My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 335 - 271: An Unexpected Acquaintance

"Hello, dear residents. On December 8, 2121, we received information from the Haidian District Center for Disease Control and Prevention about close contacts of COVID-19 cases, and found positive cases and close contacts in our community. According to the district pandemic prevention and control requirements, positive cases and close contacts have been subject to centralized isolation measures. To comprehensively carry out the epidemic prevention and control work in our area and strictly control the spread of the pandemic risk, it has been decided by the district’s COVID-19 pandemic control command center..."

"Effective immediately, Jade District will undergo closed-off management. During the closed management period, only entry is allowed and no exit. All residents are required to strictly adhere to the relevant pandemic management regulations, isolate at home, stay indoors, keep their phones reachable, and complete each nucleic acid test on time. The time of reopening will be notified separately. Staff from the street and community offices have been arranged to be responsible for residents’ supplies and procurement work..."

About five or six minutes after Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge went outside, the indoor residents Huang Tianxuan and Wu Wenyue also heard the loudspeaker broadcasting in the community.

Looking outside the window again, in the nighttime community, property staff and community workers in white protective suits were scattered under each building’s street lamps, broadcasting through loudspeakers.

"Residents of Building 7 in the community, please come downstairs immediately to the entrance of the community for nucleic acid sampling. Residents of Building 1, please come downstairs in half an hour and prepare for testing!"

The loudspeaker called out two or three times, and about fifty or sixty residents from Building 7 gradually emerged, all wearing masks, discussing among themselves as they formed a noticeable flow of people heading to the community entrance.

"This is so damn unlucky!"

"Who is it, which jerk in the community tested positive? Have they published the travel history?"

"It’s the resident of Unit 2, Building 7. Didn’t you see we’re the first to do nucleic acid testing? I got a text message, and you should be able to check it on the district’s official account too."

"How long will this lockdown last? I have to go to work tomorrow."

"At least half a month. Forget about going to work, just work from home!"

"What about food? Can we order takeout? I’m out of rice at home, and I’m almost out of toilet paper too."

"What are you thinking? Takeout won’t be allowed. Just wait for the community to deliver supplies."

As the residents from Building 7 walked towards the entrance from outside, others from different buildings opened their windows to watch the commotion. Facing such an unforeseen disaster, some people were clearly angry, and some from upstairs were yelling down...

"Those doing nucleic acid tests downstairs, keep your distance! Do you from Building 7 realize you’ve put the entire community into the danger zone? Are you trying to cause cross-infections by standing so close?"

"Exactly, exactly!"

"Let the residents of Building 7 pay the entire community’s property fee for next year!!"

With this lockdown, Jade District became unusually lively...

But clearly, this was not the kind of buzz any resident wanted, and the resentment in their hearts was great, especially for those who did not reside in Jade District and were just visiting as guests. Being locked down in the community meant they couldn’t return home!

Going out was impossible; to sneak out of a locked-down community would be a crime, and you’d be waiting to eat prison food behind bars.

"Are we really locked down?"

Huang Tianxuan was completely bewildered, still somewhat in disbelief: "Are we locked down just like that? Does this mean we can’t leave?"

Wu Wenyue irritably scratched her head, pulled Huang Tianxuan’s upper body back from leaning out the window: "What do you think?"

"I..."

Huang Tianxuan grimaced: "Really? I can’t accept this! What’s going to happen to my projects? What about my research? My experiment is still running, who will monitor the results tomorrow if I don’t go?"

Wu Wenyue sighed: "President Huang, maybe you should use your connections to see if you can find a backdoor to get you out?"

Huang Tianxuan immediately shook her head: "Don’t joke around. Which building are we in?"

"Building 2, we go down in half an hour."

Wu Wenyue closed the window, turned around, and sighed again: "Let’s eat first. No wonder he hasn’t returned; turns out he never left."

Huang Tianxuan was startled, frowning slightly: "Then Zhao Qingge..."

"Click~"

The door opened, and Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge stepped in.

"We’re back, you all heard the broadcast, right?"

Li Peifeng had a mask on his face, holding a bag of unopened, plastic-packaged white clothing in his hand, his expression stern: "This is going to be a bit tricky!"

Now he didn’t have to cover his mouth to laugh because he got the mask!

"..."

Zhao Qingge looked numb, not even changing his shoes. He sat on the sofa as soon as he entered, staring intently at the TV that wasn’t turned on, without speaking a word.

"Professor Zhao, can’t we really go out?"

Huang Tianxuan approached with concern, pursuing, "Didn’t you mention your situation just now? People like us who haven’t been in contact with Building 7 residents and don’t live in Jade District can’t leave either?"

"No."

Zhao Qingge shook his head weakly: "It’s not just us. Just now, a delivery guy came in to deliver food, and as soon as he tried to leave, he got stuck because of the lockdown. The police didn’t let him go out."

Wu Wenyue laughed: "There’s someone even unluckier?"

Huang Tianxuan was stunned: "Then... where does he stay?"

Zhao Qingge raised his eyes slightly to look at her, sighed lightly: "The community staff gave him a tent and sleeping bag; the property will let him set up the tent in the office to spend the night."

"This!"

Huang Tianxuan didn’t know what to say, accidentally hearing the rustling sound of plastic. Turning her head, she saw Li Peifeng unpacking the bag of clothing, taking out a set of white protective gear!

"The community issued these?"

"Not issued."

Li Peifeng was putting it on while casually saying: "I volunteered in the community to get it; I’ll have to go down in a while to help maintain order."