I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse

262 Ah Ping’s Sudden Change

He Xing took the steamed buns, thanked the man, and closed the door. Du Yue and He Xing did not sleep well that night. After all, they had just escaped from death. No one would be so carefree as to fall asleep on the bed after a near-death experience. The next morning, Du Yue and He Xing sat up in bed immediately when they heard the alarm.

The two of them had just finished washing up and were about to have breakfast when they suddenly heard a commotion outside. Someone was shouting in an excited tone. Du Yue and He Xing listened carefully. The man was saying that the water level outside had dropped a lot and was now about waist-high, so they could leave.

Although the door on the first floor still could not be opened, one could put a rope down from the second floor and climb down. As soon as everyone heard that the water level had dropped, they were in a hurry to leave. After what had happened yesterday, everyone here was worried about their friends and family outside. Now that the water level had dropped, they had to rush home as soon as possible to reunite with their families.

Du Yue and He Xing did not have anyone on their mind here, so they naturally did not plan to leave. They still wanted to stay here and see how the celestial lord planned to carry out the rescue operation. After all, the celestial lord had extremely high prestige here, and his status was no less than that of the base commander. During the time Du Yue and He Xing had been living here, they had discovered that the chief of the base was only a nominal position. The actual person in power was still the celestial lord.

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However, what Du Yue did not expect was that the celestial lord did not intend to start the rescue at all. In other words, he had begun to rescue the people, but his target was not everyone—only those with power and influence. He arranged for people to help those with power gather supplies and find their families. As for the others, he did not intend to care at all.

Someone cried and came to look for the celestial lord. The celestial lord looked at the other party with sympathy, but his words were very cold. “I can empathize with your feelings. However, I’m not the chief of the base, and I don’t have anyone under me. I really can’t help you. However, I heard that the chief of the base has already started to arrange for rescue. I believe that it won’t be long before it’ll be your turn. You also know that there are so many people in the base. Even if we want to search and rescue everyone, it’ll take some time.”

After hearing the celestial lord’s words, the man looked at him again with disbelief in his eyes. He used to trust the celestial lord so much that he even regarded the celestial lord as his god. Now, when he needed help, the celestial lord rejected him without hesitation and even used these grand words to stall him.

When Du Yue saw this scene, she was also a little puzzled. Previously, the celestial lord had been building up momentum. Anyone with eyes could see that he was paving the way for himself and wanted to replace the original chief of the base. In that case, why did he change into a different person after the tsunami and started to mess up? This was clearly the best time to buy people’s hearts. Du Yue did not believe that he did not know this.

Du Yue stood in a remote area and looked from afar. She heard footsteps approaching her. Du Yue subconsciously turned her head and looked in the direction of the footsteps. The moment she saw the person clearly, Du Yue was stunned. The person who came was none other than Ah Ping!

She had not seen Ah Ping for only a few days, but she had changed so much. The Ah Ping who was dressed in plain clothes and blushed before she could speak had completely disappeared. The person standing in front of Du Yue was a woman who was well-dressed and had exquisite makeup.

Looking at Ah Ping like this, Du Yue felt a little unfamiliar, so she did not say hello for a long time. Ah Ping was the first to laugh. “Sister, don’t you recognize me?”

Du Yue came back to her senses. “No, it’s just that you’ve changed a lot. I don’t dare to greet you anymore.”

“I thought that after not seeing you for a few days, you’d forgotten about me.” Ah Ping was more confident now, and her smile was no longer as reserved as before.

Ah Ping’s original appearance could only be considered delicate and pretty, but now that she was dressed up, she had transformed into a great beauty that people could not take their eyes off. Du Yue was sizing her up when she saw Ah Ping slowly raise her hands and spin in front of Du Yue. Finally, she stopped and looked at Du Yue with a smile. “Sister, does my dress look nice? If you hadn’t rejected the offer at that time, the position of the fourth lady would have been yours now. It wouldn’t have gone to Xia Zhixing.” At the mention of Xia Zhixing’s name, a trace of unhappiness flashed across Ah Ping’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared.