Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies

Bai Meiyue raised her head and looked at Xiao Wu and his brothers, who were dragging a man towards her. She arched a brow and questioned, "What's going on?"

"I caught him, boss!" Xiao Wu raised his hand and smacked the man who was causing a ruckus. "I caught him right in the act of throwing those nanobugs on the streets. He was trying to cause trouble in the safebase, and I stopped him."

"I was not trying to cause trouble! If only you would listen to me," the man who was restrained fought hard and glared at Xiao Wu angrily. He turned to look at Bai Meiyue and said to her, "Miss Bai, please listen to what I have to say. I truly didn't want to cause any trouble. Honestly. There is a reason why I did that; as long as you let me give you an explanation, I will be able to tell you the truth!"

Bai Meiyue stared at the man who was looking at her pitifully and then at Xiao Wu before nodding. She waved her hand and allowed Xiao Wu to release the man. As soon as the man was released, he rushed to kneel in front of Bai Meiyue. He said, "I am Song Rui'er. Miss Bai, it's true that I came with my boss to cause disruption in the safe base, but I no longer have such intentions. After staying here, I want to continue working for you and live a peaceful life without any worries. Miss Bai, I dropped those nanobugs deliberately, even though they are broken and loose prototypes that I stole from my boss. You can still use them."

"I only wanted to let you know about the scheme that Chief Yu and her team members are planning, and nothing else; I had no other intentions! Those bugs are defective to begin with; they cannot do much harm to anyone. I just wanted to drop a word of caution lest you all be taken by surprise."

When Bai Meiyue heard the explanation of the man, she raised her eyebrows slightly. She said to him, "Why did you do that?"

"I want to continue staying here," replied Song Rui'er. "I no longer want to work under Chief Yu. Miss Bai, please let me stay here. I'm willing to sign a slave contract if that's what you want, but let me stay in this safe base with my family."

Song Rui'er followed his mother and sister to this safe base that was created by Bai Meiyue. Chief Yu allowed this to happen because she wanted to make this group of men look even more natural.

"Are you not afraid that Yu Miaomiao will hunt you down?" Bai Meiyue asked.

Hearing her response, the man curled his lips in a mocking smile. "She doesn't need to hunt me down; there is a chip stuck inside my body, as long as it is activated, I will die due to electrocution. But I would rather die than bring trouble for my mother and sister by taking them back to that safe base."

When they were being sent to this safe base, Yu Miaomiao was worried that they would be won over by Bai Meiyue and the benefits that she usually gave the workers, so she injected a chip inside the bodies of those who were coming to this mission. She told them that there was no possibility of failing; they had to capture Bai Meiyue's child, no matter what the circumstances, which meant that if they failed, they would die, and if they tried to betray her or the news of their betrayal reached her, then they would die as well.

The man knew the consequences of making this decision, but he would rather suffer than let his mother and sister suffer along with him. Anyway, it was not going to be that painful, was it?

When Bai Meiyue heard the words of the man, she frowned. She didn't know that the woman was this ruthless; she would actually use such a life-threatening chip on the bodies of humans, like they were cattle and livestock. She crouched down and took the wrist of the man, one careful look and she realised that the man was speaking the truth, and there was indeed something foreign injected in his body.

She said to him, "Come to me in the evening, and I will deal with the chip."

"Miss Bai? You—you can take care of the chip inside?" Song Rui'er raised his head and looked at Bai Meiyue as if he were looking at his saviour. His eyes suddenly turned bright, and he looked at her with new hope. When he came here, he came with the thought that he was going to die. Now that Bai Meiyue had given him new hope, Song Rui'er was brought to tears.

"I can take care of it." Bai Meiyue could easily purchase a pill that could wash this chip out of Song Rui'er's system. "But you will have to sign a contract of loyalty with me. If you dare to betray me, then the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Don't worry, Miss Bai," the man kowtowed in front of her and said, "I will never do anything like that. Since you have saved my life, it now belongs to you. As long as I am alive, I will be your servant, and if I die, I will be your ghost servant. My life and death are now bound to you." Compared to living in fear all day long, he would rather live as Bai Meiyue's servant.

When Bai Meiyue saw that the man was indeed genuine, she nodded and then turned around on her feet.

"Are you sure about this?" Lei Qian asked her after the two of them had walked quite a distance away from Song Rui'er, who was still kowtowing behind them. He glanced at the man and turned to look at Bai Meiyue before asking, "Letting that man stay here? What if he betrayed us?"

Bai Meiyue glanced at the man and curled her lips. "You think I am that naive? Since this man dares to betray Yu Miaomiao for benefits, I know that there is a very good chance that he might betray me as well. So why would I do something so foolish as letting him stay without carefully considering it?"

"Then.."

"The contract is not simple," Bai Meiyue relayed. "As long as he signs it, he will never be able to break it, not unless he doesn't want his life and wants to die a sudden, sorry death without anyone knowing." Her barter system had a client who lived in the dimension of witches and wizards. She could easily exchange a contract with her that could tie Song Rui'er and make his life bound with loyalty to her. If he dared to betray her, then the death that he would get would be a thousand times worse than the one Yu Miaomiao would have given to him.

The curses would make electrocution look cute.

Lei Qian understood that Bai Meiyue had an ace card up her sleeve and didn't question her; he knew that the woman had some secrets, but he was not going to pry into them unless she told him.

**

In the afternoon, Bai Meiyue was leaning lazily on the pillow. But in truth, she was haggling with the crazy alchemist. It took her a long time before the man agreed to hand her the pill that could clear away the chip inside Song Rui'er's body.

"That dirty old man," she cursed as she opened her eyes and rubbed her forehead. "How many times has it been? He just refuses to take the price down and always pushes for more?"

Maybe he is losing it, with his age getting more and more serious.

Bai Meiyue also thought so.

She rubbed the vial in between her fingers and then got up from the bed. She saw Sing Rui'er sitting nervously on the couch and looking around; it was as if he was worried that the spies would see him and then relay the information of his betrayal to Yu Miaomiao. In fact, that would have happened already if Bai Meiyue hadn't sent the servants who were working in the mansion before this man came.

"There is no need to fidget," she told the man. "There is no one who will bust your secret here."

She then walked over to the man and handed him the pill that she had gotten after much trouble. "Here, take this."

Song Rui'er took the vial from Bai Meiyue and then raised his head to look at her. "Miss Bai, what is this?"

"This is a special pill that can melt the chip inside your body. Don't worry; the chip is too small to cause any real harm to you, so even if it melts inside, you will not be in danger." She had studied his pulse and knew that the chip through the different was not dangerous, which meant that Song Rui'er would be fine.

"Thank you—"

"Let go of me, you bastard!"