Chapter 22 Mom is Useless

"Niu Niu... it's Mom's fault... Mom couldn't take good care of you..." The woman hugged her daughter tighter and tighter.

The woman knew that the reason this man in front of her was willing to leave all the food from Fifth Uncle's house to her wasn't because he was particularly kind-hearted.

It just meant that he didn't think much of these supplies.

He could eat his fill...

And, he had a gun!

She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calm, and said to Zhou Yan: "Young man, I know this request is too much... but I beg you... Niu Niu is still young... she doesn't understand anything... as long as you give her a bite to eat... don't let her end up like me..."

Her voice trembled, and her eyes held complete despair and a kind of near-insane determination, as if she were arranging the final major event of her life.

Zhou Yan immediately sensed her extreme emotions and tried to dissuade her: "Don't do anything stupid! Take the things and hurry back with your daughter!"

Are you kidding me? You're trying to dump such a burden into my arms?

He tried to steady her, but the woman just gave a sorrowful smile and looked deeply at her daughter, as if she wanted to carve her appearance into her soul.

She turned and rushed toward the window without hesitation.

Her daughter's innocent question that day had shattered her dignity.

She wasn't some woman who would sleep with anyone! Living so filthily was just so her daughter could be fed!

She felt so dirty that she didn't even know how she would face her husband in the afterlife...

Zhou Yan quickly stomped hard on Fifth Uncle's belly, used the momentum to dash out, and grabbed the woman who wanted to jump off the building.

Seeing her dull eyes and the look of someone who had already decided to die, he raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.

That strike was vicious; a trickle of blood immediately began to slowly flow from the corner of the woman's mouth.

Niu Niu hurriedly ran over; she understood that this big brother only hit her mom to save her.

"Mom, don't be like this! I don't blame you! I just feel it wasn't worth it for you! Fifth Uncle won't live much longer! As soon as he dies, we'll just pretend this never happened!"

Fifth Uncle let out two forceful grunts... trying to tell them, I'm still alive...

Niu Niu kept wiping the tears from her mother's face.

The mother and daughter immediately burst into tears together.

"Alright! How am I, a grown man, supposed to take care of your daughter? You take care of her yourself!" Zhou Yan said irritably, then used his foot to nudge Fifth Uncle's head a couple of times. Given the amount of bleeding from this guy's lower body, it was only a matter of time before he kicked the bucket.

The woman's home was on this same floor, diagonally across from Fifth Uncle's place.

The woman opened her door and returned home, carrying the heavy travel bag.

Niu Niu carefully leaned against the doorframe and said softly to Zhou Yan: "Thank you..."

Then she abruptly retreated inside and closed the door.

The door to Niu Niu's home had just closed.

Zhang Yajing suddenly lunged at him!

She wrapped her arms around Zhou Yan's neck and wouldn't let go.

Zhou Yan almost instinctively raised his hand to strike her laryngeal cartilage, but seeing her passionate appearance, he forcibly suppressed his body's subconscious resistance.

Her gaze, which seemed ready to drip water, constantly wandered over Zhou Yan's face...

Why was this face so attractive to her?

The handsome brows and eyes, the perfect features, especially those eyes, which shimmered with a sharp light, were intoxicating...

Zhou Yan was just about to push her away with force, but Zhang Yajing's lips were faster!

His breath was instantly cut off; Zhang Yajing was kissing him with such force, as if she couldn't wait to swallow Zhou Yan whole!

The entire hallway echoed with smacking sounds and the two people's heavy breathing.

Zhang Yajing was getting more and more out of hand, and Zhou Yan hurriedly pinned down her hand inside his clothes.

"Sister... let's talk about that later! It's not convenient today!"

It really wasn't convenient; today Zhou Yan had to inspect his lackeys' work...

"Later? What if you go back on your word?"

"I am Zhou Yan, not Liuxia Hui. If I didn't have urgent matters, I would have taken you already!"

Seeing Zhou Yan's expression and that restless hand of his on her body, Zhang Yajing believed him.

