Tang Li felt somewhat speechless.
In her previous life, although she had mutually helped them, she had indeed received protection from some of them, and could barely say she owed Zhang Yan a favor.
But in this life, she had kept her distance from them, even being careful with her boundaries, maintaining polite interactions without taking advantage of them. Why did she still need to show gratitude?
Tang Li thought this and said it aloud:
"I've kept to myself, and while I haven't helped anyone, I believe I haven't burdened anyone either!"
"I haven't even collected the relief supplies distributed by the officials, leaving them for those who need them more."
"You say I'm a beneficiary, that I lack gratitude and am ungrateful? What benefit have I received? Who do I need to be grateful to? Whose favor do I need to repay?"
"And get it straight, I didn't report you. The reason you were taken away by the officials was your own doing!"
Hearing Tang Li's words, the man retorted angrily:
"You live in this residential compound, and that itself is a favor from our chairman!"
"In other places without a 'Self-Salvation Alliance' like ours, you ask around and find out how many people risk their lives daily for supplies, how many cases of home invasion, robbery, and murder are discovered!"
"And those who died from gas poisoning, those who went missing due to natural disasters, do you really think they died from gas poisoning or disappeared because of natural disasters?"
"A young woman living alone like you, without self-protection, with so many supplies, and so beautiful, in any other compound, you would have died countless times by now!"
Before he could finish, an official standing nearby spoke:
"It seems you know quite a few inside stories! Let's go, tell us everything you know!"
Hearing the official say that, the man suddenly realized what he had just said.
He wanted to say more, but someone next to him quickly covered his mouth: "Just shut up!"
After the group was taken away, the world finally became quiet.
However, hearing the man's words, Tang Li thought of some things that happened in her previous life.
In her previous life, several well-supplied older residents in the compound refused to join the "Self-Salvation Alliance" and lived quite well on their own.
However, roughly between the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival, they one by one died or went missing, and their household supplies were all seized by the "Self-Salvation Alliance."
Afterward, the refugees settled by the officials were naturally those willing to join the "Self-Salvation Alliance."
Therefore, after the Lantern Festival, everyone in the compound joined the "Self-Salvation Alliance."
At the time, Tang Li didn't think much of it, but hearing the man's words, she suspected this incident was not an accident.
"It seems that before the Lantern Festival, more trouble will find me..."
Before noon, those people were released.
Reportedly, including Zhang Yan, each of these individuals was fined 5 points.
After returning, they compensated Tang Li with 10 points and helped her fix her door lock.
After this incident, Zhang Yan, who had a relatively good relationship with Tang Li, began to avoid her and no longer met her.
On February 4, 342, Tang Li went to the supermarket to restock, and simultaneously rented a high-end pickup truck at the exchange to consolidate her space.
That night, as Tang Li was sleeping, she heard a noise from outside her bedroom.
Her vigilance, honed by the apocalypse, made her jolt awake.
Upon waking and listening carefully, she confirmed someone had entered her home.
The sound that woke her was the sound of them closing the door.
Tang Li quickly got up, put on warm clothes, and without even retrieving her lithium batteries or electric heaters into her space, she hurried to the bedroom door.
Just then, the bedroom door opened, and a head poked in.
*Puchi!*
The Yan Ling Saber pierced into the head's eye and exited through the back of the skull, killing the person instantly.
Knowing there were others in the house, Tang Li feared they might escape. She quickly supported the person's body and stored him in her space without making a sound.
Then, Tang Li, using the same method, killed the other five people in the house one by one, silently.
After confirming there was no one else in the house, Tang Li finally relaxed, only to suddenly hear breathing sounds from outside the door, and more than one person!
"I still need to deal with the people outside."
Tang Li thought for a moment, then replicated a corpse from her space that she had just stored, stripped its outer clothing, and wrapped herself in it.
As soon as she opened the door, a head leaned in.
*Puchi!*
The same stab into the eye, a fatal blow.
Sensing someone looking in her direction, Tang Li did not immediately store this person's body into her space.
Instead, she put on a show of camaraderie, slung an arm around the person's shoulder, and propped him up, using his corpse as cover, to walk towards the two people in the hallway.
"How is it? Did you take care of that little lady?"
Upon seeing Tang Li approach, two people quickly ran out from the hallway and asked in low voices.
However, when they saw Tang Li's face, both of them were shocked!