Then she turned to look at Hou Ming and asked softly, "That's Director Song's voice. Ask him if the people from the Long Group have arrived and see if they can save our child!"
"It can't be, it definitely can't be!"
Upon hearing his wife's voice, Hou Ming felt another cold sweat break out on his back. The words were addressed to his wife, but it sounded more like they were spoken to him.
He swallowed hard and then said to the person outside the door, "Director Song, have we been arrested? Ask if we can feed the baby some milk!"
Song Qiang's voice carried a hint of helplessness, and then he quickly said.
"Don't worry, the people from the Long Group have already gone downstairs. They didn't find anything upstairs, so we're safe. Our team members are already assembled downstairs. By the way, is it a boy or a girl?"
Upon hearing Director Song's voice, Hou Ming and his wife immediately showed a hint of joy on their faces.
Hou Ming's tears welled up instantly. He rushed over and gently hugged his wife, murmuring, "We're safe, we're alright!"
Hou Ming finally relaxed and turned to look at the child beside him.
"Master Song, thank you, it's a girl!"
"Okay, take good care of them. I'll be up in a bit, so please wait for me!"
Song Qiang felt as if he had a child himself. He couldn't help but smile and even hum a lullaby. As if he were giving birth to his own child, he ran downstairs as fast as he could, falling down countless times, but the joy in his heart had already overwhelmed the pain in his body.
When he got downstairs, his clothes looked like they had been washed with water, and his body was covered in wounds.
Finally, he ran downstairs and saw that the people from the Long Group had been forced back into the lobby of the building.
Just as they were about to push the cart to the second floor, Song Qiang suddenly came down from upstairs. In the instant the two sides confronted each other, Song Qiang felt as if he were surrounded by a pack of wolves, and he felt his back was covered in sweat again.
At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: to run upstairs.
Just as he was about to turn around, he remembered Hou Ming's child, and suddenly felt obligated to protect the child.
So he immediately straightened his back, stood on the stairs and looked at the group of people. A gasp came from outside, which made him feel a little better.
"Don't worry, Director Song, we've surrounded them. Let's take them out!"
"Yes, raising a tiger will only lead to trouble. If these people dare to do it once, they will dare to do it again. We can't let the tigers return to the mountains. We should wipe them all out right here!"
"Kill them! Kill all these bastards! Then we'll storm over to the Long Group and kill them all too!"
"..."
The crowd was filled with rage, their faces contorted with rage, and they gathered everything they could find nearby.
Some people were holding bricks, some were holding iron bars, some were holding stones, and some were holding cooking utensils.
With various weapons in his hands, gleaming brightly as he swung his flashlight back and forth in the hall, Song Qiang felt an immense sense of security.
He adjusted his expression and looked at the people trapped in the hall with a hint of anger on his face.
"We have taken note of your actions. Now surrender and I will give you a chance to live; otherwise, everyone will die here!"
Song Qiang didn't want to kill anyone, after all, there were two thousand people. Although he knew that if he gave the order, the people outside would definitely rush in and kill them, but the transport team members and survivors would also suffer heavy casualties.
Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone these people who were so hungry they were delirious and rushed to steal their food, although they didn't manage to steal anything except a few cans of milk powder and some snacks.
Upon hearing Song Qiang's words, the people below showed expressions of surprise and delight. Then, some of them threw their weapons on the ground, knelt down, and kowtowed to Song Qiang.
"We surrender, we surrender! Just give us a chance to live! Just give us a bite to eat, and we'll do anything you ask. We're willing to submit to you!"
With the first person taking the lead, it became much easier to persuade the rest of the crowd. Their psychological defenses had long been broken down, and one by one they knelt on the ground. The entire hall was now filled with kneeling people, except for a very few who still insisted on staying.
Song Qiang's words were just a spontaneous expression of his feelings, but accepting these people would mean that they would have to provide food to feed them.
Where would the food and water come from? They had no electricity and no place to live. These people, who had just been about to kill them, might be in danger if kept around. So, Song Qiang didn't know what to do.
Just as he was feeling completely lost, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from upstairs.
When Lu Yuan returned from the dimensional space, he found the room in a mess. The air conditioner and generator in their lounge had been destroyed, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.
So he put the food down and ran downstairs as fast as he could. When he saw the people downstairs, a look of shock appeared on his face.
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