She straightened Zhou Yan's collar and pants, then happily took his large hand.

A sense of "immorality" suddenly welled up in Zhou Yan's heart...

He broke free from the woman's hand and gripped the gunstock...

The two of them headed down the stairs...

Everything below the 6th Floor was soaking in water. On the landing, Wang Zeyu was holding a fire axe, bored out of his mind, his feet splashing the water one by one.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the two people coming down from upstairs.

He lowered his head, blinked his eyes; had his eyes been playing tricks on him just now?

What Big Brother was holding in his arms, was that a rifle?

He gave a start and stood up straight.

Then he looked at the gun in Zhou Yan's arms...

"Holy crap!"

Big Brother is truly Big Brother! He could even get his hands on a gun like that?

But then, he saw the woman beside Zhou Yan.

"Bi... Big Brother!"

Zhang Yajing looked with some amusement at the young man in front of her, whose hair color could be described as a rainbow.

"Is this one of the lackeys you took in?"

Zhou Yan nodded.

Wang Zeyu noticed this beautiful older sister who had been holding hands with Big Brother the whole time.

He immediately stood at attention.

"Hello, Big Sister-in-law!"

Zhang Yajing was pleasantly surprised; she really liked this title, but she also knew this title didn't belong to her...

At least, not for the time being...

"I'm not Big Sister-in-law... call me... uh"

Zhang Yajing liked surfing the internet; she knew "Third Sister-in-law" wasn't a good term...

She could only helplessly hold her forehead and say to Wang Zeyu: "Just call me Sister-in-law..."

"Sister-in-law!" Although Wang Zeyu was completely confused and didn't understand the relationship between the two people in front of him, calling her Sister-in-law was definitely not wrong!

Hearing Wang Zeyu call her Sister-in-law, Zhang Yajing happily swayed Zhou Yan's arm gently.

Zhou Yan pretended to reach into his backpack and pulled out a few protein bars.

"Here! A welcoming gift from your Sister-in-law!"

Wang Zeyu took them and looked.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law!" He bowed repeatedly to Zhang Yajing.

This stuff—back when the club organized sports meets, they would splurge to buy a few—these high-calorie protein bars! They were great for replenishing energy!

Zhang Yajing turned her head, looking at the man's face in front of her, feeling joy in her heart.

He was really very good, and he even took care of her emotions, especially in this situation, he even gave a "welcoming gift" on her behalf.

In normal times, giving someone this kind of thing might even get you scolded, but in these times, this was truly a life-saving treasure...

Zhang Yajing didn't want to take credit for someone else's generosity, so she could only smile and say to Wang Zeyu: "You'll meet your other Sisters-in-law later, and next time you can call them Big Sister-in-law! The welcoming gifts will definitely be much better than mine..."

Zhou Yan looked at the woman beside him in shock; damn, was that something that could actually be said out loud?

Wang Zeyu looked at Zhou Yan with an expression of admiration. Big Brother is truly Big Brother! He's really awesome!

Wu Yang, who was busy processing fish in the room, heard the noise and hurriedly walked out.

He was holding a homemade, simple landing net in one hand and a red bucket in the other, looking just like a factory worker running away with a bucket.

"Quick! Hurry up and call her Sister-in-law!" Wang Zeyu kept elbowing Wu Yang with his elbow.

"Hello, Sister-in-law!"

Zhou Yan felt helpless and had to reach in again to pull out a few more protein bars.

"I heard that helping catch fish here can be exchanged for food?"

Zhang Yajing was always ready to join the work; even though her relationship with Zhou Yan was "no longer what it used to be," she still chose to exchange labor for food.

"Uh... is that a thing?" Wang Zeyu asked, looking at Zhou Yan with a strange tone.

"Yeah, I've told quite a few residents that if they come down to help you catch fish, they can exchange it for supplies from me!"

Wang Zeyu immediately said loudly to Zhang Yajing: "Yes, that is indeed a thing!"

"Then I..." Before Zhang Yajing could finish her sentence, Zhou Yan covered her mouth.