Chapter 58: Massive Tendon Rupture

A pool of blood had spread across the ground.

When Pang Ziyuan crawled over, he saw from a distance that Chen Huaihai was kneeling in front of his mother.

A-Hong was trembling as she stabbed at him several times, but still failed to kill Chen Huaihai.

She grew anxious, glancing in panic at Shi Yuebai.

The look of blatant disdain in Shi Yuebai’s eyes made A-Hong feel deeply ashamed.

She could sense that Shi Yuebai thought she was useless.

A-Hong raised the knife again, her hands shaking as she prepared to stab once more.

Suddenly, Nong Yasi rushed up behind her.

She snatched the knife from A-Hong’s hand and, with one swift motion, slashed it across Chen Huaihai’s carotid artery.

Nong Yasi had studied medicine.

She knew this was the only way to kill Chen Huaihai instantly.

Chen Huaihai collapsed to the ground.

His eyes were filled with disbelief as his body convulsed.

Wei Lingxia crawled away, sobbing and screaming as she fled.

Nong Yasi stood there holding the knife, while A-Hong, still trembling, stood before Shi Yuebai.

Blood dripped from the tip of the blade.

Though Nong Yasi’s expression was cold, her eyes were filled with panic and fear.

But she was steadier than A-Hong.

Because Nong Yasi hated enough.

Yes, she hated Chen Huaihai to the bone.

As long as this man lived, Nong Yasi could never sleep in peace.

“You can go back now,” Shi Yuebai said lightly to Nong Yasi.

As Nong Yasi turned to leave, Shi Yuebai added in a calm voice:

“You did well.”

A faint unease and fear in Nong Yasi seemed to melt away.

She left, carrying the knife, blood dripping from its tip with every step.

A-Hong was still shaking as she stood before Shi Yuebai, staring at Chen Huaihai’s limp corpse.

Deep inside, a secret thrill began to rise in her.

A-Hong wasn’t stupid. She could vaguely sense the way Chen Huaihai—and many other men—looked at her.

Full of threat.

She pretended to be timid, because she had no way to resist this world.

She didn’t know how to protect herself.

That constant, unknown fear had weighed on her heart for years.

Now, after stabbing Chen Huaihai several times and hearing his screams—

Even though it was Nong Yasi who killed him,

A-Hong felt as if she had personally lifted a mountain off her back.

All of it, gone.

“Ah, hahaha…”

A-Hong burst out laughing, clutching her stomach, unable to straighten up.

“Hahahahaha, hahahaha…”

Shi Yuebai gave her a strange look, waiting for A-Hong to finish laughing before asking,

“Are you done with your work for today?”

Don’t think you can get out of work just by acting crazy.

Shi Yuebai said coldly,

“Your life belongs to me now. Get back to work. Don’t delay the wall-building.”

With Shi Yuebai, there was no such thing as mercy.

Whether A-Hong had overcome some psychological barrier, or whether Nong Yasi had gotten her revenge—Shi Yuebai didn’t care.

The wasteland wouldn’t give anyone time to slowly work through their issues.

Neither would Shi Yuebai.

A-Hong hurried off, running to the strange tarp outside.

The wall in front of the Shi family’s tarp was already finished,

except for the gate.

The wall was solid, the red bricks looking quite nice.

Shi Yuebai had Pang Ziyuan shape some sharp stones, planning to fix them to the top of the wall with cement.

Anyone who tried to climb over would be turned into a porcupine first.

There were still plenty of red bricks left.

Shi Yuebai had already told Guai Guai to mark out an area for himself, planning to enclose him with a wall as well.

By the time A-Hong, still trembling, reached Guai Guai’s tarp,

Guai Guai had already circled off his territory with chalk.

The mercenaries were gone, so mixing cement was left to the women of the Shi family.

Nong Yasi brought cement to A-Hong, and the two women silently began building the wall.

Everything seemed just as before.

And yet, nothing was quite the same.

Shi Yuebai still sat in her wheelchair, pressing the button on the armrest to move forward.

The leader of the survivor team hurried over.

He took one look and slapped his thigh. “Sigh, why’d you go and kill him?”

“What are we going to tell the Chen family when they come back?”

The leader looked at Shi Yuebai with a pitiful expression, his lips trembling.

“Yuebai, this… you’re the one who killed him.”

Shi Yuebai nodded. “I understand. It’s not your problem.”

Hearing this, the leader was relieved.

He found two women to carry Chen Huaihai’s corpse into the Shi family tarp.

Then he hurried after Shi Yuebai, saying,

“The Chen family isn’t just Chen Huaihai. Now that you’ve killed him, his two sons won’t let you off.”

Shi Yuebai sat calmly in her wheelchair. “Heh.”

Sorry, but Chen Huaihai’s two sons were already dead.

The leader went on, “He also has a few brothers, probably in another group now.”

“Chen Huaihai didn’t leave with his brothers because he was waiting for his sons to come back so they could all leave together.”

“Otherwise, with so many women, they couldn’t have managed.”

Shi Yuebai said, “If those two sons come back, I’ll kill them too.”

She stopped her wheelchair, turned in place, and looked up at the leader standing behind her.

“If his brothers come, same goes for them.”

“So, what’s your choice? Whose side are you on?”

A smile immediately appeared on the leader’s face.

“Come on, Yuebai, don’t talk like we’re strangers. If I wasn’t on your side, would I be here talking to you now?”

Shi Yuebai might be fat, but the leader had seen clearly just now—

If she hadn’t controlled Chen Huaihai, could A-Hong and Nong Yasi have killed him?

This fat girl was actually pretty fierce.

Shi Yuebai nodded and said nothing more, heading into the Shi family compound.

As soon as she entered the tarp, she couldn’t help but cough up a mouthful of blood.

There was no one else inside; Shi Yaoyao was in the yard doing her homework.

Shi Yuebai took a deep breath, her whole body trembling, her face pale as paper.

Just now, to stop Chen Huaihai, she’d pushed her meridians to the limit, mobilizing a huge amount of fat energy.

She’d converted it into spiritual and soul power faster than ever before,

and teleported in front of Chen Huaihai and the others.

The price for this was massive rupture of her meridians.

Shi Yuebai’s vision went black, and she coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood.

Outside the tarp, Shi Yaoyao’s voice called out.

Shi Yuebai grabbed a towel, pressed it to her mouth, and wiped away the blood.

Shi Yaoyao came in, looking at her in confusion.

“Auntie?”

The little girl’s clear eyes were full of concern.

“Auntie, are you okay?”

Shi Yuebai’s face was cold. “I’m fine.”

“Finished your homework? Bring it here.”

Shi Yaoyao hesitated for a moment. She sensed something was wrong with her aunt,

but couldn’t say exactly what.

She could only turn and go get her homework.

By then, Shi Yuebai had already maneuvered her wheelchair to the edge of the pool.

She looked over Shi Yaoyao’s homework.

“Your handwriting’s no good. Do it again.”

As she spoke, Shi Yuebai pressed the towel to her mouth, urging the girl who kept staring at her,

“Hurry up, don’t make me say it twice, or you’ll get a beating!”

With her meridians ruptured, Shi Yuebai couldn’t suppress the surging energy in her body.

She still had to change the pool water.

There was no time to take care of Shi Yaoyao.

Today, I’m starting to eat meat."