Chapter 197: Yaoyao Ling? Someone is Forcefully Seizing a Private Residence (Seeking Monthly Votes)

When Jing Shu and Wu Youai arrived, Building No. 1 was already overcrowded.

Just like the allocations in the caves, it was divided by community blocks. Those assigned to Building No. 1 had to accommodate all residents of a certain community. If the community was too large, they had to cram as many people as possible inside.

Building No. 1 had over 200 units but was assigned to more than 3,000 people. Each unit had to house roughly 15-20 people. This was an experience even more cramped than New Year’s celebrations, with kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms all packed with people.

Government-mandated bare houses had to have toilets installed; otherwise, with so many people living in one house, the amount of waste would be enormous. Fortunately, water was still sufficient this year, but toilets were submerged in the city. Soon, groups of people would first go to the city to transport toilets…

Otherwise, with gold everywhere, every step would sink into softness. This is why Jing Shu constantly wore raincoats and rain boots.

When they arrived at Wang Dazhao’s house, the door had already been pried open, and three couples had moved in, bringing along two troublesome children.

It goes without saying that a house only housing such a few people must have some connections.

At this time, they were dividing the remaining usable living supplies left by Wang Dazhao, such as bed sheets and blankets, and had already treated these as their own home.

“Sister-in-law, I’m talking about you. You took all the blankets from your house. What’s wrong with letting my family take the duvets?”

“Old Liu, Old Zhang, your families each took one bed, shouldn’t you give me the duvets?”

“Little Li, you’re young, just bear with it and move on. Besides, don’t you have a sofa? It’s so soft, what else do you need?”

Some people were telling others off without allowing any retaliation.

“I only moved in after contributing 300 work points. You need to be reasonable.”

“I also gave a bottle of wine and a bag of rice. Isn’t everyone paying a high price to move in?”

“This house was arranged by my uncle. What does it matter if you gave gifts? Behave yourselves, or I’ll kick you out.”

“You dare? This house will have our names written on it.”

While the adults were arguing without end and the troublesome children were playing with bowls and collecting red worms, Jing Shu and Wu Youai rushed in.

“Who are you guys? Don’t you know you can’t barge into other people’s homes? Could this be another arranged move-in? Oh my God, there’s nowhere left for them to stay.”

“My uncle said it’s only our three families.” The man frowned and looked at the approaching people, asking: “What are you guys doing?”

Jing Shu clenched her fist loudly, restraining the urge to strike, suppressing her anger, and said: “Why do my virtual coins matter to you? What’s it to you? Do you need me to inform you that even after saving a thousand people and receiving a reward of six thousand virtual coins, the payment hasn’t come through yet? Ignorance is truly terrifying. Don’t embarrass yourself here. You can gossip about me, but don’t let me hear it, or else… you might be the next corpse at my doorstep.”

“Wow, she’s been rewarded six thousand virtual coins.”

“Saving so many people deserves that reward.”

Nima’s teeth trembled, her face turned pale, and she plopped down onto the ground. Yes, how could she forget that the person in front of her was a killer? She dared to kill even her high school classmates.

“Waaah… I-I only said a few random words.” Nima burst into tears.

“Adults must take responsibility for their words and actions.”

The little episode quickly passed. Even after Ah Yu checked Jing Shu’s records, she said, “Big data shows that there is indeed a reward. It should be arriving soon. I’ll transfer the virtual coins to others first.”

The villa’s courtyard buzzed with people, becoming much livelier. While Ah Yu was helping to transfer virtual coins, the central area of the U-shaped banquet began exchanging various items.

As expected, people from the same social class shared common topics. Now it was Jing Shu’s high school classmates who shone brightly, bringing all sorts of strange daily necessities that could be exchanged among themselves. Meanwhile, the wealthy second-generation sat on one side watching.

Of course, for landowner Su Mali, she still had a lot of unused items. In her eyes, there’s no such thing as price—only useful and useless items.

Therefore, half of the piled-up things belonged to Su Mali. They were either sold at low prices or bartered away.

……

The man with an eternally grim face sipped his coffee in small sips, frowned as he watched the monitor, and couldn’t help but wrinkle his brows. “Zhou Bapi, stop transferring. It’s so annoying.”

