Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies - Chapter 78

Chapter 78: Tattling (2)

Mother Bai stepped out of the room and looked at her daughter and Lu Yin, who, upon seeing, started crying like a little bullied flower.

“Its nothing, Auntie,” Lu Yin wiped her tears off her face and then replied in a calm voice, “I just wanted to help someone; who would have thought—”

She then relayed what happened to Mother Bai in detail but the way she told the story, it was as if she was the victim and everyone else was just bullying her.

The more Lei Yan listened, the more her lips twitched; she then sneered, “What about Brother Jixuan? Did his ribs break on their own?”

“I never knew that such a thing would happen either!”

“If you hadn’t rushed to save that man, then nothing would have happened in the first place!”

“Why are you yelling at me like that? It’s not like I wanted to ignore Miss Bai. But I was scared when I saw her cut the wrist of her relative and kick her sister-in-law—” after she finished speaking, she covered her mouth with her hands as if she did not want to say it but ended up blurting it out.

Lei Yan sneered seeing her act. Though Lu Yin acted like she was not doing it out of malice, Lei Yan, who had suffered countless times under her schemes, knew that this woman was just playing another trick.

She snorted and stated, “It doesn’t matter. Since Miss Bai saved your life and your stupid actions caused her brother to be injured, you will have to compensate her. There is no way out of this.”

Lu Yin closed her mouth. She wanted to discredit Bei Meiyue but at the same time she wanted to stop her brother from compensating; just as she was wondering what to do, Lu Yu parted his lips and spoke in a stern voice, “Don’t worry, Miss Lei. Since Miss Bai suffered because of our family, I will definitely do my best to compensate her.”

“Brother!”

Lu Yin was unwilling but before she could say anything else, Lu Yu glanced at her sternly. Though Lu Yin caused a lot of trouble now and then, she respected her brother a lot. Seeing that her brother was staring at her as if he wanted to say something harsh but was holding back because they were standing in front of the Lei family, Lu Yin pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.

Lu Yu brought Lu Yin to their room while Lei Yan turned to look at her mother, who seemed a bit troubled.

“What’s the matter?” Seeing that her mother wanted to say something, Lei Yan took the initiative to question her mother.

Mother Lei caught her by the arm and then dragged her to one side. She questioned hurriedly, “Did Miss Bai really hurt her sister-in-law?”

Mother Lei had no choice but to consider all kinds of factors. She knew that her son was interested in Bei Meiyue and Lei Qian was her only son; she couldn’t let him get married to a maniac!

“Mom, are you really going to believe Lu Yin?” Lei Yan was speechless. She then rolled her eyes and said to her mother, “You don’t need to listen to Lu Yin’s one-sided words. You have no idea how the situation was downstairs.” She then reiterated what happened to her mother, who frowned.

“But still attacking like such—”

“Mom, what do we know about the Bai family or Sister Bai?” Lei Yan rolled her eyes again and spoke in a steady voice, “Our family also has its struggles; have you forgotten second uncle and fifth uncle? How did Father deal with them?”

“We don’t have the right to look down on others, Mom.”

Mother Lei pursed her lips and stopped speaking; she did not say anything anymore and Lei Yan had no idea what her mother was thinking.

On the other hand, Bei Meiyue had no idea that Lu Yin tried to trip her. And even if she did know about it, Bei Meiyue wouldn’t have cared. Because she never once thought of hooking up with the Lei family.

So even if the Lei family was bothered by her actions, Bei Meiyue didn’t care about it.

She first looked for a talisman that could treat Bai Jixuan’s injuries and then turned to look at her mother, who was beyond troubled. Firstly, she was worried about Bai Jixuan, who got injured in such troubled times and then she was worried about Fang Qing.

Mother Bai had seen how stubborn Fang Qing and her family could be; thus, she knew that there was no way they would leave them alone.

“Mom, don’t think too much.” Bei Meiyue coaxed her mother when she saw that the poor woman was about to faint. “Even if the Fang family wants to cause trouble, I don’t think they will be able to cause trouble for us.”

“How can you be so sure?” Mother Bai sighed as she clutched her daughter’s hands. “You have no idea. That woman and her family, they are really a problematic bunch. Once they set their eyes on something, they will not give up easily.”

Bei Meiyue pursed her lips. She wanted to say something but before she could part her lips, an alarm blared in the city. It was so loud that it made the entire building shake with the impact.

“ALERT!”

“The citizens are notified to leave their houses and go to higher altitudes.”

“The weather department has detected signs of an incoming tsunami!”

“Alert!”

Bei Meiyue: !!

This warning, it was three days earlier!

Bei Meiyue was shocked and confused but she had no time; she caught her mother’s arm, whose entire face was pale and said to her, “Mom, do you trust me?”

What could Mother Bai say at the moment? The notification came too suddenly. She had no choice but to trust Bei Meiyue.

Or else what was she going to do? Run? Where was she going to run with the entire city flooded with water?

Bei Meiyue didn’t say anything; she pulled her mother to the second floor and asked her elder brother to carry the unconscious Bai Jixuan to the second floor as well. They did not have any more time; the last time this alert went off, the tsunami arrived within ten minutes!

Who knows, maybe just like how it came three days earlier, this tsunami might hit the city in three minutes? They had no time to waste!