little food. I can't do anything about it." Zhang Xun saw Ning Yuan's face, which looked like he didn't know what to say. He sneered in his heart, but still said with embarrassment, "It took us a lot of effort just to get these things back. If we weren't really short of water, I wouldn't have taken them out. After all, the price you set for this thing is really ridiculously expensive."
Hundreds of square meters of charging plates were used to exchange for one kilogram of water, which means hundreds of kilograms were exchanged. Twenty generators were sold at a time, not to mention that gas tanks were sold by the hundred. Ning Yuan wanted to ask, "Did you rob the nest of these things?" He swallowed hard and said, "Wait for me to ask."
Ning Yuan stood up and walked towards the kitchen where Lu Weiyi, who was secretly eating food under the pretext of Zhuang Aiyi looking for food, said briefly, then lowered his voice and said viciously, "These things are all large items. On the one hand, he is trying to prevent us from running away, and on the other hand, it will be difficult for him to walk on the road with so many things, making it easier to hijack him."
Solar charging panels, generators, gas tanks... What a good person who sent a pillow when you are sleepy. Lu Weiyi didn't care about choking and swallowed the meat bun in his mouth without chewing it, with tears in his eyes.
Ning Yuan looked at him like this, reached out and patted his back, whispering, "Don't worry, I haven't agreed to his offer yet. If you don't want to change, then we won't change with him..."
"...change" Lu Weiyi said the first words after he recovered, "Why not change? Tell him we still have water. We can exchange as many of these things as we have."
Ning Yuan felt that Lu Weiyi might not realize the seriousness of carrying these things with him, and explained again, "If someone kidnaps us with so many things, we will definitely be the first to put them down. This means that they have not given us anything but have taken away hundreds of barrels of water for nothing."
"It's okay, let's exchange," Lu Weiyi insisted. After thinking for a while, he added a condition, "I agree, but I must have 500 kilograms of vegetables, fruits, eggs and meat to exchange with him, otherwise I won't even get a bottle of water."
Although those things are useful, they are only useful after things have settled down. Scarce food is the most important thing. Lu Weiyi feels that he knows the priorities very well.
"...Okay." With these things, even if the others were lost... it would still be painful. Ning Yuan walked out two steps, turned back and asked Lu Weiyi, "Can you store these things in the space?"
"Yes," Lu Weiyi gave an accurate answer, then remembered what Zhuang Mingxu said before and added, "It should be possible."
Ning Yuan felt that he was a bit unreliable, but since Zhang Xun was still waiting outside, he didn't say anything. When Zhang Xun mentioned Lu Weiyi's new conditions, he agreed immediately without saying anything else and asked Zhang Qi to deliver the supplies right away.
"Let's move these things upstairs first to make some room for other things." Others were busy all day, but Zhuang Mingxu was sitting all day. He didn't feel tired or hungry at all, so he let Gu Qingyue give him an IV first. He was sitting in the corner of the living room and had been paying attention to the conversation between the two people here. At this time, he spoke to Lin Yimu.
"Okay." Lin Yimu glanced at the few people in the living room who didn't go to steal food, "Work first?"
Several people knew that this was to conceal their identities, so they nodded and moved the things they had just brought in from the yard upstairs.
"Can't we just put those things in the yard?" Wang Yuan said.
“There’s no need to be too alarmed when you’re keeping watch at home.” Lin Yimu walked over carrying two bags of flour and responded to his test.
After a few contacts, Wang Yuan also discovered that this group of people would never speak if they had loopholes, and it would be impossible to discover loopholes among them if they spoke. After failing to test him, Wang Yuan smiled and didn't continue. Instead, he casually chatted with Ning Yuan about some gossip and trivial matters.
The supplies were prepared before they arrived. After a short while, Zhang Qi drove three large trucks and a tanker truck along with them. In order to facilitate transportation, he also brought a dozen people to unload and transport the supplies for them. Li Zhuang and the others didn't need to do anything. They just counted the amount, weighed the weight, and checked it. It was done in just over ten minutes.
There were so many things and they were so large that the living room couldn't hold them all. The rest had to be placed in the yard. The tanker truck was parked directly at the gate outside the yard. Seeing this, Zhang Xun, who was leaving with the water, smiled rarely.
"Wait a moment, Director Zhang, I'll give you another bucket of water. Please leave the two trucks here, we will need them tomorrow." Zhuang Mingxu waited until they had moved all the things and were ready to leave before he spoke.
"We don't need two. We're just going to look for..." said Xu Sa, who had been helping them carry water. He suddenly fell silent halfway through his words and then frowned, "One van is enough. Besides, even if we need to change to a truck, it will take less than half a bucket of water to go to the base. If we keep some more water, maybe we can exchange it for other supplies."