“You old jerk, you’re so bad. You tricked me into coming here early but wouldn’t let me see that astragalus being kept in the potted plant. The spot in the video was just a blind spot. I don’t even know if that girl did it on purpose. And a few days ago, I wanted to come, but you blocked me. You wouldn’t let me come.” Zhou Bapi puffed his beard and glared.

“Ah… about that girl, I actually wanted to confirm something.”

“Have you confirmed it yet?”

“No, I can only leave it to fate.” The grim-faced man showed no sign of relief, letting out a long sigh.

“You’re so superstitious. Does that girl have something you admire about her?” Zhou Bapi continued, “I’ll make it clear: if she can really cultivate medicinal herbs in this apocalypse, I want her. As you know from internal sources, red worms have been detected, and this year we probably won’t be able to grow much.”

The man’s thoughts drifted back to over twenty years ago.

“Your daughter is blessed by heaven, hiccup~ with the luck of wishes coming true, hiccup~ whatever she wants or wants to do, she can accomplish it. But such luck will incur heaven’s envy, hiccup~ those envied by heaven will face calamities.”

“Oh, but someone will inherit your children’s luck and then cause calamities for your daughter… It’s easy to identify that person…”

Twenty years flew by in the blink of an eye. The man was about to forget the drunken words of Master Zhang who had casually spoken to Su Mali.

“Could it really be this person? Using my daughter as a stepping stone to inherit her luck?”

Then, the man thought he was overthinking. Fortune tellers couldn’t predict such detailed matters, right? They could inherit luck, but inheriting a person’s luck? They heard of inheriting properties or bodies, but not luck.

……

When the exchange meeting ended, Jing Shu’s six thousand virtual coins finally arrived. Thank heavens, she didn’t have to go home and use the old hens to settle the debt. Jing Shu also added these people as friends. A few others who acknowledged her did the same, thinking they might be useful in the future.

“I’m very happy that Su Mali’s trading fair was very successful this time. It seems everyone has gained a lot. My own gains are also plentiful. The big data has already tendered the online auction. I’ve already secured the ownership, but there will be a handling fee later. I still hope everyone will support it.”

The classmates felt a bit disappointed.

They thought they could come once a month but didn’t expect it to be held online. However, this time was really satisfying.

“ Su Mali, look at all the leftover dishes on the tables. Can we pack them up to take home? Otherwise, they’ll go to waste.”

The servants standing behind rolled their eyes. They didn’t expect anyone to even fight over their leftovers.

Su Mali thought for a moment. Her high school classmates were quite pitiful, so she nodded, “Alright, I originally wanted to take away everything from the pots, but since that’s not possible, you can pack up what’s here.”

Although a few classmates felt a bit regretful, they followed the plan. It was as if they had secretly agreed beforehand, targeting their own leftovers. Before long, all the remaining dishes were cleaned up, just like washed plates.

The servants who had served all afternoon were exasperated. After struggling to enjoy a good meal, this group didn’t even leave any soup or sauce behind.

Fortunately, at this moment, Su Mali spoke up: “You’ve worked hard all afternoon. Eat up the leftovers in the restaurant.”

“Thank you, Miss!”

“Thank you, Miss!”

Jing Shu didn’t have time to watch this scene unfold. Anyway, her dining spot was clean, and as the trading fair had just ended, Wu Youai called her.

“Jing Shu, Building No. 1 is now processing check-ins. Wang Dazhao is your friend, right? His house has been allocated by the assignment officer, and I’ve been reassigned to manage other buildings, so I can’t oversee that area anymore.”

Upon hearing this, Jing Shu was furious. Someone was blatantly trying to embezzle a house that someone lived in. Without saying a word, Jing Shu immediately followed Wu Youai to Building No. 1.

“Damn it, how could you forget about Wang Dazhao’s situation?” Jing Shu knew that Wang Dazhao and Yang Yang were about to return, so she didn’t expect anyone to actually dare to lay claim to his house.

Only the houses of the deceased would be reclaimed by the state, and Wang Dazhao’s case was registered in Wu Youai’s big data system. It didn’t count as death, not even as missing.

In this situation, someone was blatantly declaring Wang Dazhao dead and then blacklisting his house? They were really going to change the name on it. By then, even if Wang Dazhao returned, the name would have already changed.

(End of Chapter)