Don’t underestimate Yan Wanning because she had been living in the village after being kicked out by Bai Qingshi. Because her husband cheated on her, Yan Wanning had to deal with a number of things, and she had faced them all alone one by one. If she wasn’t tough, then she could have never raised her children on her own.
Thus, she understood at once that in the name of surviving, these people were actually trying to steal their supplies!
Chu Xia said it nicely, but in truth, she was actually leading a pack of bandits. She said that everyone handed in their supplies? But could these supplies even compare to what they had in their house? No! Yan Wanning had to admit that the mental calculator of these survivors was really good.
They wanted to snatch their supplies by exchanging a bunch of dried goods. Shameless!
More importantly, Chu Xia and Bai Qingshi brought an entire group of people with them. Their stance was clear; if Bai Meiyu and the rest handed their supplies obediently, it was well and good but if they refused, then these people would try to siege their house and take over everything forcibly!
If this was not a pack of bandits, what was!
"Yan Wanning, don’t be so selfish." Bai Qingshi spoke with an authoritative air; his gaze lingered on Yan Wanning, who, despite living in the countryside, looked better than Chu Xia. Even though the two of them were no longer together, Bai Qingshi still believed that the woman in front of him belonged to him. "You have supplies that can save the lives of these survivors, so you might as well hand them in. I know you are a kind woman and you can’t see us starving, can you?"
"Bah!" Yan Wanning spat on the ground. If not for the fact that Bai Qingshi was hiding behind others, she would have spat on his face. "What kindness? All of my kindness was fed to the dog when I married you. I am telling you, Bai Qingshi, don’t act rogue with us. Who are you to take our supplies? Who made you guys the leader of this building!?"
"This is the new rule that we discussed and we think it should be implemented. It will help us all in surviving."
Meng Anzhi glanced at her cousins coldly. The expression on her face was not good, as if she was blaming Meng Suisui and Meng Qibao for letting her and her parents down. However, she still continued to speak as they had discussed earlier.
"We have already handed in our supplies and while they are indeed not as good as yours, this rule can help us to survive in the long run. So hand your supplies over."
"And—did you discuss who among you will be coming outside with us to hunt for supplies?" Bai Meiyue curled her lips and looked at the group with a smile, which was not a smile.
As soon as she finished speaking, no one answered. Seeing this, Bai Meiyue chuckled. "I have to say that you all are really scheming. You want my supplies that I hunt by putting my life on the line but you don’t want to take risks. In short, this confiscation of supplies is just a one-time thing and you will rely all your lives on me and Bai Feng! Do you have any shame left or was it eaten by the zombies outside?"
She must hate him even more than Bai Xue.
Because of this, Bai Qingshi was a bit scared of Bai Meiyue and he was not alone Bai Xue and the rest of the Bai family, including Su Hu, were also scared. Thus, no one stepped forward to fight with Bai Meiyue.
But the survivors were different. They were all hungry; most of their food was confiscated and Bai Feng hadn’t returned with supplies. Some of them felt dizzy and faint. They couldn’t help but gulp when they smelt the scent coming from Bai Meiyue’s house.
The survivors looked at one another and thought—they had so many people on their side; could Bai Meiyue defeat them all?
A burly man stepped forward. With a violent punch to the wall, he raised his fist and showed it to Bai Meiyue.
"You filthy bitch. We are giving you face and you don’t want it? I am telling you, you better hand over your supplies politely or else—hehe, I will make you my bitch!"
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