Half an hour later, the power really did come back on. Everyone cheered in unison, "Auntie Li is incredibly strong!"
Auntie Li gestured for everyone to keep a low profile, waving her hand to say it was nothing.
Lin An held a peeled apple in his hands and began trying to remember what he had planned to do after the power outage. How had things turned into this?
He absentmindedly took a bite of the apple.
So sweet.
Under the night sky, the Demolition Crew dutifully lay in wait around the residential complex, waiting for the residents to lose patience and rush out.
They had squatted there all night until their legs went numb. The scene took place in summer, and the thick heat left a layer of sweat on their backs. The captain had swatted who knew how many mosquitoes. Seeing that dawn was near, he sent a lackey to investigate. "Wake up! Go see what those holdouts are up to!"
The lackey went and returned quickly, running over from afar to report, "Boss... Boss! Th-they, they, they!"
Seeing how excitedly he had run over, the captain's eyes lit up as he thought, Good News. "They're packing up and getting ready to move?"
"They... they spent the whole night playing mahjong at the neighborhood committee office!"
The captain:?
The captain:???
Shi Zhongye looked at the Demolition Crew captain's furious, twisted, helpless, bewildered face and felt as though he were looking in a mirror.
[Ding, Malice Points +5]
Shi Jihan happily harvested another batch of Malice Points. Just as he was about to call his production crew out for a late-night meal, he received another piece of good news.
Zhou Jingcheng beckoned him over and said, "Lower your head."
Shi Jihan had no idea why, but lowered his