bookpower Chapter 59: Youth
Chapter 59: Youth
Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Youth
3204.
Su Dai and Sun Jingtao were clenching their fists behind the peephole, silently watching everything that happened outside.
If it weren’t for Su Dai desperately stopping him, the visibly agitated Sun Jingtao, his veins bulging, would have charged out with the Bone Chopper when Pot Lid Head tried to strike again.
Seeing the crowd filing into 3202, a shiver ran down Su Dai’s back, and she finally let out a sigh of relief,
“Honey, they are blatantly robbing us! During the heavy rain a few days ago, when Liu Dahong organized everyone to move sandbags, I thought he was responsible and cared about the welfare of the Shallow Bay residents.
Now it seems he had a sinister plan all along!”
“If I had known this, I should have killed him when I first found out he was skimming off the official supplies!” Sun Jingtao lamented, shaking his head regretfully.
Unfortunately, the opponent had already gained the upper hand.
It was too late for regrets.
A trace of concern flickered in Su Dai’s eyes, “Honey, should we just give up our apartment? We could live in the corridor on the 31st floor!
Once they break into 3201, we’ll be their next target!”
Better safe than sorry.
Better to save our skins first.
“No.” Sun Jingtao drew back from the peephole, shaking his head with certainty.
Su Dai: “?”
“I saw Ye Qing, he just came up and didn’t join Liu Dahong’s group.”
“Ye Qing?” Su Dai paused and peered through the peephole before turning back with a puzzled expression,
“You mean that young student who lives in 0101 with his grandparents, coming from a family with no parents?”
Sun Jingtao nodded and hummed in affirmation.
Su Dai: “What does that have to do with us? What can a kid who’s just entered his second year of university do?”
“You don’t understand. Xiao Ye comes from a family of police officers, unfortunately, his parents sacrificed their lives in their duty to apprehend fugitives when he was young. He has since lived with his grandparents.
His grandparents are not mobile and suffer from chronic diseases that require treatment at the traditional Chinese medicine clinic next to our community, which is why they moved from his parent’s official residence to our estate.
Don’t underestimate him; he was specially recruited by the nation as a national defense student and is also the champion of this year’s national university martial arts routines competition.
I suspect he’s here because his grandparents were killed by the Blood Mosquito attack, and he’s likely here for revenge against 3201.”
Su Dai: “Honey, you’ve been explaining for a while, and I still don’t understand.”
Sun Jingtao sighed and patiently explained,
“1. In the underground parking lot, Zhang Qiqi kept insisting that it was 3201 who intentionally let the Blood Mosquitoes in when they went to the official shelter; I think there’s something fishy about it.
The girl from 3201 may be solitary and detached, but she’s not devoid of morals or common sense;
To be exact, it was open by the width of two palms, with three or four chains as thick as a thumb hanging from the door.
As the crowd surged forward, a chilly female voice came out from the gap of the door amplified through a loudspeaker,
“I advise you to stay where you are! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude! Do I need to explain the consequences of a 500v electric shock combined with a water cannon?!!!”
The crowd hesitated, their bodies instinctively retreating several steps.
Zhang Qiqi clenched her molars, taunting, “Jiang Yan, don’t be a fucking turtle hiding inside, have the guts to come out and talk!”
“You’re not even worthy to talk to me, get lost!” Jiang Yan coldly sneered.
“You!” Zhang Qiqi’s face turned a myriad of colors, her hand gripping a knife was about to go forward to argue when Zhang Qiming grabbed her.
“Miss Jiang, we came here today just to get an explanation! Everyone knows only you left the compound for the official shelter from building A, so we want to ask, did you open that door and forget to close it?!
It’s thundering and raining outside; I hope you can touch your conscience and tell us the truth!” A bespectacled, rather refined man raised his voice to inquire.
“Yes, yes, if you lie, may the heavens strike you with five thunderbolts!!”
“...”
Justice has its protagonists, and debts have their debtors.
Though people were agitated by Zhang Qiqi’s words, they couldn’t be one hundred percent certain that it was this girl who let the Blood Mosquitoes in.
Most inside were honest people who couldn’t engage in ruthless and unreasonable behavior like Gao Daxiong and Liu Dahong.
Listening to the childish words of the crowd, Jiang Yan’s indifferent tone came with a hint of sternness, “Do you want to know the truth?”
“Yes!” the crowd replied restlessly in unison.
Liu Dahong and Zhang Qiqi exchanged knowing looks.
Several property managers gave him a hint immediately, confirming no one was around when they opened the door themselves.
As for the surveillance, it had been without power for a while.
Notably, the surveillance was under their control; if they couldn’t see it, no one else could.
Jiang Yan laughed coldly, “Then send a representative from your homeowner group up here, and I’ll give you something! Let you see for yourselves!!”
Hearing this, Liu Dahong’s brow slightly furrowed.
“Neighbors, don’t be fooled by her few words; what evidence can she have? If any, they are all forgeries, fake!” Zhang Qiqi nearly leaped out.
Those homeowners ignored her words and looked at each other for a second.
No one dared to come forward, mainly nervous about that 500v high-voltage door.
Additionally, they feared Jiang Yan was bluffing.
“I’ll go.”
Just at this moment, a teenage boy about eighteen or nineteen, dressed in black, emerged from the back of the crowd.
He was tall and straight, his face gaunt from lack of nutrition, showing no expression.
His messy, long hair covered a pair of somewhat indifferent eyes.