Chapter 94: The Lack of Order Magnifies the Evil in Human Nature
The fire continued to burn all day, devouring everything mercilessly. It was not until nightfall that the fire subsided. But even though the fire was much weaker than during the day, it still took more than three hours to completely put out the fire.
Because of the fire-fighting, the time for fetching water stretched to after eleven o'clock.
Xia Xiaoman went downstairs to get some water and handed the two thieves to the security team who were still sorting out and inspecting the fire scene.
When we went back to queue, we rarely saw Li Yu'e turning her face away from Wen Jianfeng.
"Xiaoman, I'll queue up with you so we can keep each other company." When Li Yu'e saw her come back, she picked up the bucket and queued up again with Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "Sister Yu'e, did you have a conflict with the coach?"
Li Yu'e is not someone who can keep secrets. When Xia Xiaoman asked, she immediately said excitedly: "Wen Jianfeng, that idiot, saw a kid with a burn on his arm and secretly gave him a burn ointment!"
"He is quite generous. Have you ever thought about how many people were burned today? What would happen if they knew he had burn ointment on his hands?"
"He is tall and strong, no one dares to mess with him, but what about Lingling and Axu? What if someone attacks Lingling and Axu in order to get the medicine?"
"Besides, the burn on the child wasn't that serious. All you need to do is pop the blister and be careful not to let the wound get infected. You don't need a whole tube of burn ointment. I wanted to take the burn ointment back, but he stopped me and told me not to meddle in other people's business!"
"I helped him with good intentions, but he thought I was meddling in his business! Really, I'm so mad at you!" Li Yu'e was so angry that she was sweating profusely.
Xia Xiaoman found it funny and took out a hand-cranked fan from her bag to fan her. "Sister Yu'e, if you think the coach is so bad, why do you still want to follow him? You are quite capable. Even if you don't find a man, you should be able to live well on your own."
Looking at the bustling crowd, Li Yu'e sighed sadly, "It's not that easy to live alone. The world has changed now. Single women living alone are easily targeted."
"My former co-worker, also a single girl, suddenly didn't come to work one day. The team leader went to her home to look for her and found that she... had been abused and bullied to death..."
"I don't know how to fight, nor do I have a high IQ to design traps. Apart from finding a man to protect me, I can't think of any other way for me to live in peace."
Xia Xiaoman pursed her lips. She forgot that not everyone could be as lucky as her, with natural supernatural powers and space.
The lack of order magnifies the evil in human nature. If single women do not stick together or find someone with high fighting power to protect them, they are indeed easy targets for evil people.
"Sister Yu'e, you just want to find someone to protect you, and you don't necessarily have to get married. You live next to the coach and Zhou Qiuyang, and walk to and from get off work together. No one should dare to cause trouble for you. If anything happens, the coach and others will also lend a hand."
Li Yu'e smiled and shook her head, "As expected, a college student who has not yet entered society has such simple ideas."
"Brother Feng and his family are kind-hearted. They don't get angry when I shamelessly go to and from get off work with them every day. But I am not Brother Feng's family. If I were in danger, he would not risk his life to save me for a neighbor. Only when we become family will he keep me in his heart."
At this point, Li Yu'e smiled embarrassedly, "I know it's not good for me to scheme against Brother Feng like this, but I just want to live."
"As long as Brother Feng is willing to protect me for the rest of my life, I can promise to be good to him and his children for the rest of my life. I can even promise to never have children again and treat Lingling and Axu as my own children." As long as she can live safely in this doomsday-like world, she doesn't care about anything else.
Xia Xiaoman sighed, "Times are tough. You're not wrong, it's the world that's wrong. But why don't you consider changing your target? The coach is too stubborn."
Li Yu'e raised the corners of her lips and smiled: "Don't consider it."
"Brother Feng knows how to fight and has a high level of fighting ability. He has a stable personality and doesn't lose his temper easily. He respects women and doesn't doubt my ability as an electrician just because I'm a woman. He is hardworking and never slacks off at work. Except for being soft-hearted with children, he doesn't have any major shortcomings."
"No one is perfect. Compared to most men, Brother Feng is already pretty good. I am not a perfect person myself, so what right do I have to demand perfection from others?"
Changing the subject, Li Yu'e said angrily, "But this time, that big idiot Wen Jianfeng went too far. He actually accused me of meddling in other people's business! Xiaoman, if this happened to you, what would you do?"
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
How should she answer this? This would never happen to her. If it did happen, she would probably sharpen her knife right away...
Before she could think of how to answer, Li Yu'e suddenly stuffed the bucket into Xia Xiaoman's hand and rushed out.
Xia Xiaoman followed her with her eyes. Wen Jianfeng was really as Li Yu'e said. Several people who were scalded learned that he had burn medicine in his hand, and they ran to him and knelt down to beg for sympathy, just to get some medicine.
Wen Jianfeng was soft-hearted towards the child, but not towards other people. He rejected these people with a cold face. But they all thought that Wen Jianfeng was a good person with a cold face but a warm heart, otherwise why would he take the initiative to save the child? So they were not afraid of Wen Jianfeng's cold face, showing their wounds and playing misery to pester him.
Although Li Yu'e was still angry with Wen Jianfeng, when she saw Wen Jianfeng being harassed by someone, she still rushed forward to help him out.
Li Yu'e was fierce and aggressive. She silenced those people with just a few words. She also deliberately shifted the blame to someone else, saying that there was only one tube of burn ointment and it had already been given to the child.
But the burn ointment was unopened, a full tube, and even if the child used it as body lotion, it would take him a while to finish it. Let these people go to the child's family to ask for medicine.
Wen Jianfeng secretly gave the burn ointment to that family. If that family hadn't leaked the news, these people wouldn't have known that Wen Jianfeng had the burn ointment. Whether that family did it intentionally or unintentionally, they have to bear the consequences themselves.
When Xia Xiaoman saw the scene where Li Yu'e helped Wen Jianfeng out of trouble, she sincerely felt that Wen Jianfeng was not worthy of Li Yu'e.
However, since both parties are willing to fight and be beaten, she has no right to interfere. She can only respect other people's choices.
It was already past 12 o'clock in the morning when I came back from fetching water.
Buildings 5 and 6 were reduced to ashes by the fire. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. The homeless residents were already searching for their targets while fetching water, ready to take action at any time.
But today was the day Xia Xiaoman was going to pick up her car, and she was already an hour late than the agreed time. If she didn't go, her pickup truck might be sold by Ponytail Brother...
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