It seems this group of people won't end well today.
Xu Lai quickly locked the door, went into the space, and led everyone out.
As soon as I returned to the living room, I heard a loud knocking on the door.
Xu Haiguo was so angry that he started cursing.
"Damn it, what are these guys trying to do?"
"Grab your things, let's go out and take a look!"
Xu Jiangming picked up the extendable stun gun that was placed in the entryway and immediately made a decision.
In his early years working on construction sites, he had encountered thugs before. He knew he could never back down from these people; the only way was to fight fire with fire.
Xu Lai also took out the two pistols that Old Master Qin had given her.
The pistol was already loaded with bullets.
She took one for herself and gave the other to her second great-uncle.
Having lived through her previous life, she was used to killing and injuring people. Her second great-uncle had killed bandits and foreign enemies while on missions in the army when he was young.
In the event of a life-threatening emergency, only the two of them would be able to remain conscious and deliver the fatal blow to those people.
When they opened the door, the three members of the Xiao family across the street were already standing inside the fire door and the entrance to the connecting corridor.
Why should we pay you a fish tax?
Old Master Xiao was a man of integrity, and he couldn't stand the bandit-like behavior of Xiong Zhong and his gang.
"Ha, why? Because this building hasn't been disturbed by outsiders under the protection of our brothers!"
As soon as Xu Lai and the others came out, they heard that familiar voice.
It seems that Xiong Zhong, the head of the building management department, has also come to collect fish tax from them this time.
With a 30% tax, the two families received about 500 catties of fish today, but after paying the tax, they lost more than 150 catties of fish.
"Even the landlords wouldn't dare collect taxes like this! Aren't you just robbing us? You're incredibly shameless!"
Xu Lai stepped forward and couldn't help but sneer.
Upon hearing Xu Lai's voice, the three members of the Xiao family realized that the entire Xu family had come out. The three nodded to the Xu family as a greeting.
"You woman!"
Hearing Xu Lai's sarcasm, Xiong Zhong became furious.
Then, pretending to be nonchalant, he said, "If you two don't want to pay taxes, then just move out of our territory!"
"Your territory?"
This time, not only Xu Lai, but even Li Qingya, who is usually quiet, couldn't help but laugh.
This is completely upside down!
"We bought this house with our own money, what's it to you?"
"You're just the property management of this building at best. Shouldn't you be the ones getting out?"
Li Qingya, as expected of a teacher, delivered a well-reasoned and logical rebuttal, making Xu Lai and the others want to applaud her.
"Boss Xiong, why be polite with them? Let's barge in and start fighting!"
Because it was raining outside, the light in the stairwell was dim, and Xu Lai couldn't see the expression on Xiong Zhong's face clearly.
However, just a few seconds later, a sharp, piercing sound assaulted the eardrums.
Everyone looked over and saw four or five thugs wildly hacking at the fire door with axes.
"These beasts!"
Xu Jiangming couldn't help but curse angrily. He hadn't expected these people to become so audacious.
"Fortunately, thanks to Lai's connections, the fire door was replaced with a blast-proof door!"
Not only that, they also installed two explosion-proof doors inside their house.
Otherwise, if these people really broke in, their lives would probably be in real danger.
Xiao Shan said with great relief.
Although this door is of bank explosion-proof grade and very sturdy, if those people insist on using violence, it will eventually be destroyed.
Immediately, Xu Lai, standing beside Xiao Shan, flung away the stun baton in his hand and shouted, "We can't let them be so arrogant! Since they've attacked, how can we not fight back!"
So Xu Lai's men started wielding stun guns and long knives, hacking at the people through the gaps between the steel bars on the upper half of the blast door.
Ah~
The space outside the door was narrow, and those people couldn't dodge in time. Two of them were immediately shocked with electric batons.
One person collapsed to the ground in pain, howling in agony, while the other person fainted immediately.
"Holy crap! Brothers, grab your knives and start hacking!"
Wang Cai, Xiong Zhong's number one henchman, who was guarding the blast door of the connecting corridor, immediately shouted out.
Upon hearing the order, the thugs outside the two doors immediately thrust their meter-long knives through the gaps in the fire doors at Xu Lai and his group.
Fortunately, they had some room to retreat, which allowed them to avoid their longswords.
"Haha, if you've got the guts, open the door and let's fight!"
When the people over there saw Xu Lai and her group nearly fall as they backed away, they all burst into laughter.
Seeing that the group of beasts had no scruples whatsoever, Xiao Shan directly rebuked them: "The floodwaters have almost receded, aren't you afraid that the higher-ups will send troops to rescue us?"
To put it bluntly, once the army arrives, at this point, lawless people like those outside will only be shot!
"Haha, you must be dreaming! Military rescue? Do you know why the floodwaters here suddenly dropped so quickly?"
Xiao Shan was surprised that his words did not frighten the group; instead, they all burst into laughter.
It was as if what he had just said was just a joke.
Protected by his underlings, Xiong Zhong stepped forward, wiped away the tears of laughter, and continued to mock.
"Because the middle reaches of the Changyan River, which flows through City C, were finally washed away by the flood!"
"Your saviors—those idiots have gone mad from serving in the military. All they know is to desperately raise and widen the river channel, hoping to protect the cities downstream that are responsible for flood discharge from being destroyed by this raging flood. In the end, the dam, which has been raised and widened to more than a hundred meters, was still washed away by the increasing floodwaters from upstream!"
After saying a few words, Xiong Zhong laughed for a while at the parts he found funny.
Then he continued, "Old man, according to reliable sources, at least half of the more than 20,000 short-lived men guarding the sluice gate and dam drowned, and the other half are busy rescuing the even more unfortunate group downstream who were swallowed by the raging flood..."
After hearing Xiong Zhong's words, Xu Lai and his group, especially Old Master Xiao who had a special affection for the army and soldiers, went from being completely incredulous at first, to believing that what this beast said was very likely true, considering that the flood had suddenly occurred outside that day.
Before Xiong Zhong could even utter the word "ghost," Old Master Xiao could no longer contain himself. With red eyes, he roared at Xiong Zhong outside the fire station, "You beast! How dare you insult the People's Liberation Army!"
His voice was filled with immense heartache and anger.
He was heartbroken that so many young soldiers lost their young lives in the torrential rain and flood.
What's infuriating is that these soldiers, who rush to wherever there's danger and are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the people, have been insulted by the very people they're willing to risk their lives to protect!
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