si-mexico Chapter 342 Qin Anran
Chapter 342 Qin Anran
The rain continued to pour down at night. Compared to Yufei, who was still sound asleep, many people in the world were having a sleepless night.
They didn't know how long their food reserves would last, nor did they know when the water level would rise to their floor and flood them while they were sleeping.
They dared not sleep, and were afraid to fall asleep; Qin Anran was one of them.
She didn't know what was wrong with the world. Just a few days ago, everything was fine; she was happily shopping and eating delicious food with her girlfriends.
But now she was staring at the food she had salvaged from the kitchen that day, looking troubled.
The food I stored in the room a few days ago got soaked by the tsunami. It's barely edible, but it won't last long before it gets moldy.
Fearing there wouldn't be enough food after the tsunami, she went out to find food with her neighbors from her building.
They were alright for the first couple of days; after the tsunami floodwaters receded, they were able to walk on land and find food.
But then things changed every day; one floor was flooded each day, and they could no longer leave their homes on foot.
They have to rely on families with inflatable rafts to go out, and they have to share some of their food with the people on the rafts every time they go out.
Otherwise, why would they take you out? The consequence of this is that you have to share the already scarce food you found.
Right now, she can only eat as little as possible, just enough to barely fill her stomach and keep from starving. She doesn't know if she'll be able to find food again, or where her next meal will come from.
However, she is still considered fortunate. The Li family on the third floor had their home flooded and are now homeless.
Of course, they did try to ask their upstairs neighbors for help, but they were all refused. They didn't know when this weather would end.
No family can afford to gamble with human nature. If they accept one family, and another floor floods tomorrow, will they have to accept another family?
Everyone knows that too many people in a small, confined space will almost certainly lead to an accident.
Therefore, not only other people, but also others have come to her for help, but she has not opened the door.
Yesterday she heard that a murder had started happening in another neighborhood. Someone had kindly taken in a family, but while the homeowner was sleeping, that family stole the grain the homeowner had painstakingly retrieved.
The male homeowner, who got up to use the restroom, discovered this, leading to a conflict in which he killed the homeowner.
The family that killed the male head of the household went a step further and killed his three-year-old son as well, throwing him into the water.
The man who was staying at their house had a 17-year-old son, and he even tried to rape the homeowner's wife. Unable to bear the humiliation, the wife jumped from the 16th floor.
Whether they're dead or alive is unknown. It's only been raining for a few days, and this has already happened. Do they completely disregard the authorities? Indeed, one should never overestimate human nature.
Thinking of this, Qin Anran placed another bedside table against the doorway, looking at the mountain of heavy objects piled up against it.
Qin Anran finally felt a little safe. She was worried that someone might break into her house while she was sleeping.
Then Qin Anran made another round of inspections of the house, and hmm... nothing seemed amiss.
Finally, Qin Anran went to the bay window and looked outside. The night was pitch black, and she could still hear the patter of rain.
The entire night sky was pitch black... Hmm?! No! It wasn't pitch black at all.
Qin Anran could vaguely see a light coming from the far left side of her house through the window!
She thought for a moment, then, without even bothering to put on her shoes, she walked barefoot to the innermost bedroom and entered the bathroom inside.
There's a window in the bathroom area, you read that right! There's definitely light! And it's the signature light from the shop.
It stood out brightly in the pitch-black night. Through the window, she saw that the brightly lit sign looked like it said "Ping An Supermarket".
Supermarkets?! Are there any supermarkets still open?
Why is Qin Anran so certain that a supermarket is open? Of course it is. Who would bother to generate their own electricity to turn on that billboard and then do nothing? In this world, no one is that bored.
Judging from the direction of the sign, Qin Anran thought it seemed to be the Jingyang Huating residential complex next door. Thankfully, it wasn't the complex where the person had died, or she would still be a little scared.
Hmm, not far! I'll invite Nie Ming and the others over to take a look tomorrow, Qin Anran thought groggily in bed…
The next day
Yufei summoned him from her dream
"Hmm~" Yufei stretched and yawned, then threw off the covers and got out of bed, going to her side bedroom.
"Good morning, Cui Yu'an! Good morning, Xiao Hei!"
"Meow~"
The only response to Yufei was Xiao Hei's meows; Cui Yu'an remained lying quietly on the bed with his narrow eyes closed, like a sleeping beauty.
After greeting Cui Yu'an, Xiao Hei stretched out on him in a cat-like pose, and then jumped off, seemingly satisfied.
Then, with graceful cat-like steps, she walked into the dining room, lightly leaped onto one of the chairs, and elegantly sat down.
Then it turned its head and meowed at Yufei.
"Alright, I'm here! What do you want to eat today? Salmon again? Tuna again?"
"Meow~"
"Tuna? So tuna is your favorite after all. But Kuro can't be a picky eater—it's not good to always have tuna!"
Yufei tapped Xiao Hei's head and smiled. But despite her words, Yufei still took out a fresh tuna from her spatial storage room, cut it into small pieces, and placed it in front of Xiao Hei.
Then I went to rinse my face and clean myself up. After that, I took out a bottle of fresh milk and a bag of raisin toast and started eating.
After finishing, Yufei prepared to head to the 15th floor to start her business; whether anyone would be there was another matter entirely.
They couldn't see the LED sign she had specially installed, and there was nothing she could do about it.
"Yufei, let me remind you, you should bring Cui Yu'an with you when you go to business. That way, he can gain the world's recognition."
Alright! Yufei stopped and went to Cui Yu'an's room, then picked him up from the bed in a princess carry.
"Little Black, keep up!"
Without further ado, he carried Cui Yu'an downstairs.
After Yufei went downstairs, she saw five people acting suspiciously, as if they were trying to peek inside the large gate of Yufei Supermarket.
"What are you doing?"
Yufei carried Cui Yu'an behind them and asked sternly.
Upon hearing Yufei's voice, the five of them abruptly turned towards her, patting their chests as if they had been startled.
"N-nothing, it's just that last night I saw the sign here was lit up at home, and I wondered if they sold anything here. When I came to this neighborhood, I saw the signs here and... so I came over."
It was Qin Anran who arrived. After waking up today, she found Nie Ming and the others and persuaded them to come and take a look.
When they arrived, it wasn't just their group; people from their neighborhood and several other neighborhoods also came.
It seems they all saw the brightly lit sign, but when they arrived, they found the gate tightly shut.