Chapter 19: Breaking the Law? It Was Self-Defense

Chapter 19: Breaking the Law? It Was Self-Defense

"Ouch!"

Li Xiaoya had forgotten she was wearing open-toed high heels, and the force of her kick made her eyes water with pain.

"Mom!" Seeing Zhang Lu emerge, Li Xiaoya felt an overwhelming sense of grievance.

The security door opened again.

Mother and daughter both turned to look.

"Scram!" Si Chen's face was dark.

Wen Siang had just said that if he didn't get rid of this annoying person, he wouldn't forgive him.

Now, not only had this person not left, but there was another one.

What a nuisance.

And they reeked of cheap perfume, who knows what kind of diseases they might have.

Later, I'll check if we have any alcohol to disinfect the doorway properly.

Li Xiaoya was clearly frightened and didn't know how to react.

But Zhang Lu, being a seasoned veteran, wasn't intimidated by a young punk. She shielded Li Xiaoya behind her and went into attack mode.

"What did you do to my daughter?"

"A grown man bullying a girl, how dare you tell her to scram! Aren't you ashamed?"

However, Si Chen didn't give Zhang Lu a chance to continue. He grabbed a baseball bat from behind the door.

"I said, scram!"

A guy from the neighboring apartment emerged, half-asleep.

"Si Chen, what's going on?" The guy saw Zhang Lu and her daughter and sneered.

"Are they here to beg?"

"Tsk tsk, we already said we don't sell food, yet some people still don't get it."

Zhang Lu glared at him. "Young man, you look decent, why talk so rudely!"

"We just came to take a look. If we don't buy, we don't buy. Why insult us?"

"Yang Ze, handle this. I need to go comfort my baby!" With that, Si Chen slammed the door shut without a second glance.

"No problem!"

Before Yang Ze could finish his reply, the door was closed.

"Ouch, how rude is this guy!"

"If you want help, acting like this won't get you anywhere!"

Deciding to vent his frustration on Zhang Lu and her daughter, Yang Ze cracked his neck and knuckles, making loud popping sounds.

Seeing this, Zhang Lu and her daughter turned and ran away in fear.

"Boring!" Yang Ze sighed.

Another guy emerged from the apartment, clearly woken up by the commotion.

"What's happening?"

"Nothing!"

Yang Ze slammed the door shut and returned to the living room where a standing punching bag was placed. He punched it a few times before being yelled at by the sleeping guy inside, forcing him to sit on the sofa reluctantly.

If you don't want noise, why yell!

Feeling wronged, Yang Ze sat on the sofa and started fiddling with the cushion.

Meng Ci, seeing the drama end, controlled the fly drone to fly up to the eighth floor, packed everything away, and quietly returned to the seventeenth floor.

"What are you doing here!"

From a distance, Meng Ci spotted two suspicious figures lurking outside his door.

One of them was familiar; it was the woman who had knocked on his door earlier.

The two were clearly startled, especially the middle-aged man hunched over, who straightened up in a panic.

Meng Ci noticed the man stuffing a wire into his sleeve.

These two were trying to pick the lock.

In broad daylight, is there no law?

"N-nothing!"

The two pressed against the wall and shakily walked past Meng Ci.

Meng Ci reached behind his back, and a fruit knife appeared in his hand!

"Stop!"

The two people immediately froze when they saw the knife.

The woman stammered, "W-what are you going to do?"

"Killing someone is illegal."

Meng Ci snorted coldly, "Illegal?"

"It was clearly you who broke in and robbed us first. I'm just defending myself."

"How is that illegal?"

As he spoke, Meng Ci took a few steps forward, almost placing the fruit knife against the man's neck.

The man wore glasses and looked like someone who spent most of his time in an office.

He was thin and weak, not daring to resist at all.

"B-brother, calm down."

"W-we won't come again!" the man stammered.

Over the past month, Meng Ci had been buying supplies and working out.

Combined with his height advantage and the knife in his hand, his posture was indeed intimidating.

"Tell me, why have you come to my house repeatedly."

Meng Ci had been thinking about whether he had seen this woman before or if she had spotted him while he was buying groceries in bulk.

Otherwise, why would he not go to Shen Que's place but choose his instead?

The man swallowed nervously and eyed the knife in Meng Ci's hand warily.

"I-I saw your neighbor give you food twice, so, so I came here."

On the night of the heavy rain, the man saw Shen Que return with two suitcases in the pouring rain.

Curious, the man peeked out to see what Shen Que had brought, only to find that Shen Que didn't close the door after entering.

From the suitcase filled with vegetables and rice, Shen Que selected some items and gave them to Meng Ci.

At the time, the man didn't think much of it and even secretly despised Shen Que for hoarding food like a starving ghost.

Little did he know that he would end up being the one starving.

Two days later, the rain continued, and the man's supplies ran out.

Desperate, he knocked on several doors downstairs, but no one had any food.

When he came to Meng Ci's place, he saw Shen Que giving Meng Ci more food.

Thinking that his wife might have better luck asking for food, he sent her over.

Unexpectedly, she was turned away as well.

Four days passed, and everything edible in their home was gone.

Just then, the man's wife mentioned seeing Meng Ci go downstairs.

Feeling bold, the man found a piece of wire in the house, hoping to pry open the door.

Hearing the man's explanation, Meng Ci cursed Shen Que from head to toe in his mind.

He had told Shen Que not to bring food, but he insisted.

And he himself was too soft-hearted, accepting the food.

He had even fed Shen Que several meals.

Thinking about it, Meng Ci felt pained about the meals he had cooked.

Damn it, beauty really misleads people.

Sheathing the knife.

"Get lost!"

"If I catch you lurking around my doorstep again, I'll throw you off the building!"

"With such heavy rain outside, even if someone finds your bodies, no one will suspect me."

Clearly intimidated by Meng Ci's words, the couple nodded repeatedly.

"Citizens, please pay attention. Citizens, please pay attention."

At that moment, a broadcast suddenly sounded outside.

The couple hurriedly pressed their faces against the window, eagerly looking out.

They saw a small helicopter hovering in the air.

Meng Ci didn't go back inside either, standing outside to listen.

"Starting from eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the government will send people to distribute supplies to everyone."

"At that time, residents need to bring their household registration books and ID cards. If you don't have these, please have your two-inch photos ready."

"We will distribute supplies according to the number of people."

The couple, upon hearing this, jumped up in joy.

"Wah! We'll have food for lunch!"

Without caring about the person beside them, they hugged each other tightly and even started nibbling on each other.

Other residents, upon hearing the announcement, also burst out in cheerful voices.

Meng Ci, however, was puzzled when he heard this news.