Chapter 4: Spare My Life, Heroine
When Shang Wan woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. She went to the kitchen and took two large white steamed buns, put on the back basket that Shi Tou had lent her last night, called out into the house, and with a flicker of her figure, she was gone.
“Young Madam!” Xiao Huan, holding Yuan Yuan, stood at the doorway looking around anxiously, stamping her feet in frustration.
She had chased out upon hearing the sound, but where was she? Even a monkey couldn’t scamper off that fast!
Shang Wan, who was several times faster than a monkey, slung the empty back basket over one shoulder, stood in the lush mountain forest, stretched, and took a deep breath of the fresh, pollution-free air.
She liked this world without zombies or mutated beasts!
As the saying goes, rely on the mountain to eat from the mountain. Shang Wan set herself a small goal: before going back, fill the back basket with game.
Listening carefully to all the movements in the mountain forest, Shang Wan walked leisurely.
Spring was the season when all things revived, but unfortunately, those patches of delicious wild vegetables looked about the same as the weeds beside them in Shang Wan’s eyes; she couldn’t distinguish them at all.
As an apocalypse survivor, where had she ever seen wild vegetables?
She could recognize mushrooms, but she didn’t know which were poisonous and which weren’t. If she picked poisonous mushrooms and brought them back, her current spiritual spring water wouldn’t be enough to detoxify.
As a result, the animals in the mountain forest were in for it.
Wild chickens, wild rabbits, wild boars… as long as Shang Wan spotted them, no matter how cute or adorable they were, they were meat. She showed no mercy, killed them all, and threw them into the small wooden house in her space for storage.
Time was frozen in the small wooden house, so there was no worry about food spoiling or going bad. It was just a bit small now, with an area of only two square meters.
Actually, compared to yesterday, the small wooden house’s area had already increased by one square meter, and the spiritual spring water had increased to about ten drops, but it still couldn’t reach the level of a first-level ability in the apocalypse.
But this world had no mutation virus, so Shang Wan wasn’t anxious at all about ability upgrades.
There was a small river in the valley. Shang Wan sneaked into the reed marsh, took the pair of wild ducks and their nest of eggs, and conveniently caught two fish from the river, strung them on a vine, and threw them into the back basket.
Just as she was about to leave, a doe carrying a fawn suddenly ran out panicked from the bushes to the side.
Shang Wan’s eyes lit up, then she glanced at the doe’s round, bulging belly and sighed lightly, “Having a fawn is so good.”
Having a fawn meant there would be milk, which she could catch and take back for lactation to feed Yuan Yuan.
However, raising a deer shouldn’t be hard, right? Maybe carry it back first and raise it until the doe gave birth to the fawn?
While Shang Wan was hesitating, she looked up and met a pair of round, greenish beast eyes.
The leopard chasing its prey froze stiffly, halting its elegant and mesmerizing cat steps.
“Good morning~” Shang Wan friendly raised her hand in greeting, grinning to reveal a mouth full of big white teeth.
The leopard sensed danger, its fur bristling all over. It didn’t even care about the prey it had chased for half a day, turned, and ran, vanishing into the jungle in the blink of an eye.
“Am I that scary?” Shang Wan scratched her head and looked at the doe not far away, which seemed scared silly, standing motionless in place.
With a flicker of her figure, she was in front of the doe. Before the doe could panic and flee, she reached out and pressed it down, her eyes full of ferocity, but her tone reasonable.
“I just saved your life. I’ve pre-ordered your doe milk for my child. In two months, when you give birth to the fawn, I’ll come find you.”
After saying that, regardless of whether the doe understood, she let go.
The doe didn’t stop for a moment, bolting away on all fours.
“What else should I catch to bring back?” Shang Wan looked around, deliberately expanding her hearing range. Suddenly, her face darkened, she grabbed the back basket from the ground, and hurried home at the fastest speed.
“Let me go!” Xiao Huan’s face was flushed red as she struggled hard, but the two big hands grabbing her were like iron clamps, impossible to break free from.
“Pretty feisty.” The man with the bushy beard pinched hard, causing Xiao Huan’s face to turn pale from the pain.
“Little lady, I advise you to be sensible. This tender-skinned doll can’t withstand a fall.” The short man opposite raised the swaddling clothes overhead with one hand, his threat obvious.
Yuan Yuan seemed frightened, crying “wah wah wah” at the top of her lungs, occasionally shouting “Mom” twice.
Xiao Huan’s eyes turned red from heartache, staring at the swaddling clothes and gritting her teeth: “Don’t touch the child. Whether you want money or food, I’ll give it all to you.”
“We want money, and we want people too.” The bushy-bearded man leaned in close to Xiao Huan’s white tender neck with ill intent, sniffing lightly. “Little lady, keep my brothers happy, and once we’re pleased, I’ll return the child to you. Otherwise…”
He gave a look to the short man, who made a motion to throw the swaddling clothes to the ground, scaring Xiao Huan out of her wits. She urgently said, “I agree! Quickly return the child to me!”
“Don’t be hasty, little lady. Go inside with brother first.” The bushy-bearded man dragged Xiao Huan toward the west wing room. The short man and the skinny man like a bamboo pole beside them chuckled and jeered, their lecherous gazes constantly roaming over Xiao Huan.
Once the boss was done, it would be their turn.
Xiao Huan couldn’t match the bushy-bearded man’s strength at all. Yuan Yuan’s cries grew louder. In her anxiety, she stomped hard on the bushy-bearded man’s instep.
The bushy-bearded man loosened his grip in pain. Xiao Huan tried to escape, but he caught up in two steps, grabbed her, and slapped her hard across the face.
“Stinky woman!”
Xiao Huan was slapped to the ground. Her originally tender white cheek instantly swelled red. Her ears rang, her vision went black, and she couldn’t even crawl up.
“Giving you face and you don’t want it! I’m doing you right now!”
As the bushy-bearded man spoke, he undid his belt, strode over, and pressed down on Xiao Huan. He had just torn open her collar when suddenly intense pain hit his waist, and his whole body flew sideways.
Shang Wan, with a grim face, set down the back basket she was carrying, flickered her figure, arrived before the bushy-bearded man landed, and kicked him flying into the air.
What followed was a dazzling array of fancy beat ups. When he finally hit the ground, the bushy-bearded man was covered in blood, no longer human-like, with only his slightly rising and falling chest proving he was still alive.
The short man and the bamboo pole man watched dumbfounded, their legs trembling uncontrollably. The bamboo pole man couldn’t hold it and peed himself, immediately spreading a stench of urine.
The two turned to run, but Shang Wan descended from the sky, looking at them coldly. “Where do you think you’re going?”
The short man forcefully threw the swaddling clothes aside. Taking advantage of Shang Wan going to catch the child, he bolted away yelling for help at the top of his lungs.
The bamboo pole man also wanted to run, but his legs were soft as noodles, completely unresponsive.
The next second, he was glad he hadn’t run, or the one with both legs stomped broken would be him.
The crisp sound of bones breaking made his scalp tingle. He dropped to his knees with a thud, shaking like chaff, shouting loudly, “Heroine, spare my life!”
Shang Wan glanced at him, hugged the swaddling clothes, and went to help up the still-shaken Xiao Huan. Seeing Xiao Huan’s swollen cheek, her face suddenly darkened, cold killing intent flashing in her eyes.
These people deserved to die!
