75: Isn’t this human nature?
She could understand her mother’s anxiety, just as in her previous life, she had stood at the camp’s exit, hesitating whether to let her son take risks.
But she also knew that children raised in a greenhouse simply couldn’t survive.
Since she had a second chance, she wouldn’t let her family live like useless people again. She would make them all strong and resilient enough.
Seeing that his elder brother had already expressed his stance, Bai Zhan gritted his teeth and nodded. He couldn’t hide in the room like a coward, watching his brother and sister fight for survival.
“You guys…” Mother Bai’s eyes reddened with anxiety, but in the end, she didn’t stop them anymore.
Just then—
Ding-dong—
The doorbell suddenly rang, piercingly loud in the quiet room.
Bai Wanning frowned, instinctively looking towards the door.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t prepared; in fact, she had already changed the main entrance locks for the entire building to prevent anyone from coming to cause trouble.
But these people still came.
Fortunately, she had already had her two brothers add security locks to all connecting doors, so they could hold out for now.
“I’ll go see.” Bai Jixuan stood up.
“No.” Bai Wanning reached out to stop him, her tone firm, “I’ll go. They’re here for me.”
She drew out her dagger.
The dried bloodstains on the blade reminded her that the trouble she brought back would ultimately have to be resolved by her.
Bai Jixuan glanced at her and finally didn’t insist, but he quietly followed behind her, walking together towards the end of the corridor.
Bai Wanning walked to the security door, entered the password, and with a soft click, the lock opened.
As the door opened, she saw Manager Ni and Fang Qing standing outside, followed by several curious neighbors.
“What do you want?” Bai Wanning looked at him coldly, her voice low and sharp, each word cutting.
Manager Ni saw the dagger in her hand, still stained with dried blood, and his throat bobbed. His face turned pale.
He instinctively took a step back. Despite a belly full of anger and dissatisfaction, he didn’t dare utter a single word.
She had changed the locks without telling him or giving him notice, making it impossible for him to move freely in the Apocalypse. But he didn’t dare provoke her.
Manager Ni swallowed, forcing himself to look at Bai Wanning with a composed expression, though his voice was tinged with weakness: “Miss Bai, we need your help… Can you take Fang Yuan to the City Hospital? His wound is infected, and we… we need to find a doctor.”
Bai Wanning raised an eyebrow, asking with a half-smile, “Which City Hospital?”
The man opened his mouth but couldn’t say a word.
Bai Wanning sneered, her tone instantly turning cold: “You wouldn’t expect me to run all over the City Hospital, looking for a doctor for you, would you? Can’t you see what the situation is like outside? You still want to play the savior and order me to risk my life for you?”
Her eyes held a hint of mockery, “Who do you think you are, daring to boss me around like this?”
Manager Ni lowered his head, not daring to respond.
Of course, he knew how bad the current situation was; no one dared to leave the building easily.
It wasn’t that he didn’t know, but that he didn’t dare. However, the Fang Family kept pestering him every day, forcing him to come to Bai Wanning.
She had gone out that morning and returned safely, clearly more capable than all of them. So, he had a plan in mind: as long as Bai Wanning agreed, he could use her prestige to suppress those troublesome people from the Fang Family.
“I… I’m the building manager—”
“Building manager?” Bai Wanning sneered, suddenly taking a step forward and grabbing his collar, pulling him towards her.
“That’s right, you’re the building manager. Then what you should be managing is whether the elevator is broken or the sewers are clogged. This house is mine, I bought it, you didn’t bestow it upon me. Your authority means nothing to me.”
She leaned close to him, her voice low and cold as a blade: “If anyone should be pleased, it’s definitely me.”
With that, she shoved him away.
Manager Ni stumbled a few steps. If it weren’t for someone supporting him from behind, he would have fallen down the stairs.
“You, what are you doing!” he shouted, a mix of shock and anger.
“What am I doing?” Bai Wanning squinted at him, her eyes sharp, “I just don’t fall for your tricks. No matter how imposing you once were, in front of me, it’s useless.”
“You—”
“Get out of the way!” Suddenly, a sharp female voice interrupted them.
Fang Qing rushed forward, pushing Manager Ni aside directly, and angrily yelled: “You bitch! Fang Yuan was harmed by you, and you also sowed discord between me and my husband! You harmed my brother, and now you refuse to save him? You owe our family, and you have to pay it back!”
She gritted her teeth and said: “I don’t care! You have to send him to the City Hospital and find a doctor to treat him. He’s like a brother to you! How can you be so heartless?”
Saying that, she turned and pointed at Bai Jixuan, screaming hysterically: “And you! Your sister brought so many boxes of things, and you won’t take out even one. I’m your wife, good things should naturally be shared with me! Hurry, take out those three boxes!”
The corner of Bai Wanning’s mouth curved into a mocking arc.
“A dozen boxes?” she repeated softly, reaching out to unzip her jacket and slowly opening her space pocket.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on her movements, filled with greed and longing.
She suddenly pulled out several items: perfectly packaged bread, ham, and mineral water. In this Apocalypse where even water was scarce, these were practically priceless treasures.
“Here, since you’re all so noisy, take her as a snack and eat her.” Bai Wanning said indifferently.
“Whoever hits her the most times, these are theirs.”
As her words fell, she waved the bag in her hand, her voice as cold as ice: “I’ll be counting, don’t try to be clever.”
“Of course,” she added with a half-smile, “don’t hit too hard. If you kill her, I won’t compensate.”
At these words, everyone around held their breath.
Then, their gazes one by one turned to Fang Qing, their eyes filled with madness.
This mineral water was imported, there were twenty hams, and bread… They hadn’t seen such packaged food in a long time.
Now, they could only drink barely filtered dirty water every day, eat some moldy food and scraps scavenged from garbage piles, while these items were a feast fit for royalty.
The scent of the food seemed to instantly stir the last vestiges of emptiness in their stomachs.
Fang Qing’s face suddenly changed. She finally realized that she was in for a lot of trouble.
Before Bai Wanning could say another word, the crowd, like hungry wolves catching the scent of blood, instantly pounced on Fang Qing.
“Ah ah ah! Don’t touch me! Let go of me!!!” Fang Qing shrieked, her voice tearing through the entire corridor.
The first to rush up was a burly man with a rough face. He punched Fang Qing in the face, and with a “thud,” her entire face instantly swelled up, and nosebleed gushed out.
Bai Wanning stood by, watching coldly, thinking that even if Mother Fang came, she probably wouldn’t recognize her “precious daughter” anymore.
“Bai Jixuan! You bastard!” Fang Qing roared hoarsely, “Your wife is being beaten, and you’re still standing there watching the show?”
“You heartless thing!”
“Save me— Ah! Don’t hit my face! Ah ah ah!!!”