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After closing the supermarket, Jack and George went to the warehouse together, only to find that the entire warehouse was empty.
They quickly came to question me, “Where did all the things in the warehouse go?!”
I replied, “There were too many customers these past few days. Everything was sold out.”
Jack flew into a rage, “Then didn’t you know to keep some?”
I pretended to be aggrieved
said, “I did say so.”
Saying this, I looked at Lily again.
So my in–laws and Jack also remembered that it was Lily who had instigated the promotional activity.
Martha was so angry that she slapped Lily again, and even George started hitting Lily.
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Now that the supermarket warehouse was empty and there wasn’t much food left on the shelves, the family simply started fighting among themselves like dogs.
Lily had been suppressing her anger for so many days, and she finally couldn’t take it anymore. She started fighting back against her parents.
Unexpectedly, although Lily looked thin and small, she was holding her own against both her parents, even overpowering them.
With no other choice, her parents had to call for Jack’s help.
After Jack joined in, Lily was defeated.
I watched the show for a while, and when they stopped, I said I wanted to go home to check on my parents.
Martha immediately scolded me acidly, “Those two old things, always causing trouble. You’re not allowed to go back. If you go back, I’ll break your legs! Who doesn’t know you want to help your parents‘ family!”
This comment also drew Jack’s attention.
Now that the warehouse was empty, there were only a few supplies left on the supermarket shelves.
They were afraid I would run away with these supplies.
Even when I told them I wouldn’t take any food back, they still didn’t believe me.
But with just these few supplies, forget about five people eating, even one person couldn’t last until the end of the apocalypse.
To prevent me from escaping, Jack grabbed me and took me back home.
But my in–laws were used to eating well, and at first, they didn’t save food at all. The fish and meat in the refrigerator were quickly eaten up.
I hadn’t eaten meat for several days. At this time, my mom called me and asked how I was doing.
I asked my mom to take a picture of their dining table, which immediately attracted my in–laws and Jack.
My mom and I played along, and my in–laws and Jack finally realized that my parents had already bought a lot of supplies and had no worries
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So my in–laws shamelessly asked my parents to send supplies over.
My parents asked puzzledly, don’t you have a small supermarket at home? How could you not have food?
My in–laws and Jack still tried to make themselves look good, saying they had sold all their supplies to help others.
Hearing this, I inwardly spat in disgust. What helping others? They were clearly just greedy for money.
Now it was already raining ice outside. They wanted my parents to transport supplies? If they came, they definitely wouldn’t be able to go back. Were they trying to kill my parents again?
I held back the urge to confront them right now and deliberately said, “My dad has bad legs, and my mom can’t drive. Honey, why don’t you go bring the supplies over?”
Jack flew into a rage when he heard this, “It’s so cold outside. Are you trying to freeze me to death?”
My in–laws also cursed, “I only have this one son. If anything happens to him, can you take responsibility, you useless girl?”
Lily also joined in, “That’s right, sister–in–law. You go quickly. I haven’t eaten meat for so many days. Bring back a lot of meat!”
In this family now, Lily and I were treated the worst. Forget about meat, we couldn’t even eat vegetables. Every day we only had salt water with
rice.
As they spoke, the family had already pushed me to the door.
Jack stuffed the car keys into my hand, urging me to go quickly.
When I opened the door, snowflakes carrying ice crystals hit my face, almost making me lose my footing.
I pretended to be weak and said, “Honey, it’s too dark outside. Can I go tomorrow when the sun is out?”
Martha scolded, “Are you blind? Can’t you turn on the car lights?”
Then she pushed me out forcefully.
With a bang, the door was closed behind me.
But I took the car keys, humming a tune, went to the underground garage, and drove back to my parents‘ house.
My act was over. Now it’s time for me to watch the show.
