After Marking the Villain Professor (ABO, GL) - Chapter 45

Chapter 45

One bag of bread was far from enough to divide among the people in the bookstore.

Three people had already died for this one bag of bread.

Before Tan Juan called Xu Man away, the backpack containing the food had been temporarily under Zhou Yutao’s care, and quite a few people had set their sights on her.

Just at that moment, the sound of vehicles driving outside reached them. While everyone’s attention shifted, a yellow-haired young man holding a small knife snatched Xin’er from Lin Sha’s side.

The person who had just killed to rob the bread was none other than him.

Because it was a violent seizure, one of Xin’er’s arms had been dislocated.

She cried out in pain.

By the time Qi Lin and Zhou Yutao reacted, it was already too late.

These past few days, Lin Sha had always been the one looking after Xin’er, so when Xin’er started crying, Lin Sha panicked.

“What do you want to do to a child? If you have the guts, come at me.”

This emboldened the yellow-haired young man.

He let out a hearty laugh and forcefully drew the small knife across Xin’er’s arm, threatening, “We’re not doing anything. We’re just too hungry and want some food, that’s all.”

“Throw your weapons and backpack over here, or I’ll kill this child.”

The several men with the yellow-haired young man eyed Zhou Yutao with predatory gazes.

“I see this Omega of yours looks pretty good too. Take off your clothes and keep us brothers company for a bit, and we’ll consider leaving you some food.”

Before making his move, the yellow-haired young man had already observed them. This child was the soft spot among these newcomers.

As long as he controlled her, he was not afraid that Zhou Yutao and the others would not compromise.

So what if they had guns?

The knife drew a somewhat deep cut on Xin’er’s arm, and bl00d flowed out. Xin’er’s cries grew louder as she shouted without restraint, “Auntie Lin, Auntie Zhou, save me!”

“You scum!”

Lin Sha felt both heartbroken and furious, and she impulsively moved to rush forward.

Zhou Yutao held her back and shook her head.

Qi Lin sneered coldly, and her gun muzzle was already aimed at the yellow-haired man’s head.

“Let her go.”

“I’ll count to three. If you don’t, you’ll die with her.”

“One.”

The yellow-haired young man jumped in fright and said urgently, “Don’t you care about this child’s life?”

Qi Lin’s expression did not change: “Two.”

The yellow-haired man’s group immediately panicked.

The dead girl had already proven that when Qi Lin said she would kill, she really dared to do it.

They had originally thought to use this child as a hostage and that they would have some scruples, but who knew this person did not care at all.

Devil—this woman was a devil.

Since they could not live anyway, then they would drag this child down with them to die.

A flash of ruthlessness appeared in the yellow-haired young man’s eyes, and the knife in his hand also moved to Xin’er’s neck.

Not far away, Xu Man and the other two watched this scene, and their hearts leaped to their throats.

But it was clear that the yellow-haired young man had made preparations before acting. Before they could even enter the reading area, a man and a woman stopped them.

“If you don’t want that child to die, stay right here honestly.”

“Hand over the weapons on you.”

The man roughly seized the gun from Tan Juan’s hand.

“It’s over.”

“That lunatic Qi Lin will really kill all those people. She won’t care about Xin’er’s life at all.”

“If only I hadn’t dragged you to the bathroom.”

Tan Juan closed her eyes unwillingly.

Sigh, if only Little Manman had listened to her, they would all be outside the bookstore by now, and they would not be in such a passive situation.

With their weapons seized, Xu Man did not dare to act rashly either and could only think of a way secretly.

At this critical moment, a hand landed on Qi Lin’s shoulder.

“Agree to their demands.”

Zhou Yutao’s stunningly beautiful face appeared from behind Qi Lin: “After all, as such a kind person, I really cannot bear to watch Xin’er die like this.”

Qi Lin’s eyelid twitched, and she swallowed the “three” that was about to slip from her mouth.

She tossed the gun and backpack forward and said coldly to the yellow-haired young man: “Let her go.”

The yellow-haired young man’s group all let out a sigh of relief.

