Chapter 657
“Xiaoying, time to go! We’ll get no food if we’re running late . ” A man who looked around thirty leaped off the bunk bed and said to Bao Xiaoguo’s sister, Bao Xiaoying .
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Bao Xiaoying stayed silent but nodded, then took an old stainless lunch box out of a bucket under her bed .
The man who called her seemed to have gotten used to her reaction . He took out his own lunch box, then walked out of the dorm along with Bao Xiaoying .
It was only about seven in the morning . However, they weren’t going for breakfast .
Lin Qiao followed behind them . She found that the man didn’t know about Bao Xiaoying’s real gender .
The two of them walked side by side, looking weird . The man was about thirty years old, tall and strong, nearly 1 . 9 meters tall . Unlike him, Bao Xiaoying was only around 1 . 55 meters in height .
As they walked across the hallway, the others looked at them without talking to them, with colds eyes or fear . They didn’t even dare to approach the two of them .
Lin Qiao looked at the people around and then at Bao Xiaoying . She was surprised .
It wasn’t the tall man who scared those people, but the short Bao Xiaoying .
Interesting!
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With that discovery, Lin Qiao smiled faintly while following behind Bao Xiaoying .
Before long, the two of them arrived at a square . Before the square, quite some people were waiting in queue in the cold wind . The square was large; even though it was early in the morning, many people had already crowded in this place .
At the end of those queues, were a series of long tables placed in lines . Those tables stopped those people from entering the other side of the square . On the other side of those tables was a two-story building .
Seeing that, Lin Qiao figured out what was going on .
That square was where the base dispensed food . During the winter, many people had no work to do . Therefore, the base would provide them with some stored food, such as steamed buns and pancakes . Each person could get one or two steam buns a day .
However, because of the huge population, the food was never enough . Therefore, to avoid being starved, many people got up early in the morning to wait in the lines for the food, which would be distributed at noontime .
Lin Qiao had, of course, seen how the food would be distributed to the poor . She was a base leader after all . Those works were mostly done by her subordinates, but she would occasionally go to the spot to see how things were going . On one hand, she needed to see if there were any improvements to make, and on the other, she needed to know if her subordinates could do their jobs well .
Normally, a lot of soldiers would come to the spot to maintain order during the distribution of food .
Even though it was still very early in the morning, and the food distribution hadn’t started yet, some soldiers with real guns were already standing on the square .
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The place had to be guarded, as many people would gather there .
“Xiaoying, put on the hood . Even looking at you makes me feel cold!” The man stood behind Bao Xiaoying and looked at her head . He couldn’t help but ask her to put on the hat .
The hood which was attached to Bao Xiaoying’s coat was right before his eyes, yet he didn’t reach out to put it on for her, but only reminded her .
Bao Xiaoying turned around and gave him a bland glance, then took her hands out of the pockets and pulled the hood forward to cover her head .
“If only you were taller, you could have joined the army . You’re as fierce as a wolf . You’d certainly earn a decent future in the army . Sadly, you’re not tall enough . ” The man stood behind her and murmured with pity .
Bao Xiaoying didn’t say anything, neither did she turn around again . She had no interest in joining the army, so she had nothing to complain about her height . After all, if she joined the army, people would find out that she was a girl .
Lin Qiao fixed her eyes on the empty left sleeve of that man while thinking . ‘They seem to be good friends . ’
Many people were gathering in the square, so Lin Qiao couldn’t make any direct moves . Besides, Bao Xiaoying was with that man . To avoid unnecessary troubles, she had no choice but to wait .
She stepped out of the square and climbed onto a tree nearby, laying on a branch to wait for them to get the food and leave .
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About eleven in the morning, the square was already filled with people . The place became very noisy, as people’s sounds could be heard from every corner . The unruly ones had even started scuffles . But soon, the soldiers nearby pointed their guns at the head of those people and told them that they would not get food today . They wouldn’t be allowed to come back for three days .
When the base staff carried out the steam buns, the crowd was immediately stirred .
“Be patient! Be patient! We have food for everyone!” Some administrators were shouting as loud as they could behind those base staff through loudspeakers .
Bao Xiaoying and the man who had waited on the square for a couple of hours waited for another half an hour in the line, and then each got two steam buns made from coarse grain . After that, they walked to the side . A series of large buckets were placed in that area, filled with boiled water .
Bao Xiaoying put one of the two steam buns into her coat and held the other in one hand . With her other hand, she filled her lunch box with boiled water .
The man behind her only had one arm . He put his lunch box in his mouth, then took over the steam buns, and then quickly put both steam buns into his coat . After that, he went to fetch the water with his lunch box .
As they exited the square and headed back, Lin Qiao followed behind them .
When they returned to where they lived, Lin Qiao sensed a few vibes from their room . She recognized those vibes, as she had sensed them last night in the zombie prison .
‘They came pretty fast,’ Lin Qiao thought . She could tell that those people had arrived at dawn .
Bao Xiaoying and the man didn’t know that some strangers were in their room . So, they walked to the door . Bao Xiaoying prepared to open the door . However, when her hand was on the doorknob, she suddenly paused .
“What’s wrong? Just open the door! It’s freezing out here . Let’s get in so we can eat . The steam buns will become too hard to bite if they get cold . ” As Bao Xiaoying didn’t open the door, the man behind her instantly started hastening her .
Once he started talking, Bao Xiaoying put her hand away from the doorknob, then suddenly turned and threw away the box of water in her hand . Next, she pushed away the tall man and ran toward the stairs .
Boom! The man was pushed to the side . Before he could react, he saw that the door was opened from the inside, and a few armed soldiers rushed out of the room, following Bao Xiaoying to the stairs .
They completely ignored the tall man who was sitting on the ground .
“Stop, or we’ll shoot you!” The group of soldiers swiftly rushed out of the room and saw Bao Xiaoying flash across the stairs before disappearing in the hallway .
Bang! Following a gunshot, those soldiers disappeared after Bao Xiaoying .
The tall man was left stunned, gazing where they disappeared .
He had no idea what just happened . However, he could clearly tell that Bao Xiaoying was their target .
Thankfully, Bao Xiaoying had keener observation than the others . She felt that something was wrong when she was standing by the door .