Chapter 38 Death of the Building Manager and Heavy Rain
The forty-seventh day of doomsday.
Since he got home in the early morning, Qiao Qiao slept until ten in the morning.
After washing up, I saw my parents squatting in the corridor with the door open and Xiao Qiao in their arms.
She walked over in confusion and asked, "What's going on?" Looking down, she saw a crowd of people near the tenth floor, making a lot of noise.
"Shh." Qiao Huizhou quickly pressed his daughter down and explained in a low voice, "They started arguing this morning and almost got into a fight. Yang Mi, the head of our building, came back from rowing at around five o'clock with dozens of bottles of mineral water. She ran into Liu Lanxiang who lived on the eighth floor and had insomnia, so she got in trouble and the quarrel has continued until now."
Qiao Qiao was surprised, "What?" It would be bad if anyone saw it, but it had to be seen by the famous "Old Liu Gangster" in the community. This is really bad luck. But now every family is short of water, and everyone has become a "gangster".
Qiao Qiao recognized the muscular man who lived on the tenth floor as the one who had fought with the suit-suited man in 1001. "As the building manager, you should serve everyone. It's too much for you to sneak out when you have a boat."
Liu Lanxiang echoed, "That's right. My family has run out of food and water. We are starving and thirsty. I didn't expect that the building manager with thick eyebrows and big eyes would eat alone."
The original owner of the third floor, the man who now lives in 1102, grabbed Yang Mi's collar and pushed him against the wall. "What do you mean by eating alone? I've never seen him have a boat before. Who knows where he got this boat from? Maybe he stole it."
Qiao Qiao couldn't help but curl his lips. It was really ridiculous. When he moved to the eleventh floor, Yang Mi helped him, but now she was biting him back.
Yang Mi struggled to break free but failed, "I didn't, this boat was given to me by my relative, it's really mine."
"relative?"
Yang Mi nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Yes, my cousin works in the federal government. Before the power outage, I asked her to find a way to help me. As a result, she only found time now. She sent me a boat this morning. Even the water on the boat was provided by her. I really just found out about this."
Looking at the hungry eyes of the people around him, Yang Mi was completely frightened. His legs kept shaking, fearing that someone would do something irrational to him.
From Qiao Qiao's perspective, she saw an old man on Yang Mi's left who was looking down the whole time, wearing a windbreaker that was obviously ill-fitting, with his hands in his pockets.
He suddenly stepped forward, pushed aside the man in room 1102, took out a dagger from his pocket, and stabbed Yang Mi with force.
No one reacted during the whole process. Blood sprayed all over the man's face and he stood there in a daze.
"ah!"
Then terrible screams broke out in the corridor, and people around, some who came to watch the show, some who wanted to ask for an explanation, or some who planned to borrow the boat, all retreated like birds.
"Why did the ship arrive only today? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you help me?"
The old man cut the knife again and again like a madman, muttering to himself all the time.
"If it had been earlier, my son wouldn't have forced his way out because he had no food or water, and he wouldn't have drowned. It's all because of you that he died."
"Help...me..." Yang Mi fell to the ground, reaching out to the people around him for help, and couldn't stop spitting blood from his mouth.
After a few hits, he died of suffocation.
The old man stood up, holding the dagger that was dripping blood in his hand, and looked around with numb eyes.
"And you, when I went door to door to beg you, everyone refused me, saying that they had no food at home, but everyone is still alive. You should also go down to accompany my son and make atonement to him."
The people around him retreated one after another, and in the panic the old man killed another person.
Just as the old man was about to start killing again, three people rushed out of the crowd. With tacit cooperation, one of them kicked the old man away, another took the dagger, and the remaining one held down the old man who was struggling to get up.
After the first person made sure that the situation was under control, he turned to everyone and reassured them, "Don't be afraid, our brothers will protect you."
Liu Lanxiang patted her chest and said, "Ah, thank you guys, these guys are so nice. Without you, we, old bones, might be stuck here."
"Yeah, luckily I have you guys."
"Hey, I remember you guys, didn't you originally live on the fourth floor?"
The tall man in the lead said: “Yes.”
The fourth floor was flooded a long time ago, and everyone has been staying at home recently for fear of running into neighbors asking to borrow things.
Someone asked, "Where do you live now?"
The tall and thin man, Brother Deng, opened his arms and said, "1302, if anyone has any questions, please come to us. Everyone is always welcome."
There was a lot of discussion around.
"1302? Isn't that Xia Momo's house?"
"I remember it, it was that good-looking internet celebrity who recorded me."
"How could a little girl like her get involved with three men?"
The muscular man smiled proudly, "It's ours now."
"What?"
Noticing that the crowd was getting a little commotion again, the muscular man lifted the old man up and threw him out of the corridor window without mercy.
"thump!"
With the sound of falling into the water, the corridor suddenly became quiet, even quieter than when the old man went crazy and killed people indiscriminately.
After all, everyone could see that the old man was mentally ill because of the loss of his son, but these three people were obviously fine. They were talking and laughing with everyone one moment, and then they suddenly became conscious and wanted to kill people. They are simply dangerous elements.
The tall and thin man squatted on the stairs like a little gangster, playing with a dagger, "Why are you silent?"
The muscular man patted the non-existent dust and smiled creepily, "Maybe what I said just now was not clear. Not only 1302 is ours, the whole building is ours. Understand?"
Seeing that everyone was trembling with fear almost overflowing from their eyes but no one dared to leave, the Gundam man waited for a while before speaking.
"Zhuangzi, don't scare everyone."
