Chapter 12: Meng Ci, Come Pick Us Up Quickly

Chapter 12: Meng Ci, Come Pick Us Up Quickly

In the surveillance footage, Li Xiaoya looked at Liu Jie expectantly.

"Jie Ge, how is it?"

Liu Jie's face turned ashen as he listened to the busy signal on the phone.

"His phone is off."

Liu Jie seemed unwilling to believe that Meng Ci, who usually bowed to him, would dare not answer his call, so he dialed again.

"Beep beep beep, the number you have dialed is switched off. Please..."

Liu Jie angrily hung up the phone.

"Jie Ge, don't be angry." Li Xiaoya comforted him, seeing his frustration.

"Maybe Meng Ci forgot to charge his phone. He'll definitely call back when he sees your missed calls."

Li Shanyang and Zhang Lu initially didn't feel anything, but now that Meng Ci wasn't answering, they were both getting anxious and cursing under their breath.

The once obedient rabbit now showed a hint of defiance.

Of course, whether this defiance was voluntary or involuntary, they found it unforgivable.

"Once Meng Ci's assets are in my hands, I'll beat him to death!"

"A worthless piece of trash, daring to disobey us." Li Shanyang continued cursing while smoking.

Zhang Lu gently patted Li Shanyang's back, trying to calm him down so he wouldn't hurt himself.

Meng Ci listened to their curses, and when he felt enough time had passed, he called Liu Jie back with his new phone.

"Hello." Liu Jie's tone was hostile.

Meng Ci replied expressionlessly, "Jie Ge, it's me."

Hearing Meng Ci's voice, Liu Jie's tone worsened.

"What's your problem? Not answering my calls and not coming to pick us up!"

"Do you want me to ignore you from now on!"

Meng Ci waited for Liu Jie to finish, then explained in a low voice.

"I was going to pick you up, but my car got flooded, and I lost my phone."

"I don't care. Come pick us up right now!" Liu Jie ignored Meng Ci's explanation.

Li Xiaoya took the phone, "Brother, come pick me up quickly. I'm so scared."

"Sorry, sister."

"I remember there's a bed in the house. Stay there for the night, and I'll find a way to pick you up tomorrow."

Meng Ci spoke apologetically, but his face showed amusement.

The apocalypse had begun, and he wanted to see how these hypocrites would turn on each other.

Zhang Lu snatched the phone and said, "Okay, Xiao Ci, remember to come pick us up tomorrow."

"You should also take care of yourself."

"Okay, Auntie."

After hanging up, Meng Ci turned up the TV volume.

"Mom, why are you being so polite? He's not even coming to pick us up."

"That's right."

Zhang Lu said, "It's raining so heavily outside, and we can't get a cab."

"If we don't be nice to him, what if he doesn't come to pick us up?"

"He'd better not," Li Shanyang said, displeased. "I'm his father. He'd better come."

Meng Ci lost interest in watching further and turned off the TV, lying on the coffee table to organize his thoughts.

On the third day after the heavy rain, the floodwaters continued to rise, and the homes of those living on the first floor started to flood badly.

Since it was a new neighborhood with many unoccupied rooms, they began breaking into houses.

On the eighth day, some floors started experiencing water shortages, and even when water came, it was no longer from the water plant but rainwater, causing many people to fall ill from drinking it.

On the thirteenth day, the intermittent power supply finally stopped working.

At the same time, many households ran out of food, and desperate people started breaking into others' homes at night.

Those with elderly or women inside couldn't fight back and could only let them rob and even violate them.

Order began to break down.

Meng Ci circled the sixth day heavily with a pen.

Then he set an alarm on his phone for six days later, which was October 6th.

That night, there would be a ten-hour power outage, rendering the surveillance unusable.

People were still constrained by laws and regulations, not daring to go out and loot.

Meng Ci could use these few days to start his zero-yen shopping spree.

Especially for medicine.

Although it was available abroad, Meng Ci had previously preferred domestically produced drugs, so he hadn't bought much.

He turned on his phone, searched for several pharmacies located on higher ground, saved the routes, and then redirected his attention back to the TV.

In the surveillance footage, Li Xiaoya reluctantly let Zhang Lu sleep in her princess bed, while Li Shanyang and Liu Jie lay in the living room.

Because of Liu Jie's affection for Li Xiaoya, he wanted to impress his future father-in-law and deliberately gave up the long sofa for him, settling for the single sofa himself.

Meng Ci lay comfortably in bed, listening to soft music as he drifted off to sleep.

"Ring, ring, ring."

The phone woke Meng Ci up, but it was only a little past seven.

Instead of answering immediately, he stretched lazily, put on his long-sleeved pajamas, and went to the balcony to return the call.

Liu Jie's scolding voice came through the phone.

"Why did you take so long to answer? Are you not coming to pick us up?"

Meng Ci explained softly, "No."

"This phone belongs to my roommate. He just handed it to me, so I hurried over."

Liu Jie did hear the sound from the other end, which calmed him down a bit.

"Hurry up and arrange someone to pick us up!"

"Okay."

Meng Ci hung up the phone, yawned, went to the living room to boil a pot of water, made himself a cup of coffee, and turned on the TV to watch Li Xiaoya and the others.

Liu Jie was furious. Last night, he couldn't get comfortable sleeping on the sofa, while Li Shanyang snored loudly beside him.

If it weren't for Li Xiaoya, why would he suffer like this?

Liu Jie's family background was average. If it weren't for Meng Ci's favor, how could he dress so well?

His father had been working overtime at the company yesterday and was still stuck there, unable to help.

His mother was a housewife who only complained about the weather and worried about Liu Jie's safety, unable to do anything else.

Fed up with her nagging, Liu Jie blocked his mother's number.

With no family support, Liu Jie looked outside at the rain that had already flooded the streets, showing no signs of stopping.

Apart from a bed, a set of sofas, and some vegetables Meng Ci had bought yesterday, there was nothing else here.

"Growl~"

Liu Jie rubbed his stomach. He hadn't eaten anything last night and was now starving.

Looking at Li Shanyang, who was sleeping like a pig on the sofa, Liu Jie quietly went to the kitchen.

Besides the vegetables, there were also some snacks like bread and chips in the bag.

Liu Jie closed the door tightly, ate until he was full, and then looked at the remaining snacks.

Lowering his eyes, he didn't hesitate to stuff everything into a plastic bag, pushed it out the kitchen window, and tied it to the railing.

With the plastic bag protecting it, the food shouldn't get wet, but Liu Jie was still a bit uneasy.

After rummaging around the kitchen, he found half a floor tile in a cabinet and placed it on top of the plastic bag.

This way, the food wouldn't get wet, and Li Xiaoya and the others wouldn't find it.

Liu Jie left the kitchen, and Li Shanyang continued to sleep soundly on the sofa, unaware of what had just happened.

Seeing this scene, Meng Ci laughed sarcastically.

Indeed, human nature is selfish. He thought Liu Jie truly cared for Li Xiaoya, but in the face of life and death, even that proved to be so fragile.