74: Someone came up

"She's already infected with the zombie virus."

"There's no need to save her."

Su Mianmian lowered her head, her expression unreadable.

Seeing this, Shi Xu told Xu Qing to speed up the boat.

Xu Qing obeyed, and the boat went even faster.

The woman saw that they not only weren't saving her but were also speeding up, and she couldn't help but curse loudly.

Su Mianmian listened to the woman's curses and couldn't help but shake her head.

What was the use of cursing?

It was utterly useless.

"Mianmian, don't take that woman's words to heart."

"If we had saved her, that would truly be harming ourselves."

Shi Xu thought Su Mianmian was feeling regretful. He reached out and patted her head, comforting her.

Su Mianmian saw that he had misunderstood her, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.

"I'm not disappointed that we couldn't save her. I just think her cursing at us is meaningless."

"She still hasn't understood the true cruelty of the apocalypse."

"People who can survive in the apocalypse cannot be morally blackmailed."

Su Mianmian smiled, her expression full of sarcasm.

If she were afraid of such words, how could she dare to survive in such an apocalypse?

The apocalypse was never short of overly kind people.

Su Mianmian thought of the fates of those people and couldn't help but shake her head.

"Mianmian, I'm relieved that you can think that way."

"The rest of you too, don't think of saving just anyone, understand?"

Shi Xu looked at Xu Qing and the others with a serious expression, speaking earnestly.

Xu Qing and the others nodded repeatedly, promising not to be overly kind.

Along the way, they also encountered other people asking for help.

Without exception, they ignored them all.

When a tall, burly man stood at a window sill, anxiously pleading for help, Su Mianmian couldn't help but complain, "Why isn't a grown man thinking about how to save himself, but instead relying on others?"

The house he lived in was very tall; he could have continued to climb higher after the water reached his home.

The flood couldn't possibly submerge the entire building, so there was absolutely no need for him to be rescued.

Su Mianmian sometimes truly couldn't understand why, even with a geographical advantage, they still wanted to come out.

Could there be something outside that attracted them?

"They want to be saved because they've run out of food."

"Without food, they think about relying on others."

"The psychology of such people is quite easy to guess."

Shi Xu mercilessly exposed the truth.

The others heard this and looked displeased.

These people actually wanted to leech off them? How was that possible?

They weren't fools; how could they let these people, who were afraid of death, leech off them?

"I think they not only want to leech off us but also want to eat our flesh."

"After saving them, we'd have to provide them with food and drink, and if danger struck, they wouldn't be able to help, and might even stab you in the back in the end."

"It's best not to save people in the apocalypse."

"Unless that person is truly worth saving."

Su Jinxuan raised a hand to stroke his chin, his expression thoughtful.

Su Mianmian nodded. Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan both understood these principles, which relieved her greatly.

They no longer paid attention to those asking for help. Before long, Xu Qing drove the boat to the building below.

Su Mianmian looked up at the sky; it was overcast, as if lightning, thunder, strong winds, and heavy rain would soon arrive.

She was glad they had returned to a safe place. If they were still outside, their safety would not be guaranteed.

Seeing no one, Shi Xu put the inflatable boat back into his space.

As they went upstairs, they encountered two men midway.

Both parties were extremely vigilant, and the atmosphere was tense as they brushed past each other.

Fortunately, neither had any intention of causing trouble, so they passed peacefully.

Back on the thirty-seventh floor, Su Mianmian finally let out a sigh of relief.

"So tired, climbing stairs is really too tiring."

"I feel like I've run half a marathon."

As soon as Su Mianmian saw the sofa, she couldn't help but collapse onto it.

Shi Xu saw how tired she was and couldn't help but smile.

"You shouldn't say you're tired; you should say, 'I can still keep climbing.'"

It was rare for Shi Xu to joke with Su Mianmian, but Su Mianmian had no intention of humoring him.

She was too tired right now to play with him.

Shi Xu saw that she was truly exhausted, so he stopped smiling and reached out to massage her legs.

Su Mianmian was a little resistant at first, but then, perhaps because Shi Xu's massage was too comfortable, she gave up resisting, buried her face in a sofa pillow, and played dead.

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Xu finally released his hands.

Su Mianmian remained motionless. Shi Xu thought she had fallen asleep and was about to carry her back to her room when she suddenly sprang up.

Shi Xu looked at her blankly, not understanding what was happening.

Su Mianmian didn't explain to him. She ran back to her room, her face flushed.

She closed the door, leaning against it, her face full of shyness.

Shi Xu was truly too much. Didn't he know that place was the living room?

When he did that to her, everyone else must have seen it.

Su Mianmian felt like she didn't want to see anyone!

She raised her hands to cover her face, shaking her head, full of shyness.

Outside, lightning flashed and thunder boomed, one after another, but Su Mianmian seemed to ignore it all. Her mind was filled with the feeling of Shi Xu massaging her legs just now.

It was very comfortable, very strange.

If it weren't for the wrong location, she probably would have liked it even more.

After Su Mianmian fled, Shi Xu remained in a daze, staring in the direction of her room, not even blinking.

Mother Shi saw his foolish expression and couldn't help but sigh, "Youth is truly wonderful."

Shi Xu's bewildered look was exactly like his father's when he was young.

Mother Shi shook her head, her eyes filled with happy memories.

"Boss, someone's coming up!"

"Quite a few, too."

Xu Qing saw people coming up on the surveillance monitor and immediately came out to tell Shi Xu.

Upon hearing this, everything in Shi Xu's mind automatically dissipated. At this moment, he was like a beast hidden in the shadows, full of danger and vigilance.

He nodded and led Su Jinxuan and Xu Huan to the door.

They didn't know who these people were. If they came with ill intentions, he wouldn't mind killing innocent people.

Shi Xu clenched his fists, his eyes full of murderous intent.

They didn't wait long outside before they heard a knock on the anti-theft door.

This time there was no banging. Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan exchanged glances, a little unsure if this was friend or foe.

Shi Xu gave Xu Huan a look, and Xu Huan understood. He walked to the anti-theft door and pressed the black button.

A small hole slowly appeared on the anti-theft door. This was a place Shi Xu designed for communicating with people outside.

He couldn't just open the door without knowing if the people outside were friends or foes; that kind of behavior was too dangerous.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Xu Huan acted as the "diplomat." He ignored the expressions of the people outside and immediately questioned them.

The people outside felt a bit resentful seeing his arrogance, but remembering that they had something to discuss, their resentment was immediately suppressed, not daring to show it and ruin important matters.

"We're here to discuss something with you."

"Can you open the door so we can talk properly?"

The man at the front had a refined look, and his eyes were very sincere, as if he wasn't lying.

Seeing this, Xu Huan turned to look at Shi Xu.

Shi Xu walked over, looked at the people outside, and said casually, "We can just talk like this."

He wasn't concerned about politeness. When it came to personal safety, politeness wasn't that important.

Moreover, he had opened a small hole specifically to listen to them, which was giving them enough face.

If it were anyone else, they might not even get such treatment.