Zhang Su, extremely frustrated, said: "We really should have carried up all the stuff you bought last night!"
"Ah…" Zheng Xinyu gasped slightly, looking annoyed, "Yes, Brother Su, those things… if we had them, we could last at least a month. A month, surely rescue would reach us by then!"
Zheng Xinyu agreed to her fans' request to challenge herself with not leaving the broadcast or her bedroom for a month, meaning not opening the door and doing everything in her bedroom!
She ordered a lot of supplies for eating, drinking, and basic needs from all aspects, to ensure success in the challenge, planning for fifty days of supply.
For this challenge, she spent nearly all her savings for the year, hoping to exchange her bike for a motorcycle. Tomorrow was supposed to be the start of the challenge, but the sudden disaster made everything a mirage.
Zheng Xinyu felt a bit of resentment but didn't complain much, knowing that pessimism wouldn't help now.
Zhang Su gripped his hair in frustration for a while, suddenly realizing it was useless, slapped his cheeks, and said: "We've lost external supplies; let's inventory what's left at home!"
While talking, he instinctively glanced toward the door, thinking that Brother Li, the gatekeeper, probably hadn't left…
"Alright!"
Zheng Xinyu agreed quickly.
"First, fetch water!" Zhang Su suddenly stood up, speaking while walking, "Even if it isn't drinkable, we need water for many things daily. Go grab the containers!"
However, when the two carried buckets and basins into the bathroom to fetch water, they were dumbfounded. When they turned the faucet, it behaved like someone with a prostate issue, squeezing out a few drops before stopping!
The water supply was cut off!
Their discussion about water problems turned out to be pointless nonsense…
Tap water: "You guys keep discussing, I'm leaving."
The two looked at each other, speechless, it really was pushing them toward a dead end!
"Charge everything that can be charged!"
The network and water were cut off; electricity and gas were only a matter of time.
"Only the phone and power bank can be charged, there's no signal, what use is a phone…"
Zheng Xinyu felt extremely frustrated upon mentioning this. Her dependency on the internet was hundreds of times that of Zhang Su, practically living online, poisoned by the internet, and without it, she was utterly despondent.
"Think positively, what if the network gets restored? And even with no signal, phones have many other functions, they'll come in handy!"
Zhang Su said as he started busying himself. As he said, everything that could be charged was plugged in, phones, power banks, razors, clocks, night lights, even the electric toothbrush wasn't spared.
"Ah!"
Having just finished, Zheng Xinyu exclaimed sorrowfully.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Su asked curiously.
Zheng Xinyu pointed at the toilet, "No… no water, how do we use the toilet?"
Zhang Su held his forehead, "Is such a small matter worth getting worked up about? Small can be done as usual, big use garbage bags, thought it was a big deal or something!"
"So gross… is there no other way?"
Zheng Xinyu pulled a face, worried that she wouldn't be able to use the toilet.
"Can't go out, that's the only way. Seal a garbage bag and toss it in the toilet, it's fine."
Zhang Su didn't think it was a big deal, there were many more troubling matters…
Zheng Xinyu pouted and scratched her behind, feeling infinitely sad.
"Stop dawdling, draw the curtains, inventory the supplies!"
Zhang Su urged, starting the most important task, inventorying the supplies.
Swish swish swish.
As the curtains were drawn, the light in the room dimmed instantly.
The two returned to the living room and turned on the light. Zheng Xinyu asked with some confusion, "Brother Su, drawing the curtains is… afraid of being seen?"
She didn't understand the action, wasn't it supposed to signal others there were survivors here, to get rescued?
Zhang Su nodded, "It's not just us who've lost network and water; every household's supplies are fixed short term. You must guard against others, would you share lifesaving supplies with unrelated people?"
Zheng Xinyu froze, considering herself kind-hearted, often feeding stray cats and dogs. But thinking of her hard-fought food being taken, her heart tightened, and she quickly shook her head.
"Good!" Zhang Su praised her, then said, "Energy difficulties can pop up anytime amid disaster, remember, your life is always the top priority, don't be foolishly merciful!"
Usually generous and kind, Zhang Su has a cold, decisive side, and which face to show depends on the environment.
"I understand, Brother Su, I won't be a misguided good person!"
Zheng Xinyu's unmade-up cheek showed determination, though she didn't know how hard the real choices would be when facing them.
After closing the doors and windows, Zhang Su and Zheng Xinyu quickly inventoried the most important survival supplies, namely food and drink.
Since most of it was stored in Zheng Xinyu's room, Zhang Su went ahead and moved all other food into her bedroom.
"I've never been here, didn't know, your room is worse than mine!"
Zhang Su stood with hands on his hips, looking at Zheng Xinyu's boudoir, feeling disdain.
Clothes, socks tossed in the corner, stuff scattered near the trash can, food crumbs on the computer desk, the bed was even more of a mess with cheap claw machine plushies everywhere.
"Hey! I didn't have time to tidy up, focus on the task!"
Zheng Xinyu's face flushed red with embarrassment.
Zhang Su shook his head while clicking his tongue, actually not surprised, many young women's rooms are like this, he's seen worse…
"Let's see here… including drinks and alcohol, about seventy-five liters of drinkable stuff, twelve packs of instant noodles, a ton of snail rice noodles, twenty-two bags, four self-heating hotpots, eight self-heating rice…"
After tidying up, the conclusion was reached: they could last for half a month, twenty days if economizing. Different if power and gas were cut...
Luckily, all food was ready-to-eat, saving time on cooking, avoiding many hassles.
Mostly, these belonged to Zheng Xinyu's stores; Zhang Su added only two five-pack instant noodles and two self-heating rice boxes.
"Uh…" Zheng Xinyu weakly asked, looking at the stacked water, "Brother Su, I think the water won't last half a month, then… aren't we… not washing?"
Indeed, Zhang Su hadn't considered hygiene when planning consumption, not that he didn't think of it, but thought then dismissed it.
Strictly speaking, there wasn't much water left, mostly various drinks, so water was precious!
Hearing Zheng Xinyu, Zhang Su was about to raise his voice, suddenly recalling the big guy by the door, quickly lowering it, "This isn't the time for grooming, just stink!"
With waste unflushable and no way to wash, soon they'd become smelly treasures.