018, you continue to wait here for Ah Mi.

Hua Mi didn't want to hoard food either, but there was simply no need to buy those high-priced food and water from the stalls.

Moreover, all the food and water, no matter how high the price, were sold out the moment they became available.

Nine-and-a-half out of ten parcels sent to Xiang City from other places contained food and water. The unceasing supply of food and water poured into the city, but there was no sign of abundance in the markets.

What did this imply? It meant everyone was hoarding food and water.

In such circumstances, finding cheap food and water was only possible if one was extraordinarily lucky.

Seeing Hua Mi speak this way, Ah Fu could only shake his head helplessly.

After all, Hua Mi had Gong Yi to rely on, so she probably didn't lack food. As someone who worked for others, he shouldn't have to worry about this for his boss.

Now looking into the back of the truck, the wire mesh took up the most space.

The burly man selling the wire mesh had a lot of it, after all, he was to deliver goods to a construction site.

After he had loaded all his goods onto Ah Fu's truck bed, the man started to worry if he had sold too much to Hua Mi.

After all, Hua Mi looked like a naive young girl. What would she do with so much wire mesh?

Hua Mi walked over and transferred the money to him,

"If you have more wire mesh, you can deliver it to the aid center. I'll be here every few days, and I'll take however much you have. I just want to use it to build a fence."

After speaking, she got into the vehicle and had Ah Fu drive her back to the ruins.

She didn't notice that in the distance from the cargo truck, Fang Xin was standing there with a mobile phone in hand, busily snapping pictures.

She captured every scene of Hua Mi speaking with Ah Fu and Hua Mi getting on Ah Fu's truck.

Once the truck had left, Fang Xin sent the photos from her phone to Qin Ziran, along with a text message,

[Fang Xin: "Brother Ziran, come quickly, I've found my sister. If you don't come now, she'll be gone."]

On the other side, Qin Ziran didn't reply to the message for a long time. Fang Xin watched the "typing..." notification above the WeChat conversation box with satisfaction.

She didn't even have to think about how shocked and distressed Qin Ziran must be, loving Hua Mi as he did, upon seeing her get into an old man's truck.

If Qin Ziran was upset, he naturally wouldn't make things easy for Hua Mi.

He would continually pick fights with her and try to control her.

And Fang Xin just loved to see Hua Mi struggle.

She waited a while and after several edits, Qin Ziran finally texted back a few words,

[Qin Ziran: "Where?"]

Fang Xin quickly informed Qin Ziran of the location of the stall area. Of course, by the time Qin Ziran arrived to find Hua Mi, the truck had long gone.

Hua Mi had disappeared.

Fang Xin, in frustration, stretched out her finger to hook the corner of Qin Ziran's clothing, her face full of sorrow,

"Brother Ziran, I'm sorry, last time to avoid me, my sister even got physical with me. I didn't dare to stop her this time."

As she spoke, tears gathered in Fang Xin's eyes. She held up three fingers,

"I swear, the moment I laid eyes on my sister, I messaged you. Brother Ziran... Sister, Sister has changed a lot. Could she really be involved with that truck driver?"

She had never seen that truck driver before.

If Hua Mi wasn't taken by that truck driver, then she must have had some kind of relationship with him.

Fang Xin would bet on it with her toes.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qin Ziran shouted at Fang Xin, his face flushed with anger,

"How could Ah Mi possibly fall for that kind of man?"

He had seen the older man in the photos. He must have been around 50 years old, didn't dress like he was wealthy, and drove a large truck.

That was the kind of job men at the bottom of society would do.

Hua Mi was beautiful and capable. If she were to find a man to get at Qin Ziran, she would certainly choose someone better-looking than him.

How could she end up with a truck driver?

And he was already outstanding enough; it was impossible for Hua Mi to know someone better than him.

Qin Ziran's shouting successfully made Fang Xin shed tears, and she, like a docile little wife, bowed her head and silently wept, not daring to contradict him.

In reality, Fang Xin disagreed with Qin Ziran. She believed Hua Mi, just like herself, could do anything to spite someone.

As for whether Hua Mi would really take a truck driver as a lover.

It wasn't certain.

Actually, truck drivers earned quite a bit, way more than her modest sales performance.

If this truck driver could give Fang Xin a few thousand yuan every month, she wouldn't mind having a truck driver as a sugar daddy.

Using this line of thought to deduce Hua Mi's situation, if the money was for Hua Mi, she would definitely do it.

Seeing Fang Xin's innocent and helpless appearance and thinking about how she couldn't live without him, Qin Ziran's tone softened,

"Continue to wait for Ah Mi here, I have to go back and deal with some work."

Yes, Qin Ziran, of course, had a job, and he was working in a reputable company, still in his probation period.

Although earthquakes frequently hit Xiang City, it wasn't complete destruction. Large areas hadn't collapsed, and to ensure that society continued to function, people were needed to work essential jobs.

Qin Ziran's job was to procure supplies for the city management bureau; at times like these, he was extremely busy.

The task of finding Hua Mi had to be left to Fang Xin.

Fang Xin loved him desperately, she wouldn't do anything outrageous.

Indeed, Fang Xin obediently nodded, appearing very well-behaved.

But as Qin Ziran prepared to leave, Fang Xin reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

She seemed embarrassed, her feet in silver-gray high heels tapping the ground,

"Brother Ziran, I, for the past few days while looking for my sister, I haven't gone to work, my boss is very angry... and with the economy not doing well, us in sales don't have much business..."

Her salary was already low, working a real estate sales job she took after vocational high school, punching in in the morning and then finding excuses to go out in the afternoon. Whenever she was out of money, she would just ask Hua Mi.

Of course, Qin Ziran was also very generous. Since Hua Mi started dating Qin Ziran, Fang Xin had enjoyed many benefits from him.

After sleeping with Qin Ziran, material benefits increased even more.

Seeing Fang Xin like this, Qin Ziran instantly understood her predicament and sympathized. He took out his phone and directly transferred thirty thousand yuan to her,

"Use this for now. With things being chaotic outside, I'll give you more once you've found your sister, and you don't need to work anymore. Your job wasn't earning much anyway."