Survival in the neighborhood: Give me a piece of bread every day

"Looking for you."

Chen An looked at Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai had no choice but to let Wang Ziyan go for the time being. She looked at the people knocking on the door in the monitor and said, "They are the residents of this floor, as well as people from Xu Bo's team. I saw them when I went to distribute supplies before. I guess they thought I was the owner of this room, so they came to find me."

"Go ask them what their purpose is."

Chen An raised his head slightly in acknowledgment.

Jiang Lai got out of bed, went to the door, and asked the people outside, "What's the matter? Just say it."

The tallest boy spoke up: "Xu Bo was killed, and those robbers said they were going to come to our building to collect protection money, so we just discussed it and decided to unite all the residents on this floor to resist."

"Oh, go on."

Jiang Lai listened thoughtfully.

The group exchanged glances instinctively, and the boy in the lead explained, "It's like this: to unite all the residents, we need someone to lead us, so that we don't just fall into disarray."

"Jiang Lai, you are the highest-ranking student on this floor, so we would like to invite you to be our leader!"

His tone even carried a sense of respect.

This is the benefit of a level 5 door.

The residents couldn't tell the social class of Chen An's apartment.

However, judging from its hardness alone, one can infer that its grade is not low.

To be able to upgrade such a tall door in just two days, one must have exceptional talent!

Therefore, after discussion, the residents from several different groups each sent a representative to invite Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai did not respond immediately.

Instead, he looked at Chen An on the bed.

Ask for his opinion.

At the same time, she glanced at Wang Ziyan sitting on the edge of the bed, and snorted, clearly displeased that she dared to sit on her bed.

Wang Ziyan pretended not to see Jiang Lai's expression and continued to sit there by herself.

She truly didn't understand why Jiang Lai harbored such hostility towards her.

She clearly never intended for anything to happen between her and Chen An...

If she had a choice, she wouldn't even have joined Chen An's room.

But being speculated about and belittled like this made her a little angry.

"Jiang Lai, if you keep deliberately targeting me, don't blame me for actually stealing your man..."

Wang Ziyan thought angrily.

Chen An was unaware that in a short moment, the two women had once again entered a battleground.

He thought for a moment, then nodded to Jiang Lai and said, "I agree."

This presents a perfect opportunity to unite the residents on this floor.

Based on their interactions over the past two days, Chen An was certain that the residents on this floor were not particularly wicked.

At least they never fought amongst themselves.

that's enough.

It can be utilized.

"I have no problem making me the leader, but what are your requirements? Tell me your requirements."

Jiang Lai glared at Wang Ziyan, who was deliberately ignoring her, before turning back to continue communicating with the people outside the door.

"We have no demands. As long as you, Jiang Lai, don't harm us, everyone on this floor will be willing to follow your orders from now on!"

The boy paused, then said with particular sincerity, "We just want to survive, we don't want to be harmed by those bandits..."

"No requirements? Are you sure? If you don't tell me now, I'll deny it later," Jiang Lai said calmly.

The reason this group of people came to her to be their leader was simply because Chen An's room was of a high rank, and they wanted to curry favor with him and have him take the lead.

Otherwise, these people aren't stupid; they wouldn't just find themselves a leader for no reason.

It's much more comfortable to talk things out directly than to be schemed against.

The expressions of the people outside the door changed upon hearing this, and some even made subtle movements.

If it weren't for the surveillance cameras, this scene would never have been seen.

After exchanging glances for a while, the tallest boy spoke up: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Jia. I'm a student from Class 3 next to yours. I've heard of you, Jiang Lai. You come from a very wealthy family and are very beautiful. You're quite famous in our department."

"We used to be classmates. Most of the residents on this floor are from our classes, so we all know each other and are considered very reliable..."

"Just tell me why you're looking for me," Jiang Lai interrupted him, clearly annoyed.

Talking about the past, about their relationship as classmates, and inexplicably praising her only proves that these people have ulterior motives, and what they'll say next is definitely that they want to take advantage of her.

She had seen her father do business this way before, so she was immune to it and didn't buy into it at all.

Li Jia choked for a moment, but quickly composed himself and said, "Jiang Lai, then I'll be frank. The fact that your room door was able to upgrade so quickly must be related to your talent, right?"

"So we were wondering if you could help us upgrade our doors as well."

"Of course, we're willing to contribute gold and materials, but we haven't collected enough for everyone to upgrade. So, if your talent can reduce upgrade material costs or has other effects, could you please help us out?"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid many residents wouldn't have survived today's monster invasion..."

Upon hearing Li Jia's words...

Wang Ziyan couldn't help but frown.

Isn't this just trying to get something for free?

She had just been wondering why Jiang Lai didn't just accept the invitation and become a leader on this floor.

Now it seems she was too naive.

It's surprising that Jiang Lai, that wicked woman, is so wary...

With such a huge temptation to lead an entire floor of people right in front of her, she was able to resist and not fall for it.

If it were her, she might have already been flattered and become quite smug, and then readily accepted.

Actually, Chen An was initially a little tempted as well.

Or perhaps he was too greedy and only cared about how to quickly integrate the residents of this floor, without paying attention to petty gains.

But Jiang Lai, being from a merchant family, was extremely perceptive of profit.

I wasn't bothered at all by the other party's empty talk.

Jiang Lai thought for a while, then said to Li Jia, "Actually, I'm not the owner of this room. My boyfriend is the owner, so whether or not we cooperate depends on my boyfriend's opinion."

"Boy friend?"

Li Jia and the others were taken aback.

That was unexpected.

They had heard a lot of gossip about this rich and beautiful girl when they were in school.

But I've never heard of her having a boyfriend...

"Who is your boyfriend? Is he from our school?"

When Li Jia asked this question, there was a hint of sourness in his tone.

He originally came to invite Jiang Lai to be a leader, not just because he was interested in Jiang Lai's supplies.

He even wanted to take advantage of his proximity to Jiang Lai and pursue her.

If I could win her over, I'd not only get a luxury room, but also a beautiful girlfriend—it would be absolutely amazing!

To my surprise, she already had a boyfriend!

And they even lived together.

It's so enviable, I'm jealous and resentful...

Jiang Lai looked at Chen An.

That expression was asking whether or not to speak.

The reason she revealed that she had a boyfriend was because Chen An had no intention of hiding it.

even.

Chen An had said before that he would use the repeating crossbow to unite the people on this level, but he wanted to be the leader.

Therefore, Jiang Lai knew that Chen An wanted fame.

So she spoke up frankly.

At the same time, this is also a way of asserting her sovereignty as Chen An's girlfriend to Wang Ziyan and Lin Luxi.

Tell them not to have any thoughts of cheating on her.

Jiang Lai is extremely possessive!