bookpower Chapter 116: 116: Someone is Coming!
Chapter 116: 116: Someone is Coming!
Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Someone is Coming!
Listening to Tian Jiliang’s words, Jiang Yan suddenly realized that she had indeed been somewhat sequestered and out of touch with current events.
She was uninterested in Ma Longbiao and his group establishing a private base in the neighborhood.
However, if their influence truly grew, it would eventually affect her.
By then, it wouldn’t be as simple as the authorities reporting her for illegal possession of firearms.
It’s possible that a whole crowd might just come charging up to the 32nd floor.
They posed no threat to her personal safety or lifestyle, but if they buzzed around her like a green-headed fly all day, it would be quite disgusting.
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But now was clearly not the time to confront them.
The praying mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Let the bullets fly for a while longer.
In just a second or two, Jiang Yan had swiftly made up her mind.
Su Dai, who was next to her, was still hung up on what Tian Jiliang had said:
“Ah, they have the kids in their grasp, what does that mean?”
Ye Qing glanced at her and said succinctly, “Kidnapping, coercion.”
He didn’t elaborate further; after all, everyone present was an adult and understood.
Su Dai still found it hard to accept.
The news was too abrupt.
The officials had just left with their boat.
Ma Longbiao’s group, clearly outsiders, had taken over like invaders, not to mention they had now subdued the “natives” of Shallow Bay.
It was like some wildly concocted plot straight out of a movie or novel, hard for anyone to accept.
She glanced at Tian Jiliang, “Old Tian, is your information reliable? There are so many people downstairs, to control them just like that? That’s a bit too far-fetched!”
Their community, excluding those who had recently died or had been taken away by authorities, still had at least a thousand or two residents.
Just in Building A alone, there were two to three hundred.
Some were quite astute, none of them fools.
Several were even company executives.
Ma Longbiao, as domineering as he may be, was just a property manager, hardly a big-time player.
Yet Jiang Yan seemed completely oblivious to his hints, remaining unruffled as she said:
“Right, it’s getting late, I’ll head back too.”
Tian Jiliang didn’t understand her detached calmness throughout, but he couldn’t say anything more.
After all, offering help is a kindness, not helping is a right.
He couldn’t make decisions for her.
He couldn’t even make decisions for himself.
He would have to find another opportunity to persuade her indirectly.
Jiang Yan was actually feeling somewhat restless.
Mainly, her stomach was starting to hurt again.
The room was both damp and cold.
Although her body had been modified by Space and wasn’t as susceptible to cold or heat,
She could still feel the temperature changes.
The clay stove they built that afternoon wasn’t dry yet.
Jiang Yan and Tian Jiliang were guests, so it wasn’t appropriate for them to use it; after all, the smell was unpleasant, not to mention the heavy smoke.
“Wait a moment, I have something for you,” Sun Jingtao said, getting up and heading back to the master bedroom.
But he quickly returned with a solemn countenance, “Everyone, people from the opposite building are coming over!”
He was holding a grass-green military telescope.
“Honey, what do you mean?” Su Dai was startled, swiftly rising to her feet.
Jiang Yan, however, instantly understood.
His house layout was just like hers.
From the master bedroom, you could see the central garden of the compound.
Clearly, people from several buildings across were approaching.
After all, with such heavy rain, if it continued for another day or two, even the 20th floor could be flooded.
The opposite side only had 24 floors to begin with.
The 32nd floor of Building A naturally became their first choice for sanctuary.
“Come with me.”
Sun Jingtao didn’t care about privacy or anything; he immediately called everyone to follow him into the master bedroom.