Chapter 14 Wait, Give Me Your Phone

Chapter 14 Wait, Give Me Your Phone

"I saw some classmates spending money to buy food from others. Would you like to give it a try?" Meng Ci suggested.

Meng Ci calculated that Li Shanyang and the others probably had around several tens of thousands of yuan left. He wanted them to spend some now.

When things become more expensive later, they won't be able to exchange anything for food.

It would be interesting to see what they might do for a bite to eat then.

"Transfer me some money." Li Shanyang demanded boldly.

"Transfer one million, no, make it ten million."

Meng Ci rolled his eyes. Even at this point, he was still thinking about money.

"I can't transfer any money; my phone is broken. If it worked, I wouldn't be starving."

Meng Ci's tone was pitiful, but his face showed no emotion.

"I'm using a classmate's phone, with the SIM card inserted, to call you."

"What good are you?" Li Shanyang hung up the call angrily.

Then, the group started gathering money.

Liu Jie didn't have much money to begin with, and he kept most of his savings on another card, ultimately only taking out a little over a thousand yuan.

Li Xiaoya had spent her money on a bed and clothes, leaving less than ten thousand yuan in her account.

Zhang Lu couldn't come up with a single cent.

Most of the two million yuan Meng Ci gave her went to buying clothes, and the rest was spent at a beauty salon, even leaving her owing the salon twenty thousand yuan.

Li Shanyang had spent all his money on extravagant living, leaving only around twenty thousand yuan in his account.

Hearing their conversation through the surveillance, Meng Ci sneered. It seemed these people were even more extravagant than he had imagined.

A total of six million yuan had been squandered away.

There were no cameras outside, so Liu Jie's trip to trade for supplies wasn't visible.

After a while, Meng Ci saw Liu Jie return with four packets of instant noodles, looking rather upset.

"Damn it, those guys are taking advantage of the situation. They charged one hundred yuan for a packet of instant noodles."

The rain had only fallen for a day and a night, and those with stored food didn't realize it was the end times. Seeing Liu Jie's decent attire and his hungry appearance, they charged him four hundred yuan for four packets of instant noodles.

Seeing Liu Jie complain, Meng Ci sneered.

In a few days, forget about one hundred yuan; someone desperate might pay ten thousand yuan.

Once people realize something is wrong, food will be priceless. Then we'll see how Li Shanyang and the others turn on each other.

For the past two days, Meng Ci had been making and pressing dough while the power was stable.

He had forgotten to buy fresh noodles when shopping.

Now, there was plenty of flour in the space, but rolling and slicing noodles took too much time compared to pressing them.

Fortunately, he had bought a few noodle presses at the wholesale market, which came in handy now.

Meng Ci had purchased many plastic bags, filling each with enough noodles for one meal.

Oh, right.

Meng Ci suddenly remembered that he lacked kitchen utensils, especially knives for chopping vegetables. He needed to find a few more during his next zero-cost shopping trip.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After washing his hands, Meng Ci heard frantic knocking. Looking through the peephole, he saw a woman in her thirties.

Meng Ci didn't open the door, but she persisted in knocking.

With no choice, Meng Ci grabbed a knife from the kitchen, held it behind his back, and opened the door slightly.

"What do you want?"

The door crack was small, and Meng Ci stood in the middle, blocking the view inside.

The woman kept glancing behind Meng Ci. "Little brother, do you have any food? Can you give me some?"

"I haven't eaten for days."

"I have money; I can scan it to you."

"And I have a five-year-old child at home. Please, have mercy on us!"

Meng Ci shook his head. "I don't have any food. I've been hungry for a day too."

"How is that possible!"

The woman tried to push her way into Meng Ci's apartment, determined not to leave without food.

"You look healthy and well-fed, not like someone who's been hungry."

Meng Ci used his leg to block the door and pushed the woman away with one hand.

Caught off guard, she fell to the ground.

Meng Ci grabbed the key and locked the door, standing by the entrance with the kitchen knife in his hand.

"Say it again, I have no food."

"If you try to come in again, don't blame me for being rude!"

The woman was clearly frightened and quickly got up.

Meng Ci noticed a shadow moving near the elevator behind her.

"Click."

The door next to them opened, and Shen Que emerged, wearing only a towel around his waist, his hair still wet.

Meng Ci couldn't help but think, did this guy go out again? Otherwise, why would he take a bath in the middle of the day?

Still, this guy's physique is really good.

Meng Ci quickly stopped his wild thoughts, wanting to slap himself. What was he doing, distracted by beauty at a time like this?

"What's going on?" Shen Que's eyes were fixed on the woman.

The woman swallowed what she was about to say and hurriedly turned to leave.

"Nothing, just asking for food," Meng Ci said.

Shen Que nodded. "It's raining so heavily outside; who knows when it will stop."

"You should keep the food for yourself."

Shen Que reached out his hand to Meng Ci. "Give me your phone!"

"What for!" Meng Ci was wary.

Shen Que replied, "If something like this happens again, call me, and I'll help you deal with it."

"No need." Meng Ci refused. They were both men; what help could there be?

Besides, he had already decided to keep his distance.

Shen Que didn't argue further. He swiftly reached into Meng Ci's pocket, pulled out his phone, unlocked it with Meng Ci's face, and then dialed his own number.

He waited until the ringtone sounded inside the room before hanging up and handing the phone back to Meng Ci, all in one smooth motion.

"Done, the number is saved. Call if you need anything." With that, Shen Que pushed the door open and went back into his room.

Meng Ci entered his room, looking at the saved number on his phone, sighing once more.

Why was this guy so nosy? Was he some kind of universal heater?

Universal heaters warm more than just one person, hmm!

Must stay away.

On the fifth day of the downpour, more and more people ran out of food.

The supermarket at the entrance of the residential area had long sold out its supplies and closed its doors.

People were either asking in the group chat if anyone had food or shouting out their windows, offering to pay high prices for any available food.

Meng Ci ignored all of these requests and focused on his physical training.

Seeing his phone ringing, it was Liu Jie calling again.

"What is it?" Meng Ci asked.

Liu Jie was starving, only daring to take a few bites of the snacks hanging outside his kitchen window, fearing they would run out entirely.

"Do you have any way to get food? Can you bring some over?"

Liu Jie had been asking every day, and Meng Ci's answer was always the same.

"No."

"But perhaps there's a way to help you," Meng Ci suddenly spoke.

Liu Jie eagerly asked, "What way?"

Meng Ci hesitated, "Last night, one of my roommates traded his body for a pack of instant noodles."

"Do you see..."

In the book, Li Shanyang suggested using Meng Ci's body to trade for food.

This time, he would bring it up and see whom Liu Jie would be willing to use.

Liu Jie hung up without a word.

Then he walked into the kitchen, locked the door, and wanted to grab some snacks.

But this time, something was off—the weight of the plastic bag felt strange.

Upon lifting it, he found a hole at the bottom of the plastic bag.