Chapter 24 You Are Kind
"Go down."
Qiao Lan turned around, expressionless.
The middle-aged woman choked up and begged: "Girl, please take me with you, please be kind, I really can't walk, look at my legs..."
She pointed to the swollen calf beneath her rolled-up trouser leg.
It was probably hit or dropped.
Xiao Li showed sympathy: "Sister Lan, how about..."
"Get down!"
Qiao Lan interrupted Xiao Li, got out of the car, and warned the middle-aged woman again.
Not only did the middle-aged woman not listen, she also hugged Xiao Li and said, "Let's squeeze in. The motorcycle is so big, it can accommodate three people. I'll sit a little further back."
At the same time, she pushed away several people who were about to get on the bus.
Qiao Lan didn't waste any more words and just grabbed her elbow.
“Ah, ahhhh…”
The woman suddenly screamed.
There's a painful spot on the elbow, but Qiao Lan knows that touching it will cause numbness in the arm, which will cause pain and numbness, and she won't be able to use any strength. She hit the woman hard, and she was in so much pain that she started crying.
I was pretending to cry when I begged just now, but now I am really crying.
But she was forced to let go of her hand, while her other hand was still tightly holding Xiao Li.
Qiao Lan grabbed her arm, dragged her out of the car and threw her on the ground.
Xiao Li's coat was almost pulled off by her.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Did I promise to take you with me? Do I know you?"
To make an example of someone else to scare the monkeys, Qiao Lan stepped hard on the woman's already red and swollen leg, causing her to scream and tremble in pain.
Seeing this, several people around who wanted to force their way into the car withdrew their hands and stepped back, not daring to act rashly anymore.
"This girl is really too much."
"Is this intentional injury? Call the police, call the police!"
"Let's restrain her first and hand her over to the police when they arrive. We can't let her get away with hurting someone. We have to pay for her medical expenses, right?"
Even after retreating, he was still unwilling to give up and stood aside making sarcastic remarks.
Qiao Lan kicked over and knocked down the man who said he wanted to control her.
"Call the police now, and see if any of them will pay you any attention." Qiao Lan said with a cold face, scanning them. "If anyone still wants me to pay for their medical expenses, come over here and let me kick them a few times, and I'll give you the money."
The few people who were caught in the glance lowered their heads and retreated further away.
If you can't beat them, hide.
The people who were clinging to Xiao Tang's car also quickly got off and left.
Qiao Lan glanced at them, got back into the car and left.
The motorcycle sped away, and no one dared to try again.
"...Sister Lan, I'm sorry."
Xiao Li sat behind Qiao Lan and after a long while, he whispered an apology.
"What are you sorry for?" Qiao Lan asked.
"I didn't realize they had bad intentions just now, and I even tried to persuade you to help lead the people. I was confused."
"No, you are kind."
As Qiao Lan drove, he said, "Rescuing people after a disaster is a matter of course. When you see the injured or sick, you want to help them. This is the first reaction of a kind-hearted person."
"When we see someone fall down on the street, or a hungry kitten crying in the corner, don't we instinctively want to help?"
"I might not help for various reasons, like whether the person is deliberately trying to scam me, or whether I'll be held responsible for paying for their medical bills if I help them up, or whether the cat looks dirty and might be carrying any viruses or bacteria. These are all normal considerations."
"So you want that woman to get in the car, yes."
"And I didn't let her ride because I realized their bad intentions a little earlier than you did. You could say I've seen more bad guys than you have, so I'm more experienced."
"There are so many injured people in the community, and that woman's leg was just swollen. Others with broken legs didn't even ask for our help."
"And those few people who gathered around, shouting that they didn't have the strength to walk, yet they still had the energy to push and shove to grab seats?"
"He just had a crush on our car, and since we're young and fresh-looking, he figured we'd be easy to talk to and take advantage of."
"If I hadn't been ruthless, I'd probably be 'controlled' now, and my car would have been 'borrowed'."
"Xiao Li, remember, people who truly need help—normal people, I mean—will be courteous and polite when asking for help. They won't force their way through like this."
"As for these people, they're not forced into this. Most of them aren't good people in their daily lives. They take advantage of every opportunity they see."
Qiao Lan actually doesn't like to reason.
A gentleman takes action, not talks.
Why waste time arguing if a fight can solve the problem?
I say so much to give Xiao Li and Xiao Tang next to him some psychological support.
These two friends still have the thinking of a civilized society, especially Xiao Tang, who used to be a soldier and is passionate at heart. He just helped dig people out of the ruins of the community, but in just a short while, his hands were rubbed and bleeding. If he wasn't busy walking, he would still be digging.
Because of this, Qiao Lan and he suffered a lot in their previous life when they were trying to survive in the early days of the apocalypse.
It wasn't just him, Qiao Lan was also kind-hearted at that time.
Whenever they encountered a particularly miserable stranger, they couldn't help but want to help, sharing their limited food and water, or taking the person to find a safe place.
It’s not that there aren’t people who are grateful to them and help each other, but to be honest, there aren’t many of them.
Moreover, in the end-of-the-world environment, such people will die quickly.
Qiao Lan and Xiao Tang were cheated many times and almost lost their lives. Only then did they learn their lesson and gradually give up their desire to help others.
Later, Xiao Tang passed away, and Qiao Lan endured it all alone, and gradually her heart became as hard as iron.
In this life, she is trying to survive with Xiao Li and Xiao Tang. Naturally, she cannot treat them badly materially. Psychologically, she also has to provide them with guidance as soon as possible so that they don't fall into the same trap as before.
"Well, Sister Lan, I understand. We can't help bad people."
After hearing this, Xiao Li made a serious promise.
Qiao Lan said: "No, good people can't be helped easily."
"……Um?"
"For example, right now, time is running out, and we still need to find your classmates. If we bring others on the bus, and if we find your surviving classmates later, there won't be any seats left."
Qiao Lan warned, "A car seat is also a resource. When resources are extremely scarce, helping others is equivalent to killing your own people. Should we take that woman to a shelter and let your classmate be left to die in the coming gale?"
Xiao Li was shocked.
Biting his lip, staring, he was struggling and thinking.
The principle is simple and easy to understand.
But when it comes to choosing between life and death, kind people struggle the most.
As they were talking, the motorcycle drove to the dormitory building where Xiao Li was.
There is a ruin in front of me.
Qiao Lan stopped the car and patted Xiao Li on the shoulder.
“We can only do what we can.”
Xiao Li nodded heavily, his eyes blurred with tears.
She wiped away her tears, walked to the ruins, tried hard to find her lost classmates, and shouted their names loudly.
The five-story dormitory building collapsed at an angle.
The building faces south and tilts from east to west, so almost every dormitory on every floor is crushed by the walls.
Like falling dominoes.
If you fail to escape the moment the building collapses, there is basically no hope.
"... I love you walking alone in dark alleys, I love you for not kneeling, I love you for facing despair..."
"...For many years, I have slept in the wind and snow, and I have had breakfast with the tiger..."
A cell phone rang among the ruins.
After it rings here, it rings over there.
More than just a phone.
The victims were trapped in the wall, with only their cell phones ringing and lighting up in vain as their relatives and friends anxiously inquired about their whereabouts.
No one picked up.
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