To be honest, they did not want to die.

Otherwise, they would not have waited until now to use such despicable means to force Zhou Yutao and the others.

The moment the backpack hit the ground, some of the food inside spilled out—crackers, ham sausages, marinated eggs… The people watching from all around felt their eyes heat up, and they kept swallowing their saliva.

A young woman took the initiative to fawn over the yellow-haired young man: “Bro, I’ll help you pick up the stuff. Save me some food later.”

“Scram. Who asked you, you stinking woman, to suck up?”

The people with the yellow-haired young man immediately flared up.

The yellow-haired young man’s eyes flashed, but he did not mind it. Instead, he said to the other people in the bookstore: “Want food? No problem. As long as you all listen to me from now on.”

“Everyone, rest assured. Now that we have guns, we can definitely lead everyone out and kill our way free.”

“As for those who go against me, there’s only one end: death.”

Many people immediately flattered him: “Of course, of course. We’ll all listen to you, Bro, Yellow Bro. From today on, this bookstore is yours to command.”

Under the yellow-haired young man’s threats and the temptation of food, the people in the bookstore immediately stood on their side.

Now, the yellow-haired man was even less likely to let her go.

He handed Xin’er to a brother at his side and walked toward Zhou Yutao step by step with an evil smile.

“You should have just taken off your clothes earlier. Why make me do it for you now?”

“Beauty, be good and obedient later, or I can’t guarantee that kid will live.”

A string of filthy words made Lin Sha explode in rage: “Despicable villain, you don’t keep your word, shameless!”

The yellow-haired man burst into laughter: “It’s the end times. Who’s still talking about keeping your word? Those who defy me die.”

“Don’t worry. Seeing as you’re not bad-looking either, you’ll be next.”

Tan Juan watched with incomparable anxiety, and at the same time, she felt a faint regret in her heart.

“What do we do, Manman?” she asked softly.

Just now, Xu Man had emphasized again her romantic relationship with Zhou Yutao, and Tan Juan believed it a little.

Perhaps that was the reason Xu Man was unwilling to leave.

At this moment, Tan Juan had figured it out too. Her roommate attaching herself to the future big villain was beneficial for them as well.

“Wait and see.”

After receiving Zhou Yutao’s glance, Xu Man calmed down a bit.

The people in the bookstore seemed not to have recognized Zhou Yutao and Qi Lin. These two were most skilled at using drugs. In a certain sense, they were far stronger than she and Tan Juan were.

“No whispering. You few, come over here too.”

Xu Man and Tan Juan each took a kick from the man.

The man who had robbed them of their gun herded Xu Man and the other two into the reading area.

The sound of vehicles driving outside had disappeared, and no one paid attention to it anymore.

At this point, everyone in the bookstore gathered in the reading area.

No one noticed that the kick the man had given Xu Man darkened Zhou Yutao’s gaze a few degrees.

What happened next was just as Xu Man had thought. The people who approached Zhou Yutao and Qi Lin all collapsed softly to the ground.

Not to mention the yellow-haired man’s group—even Xu Man felt as if her whole body had gone limp.

But soon, after taking the antidote Qi Lin gave her, her body quickly recovered. The food and weapons returned to their hands.

“You are the truly despicable and shameless ones. You actually drugged us.”

This time, it was the yellow-haired man who cursed.

No one paid him any mind.

Zhou Yutao first treated Xin’er’s wound properly, then walked up to the man who had just kicked Xu Man. She stomped viciously on his calf and ground her heel repeatedly before stopping.

This was something Xu Man had not expected.

The way she avenged her looked so beautiful!

The fierce Zhou Yutao did not scare Xu Man at all; instead, it made her heart beat even faster.

Tan Juan patted her chest and sighed softly: “Manman, good thing we didn’t run.”

The villain was so vindictive. If they had tried to escape and been caught, who knew how she would retaliate against them.

“Trouble.”

Qi Lin glanced at Xin’er, who had returned to Lin Sha’s arms and stopped crying, and said to Zhou Yutao: “Little Tao Tao, when did you become such a bleeding heart?”

