Everyone exchanged confused glances, unable to understand what Xiao Yi wanted from them.
The scrawny boy who had spent all his time sucking up to Chen Kun gritted his teeth. With a thud, he dropped to his knees in front of Xiao Yi and plastered an ingratiating smile across his face.
“Benefactor Xiao, if you’re willing to take me with you, you’ll be my savior from this day forward! You’ll be the parent who gave me a second life! Daddy! Your son will follow your every command and obey you without question. Whatever you order, your son will do! Daddy! My dear Daddy! Please save your son!”
“Get the fuck away from me! Do I look that old?”
Xiao Yi kicked the scrawny boy aside in disgust.
“Master, I’ll be your pet dog! Woof! Woof! Please give your dog something to eat!”
A slightly chubby young man dropped onto all fours and crawled toward Xiao Yi, barking like a dog.
“Master, I’m your dog—your most loyal dog! Please take me in! Whoever you tell me to bite, I’ll bite. If you order me east, I would never dare go west. If you tell me to chase a rabbit, I wouldn’t dare chase a chicken!”
The chubby student was the son of a powerful official, and his grandfather was rumored to hold a senior position in the provincial government. Before the apocalypse, he had been unbearably arrogant. He often led a gang of lackeys in bullying other students and treated humiliating his classmates and harassing girls as entertainment.
His family background left the university powerless to discipline him. Students without influential families could only swallow their anger and endure his abuse.
He truly was the scion of a political dynasty. Even his groveling reached unprecedented heights, making Xiao Yi laugh despite himself. A man like this would indeed make a capable lackey.
But Xiao Yi did not need lackeys right now. This was the apocalypse. If he ever accepted followers, he would choose people capable of fighting—not a useless parasite like this.
Smack!
Xiao Yi slapped the chubby student hard across his fleshy face. He threw a sausage onto the ground and crushed it beneath his boot.
“Since you’re a dog, eat it the way a dog would.”
The chubby student was starving. The instant he smelled the sausage, he stopped caring about the dirt and crawled forward to lick it from the floor.
Seeing him obtain food, the other male students exchanged conflicted looks. They still possessed a shred of pride and did not want to behave like dogs merely for a single sausage.
When the scrawny student saw that pretending to be a dog had worked, he hurriedly began barking. He crawled toward Xiao Yi and wagged his ass desperately.
Xiao Yi kicked him away again.
“If cheap tricks like these are all you have to offer, then I’m afraid you’ll have to fend for yourselves.”
His words filled everyone present with terror.
Only Du Zhiming sank into thought. After a moment, he turned to Ling Xueya.
“Xueya, whether the rest of us survive now depends entirely on you!”
Ling Xueya froze and frowned. “What do you mean, Mr. Du? I’m not the one holding the food!”
“Exactly, Mr. Du. Benefactor Xiao has the food and water...” another young woman beside Ling Xueya added in confusion.
Without anyone noticing when it happened, they had all begun addressing Xiao Yi as “Benefactor Xiao.”
Listening to them from nearby, Xiao Yi sneered inwardly.
You lecture me about kindness, yet when I was kind, you treated me like a dog and took everything I did for you for granted!
Only after I became a villain did you understand how precious my kindness had been.
I wasn’t born cruel and ruthless. You were the ones who taught me to harden my heart!
From this day forward, I’ll make every last one of you crawl at my feet and become my lowliest slaves!
Du Zhiming beckoned mysteriously and called several people aside. “Benefactor Xiao must have had a reason for asking whether Xueya was Chen Kun’s woman! Xueya is the most beautiful woman here, so naturally she should be the one to serve him. As long as she satisfies Benefactor Xiao, he’ll definitely give us food and water!”
As Du Zhiming spoke, he secretly glanced at Xiao Yi, who was sitting nearby and watching them with obvious interest.
When Xiao Yi showed no reaction, Du Zhiming became even more confident in his conclusion.
“Xueya, we don’t have much time. Hurry over there!”
“No! Why should I sacrifice my virginity just because everyone wants food and water? Why can’t one of them do it?” Ling Xueya demanded, pointing at the other young women.
“Because you’re the most beautiful! Xueya, look at the situation we’re in. Why are you still worrying about your chastity? If you win Xiao Yi’s favor, none of us will have to suffer from hunger and thirst again!”
“Exactly! I wish Xiao Yi had taken an interest in me instead! If he wanted me to accompany him, I’d go over there and serve him properly this very second. He’s the only person capable of obtaining food and water. Becoming his woman would be your good fortune!”
The two women beside Ling Xueya hurriedly echoed Du Zhiming.
They were not the ones sacrificing their bodies. If offering a few empty words and persuading Ling Xueya could earn them food and water, why would they refuse?
Better her than them.
“Enough! Stop talking! I’d rather die than sleep with that country bumpkin!”
Ling Xueya wanted to live, but she had always been proud and aloof. She could not bear the thought of giving her virginity to a disgusting country boy she despised.
She had even refused Chen Kun, despite his wealth, handsome appearance, and devotion to her, insisting that she would wait until marriage.
Ling Xueya’s arrogance and pride made her value her chastity more than her own life!
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