Chapter 558: Bouncing Back from Rock Bottom! The Reckless Ju Tianrui! (Extra 5000 words! 9/10)_3
Those in charge of the refugee camps, do they just have some food?
A disorganized mob.
Often just following the crowd.
A disorganized mob.
The wisdom of the group often plummets to the lowest level.
They would rather beg those who harm them for a chance to survive.
.....
There are also wise people among the refugees, like Old He and A Zheng. They have made up their minds. They want to leave this place.
No matter how dangerous it is outside, as long as they have freedom, perhaps with some luck, they might find an unsearched house and some spoiled food.
Then they could survive a little longer.
Ju Tianrui's Achilles heel is the refugees.
But he doesn't want to continue like this.
This is an unsolvable situation.
Without food, he can't help these refugees, and if he can't help them, he can't leave.
All signs point to only one thing, which is also the simplest and the last thing Ju Tianrui wants to do.
That is to submit to Gan Shang, then betray Xiao Jun, and take Gan Shang's people to Xin City.
But, Ju Tianrui chooses the third path.
He will do his best and leave the choice to the refugees.
He has already given half of the food, with almost everyone getting a bowl of mush, which should last a few days. If they run, maybe they can find a safe place and get food before the Zombies get them.
Some refugees, after hearing what Gan Shang said, got cold feet.
Some have never thought of leaving from the start; staying here is quite good, although they're very hungry...
But there are also some who immediately went back to their tents to pack their things, ready to leave.
When Gan Shang saw some people packing up, he walked towards Ju Tianrui with his men, full of aggression.
"You what do you mean by this? Without my permission, no one can leave here," Gan Shang roared at Ju Tianrui like a lion.
Ju Tianrui suddenly laughed: "What if I want to leave?"
As soon as he spoke, everyone behind him held guns, pointing at Gan Shang.
Gan Shang's eyes narrowed slightly; these ingrates.
Is this a threat to him?
He cherished his life; he didn't want to die here.
He took a small step backward, and Hai Chao stood by his side.
He waved his hand.
Over three hundred of his followers pointed their guns at Ju Tianrui in unison.
Ju Tianrui remained unfazed. Since he had thought this step through, he was prepared for the worst.
And he was very confident that Gan Shang and his men wouldn't dare to shoot.
If they did, Gan Shang would be done for.
The barrels of the guns faced each other.
The air was thick with gunpowder, on the verge of ignition.
Seeing this, the refugees who were still standing below the stage felt as if they were watching a play.
It was tragic, yet somewhat pitiful.
They felt as if it had nothing to do with them.
Spectating was in their nature.
Before this.
In their eyes, although they had a much better impression of Ju Tianrui, he hadn't given them much food.
And from their perspective, they were certain that Ju Tianrui must have reached some agreement with Gan Shang, thinking they were in cahoots.
But today, seeing Ju Tianrui and Gan Shang confront each other, even drawing their guns,
They knew that the two were not as friendly as they seemed.
The relationship between the two just turned from an alliance to something more like enemies.
...
Gan Shang was silent for a few seconds.
Then glaring at Ju Tianrui he said, "Tell me where Xiao Jun and his men are, and I will let you go. Otherwise, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, we won't let you off. You should know that we have more than these people here, we also have the Western Alliance behind us."
Ju Tianrui seemed to be recalling something, then said thoughtfully, "I really don't know, but when Xiao Jun left, he seemed to mention it in passing, they should be somewhere near Zhehai."
Hearing this, Gan Shang had an utterly disbelieving look and said, "They were clearly heading East. If they were going to Zhehai, they should take Dongsheng Road, but they clearly took the Hurun Road."
Ju Tianrui gestured dismissively and said confidently, "That's all I know. Believe it or not, I have to leave today, and you can't stop me. That's what I said."
The rage in Gan Shang's eyes seemed to flare as he retorted, "Fine, fine, I underestimated your guts.
I'll say it right here: if you step out of here, from now on, you are my enemy, and the enemy of the Western Alliance as well."
Hearing Gan Shang invoking the Western Alliance again to pressure him,
Ju Tianrui laughed, from a soft chuckle to a loud laugh, and finally to a defiant laughter: "Come on! Bring it on! How about we just go all out right now? Huh!?"
Ju Tianrui pulled out a gun from his waist and pointed it at Gan Shang.
Seeing this, Gan Shang quickly ducked behind his underlings.
He thought to himself in panic: "This is madness; doing this will get us all killed!"
Seeing Gan Shang hiding, Ju Tianrui felt even more disdain.
But he also couldn't go too far; he didn't really want a conflict to break out.
Once gunfire erupted, people on both sides would definitely be worse off.
It could even lead to total annihilation.
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