Su Yao belatedly realized that he hadn't tricked anyone else, but had instead tricked himself: "Stop pinching me, stop pinching me! Who are you guys, and what brings you here?"
The three men, dressed in black raincoats, exchanged glances. The tallest man stepped forward and said, "My name is Chu Shao, and I currently live in Building 1, Phase 1 of Jinyuan."
The person to his right then introduced himself: "My name is He Shengnan, and I currently live in Building 2, Phase 1 of Jinyuan."
The heavy rain almost completely obscured the faces of the three people, and it wasn't until she spoke that Banxia realized it was a woman.
The man on the left stepped forward: "My name is Zhang Bo, and I currently live in Building 3, Phase 1 of Jinyuan."
Jinyuan Community is the name of Miaomiaoshan upscale residential area.
Su Yao asked, puzzled, "What do you three want with us? We don't seem to have any connection."
Chu Shao smiled gently: "I made a deal with this girl before the New Year—" He pointed to Banxia, "Do you remember me, girl?"
Banxia not only remembered him, but also He Shengnan, the woman who had approached them to sell her products when they first went to the trading market.
"I remember you came here to exchange supplies, right?"
Chu Shao smiled wryly: "Would it be convenient for the three of you to find a place to discuss this in detail?"
“Since it’s not a transaction,” Banxia yawned, “we’ll head back now.”
These three people came to our door so abruptly, their demands must be considerable; they have no interest in being good people.
“Little sister,” He Shengnan called out loudly, stopping the three who turned to leave without hesitation, “I want to rent guns and ammunition from you, and I’ll pay with crystal cores!”
Banxia stopped and turned around. He Shengnan explained urgently, "You must have heard about the bloody conflict that has occurred in the past few days. Yesterday, those thugs occupied buildings four and five of Jinyuan Phase I. Their next target is buildings one, two, and three. We survivors in buildings three are not strong enough to fight them."
"We've heard that you three have quite a few guns, and we'd like to ask you to rent a few to fight off the enemy. Don't worry, we won't rent them for free; we'll pay with crystal cores!"
If they hadn't heard that Banxia and her companions possessed supernatural abilities in addition to guns, they wouldn't have dared to be so shameless as to ask someone to rent weapons for their own survival.
Chu Shao looked sincerely at Banxia and the other two: "I know that your three families do not want to cause trouble, but after those bandits seized the Jinyuan Community, they will definitely be greedy and attack the villa area. If you three are willing to lend us your guns and ammunition, this trouble will not exist."
The gun belonged to Banxia, so neither Su Yao nor Cai Yuan spoke up, but waited for her to make a decision.
What the two said made sense. Banxia thought about it carefully for a while and said, "I can rent guns to you, but only for three days. Is that okay?"
Three days is enough to wipe out that group of bandits. If it takes any longer, she's afraid someone might escape with a gun, and then the losses would be much greater.
Chu Shao and the other two were overjoyed and exclaimed, "Agreed! You're such a kind person, sister!"
Banxia didn't consider herself a good person: "I can rent you ten pistols and ten submachine guns, each with one hundred rounds of ammunition. The rental fee for a pistol is twenty level-two crystal cores for three days, and the rental fee for a submachine gun is three times that of a pistol, with one level-one crystal core per bullet."
She deliberately raised the price, leaving room for bargaining, but to her surprise, Chu Shao and the other two agreed without hesitation.
The three looked at Banxia with gratitude: What a kind person she is!
Banxia: "...I'll collect the crystal cores first, and I'll also require an additional 50% deposit to prevent the gun from being lost or intentionally damaged."
"OK!"
Although Banxia needs a lot of crystal cores, when divided among the three buildings, each household only needs one or two level-one crystal cores, which is not a big deal.
Chu Shao and the other two kept their word and returned all the guns to Banxia on the third night.
After carefully inspecting the gun, Banxia put it into her spatial storage: "The gun is fine, the transaction is complete."
“Girl,” Chu Shao hesitated before calling out to Banxia, “Do you still accept gold, silver, jewelry, and crystal cores?”
After going through a life-or-death ordeal together, the three buildings had become much more harmonious. He knew that many families were on the verge of starvation and couldn't bear to see them die of hunger, so he tentatively asked them.
Banxia nodded: "We'll take as many as we can."
With so many people in the family, no amount of gold and crystal cores would be enough to make more.
Chu Shao's eyes suddenly lit up with a bright light: "We have at least tens of thousands of crystal cores and several kilograms of gold. Can you eat them all?"
"The transaction will take place at the villa next door at 2 PM tomorrow."
The next afternoon, Banxia and Nanxing arrived fifteen minutes early, but Chu Shao, Zhang Shengnan, and Zhang Bo arrived even earlier.
Zhang Shengnan greeted them warmly: "Girls, you've arrived."
Banxia nodded: "My name is Banxia, and this is my husband, Nanxing. I can see you're in a hurry, so let's not waste any more time and start the transaction now."
Although Zhang Shengnan and the other two looked anxious, they managed to keep their expressions composed. The other dozen or so men and women stared intently at her as soon as she entered, as if afraid that she would not come or would run away.
Zhang Shengnan forced an awkward smile: "I'm sorry, it's been raining heavily for a month, and the low-rise buildings in the city are flooded, making it more difficult to find supplies than before. We're all almost out of food, so we're a bit anxious."
Banxia said understandingly, "It's okay, let's begin."
The survivors lacked supplies partly because working in the water was difficult, and partly because food and clothing soaked in sewage carried a large number of germs and were unusable.
Seeing that Banxia was easy to talk to, Zhang Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief and handed her the list she had prepared in advance: "These are the things we hope to exchange this time."
Banxia took the list and examined it carefully. Food, medicine, clothing, and baby supplies each accounted for almost 23 percent of the needs, while the remaining 8 percent consisted of family planning products, feminine hygiene products, water transportation, gasoline, and diesel fuel.
Banxia certainly couldn't claim to have everything, as that would only arouse suspicion: "I don't have these kinds of medicines, I only have three extra assault boats, and my gasoline and diesel stock is low, so I don't plan to trade for the time being..."
She picked out the less common items and energy sources like gasoline and diesel, then handed the list back to Zhang Shengnan.
Zhang Shengnan was already mentally prepared, so she wasn't disappointed: "Then let's replace these medicines with..."
After careful discussion, the two finalized the transaction list.
Then, following the same method, Chu Shao and Zhang Bo finalized the transaction list.
Banxia waved her hand and placed the items in the living room: "Check them on the spot, we are not responsible for anything once they leave the house."
Although Zhang Shengnan and the other two seem to be doing well for now, it's always wise to be cautious and complete the handover in person to avoid future disputes.
Zhang Shengnan and the other two were afraid that Banxia would fool them, so they handed the crystal cores to Banxia and squatted down to count the goods.
"Boom!"
The house suddenly shook, followed by a loud noise.
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