Meanwhile, Huo Zhanting, who was at home discussing recent matters with General Huo, frowned upon hearing a loud report coming from the doorway, sensing that something troubling had happened again.

General Huo said, "Come in and speak."

The young soldier who ran the errand first saluted, then said, slightly out of breath, "The girl who lives alone at the very back killed all the thieves who entered her yard."

Huo Zhanting jumped up from the sofa: "What?"

It's her again! Mo Chenchen! He felt a throbbing pain in his temples and a throbbing headache.

General Huo was also surprised that a little girl could commit murder?

"Grandpa, I'm going to take a look. We can talk about it tomorrow." With that, he left the villa.

He arrived at Mo Chenchen's villa with a stern face, accompanied by a squad of soldiers.

Everyone was waiting for him, and the corpses were piled up there. The strong smell of blood was enough to make anyone want to vomit in the summer.

"Ms. Mo Chenchen, you need to explain what happened tonight." Commander Huo's voice was filled with suppressed anger. "Even if they were intruders, you could have easily subdued them, instead of..."

"And what?" Mo Chenchen interrupted him, her voice languid as if she had just woken up, but her eyes sharp as knives. "And what if we spared their lives, waiting for them to come back with more people and more powerful weapons?"

She scoffed, completely ignoring Commander Huo's instantly dark expression, and continued:

"I remember two houses were robbed just a few days ago, right? Why didn't you catch the culprit then to set an example for others? Now you're questioning me about why I went too far?"

"What? You can't protect my safety, so you won't let me fight back? If I were even slightly weaker, I would be the one lying here right now."

The woman's words struck at the army's sore spots, leaving Commander Huo with a tightness in his chest, yet unable to refute them.

Because what Mo Chenchen said was the absolute truth, and there was no way to refute it.

"That's called excessive self-defense," Huo Zhanting tried to reason with him.

Mo Chenchen remained unmoved, effortlessly retorting, "I don't care. Whoever wants me dead, I'll kill them first."

"You're only allowed to covet things, but you're not allowed to resist? What kind of logic is that?"

After saying that, she didn't give Commander Huo a chance to speak again, and went straight back to the villa, slamming the security door shut with a loud bang.

Commander Huo stood outside the gate of Mo Chenchen's villa, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

This woman is practically his nemesis; nothing good ever comes of it whenever he sees her!

But what happened next was even more upsetting.

Surprisingly, some family members kept claiming the body after hearing the news, crying their hearts out. They even made a scene outside Mo Chenchen's villa, demanding compensation and asking her to pay with her life.

Mo Chenchen was so annoyed that this person dared to try and make things difficult for her.

He pushed open the second-floor window and sneered at the troublemakers below: "Compensation? Keep dreaming."

"Ha! Do you think this is still the old society governed by the rule of law? Breaking into a house in the middle of the night to steal things, you deserve to die! You disagree? Then die! If you dare to make a fuss at my door again, believe me, I'll send you all down to join them in the afterlife?!"

The murderous intent in her eyes was undisguised, and combined with the lingering stench of blood in the courtyard, the men felt a chill run down their spines, and their shouts immediately subsided.

In the end, it was only after Commander Huo sent troops to forcibly disperse the troublemakers and issue a warning that the disturbance was barely brought under control.

But Mo Chenchen's harsh words, "If you don't submit, you'll die," were once again deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts.

The Zhou family's feelings towards Mo Chenchen also became extremely complicated.

Zhou Li's injuries have almost healed, but he hasn't been able to visit Mo Chenchen to help with the yard and do chores as promised for a long time.

Zhou's mother even privately told Zhou Li to stay away from Mo Chenchen.

Both of Zhou's parents were teachers and couldn't accept the idea of ​​murder. Zhou's older brother and his wife were also intellectuals, and even though Mo Chenchen had saved them, they still opposed the idea of ​​murder.

After all, although it is the end of the world, it has not yet reached the point of moral decay. People are still hoping that things will return to normal after the extreme heat.

Once things return to normal, murderers like Mo Chenchen will definitely be punished by law, at the very least with a life sentence.

Mo Chenchen was aware of this, but didn't care at all.

If you don't want to come, then you don't have to.

She has no shortage of people around her to do things, or rather, she doesn't actually need that one person at all.

I just felt that having someone I knew a little better and who knew me well would make things easier. Since the other party hesitated, I decided to let it go.

Zhou Li did not come.

The group that arrived was somewhat unexpected for Mo Chenchen.

As evening fell, Commander Huo visited again, but he was not alone.

He was followed by six people: Baili Mo, Xiao Yan, Su Nanqi, Han Yue, as well as Chu Yunxuan and Chu Yunxiang.

Mo Chenchen had just finished taking a bath in her space, using pre-stored warm water that was ready to use. When she heard a knock on the door, she checked the security camera and saw Huo Zhanting and several young people, including Baili Mo and a few others whom she had met once before.

Since they represent the official side, we should give them this much face.

She opened the door without saying a word, stepped aside, and gestured for them to come in.

The living room on the first floor of the villa was fairly tidy, except for some boxes of various sizes piled up, which Mo Chenchen had deliberately brought out.

Mo Chenchen walked to the only single sofa and sat down lazily, casually crossing one leg over the other knee, her eyes calmly sweeping over the seven men standing in the living room.

"Sit down." She raised her chin, gesturing to the sofa and chairs beside her. Her attitude was not exactly polite, and even carried a hint of the host's nonchalance.

Commander Huo sat down first at one end of the sofa, his posture still upright.

Baili Mo and the others exchanged glances and took their seats in turn.

Baili Mo sat next to Commander Huo, while Xiao Yan, Su Nanqi, and Han Yue sat down in turn, and the Chu brothers sat on the chairs next to them.

The atmosphere in the living room was somewhat awkward.

Finally, Huo Zhanting spoke first: "Ms. Mo Chenchen, we've come here today to discuss something with you."

Mo Chenchen didn't respond, waiting for him to continue.

Commander Huo glanced at Baili Mo beside him. Baili Mo understood and took over the conversation, his tone much gentler than Commander Huo's:

"Miss Mo, it's been a long time. We know you should still have quite a bit of... supplies, especially clean drinking water. We can trade for those."

Their seawater project is already underway, and fortunately, this place isn't too far from the sea, although water resources are still scarce.

Of the purified water, 50% had to be transported to the capital, and the remaining 50% was simply not enough to go around. This was even though the ordinary people below were completely unaware of this; the supply to the upper class alone was insufficient.

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