The heavy rain had been falling continuously for half a year. The thick black clouds obscured the sunlight, making it impossible to distinguish night from day.
Without mechanical watches, it was impossible to tell time.
Li Zhiqiang hugged his lifelike figurine and played with it all night last night, ate some bread, and had slept until now.
Sometimes, he thought the flood wasn't entirely a bad thing.
At least he didn't have to go to work and could stay at home all the time.
Of course, having food and drink, internet and electricity would be even better.
He had a vague dream, in which the little bastard next door, Liang Yuan, was peeping at his wife in the elevator again.
This time, the bastard not only peeped but also went ahead and touched his wife.
He was suddenly furious, wanting to shout.
But he found out that his wife had not only not resisted but had actively started to undress.
This made him even angrier, and he started cursing on the spot.
However, the adulterous couple not only didn't restrain themselves but played even wilder.
Liang Yuan actually took out a piece of bread and threw it in front of him.
For some reason, seeing this piece of bread, all his anger dissipated immediately. He grabbed the bread excitedly and gobbled it up.
"So fragrant, so delicious."
The aroma rushed straight to his brain, making his stomach feel like it was on fire.
He swallowed saliva wildly and chewed desperately, but could never get enough.
"I eat, I eat, I eat—"
Bang!
A sudden loud noise, Li Zhiqiang was startled awake.
The room was dark, he stared blankly, seemingly yet to recover from the dream.
He saw three figures standing at the door, one of whom was Liang Yuan, who bullied his wife in his dream!
"Liang Yuan!"
He suddenly reacted and immediately sat up in fright.
Cai Zhi and Ma Guocai rushed over, pinning him down on the bed simultaneously!
Liang Yuan looked at this scene, smiling coldly, "Li Zhiqiang, you slept quite soundly, I heard you grinding your teeth, what's the matter? Dreaming of delicious food?"
"Liang... Liang Yuan! How... how did you get into my house? Who are you people? Let go of me! I'm going to call the police, let go of me."
Li Zhiqiang was panic-stricken, shouting fervently, struggling violently.
Cai Zhi and Ma Guocai almost couldn't hold him down.
Until Cai Zhi showed a hint of ruthlessness on his face, grabbed a kitchen knife from behind, and pressed it against Li Zhiqiang's neck.
"Don't move! Move one more inch, I will kill you!"
He hissed lowly, instantly scaring Li Zhiqiang so much that he was subdued, trembling all over, not daring to move a muscle.
Li Zhiqiang pleaded in fear, "Spare me, Liang Yuan, spare me, I've already given my wife to you, please don't kill me, I'm begging you."
His whole body was shaking, and Ma Guocai suddenly smelled a stench. Turning his head, he saw that Li Zhiqiang's crotch was actually soaked wet.
He was speechless and couldn't help but curse, "This wimp, actually peed himself."
Cai Zhi was also astonished, not expecting Li Zhiqiang who seemed strong to be such a coward.
For a moment, he was stunned, not knowing how to deal with it.
"Liang Yuan, what should we do?"
Cai Zhi turned to look at Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan was also speechless, looking at Li Zhiqiang, shaking his head, "Such a big man, you're really such a coward."
"You even dare mention Sister Mei, you sold her for a piece of bread, and you dare mention her."
"Tie him up."
Cai Zhi and Old Ma immediately found a belt and tied Li Zhiqiang's hands behind his back.
Li Zhiqiang loudly begged for mercy, "No, no, please, let me go, Liang Yuan, what do you want? I'll give you everything, I'll give you back everything, please spare me."
Cai Zhi feared Li Zhiqiang would wake his daughter, so he promptly stuffed a dirty underwear into his mouth.
Li Zhiqiang whimpered immediately. The underwear was what he had changed yesterday and had a stinky smell, choking him to tears.
Looking at the tied-up Li Zhiqiang, Cai Zhi and Ma Guocai turned to look at Liang Yuan.