“Kill all these people.”

To them, a powerless child was just a burden. Dead was dead.

In her view, it was simpler to just kill the yellow-haired man’s group outright. Going through all this roundabout effort just to save a child with no value at all was truly meaningless.

Qi Lin had always thought that Zhou Yutao was the same kind of person as her; Zhou Yutao was just better at disguising it.

She did not believe that the kindness she spoke of was real kindness.

Hearing Qi Lin’s chilling words, the people lying on the ground begging for mercy immediately fell silent in terror, and their ears felt much clearer.

Zhou Yutao: “Qi Lin, I’m different from you.”

She indeed could not count as a truly good person in the full sense, but she still had feelings.

Qi Lin scoffed dismissively and shifted her gaze to Tan Juan’s side.

Tan Juan already felt guilty, and being looked at like this made her even guiltier. She quietly hid behind Xu Man.

But she could not hide for long.

Because Xu Man was called away by Zhou Yutao.

Qi Lin smiled sinisterly: “Miss Big Banana, you wouldn’t have been thinking of ditching us and running off first just now, would you?”

Tan Juan refused to admit it: “How could that be? Sisters, you’re so beautiful. How could I bear to leave you? You, such a fine beauty, how can you say something so cold in this forty-degree heat?”

Qi Lin’s smile faded, and she pointed at the corpses on the ground: “Then trouble Miss Big Banana to clean up this trash. You can’t expect Miss Big Banana to contribute nothing at all, right?”

Tan Juan: “…”

Damn it, this woman was a total b1tch.

Who wanted to touch these terrifying things?

In the end, Tan Juan made the yellow-haired man’s group move the corpses to a corner out of sight in the bookstore.

After this incident, no one dared to disobey them anymore.

Meanwhile, Xu Man faced the same problem.

Under Zhou Yutao’s intensely oppressive scrutiny, Xu Man could not withstand the pressure and simply confessed everything.

“Tan Juan called me to the bathroom because she wanted me to ditch you all and leave with her. I didn’t agree.”

“Yutao, I won’t leave you.”

Xu Man’s desire to survive was very strong.

A trace of a smile finally appeared on Zhou Yutao’s aloof face: “Manman is so good.”

However, in the next moment, the smile vanished from her face: “Looks like our Miss Big Banana has quite the vigorous energy.”

Xu Man could not help but shiver.

Tan Juan, who was directing the yellow-haired man to handle the corpses, also involuntarily rubbed her arms.

Strange, the weather was still so hot. Why did she suddenly feel a chill down her back?

An hour later, the bookstore returned to its original calm.

But in the end, nothing was the same.

From then on, the people in the bookstore would seek permission from Zhou Yutao and the others before doing anything. That night, the crowd, living in fear, could not fall asleep either.

Xu Man and Zhou Yutao, however, slept soundly.

She slept until dawn. When the blazing sun shone on her face, Xu Man woke up.

She looked out the window first thing.

Several familiar vehicles were parked outside Qingshan Hospital.

They were her vehicles. Xu Yi and the others had finally arrived.

Xu Man instantly perked up and woke the still-sleeping Tan Juan.

Tan Juan could barely open her eyes: “What are you doing, Manman? I’m so sleepy. Don’t mess with me.”

Last night, Qi Lin, that black-hearted woman, had kept pinching her face. Every time she was about to fall asleep, she pinched her. She had hardly slept all night.

She was so sleepy right now.

Xu Man: “Get ready. We’re going to South City.”

Tan Juan jerked her eyes open: “What? What did you say?”

As she spoke, a knocking sound came.

Xu Si’s voice transmitted: “People inside the bookstore, listen up. Open the door.”

Xu Man got up and walked toward the door.

The yellow-haired man’s group was very unwilling: “Opening the door at a time like this—what if it attracts zombies?”

But with one cold glare from Qi Lin, they did not dare to speak.

The bookstore door opened, and standing outside were precisely Xu Si and the others.

Xu Man’s people had all arrived intact, not one missing. Even the annoying alpha Liu Ming was there, but Qi Rui and the others were nowhere in sight.

