SRTT Chapter 22.4

The security door was locked, so Qin Ruide could only knock on the door hard, trying to make the loudest noise possible.

He knew that many elderly people and children had come upstairs to ask for food recently, but the three young people did not show up.

The hope of borrowing a boat was not great, but as long as there was a little hope, it was better than beating someone to death.

“Is anyone here?”

“I’m not begging for food!”

“I want to borrow a boat!”

“I’m Qin Ruide, the Leader of the Self-Help Association.”

“Is there anyone who can come out and talk to me? I promise I won’t cheat.”

Ruan Ning and Cheng Jili could vaguely hear such a loud noise in the exercise room, but they didn’t know what was being shouted specifically.

They looked at each other.

Cheng Jili said, “Are they asking for food again? Do you want to go out and take a look?”

Ruan Ning looked at her, “Do you want to go out?”

Cheng Jili sighed, “I don’t dare to go. The last time I went out, an old woman was kneeling with her grandson. I was so scared that I hurried home.”

“Who would dare to give out the food in this situation? You and my brother exchanged your lives for it.”

Ruan Ning sighed in her heart.

At this time, the sound of metal chains outside was getting louder and louder. It seemed that the man was deliberately fiddling with the lock.

She deliberately chose the exercise room as the farthest from the main door. Ruan Ning frowned and said, “It seems something has happened. I’ll go out and take a look.”

Cheng Jili: “I’ll come with you.”

Ruan Ning nodded. Then, the two of them went to the corridor together.

Qin Ruide’s eyes lit up with joy: “You finally came out. I am Qin Ruide, the Leader of the Self-Help Association. I want to borrow a boat from you.”

“Borrow a boat?” Ruan Ning was not surprised.

In fact, she had long guessed that someone would come up with this idea. But no one dared to come in the past few days, probably because they were frightened by the gunshots.

Qin Ruide said quickly: “Yes, it’s to borrow a boat.”

“We are running out of food now, so we have to go out and look for supplies. You are the only one in the whole building who has two rubber boats, so I want to borrow them from you.”

Cheng Jili looked at Ruan Ning.

Ruan Ning had quite a few boats. She paused and said, “Why should I lend them to you?”

Qin Ruide subconsciously said, “Isn’t it good for us to help each other?”

Ruan Ning didn’t say anything.

Qin Ruide said, “How about this? Every time we borrow a boat and come back, we will give you 10% of the supplies.”

Ruan Ning shook her head: “This is too risky for me. What if you take my boat out and can’t come back? The flood is no joke now.”

Qin Ruide frowned: “Then, what do you want to do? You can make a request, and I will go back and discuss it with the members.”

Ruan Ning said directly: “How about this? Every time you borrow a boat, give us something in advance.”

“It doesn’t matter what it is. Food, drinks, daily necessities, or gold.”

The main reason why Ruan Ning made the request was to prevent herself from being considered a good person.

These days, if you let people think that you were a good person, you would be in big trouble.

Qin Ruide thought that he did bring some gold jewelry when he left home, so he was delighted: “Okay, then I’ll go back and discuss it with the members. If everything goes well, I’ll come down to see you right away.”

Ruan Ning nodded and watched Qin Ruide turn around and go upstairs.

 

 

 

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