Ye Yunxi and the others, who were sleeping, were unaware of this.
At this moment, more and more people in the villa area outside were awakened and threatened by the people in the slum. Some cried loudly, some shouted, and some were meek and dared not make a sound.
Most of the people in the slums are vicious and ruthless, so the people in the villas are naturally no match for them.
Soon, people from the slums arrived at Ye Yunxi's villa area, and the commotion quickly spread.
Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng, who were sleeping, were suddenly awakened by the noise downstairs.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Ye Yunxi frowned and spoke.
"Something's happened outside!"
Without hesitation, Fu Heng said, "Let's go take a look."
The two quickly got up, without turning on the lights, and opened the door to head towards the balcony, when they saw Minyu and Xuanyu come out.
The group didn't speak, but made a shushing gesture and pointed towards the balcony.
The group nodded and tiptoed toward the balcony.
Upon reaching the balcony, Ye Yunxi and the others saw a group of men armed with weapons violently breaking into the homes of some people downstairs.
While they were robbing people in the villa area, all that could be heard were screams and angry curses from women and children.
Ye Yunxi frowned, not expecting that such a thing would still happen at the base; the thing she had been worried about had come to pass.
Seeing this, Minyu said angrily in a low voice.
"These people are despicable. They know the base will be moving away soon, yet they still want to take advantage of this time to rob wealthy families."
Xuan Yu frowned and said, "They probably waited until this moment to rob the rich. They know that if they move away from here, they won't have enough to eat, so they come to rob the rich. Judging by their speed, they'll probably be here soon."
"What do we do then? Fight them?" Minyu asked in alarm.
Fu Heng looked seriously at the commotion downstairs and spoke to them.
"Judging from their behavior, reasoning with them won't work. We can only force them first. I wonder if Captain Li knows about this."
Ye Yunxi turned to look at Fu Heng. "Why don't we contact Captain Li and have him bring some men over?"
"Can!"
As Ye Yunxi spoke, she took out her phone from her spatial storage and searched for Li Yan's phone number. After finding it, she was about to make a call when she heard Li Yan's voice coming from afar.
"Stop moving! All of you, stop right there!"
Li Yan and He Yidong led several groups of men running over, weapons in hand, towards the people in the slums.
When the people in the slums saw that it was Li Yan and his group, they were too terrified to move and could only let the other soldiers point their weapons at them.
They knew they couldn't defeat these soldiers, and they never considered going against them.
Li Yan and He Yidong came up to them and asked them seriously.
"Who's in charge?"
They all looked at Li Yan and the others guiltily, and no one spoke first.
After waiting a while, seeing that no one spoke, Li Yan asked again.
"Why are you robbing other people's grain? Anyone who doesn't talk will be thrown into jail and severely interrogated!"
One of the men thought for a moment, then mustered his courage and spoke.
"The base is about to move away from here to Montenegro. We people living in the slums are already struggling to get enough to eat at the base. We work ourselves to the bone just to earn a little food. Now that the base is moving away, how are we going to survive without food in Montenegro?"
After the man finished speaking, the others began to chatter amongst themselves.
"That's right. Now that the base has moved away from here, who will care about our lives?"
"How can we survive without food?"
"Yeah, once we get to Monterey Park, will you still care whether we live or die?"
Li Yan listened to the men's explanations with a dark expression, while He Yidong also looked at this group of unreasonable people with a dark expression.
After they finished speaking, Li Yan slowly spoke.
"What you've mentioned has already been considered by Base Chief Wu, which is why he's been having the base staff prepare dried vegetable water, grains, and so on. The base won't abandon you. Since you can survive with us at the base, you'll naturally stay with us in Meng City as well."
Moreover, there will be work to be done in Monterey Park. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will be well-fed every day and every meal, and you will not go hungry.
The group of people looked at each other and whispered among themselves.
"Do you think what Captain Li said is true?"
"If it's true, does that mean we won't go hungry anymore?"
One of the men, who looked like the leader, looked at Li Yan with an authoritative expression and asked.
"Captain Li, is what you're saying true? Can you really guarantee we won't go hungry?"
Li Yan nodded to the man and said.
"I'm telling the truth. If I'm lying even a little bit, may I, Li Yan, die a horrible death!"
When He Yidong heard Li Yan say that, he quickly stopped Li Yan.
“Captain Li! You can’t say that. Besides, the base commander also told us that we must make sure everyone in the base is well-fed and clothed and doesn’t go hungry.”
Then He Yidong looked at the people in the slums and said.
"Please trust us, trust Commander Wu. We haven't abandoned you. We will definitely take you with us. You will need to work in Meng City, but don't worry, we will never let you go hungry. You will have enough to eat every meal."
After hearing what He Yidong said, many people in the slums were shaken.
They knew the base commander wouldn't abandon them.
Then the leader looked at Li Yan and said.
"Captain Li, since you have already assured us, we will believe you this time and hope that what you said is true."
Also, this time it was our fault. We just looted the supplies; please, Captain Li, help us return them. We were forced to do it.
Seeing that the leader was so sensible, Li Yan didn't mention punishing them, but simply spoke to them.
“I know you are doing this out of necessity. Don’t worry, we will be moving out of here in a little over a week. When you help the base move your things, I, Li Yan, will share some of my food with you.”
"Okay, you said it yourself. Since the base needs us, then we'll do our part for the base."
Li Yan felt much relieved at this point. He hoped that this incident would not happen again.
After making arrangements with the people in the slums, Li Yan returned the grain they had looted to each household, and even apologized to them.
Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng, along with the others, could see everything clearly from upstairs and naturally heard Li Yan and the others' conversation.
This group of people were forced into this situation. They had always lived in the slums and were lucky to earn enough food through their work. Now that the base was going to move, they were naturally anxious and worried that their lives would become even more difficult, which is why they resorted to this desperate measure.
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