99: So many tricks

Yan Meiyu pinched his coquettish face and whispered, "Don't sweet-talk me, you have to keep your word."

She was quite helpless.

Given the current situation, she knew she couldn't stop them.

Family resources were tight, and supplies were stretched thin. Even if Bai Wanning was powerful, she couldn't conjure food out of thin air, could she?

Bai Wanning: "..." (Actually, I can.)

Of course, she knew her mother was worried, but she had no choice.

Both Older Brothers had awakened, not as gentle healing or earth-element Ability Users, but as defensive ones. This was already extremely good fortune.

This was the second chance Heaven had given her.

Bai Wanning would not let this opportunity go to waste.

Not only would she teach her Older Brothers how to fight, but if possible, she would also find a way to help them awaken as dual-ability or even triple-Ability Users.

She wouldn't let anything happen to them, but she also wouldn't let them cower at home like the coward Bai Qingshi, barely clinging to life.

"Mom, don't you know me?" Bai Zhan said to his mother with a playful smile.

"I'm such a coward, how could I dare to fight those monsters? I'll honestly follow Big Brother and Wanning. If I didn't want to increase our chances of getting supplies, I would have followed you, Mom, long ago."

Hearing his sweet words, Yan Meiyu's heart swelled with joy, and she wasn't as worried as before.

She patted the children's backs, wishing them a safe return.

"Sister Wanning!" As soon as Bai Wanning stepped out of the house, she ran into Lei Yan, who was smiling and running towards her.

Lei Yan, after waking up, seemed to have grown taller and stronger, no longer like a delicate sixteen-year-old girl.

"Ah Yan." Bai Wanning nodded at the girl and looked behind her.

She noticed Lu Yu and Lu Yin following Lei Yan. When she saw Lu Yin also with Lei Yan, Bai Wanning's expression became subtle.

The woman no longer looked as radiant as Bai Wanning had seen her last time.

She still smiled, her gaze shifting around, with a hint of false innocence in her eyes. But Bai Wanning knew that beneath this "innocence," Lu Yin was actually full of resentment!

This wasn't hard to notice.

After all, the first time Lu Yin saw her, she frowned slightly, as if she had ruined her plans.

Bai Wanning raised an eyebrow, her gaze darkly sweeping over Lu Yin, then turned to Lei Yan. She suddenly understood what this woman was trying to do.

"Are you going to look for supplies?" Bai Wanning asked politely. Lei Yan smiled awkwardly and nodded.

"Yes, we realized we can't always rely on you," Lei Yan said.

She had originally intended to always follow Bai Wanning, but quickly realized she couldn't rely on her forever. Following her once or twice was fine, but always trailing after someone was just too inappropriate.

So, she started trying to find supplies herself, and even formed a small alliance with a few Ability Users on the twelfth floor. Although those brothers weren't very reliable, she had no choice.

"Then, do you want to come with us tonight?" Bai Wanning asked.

She said this not because she had suddenly become enthusiastic, but because she felt that Lu Yin's little head must be brewing some wicked idea again.

She could tell that Lei Yan hadn't noticed anything wrong, but she had seen the abnormality in Lu Yin's eyes.

Since that was the case, she had to be more vigilant.

After all, Lei Yan had always been kind to her and had spoken up for her many times. She couldn't possibly abandon this little hothead in a critical moment.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, she saw a flicker of displeasure in Lu Yin's eyes. So, this woman was indeed up to no good!

Bai Wanning turned to Lu Yu and found that he was indifferent to her suggestion, which was a good thing. At least it meant he hadn't agreed to his sister's insidious plan.

"Okay!" Lei Yan agreed without hesitation, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she paused, then added with a somewhat stiff smile, "But, can I bring a few of my teammates? If not, we can also..."

"No problem." Bai Wanning nodded and agreed. As long as the teammates Lei Yan mentioned weren't as treacherous as Lu Yin, she had no objections.

Seeing her agree, Lei Yan's heart immediately filled with joy, and she quickly led Bai Wanning and her brothers to the twelfth floor.

Lu Yin, who was following behind, pursed her lips, her face clearly displeased.

She glared at Bai Wanning, having already cursed her and her brothers more than once in her heart.

How could she not feel this way? She had prepared for this night for several days.

Even if she was dragged out of bed in the middle of the night to face those disgusting monsters, she was willing to pay any price.

Because her goal was to win Lei Yan's trust and then personally push her into the monster-infested siege!

Aunt Lei had said she would treat her like her own daughter, but when truly faced with a choice between Lei Yan and herself, she had unhesitatingly chosen Lei Yan, leaving her to fend for herself.

Since that was the case, she had no intention of being soft-hearted anymore. Eradicating the roots was her choice!

Lu Yin felt her plan was flawless.

Her father was Father Lei's Bodyguard, but he sacrificed himself for Father Lei during a rescue operation.

From then on, Lei Family's parents promised their siblings that they would treat them as their own children.

However, when a choice had to be made between the Lei Family siblings and them, Father Lei and Mother Lei would, of course, choose their own true children.

In the past, Lu Yin never objected to this and even rationally advised Aunt Lei to take more care of Lei Yan.

But now, times had changed.

The world had collapsed, and zombies ran rampant.

And she, unlike Lei Yan, did not awaken as an Extraordinary Person, but was only able to survive by relying on her Older Brother, who had awakened a poison-element ability.

After enduring a week alone on the top floor, barely making ends meet for survival, Lu Yin finally "grew up."

She realized that if there was another similar choice, the Lei Family would still abandon her without hesitation.

What's more, Lei Yan had awakened when she was still an ordinary person.

She was just a burden to her Older Brother and the Lei Family.

Now that the situation was escalating, what if, what if they really left her behind and abandoned her?

Lu Yin would never forget the excruciating pain when the seawater almost filled her lungs and she was on the verge of drowning.

It was at that moment that she truly realized the preciousness of life.

She didn't want to die.

But as long as Lei Yan was alive, the Lei Family would never care about her life or death.

But what if Lei Yan died? She could fill the void Lei Yan left behind and take the Lei Family's place.

It was for this reason that she planned to kill Lei Yan when no one was paying attention.

For this plan, she was even willing to suppress her inner disgust and go hunt zombies with her Older Brother.

After all, as long as Lei Yan died, she could live!

But Lu Yin never expected to meet Bai Wanning at this time, and that she would even offer to go hunting together.