The stairwell was dark.
But with Su Dad’s clairvoyance, which had night vision capabilities, he could clearly see the people inside.
There were two people, a man and a woman, holding some documents.
They also had a flashlight, illuminating the stairs as they climbed upward.
Su Dad said in a low voice, “It’s Lin Yuhan, and the other should be Sun Sanqi, who, according to the documents, served six years in the military.”
Su Dad had seen both of them in the files and was familiar with their faces.
He continued to observe from his side.
Su Yu and Su Mom had arranged their home to look like an ordinary family’s residence.
From the moment they planned to move into Mingyue Huafu, they knew someone would eventually come knocking.
So they specially built a small room at the entrance.
Only by passing through this small room could one truly enter their home.
Moreover, the two extra doors that Su Yu installed were inside this small room, not the real main door.
This way, no one would suspect anything unusual.
Since the small room had no air conditioning, its temperature matched that of the stairwell.
Su Yu placed the garbage taken from the space around the small room.
This helped keep the smell consistent.
Su Dad put on a sweat-stained shirt that smelled bad again.
Once everything was ready, the knocking began.
Climbing 26 flights of stairs had really exhausted Lin Yuhan and Sun Sanqi.
Lin Yuhan wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.
“Is this Su Wukong’s home? If it’s inconvenient to open the door, I have no ill intentions.”
The documents Lin Yuhan held were casually registered by Su Yu’s family when they moved into Mingyue Huafu.
Su Yu had casually written down the name Su Wukong.
It was likely Lin Yuhan had gotten this information from property management.
Now that the property management was broken up and many had fled, it was still easy to get some of these files.
Su Dad did not open the door immediately.
Many had died in the community, and there were dangerous individuals like He Lihe.
Nearly everyone in Mingyue Huafu was now on alert.
“We just want to ask if you’re willing to join the Mingyue Huafu resistance team,” Lin Yuhan’s voice was a bit hoarse.
Sun Sanqi added beside her, “Recently, that murderer in the community has a criminal record and is particularly vicious. If we don’t unite, we will continue to be bullied.”
After a moment, Su Dad finally opened the door.
Su Dad’s body was covered in sticky liquid applied by Su Yu to simulate sweat.
He hunched over, looking tired and hungry.
The dim light made it impossible to see his true appearance.
“Are you the head of household, Su Wukong?” Lin Yuhan asked.
Su Dad nodded.
Lin Yuhan got straight to the point with her purpose, which was the same as what Sun Sanqi had expressed earlier.
“There are currently twenty-eight members in the resistance team; each household only needs to send one participant.”
There were over sixty households still surviving in Mingyue Huafu.
It seemed almost half of the residents had joined the resistance team.
After all, He Lihe’s brazen behavior had frightened everyone, making them fear becoming his next victims.
Seeing Su Dad remain silent, Lin Yuhan continued,
“Our resistance team exists to ensure that no one is bullied in the chaotic order and that bad people don’t take away the limited resources.”
Su Dad’s hand touched the wall of the small room.
Soon, images beyond the wall appeared in his mind.
Su Yu and Su Mom did not show themselves.
Both shook their heads simultaneously.
Given their strength and resources, there was no need to ally with anyone.
Moreover, joining would increase their visibility to the public.
Understanding this, Su Dad directly refused.
“Go away, I’m not joining any of your groups. It’s so hot it’s driving people crazy. How am I supposed to go downstairs? There’s barely any supplies at home, and if they want to come rob me, let them.”
Su Dad deliberately changed his accent, fully expressing his attitude of giving up—he looked like he was barely surviving.
Sun Sanqi still wanted to persuade them further.
After all, every extra member gave the team more strength.
Suddenly, everyone heard the sound of a loudspeaker.
“All residents of Building One, listen up! Please provide us with ten bottles of water, ten packs of bread, ten sausages, and three bottles of beer!”
The familiar voice belonged to Fu Shan, a man standing next to He Lihe.
No one knew where they had gotten such a loudspeaker.
At this moment, Fu Shan was shouting from the balcony of Brother Li’s apartment in Building Seven.
The loudspeaker repeated Fu Shan’s demands over and over again.
Hearing this, Sun Sanqi couldn’t help but curse, “Damn it, this is just too much.”
He Lihe, however, didn’t seem to be suffering like it was the apocalypse.
The generator at the rich man’s house had long been seized by the three of them.
The generator was running two fans.
Brother Li’s house still had plenty of snacks that He Lihe hadn’t finished consuming.
Next to He Lihe, there were still a few drinks stacked up.
With the suffering of the other residents in Mingyue Huafu as a backdrop, He Lihe appeared extremely carefree.
He was not lacking in supplies, but he was determined to plunder others’ resources.
“Residents of Building One, collect the items and deliver them to Building Seven,” the loudspeaker announced again.
Sun Sanqi and Lin Yuhan didn’t have time to persuade Su Dad any longer.
They hurried downstairs.
The reason they formed the resistance team was for moments like this when someone had to stand up.
A whistle sounded.
This was the signal for the resistance team.
Everyone from Building One who had joined the resistance team went downstairs to gather.
Members from other buildings’ resistance teams followed suit.
According to records, twenty-eight people had joined the resistance team.
But now, only twenty showed up.
Within just a few hours, some had already betrayed the cause.
Those in Building One who hadn’t joined the resistance team were anxious and frantic.
They feared they wouldn’t be able to save enough supplies.
Several families ran into each other in the stairwell.
“What should we do? Who has beer?”
“I only have one sausage left for the cat. The cat’s starving, but I can’t bring myself to feed it.”
“There’s no bread at all at my place.”
Even if they had these supplies, they were unwilling to hand them over to He Lihe.
Many began regretting not joining the resistance team.
After Lin Yuhan and Sun Sanqi left, Su Dad returned to the house.
In just those few minutes when Lin Yuhan had come to talk, the air conditioning inside had completely stopped.
The temperature began to rise sharply.
After they left, Su Mom turned the AC back on.
Su Yu opened a small gap in the curtains.
There were no lights on inside the house, so no worries about light leaking out.
Su Mom and Su Yu leaned against the window, watching.
Su Dad went to the bathroom to wash off the foul smell on him.
Su Yu carefully observed the gathering downstairs.
She didn’t see Fang Zhixing among the resistance team members.
It seemed the young man, like them, had chosen not to join the resistance team.
Lin Yuhan shouted hoarsely,
“Residents who have not yet joined the resistance team can still join! Under such harsh survival conditions, we cannot bow to evil forces!”
Upon hearing Lin Yuhan’s voice, He Lihe laughed.
A mere petty cop dared to lead resistance against him, He Lihe.
How laughable.