Su Hu paused when he heard the sobbing voice of a woman. He walked in the direction from where the noise was coming from; it wasn't that he didn't know that with his ability he could not help anyone. It was just that he was used to pretending to be kind and helpful to others. Now that the mask had been worn for so long, even if Su Hu wanted to change, he couldn't.
He approached Jiang Li and then asked her in a soft voice, "Are you alright?"
This was what Jiang Li had been waiting for. She raised her head and blinked her starry eyes. Jiang Li was not bad-looking to begin with. With a delicate figure and plump bosom, the woman was charming and beautiful. If not, Su Hu wouldn't have fallen for her in Bai Meiyue's last life.
So, when Su Hu looked at Jiang Li's, his eyes lit up. But he suppressed his excitement and said to her, "What's the matter? Why are you crying here?"
When Jiang Li saw the look of appreciation in Su Hu's eyes, her eyes flashed with mockery and contempt. She knew that men were like two-legged dogs. As long as she twisted her waist and showed off some skin, they would come wagging her tail in front of her in just a matter of a few seconds.
Thus, she was not even surprised when Su Hu actually lowered his head and flatteringly spoke to her.
Though Jiang Li was filled with hidden contempt, she still pretended to be vulnerable and then said to Su Hu, "Mister, can you help me? I am really hungry. I haven't eaten anything and all my supplies were taken away by the people downstairs. I tried to look for an empty apartment but most of them are filled with people."
"Filled?" Su Hu frowned and asked with a bewildered tone. How could these many apartments suddenly get filled? as far as he knew, there were a few apartments that were empty with no resident staying inside.
Jiang Li nodded and replied, "That's right. A very pretty woman brought a bunch of survivors with her and asked them to stay in the apartments downstairs; there is no room left for me."
When Su Hu heard her response, he more or less understood what was going on. He sneered and asked, "Did she pay for the people with supplies?"
"No." Jiang Li shook her head. She understood the concept of making a man feel sorry for her. So, she knew that she had to make Bai Meiyue sound like a bully while whitewashing herself and making her look like a little victim, who had no choice but to suffer in silence.
She knew that her actions were slightly despicable but there was no other choice.
Jiang Li wanted to survive and she was willing to do anything for that.
Thus, after she finished speaking she deliberately spoke in an aggrieved voice, "I had no choice but to hand over the supplies while they all entered without taking out a packet of biscuits. I wonder if just being strong is enough to make them bully the weak."
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