85: Visit the Shen family!
"That's what I should be asking you!" Chu Xia suddenly stood up, pushing her hair away from her face, glaring at him with a furious expression: "Why did you agree to that kid? You actually want him to bring that bitch back? Have you forgotten what she did to us before?"
"I haven't forgotten anything." Bai Qingshi said in a low voice, "It's you who forgot, Bai Minghe cares a lot about Bai Wanning. If you keep this up, do you want him to become estranged from us?"
"Hmph, sometimes I really wonder if he even knows she—"
"Chu Xia!" Before she could finish her sentence, Bai Qingshi glared at her fiercely, interrupting her sharply.
He nervously glanced at the doorway and reprimanded in a low voice: "How many times have I told you not to mention this?"
Chu Xia gritted her teeth, but in the end, she didn't continue speaking. She turned her head away and fell silent.
Bai Qingshi's tone softened a bit, and he said, "Don't worry too much. Have you forgotten? Bai Wanning's face will look good after a few days of recovery. Isn't it normal to exchange her for some supplies? Weren't those women before all in the flesh trade?"
Everyone on the third floor was now selling their wives and daughters for supplies, and Bai Qingshi had the same idea.
He couldn't possibly let his precious daughter, Bai Xue, go exchange for supplies, could he? So, he once again set his sights on Bai Wanning.
In his eyes, Bai Wanning's situation must be the same as theirs, or even worse.
As long as the methods were appropriate, she could be completely transformed into a tradable chip, exchanged for everything they needed.
When Chu Xia heard that Bai Qingshi planned to use Bai Wanning, she finally felt a little relieved.
As long as she could step on that woman, it wouldn't be a big deal to give her some charity then.
But at this very moment, Bai Wanning, who was on the boat, had no idea that someone was targeting her, even coveting her body.
If she knew this, she would probably have long abandoned her plan to slowly torment the Bai Family and would have directly acted, wiping them all out in one fell swoop.
But she didn't know; what she cared more about now was Shen Zhen's safety.
Bai Wanning piloted the boat towards Shen Zhen's apartment building where she lived before the Apocalypse.
In the dark of night, she used the bright moonlight to navigate through the silent streets, encountering a few stumbling zombies along the way.
She couldn't help but feel a little excited, and with a sudden stomp on the accelerator, she crashed into the zombies wandering in the street.
She didn't get off the boat but directly used the jet ski to knock the zombies flying. Only when she needed to pick up crystal cores did she jump off the boat.
However, as soon as she stepped out of the cabin, she realized that the commotion had attracted other zombies from the alley and the street.
Bai Wanning frowned, a look of impatience on her face.
She quickly pulled out a large cleaver, which she had prepared beforehand, from her space pocket.
With the knife in hand, she gripped the hilt, spun it twice, and the next second, she shot towards the oncoming zombies like an arrow released from a bowstring.
Her movements were clean, swift, and ruthless.
With a raise and fall of her blade, the zombies' heads were split open like meat being chopped.
If one strike wasn't enough, she would pull out her gun and fire a shot, until the zombies' heads were blasted into bloody messes, completely losing their ability to move.
After clearing the new horde of zombies, Bai Wanning used the tip of her knife to pick out the crystal cores.
After digging them out, she deftly flipped them in the air, then rinsed them clean with the puddles of water remaining on the street, and finally placed them into her space pocket.
【Ding—】
【Rare crystal core detected. Host, are you willing to exchange it for points with the System?】
Bai Wanning paused slightly as she looked at this prompt.
She had originally planned to wait until she had accumulated enough antique goods to unlock a new level all at once before exchanging.
Her eyes flickered a few times, but in the end, she resisted the urge to exchange the zombie crystal cores for points.
After all, her Older Brothers would definitely need these crystal cores in the future. She decided to exchange half of them after returning home.
Bai Wanning jumped onto the jet ski and rode through the parts of the street where zombies still roamed.
She actually really wanted to clear out these zombies along the way, but in the end, she held back.
She hadn't told her family in advance that she was going out; if they found out she wasn't home in the middle of the night, her Older Brothers and mother would definitely worry.
She had to get back quickly.
Bai Wanning drove her jet ski to the apartment building where Shen Zhen and her family once lived. The water level had gradually receded; now only the basement was still flooded, and the other floors were mostly dry.
But precisely because of this, there were quite a few zombies lurking in the building.
Seeing this, Bai Wanning unhesitatingly raised her knife and slashed her way through these monsters, finally carving out a path for herself in the stairwell.
Soon, she arrived at the floor where Shen Zhen's family was located. However, as soon as she stepped into the hallway, a piercing scream suddenly rang out.
"Monster!"
Qiu Shuang looked towards the stairwell entrance, her face changing dramatically.
She had always felt that marrying into the Shen Family was terrible luck; ever since she married into this family, she had constantly encountered various troubles.
What was worse, her timid and cowardly husband couldn't even protect her at crucial moments.
The whole family was hiding in the house, waiting for rescue, but before anyone arrived, Qiu Shuang saw a dark shadow in the night approaching their home.
She screamed in panic.
Seeing the dark shadow stop in front of their door, she was even more on the verge of collapse.
"Congyi! Hurry up!" Qiu Shuang yelled at her husband.
Shen Congyi was called out, his face ashen, and he glared at his wife.
How could he not know how terrifying those monsters were? They had all seen with their own eyes how zombies gnawed on the limbs of those unfortunate people, extremely bloody, and she actually wanted him to rush out? Was she crazy?
So, Shen Congyi completely ignored his wife's screams and retreated directly into the depths of the house, curling up into a ball.
Bai Wanning outside was annoyed by the woman's screaming inside the house. She raised her hand and slammed the door: "Shut up! Are you crazy? Do you want to attract all the zombies in the entire building?"
Qiu Shuang was still shouting when a young woman, who had rushed out of the kitchen, suddenly covered her mouth with her hand.
Her voice was finally forcibly suppressed.
Bai Wanning heard the quiet and finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked downstairs, confirmed that no zombies had been attracted up, and then sighed with a bit of relief.
She turned to face the closed door in front of her and said, "Open the door."
The Shen Family naturally did not respond.
Bai Wanning frowned, her tone laced with a threat: "If you don't open the door, then I'll smash it open. Do you really want me to break the lock? That way, anyone will be able to enter your home later."
The Shen Family initially didn't believe her, but when she raised her hand and heavily struck the door, with such force that it left a mark on the metal door, they finally realized that this woman was different from others.
Shen's mother quickly pushed Qiu Li forward, telling her to open the door.
Qiu Li, who was pushed out, cast a dark look at the Shen Family members, then turned to glance at her Older Sister who was standing nearby, head down, pretending not to see anything.
She curled her lips in disdain, then turned and opened the door.
"Who are you?" Qiu Li looked at Bai Wanning standing outside the door and asked coldly.