"Professor Liu, are we doing this right?" Chen Tao asked Liu Yuan hesitantly after sawing a piece of wood.
"Xiao Chen, don't think too much. In today's world, there are too many such things. Can we handle them all? The most urgent thing now is to find supplies quickly, otherwise we will all starve to death!" Liu Yuan said with a firm look.
Liu Yuan and his friends heard the noise when Qin Shuai and his gang smashed Zou Jian's house upstairs. They also saw Zou Jian's request for help in the group. Just when everyone was hesitating whether to help, Liu Yuan firmly rejected the idea of saving people: "No, Qin Shuai has a gun, the risk is too great, we can't let anything go wrong now! As for Zou Jian, it all depends on his luck!"
Chen Tao and the other three were very surprised at what Liu Yuan said. They thought that Liu Yuan would definitely go to help. After all, in their minds, Liu Yuan was a good guy. Whenever something unfair happened in the community, he would take the initiative to speak for the weak. Also, Liu Yuan took the lead in the coordinated distribution of supplies a while ago. He was like a Madonna. They didn't expect that he could say such words now.
But since Liu Yuan said so, the other four people naturally would not have any objections. After all, they were not alone, they had a family behind them. They could risk their lives to find supplies, but there was no need to do that to save the neighbor who they knew was going to die.
Li Mu was also indifferent to this matter. Xu Ling and the other two were puzzled by Li Mu's attitude of standing idly by. Li Mu was a cultivator, and it would be effortless for him to stop the atrocities.
In response to this, Li Mu simply said calmly: "This catastrophe has made it impossible for me to use my cultivation. Besides, they will die sooner or later when their supplies are used up. It is futile to save them now!" He did not explain too much to Xu Ling and the others. Even if he explained it to them, they would not understand.
Looking at the pictures of Zou Jian and his wife being murdered in the chat group, the most panicked ones were naturally the families of Yang Suqing, Zhou Qiming, and Wang Ting. They also stole Qin Shuai's supplies. Especially Yang Suqing, who lived opposite Qin Shuai and had been panicking for a long time.
A few people created a new chat group to discuss how to deal with Qin Shuai. They really didn't trust the people in the group, and they didn't know who else had defected to Qin Shuai.
Yang Suqing: "Everyone, what should we do now? If Qin Shuai can destroy Zou Jian's family today, he can destroy us tomorrow. If we don't come up with a countermeasure, we will be defeated by them sooner or later!"
Zhou Qiming: "How about we return the food we cheated him of?"
Wang Ting: "No, food is life in this period. If we give them food, won't we die?"
Yang Suqing: "Yes, if we fight hard, we might be able to find a way out. How many bullets does Qin Shuai have? It's impossible for him to kill all of us!"
Zhou Qiming: "Alas, why bother? When the food runs out, we will all die anyway."
Wang Ting: "It's different. Aren't Professor Liu and the others going to look for supplies? If they can find supplies, we can survive. But if we give the food to Qin Shuai now, it's hard to say whether we can hold on until the supplies are brought back."
Zhou Qiming: "It's not that serious if I just return what I didn't give him at that time, right?"
Yang Suqing: "Old Zhou, you are too naive, aren't you? Do you think Qin Shuai will just give up so easily after this?"
Zhou Qiming: "Then what should we do? Should we fight him to the death? He has a gun, and now he has helpers. We can't ask other people in the group for help. Who knows who are human and who are ghosts?"
Yang Suqing: "Haha, at least Liu Yuan and his gang won't go along with Qin Shuai. We can ask them."
Wang Ting: "Yes, Professor Liu and his men risked their lives to go out and look for supplies. I think they don't want to be controlled by others, right?"
The three of them quickly made a decision and planned to join forces with Liu Yuan and his men. In their opinion, Liu Yuan's character has always been upright and he would not tolerate any sand in his eyes. He would definitely not tolerate Qin Shuai's misbehavior. In addition, there would inevitably be a conflict of interest between the material search team and Qin Shuai. If they joined forces with Liu Yuan, both sides would be happy.
However, Liu Yuan's reply disappointed them. Liu Yuan said that he did not want to get involved in the fight with Qin Shuai, and advised the three to return the food to Qin Ming and to maintain peace.
After receiving Liu Yuan's reply, the three of them were so excited that they expressed their opinions in the small group of three, that they would fight Qin Shuai to the end. However, no one mentioned how to do it specifically.
Early the next morning, Qin Shuai met Yang Suqing and the other two at his doorstep one after another, and received the food returned by the three families.
Naturally, Qin Shuai had to make a big fuss about the fact that Yang Suqing and the other two had given in, and the friendship between Yang Suqing and the other two families was thus capsized.
However, not long after, the three received an invitation from Qin Shuai, asking them to work with him. Not only would they be forgiven for their previous disrespect to Qin Shuai, but they would also be rewarded with some supplies if they performed well.
Yang Suqing and his two companions had just lost a batch of supplies and now there was not much food left. Of course, they had no reason to refuse Qin Shuai's invitation. After a brief discussion with their family, they decided to join Qin Shuai.
Next, Qin Shuai unilaterally announced in the group that he would guard Building 7 from now on. If people from other buildings invaded Building 7, he would protect everyone, but as a condition, everyone in the entire building had to pay him half a catty of rice or two taels of meat every day. Of course, families who joined the material search team could be exempted from the collection, after all, they were seeking a way out for everyone.
Qin Shuai was no fool, so he naturally knew that he couldn't just sit back and enjoy the food. Of course he was happy that Liu Yuan and his companions were willing to take the risk to go out and look for supplies. But if he let Liu Yuan give up just for such a little bit of food, it would be a waste of time.
Before the snowstorm, no one would pick up half a pound of rice if it fell on the ground. Even in the early stage of the snowstorm, everyone could easily take it out. However, the snowstorm has been going on for nearly a month, and everyone has little food left. Half a pound of rice is enough for an adult to eat for a day if eaten sparingly.
Therefore, at the beginning, no one in the group paid attention to him except for a few of his lackeys. However, after he instructed his men to clear out another family, everyone became obedient. People gradually delivered food to Qin Shuai's door. After all, he might die immediately if he didn't get food now. He could still hold on for a few days by handing over such a small amount of food. Now they could only hope that Liu Yuan's search team could successfully find the supplies.
During this period, several people chose to apply to join Liu Yuan's material search team in order to avoid having their supplies confiscated, but they were all rejected by Liu Yuan.
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