Ever since that day when Gu Yan dropped a few bombshells on Shen Jing, he has gone back to his secluded ways.
Shen Jing was upset for a long time because of what he said, and she hadn't recovered yet.
And did he really need to remind her that she was the villainous supporting female character?! Shen Jing even suspected that he said all that just to get her to level up to SSS as soon as possible.
Let's see him off on his journey, so he may ascend to paradise soon.
The big boss must have been seriously ill in this life!
After the masked organization appeared, people living in the city neighborhoods were trembling with fear.
They only target residential communities, especially high-end ones.
Residents who finally manage to queue at the supply point may still encounter robberies on their way home.
The robberies are no longer targeting cash; instead, they're after biscuits, instant noodles, and small amounts of vegetables.
Besides official supply depots, apocalyptic trading has become a burgeoning industry. Rice, flour, and cooking oil are priced at more than 100 times the usual amount, yet people are still flocking to buy them, even more frantically than when queuing to collect supplies.
The goods in the hands of the post-apocalyptic merchants gave those people the feeling of living before the apocalypse.
Problems that can be solved with money are not problems!
However, banks can no longer provide cash, and people have long been accustomed to mobile payments.
In other words, the money in banks would become electronic waste if there were a sudden global power outage and internet blackout!
Only a small number of people have cash, necklaces, bracelets, gold, and gemstones to pay.
Even in the apocalypse, merchants will encounter people who, at the crucial moment of payment, refuse to pay and snatch the food and run away!
Even if you report it to the police, the authorities don't have enough manpower to handle it.
After all, most of the manpower was already used at the supply depot, and the supply search team had also assigned more able-bodied men there.
With limited supplies, vendors had no choice but to keep raising prices, which often led to fights between shop owners and customers.
No money to pay? Rob it! Find the price has gone up when you try to pay? Run!
Moreover, besides these, the various stalls had already started fighting over territory.
Shen Jing listened to the news brought by Sister Chen.
She wasn't surprised by the chaos outside; this was nothing compared to what was to come.
Sister Chen looked around, then, holding her teacup, asked Shen Jing, "How can anyone live here?"
"There are sleeping bags, and the house isn't drafty, so don't worry about me." After that lunatic Gu Yan ruined the house, the interior was covered with mottled corrosion marks.
The sofa was completely damaged, but Shen Jing took out a new one from her space and replaced it.
But most of the floors and walls were beyond saving; if Sister Chen hadn't suddenly come, she wouldn't have bothered with them at all.
Anyway, she can go into the space and sleep in a seven-star RV.
Sister Chen put down her teacup, her tone sincere: "Thank you for what happened last time, Jing, I almost died..."
If Shen Jing could offer hot tea as a gesture of hospitality, it would have been considered VIP treatment before the apocalypse.
From another perspective, Shen Jing is doing really well. But Sister Chen still went through a long and complicated process, finding it difficult to express her true feelings.
"Is that jerk still harassing you lately?"
"Hmph, he wouldn't dare," Sister Chen sneered. "I'll cut off his third leg!"
That's fierce? Shen Ting gave her a thumbs up: "So you were here? And you chased you away?"
"Hmm!" Sister Chen raised her chin slightly, looking very proud.
"That's great news, cheers!" Shen Jing raised her teacup and saluted Sister Chen.
"I have to thank you. I thought I... would live in his shadow for the rest of my life."
Sister Chen smiled and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about that jerk! I came here today because I want to talk to you about something!"
“?” Shen Jing looked at Sister Chen.
"Let me just say it," Sister Chen said nervously, looking at Shen Jing. "I still have a lot of the flour and spices you had left over from last time, and I secretly hid them!"
Shen Jing understood. "It's good that the scumbag didn't get off easy."
"You... how come you're not excited at all?" Sister Chen looked at Shen Jing in disbelief.
You should know that the supplies Shen Jing left behind last time were enough for an ordinary family to live on for several months!
She had hidden these supplies in the basement beforehand; they were more valuable than her life. Suddenly, as if all her strength had been drained, Sister Chen said helplessly, "I want to make steamed buns from the flour, sell them on the black market, and then exchange them for some medicine..."
Sister Chen, with her son who was still recovering from surgery, got into a fight in the snow, losing clumps of her hair in the process, but managed to escape when there were many people around. She also encountered thugs who kept attacking her, some stealing her supplies, others her clothes.
Even if she was a strong old mother, she was desperate at that moment.
Not only were supplies stolen that time, but the last down jacket had its sleeves torn off.
Even worse, some people tried to force themselves on her, robbing her of her food and her body!
"If it weren't for you, my son and I probably wouldn't have had a chance to survive." The cruel world left Sister Chen feeling desperate and exhausted.
Shen Jing knew that she didn't want to comfort him at this moment. "What other medicine does he need?"
Sister Chen sighed, "Many of them are prescription drugs, so there's nothing I can do. Now I just want to switch to some antibiotics and painkillers to make him more comfortable."
“Perhaps I can find you a doctor.” Shen Jing was a pragmatist; she lacked any romantic or abstract ideas.
At that moment, her first thought was of Zhao Ming; perhaps he could help Sister Chen. And she roughly understood what Sister Chen meant.
At first, Sister Chen was unwilling to accept those supplies, but now she wants to use them herself.
But she could have used it without telling Shen Jing, and Shen Jing wouldn't have known.
Or perhaps it's true that her scumbag ex-husband stole everything from her, and Shen Jing wouldn't hold it against her.
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