After going upstairs and opening the door of one of the rooms, Ling Mo was surprised to find that there were far more people living in this building than Xia Na and the boy.
A dozen men and women turned their attention to the door at the same time, and at a glance, they were all young people no more than twenty years old. One of the girls in a middle school uniform heard the door open and came over excitedly: "Sister, you are back!"
"Hey, you brought back two more people?" The female middle school student looked past Xia Na at Ye Lian and Ling Mo, asked casually, and then turned her attention to Liu Yuhao's backpack, "How was your harvest today?"
"It's not bad! We just ransacked the big supermarket on South Street. There are still a lot of things that I haven't gotten back, but I have already hidden them. I will pick them up after eating." Liu Yuhao smiled proudly, but didn't mention the fact that they had been in a life-threatening situation.
"By the way, I would like to introduce these two people to you. This is...I'm sorry, brother, I forgot to ask for your name..."
Just as Liu Yuhao spoke enthusiastically, he suddenly froze in embarrassment.
"Ling Mo. This is my girlfriend, Ye Lian." After sighing inwardly, Ling Mo introduced himself.
"Ah hahaha, it's Brother Ling!" Liu Yuhao returned to normal in the blink of an eye and put his arm around Ling Mo's shoulder, leading him to the middle of the living room. "Everyone, listen up. This guy helped us a lot today, so we decided to treat him to a meal and some drinks!"
The group of young men and women were all sitting on the sofa or the floor in the living room, and they didn't pay much attention to Ling Mo and Ye Lian's arrival. However, when they heard Liu Yuhao's words, they all looked at Ling Mo in surprise.
One of the men who was lying on the sofa sat up directly and looked at Ling Mo suspiciously. "How is that possible? With Xia Na here, why would we need someone else's help?"
"Yeah, with big sis Xia Na here, why would we need an outsider's help?" Another person echoed, emphasizing the word 'outsider'.
However, the female middle school student from before came over, waved her hand, and said, "It's just a meal anyway, you guys don't need to be like this."
"Freeloading is freeloading, no need for excuses. Liu Yuhao, you're too kind-hearted. We don't even have enough food for ourselves." The man who asked the first question snorted and said again.
Liu Yuhao's expression became embarrassed again. He glanced at Ling Mo secretly but found that Ling Mo didn't react much to the criticism.
“What I said is true. All of you know that Xia Na gets carried away as soon as she starts to fight, regardless of the surrounding situation...” Liu Yuhao is obviously not very good at dealing with this situation. Although he is trying to explain, the faces of this group of young men and women still have skeptical expressions on their faces.
At this time, Xia Na also pulled Ye Lian over, but she seemed to have no intention of helping to explain. Instead, she looked at Ling Mo with a teasing smile, her eyes clearly saying: Let's see how you handle this situation.
She's holding a grudge! What a vindictive girl...
It was obvious that although she had lowered her airs before, she had not forgotten the fact that Ling Mo humiliated her. (Literal Chinese Translation: 呛了 = choked)
But she was obviously wrong. Ling Mo was not even interested in being serious with these worms who only wanted to enjoy the benefits and were very arrogant. He just sneered, turned around, took Ye Lian's hand, and walked out: “Well, sorry to disturb you all, I have no plans to eat at all, you guys can eat it slowly.”
“Yo! He’s cocky too!”
Xia Na and Liu Yuhao were both stunned, but the face of the young man who had just spoken suddenly turned a little ugly. Feeling that he had been humiliated on the spot, he said cynically: “This kind of man even brings a woman, can you even feed her? You are lucky that you will be given food, how dare you act all mighty…..”
'This is unbearable! It was okay for you to act all creepy at the thought of me being a freeloader and be afraid that you will have less food supply. I am ready to leave but you're still trying to mock me? Do you think I'm made of sticks?!'
Ling Mo's pupils shrank as these thoughts crossed his mind, almost in the blink of an eye he dashed before the young man. In the process, Xia Na was the first to discover Ling Mo's intention. But the moment she stretched out her hand to stop him, Ling Mo had already passed by her, and it was only then that Xia Na truly realized that although her speed was fast, her nerve reaction speed was far inferior to this seemingly ordinary man.
