The plaid backpack was finally in Tang Yi’s hands, and he was a little embarrassed: “How are we going to return this to Sister City Lord? We don’t know her yet.”

Generally, the emails children receive from the city lord are only notifications and cannot be replied to.

Zhuang Antong raised her hand and suggested: “Send an email back to her. We didn’t receive it, but my dad did. He can reply.”

“Okay.”

“My mother can also reply.”

The adults nearby didn’t interfere with the children’s affairs. They could just let them solve such small matters by themselves.

They didn’t pay special attention to where the city lord and the others were going. Anyway, the city lord would suddenly disappear, and there was no need to figure it out.

The last plaid backpack left behind was given to Zhuang Antong. Because Zhuang Antong’s father was the most powerful. They don’t know if it is true, but their family members understand and have mentioned it to them.

The children were very discerning. Whose parent was the most powerful in the current situation, that person has the highest say among them.

Just like that, Zhuang Antong went home with a plaid backpack and was ready to ask her father to reply to the City Lord to return it.

*

Xuantian City was in full swing, but Longjiao City was very cold. The family of three who used to stay in the bedroom to keep warm heard creaking sounds outside. Someone was outside.

Why they can hear clearly? It was because the city-state was too quiet, so they could hear any movement outside.

To prevent the cold wind from pouring into the bedroom, the young man opened the window in the living room and took a look.

The middle-aged woman called to her son, “Xiao Chen, wait a minute,” She said, while handing him a cup filled with hot water, “Hold this in your arms to keep yourself warm, it’s too cold outside.”

“Mmm.” The young man named Xiao Chen grabbed the cup and wrapped it directly in his clothes, regardless of how hot it was.

As soon as the door opened a crack, he immediately walked out and closed the door. However, the middle-aged couple inside still felt the cold wind blowing on their faces.

He quickly walked to the window, blinked his eyes to prepare himself mentally, and then opened the window, just as the sound was right downstairs.

As soon as he opened the window, the cold wind blew on his face, and his originally warm face immediately cooled down. For a moment, he felt that his face seemed to be stiff.

However, he still stretched his head slightly and saw a group of patrolling NPCs under the window, “Oh… NPCs.”

Similarly, they were the only ones who could move around in the city. They thought there were people in the city who wanted to leave here together.

He immediately closed the window, hunched his neck, and ran back to the bedroom quickly.

“It’s the patrolling NPCs. No one dares to leave now. It’s too cold. It felt like the hairs on my face were covered with frost just now.”

The middle-aged couple were a little disappointed, “Come over and warm yourself up.”

The ordinary residents here were very disappointed, but He Ange lives happily in the City Lord’s Mansion.

There was a pile of firewood burning in the fireplace inside the house. Although the ordinary residents no longer went out to collect firewood, there were family members of professional residents.

Later, they discussed letting them come out and hand over 90% of the supplies. However, those people still didn’t go out because they didn’t know what they were doing.

It was a pity that some professional residents had also left him. Remembering that the two city lords he knew dissolved the city-state and left, He Ange didn’t want to do that.

Just like now, he, the city lord can stay in the warm city lord’s mansion and have sufficient resources. Even if he doesn’t go out this winter, he doesn’t have to worry about food and drink.

As for next spring? Those people seem determined to leave.

He Ange emailed the members of his team and wanted to invite them to have a meal at the city lord’s mansion, but no one has responded to him so far.

“You don’t know what’s good!” He gritted his teeth.

If this situation continues, his city-state will be closed down next spring.

Thinking of this, He Ange showed a stern expression on his face, “Since you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust.”

Some people in Longjiao City were not doing well, but some are still doing well, such as the professional residents in the city. In the next half of autumn, there will be no other ordinary residents to share the resources.

Their family members collected a lot of supplies, whether it was food, vegetables, fruits, or firewood, which was enough for this winter, or even more.

The deputy captain of the City Lord’s team was surrounded by a group of family members of their deceased relatives after the last incident, and their cries echoed in his ears for a long time.

He also saw the city lord’s ruthlessness. He was worried at first when he was questioned, but later he discovered that He Ange didn’t care about the abandoned teammates at all.

Fortunately, a few of them survived. At that time, most of the flying geese were chasing them, not paying attention to the few people scattered in the giant forest.

Although the vice-captain was usually stern, he was just an ordinary person before the end, and he could transform into an extremely cold-blooded person within a few months.

He couldn’t accept the indifference of the city lord, let alone his teammates who didn’t wait and catch up, but otherwise, they would probably be the ones to die.

What he can do now is to compensate the families of several teammates within his ability. Some of them just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to extort money, while some were short of winter supplies.

At this moment, he was going out to help those family members buy some warm clothes and heating props.

The deputy captain’s wife arranged his clothes and said, “Wear more clothes when you go out. It’s very cold outside.” She said and handed him the coat that had been hung up in advance.

The vice-captain said solemnly, “It’s okay.”

The wife said no more, “Come back soon.”

She knew what happened a few days ago. What her husband did was for the survival of his family members.

“Don’t blame yourself too much. Going to the wild is inherently risky. It’s good that you are willing to help them buy supplies.”

These professional residents have to go out even if they don’t join the squad. No one can or needs to take responsibility for their safety. This is an undeniable fact.

The vice-captain put his hand on his wife’s shoulder and rubbed it gently, “Don’t worry, that’s all I do.”

He opened the door and walked out of the house. This was a dormitory. The surroundings were eerily quiet, except for the sound of his walking.

The vice-captain never decided to settle here completely, so even though he had saved 5,000 city-state resources, he did not turn it over.

He Ange asked him about it at that time. At that time, he used the excuse that his parents and his wife’s family were having a quarrel with each other for this official resident quota to retain the resources.

Longjiao City has never been peaceful, and he knew from the bottom of his heart that one day he would leave.

Unknowingly, he arrived at the entrance of the hotel and walked towards the tailor shop.

The protective shield in the second-level city-state was not as effective as the third-level protective shield. When walking on the street, the snow submerged his shoes. Fortunately, he was wearing leather boots today.

After arriving at the tailor shop, he found that the door was closed. It was already past ten in the morning, so logically the shop should be open.

With doubts, he turned to the forging shop, but the door was still closed.

Something was very wrong.

After shopping around, all the shops in the city-state were closed.

The deputy captain had no choice but to go home. His wife was a little curious when he came back so early. “Is there no one in the store?”

The deputy captain took off his coat and handed it to his wife, “No, all the shops in the city are closed.”

The wife’s hand holding the coat was stunned for a moment, “Can those shops close down?”

He nodded, “Of course, as long as the city lord wants to.”