Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 88: Brain-dead

Before, Wang Huifang would faint several times a day, and when the Supervisor came to slap her, they watched with great enthusiasm.

Now it seems there’s something even more exciting.

They couldn’t miss it.

All of a sudden, no one was gossiping around anymore, instead they all paid attention to the commotion over by Liu Wutong.

Liu Wutong didn’t speak, just silently watched Gu Honghua wail.

Liu Piaoxu, with milk candy in her mouth, quietly watched the show from the side.

“My poor sister, I always said we shouldn’t have raised two daughters, once they’re grown they become thankless wretches, my poor sister…” Gu Honghua rolled on the ground, and while rolling ended up crying on Wang Huifang’s body.

It’s just that her crying didn’t involve many tears.

“My sister has worked so hard for so long, to deny her food is to want her dead, don’t you think?” Gu Honghua accused, pointing a finger at Liu Wutong’s emotionless face.

“Jeez, speak up, would you? People far away can’t hear you.” Gu Honghua was shameless, so those who had shame couldn’t deal with Gu Honghua.

Liu Wutong was helpless, so she simply discarded any sense of shame.

Anyway, having shame was useless.

If she could enrage Gu Honghua, then she’d rather be shameless.

“How can you be so heartless? Your own mother has fainted from hunger! And, where did you get that candy you just had?” Gu Honghua kept accusing, when she suddenly remembered the candy Liu Wutong gave to the Supervisor.

“You wasteful girl, all that candy? Where did you steal it from? Not giving it to your mother but to strangers?” Truly heartless.

“Gu Honghua, want some candy? There’s more.” Liu Wutong grabbed another handful of candy from her bag.

These sweets were for Liu Piaoxu.

But Liu Piaoxu had no control when it came to eating candy, and Liu Wutong, fearing she might eat too much and get sick, carried it herself.

Having given Piaoxu so much candy just now, it seemed she’d have to find time to make it up to her sister.

She couldn’t be unashamed simply because her sister was obedient and take a child’s candy.

“So much!” Gu Honghua’s eyes nearly popped, unable to look away from all the candy.

“Yes, so sweet. Isn’t that right, Piaoxu?” Liu Wutong, with one hand full of candy, gingerly picked one piece up, put it down, then picked another…

“Um, very sweet.” Liu Piaoxu, with the sweet milk candy in her mouth, nodded affirmatively.

“Gu Honghua, want some?” Liu Wutong extended her hand full of candy, the wrappers reflecting attractive colors in the firelight.

Gu Honghua lunged for it, trying to snatch some.

But Liu Wutong quickly withdrew her hand.

“You… I misspoke just now, Wutong you’ve done well. Getting so much candy, your brother loves eating candy the most, you see…” Gu Honghua greedily eyed the hand she’d withdrawn.

Brother…

The thought of her worthless son who grew so big, yet still sponges off his parents nearly made Liu Wutong vomit.

She still underestimated just how shameless Gu Honghua could be.

Her son? If he were her brother, she would’ve strangled him at birth.

“Sorry to say, too bad for you, your son won’t be able to have any. These here, they’re all for our Piaoxu.” Liu Wutong deliberately put all the candy back into Liu Piaoxu’s bag in front of her.

Gu Honghua watched the candy go into Liu Piaoxu’s bag, her face twisting with envy.

“Why should a girl have so much candy?” How does she deserve it? Her son hadn’t even had any, why should Liu Piaoxu, a mere girl, have any?

“It’s sweet.”

“Gu Honghua, thanks for looking after my mom these past few days. Given the chance, I’ll be sure to take good care of your son too.” Liu Wutong’s eyes locked with hers, emphasizing the word ‘care’.

“No need for thanks. Just give me those candies, and the food you’ve been earning these past few days, give me half of that…”

“Can’t do it, I’m a thankless wretch, I don’t even want my own mother, why would I give you food?” Liu Wutong crossed her arms, face showing indifference.

“You…”

“Gu Honghua, my meaning is, since you’ve been taking care of my mother for so long, why not continue doing it? But if my mom dies, I will go and kill your son. One for one, isn’t that a good deal?”

“Are you sick? Do you really think you can touch my son? How does your mother even compare to my son? With her sickly ghost look, pah!” Gu Honghua couldn’t stand the thought of anything happening to her son, and the moment Liu Wutong suggested it, she exploded with anger.

Swear words spewed out one after another.

“Don’t even think about pinning this on me! Humph, what does my son have to do with your mother’s life or death?”

“Of course it’s your business. Aren’t you here to see my mom every day? My mom is close to you, isn’t she? If something happens to her, of course it’s related to you. But hey, my mom told me to be polite to you, so I won’t target you. I’ll take a step back and target your son instead.” Liu Wutong said this with a smile as she pulled out a small knife.

That knife was bought at the supermarket.

The captain was quite taken by the knife, bit the bullet to save some money meant for food, and equipped every member of Cheetah Team with one.

The knife was so handy, good for cutting meat, or cutting people.

The knife hadn’t been used yet; when Liu Wutong took it out, it still gleamed brightly.

Gu Honghua’s eyes were momentarily dazzled by the light reflecting off the blade.

She was genuinely scare — scared that Liu Wutong would harm her son.

“You… don’t be rash, your mother is fine, she’s not dead.” After saying this, Gu Honghua no longer wanted any sweets and ran off.

She had to go check on her son.

Liu Wutong is crazy.

After scaring away Gu Honghua, Liu Wutong’s expression cooled down.

She stood there looking at Wang Huifang for a good while.

Wang Huifang had lost a lot of weight, had more white hair, and looked even weaker.

Thinking about her everyday, was her Sister Gu really good to her?

Liu Wutong sighed and, together with her sister, helped Wang Huifang up.

They brought her to a place where she could rest and gave her some water to drink.

Wang Huifang then regained consciousness.

“Wutong, Piaoxu,” Wang Huifang’s voice was faint. “You two… why are you here, am I dreaming?”

“Have something to eat.” Liu Wutong brought over a bowl of rice porridge.

It happened to be mealtime, and after Cheetah Team had arrived, Bai Yuanyuan started to cook porridge.

Their tastes had grown fussy; the mush handed out at the base was hard for them to swallow.

Anyway, they had plenty of rice; they usually drank porridge.

The mush from the base was given entirely to Bai Yuanyuan, who cooked off the water, added some salt and condiments, and made it into cakes to be kept as reserve food.

As Wang Huifang drank the porridge, looking at her two daughters, tears fell into the bowl, plop plop.

She missed her two daughters so much.

These heartless girls, left when they said they would, abandoned their mother without a second thought, and hadn’t come back to see her in so long.

They got flesh on their bones, they seemed to live well without her.

Only she longed for them.

They didn’t miss her one bit.

Watching Wang Huifang cry, Liu Wutong felt nothing stir in her heart.

When she went to get the porridge, she heard about the things that had happened between Wang Huifang and Gu Honghua during the time they went out to work together.

Giving her scarce food to Gu Honghua, being hungry herself, and then working on an empty stomach.

Only her mother, Wang Huifang, could do such a thing.

This was no longer a matter of being simple or gullible.

It was downright mental.