For a moment, neither knew what to do with this guy.
After all, to the two of them, they had occupied someone else's house.
Now tying up the original owner—morally, they felt guilty.
Liang Yuan was also somewhat hesitant. He was not Liu Erlong and the others who could act without any bottom line.
Killing was before forced upon him.
Now killing someone who was as weak as Li Zhiqiang made him hesitate.
Ultimately contemplating Sister Mei, Liang Yuan said, "Forget it, throw him out to fend for himself."
Ma Guocai and Cai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Cai Zhi immediately said, "This bastard sold his wife for food, merciless and heartless, letting him fend for himself is a bit of revenge for Yang Mei."
Ma Guocai nodded, "This kind of person indeed shouldn't be trusted, throwing him out is better."
They lifted Li Zhiqiang and threw him onto the corridor on the thirty-first floor.
Cai Zhi said, "Don't say we didn't give you a chance, these tents and pots and pans were left by us before."
Ma Guocai didn't say anything, patted Cai Zhi's shoulder and said, "Let's go, this scum wouldn't be missed even if he died."
Liang Yuan didn't say anything throughout, just looked coldly at Li Zhiqiang, then went upstairs with the other two.
Li Zhiqiang watched them leave, finally letting out a sigh of relief. He struggled to loosen the belt, spat out the underwear from his mouth, glaring venomously at the closed door upstairs.
"Damn you, Liang Yuan, Yang Mei, you two bastards, just wait."
Seeing the broken tent, his face was filled with more resentment.
But aside from cursing, he didn't dare do anything.
When it was just Liang Yuan, he already didn't dare make a scene.
Now Liang Yuan had two helpers, he wouldn't dare at all.
But the resentment in his heart couldn't be dissipated.
"What to do, now there's no food, no place to live, all because of Liang, damn him, he doesn't let me live well, they won't live well either."
After thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's right, Liu Erlong!"
"Liu Erlong wanted to kill Liang for a long time, I will now go find him, tell him I can offer Yang Mei to him."
"With this, Liu Erlong and Liang will fight, maybe Liu Erlong would give me food."
"Haha, Liang, just you wait."
Excitedly, he immediately got up and rushed downstairs.
But just as he ran to the dark stairway, a rope suddenly wrapped around his neck.
"Uh—"
Li Zhiqiang struggled in terror, his hands desperately pulling at the rope around his neck.
In the darkness, he couldn't see the face of the person behind.
The hands holding the rope were strong.
Li Zhiqiang scratched wildly, twisting his body, but couldn't break free.
"Uh uh... help... help—"
Using his last breath, he silently screamed.
Finally, his brain severely lacked oxygen, his vision blacked out.
In the darkness, the man holding the rope didn't loosen his grip, maintaining this position for half a minute, ensuring Li Zhiqiang had no movement before letting go.
Li Zhiqiang's body slid down in the stairway.
Looking at Li Zhiqiang's stretched tongue and glaring eyes, the man sighed lightly, "I really had thought of sparing you, but you chose your own death."
"Talking about finding Liu Erlong and even murmuring aloud, worrying I might not hear?"
Liang Yuan slightly shook his head and put away the rope.
Just sending Cai Zhi and Ma Guocai back, he had made an excuse to go back home; he actually wasn't too assured about Li Zhiqiang.
The moment he reached the staircase, he heard Li Zhiqiang talking about finding Liu Erlong.
At that moment, Liang Yuan finally resolved to kill.
An enemy is an enemy, no matter how cowardly Li Zhiqiang was, he was still a robust young man.
Joining Liu Erlong's team would pose a significant threat to him.
Liang Yuan bent down, picked up the body, and threw it out of the corridor.
Bang!
The water splashed up, yet the sound was drowned by the relentless rain.
As if nothing had happened.
Liang Yuan stared at the dark water below for a few seconds, then turned to go upstairs.