Chapter 50 No, I’m Not Stupid

Chapter 50 No, I'm Not Stupid

Meng Ci and Shen Que hid their knives under their raincoats and were watched by several people along the way.

Some even deliberately passed by them.

But when they saw that Meng Ci and Shen Que's inflatable boat was empty, they left with looks of disdain.

However, two guys in a rubber dinghy followed them all the way.

No matter how Meng Ci tried to lose them by taking detours, they couldn't shake them off.

Their intention to intercept Meng Ci's inflatable boat was clear.

"Let's head over there!"

The direction Shen Que pointed to looked like a commercial district with tall buildings, indeed a good place to deal with trouble.

"Alright."

Meng Ci turned the inflatable boat in that direction, moving at a steady pace to ensure the two rubber dinghies wouldn't lose track of them.

"Where are they?"

In the two rubber dinghies, there were five people in total.

The leader, a man with a scar on his face, spat into the floodwaters in anger after not seeing Meng Ci and Shen Que when they entered a side channel.

"Weren't you supposed to keep an eye on them? How could you lose them! What use are you?"

"You're looking for us?"

Meng Ci, driving the inflatable boat, somehow managed to circle around behind the group and suddenly spoke, startling them.

But thinking they had the numbers, what was there to be afraid of!

The man with the scar smiled smugly upon seeing the two reappear.

"Yes, we do have something to discuss with you."

Meng Ci nodded, appearing easily deceived. "I'd like to hear more."

The scarred man thought he had intimidated them and spoke bluntly.

"There are only two of you using such a big inflatable boat; it's a waste, and you won't find anything anyway."

"Why don't we make a trade?"

"How would we trade?" Meng Ci seemed genuinely interested in the deal.

The scarred man and his companions exchanged glances, confident they would get what they wanted.

"We'll trade our rubber dinghy for your inflatable boat."

"Sure!" Meng Ci agreed immediately, and as the others felt satisfied, he pointed to his head.

"Do you think I have a problem with my brain?"

"Or do you think I'm stupid?"

"Or perhaps you're the one who's stupid, thinking everyone else is too?"

The repeated mentions of stupidity made the scarred man's expression turn fierce. "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean?" Meng Ci sneered.

"Of course, I'm refusing your offer. If you can't understand that, then you really are stupid."

With that, Meng Ci pulled out the long knife from under his raincoat.

"Damn it, don't refuse a polite offer and insist on a fight!" The scarred man swore.

The five men in the two rubber dinghies took out their tools—axes and knives.

Meng Ci, seeing their arrogance, expected something more formidable but found only common weapons.

Meng Ci and Shen Que, having been through a bloody fight before, weren't afraid.

"Enough talk. If you want to fight, let's go. We have things to do!"

Meng Ci thought about the digging they still needed to do and knew they needed to finish quickly or wouldn't get much done.

Otherwise, their trip would be for nothing.

The five men in the rubber dinghies charged forward recklessly.

But since they were in rubber dinghies and had to paddle manually, they couldn't match Meng Ci's speed.

Meng Ci drove the inflatable boat, teasing them.

Whenever they were about to catch up, he would accelerate and then slow down again, waiting for them to catch up.

The five men, wanting Meng Ci's inflatable boat, didn't dare to attack recklessly, fearing they might puncture it.

So they kept trying to knock Meng Ci and Shen Que off the boat.

Meng Ci and Shen Que had no such concerns. As they approached the rubber dinghies, Shen Que stabbed one of them with his knife.

With a hissing sound, the two of them grabbed hold of the rubber boat tightly.

"Bro He, save me!"

"I can't swim!"

The three people on the rubber boat, seeing how ruthless Shen Que and Meng Ci were, hesitated to approach.

This was actually their first time doing something like this. When they saw that Shen Que and Meng Ci were only two people and had an inflatable boat, they decided to take advantage.

But they didn't expect these two to be so ruthless, truly intending to kill.

The scar-faced man and his companions had several cuts on their hands and arms inflicted by Shen Que.

So at this moment, they didn't dare to approach easily and could only watch helplessly as the two were carried away by the current.

"Are you still coming?" Meng Ci asked.

The scar-faced man hurriedly shook his head. "No, we won't!"

"We'll leave right now!"

As he spoke, the group quickly paddled away.

Meng Ci and Shen Que didn't linger there and continued driving the inflatable boat northward.

After another half hour of driving, the two arrived at their destination.

The floodwater from the mountain flowed down like a stream, gushing continuously.

Because there was a villa area halfway up the mountain, a wide asphalt road wound around it.

Meng Ci and Shen Que deflated the rubber boat and walked along the road, looking for a suitable place to enter the forest.

"How..."

Just as they were about to turn a corner, Shen Que suddenly pulled Meng Ci aside. Before Meng Ci could finish his sentence, Shen Que covered his mouth.

"Shh!" Shen Que told Meng Ci to be quiet, then found a spot and led him into the woods.

After walking a short distance into the forest, the two stopped.

"What's wrong?" Meng Ci whispered.

Shen Que said, "There are troops on the mountain."

"What?"

Meng Ci wasn't doubting Shen Que; he was wondering why the army was stationed here.

But he quickly figured it out.

If someone had been reborn, they would know the importance of this mountain.

Moreover, the book described how in the later stages, Si Chen and the government built a high wall here to resist the zombies.

It was a pity about the money he spent on renovating the villa.

However, Meng Ci didn't plan to give up the villa because his property deed was still stored in his space.

Even if the army wanted to station here, they couldn't deny him, a legal resident, the right to live there.

The reason Meng Ci hadn't initially stayed in the villa area was not just for revenge but also due to the heavy rain and snow.

Meng Ci wasn't afraid of the heavy rain because the drainage system in the villa area was excellent, but the heavy snow was a different matter.

In a little over a month, the weather would turn cold, and overnight, the floodwaters would freeze into ice blocks. Soon after, heavy snow would fall, and many who survived the heavy rain would die from the cold during the snowstorm.

With such thick snow, the two-story villa would surely be buried.

"In that case, let's just dig around here," Meng Ci said.

As for his villa, he couldn't go check on it either.

"Alright."

To save some distance, they walked down a bit further and then started digging with their knives.

Their actions made them both laugh!

"Seriously, Shen Que, are we crazy or what!"