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23: Humiliating Bai Xinyi

“Crazy! Jiang Nanyan, you are absolutely crazy!!”

Bai Xinyi looked utterly incredulous.

She could not believe that the always smart and rational Jiang Nanyan would say something like this.

She was actually defending a murderer!

Jiang Nanyan gave a faint smile and said, “Teacher Bai, I know you are a good teacher, but you should be well aware of Wang Meimei’s personality.”

“It was fine when she threw little tantrums before, but look at the times we live in; acting the same way now is just asking for trouble, isn’t it?”

“This is the apocalypse; so many people have died outside and no police care anymore!”

“Yesterday, when we left the teaching building, several boys tailed us, and their lewd gazes were obvious, Teacher Bai; if they had caught us, our fate would have been worse than Wang Meimei’s!”

“In times like these, do you still want to restrain my husband with the old morals and laws?”

“Besides, even if my husband hadn’t killed Wang Meimei, someone else would have done it sooner or later, or she would have starved to death… and my husband only punched her once; the real cause of death was the lack of medical treatment, so you can’t blame him… it’s the apocalypse’s fault, the world’s fault!!”

Listening to Jiang Nanyan’s well-reasoned analysis, Bai Xinyi’s pale, cracked lips moved, yet she could not utter a single rebuttal.

Wang Meimei’s personality really was terrible.

Back in peacetime she often posted online cursing men, but then the law still protected her.

Now, though…

Sigh.

Although she hated to admit it, Bai Xinyi no longer had the confidence to argue back.

At most she could say that Wang Meimei did not deserve to die.

But Wang Meimei was already dead, so what was the point?

Bai Xinyi felt that the man had been right yesterday: everything was her fault.

She had gotten her own student killed.

If she had been able to control Wang Meimei, the girl would not have spoken out of turn and would not have died.

Looking at the despondent Bai Xinyi, Jiang Nanyan sighed softly and said, “Forget it, let’s drop it; Teacher Bai, would you like this drumstick? Because you used to take care of me, I asked my husband for one; I wouldn’t waste time on anyone else.”

“Thank you…”

Bai Xinyi pressed her lips together and accepted the drumstick.

Although Jiang Nanyan had sold her body, she was still kind at heart.

In fact, selling one’s body to stay alive did not seem that big a deal now.

Gnawing on the drumstick, Bai Xinyi’s mindset gradually changed.

“Mineral water.”

Jiang Nanyan placed half a bottle of water in front of Bai Xinyi, watched her eat quickly, and continued, “Teacher Bai, we’re about to leave; do you want to go with us?”

“The boys’ dorm isn’t safe; I just heard noises from other rooms in the corridor, and if you stay alone, someone will target you.”

Swallowing the meat, Bai Xinyi could not help asking, “Can I go with you?”

Yesterday she had offended that man, and given his cruel, selfish nature, he might not want to take her.

“Of course; as long as you want to, I can put in a good word with my husband… he’s actually very nice and won’t mind, since you’re trying to protect your students!” Jiang Nanyan sensed Bai Xinyi’s hesitation and spoke up immediately.

Before leaving, she had promised Shen Yi that she would lure Bai Xinyi back and make Teacher Bai obedient.

If she succeeded, she would even get an extra reward!

Otherwise, given Shen Yi’s temperament, he definitely would not take Bai Xinyi.

Even if she starved to death, Shen Yi would ignore her.

An unruly woman would only be extra baggage.

“O-okay, then I’ll trouble you.” Bai Xinyi still felt that something was off.

But that drumstick tasted so good!

“Teacher Bai, come with me, and when you see my husband, don’t make him angry, or I’ll be punished too,” Jiang Nanyan reminded her.

“All right, I won’t drag you down!”

Bai Xinyi nodded earnestly.

When they returned to Dorm 610, Shen Yi and Xu Wanting had already packed snacks, chargers, and other items, getting ready to leave.

With nearly 100,000 pistols in the System Space plus his post-Physical Evolution strength, Shen Yi now had real means of self-defense.

Even if he encountered that mutated mongrel, he could gun it down with sheer firepower!

“Teacher Bai, weren’t you so lofty yesterday? Didn’t you say you’d never sell your body? Why are you following us like a dog now?”

As soon as Xu Wanting saw Jiang Nanyan bring Bai Xinyi back, she started to sneer.

She felt a sense of crisis!

This slut named Bai had such a great figure and was close to Jiang Nanyan; if she stayed, Xu Wanting’s status as primary wife would be threatened!

“Y-you, what nonsense are you spouting!” Bai Xinyi’s face flushed red with shame and anger.

Yet she simply could not refute her.

She had boasted so loudly yesterday, and now she had come crawling back; even she felt embarrassed and humiliated!

“Nonsense? Who stood at the door yesterday shouting she’d rather starve than sell her body or abandon her students, and is now abandoning them?” Xu Wanting’s sharp tongue was merciless.

She dared not show Shen Yi a bad face, but she was hostile to everyone else.

Bai Xinyi’s face reddened even more, and for a moment she felt like smashing her head into the wall.

“Xu Wanting, don’t go too far; Teacher Bai only wants to look after her students… she isn’t opposing our husband.”

Jiang Nanyan cut off Xu Wanting’s attack and added, “Teacher Bai came because she figured it out and is willing to be a mistress; are you going to refuse on our husband’s behalf? Will you make decisions for him?”

“Stop twisting things! I never said I’d decide for him; I just can’t stand this shameless bitch!”

Xu Wanting retorted at once, afraid of displeasing Shen Yi.

“Then stop with the snide remarks; from now on we’ll be one family, and we need to get along in peace,” Jiang Nanyan said calmly, as if she had rehearsed it.

“Hmph!” Xu Wanting snorted but had nothing more to say.

In this round, Jiang Nanyan clearly crushed Xu Wanting!

At this moment, the most bewildered person was Bai Xinyi.

When did I say I’d be Shen Yi’s mistress?

When did we become a family??

She could not understand a single word Jiang Nanyan was saying!

She tried several times to speak up, but the needle-sharp exchange between Jiang Nanyan and Xu Wanting left her no room.

“All right, time to head out.”

Just then, Shen Yi, the patriarch and biggest winner after the women’s quarrel, spoke.

He had intentionally let Xu Wanting belittle and insult Bai Xinyi.

That woman had annoyed him yesterday, so he let Xu Wanting vent on her.

For women with strong self-esteem, you had to shatter their pride and humiliate them first; only then could you take them in more easily.

If Bai Xinyi could not stand the humiliation and chose to leave, Shen Yi would not care.

He was not lacking a woman anyway.

On the other hand, Jiang Nanyan made Shen Yi look at her in a new light.

This woman was truly clever.

With just a few words she toyed with Bai Xinyi and even shut Xu Wanting up.

From the moment she woke up, Jiang Nanyan had called him her husband naturally, without the slightest awkwardness, just like an old married couple.

She even volunteered to secure Bai Xinyi for him and promised that Bai Xinyi would obey without harboring ill will.

Hearing that, Shen Yi certainly did not refuse; he was curious to see what Jiang Nanyan could do.

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