The events of the previous life are not for the moment.
Not long after Tang Li returned home, the second bout of freezing rain for the day began to fall.
To prevent the ice from sealing them in for too long and causing insufficient oxygen supply indoors, Tang Li had chipped away some of the ice on the windows before leaving her home.
Although this freezing rain would soon form a new layer of ice, the house had already had some ventilation while Tang Li was away.
With nothing else to do, Tang Li resumed her exercises.
Even though the weather was cold now, and even when Tang Li was very busy sometimes, she still insisted on exercising for a period each day to ensure her physical fitness did not decline.
However, while exercising, Tang Li overheard a conversation about herself from the neighboring unit.
During this time, Tang Li realized that her five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—had all become sharper.
This was why she had previously mistaken the foul odor for being from the opposite unit and had just now been able to hear the hushed conversation of the young man.
Furthermore, Tang Li discovered that she had gained night vision. She could see clearly even in the dark without any lights on. kuAiδugg
Some time ago, Tang Li had found that she could hear sounds from the units above, below, and to the sides of her neighbors' homes, and she could hear them very clearly.
However, after the initial possession of this ability, apart from listening carefully to the neighbors' conversations, she had not used this ability again.
And what was magical was that as long as she wasn't concentrating on listening, even if she could hear very faint sounds around her, her brain could effectively block them out, preventing her from being disturbed by noise.
Ever since the family across from Tang Li had moved in, she had often heard their conversations.
It was just that until now, the conversations had been unrelated to her, so she hadn't paid much attention.
But this time, when Tang Li heard them mention her, the brain's blocking mechanism instantly deactivated, and she began to listen intently.
"Xiao Jie, have you lost your mind to that vixen? That little slut bullied me and your younger brother so much, and you're actually thinking of marrying her?"
"No, no, I don't want that bad woman as my sister-in-law!"
These two voices belonged to that old woman and the little brat.
"Grandma, if I marry her, she'll be your granddaughter-in-law from now on. When I've properly disciplined her, and she's serving you, will she dare to disobey?"
"Xiao Wei, don't you want to eat chocolate? Once she becomes your sister-in-law, will you still be afraid of not getting chocolate?"
With the young man's persuasion, the old woman and the little brat finally stopped objecting.
"Yes, Xiao Jie is right. I heard that the girl's parents ran a supermarket before the apocalypse. They owned several properties. After these properties were requisitioned by the authorities, how many points would she have in hand?"
"Once we marry her into the family, won't these points all be ours?"
"And with our family of nine crammed into this one house, it's too crowded. After marrying her, the eldest family can move into her house, the second family can continue to live in this house, and we old folks can live in both places. Wouldn't our family's living space be much more spacious then?"
At this moment, another aged male voice spoke.
Hearing this voice, Tang Li knew it was the old man of that family speaking.
"But she has points of her own and a place to live. Why would she be willing to marry into our family?"
"Even if you marry Big Brother, how can Big Brother guarantee that she will obediently hand over her points and not continue to bully Grandma and little brother?"
At this moment, a soft, delicate female voice could be heard.
Without a doubt, Tang Li knew it was the only girl among the third generation of that family.
"Heh heh, that's where you're wrong. The world is so difficult now. She's a young girl, and she has no family. She'll definitely have to find a man."
"As the saying goes, a good woman fears a persistent man, and proximity breeds affection. Our Xiao Jie is so outstanding, and he lives next door to her. I don't believe he can't win her over."
"That's exactly the logic. The authorities placing our family next to her house is also an opportunity given to our family and to Xiao Jie by heaven! We mustn't waste such a good opportunity."
"If all else fails, we can also use some methods. For example, arrange a hero saving the beauty, or simply cook the raw rice into cooked rice, wouldn't that suffice?"
"Once we coax her into marrying into our family, whether she hands over her points or obeys us will be beyond her control..."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, several people started talking at once in a jumble.
"Cough, cough, keep your voices down. Don't let her hear."
"What are you afraid of? This house has such good soundproofing. How could she possibly hear?"
"..."
Hearing these words, Tang Li stopped exercising.
She stood up and paced around the room.
Before long, she had an idea.