The tall man adjusted his glasses and said, "Haha, don't take it seriously, they were just joking. The old man is obviously mentally ill, so he did that. As long as everyone lives in peace, I promise that nothing will happen."
The people in the corridor looked at each other and dared not say a word.
Qiao Qiao squatted upstairs, frowning as she watched the turmoil below.
If something goes wrong and blood is shed and murder is committed, coupled with a few ruthless leaders, the consequences will be disastrous.
"We'll leave this ship here for now. Starting tomorrow, we'll go out every day to look for supplies. Those who want to join will be given supplies, otherwise you'll have to figure it out on your own."
After saying that, the tall man turned and left. The other two carried the boat upstairs, and naturally took the mineral water on the boat away with them.
After walking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back, and everyone was startled.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Jin Han, and these are Deng San and Jiang Dazhuang." Jin Han pointed at the tall and thin man and the muscular man.
Xia Momo hid behind the crowd, looking at the three brothers' smug looks, her face gloomy and her heart itching with hatred.
"Good people don't live long, but evil people live for thousands of years."
After complaining, there was nothing I could do but go home and continue facing them.
"This..." Things changed too quickly, from wanting to pretend to be pitiful and borrow a boat to the old man suddenly going crazy, to the appearance of Jin Han and the other two, the whole process took less than five minutes. The other onlookers hadn't recovered yet.
Liu Lanxiang's son Ji Bu's eyes turned and he tried to open the door of Yang Mi's house. Unexpectedly, he succeeded at once.
When the others saw this, they had no idea what was going on and rushed in to divide up the supplies, just like hyenas pouncing on their prey.
After watching the fun, Qiao Qiao and his parents also went into the house.
Qiao Qiao held Xiao Qiao in her arms, "Where is Tang Mingli? If she were here, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
Qiao Huizhou served breakfast: "They came while you were still sleeping. Mingli has to carry out a special mission and will not be back for a while. Zhijie also went with him."
Qiao Qiao: "Ah? Then our family is the only one living on the 17th floor?"
Qiao Xinghe: "Yes, once they left, the person in charge of the building was gone. In the past, there was a policeman, who could at least deter people with bad intentions like those three. Now... well, everyone can only wish for the best."
After finishing her meal, Qiao Qiao had an idea, "In that case, let's seal off the corridor. Our house is on the top floor anyway."
Qiao Huizhou nodded. "That makes sense. Otherwise, when there's not enough food, they will definitely rob every household."
There is an anti-theft door on the staircase of each floor of the community, but the material is very ordinary, it can only protect gentlemen but not villains. Ordinary people can split it with an axe, not to mention the crazy crowd.
Qiao Xinghe went to the storage room on the second floor and took out a security door that he had prepared earlier and put it in the system backpack. This was a custom-made door that Qiao Qiao asked the decoration company to make according to the width of the corridor during the renovation.
The 100mm thick security door has a 300mm double door in the middle, made of steel, giving a full sense of security.
I took it out when I got to the corridor and placed it behind the original security door.
There are several door openings on the wall there, which were previously made by the decoration company. All we need to do is fix the door frame, install the door panel on the door frame, and install the lock.
Qiao Xinghe can do these simple steps by himself, and after completing it, he will wrap a few chain locks around it to ensure that there is no risk of error.
Qiao Xinghe wiped his sweat and said, "Now we can rest assured. As long as we don't open it, no one from outside can get in."
Qiao Qiao wrote a piece of paper and posted it on the outside of the double door, "Tang, please knock on the door if you come back. Thank you for your understanding."
No. 1302.
Deng San drank half a bottle of water in one breath, and then slapped the empty bottle on the table, "Great! After all the twists and turns, we finally have a boat."
Jiang Dazhuang smiled and said, "Yes, the eldest brother is still the best. He can scare everyone with one move. Otherwise, it is hard to say who will get the boat."
Deng San: "Not only will we have a ship, but we can also make everyone obey us. This is killing two birds with one stone. We can do whatever we want."
Jin Han glanced at them and said, "Don't go too far. If the police on the top floor hadn't left in the morning, do you think it would be our turn? The Federation still exists, so be more careful."
"Yes, I will listen to you, big brother."
The night before.
Deng San was so upset that he kept jumping up and down, hitting the sofa to vent his anger. "Give me a cigarette! I can't bear it anymore!"
Jiang Dazhuang emptied his cigarette box and said, "Brother Deng, there are no more cigarettes."
Deng San pushed him hard a few times and said, "Find a way, steal or rob! Get it for me."
"You go!" Seeing Zhuangzi not moving, he looked at Xia Momo fiercely.
Xia Momo surrendered with her hands, "I really have no choice." She was so scared that she squatted back in the bedroom.
Deng San was so anxious that he turned around and around, "Rescue team, yes, the rescue team must have cigarettes when they go out every day."
Zhuangzi: "Forget cigarettes, there's not much food and water left."
Deng San squatted in front of Jin Han and said, "Brother, I couldn't sleep last night. I saw a man on the 9th floor bringing back a bunch of stuff, and the same thing happened to the people on the 17th floor. They have a boat, so they must have gone out to look for supplies at night."
"There's a boat..." Jin Han thought to himself.
Deng San continued to exaggerate, "What's holding us back is the lack of a boat. If we could steal one..."
This scared Zhuangzi so much that he immediately rejected it, "Brother, you can't do that. There's a policewoman on the 17th floor. She might have a gun."
Jin Han narrowed his eyes. "From now on, everyone should keep an eye on the windows. Maybe someone has a boat..."
"yes."
Time goes back to the present, just as the three were relaxing and enjoying themselves, there was a knock on the door.
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