Su Yan lay between them, making them look just like a loving family of three.
Su Mian, playing on her phone, turned to ask Ye Jun, "Honey, do you think Bai Xi could be stringing us along?"
She opened a news app. "Look. The president of the Bai Group announced he’s disbanding the rescue team. He’s driving a modified car to Fang Family Village alone, supposedly to pick up his girlfriend."
Ye Jun lifted an eyelid. "Who has the energy for romance at a time like this?"
Su Mian said, "Even if they were short on food like Bai Xi said, they should have some now, right? Bai Chen will definitely bring a car full of supplies when he goes home. For a rich family like them, their garage is probably filled with those modified cars, loaded with supplies."
Ye Jun’s brow furrowed. "That makes sense, but if she had supplies, she would have contacted me."
Su Mian said, "Honey, maybe you just didn’t mention supplies to her."
Ye Jun scoffed, "Asking for things is so beneath me. She always used to just give me things. Wouldn’t it be degrading for me to ask? Anyway, we have enough to eat right now. Whatever."
On the other end of the screen, Bai Xi couldn’t help but grind her teeth, her stomach churning with rage. What infuriated her more was that she really used to be like that. She believed whatever that scumbag said. ’How did I manage to throw my brain away just for a relationship?’
Su Mian grew anxious. "But someone in our neighborhood group chat is offering a high price for rice. They’re paying 10,000 yuan for a jin of high-quality rice, with more for better varieties. Fruits and vegetables are 50,000 a jin, and a single pack of plain instant noodles is going for 1,000."
Ye Jun immediately opened the muted neighborhood group chat. As he scrolled through the history, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
He no longer felt that asking Bai Xi for supplies was beneath him. This was simply a case of a great man knowing when to yield and when to stand firm, enduring humiliation for a greater purpose.
Ye Jun said, "We need to come up with a plan to get Bai Xi to offer us the supplies herself. Get the leftovers out and take a few pictures."
Su Yan shouted from the side, "Make the big bitch and the little bitch bring me snacks! Bring me toys! Come here! Don’t let the little bitch eat any!"
Su Mian soothed him, "Okay, whatever my darling Yanyan says. If Bai Xi brings that damn girl back, Mommy will let you have her as a toy, okay?"
Ye Jun also coaxed, "Didn’t your Ultraman lose an arm? We’ll let Ye Yunyun be your new toy. She even makes sounds and moves."
Su Yan laughed and shouted, "Daddy, go find the big bitch!"
Ye Jun got up, intending to look in the kitchen.
Su Mian awkwardly patted Ye Jun’s shoulder. "What leftovers? Honey, did you forget? We threw them all out."
She raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Why don’t we just send her a few pictures from the internet? Why go to all that trouble?"
Ye Jun gave her a kiss. "My wife is so clever."
"Oh, you." Su Mian gave him a flirtatious push.
[Ye Jun: Honey, what did you eat today? [Image]]
The picture showed a bowl of hot dry noodles with a few bites taken out of it.
Bai Xi’s expression turned cold. ’Those two dogs are still eating too well.’ Not only were they wasting food, but their definition of "leftovers" was utterly ridiculous.
[Bai Xi: Honey, we had cake and rice balls. Wow, you’re eating so well! My little sister has been dying for some hot dry noodles but can’t find any. I’ll forward this to her, she’s going to be so jealous, hahahahaha.]
Ye Jun and Su Mian stared at each other, speechless.
Ye Jun squeezed a sentence through his clenched teeth: "Why would she like to eat things that low-class people eat?"
Only steak, red wine, and French cuisine were worthy of people of their high status.
Su Mian didn’t dare to contradict Ye Jun, so she just said, "Probably the same as her sister—not very bright."
"Honey, should we be a little more direct?"
She actually found the picture from the internet quite appetizing, but she was a clinging vine completely dependent on Ye Jun and didn’t dare say a single word against him.
Ye Jun was a classic "phoenix man"—his extreme inferiority complex had bred an equally extreme arrogance and a strong sense of male chauvinism. She had only captured his heart by being gentle and submissive.
Ye Jun waved his hand. "Wait."
[Ye Jun: Honey, when are you and Yunyun coming back? I’m so lonely at home all by myself [Crying Emoji]]
Ye Jun said, "When Bai Xi and Ye Yunyun come back, they’ll naturally bring a large batch of supplies. We don’t have any food for a child stockpiled here."
[Bai Xi: Honey, I want to come back too, but it’s hailing outside. We can’t leave.]
[Ye Jun: Doesn’t your brother have modified cars? Just borrow one and drive back.]
Bai Xi sneered. ’He’s not just after me and my child, he’s after my family’s modified cars too.’
[Ye Jun: I saw on the news your brother has a girlfriend? From Fang Family Village? What will your brother’s girlfriend think of a married woman constantly staying at her parents’ house? You should hurry back to your own home.]
[Bai Xi: It’s fine, honey. This isn’t my brother’s house. Both my brother and I are just staying with Mom and Dad.]
She had now seen through Ye Jun’s rotten way of thinking. In his eyes, her daughter was nothing more than a toy for his son.
[Ye Jun: Don’t your parents plan on leaving everything to your brother? Don’t forget how they treated you back then, honey. They’re probably just too embarrassed to say anything to you now. You should hurry home while the weather is still good enough for travel. What will you do if they kick you out and you and Ye Yunyun are caught in bad weather?]
Back then, the dowry her parents gave her was identical to the one the family had given her third aunt. Moreover, her parents had told her they wouldn’t leave her any inheritance.
But later, after her parents saw that her love-addled brain had sobered up, they had secretly told her that after they passed away, their three children would split the assets equally, and her share would be given to Ye Yunyun.
[Bai Xi: Don’t worry, honey. Ye Yunyun is our family’s eldest legitimate granddaughter. Anyone born after her can, at best, be the second legitimate grandchild. The second grandchild wouldn’t dare act presumptuously before the eldest granddaughter. That would be a sign of great disrespect.]
’I can’t. If I keep typing, I’m going to burst out laughing.’
Ye Jun glanced at his phone, then angrily threw it onto the bed. He pushed Su Mian away and said, "Forget it. That woman’s brain is fried. Stop asking her. It’s better if she doesn’t come back. More peaceful."
Bai Xi let out a cold laugh. She contacted a female homeowner she knew from her neighborhood group chat and asked her to post a message offering high prices for supplies. She was going to empty the couple’s pantry.
[Berry Bliss: Sister Bai, there’s no need. When you reminded me before, I already stocked up enough to last for two years, and that’s only because the instant foods expire in two years.]
[Bai Xi: I want to set a trap and make my scumbag husband and his mistress suffer.]
[Berry Bliss: I’ll do whatever you say, Sister Bai. But isn’t this going to be too expensive for you?]
[Bai Xi: It’s just a few supplies. They weren’t worth much before the apocalypse.]
[Berry Bliss: No, I mean the money to buy them...]
[Bai Xi: You forget? We’re still a married couple. It all counts as joint marital property.]
Bai Xi lowered her head and smiled faintly. After he died, all of it would become her property.
Suddenly, a muffled THUD came from outside. The door slowly swung open, revealing a small child hanging from the doorknob.