Chapter 25 The Official Rescue Base
After Gu Yanxu and the others finished packing and went out together, there were hardly any people left in the stairwell. Everyone had already rushed to the rooftop to wait for the supplies to be distributed after hearing the announcement over the loudspeaker, afraid that if they were late, they wouldn't get any.
Bai Tang and the others were still at the very back this time.
After everyone went up, they heard the loudspeaker announcing more than just the distribution of supplies this time.
They're still shouting: "The authorities have established a rescue base at Nanshan Villa. In a few days, an official fleet of boats will come to pick up people from various communities. If you want to go to the official rescue base, you can pack your things in the next few days and then take a speedboat to the base."
Bai Tang knew about Nanshan Villa. Nanshan Villa was an ancient royal summer resort. Because of its high altitude, it was not flooded. It was perfectly normal for the government to build a base there.
After the message was delivered, it caused a huge stir among the crowd.
"Will there be a place for us to stay when we get there?"
Does the base provide food and drink?
Suddenly, the rooftop was in chaos, with all sorts of questions being asked.
Soldiers disembarking from the plane shouted through megaphones: "Everyone, please be quiet! There are no houses in the base, but there are refugee aid stations. You can also exchange supplies for contribution points and choose to buy or rent a house."
These issues will be explained to you by designated personnel once you arrive at the base. For now, our focus is on disseminating information and distributing supplies.
After delivering their message, they began distributing the supplies.
People were very emotional, and finally the authorities stepped in to help those whose homes had been destroyed by the flood.
Some people rushed downstairs to pack their belongings after receiving the supplies, ready to be rescued by the official rescue team at any time.
But there are always people who want to cause trouble for Bai Tang and his group, and most of the people on the rooftop have already left.
At this point, that nerdy guy Liu Dong popped up again to cause trouble.
He used to say to the soldiers on guard duty, "Sir, I want to report someone threatening people with a gun in broad daylight."
Upon seeing this, the soldier asked, "Who did you see carrying a gun?"
Liu Dong pointed at Bai Tang with a sinister look and said, "It's her! That day, after they went out to find supplies and came back, I wanted to ask them how much they had found, but this woman pulled out a gun and pointed it at me without saying a word."
When Bai Tang heard someone reporting her, she looked ahead and saw that it was the person who tried to steal the canned food that day.
She stepped forward and said, "What evidence do you have that I have a gun? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Without evidence, you are making a false accusation."
At this moment, an older woman who had been watching the commotion stepped forward and said, "We all saw it. She was threatening people with a gun that day."
The saying "three men can make a tiger" applies here. The soldier walked towards Bai Tang and said, "Excuse me, we need to ensure the safety of the people and we need to have someone search you."
After saying that, he called over a middle-aged woman.
Bai Tang told Gu Yanxu and the others not to get excited: "It's nothing, it's just a body search, I didn't do anything wrong."
After saying that, she winked at Gu Yanxu, who instantly understood.
Bai Tang followed the woman to the airplane for a body search, and sure enough, a gun was found in her backpack.
After getting off the plane, Liu Dong excitedly said, "Look, she has a gun, arrest her quickly."
The soldier frowned and looked at Bai Tang, thinking: How did this guy get a gun? Could he be someone from above? I'd better be polite.
At this moment, Bai Tang took the gun from the woman and pointed it at Liu Dong.
Liu Dong was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
The soldier said, "Put down your weapon."
At the critical moment, a stream of water spurted from the muzzle of the gun.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, only to see Bai Tang calmly walk up to Liu Dong.
"Look closely, is this a real gun? You idiot."
Bai Tang turned back to the officials and said, "This is a replica gun we found when we went out to find supplies. However, it's a toy water gun and doesn't do any harm. You can verify it if you don't believe me."
"No need, we just saw it, it really is a water gun."
Their superiors said that anyone with eyes could see that what was spraying out was water, not bullets, otherwise Liu Dong would have died long ago.
