Chapter 97 I Won’t Disturb You from Chasing Your Wife
"Lu Xingtang, you are too heartless. The value of gasoline is higher than that of water. You should give at least five kilograms of water for one liter of gasoline!" Some people were not convinced. When they stockpiled gasoline, they suffered a lot and almost lost their lives, but in the end they sold it at such a low price.
Lu Xingtang looked at the man: "If you feel it is unfair, just take the gasoline back and go find it yourself! See if you can exchange it for three pounds of water." They are on the 19th floor and will never be taken advantage of!
Min Weihuan knew that the 19th floor had the final say, so he immediately gathered the people in the unit building and asked them to make a quick decision. If they were unwilling to provide gasoline and wanted to hide the gasoline, he would not care about their lives and would use the gasoline he had stockpiled to exchange for water!
Everyone in the apartment building understood Lu Xingtang and his friends' nature. Since he was accepting gasoline, it meant they wouldn't look for water in the capital. They'd definitely find it in other cities. So they dug out all the gasoline they had at home and gave it to Lu Xingtang, asking him to register it. While others wouldn't, they did.
Seeing that the people in his own building were so happy, Lu Xingtang accepted their gasoline. After registering them, he asked them to take down the buckets or water tanks. Their names should be written on the buckets and water tanks so that they could get water according to their names when the time came.
Fearing Lu Xingtang might change his mind, they quickly returned upstairs and took down all their water buckets and water tanks. "Lu Xingtang, our buckets and water tanks are all here, fill them up! We don't have enough gasoline to exchange, but you can't make this trip in vain. Fill all the buckets and water tanks. Once we have supplies or gasoline, we'll exchange water with you! Is that okay?"
Lu Xingtang agreed. They really couldn't make the trip in vain. Even if they couldn't change it, the water was theirs.
People from other blocks were like, “!!!!” Seeing everyone in their block agreed to swap, they followed suit, taking down their own buckets, water towers, and water tanks. They promised to trade supplies when they ran out of water! They were reluctant to go; it was too hot!
Lu Xingtang smiled. Their plan was a good one, but would she let them have their way? No! If they wanted water, they had to exchange it for supplies! It had to be tangible supplies! Get lost, you beggars!
Ji Yanmo and Su Cheng put the water tank buckets and water tanks they had brought into the car. Lu Xingtang walked over to Min Weihuan, looked at him and said, "Min Weihuan, I need your help with something!"
"you say!"
"We've all gone looking for water. There's no one watching over the 19th floor. I'm worried that people from other buildings will steal our supplies! If you can protect the safety of our 19th floor and Su Cheng's father, and not let anyone go up to the 19th floor, when we come back, please send us a bucket of water! The largest bucket you have in your house, a bucket of water!"
Min Weihuan's eyes lit up. "Lu Xingtang, Ji Yanmo, Su Cheng, go find some water. Leave the safety of the 19th floor to me! I, Min Weihuan, will protect the 19th floor and take good care of Professor Su even if it means risking my own life!"
Su Cheng immediately gave Min Weihuan a pistol and thirty bullets: "If anyone dares to break in, just kill them!"
Min Weihuan's eyes turned red: "Don't worry, I will defend the 19th floor to the death!"
Seeing this, the residents of the apartment building all expressed their willingness to join Min Weihuan in protecting the 19th floor. Lu Xingtang and the other two understood their intentions. Wasn't it just a request for a little more water? If there were no problems on the 19th floor, she would naturally not treat them unfairly.
Su Cheng returned upstairs and told Su Hao about the situation, asking him to be careful and on guard. He also gave Su Hao a gun and bullets, and requested Su Hao in a tough attitude that he must survive!
Su Hao said reluctantly and sadly, "Silly child, Daddy promised you that he would never commit suicide! I will wait for you to come home, don't worry!"
Su Cheng was still worried, so he gave instructions again before going downstairs to tell Min Weihuan to knock on the door when he had time, and leave after getting a response, without disturbing Su Hao.
Min Weihuan agreed.
Before Su Cheng came back, Lu Xingtang opened the offline map on his mobile phone, found the route to Jicheng, and could leave after Su Cheng came downstairs.
After Su Cheng got off, Ji Yanmo said directly: "You go to guard the carriage. Lu Xingtang and I will drive and the other one will be on guard. The van transport truck is a big target. Anyone with a discerning eye will know what they are going to do. Whether it is the front or the back of the car, someone must be guarding it.
After discussion, they decided that each person would drive for two hours. If nothing unexpected happened, they would reach Jicheng before dawn.
The main reason is that there are many survivors who left the imperial capital at night. They are worried about being robbed or blocked, which will slow down their progress.
When I came out of the community, I saw a lot of vehicles gathered on the road. The cars, roofs and backs of the cars were all loaded with supplies. People were sitting in the cars very crowded, and their faces pressed against the windows were squeezed out of shape.
As the car speed increased, it became less hot in the car. A cool breeze blew into the car. Lu Xingtang squinted his eyes comfortably, which made Ji Yanmo feel particularly good.
She would drive wherever Lu Xingtang asked her to go, and would stop if asked to do so. She was very well-behaved.
Lu Xingtang was focused on exploring the route and deliberately ignored Ji Yanmo's condition, because if she wasn't careful and their eyes met, she would be burned by Ji Yanmo's gaze.
As more and more people fled the imperial capital, the car stopped and started. Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo took turns driving for four hours but still hadn't left the imperial capital. Su Cheng wanted to take over driving, but Ji Yanmo glared at him and drove him away.
Fine, I won't bother you chasing your wife! I'll just be lazy for a while. Driving is tiring. If you want to work hard, then go ahead and work hard. I won't compete with you.
Under Lu Xingtang's guidance, they left the imperial capital in an hour and boarded the highway to Jicheng. There were not many survivors on the highway, so they sped up. A cool breeze blew into the car, and both Lu Xingtang and the other person in the driver's seat and Su Cheng in the car sighed comfortably.
After the extreme heat, it was the first time for them to enjoy such natural wind, so comfortable!
Three hours later, they finally got off the highway. Lu Xingtang checked the offline map and found the location of Jicheng's freshwater lake.
By the time they reached the freshwater lake, it was already daybreak.
Along the way, they saw many survivors with numb expressions and dull eyes, like the walking dead. They dragged their heavy and tired bodies forward step by step, looking around as they walked, looking for a suitable place to save their lives. When the day broke and the sun came out, they didn't want to die, and they didn't want to be burned into jerky by the sun.
Seeing Lu Xingtang driving the transport truck over, none of them felt excited. The car was comfortable to drive, but it was terribly hot, even more terribly than outside, and could take lives at any time. They had previously seen a van carrying a whole family to escape, but it ran out of gasoline on the road, couldn't find any gasoline, and had no water, so it caught fire on the road.
(End of this chapter)
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