Chapter 194: Chapter 194

By the time Jing Shu and Wu You’ai arrived, the entire Building 1 was already packed to the brim.

Just like the allocation of the caves, it was divided by residential areas. Building 1 was designated for the entire population of a certain district. If that district had too many people, they were simply crammed inside.

Building 1 had more than two hundred apartments but was designated to house over three thousand people. Each apartment had to accommodate an average of 15-20 people. The conditions were more crowded than any New Year’s gathering, with kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms all crammed with people.

The government had to organize the installation of toilets in these unfurnished apartments. With so many people living in one unit, the amount of human waste would be staggering. Fortunately, there wasn’t a water shortage this year. However, the toilets in the city had been submerged by the floodwaters. Soon, groups of people would be seen heading into the city, their first priority to haul back toilets...

Otherwise, there would be soft landmines everywhere one stepped, which was precisely why Jing Shu always wore her raincoat and rain boots.

When they reached Wang Dazhao’s apartment, the door had been pried open. Three couples had already moved in, along with two bratty kids.

Needless to say, for a single apartment to house so few people, there must have been some connections involved.

At that moment, they were divvying up the usable household items Wang Dazhao had left behind, like bedsheets and quilts, already treating these items as their own.

"Sister-in-law, I’m not criticizing you, but your family already took the quilts. So what if my family takes the mattress pads?"

"Lao Liu! Old Zhang! Your families have taken one bed each! Shouldn’t the bedding go to me?"

"Xiao Li, you’re young, you can rough it. Besides, don’t you have the sofa? It’s soft enough, what else do you need?"

None of them were willing to back down.

"I paid 300 work points to move in here! You all need to be reasonable."

"I even gave a bottle of liquor and a bag of rice! Who here didn’t pay a high price to get in?"

"My uncle got this apartment for us. So what if you gave gifts? All of you better behave, or I’ll have you thrown out."

"You dare! This apartment is going to be registered under our names."

As the adults argued and the bratty kids ran around with basins, trying to catch red earthworms, Jing Shu and Wu You’ai charged in.

"Who are you? Don’t you know you can’t just barge into someone else’s home? Don’t tell me they’ve assigned even more people to live here? Good heavens, there’s no room left!"

"My uncle said it would just be our three families." The man frowned at the forceful entrance of the newcomers and asked, "What do you want?"

Jing Shu’s fists clenched so tightly they CRACKED. She fought back the urge to immediately attack and, suppressing her fury, said, "The owner of this apartment isn’t dead. Who allowed you to move in? Don’t you know that when someone trespasses in another’s home, the owner has the right to kill them on the spot?"

"My, my, little girl, you’d better watch your mouth! It was Director Zhang who arranged for us to move in. He said the owner of this apartment hasn’t been seen for over thirty days. Who knows where he disappeared to? He must be dead." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ɴovelfire.net

"Exactly! He probably drowned in the floods. Being out of contact these days is the same as being dead. So, his apartment naturally belongs to the state now."

The group stated their claims with utmost righteousness.

Jing Shu took a deep breath. "Then let’s get Director Zhang over here to sort this out." It’s impossible to reason with this bunch who bribed their way in and are determined to take over this apartment.

"Who do you think you are? What business is this of yours? You think we’ll call him just because you say so... AARGH! You—how can you hit someone?! AAAH!" The man managed a couple of yelps before Jing Shu’s fists and feet landed. After a few blows, he couldn’t even make a sound. Perhaps from beating up so many people, Jing Shu had become quite adept at it.

"Help! Murder! Assault! She’s forcibly occupying a private residence! Someone like her should be dragged out and shot... PTOO!" A tooth flew out, charting a new trajectory and dancing into a new life.

The entire room erupted into chaos. Building 1 was already overcrowded, and the screams attracted a curious crowd, like moths to a flame, all rushing over to see what was happening.

「Five minutes later.」

"What’s going on? What’s all this commotion? Why is everyone crowding around here?" Director Zhang, not forgetting to smooth down his few strands of hair, frowned at the people sprawled dazed on the floor. "An assault? Someone call the police! Arrest them! Zhang Yi, what happened to you? Who beat you up ?"

Director Zhang then looked at the two people sitting boldly on the sofa. He recognized one of them all too well. Just yesterday, at the villa, not only had she exposed their scheme, but her father had also knocked out two of his teeth.

Seeing that she hadn’t brought her father this time, and with so many onlookers present, Director Zhang felt his confidence swell a little. "Causing trouble all the way over here, are you? I’m calling the authorities to arrest you right now!"

"Hello, Ghost Ghost Spirit? There’s a home invasion in Banana District’s Building 1. Seven or eight people are injured, very seriously. Yes, come and make the arrests. Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on them."

After hanging up, Director Zhang felt even more smug. "Well, well. We didn’t catch you in the act yesterday, but today you walked right into our hands." He had already figured it out: simply sending her to jail would be too boring. The real prize would be to swindle her father out of those 900 Virtual Coins. That was the masterstroke.

Zhang Yi was whimpering to the side, his face so swollen he could barely speak. He wanted to say that this woman was a true Devil, the kind whose blows inflicted excruciating pain.

After venting her anger, Jing Shu indeed felt much better. "Director Zhang, is it? The owner of this apartment is not dead, nor has he disappeared. In fact, he’s about to return. So please, arrange for these people to leave, just as you arranged for them to move in."

"Comrade, you can’t accuse me unfairly. This Wang Dazhao has been out of contact for half a year. People like that are long considered missing and presumed dead. Don’t think I don’t know that the visiting specialist who handled his file was your relative, right? Did you think filing a false report would fool everyone, allowing you to quietly sell off the property? Our country will absolutely not tolerate degenerate opportunists like you!"

Jing Shu’s fists CRACKED again. "The owner’s identity information is registered in the Big Data system. He crossed the Huaxia border just a few days ago. You knew he was alive, yet you still dared to move people in here. You’ve certainly got some nerve."

"Hmph. Even if the owner showed up right now, it wouldn’t change a thing. As allocation officers, our priority is naturally the general populace. Besides, people who’ve been missing this long are considered dead. Who knows who used his phone to generate that location data in the Big Data system? What’s more, I’ve already transferred ownership of this apartment to these three families today. It has absolutely no connection to the Wang Dazhao you’re talking about."

"You certainly work fast," Jing Shu sneered. "But do you really think you can seize the apartment just like that? You’re far too naive." It seemed she had still underestimated how ruthless this man could be.