Su Nian took steps towards Zhao Xiaoyue, scaring her so much that Zhao Xiaoyue fell directly to the ground.
"You...you...you...don't come any closer!"
"I was wrong! I truly regret it! I won't dare to do it again!"
"It was all his idea! It has nothing to do with me! You've already killed him, can you let me go?"
No matter what Zhao Xiaoyue said, Su Nian didn't stop her steps, quickly reaching her.
Before Zhao Xiaoyue could speak again, the knife in Su Nian's hand swiped across Zhao Xiaoyue's neck.
The sharp knife drew a fine line on her neck.
Before blood could gush out, Zhao Xiaoyue's body was kicked down by Su Nian.
Without casting another glance at Zhao Xiaoyue's body, Su Nian turned around and left directly.
People may change, but nature is hard to change.
No matter how much Zhao Xiaoyue repented at this moment, no matter what assurances she made, as long as she was allowed to leave, she would definitely come back.
Only the dead can truly put one's mind at ease.
As Su Nian walked away step by step, the clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing a huge full moon.
The cold moonlight spilled down, casting a lonely shadow on Su Nian.
In the corner of the shadow, Jing Mo turned the ring on his hand.
He hadn't expected to see her again and still witness her committing murder.
Her decisiveness in killing impressed him.
But seeing her lonely and cold figure, he felt a twinge of pain.
For the first time in his life, Jing Mo wanted to get close to someone.
He wanted to approach her, understand her.
Even...walk alongside her.
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Su Nian walked back to the car and drove away.
After the fire in the water plant in the previous life, the water supply in the neighborhood never recovered.
Everyone queued up to buy water from the supermarket.
Although the price of water in the supermarket was not outrageous, there was a limit. Each person could only buy 500 milliliters per day.
What does 500 milliliters mean?
A bottle of Nongfu Spring is 500 milliliters.
One bottle of Nongfu Spring a day could only ensure that one person wouldn't die of thirst.
If there were many people in the family, they could buy more bottles, which could also be used for cooking and washing dishes.
But if there was only one person or two people in the family, buying two bottles of water wouldn't even be enough to cook instant noodles, let alone for washing or bathing.
In addition to buying water from the supermarket, water supply trucks also came to the neighborhood to sell water.
But the price was twice as expensive as in the supermarket.
There were still quite a few wealthy people in their neighborhood. Every time the water supply truck came, many people queued up to buy water.
But the water they bought could only guarantee eating and brushing teeth.
As for bathing, such a luxurious thing, not many people could afford it.
Su Nian decided that after returning home today, she wouldn't use the toilet anymore.
If everyone didn't even have water for cooking, it would be ridiculous for her to still use water to flush the toilet.
Although Su Nian had never used cat litter before, she could accept it. She wasn't a picky person.
From that day on, Su Nian, like at the beginning of the apocalypse, went downstairs every day.
Every time she went downstairs, Su Nian carried a bag on her back and a bucket in her hand.
There were many people like Su Nian.
The only difference was that the buckets others carried were for toilets.
The bucket Su Nian carried was empty.
Su Nian was just pretending to avoid others noticing that she was different.
But this couldn't go on for long.
But the news of the safe base hadn't been announced yet, so Su Nian could only continue to wait.
After a complete stop of water supply for half a month, the incidents of robbery increased.
Not only were people robbed when they went out to buy water, but some people were also robbed in their own homes.
This had happened in the previous life as well.
At this time in the previous life, Su Nian had been thinking every day about how to buy more water, without paying too much attention to the news online.
By the time she heard about it, someone in the neighborhood had already been robbed.
Those robbers were all big, tall men.
Some of them were originally thugs, while others joined later.
These people initially ambushed on the streets to rob those who went to buy supplies.
But soon they were not satisfied with this and felt that the loot was too little and too slow.
So, they set their sights on some wealthy neighborhoods.
They thought that the people in these wealthy neighborhoods were rich and must have a lot of supplies.
The victims also reported to the police, but the police didn't respond until the second night.
Without surveillance footage and with the victims unable to clearly identify the robbers, nothing could be found out, and the matter had to be dropped.
Now, some people who had been restless before followed suit and became robbers.
Buying things not only required money and queuing but also didn't yield much.
But going to rob, the situation was completely different.
No one wanted to be robbed. Some people decided to band together and resist vigorously.
Some people thought they couldn't resist, so they simply joined them and became marauders.
The only remaining order was completely disrupted by this, collapsing in an instant.
In the previous life, Su Nian didn't want to be a marauder nor did she want to be robbed. She could only resist and protect herself.
Some people saw that she was skilled and came to her to form teams, seeking her help.
Receiving her protection, but unwilling to contribute anything, they abandoned her when she was in danger.
Since then, Su Nian had decided not to meddle in other people's affairs.
What did other people's life and death matter to her?
Having understood this truth in her previous life, Su Nian naturally wouldn't interfere in other people's affairs in this life.
Su Nian spent her days behind closed doors, eating crayfish and barbecue when she was in a good mood, and having a bowl of snail noodles with two phoenix claws when she was in a bad mood.
After eating, she would take a hot bath, lie in bed with the air conditioner on, watch a movie, or watch variety shows, living her life leisurely.
Time flew by and it was already November.
In previous years, November in the north had already turned cold, and people had to wear coats.
But now, the daytime temperature remained at around fifty to sixty degrees.
After the sun set, the temperature still hovered around thirty to forty degrees.
After several months, people went from being initially anxious to gradually collapsing, and now they were becoming numb.
Ten days ago, the power supply was completely cut off.
The consecutive high temperatures caused many fires, burning the circuits, which couldn't be repaired.
After the power outage, life became even more difficult for people living in high-rise buildings.
Many people negotiated with those living in lower floors and moved to lower floors.
On the floor where Su Nian lived, only she was left, and everyone else had moved to lower floors.
During this time, when Su Nian went out at night, she had also been targeted by someone.
After all, Su Nian was just a single girl, easy to bully in anyone's eyes.
But when Su Nian broke the tendons and ligaments of the man who tried to rob her water in front of everyone, no one dared to trouble her again.