NOVEL WEB Chapter 449: Hostage By Will
Though Bai Meiyue didn't know this man personally, she did know that he was called Fox in her past life. This man was born a bastard and was never accepted by his family. Thus, he was never given a name.
As he grew up in the slums, this man gave himself a name, but no one knew about it. Everyone just called him Fox because not only was he a smooth talker, but his strategies were really good. In the latter half of the apocalypse, this man joined hands with Lei Qian and lived a rather good life.
"Hehe, you are putting it a bit too cruelly. What do you mean by that you will be kept as a hostage? Chief Yu would definitely treat you really well. As long as your son, Bai Feng is still alive, then you will be able to get all the benefits that the base is willing to hand to you as his family member. Why don't you take this opportunity? Your daughter is normal, and she has no means to survive without the base helping her. With Bai Feng joining the base, you will never have to worry about your daughter losing the comfort that she is used to."
When Bai Meiyue heard the words of the man, she couldn't help but chuckle. She had to admit that compared to Master Qi, Fox was much smarter. At least he was starting from Chu Xia rather than Bai Feng. If he had tried to convince Bai Feng, there was a chance that the man might not be able to get the desired effect.
But Bai Xue was Chu Xia's flesh and blood. As long as Fox tempted Chu Xia properly, everything would fall into line. Of course, Bai Meiyue had no plans to stop him. Since Bai Feng wanted to become the saviour of the Bai family, she would let him. Let this man serve them until his last breath.
Anyway, Bai Meiyue was not too worried. As long as Bai Feng was a bit smart, he would be able to survive this ordeal. The base that Yu Miaomiao was building was soon going to be destroyed under her tyranny. So, unless Bai Feng was even more unlucky than her, he would stay alive.
Bai Meiyue looked at Chu Xia with a hint of amusement on her face. She wondered how long Chu Xia would be able to use her 'grand favour' with which she had controlled Bai Feng. She wondered if this woman called Fox to ask him how she could get Bai Feng into the base without his permission. Given that Chu Xia would do anything for her daughter, Bai Meiyue had a feeling that she was very capable of doing such a thing.
After she finished watching the show, she turned to look at Lei Qian, who was still staring at her with an angry look on his face. Seeing the expression on his face, Bai Meiyue was speechless. She sighed and said to him, "I will not do it again, alright?"
"Don't try to patronise me." Lei Qian narrowed his eyes and said to the woman with a hint of annoyance on his face. "Bai Meiyue, you are forgetting that you are pregnant, even if you don't care about yourself; you should care about our son. If you get injured, he will get injured as well. Look at what you are wearing. What if you catch a cold? You can't even take medicines."
When Bai Meiyue heard his words, she did feel a bit guilty over what she had done.
She sighed and walked upstairs before saying to Lei Qian, "It was something important, or else I would have never left Doctor Zhou behind."
"What kind of important thing did you have to do that you placed your child in danger?"
Mother Bai approached Bai Meiyue with a hint of ferocity on her face. She looked at her daughter and questioned, "How can you do such a thing? You are not a child! How many times do I have to tell you to stay at home and give birth to my grandson without causing yourself any harm? Are you trying to send your mother to heaven with all the stunts that you pull every day?"
The implication was clear: her mother didn't trust a word that she was saying and thought that Bai Meiyue was being reckless.
Lei Qian, who had followed Bai Meiyue upstairs, nodded fervently. He agreed with what Mother Bai was saying.
When Bai Meiyue glanced at him, the man lowered his head and didn't speak a word, but it was clear that he was with Mother Bai on this one.
"Alright, mom," Bai Zhan stepped out of the house when he heard Mother Bai getting angry at Bai Meiyue and scolding her. He placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around before saying, "Yueyue is not a child. She is clearly worried about her child as well; I don't think she will do it again."
As he spoke, he winked at Bai Meiyue, who nodded and chased after Mother Bai, but not before pinching Lei Qian on the waist. This man! He was really too much. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get her scolded, she would see him later.
But first, deal with her mother.
"Mom, I went outside for you, you know?" Bai Meiyue said to her mother, who narrowed her eyes and questioned, "Why would you go outside for me?"
"Did you not say that you wanted to do something for the family as well?" Because Mother Bai didn't have any defensive or offensive abilities and could only grow plants, she would often moan about how she too wanted to do something for her family but couldn't.
"What about it?" Mother Bai asked with a frown.
"I heard that the people in the base are selling a head of cabbage for more than ten crystal nuclei!" Bai Meiyue exclaimed. "And not only cabbage, the rest of the vegetables are being sold at a high price as well."