Liu Dong was so scared when Bai Tang fired the gun that he wet himself, but it turned out to be a false alarm. He had lost face in front of everyone.
Finally, Liu Dong was pulled downstairs by his roommate, and the others slunk away as well.
After the farce ended, Bai Tang and the others returned to their room.
"Sis, weren't we supposed to be using real guns? How did it turn into water guns?" Bai Jiyang asked, looking puzzled.
Bai Tang patted his head and said, "Of course I switched the gun in my space. I had stockpiled a few water guns with replica guns before, just to guard against these snitches."
I'm not stupid. If I got caught now, I'd definitely be invited for questioning, so I decided to pull a switcheroo.
Lin Fan couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, my sister-in-law is really smart."
Lin Feng and Lin Zhou said, "Yeah, we've already discussed how to take out those soldiers and run away. Boss, aren't you worried about your wife?"
Gu Yanxu said, "I know Tangtang must have a way to deal with this, otherwise she wouldn't have left with someone else so easily, so I'm not worried at all. My wife is the smartest."
"Ugh~ They're showing off their love again, ugh! You two are such a jerk." They all condemned Gu Yanxu in unison.
Bai Tang said to them, "Since Liu Dong dared to report me, then I'll make sure he never comes back. Find a way to get rid of him. That bastard dared to report me, let him go to the underworld to report me."
"Sister-in-law is right, this is called giving and receiving."
The group began to think about how to kill Liu Dong that night.
Going directly through the stairwell is definitely not an option. The official rescue team will be here in a couple of days, and we can't let them see us and kill us.
Lin Zhou suggested, "We can use a rope to get to his floor through the window, break the glass, and kill him. That way, no one will know who did it. Even if they suspect us, we can just deny it."
"Brother Linzhou's idea is good, I agree."
"Okay, then we'll act tonight."
After they agreed on their plan, they had Bai Jiyang, Lin Zhou, and Lin Fan watch the ropes upstairs, while Bai Tang, Gu Yanxu, and Lin Feng went down to kill the people.
After nightfall, they prepared the rope and slowly slid down to the window of Liu Dong's room on his floor.
Lin Feng kicked the glass and shattered it, startling Liu Dong awake.
He saw that the windowpane was gone and three masked men were hanging outside. He didn't know what to do for a moment, so he shouted, "Help! Someone's killing someone!"
With a bang, before he could even finish his "la," he was struck between the eyebrows by a bullet and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
After Bai Tang and his group killed Liu Dong, they used a walkie-talkie to have the three people above them pull the three of them up.
After they went upstairs, Liu Dong's roommate was awakened by the sound. He went to Liu Dong's room and saw Liu Dong lying in a pool of blood, lifeless.
Seeing no one else in the room, Liu Dong's roommate hurriedly moved away the supplies Liu Dong had hoarded, completely ignoring Liu Dong, his deceased roommate.
After Bai Tang and the others returned to the house, they changed out of their night clothes.
Bai Tang said casually, "It's all done. What should we eat for dinner tonight? I'm quite hungry."
Lin Feng and the others were shocked by Bai Tang's mentality. He could still eat after just killing someone. Only the boss could tolerate such a ruthless person.
They only saw Bai Tang's composure, but no one knew how many such tragic situations Bai Tang had experienced in her previous life.
Because she was skilled in martial arts in her previous life and shaved her head, people mistook her for a man and let her join the scavenging team; otherwise, she would have died long ago.
After dinner, Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu lay down on the bed together, and Gu Yanxu noticed that something was wrong with Bai Tang.
So she asked worriedly, "Tangtang, are you alright?"
Bai Tang smiled and said to Gu Yanxu, "It's okay, the things of the past life are in the past, we will be better together in the future."
Gu Yanxu hugged Bai Tang tightly: "Yes, it's all in the past. We'll be fine from now on."