Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies - Chapter 680

Chapter 680: Killing Without Hesitation (II)

“Are you injured?” When Bai Meiyue returned to the mansion, she ran into Xu Yiyi. The latter had arrived at the mansion to discuss the working conditions of her girls and was quite satisfied with how the people in the mansion didn’t dare to look down at them after Bai Meiyue passed down the orders that no one could insult her girls. She was quite happy, but after seeing the blood on Bai Meiyue’s clothes, she was no longer as joyous as she was before. “Where does it hurt?”

“It’s not my blood,” sensing that the woman had misunderstood, Bai Meiyue corrected her. She then relayed everything that happened to Xu Yiyi, who clicked her tongue in annoyance. “They really don’t know how to appreciate good things. Isn’t it good enough that we get a place to stay and live a proper life? Why go to such lengths and for what?” Xu Yiyi couldn’t understand why these men couldn’t have just lived their lives like they were living at the moment. Why take such unnecessary risks?

Bai Meiyue shook her head. “These risks might be foolish in your eyes, but those with great ambitions will think that these risks are what they should take to climb higher.”

“What about the bodies? Are you going to throw them in front of those man-eating bushes?” Xu Yiyi asked with a tilt of her head, and Bai Meiyue arched a brow. Though many were aware of the fact that the bushes ate animals and mutated bugs, only a few knew that they could even eat a human body.

But Xu Yiyi seemed to know more than the rest.

Maybe Xu Yiyi sensed what Bai Meiyue was thinking; she rolled her eyes. “Do you think my life here is comfortable? There are many men who come to cause trouble for me all the time. I just wanted to ditch a body at the outskirts, who would have expected that those bushes would attack the body upon sensing the smell of blood?”

“So you killed someone?”

“Not anyone of importance. You will thank me for taking care of that bastard.” XuYiyi didn’t seem like she was regretful over the fact that she had killed someone. She seemed calm and collected, as if it was nothing new for her.

Bai Meiyue arched a brow. No wonder this woman was able to climb so high in her past life. She was not hesitant to kill when necessary and knew when to pull back and please someone. She was smart and surprisingly quite witty. She even managed to deal with a body without letting anyone find out.

“What are you doing here? Came to see your girls?” Even though Bai Meiyue understood what the woman had done, she still didn’t bother to question her about who this man was and what he did. He must have done something that reversed Xu Yiyi’s scale because the woman wouldn’t have killed him.

“Otherwise, what else can I do at this point?” Xu Yiyi rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms over her bosom. “You stopped me from taking any customers, and the price that you have set is so high that no one is willing to come to our place. I can only come here and see what my girls are doing and if they are being treated right or not. Other than that, what else can I do now?”

“You can always pick one of the jobs that I assigned to your girls—”

“Do you have any play area where I can play mahjong, chess or something?” Before Bai Meiyue could say anything more, Xu Yiyi questioned her, causing her to close her eyes and take in a shallow breath.

“There are a few chess and mahjong areas created for the elderly living here. You can always go there and play with them if you want to.”

“Oh, you never played with them?” Xu Yiyi asked as Bai Meiyue started walking toward the inside of her mansion.

“No. I cannot sit long.” Bai Meiyue glanced at the woman and replied calmly. “How can I even think about playing mahjong and chess in my condition?” Those games were a headache for her to begin with. Now that she was pregnant, Bai Meiyue couldn’t even think about sitting down for long hours and having a round of chess.

“Ah, of course.” Xu Yiyi looked at Bai Meiyue’s big belly and clicked her tongue. “I have to say only someone of your calibre would take such a big risk, such as giving birth to a child at times like these. If there were someone else, they would have aborted this child long ago. But then again, there are all kinds of people in this world. I mean, who would make such sacrifices? Certainly not me.” And though she said that, Bai Meiyue could see the longing in her eyes.

Bai Meiyue sighed. She wondered if she should start working on the pregnancy pills. The information for that pill was transferred to her mind long ago. However, she had never paid attention to it, as she had never needed it. But maybe she could try to make one for Xu Yiyi, this hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person.

Xu Yiyi turned around and walked away, not wanting to stay with the woman, who made her heart burn with anger, any longer.

She was the only one who would dare to treat Bai Meiyue in such a manner. If it were someone else, they would have never dared to turn their back on Bai Meiyue. However, Xu Yiyi was not just someone. Bai Meiyue watched her leave and shook her head before spinning on her feet and heading inside the mansion.

“Where did that blood come from?” As soon as she walked inside the mansion, Old Master Bai, who was talking with Yan Wanning, jumped to his feet and rushed toward Bai Meiyue. He clasped hold of her arms and assessed her from top to bottom. “Oh my god, are you hurt?” The way he looked at Bai Meiyue was as if she was his family and it confused Bai Meiyue to core.