Naturally, Floyd also had no interest in associating with everyone.
Now, Erquan had the guts to target him—he was really bold.
Floyd grabbed two wooden sticks and used them to brace the door bolt. He then carefully moved the ladder next to the courtyard wall.
He climbed up to the top and peeked outside. In addition to Erquan, the other four men were hiding nearby, each holding a weapon!
They were here to rob food!
Floyd calmly climbed back down.
Outside, Erquan couldn't wait any longer and shouted, "Floyd, are you going to lend me the water or not? I'll return it to you when I find water! We're from the same village, you can't just watch us die! Now, we're the only families left in the village. It won't be good for you if you offend me!"
Gianna could already tell from Floyd's expression what was going on.
Some people were really greedy!
She went straight back into the main room, telling Dennis to take his two younger brothers to hide in the back room and close the door.
Once the three kids were inside, she went to the kitchen, but this time, she didn't grab the kitchen knife; instead, she picked up the axe.
She also grabbed a rolling pin and a hoe for Floyd.
Floyd didn't expect Gianna to be so tough and quick in her response!
Gianna handed the hoe and rolling pin to Floyd and said seriously, "They've set their sights on us. We might escape today, but we can't avoid them forever. It's better to solve this once and for all."
Floyd wasn't afraid of getting hurt, but he was worried about Gianna getting involved. "You're a woman. Let me handle this."
Gianna didn't think that way. In this world, survival in the apocalypse meant women had to be strong. Though she had space-based powers, her combat ability was also strong. She had been eating well these past few days, and she was strong enough to handle the people outside.
"How many of them are there?" Gianna asked seriously.
Floyd answered, "Five!"
Gianna relaxed and smiled, "Only five? I thought there would be seven or eight! You deal with three, I'll handle two. You're good, right?"
Floyd was stunned by Gianna's plan. He nodded woodenly, "No problem."
Gianna signaled Floyd to open the door.
Holding the hoe in his hand, Floyd moved the wooden bar, unlocked the door, and opened it.
Gianna was ready and immediately swung the axe.
The blow landed on Erquan's right shoulder.
The sudden attack caught the four men hiding on the sides of the courtyard wall off guard.
Floyd swung the hoe at Da Hu.
"Aah!" a scream echoed.
Gianna pulled the axe back, and Erquan staggered back, clearly in pain.
Da Hu reacted quickly. Seeing the hoe coming his way, he crouched down.
The other three men quickly recovered.
Erquan gritted his teeth and cursed, "Bitch! Bitch! I'll make sure you don't get away with this! I'll sell you to the brothel and let everyone have a go at you!"
They had spent half an hour planning, only to be exposed.
They never expected Gianna and Floyd to act so decisively.
After Gianna struck Erquan, she immediately turned to attack the other two men.
One of them was holding a shoulder pole, while the other had a hoe.
Gianna was agile.
When she saw the shoulder pole coming at her, she quickly dodged and then ruthlessly swung the axe at her opponent.
Gianna always struck quickly, hard, and accurately. Though she took two hits from the shoulder pole, she also wounded the man.
He had cuts on his arms and legs.
Erquan was in a lot of pain, but seeing that the four men couldn't compete with Gianna and Floyd, he gritted his teeth and charged at Gianna.
Why didn't he go for Floyd? It was because Floyd was too fierce, swinging the hoe relentlessly at Da Hu and the other man.
Gianna was just a woman, no matter how strong she was, she was still just a woman.
What could a woman do?
Gianna always kept an eye on Erquan.
When she saw Erquan take out the axe from behind his waist, she didn't hold back.
She quickly dealt with the other person and, seeing both of them fall, quickly dodged the axe from Erquan.
Floyd, worried that Gianna might get hurt, turned around and saw Gianna kick Erquan to the ground, with the axe already pressed against his neck.
The five of them groaned in pain.
Both Gianna and Floyd's gazes were cold.
Especially Gianna, who had already developed a killing intent for the five of them.
In these times, even if these five people were killed and buried, no one would ask questions.
There were so many refugees running from the famine, and countless people were dying along the way.
Killing a few people was nothing at all.
While Floyd was fighting with Dahu, he also took a blow.
His back was still sore.
But what worried him the most was Gianna: "Gianna, are you okay?"
Gianna said, "I only took a couple of hits. You don't need to worry about me."
After saying that, she stepped on Erquan's chest.
This step was extremely forceful.
"Not bad! You actually thought to target us. You really are something!" she said.
She never liked causing trouble, but she never expected these people to have their eyes on her.
Floyd spoke up: "You five families haven't left, so you've been plotting against our food from the start."
The other families in the village had exchanged their food and left, but these five families stayed behind.
This made him suspect their intentions.
Erquan, who was being stepped on, felt like he was going to die.
He begged for mercy: "We were momentarily blinded, we didn't plan from the start to harm you, we just couldn't accept that you had so much food."
Dahu had completely lost his temper, and the other three knelt directly in front of Floyd and Gianna.
They repeatedly kowtowed.
At this point, they didn't care about their wounds.
They knew that Floyd and Gianna had shown mercy, or else they would already be dead.
Dahu begged: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have had evil thoughts towards you. Please, spare us, and we'll do whatever you want."
The other three said the same thing.
Floyd didn't make a decision immediately, but instead looked at Gianna.
For some reason, ever since the day Gianna dared to mention hurting Aunt Liu, he felt Gianna had changed.
She had become more assertive and had a temper now.
"Gianna, what do you think we should do?"
Gianna crouched down and, without hesitation, slapped Erquan across the face.
She didn't remove her foot from his body.
With disgust, she said, "You worthless life is nothing. There's no one else in the village right now. We can just dig a hole and bury all five of you."
These people were too greedy.
They weren't really lacking food, and even if they were, they shouldn't have come to rob!
Everyone had been living together, and as long as they didn't provoke each other, things were peaceful.
Yet they chose to come and get beaten!
Erquan and the others were scared.
Because they had also thought the same way, even more maliciously, they wanted to sell Gianna and the three children to the neighboring village.