For a moment, Xu Man did not know whether to feel happy or sad.

She subconsciously gripped Zhou Yutao’s hand tightly.

“Boss, Madam Boss, we finally found you.” Xu Man’s several subordinates were incredibly excited.

Two stray zombies on the street walked over, and Xu Si and Xu Liu casually dealt with them.

Seeing through Xu Man’s worries, Xu Yi hurriedly explained: “Deputy Captain Qi and Captain Zheng are fine. On the way here, we ran into Chen Xing’s group, which delayed us a bit. They should arrive soon.”

“Boss, zombies are chasing over. Let’s get in the cars first and talk about the rest.”

The appearance of Xu Si and the others left the yellow-haired man’s group dumbfounded.

They seemed to have offended some extraordinary big shot.

Look at those people still holding weapons in their hands, casually chopping down a zombie—they looked exceptionally skilled.

What if these people remembered yesterday’s incident and killed them offhandedly?

The yellow-haired man’s group hid behind the bookshelves, trying their best to minimize their presence.

Tan Juan was so shocked her mouth hung open: “They… Little Manman, they’re calling you Boss?”

They were both transmigrators, so why was she the pitiful one with nothing, while Little Manman had insisted on waiting for people—and it turned out to be her subordinates.

Wait a minute, Xu Man, subordinates?

Tan Juan belatedly realized that her roommate was the cannon fodder who died early in the book, and she went numb all over.

There was no time to explain too much. Xu Man nodded, pulled Zhou Yutao along as they walked, and said to Qi Lin: “Doctor Qi, our deal ends here. If you want to leave now, you can go.”

Tan Juan snapped back to attention and grinned so hard her eyes curved at those words.

Go, you b1tch woman, hurry up and go.

Now, their family’s Manman had subordinates protecting her.

By extension, she was also someone protected.

Qi Lin nearly laughed in anger: “Burning the bridge after crossing the river? Miss Xu sure knows how to play a clever game of calculations. I’m not going.”

Xu Man did not think that way at all: “Suit yourself.”

Anyway, her initial goal had only been to protect Zhou Yutao. Now, Qi Lin posed no threat to them either.

As the group walked away, someone in the bookstore could not sit still anymore.

“Wait, are you all leaving this place?”

“Please take me with you. I’m willing to be your ox or horse.”

“Please, yesterday’s thing was all Yellow Hair’s doing. It had nothing to do with us.”

“…”

Xu Man did not look back.

Zhou Yutao said to Xu Man: “Give me the backpack.”

Xu Man handed it to her without asking why.

Zhou Yutao threw the backpack toward the people staying in the bookstore: “Taking you with us is impossible, but I’ll leave the food for you. Whether you can get any depends on you all.”

It looked like an act of kindness, but in truth, that one light sentence made quite a few people in the bookstore see bl00d.

During the scramble for the food, the yellow-haired man was also stabbed to death by one of his own brothers.

Tan Juan shivered violently.

This—killing without spilling bl00d—seemed even more ruthless than Qi Lin.

Qi Lin smiled: “Little Tao Tao, is this your kindness?”

See, they were the same kind of people.

Zhou Yutao retorted: “I didn’t make them fight. I just gave them food. Am I not kind?”

Her narrow eyes swept over the people around her.

Xu Yi and the others silently lowered their heads, pretending they had heard nothing.

Xu Man swallowed and said with difficulty: “Kind.”

She did not want to hear that word anymore.

Xu Yi and the others’ heads drooped even lower.

After not seeing her for a while, their pure-hearted boss had learned to tell bald-faced lies. Madam Boss truly had impressive methods.

The distance from the bookstore to the parking spot was not far.

After quickly dealing with the zombies that surged over, Xu Man pulled Zhou Yutao onto the lead RV.

Tan Juan wanted to follow, but Zhou Yutao stopped her: “You go to another car.”

Why?

Tan Juan felt indignant inside but did not dare to retort. In the end, Qi Lin dragged her into another vehicle.