Hua Mi sat on a case of mineral water, her eyes still glued to the Candy Crush game, and kicked it away.
Today she wore a pair of sneakers that were comfortable for driving and walking.
That kick struck the leather-clad man's outstretched hand, pinning his fingers against the iron railing of the truck bed.
"ah!!!!"
A scream rang out from the man in the leather jacket.
It was particularly jarring in the early morning.
Hua Mi's eyes were fixed on the phone screen in her hand, her fingers tapping rapidly.
I haven't even finished one game of Candy Crush yet.
Hearing the commotion, the security guard quickly grabbed his stun gun and ran out.
Hua Mi, who was in the truck bed, twitched her ears and only released her foot from the leather-clad man's fingers when she heard the security guard's footsteps.
"You filthy bitch!"
The man in the leather jacket pulled his hand back, not even bothering to look at his fingers, and lunged forward to rush onto the truck bed.
Just then, the security guards ran over and saw what was happening: a big man with a fierce and ferocious face was lunging at a young lady who was a major client of their water treatment plant.
This is outrageous! They're treating security guards like they're not police officers!
The security guard, though he could tolerate it, couldn't stand it anymore and struck the man on the back with a stun gun.
"Get down! Do you think this is a place where you think with your lower body? You scum of a man!"
Back in the day, even security guards had training!
The man who was hit with the stun gun immediately covered his head and started fighting with the security guard.
It turns out that the security guards I used to train with... weren't quite up to the task.
Hua Mi finally put down the match-3 game in her hand, jumped off the truck bed, and pulled an iron rod from the ground beside her.
What she picked up casually appeared to be scrap steel bars from construction.
Just as her eyes were fixed on the man in the leather jacket, the burly man who had been the first to buy water drove back.
Without hesitation, he heard the security guard repeatedly shouting "You filthy hooligan!", so he jumped out of the car, ran up to Hua Mi, and asked:
"Hey girl, what's going on? Is this guy bullying you?"
Hua Mi nodded without hesitation. The burly man turned around, raised his fist, and joined the security guard in beating the man in the leather jacket.
Seeing this, the man in the leather jacket jumped into the car and drove away, pursued by the security guard and the burly, kind-hearted man.
Hua Mi casually tossed the iron rod she had picked up into the storage room.
Then, the security guard, filled with righteous indignation, pulled out his phone and called the police. While describing the leather-clad thug to the officers, he stood beside Hua Mi, trying to persuade her.
"Don't be afraid, beautiful lady. The police will be here soon and they will definitely catch that scoundrel for you."
Another burly, kind-hearted man who returned, sleeves rolled up, said angrily:
"Thank goodness I came back to buy water. That hypocrite is a complete scoundrel."
Hua Mi, who wasn't afraid at all, nodded seriously and sincerely thanked the security guard and the burly, kind man for their righteous help.
I truly hope that people like this, even in the desperate survival environment of the apocalypse, can remain as upright and kind as they are today.
She then looked at the kind, burly man.
"Didn't you just buy 1000 bottles of water? Why do you need more?"
Huo Jing looked embarrassed.
"Hey, I just drove this car back, and my wife was complaining in the family group chat that I bought so much water. Little did she know that every single relative in our family group was asking us to share some water with them. Do you think there's enough water?"
"It's definitely not enough."
Hua Mi shook her head. If earthquakes really keep happening, how can 1,000 bottles of water be enough?
What's more, she saw that this strong and kind man seemed to have a particularly good heart, as he actually gave his own water to his relative and then ran back to buy water himself.
Hua Mi glanced at Huo Jing with concern, then, after thinking for a moment, gave him the address of a supermarket.
"I have enough water here for now. If you need water, you can come to this place to find me."
"Isn't there a phone or something?"
Huo Jing scratched his head. If Hua Mi could leave her phone number, it would be easier for him to contact her.
Hua Mi chuckled.
"You should just write down the address."
Because she wasn't sure when the signal base station would collapse and her phone would lose signal if the shaking continued like this.
Therefore, everyone should prepare for life without mobile phones.
Huo Jing assumed that Hua Mi didn't want to have any deep contact with him, since she didn't even add him on WeChat. He didn't take it to heart, after all, it's normal for a young girl to be a little wary.
So he bought 3,000 bottles of mineral water from Huami in one go.
With so much water available, even if more family and relatives come, it should last until the water price returns to normal.
After Huo Jing left, dragging the water with him, Hua Mi waited with the security guards for the police to arrive.
But the police didn't come all morning.
Even after all 30,000 newly made bottles of mineral water had been loaded onto the truck, the police were still nowhere to be seen.
The security guard made several phone calls to inquire about the reason, then frowned and looked at Hua Mi.
"Miss, there's been another earthquake. The police have all been mobilized to maintain order, so they probably won't be able to come here today."
Three more residential areas in Xiangcheng collapsed.
The entire rescue team in Xiangcheng was extremely busy. The local rescue team was not enough, and they even began to recruit civilian survivors. Everyone was putting in their best effort to dig people out of the collapsed ruins.
The garrison outside the city and the police inside the city were all mobilized to help rescue the person. No one was handling Hua Mi's minor attempted crime.
Chaos has broken out, chaos has become increasingly apparent.
Hua Mi said to the security guard with a blank expression:
“I see that your water treatment plant is located in Xiangcheng New District, which is in a relatively remote area. Why don’t you bring your family to live here for a while? It will be closer to the water treatment plant.”
After she finished speaking, she received a call from Gong Yi.
Gong Yi was conducting rescue operations in the suburbs and hadn't finished rescuing the survivors in the self-built houses when he suddenly felt the ground shake violently.
He immediately knew that the earthquake had started again, so he called Hua Mi right away.
The first thing Gong Yi said after the call connected was...
"How much bottled water do you have left? The rescue team needs it all."
In the entire Xiangcheng, only Hua Mi had mineral water bottles, so the water plant manager had no choice but to prioritize selling mineral water to Hua Mi.
Gong Yi didn't know where Hua Mi got so many mineral water bottles from, but he had a strong sense of crisis, feeling that these natural and man-made disasters might not subside anytime soon.
So without notifying his superiors, Gong Yi called Hua Mi directly and said he wanted to buy all the water she had.
"Hmm... quite a lot."
Hua Mi looked back at the water treatment plant behind her. Her truck was now loaded with 30,000 bottles of mineral water, but she had previously ordered another 100,000 bottles.
"Okay, take him to the ambulance center. I'll send someone to contact you."
This time, Gong Yi didn't waste any more words with Hua Mi. After finishing his business, he hung up the phone directly.
He was too busy to have the leisure to enjoy romance with Hua Mi.
When lives are at stake, he's so stressed he'd be ready to explode. Any responsible person wouldn't have time for sentimental musings.
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