Xu Yan heard the noise but dared not make a sound, whispering to Xu An, "Nannan, who is it?"
She gestured, signaling her mother to remain silent.
Walking to the door, she looked through the peephole and saw a woman covered in sweat.
"What do you need?"
The woman's face lit up upon hearing someone inside.
"Hello, I'm from the property management of our Yikang小区. We're here to count the survivors."
Xu An was puzzled. Property management still existed?
In her previous life, as soon as the temperature dropped, she had immediately left the小区 with Gou Dan, embarking on a journey to find shelter.
She hadn't experienced this survivor counting phase.
"There are two people and a dog in our family. But why didn't you post in the property group?"
"My phone has no signal, otherwise, why would I run out here? It's scorching hot."
Seeing that Xu An wasn't opening the door, the woman's tone became somewhat unfriendly.
She was speechless, deeply suspecting she had a jinxing curse. She had just thought that the phone probably wouldn't work, and in the next second, it really didn't.
The knocking resumed, "Can you open the door and talk?"
"Just say what you need. That's fine," Xu An certainly wouldn't open the door for her.
A flash of maliciousness crossed the woman's eyes.
"It's like this, many residents are already out of water and food, and we wanted to ask if you have any extra food and drink to share with everyone."
Hearing the woman's words, she found it somewhat amusing.
"My family only has enough for ourselves, no extras. Go ask someone else."
The woman was immediately displeased upon hearing this and slammed on the door.
Just then, Xu An sensed something was amiss.
At the door… there were the breathing sounds of two people!
"What's wrong with you, young girl? It's a special situation now, how can you not understand solidarity and mutual help? The entire building is working together."
"Only your family is special, not even opening the door for me. Open the door! I want to see if you really don't have extra supplies!..."
Before the woman could continue her tantrum, Xu An reprimanded her.
"Scram!"
At this time, resorting to moral blackmail?
But there were clearly two sets of breathing sounds at the door, why was the other person silent?
Xu An instantly thought of some unsavory tricks from the past.
Her gaze turned cold.
But why? It shouldn't be to the point of desperation yet.
Could it be that she had been targeted?
Xu An constantly recalled in her mind, wondering if she had been followed when buying supplies.
After racking her brain, she found no clues.
The woman at the door was still persistently knocking, showing no intention of leaving unless the door was opened.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Xu An. This woman was deliberately provoking her!
Waiting for her to open the door so the other person could ambush her at the entrance!
Thinking of this, her heart tightened.
"It seems I can't stay here anymore."
Xu Yan, hearing the earth-shattering knocking, was also a little panicked.
"Nannan, the person outside… isn't from property management, is she?"
Even Xu Yan had realized that the woman was not who she claimed to be. These people were truly audacious enough not to conceal their intentions at all.
Did they really think they could do whatever they pleased in the apocalypse?
"It's okay, Mom, you go inside first. We've modified this door. If she can't knock it open, she'll naturally leave."
However… Xu An sneered. This woman and her accomplice didn't need to live anymore.
She didn't intend to tell Xu Yan. Although her mother was gradually adapting to the ways of the apocalypse,
it was still the early stages, and she didn't want to expose the brutal reality of the apocalypse to Xu Yan so soon.
After dealing with the two people at the door, she would take her mother and Gou Dan away from here.
As of now, the government had not disclosed any information about shelters. She had to find a safe place to wait.
The woman, hearing Xu An's reprimand from inside, cursed and left the top floor.
Xu An's guess was correct; she had indeed been targeted.
The woman who knocked was named Liu Hong, not a property management staff member at all, but a tenant in the小区.
On the night of the volcanic eruption, she happened to be with the security guard Su Daqiang, and they had an intimate exchange that night.
Su Daqiang's security room was located in the underground garage and had a complete insulation system.
That's how they escaped the disaster.
The next day, after Liu Hong returned home, she discovered that her husband had already died at home.
Liu Hong and her husband were remarried, otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten involved with Su Daqiang.
She quickly gathered the food at home and went to find Su Daqiang.
After they heard the news on the broadcast, they belatedly realized that the end of the world had truly arrived.
Liu Hong and Su Daqiang were not people who cared about domestic life. They ate as much as they could. Initially, they would go out to find food when the temperature dropped at night.
However, the supermarkets were either almost completely looted or the food was spoiled and rotten. They could only find a little each time.
They found it troublesome and decided to resort to robbery.
After their first anxious robbery, they found that no police had come after them, so they completely threw caution to the wind.
Most importantly, the amount of food they had plundered was substantial. In just a few days, they had accumulated quite a bit of supplies.
They even planned to recruit people and expand their small gang.
They locked the robbed people in their rooms, letting them fend for themselves.
Su Daqiang looked smug. He felt he was doing them a favor by not killing them.
The arrival of the apocalypse not only caused people to lose their sense of morality but also their humanity.
Watching those who used to act arrogantly and curse him at will now kneel before him and beg for mercy in a sorry state.
The seeds of inferiority within him seemed to be nourished by wicked desires, sprouting instantly.
He even felt a strange sense of superiority, as if he, Su Daqiang, had finally become a master of the world!
However, as they plundered more and more, the remaining residents in the building began to become vigilant.
They hadn't made a move in three days.
While the two were getting frustrated, Su Daqiang told her that there was a young single girl living on the top floor of the 18th floor. He had been watching that girl for a long time.
Every time she went out, she would carry two large grocery bags home, which looked bulging.
That family only had a mother and daughter, no man. As long as Liu Hong could trick the girl out, there would definitely be food at home.
He said this while pointing out the figure of a tall girl on the surveillance video to her.
Liu Hong looked, and even with the poor quality of the surveillance footage, she couldn't hide the girl's绝色容貌. She immediately understood Su Daqiang's intentions.
"Bah, I knew what you were up to, you bastard. You're probably eyeing this little slut, aren't you."
Su Daqiang's secret was revealed, but he wasn't annoyed. He pulled Liu Hong closer, making her sit on his lap, pinching her waist with one hand and constantly teasing her with the other.
Liu Hong leaned against Su Daqiang's shoulder with a seductive smile, her face flushed.
"You bastard, if you dare to abandon me, I'll cut off your manhood!"
Su Daqiang sealed her aggressive words with a kiss, his eyes blazing.
In his mind, he was thinking of the cold and beautiful woman in the surveillance footage.
Although Liu Hong wasn't bad, she was still a mature woman, and how could she compare to a girl in her early twenties?
Su Daqiang deliberately kept Liu Hong on a leash, holding her in his palm, neither letting her go nor pulling her close. He truly knew how to make a woman submit.
"Good sister, let's go to the top floor tomorrow."