"We will also use it when we leave," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"But……"
"Don't worry about it. I'll talk to Wei Yi." Zhuang Mingxu interrupted Xu Sa before he could continue to object. Xu Sa opened his mouth to say something, but in the end said nothing. He turned his head to look at Li Zhuang and Antonio, and walked into the villa with an angry look. Then Li Zhuang and Antonio, who were originally standing in the yard, also went in.
Zhang Xun looked around and saw Zhuang Mingxu tightly gripping the armrests of the wheelchair, his hands with bulging veins and his jaw muscles tense. He realized that this was an internal conflict.
Ning Yuan said awkwardly, "Mingxu, how about..."
"Changed." Zhuang Mingxu was obviously very angry when he spoke, "Director Zhang, will you change it?"
Although there were not many "exchange" truck bases, there were still quite a few. Thirty kilograms of water in exchange for two trucks was definitely not a loss, and Zhang Xun responded very happily.
Ning Yuan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Lin Yimu pulled him back and made him shake his head.
"Goodbye." Zhang Xun took away an extra bucket of water and left with his men, satisfied.
After seeing them off, Ning Yuan pushed Zhuang Mingxu into the villa and asked in a low voice, "Do you think he believes it?"
"Who knows? Anyway, the news has been released to both parties. Let's prepare for the worst." Zhuang Mingxu's expression was indifferent, without any of the forbearance he had before.
It was expected that the people from the Central Army Shield had not arrived yet, and it was still early. After dinner, except for Lu Weiyi who rushed back to the bedroom to "upgrade" his spatial ability, everyone else was in the living room.
Gu Qingyue, Xi Shi, Gu Qingji and Lu Xi were sorting out the unfinished medicines. Lin Yimu, Ning Yuan and Dean were sorting the vegetables sent by Zhang Xun. The others were moving the things in the living room to the second floor to make room to put the things outside back into the house.
Zhuang Aiyi sat on a small stool in a corner of the living room with Zhuang Mingxu who was in a wheelchair. He held a few bags of dried fruits in his hands, and his little hands kept tapping them. After Zhuang Mingxu took out one for him, he stuffed it into his mouth smoothly, puffed up his little mouth and smiled at Zhuang Mingxu.
Two of the three rooms on the first floor were used to store supplies. Lin Yimu carefully put the sorted fruits and vegetables into the rooms, peeled the damaged ones in the kitchen, put half of them in the freezer, and put the rest on a plate. He handed it to Zhuang Mingxu and asked in a low voice, "Mingxu, can Weiyi's space hold so many things?"
Although there were friends among so many people, they were all adults and it was natural for them to be careful when doing things. Besides, they might not be together again in the future. Others knew this, so they did not ask more about Lu Weiyi's space. However, Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan were different, so only the two of them could speak about this.
Zhuang Mingxu pinched a piece of apple and gave it to Zhuang Aiyi. He glanced at the busy people in the living room and nodded.
"That's good. I was worried that I wouldn't know how to carry so many things if I drove." Lin Yimu breathed a sigh of relief. "Do you have a plan for how we should go tomorrow?"
Zhuang Mingxu did not answer, but asked, "What do you think of this group of people?"
Lin Yimu frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "There are no big problems with their character. They are all practical people who don't play tricks on others. As for ability, Antonio and Li Zhuang are the best, and they have superpowers. Their overall physical fitness is much better than others. Liu Rui is not good enough, but his superpowers make up for the shortfall. Next are Xiong Jie and Gu Qingji, and the rest... are okay, and none of them are too much of a drag."
He paused and asked, "Do you want to... form a team?"
Zhuang Mingxu pointed a finger at the armrest of the wheelchair, his expression indifferent, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. After a while, he said, "I have this idea, but," he laughed, "I'm sure I won't be able to convince everyone."
He was originally a favored son of the emperor. How could he not care at all when he fell into the dust?
“Don’t say that…” Lin Yimu felt a little distressed when he saw him like this, and comforted him, “Wei Yi will definitely listen to you. He is very capable, and he has saved many people here. Many people are willing to listen to him. If he starts…”
"No need." Zhuang Mingxu interrupted Lin Yimu when he saw that others had almost finished moving the things and said, "Wait for them to bring it up themselves."
It was almost midnight when someone broke into the yard again. This time, Lu Weiyi woke up immediately without Zhuang Mingxu's reminder.
"Let's go to the living room." Zhuang Mingxu sat up from the bed, his clothes neatly put on.
Lu Weiyi climbed up, put on his shoes sluggishly, and carried Zhuang Mingxu to the wheelchair.
So, when Liu Qiang personally led people in, they found that someone was waiting for them in the pitch-black living room.
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