Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 30

The defending forces are retreating steadily, and the city of Jiankang is on the brink of falling. At this point, even the most oblivious citizens of Jiankang have finally realized the imminent danger and have started to flee the city in a frenzy.

The city’s security and order have completely collapsed. There are roadblocks, robberies, and assaults in homes, with people firing guns over minimal survival supplies. The urban area has become almost a living hell.

The army, which should have been maintaining order, is completely occupied by the enemy’s human wave tactics because of the clones and cannot attend to other matters.

Meanwhile, the various powerful families have been forced to retreat and defend themselves. They are continuously dispatching heavily guarded convoys to move the remaining supplies and personnel to the ferry and the underground network.

Most of these convoys have been intercepted by illegal armed groups. Many of these groups have been coerced or have voluntarily joined the attacks, including ordinary militia or mercenaries and some defected family members with special abilities.

The entire city of Jiankang is in chaos. No one can tell who is friend or foe, leading to frequent standoffs where people point guns at each other and sometimes even shoot on sight. There is no place that is absolutely safe.

The only exception is the entrance to the underground network located on the south side of Xuanwu Lake. The old walls of Jiankang, near Xuanwu Lake, were originally a fortification against the northern Cao Wei and now serve merely as a scenic spot. Below it lies an entrance to the underground network, which is normally used for transporting supplies to Taicheng.

Now that Taicheng has been completely evacuated, the Cheng and Xing families have repurposed it as an evacuation point to move people from Jiankang to Jingkou.

Initially, only high-ranking or highly educated personnel from private enterprises received invitations, but as the word spread, a large number of Jiankang citizens with their families started arriving. The underground network has been accommodating everyone, organizing their entry into the tunnels.

An area about 2 kilometers away from the ground entrance has been opened up as a temporary resettlement area, with tents, camp beds and temporary dry toilets, to accommodate Jiankang citizens who cannot be taken away in time due to insufficient transportation capacity.

When the entire Longxi Li family evacuated a few days ago, Li Qingwan arranged for them to donate a large amount of grain and oil supplies here, so the refugees did not have to worry about starvation.

However, the underground network pipeline was dark and everyone could only stay where they were and wait quietly, unable to do anything. The women and children couldn’t help sobbing, and the sound of suppressed crying could be heard all around.

Approximately every two to three minutes, an underground train arrives, taking the next group of people according to their tickets.

Patrol teams composed of Northern Army soldiers wearing helmet lamps patrol between the train area and the refugee camp, ready to deal with any desperate or mentally unstable rioters.

“Not bad, quite good,” Cheng Jinyang remarked after inspecting everything, unable to find any faults, “I can indeed leave it to everyone with confidence.”

“My lord, you are kind-hearted. I admire you very much.” Wang Changshi took the lead, followed by Xie Zhubu, and the other members of the shogunate began to flatter him.

Intellectually, they did not agree with Cheng Jinyang’s decision. After all, Jingkou was already overcrowded, so where would they find the resources to support these people?

However, emotionally, as long as Jingkou can hold out in the short term, whether these citizens remain or are diverted to Lin’an later, coupled with the appropriate propaganda, it will bring Cheng Jinyang considerable political prestige.

To trade short-term burden for long-term public opinion and moral advantage is not a mistake in decision-making, but at most a choice.

But more importantly, making such a decision itself means that Cheng Jinyang no longer considers the interests of a clan or a town, but thinks from a higher level of “fighting for the world”… If you talk about it in detail, it will make people think a lot.

“Your Excellency,” Xie Youdu reported in the simple meeting room, “the Longxiang Army departed this morning and has joined forces with the Feixiong Army, advancing from the west towards Gushu. Meanwhile, the Xiaoqi Army has mobilized its main forces to move up the river, and the Jingkou garrison has reported back at noon.”

“The effort to save the king from all directions is about to begin,” Cheng Jinyang sighed with emotion, “Ah, we are really guarding until the clouds part and now seeing the moonlight!”

Everyone was speechless.

If you think about it carefully, he is indeed right.

Everyone was running for their lives, but our Northern Army stayed in the dangerous place to help transport people.

Isn’t that “guarding until the clouds part”?

When the loyal army came to quell the rebellion, they would be rewarded according to their achievements afterwards. The Northern Army’s contributions would also be set in stone.

Isn’t that “seeing the moonlight”?

What he said was true, but for some reason, it felt very contemptuous when it came out of this person’s mouth…

Quickly suppressing the sense of disobedience in their minds, everyone started praising him again, and the meeting room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After the meeting, Cheng Jinyang left the shogunate to preside over the work and rushed back to Jingkou to find the girls.

There is no need to stay in Jiankang any longer now. The high-level demons have all withdrawn one after another. The two princesses have begun to cover the citizens’ escape. All they have to do next is wait for the troops from all directions to attack Jiankang and completely put down the rebellion.

When we returned to the Jingkou Governor’s Mansion, it was almost eight o’clock in the evening.

After a quick dinner in the cafeteria, he returned to the bedroom and saw Miss Wang still lying on the bed, looking at herself in the mirror in ecstasy.

Xing Yuanzhi and Cui Jinqi glared and yelled at each other, while Chu Qingqing was making sarcastic remarks beside them, trying to add fuel to the fire, wishing they could start a fight right away.

Yang Wangshu hid behind Xing Yuanzhi and typed taunts to help her sister Ah Zhi fight back, but was getting chased by Miss Qingqing who was trying to grab her mask.

Zheng Qiupei was busy trying to stop the fight, looking like she might cry any moment. Li Qingwan and Lu Qingyun stood awkwardly by, unable to interject, feeling completely helpless.

Looking at this Shura scene filled with gunpowder, Cheng Jinyang couldn’t help but feel the pain in his waist again.

There is no other way. If I want peace in the harem, I have to make sacrifices. If I don’t become the target of fire, who will? I can’t let them continue to attack each other like this.

“I’m back, everyone,” he said with a smile as he closed the door. “What’s going on? Are you arguing again? Don’t argue all the time. Can’t you just love each other? If there are any conflicts, I can help you mediate…”

Before he could finish, he was pounced on by girl Qingqing and pressed onto the bed, and tied up with metal ropes.

“All done!” Miss Qingqing clapped her hands decisively. “The person involved is here now.”

“Then ask him!” Xing Yuanzhi said, glaring. “Ask him if it was because of his serious injuries that he couldn’t go out, or if I forcibly restricted his freedom?”

“If it is as you said, then why didn’t you even call me?” Cui Jinqi continued to question.

“There’s no network coverage in the underground base,” Xing Yuanzhi said indifferently.

“Does anyone believe what you say?” Cui Xiaoniang said disdainfully.

“What else?” Xing Yuanzhi asked her back, “That’s my Xing family’s secret intelligence base! Is the network left for you to explore and locate?”

“Don’t think I don’t know that you searched for me! And you even told the Xing family head…” She said angrily, “What’s the difference between you and a child who calls the parents after fighting?”

“Pfft.” Cheng Jinyang couldn’t help but burst out laughing. In her panic, Ah Zhi even cursed herself.

But the next second, Chu Qingqing pulled his head into her arms, covered his mouth and said:

“Be quiet!”

Cheng Jinyang: ?

This soft feeling… yes, it must be Qingqing’s close-fitting liquid metal layer.