"Yes!"
"At noon today, around 11:30, someone knocked on my door, wanting to trade water and food with me. But I don't have enough water and food myself, so I refused."
"That person also told me that what he had was something good, and that he would put it at my door for me to look at. I ignored him and didn't open the door."
After Tang Li finished speaking, she saw the police officers exchange glances.
"Can you explain the process in detail? The more detail, the better."
Upon hearing this, Tang Li recalled and recounted the conversation she had with the man outside her door before opening it, in great detail.
However, she did not mention anything that happened after she opened the door.
After finishing, Tang Li curiously asked, "Officer, what exactly happened outside?"
"Ever since I received the relief supplies last time, I've been staying at home and never going out. No matter who knocks on my door, I ignore them."
"The rescue team uncles just said that some criminals broke into our building. What's going on?"
Hearing Tang Li's question, the police officers explained it to her.
It turned out that before the burly men came to Tang Li's home, just as Tang Li had guessed, they had killed the more than ten people gathered on the 8th and 9th floors cooling off, and everyone they encountered along the way was also killed.
Among them was Aunt Li Guilan, who had come to trouble Tang Li before.
Fortunately, ever since water and food became scarce, households no longer dared to leave their doors open to cool off, and those criminals did not arbitrarily break into homes.
Finally, they said to Tang Li, "Little girl, it's a good thing you didn't open the door, you narrowly escaped!"
"Yes, yes."
Tang Li also feigned a look of lingering fear and nodded repeatedly.
Then, she nervously asked, "Have the criminals been caught?"
The police shook their heads and said, "The strange thing is that the criminals are gone, but their boat is still downstairs."
"We suspect they are still hiding in the building, but they might have hidden upon hearing the news of the rescue team's arrival. However, we searched everywhere and couldn't find them. Everyone says they haven't seen them."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Captain Xia, several families in the opposite building are also reported missing, and in one family, only an elder remains, with everyone else gone. We suspect they are the culprits."
The leading police officer heard this, stood up, and said to Tang Li, "Little girl, thank you for your cooperation."
"This building has now been sealed off by us. Please stay at home and do not go out. We will conduct a thorough search of the entire building later to try and find those criminals."
"Even if we can't find them, as long as we confirm that the criminals are not in this building, you will be safe."
"However, you cannot let your guard down in the future. Especially since you are a girl without self-protection ability, you must not open the door easily, understand?"
What could Tang Li, who lacked self-protection ability, say?
She could only nod repeatedly and say, "I understand. Officer, you've worked hard."
At the same time, she felt a sense of relief.
It seemed no one suspected her.
Although killing these criminals wouldn't have been a problem, and could even be considered acting bravely for a just cause and eliminating harm for the people, Tang Li still wanted to keep a low profile and avoid trouble.
However, Tang Li felt a bit regretful about Li Guilan's death.
"She should have been made to feel the hardships of the apocalypse. She got off too easily."
She had originally intended to teach her a lesson herself, but she didn't expect her to die so quickly at the hands of those burly men.
Tang Li even suspected that the reason those burly men went straight to her house was that Li Guilan had given them directions.
Of course, this was just her speculation.
After Captain Xia and his group left, another group of fully armed police conducted a thorough search of every household.
Tang Li guessed that the reason the entire building was not massacred by these burly men in her previous life was probably because the rescue team arrived in time, and they were captured by the police.
In this life, because the criminals had already been dealt with by Tang Li, even though the police searched every corner of the entire building, even the other several units, they still couldn't find any trace of the criminals.
After this incident, the building became even quieter.
For those who were killed, some homes were left empty with no one else, and the vacant apartments were then occupied by residents from lower floors who opened their doors.
Everyone stayed in their respective homes, kept their doors tightly shut, and no longer ventured out easily.
After the police left, the sky had also turned dark.
Tang Li stood by the window, looking at the pitch-black sky, and murmured, "The thunderstorm, it should be coming soon, right?"