Chapter 34 Eyes Reddened
After finishing the snail rice noodles, Lin Xi sat in front of the monitor and observed the movements in the corridor.
Now she's the only one left in the building. Gu Lanjuan was among the first to go with the security guard to collect supplies, and Li Rong and Fu Minjun's families followed suit. They've probably run into each other at the supplies area.
Half an hour later, Li Rong and Fu Minjun's families returned together, each carrying a supply package.
Lin Xi found it strange that Gu Lanjuan was the first to go out to collect supplies. At that time, many people were watching from home, and only started to go out after seeing that someone had safely received the supplies.
The Li Rong and Fu Minjun families went out after observing the situation, just in time to find a long queue of people.
Logically speaking, there wasn't such a long queue when Gu Lanjuan went, so she should have returned long ago. How come people who went out late and had long queues have all returned, but Gu Lanjuan hasn't?
The rescue point will be attacked by zombies in a little while.
If Gu Lanjuan didn't come back, there would be one less troublemaker in the stairwell, but Lin Xi didn't seem to be cursing her to die like Li Rong did.
Twenty minutes later, a group of people approached the gate.
Lin Xi saw a familiar figure in the surveillance footage—
Gu Lanjuan, Yang Hua, and Lei Bao were followed by a young couple and an elderly couple.
I've met the husband, Lin Xi, before. He's Yang Xin, the son of Gu Lanjuan and Yang Hua. So this group of people is very likely Yang Xin and his wife, along with their parents-in-law.
Everyone was carrying a relief kit, even the youngest child, Lei Bao, received the same supplies as the adults. Yang Xin and his wife, along with his father-in-law behind them, were also carrying other items in large and small bags.
Lin Xi felt a chill run down her spine. Could this be...?
A large group of people entered the building.
Gu Lanjuan was the last to close the door. She kicked it shut hard, locked it, and walked upstairs with heavy footsteps, as if to intimidate the other neighbors.
Upon reaching the second floor, Yang Xin gave Li Rong's door a vicious look, then took out his key and opened the door.
Gu Lanjuan and her family arrived home safely, and they also called her son's family back.
Lin Xi wiped his forehead, instinctively feeling that this group of people would definitely not be at ease taking refuge and would definitely cause new trouble.
At this moment, she felt both annoyed and excited to see some excitement. After all, her house was well-decorated, and no matter how much noise people made outside, it wouldn't affect her house, and no one could do anything to her.
As soon as Gu Lanjuan's family returned, the familiar crackling sound rang out in the evening, as if they wanted to vent their frustration from not being able to cook for the past few days and stir-fry everything in one go, or perhaps they were preparing a big family reunion dinner. The sound of spatulas clashing and oil sizzling lasted for a full hour.
Lin Xi heard these things on the surveillance camera, and naturally, many zombies gathered at the entrance of the first-floor unit.
After the rescue point was attacked in the afternoon, many new zombies appeared. Most of these zombies were nearby residents, familiar faces, and they were all baring their teeth and claws as they rammed into the gate.
The surveillance footage was full of zombie faces with crooked noses, slanted eyes, wagging tongues, and even missing eyes and ears. Lin Xi turned off the screen, went to the balcony to pick a water spinach, and then took a piece of pork belly from the refrigerator. She also followed Gu Lanjuan's example and cooked a meal with great enthusiasm.
A stir-fried water spinach and braised pork with rock sugar, served with a simple seaweed and egg drop soup.
Use up the last egg in the house.
For Lin Xi, who was struggling to survive alone in the apocalypse, this meal was quite sumptuous.
Meanwhile, the other three families in the building also enjoyed a delicious dinner, though they were separated by doors, each secretly observing the other's thoughts.
Lin Xi didn't want to guess or care anymore. After dinner, she rested for a while and then did 40 minutes of aerobics with the projector. After that, she took a nice shower and then snuggled up in the air-conditioned room to watch a movie.
Sleep soundly.
Her days were similar to the pattern of staying home and recuperating during her previous vacations.
The next day, Lin Xi noticed something unusual on the surveillance screen. But having learned from her previous experience, Lin Xi cooked herself a bowl of noodles and ate it before watching the monitor, so as not to see anything disturbing that would make her lose her appetite.
But what kind of dramatic scenes could there be? Gu Lanjuan's family has already returned home with their loved ones, and each family has received survival supplies. Nobody will eat shit.
Lin Xi turned on the surveillance footage with this mindset. Because she had mentally prepared herself for the situation, she almost screamed when she saw the bloody scene on the monitor.
Across from her, Fu Minjun's door was open, with a trail of blood on the ground and a few bloody handprints scattered on the wall near the door, resembling a murder scene.
What happened overnight?
Lin Xi took a sip of water, swallowing the tension and unease in her heart. She wanted to avoid the question, but since it concerned her living environment, she struggled for a moment and then pressed the reverse button on the screen.
At 2 a.m., when everyone was fast asleep, the door to Gu Lanjuan's house on the second floor quietly opened. Gu Lanjuan peeked out furtively, then beckoned to the people behind her. Yang Xin and his father-in-law, one carrying a hammer and the other a kitchen knife, went out.
Judging from this, it's obvious they're going to get revenge for Gu Lanjuan's humiliation a few days ago.
The three men crept up to the third floor. Yang Xin raised the hammer high in front of the old wooden door, his fist clenched tightly, his face full of ferocity. He smashed a hole in the old wooden door with one blow.
The noise from the surveillance footage was quite loud; if Lin Xi's house didn't have soundproofing, she might have heard it in the middle of the night.
In the next scene, the three rushed into Fu Minjun's house. Inside, there were cries of men and women and a chaotic scene. The surveillance camera at Lin Xi's house could only capture the empty doorway and could not see what was inside.
Five minutes later, Yang Xin and Gu Lanjuan carried out a thin man. Fu Minjun, covered in blood, was thrown out of the stairwell window by them.
The two men then returned to the house and dragged Fu Minjun's wife out as well. The woman woke up in a fright and was unable to resist. She was covered in blood, her nightgown soaked through, and she didn't know what kind of torture she had suffered. But she was still breathing and struggled to escape. However, she was dragged out by Yang Xin and his father-in-law. The injured woman could not break free from the two men and weakly pressed her handprint on the wall.
It was no use; she was thrown out too.
Gu Lanjuan followed, spitting out a "tui" in that direction while muttering curses under her breath:
"You dare to be so arrogant, hitting my little Lei Bao and not even feeding us! I'll make you pay!"
After scolding Gu Lanjuan, he went into Fu Minjun's house. Inside, there were sounds of rummaging through drawers and cabinets. A little while later, Gu Lanjuan came out carrying two relief supply bags and a box.
All of these items were looted from Fu Minjun's house. Lin Xi glanced at the footage quickly and saw that the box contained several packets of instant noodles, a bag of flour, and some other miscellaneous items, which were probably relatively valuable.
After reading about this tragedy, Lin Xi rubbed his forehead.
When Gu Lanjuan was cursing, she said that there were two things about Fu Minjun's family that she was unhappy about: first, they beat Xiao Leibao, and second, they did not provide relief food.
So, Lin Xi also violated the second rule.
I wonder if this crazy family, blinded by rage, will include her in their list.
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