Chapter 64: Shi Yuebai, That Fat Woman, Is Just Too Arrogant

Ever since Qu Zhongshun and Chen Huaihai were both killed by the Shi family, Wei Lingxia and the rest of the Qu clan finally realized that the Shi family, who looked like nothing but a bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled people, were actually not easy to deal with at all.

But just like that, two lives were lost?

No, two lives could have been exchanged for a lot of food.

That’s why Wei Lingxia and Zhang Xueyao joined forces, bringing the women and children from both families to make a scene outside the Shi family’s wall.

But Shi Yuebai was completely unmoved, and Second Sister-in-law Shi was even standing there with a gun in her hand.

Especially since that Second Sister-in-law was blind, yet still holding such a dangerous weapon.

If anyone so much as raised their voice, she’d aim in that direction and fire a bullet.

Wei Lingxia and Zhang Xueyao didn’t dare make any rash moves.

Zhang Xueyao started crying, putting on her most pitiful and delicate act.

“My husband could be a bastard sometimes, but in this wasteland, who can survive without being a little ruthless?”

“Shi Yuebai, you used to have a father and brothers too. All the men in your family are dead—do I even need to say what kind of life you’re living now?”

But Shi Yuebai felt that after her father and two brothers died, life in the Shi family was still pretty decent.

After all, with her around, it was nearly impossible for anyone in the Shi family to starve.

“Don’t bother pretending to be weak and pitiful in front of me. I never fall for that.”

Shi Yuebai’s face was cold, and the palm fan in her hand was already battered to pieces. Her long stick wasn’t nearby either.

So Shi Yuebai just pried a brick from the wall and tossed it in her hand.

“If you want to try force, then come at me.”

A woman standing behind Wei Lingxia didn’t believe Shi Yuebai would really do anything.

She pointed right at Shi Yuebai’s nose and took two steps forward.

“You fat bitch—”

Before she could finish, Shi Yuebai smashed the brick down on the woman’s skinny wrist.

Everyone heard a crisp “crack,” followed by the woman’s agonized scream.

“Ahhhhhh!”

A pitiful woman, so thin she was just skin and bones, had her hand crippled by Shi Yuebai, just like that.

Wei Lingxia and Zhang Xueyao’s faces went pale.

They’d thought Shi Yuebai was only ruthless to men, and had at least a little pity for women.

After all, Ah Hong and Nong Yasi had both been allowed by Shi Yuebai to stay near the Shi family, and those two pitiful women even managed to get some food from her.

But they never expected Shi Yuebai could be so ruthless to women as well.

She didn’t even blink as she smashed a woman’s hand with a brick.

“Ahhh!”

The poor woman, dressed in rags, clutched her wrist and rolled on the ground in agony.

She was in excruciating pain.

Wei Lingxia looked at Shi Yuebai, her lips trembling.

“H-how could you?”

“We’re all women here—how can you be so heartless?”

Shi Yuebai tossed the heavy brick in her hand, her eyes devoid of any emotion.

She didn’t pity these women, nor did she hate them.

She lived by only one rule: If people don’t mess with me, I won’t mess with them!

“That’s just how heartless I am. Don’t like it?”

“Come on, let’s fight!”

Shi Yuebai had always said she wasn’t a good person.

Just because she’d recently taken in two women who were at least somewhat useful, did people start thinking she’d go easy on women?

No, no, no. In Shi Yuebai’s eyes, men and women were all the same.

She didn’t discriminate based on gender.

Shi Yuebai’s attitude made Wei Lingxia and Zhang Xueyao furious, but none of them dared point at Shi Yuebai’s nose again.

Even Wei Lingxia, who was sitting on the ground bawling, could only choke back her sobs for now.

Zhang Xueyao, unwilling to give up, said, “Shi Yuebai, are you really just going to let my husband die like that?”

“What, keep him alive for the holidays?”

“But if my husband’s dead, we can’t survive. He was the only one in our family who could bring food home.”

“Then hurry up and die sooner.”

Shi Yuebai’s round face was cold, and she showed not a hint of compromise.

On the contrary, her aura was overwhelming.

Zhang Xueyao glanced at Ah Hong, who was busy building the wall nearby.

Ah Hong had been watching the commotion, but when she saw Zhang Xueyao looking over, she quickly lowered her head and kept working, hurriedly laying bricks.

She knew Shi Yuebai’s temperament—there was work to do every day.

If she didn’t finish today’s work, it would be left for tomorrow.

If she still couldn’t finish it tomorrow, Shi Yuebai wouldn’t let her work anymore.

Shi Yuebai might just kill her outright.

Zhang Xueyao pointed at Ah Hong. “Shi Yuebai, why are you so good to Ah Hong?”

“You even give her some of the food the mercenaries give your family every day.”

A nasty smile appeared on Zhang Xueyao’s face.

That smile made Ah Hong’s heart sink, and she had a bad feeling.

Zhang Xueyao continued, “Don’t you know Ah Hong used to be one of us?”

“She used to mock your family for being nothing but old, weak, sick, and disabled.”

Sitting on a pile of rubble, Pang Ziyuan’s face flushed red as he shouted angrily:

“My mom never mocked anyone!”

“She just didn’t say anything when you all were making fun of the Shi family!”

Ah Hong anxiously dropped her work and rushed to Shi Yuebai to explain.

Shi Yuebai raised her brick at Ah Hong and snapped,

“Did I tell you to stop? Get back to work!”

Threatened by Shi Yuebai, Ah Hong actually felt relieved.

She hurried back to continue working.

As long as Shi Yuebai still let her work, she wouldn’t be abandoned.

“Looks like you all still don’t understand me!”

Shi Yuebai addressed the group of women in front of her.

“So let me repeat myself: in my eyes, there’s no difference between men and women.”

“Whether you’ve killed and burned or built bridges and roads before, as long as you’re useful to me, I’ll use you!”

It was a simple principle.

But many people just didn’t get it.

Tears streaked down Zhang Xueyao and Wei Lingxia’s faces, both of them seething inside.

They couldn’t win a fight, and making a scene didn’t get them anywhere.

Even acting weak and pitiful didn’t earn a shred of Shi Yuebai’s sympathy.

In the end, after making such a big fuss outside the Shi family’s wall, they could only slink away with their heads down.

“That fat Shi Yuebai is just too arrogant!”

As soon as they were out of sight of the Shi family, Zhang Xueyao’s pitiful expression vanished.

In its place was a look of malice.

In the wasteland, anyone who’d survived this long—who among them was truly weak and pitiful?

Zhang Xueyao turned to Wei Lingxia and said,

“Between our two families, we’ve got quite a few people. There’s no way the rest of the group won’t give us some respect.”

People are social animals. No one can survive in this world completely alone, without any connections.

When the men go out scavenging, the women left in the group have their own territory too.

Wei Lingxia instantly understood what Zhang Xueyao was planning...

Today is Tuesday. Why do I keep feeling like the holidays are just around the corner?"