Chen Ruoruo added enough cat food and dog food to the automatic pet feeder in the space, and then came out of the space with peace of mind. When she looked at the time, it was already around seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Just as she was about to take out the food from the space, she faintly heard a sound coming from outside the house, and her consciousness instantly followed it out.
"Great, I finally managed to pry it open..."
"Brothers, this is the last hammer, let's work harder..."
"Okay..."
The group of people outside were talking in excited tones, and everyone was working hard with high morale. The cold seemed to have subsided a little. Chen Ruoruo looked at their faces, which were flushed with excitement, and the elevator door that they had pried open.
It took so long to pry open a crack. I don’t know what they will think when they open the elevator door and see the blocked door. Chen Ruoruo regained consciousness, shook her head, and took out what she wanted to eat tonight from the space.
A bowl of fragrant maocai, two servings of white rice, and double the amount of milk tea. She watched her favorite TV series on TV and enjoyed the delicious food in her mouth, squinting her eyes in happiness.
"Boss, it's open, we pried it open..." The younger brother in the elevator shaft shouted loudly to the people below.
"..."Li Jun
"..."Wang Hong
"Really, thank God it was finally pried open..." Aunt Liu was so excited that she couldn't help but put her head into the elevator shaft to check
"What's going on up there?" Li Jun asked, pulling aside the old woman who was blocking his way.
"Ouch..." Aunt Liu fell to the ground due to the strong pull and screamed in pain
"Something is wrong..." the younger brother replied
"I discovered there was someone upstairs, so I should have a share of the supplies upstairs." Aunt Liu stood up tremblingly, holding her waist and said to Li Jun
"What..." Li Jun asked with a frown
"Go away..." Wang Hong pushed Aunt Liu away again, and walked closer to the elevator entrance, looking at it curiously.
"Boss, the door is blocked..." The younger brother's voice came from above again.
"..." Li Jun didn't care about anything else after hearing this and quickly climbed up from the equipment in the elevator shaft.
When he arrived at the elevator door on the 17th floor, with the help of his younger brother using a light, he saw that the elevator door was pitch black and not a single light could get through. He reached out and wiped it, and felt a cold and hard touch. It was the same situation as at the stairwell on the 17th floor. His face darkened, and he felt that two whole days of effort had been wasted.
"Go down..." Li Jun said and went down to the 16th floor and out of the elevator shaft.
"How is it? Are there a lot of supplies? When are we going to get them?" When Aunt Liu saw Li Jun coming out, she came forward again and said anxiously, fearing that she would be missing some.
"Get lost... slap." Li Jun was already in a bad mood after two days of useless work. Aunt Liu kept moving forward, so he pushed the person away again and slapped her hard on the face before leaving with her.
“…” Aunt Li was dazed by the sudden slap in the face. Even after everyone around her had left, she was still standing there in a daze.
"Grandma... Grandma, what's wrong with you?" After Li Jun's people left, the little grandson walked up to Aunt Liu, pulled her sleeve, and called her softly.
"My dear grandson..." Aunt Liu reacted only after hearing her grandson's voice. Touching his red and swollen face, she hugged the child who was trembling with fear, buried her head in his neck, and cried silently.
Li Jun returned home with a group of younger brothers. Seeing their boss's unfriendly expression, they kept silent and dared not speak. After all, everyone knew what happened at the elevator door on the 17th floor just now. Now they didn't know what to do and could only wait for the boss's orders.
"Brother Li, I didn't expect the people on the 17th floor to be so defensive. What should we do now?" Wang Hong asked.
"We must go into the 17th floor, so everyone should go out and collect supplies and tools for the next few days. I'm thinking of other ways..." Li Jun said.
"Okay..." A group of younger brothers agreed, and then went home to rest.
When Wu Hao came back and saw the wound on his mother's face, he also knew the reason. He could only comfort Aunt Liu and tell her not to provoke Li Jun and others again. There was nothing else he could do. He had experienced such things many times after extreme weather. Under various blows and realities, he had long lost his initial arrogance and courage.
It was already very difficult for him to find supplies when he went out during the day, and he had to give nearly two-thirds of the supplies to Li Jun when he came back. In the end, what the three of them got was not enough to fill their stomachs.
He was once a favored son of heaven with a successful career and a happy family, whom everyone envied. He drove luxury cars and spent money like water, and his shoes were not covered in mud at the end of the day. But now he lives like a rat in the gutter, being oppressed and exploited by others.
He even had to abandon his self-esteem and lower his once proud head for a bite to eat, but even so, he still could not feed his family. He also deeply understood the hardships and embarrassments of the lives of those lower-class people that he had seen when he was sitting in a luxury car.
But he still had a mother and son, so he couldn't give up. He could only grit his teeth and endure it, swallowing all the resentment and anger along with the blood.
In the next two days, Chen Ruoruo did not hear any sound coming from the elevator entrance. She did not see anyone continuing to attack the elevator entrance when she stuck her mind out. Looking at the elevator door that had been half-opened, she thought they also saw the iron door at the entrance. This group of people were smart. Knowing that the elevator door would not work, they did not waste their efforts on it, but still arranged someone to guard the elevator entrance.
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