Chapter 49 The Sheng Brothers
As for whether the flood would reach the 14th floor, Lu Xingtang was not sure. Because of her rebirth, her life trajectory had changed dramatically, and many people had also changed because of her. Moreover, the natural disaster in this life had occurred earlier, so the past life could not be used as an accurate basis.
The temperature will also be affected by the bursting of the five major reservoirs. Originally, the temperature in the capital in May was around 20 degrees Celsius, and the temperature difference between morning and evening was not too big. Generally, long-sleeved or short-sleeved T-shirts would be enough. However, due to the outbreak of the apocalyptic natural disaster and the continuous attacks of severe storms, the temperature dropped sharply and has dropped to around minus ten degrees Celsius.
In the past, after the reservoir burst its dam, the temperature dropped to minus 30°C and many people died of hypothermia.
To prevent people downstairs from knocking on the door on the 19th floor and forcing their way in, Lu Xingtang opened the door and stood guard at the door. As soon as he reached the stairs, he saw Ji Yanmo and Su Cheng already waiting there.
As Min Weihuan knocked on every door, he inadvertently looked up and met the gazes of Lu Xingtang and the other two. He was startled and said, "Lu Xingtang, if you need help on the 19th floor, remember to call me. By the way, I won't put anyone on the 19th floor."
If it weren't for the supplies, he wouldn't have taken on the position of building leader, it's a thankless job. The 19th floor isn't easy to deal with, but fortunately, he hadn't planned to fight them from the beginning. Hopefully, we can all stay in peace.
Except for the people on the 19th floor, everyone was called out to gather and see whose house could be habitable so that people could temporarily live on the flooded 10th floor.
The widow who originally lived in 1604 hid away and refused to move in no matter how hard people knocked or pried open the door. As a result, the building manager asked her to open the door, otherwise he would climb through the window and smash the glass in her house, and throw her out of the building to fend for herself. The widow was so scared that she had to open the door, so the widow's house suddenly took in two large families, who had a grudge against her.
After much effort, the other families on the 10th floor were separated and arranged. The process of arrangement made Min Weihuan so angry that he was unwilling to accept the other people into his home, no matter how much supplies he offered, for fear that they would not leave.
To appease everyone, Min Weihuan said, "As soon as the water recedes, he will chase them away. If they refuse to leave and try to occupy your home, I will kill them immediately! They will suffer the consequences!"
Just as they had arranged for the residents on the 10th floor, the water level surpassed the 10th floor and reached the 11th floor. The residents on the 11th floor also began to move up, which made Min Weihuan anxious like an ant on the hot pot. In desperation, he knocked on every door and asked them to live in their doorstep if they didn't open the door.
Another heated argument ensued, and Min Weihuan, furious, threatened to resign as building manager. Only after much persuasion and demands for rent, in the form of food, did they finally calm down. Furthermore, the residents on the tenth floor were also required to pay food as rent, or be immediately evicted!
Later, the residents on the 11th floor were arranged to live in rooms 1501, 1602, and 1703 respectively.
When the water level gradually reached the 12th floor, the temperature suddenly dropped to minus 15° and minus 19°. Su Cheng was worried that something might happen to Su Hao, so he went home to take care of him.
Su Hao looked at Su Cheng guiltily: "Cheng Cheng, Daddy is a burden to you!"
"Dad, don't talk nonsense. You promised me that you would live well until we avenge Sister Su Yuan."
Su Yuan, Su Hao's biological daughter, died at the age of 20. At 18, she was targeted by a pair of mad brothers, taken away and imprisoned, where she was tortured endlessly. She wanted to escape but couldn't, and she wanted to die but couldn't.
Su Hao called the police and looked for Su Yuan for a long time but couldn't find her. He was even prepared to risk his life to search for her in a certain northern area. In the end, Su Yuan was sent back home by a kind-hearted person. At that time, Su Yuan was skinny, his eyes were dead, his body was broken, and he had no desire to survive.
Before dying, he told Su Hao the truth about being trapped: "Dad, it was the brothers Sheng Yaojin and Sheng Yaoming who imprisoned me. They abused me, locked me up, and if I didn't obey, they wouldn't give me food, beat me, or suddenly go crazy and bite me. A lot of my flesh was bitten off by them."
Brothers Sheng Yaojin and Sheng Yaoming were once students of Su Hao, who was a professor of chemistry at Imperial Capital University.
"I was able to escape because my body was tortured to the point that his personal doctor was completely helpless, so he sent me to the hospital!" After entering the hospital, she begged the doctor to help her escape during the examination. The doctor worked with the hospital and let her hide in the hospital for a long time before she was not found and was sent home.
Su Yuan's health was so poor that she died in Su Hao's arms without being able to say a few words.
He was also unable to avenge Su Yuan because the Sheng family was one of the top wealthy families in the imperial capital. The Sheng family's background was even more powerful and unshakable. It was said that they had the support of political bigwigs. Even if Su Hao tried every means, he failed to succeed, and he couldn't even protect Su Yuan's ashes.
Su Cheng also used his position as a police officer to investigate the Su Yuan case, but the Sheng family was too powerful and had too deep a background to be shaken by a small police officer like him, even if he found evidence of the Sheng family's wrongdoing.
Min Weihuan finally arranged for the residents on the 11th floor to stay, but he was woken up by the cold just after he got home and slept for a while.
When I checked the temperature, it was -23°C, so I rushed home and called my family to put on more clothes to keep warm. If they didn't keep warm, they would die of hypothermia.
So they made up their minds, chopped up the wooden chairs in the house and burned them, and the whole family squeezed into one room to keep each other warm.
Lu Xingtang couldn't stand the cold, so he went home and lay down in bed. Ji Yanmo couldn't sleep, so he went home, put on warm clothes, a military coat, and thick boots, and came out to guard.
Around four in the morning, there was another knock on Min Weihuan's door. Min Weihuan and his family had just managed to warm up the house when they woke him up. The 12th floor was flooded.
There were no more people available upstairs, so they had no choice but to choose their own floors and live in the corridors and stairs, temporarily squeezing in.
Every household accepted people to a greater or lesser extent, except for the 19th floor, which did not accept anyone.
Everyone packed up and knocked on the door of the 19th floor, letting them live on the 19th floor. 1901 and 1902 each had one person living in them. The house was large enough to accommodate the residents on the 12th floor.
The corridors and stairs are not suitable for living. It is too cold. If they live there, they will freeze to death.
Now their faces are so cold that they hurt and gradually become numb. Every word they say comes out in a fog. Living on the stairs and in the corridors, they will be frozen to death or crippled.
When Min Weihuan raised his head, he saw Ji Yanmo looking at him coldly as if he were a dead person, and he shuddered immediately.
He refused coldly: "If you are not afraid of death, go and knock on the door on the 19th floor. I am afraid of death, so I won't go!"
"Min Weihuan, you are the head of our building, and the 19th floor is also our building. You distributed the supplies to them before. Why can't you let them share some of the burden for you now? Just because they have a gun? It's just a gun, right? What's there to be afraid of?"
Min Weihuan stared at the person who was speaking with sinister eyes: "Isn't it just a gun? If you're not afraid, why don't you go and knock on the door?!" As he spoke, Min Weihuan raised his hand and pointed upstairs. The person who was speaking looked up and immediately paled: "I...I didn't mean that. I just wanted...I wanted the building manager to go home and rest early!"
Min Weihuan sneered disdainfully and told the people on the 12th floor to choose their own floors and live in the corridors or hallways on each floor! If the flood reached the 13th floor, the people on the 13th floor would also live in the corridors or hallways!
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