Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 381: Reap What You Sow

Gu Pan felt that talking to stupid people made her risk becoming stupid herself, "You report without even making proper inquiries? We’re contributors of great significance to the base, do you think we’re like you? Foolish."

Shen Qiu had his own criteria for judgment and he didn’t believe her words, "The Base Commander is your dad, isn’t he? So everything is fine just because you say so? Who knows the truth? I think it won’t be long before this base becomes a realm solely ruled by your family."

Gu Pan sneered, "Where’s the evidence then? The burden of proof lies with the accuser. You’re slandering without any proof; are you not afraid of the consequences?"

If you’re involved in corruption and nepotism, I accept defeat, but I believe that not all leaders at the base are incapable of separating personal affairs from their duties. Surely, someone will grant me justice.

He wasn’t stupid; he had thought this through before coming. One Base Commander, two Deputy Base Commanders, three secretaries; if he reported the Base Commander, each of the remaining four stood a chance. When one of them took office, couldn’t he ask for some benefits?

Of course, he harbored resentment towards Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng. That day he was injured, yet they petty-mindedly locked him in a container house. Later, didn’t all those container houses collapse? They never genuinely intended to save him. And they were raising quails, but not a single egg for him, the injured?

Initially, he was bandaged up on the ground of the villa. At that time, he noticed that there were cookies on their table, among other food, while he was eating sweet potato pancakes every day. They were way too selfish.

Originally, they had handed him over to the base rescue team in the heavy rain, risking one more time, and they weren’t without resources. Why couldn’t they help him more? He wasn’t ungrateful, but how about them? Selfish and cold-hearted. So, he just wanted to make them uncomfortable, even if he couldn’t completely take them down, at least cause them some trouble.

By making such a public accusation, they wouldn’t dare to mistreat him. If something happened to him after the report, everyone would suspect it was the Base Commander’s doing.

Thinking this over bolstered his confidence, "I am only expressing my doubts. I am a base resident, and I have the right to report suspicions. It’s up to the base to investigate, and I trust that the base will give us a fair explanation."

"Who is making such groundless accusations against me without any evidence?" Lu Jianguo walked in accompanied by several high-level leaders of the base, his face menacingly dark.

After receiving the news, he first called a meeting to discuss a response strategy with the core leaders before coming over, to prevent the situation from being exploited and causing unrest among the base residents.

The investigation team’s leader saw Lu Jianguo and Li Shukang and quickly stood up, "Base Commander, secretaries, you’ve all come. This is just a routine investigation. Rest assured, we will not wrong anyone."

His words were an obvious stance.

Lu Jianguo addressed the investigation team leader, "Let everything follow the normal process, but after these verifications, the base should also sort out and give Lu Ruisheng and Gu Pan what they’re owed. They’ve made many donations in the past without asking for anything in return, they even kept quiet, but now that there are doubts, it’s time to clarify everything."

Speaking of this, he looked around at those present and said, "By the way, those thirty Breeding Eggs of geese were also thanks to their connections. They didn’t want me to mention it as they sought to keep a low profile, after all, there’s not much the base could offer them and they didn’t want to add to the base’s burdens. There’s no need to keep that a secret now."

Gu Pan thought that Lu Jianguo was truly clever; although he had said it was through them, he only mentioned they were the ones who made the connection, so there was no way anyone could delve further into it.

And now with him saying this, the base leaders should worry. How many good things she and Lu Ruisheng had contributed to the base was well known among them. Many outsiders did not know, but none among the base’s leaders were unaware. And it wasn’t just one or two people in the know, so there was no need to verify anything. It would suffice to just bring out those past records.

Li Shukang looked at Shen Qiu, "Are you colluding with outsiders to stir up trouble within our base?"

Deputy Base Commander Wang also said, "This person looks suspicious; it seems we need to investigate him thoroughly."

At this time, Shen Qiu became frightened, his voice trembling, "You, you people... are you trying to cover up for each other, to the extent of murdering to silence me? Has the base lost all its integrity?"

Li Shukang looked at Shen Qiu, "The Base Commander, Deputy Base Commanders, secretaries, do you think we would all come out to cover up for personal interests? Are we crazy? Who among the base’s upper echelons doesn’t know how much the Base Commander’s son and daughter-in-law have done for the base? They’ve brought back materials in real truckloads, rare items, even samples of mutated animals. Without them, where would your safety come from?"

Shen Qiu now felt fear, "I, I just wanted what’s best for the base, I was worried someone would bend the rules."

Gu Pan looked at Shen Qiu, her tone incredulous, "We saved you; do you feel we weren’t good enough to you? Or is it because you saw how many resources we had and felt it was unfair? Or perhaps because we didn’t let you stay in the villa, that’s why you’re targeting us?"

Confronting Gu Pan’s eyes, Shen Qiu said, "That’s right, you clearly have so many resources, but you didn’t share any with us. I was injured, and you had cookies and steamed buns, but you only gave me sweet potato pancakes. You ate the best and drank the finest, while giving me, an injured person, such non-nutritious food. You didn’t let us live in the villa either, isn’t that just because you were cautious of us? You made us live in dangerous containers and even took away the quail, terrified we might consume your food. You had so much yet you begrudged us even one; why is that?"

Gu Pan laughed at what he said, "Because it’s our own hard-earned possessions. We risked our lives out there to obtain them. Scavenger, don’t you understand? We have to go out with guns to fight people for supplies, facing the constant threat of life-threatening battles and natural disasters. Why should I give you the resources we fought so hard for?"

Shen Qiu was speechless, not knowing what to say.

Gu Pan continued, "Do you know how valuable the medicine I gave you when you were injured is now? Do you know how many people died in the recent apartment collapse due to a lack of antibiotics? People like you really deserve death, blind to the kindness others have shown you."

Shen Qiu was aware of the deaths in the base hospital due to lack of medicine, but he didn’t know that the medicine Gu Pan had given him earlier was so precious.

His expression grew uglier, "I didn’t know the medicine you gave me was so expensive, I thought it was just ordinary medicine."

Lu Ruisheng sneered, "You didn’t know? Are there any medicines that aren’t expensive now? With such a severe injury, do you think you could have avoided infection without the right medication? The real-life version of ’The Farmer and the Snake,’ I’ve actually seen it now."

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