As she stretched out her hand, Ling Mo seemed to have seen through her movements and evaded while moving at high speed. Not only did he pass her, but he also appeared in front of the young man without any stagnation.
The young man only felt his eyes go dark, and then he felt someone grab him by the collar, with his feet leaving the ground right after.
"What the fu-..."
Pa!
A clear and loud slapping sound made everyone present stunned.
"This is what you call a slap. If you say anything that upsets me again, I will give you more as a reward." Ling Mo's cold eyes made the young man whose right cheek immediately turned red and swollen afraid to even scream.
Humiliated and resentful, but he didn't dare to struggle or even say anything back. From Ling Mo's eyes, he could clearly feel the undisguised chill, and based on Ling Mo's skills alone, he knew that this was not just a bluff.
"Shia Nga!"
The young man yelled something inarticulable. Although he had a sullen face and didn't want others to see his fear of Ling Mo, his panicked eyes betrayed him.
Ling Mo's merciless behavior shocked everyone, including Xia Na. But when she heard the young man's cry, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, but she still stepped forward and said, "Ling Mo, let him go."
"Apologize." Ling Mo said coldly.
Xia Na frowned: "You've already hit him..."
"Those are two different things. Apologize."
"Why should I-!" As soon as the young man opened his mouth, he heard a "Pa!" sound with a painful burning sensation on his left cheek.
Xia Na glanced at Ling Mo with a complicated expression, then turned to look at the young man with swollen cheeks, and said, "Lu Xin, apologize, who gave you such an annoying mouth."
"I..."He expected Xia Na to stand up for him, but he didn't expect to get slapped again. Everyone in the room was looking at him, and each of their looks was like needles piercing into his body. Lu Xin's expression looked like he had swallowed a fly, and his heart was filled with anger.
"I stood up so that everyone could eat more! How dare you say I'm annoying, and no one else stood up even though I am being beaten!" That was what he wanted to say.
But under Ling Mo's gaze, Lu Xin could only swallow these words back into his stomach, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "I'm sorry."
As soon as he said these words, he felt his face burning even more from embarrassment, as if he had been slapped ten times by Ling Mo in an instant.
Ling Mo snorted disdainfully and threw Lu Xin to the ground, he then held Ye Lian's hand and walked out without hesitation.
"Wait!"
Only then did Liu Yuhao react and quickly chased after him. He took out two cans of beer and several packs of chocolates from his backpack and forced them into Ling Mo's hands. His face was full of apologies: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. …”
"Who are those people? do they just depend on you and Xia Na to find food?" Although Liu Yuhao had tricked him, Ling Mo didn't hold a grudge against him and asked him directly.
"We are all classmates... We are from the same boarding school." Liu Yuhao shook his head helplessly, "That guy, Lu Xin, comes from a wealthy family and is used to getting his way. Don't bother with him. And even if we let them go find food, they would just cause trouble. As you can see, Xia Na is the most capable among us. I was hoping you could join us too..."
"I don't keep parasites. I don't have the energy for that." Ling Mo interrupted Liu Yuhao's words.
"I see...thank you for your help today..." Liu Yuhao hadn't finished speaking when Xia Na walked over.
She looked deeply at Ling Mo, then turned her sympathetic gaze towards Ye Lian. Finally, she spoke softly, "It's almost dark. Stay for the night. Even if you can handle it, I don't think your girlfriend can... and that Lu Xin won't dare to mess with you anymore."
Xia Na's tone was sincere, but Ling Mo really had no intention of staying with this group of people: "No, we can find a place to stay in the city."
"Don't go!" Ling Mo had just turned around when he felt someone tug on his sleeve. It was Xia Na.
Seeing Ling Mo cast an inquiring look at her, Xia Na showed a hint of hesitation. It wasn't until Ling Mo became a little impatient that she spoke as if she had made a big decision. "I think you're pretty capable and not afraid of trouble. I want to ask for your help!"
Translator Hannaz: If there are any mistakes in the translation please tell me, I'm not that good with Chinese.