Chapter 41 (1/2)

Xiao Sa returned to the room extremely exhausted. He found Bai Jing reading a book in his hands, minding his own business. He didn't notice that Yu Yue was also in the room.

He let out an angry sigh.  d.a.m.n! He had never felt so frustrated. But he blamed himself for not properly thinking things through. The original plan had been to quietly leave with only his closest subordinates. Who would've have guessed that Bai Jing would suddenly disappear and that the Burning Flame Alliance would split up? To tell the truth, the brothers had gladly followed him, but he had overlooked one point: adding their family members to the equation would make the situation that much more complex to deal with.

Back then, he had been anxious to find Bai Jing and so he needed to use the people around him, thinking that they could at least reduce the amount of work on his plate. But now he realizes that a person really can't be lazy, even more, they can’t be kind-hearted. The division of the Burning Flame Alliance, Bai Jing's disappearance, and the break out of the apocalypse, one after another, these things had thrown his plans into disarray.

That being said, this outcome was also good, since he didn't want any unnecessary rubbish hanging around him.   This once he would be a good man. This once he would send Buddha to the West. It can be considered as him awarding a round of points to the brothers who had willingly followed him. Under no circ.u.mstances would he ever accept betrayal from anyone, so from here on it was goodbye. Xiao Sa's eyes flashed with a cold glint.

“You’re back? Has everything been handled properly?” Bai Jing looked up and saw the hard expression on Xiao Sa's face. The ominous glint in his eyes made Bai Jing think in his heart: yes, now Xiao Sa's look matches the one from his past life.

Xiao Sa nodded, his facial expression softer. He wouldn't hide anything from Bai Jing, so he plainly said: “I'm planning to leave the supplies in the West City warehouse to them.”

Bai Jing sneered but didn't say anything, after all, these were Xiao Sa's family affairs. Actually, earlier today when that old woman had rushed out, he'd endured for a long time not to go up and slap her in the face with both his hands. What were they playing at huh? They were very lucky, Xiao Sa was still the head of an organized crime syndicate, yet in spite of that, he didn't say a word and allowed that woman to extremely disrespect him.

To a certain extent, Bai Jing could understand the behavior of the subordinates because in the apocalypse social rules no longer existed, only human nature ruled over everything.

When Xiao Sa saw his reaction, the corners of his lips curved up as he smiled and said: “Don’t be angry. There is not much in the warehouse so I can afford it. Since I made a wrong decision, I must pay the consequences. They followed me, now I'm only paying back what I owe to them.”

Bai Jing turned away from him. Talking about warehouse supplies so lightly, wait till a few days later when supplies are scarce, then he'll know just how much a warehouse is worth, and how many things could've been saved, and how many lives could've been saved.

Xiao Sa walked over and grabbed his waist, his nose filling with Bai Jing's fragrant scent. He suppressed the urges in his heart, then leaned into Bai Jing's ear and whispered: ”They see that the world is chaotic, so they asked me to give them these things. Anyway, later on, you can always go and collect them back. After all, from here on whether they live or die has nothing to do with me. And besides, now that I've already played the role of the good guy, there is no need to once again become a villain. In short, it was my lack of consideration that led to this outcome today, so what harm is there in being generous this one time?”

Bai Jing’s ears itched, his body heated up and a slight blush appeared on his cheeks. He started to struggle, but Xiao Sa grabbed his hands.  Losing his chance of getting free, he angrily said: “you knew all of this already, so what on earth were you thinking? Didn't they follow you out in order to conserve their future? Since you are the boss, the first thing they should've done is to listen to your orders. They don't even have a modic.u.m of respect.”

It was rare that Xiao Sa felt awkward, but when confronted by Bai Jing, he couldn't come up with any excuses. In fact, the hearts of his subordinates were quite restless after leaving the Burning Flame Alliance. Only that at the time he was too busy worrying about Bai Jing and making preparations for the apocalypse. It was his negligence that was to blame and nothing else.

He changed topics and asked: “Oh that's right, did you call your bodyguards?”

Bai Jing was still angry, so when he heard these words, he was stunned for a moment. Then he slouched and shrugged while listlessly saying: “Don’t even mention it. Compared to you, their situation is much worse. Those people are currently busy guarding some university community. You're lucky I had previously warned you repeatedly, otherwise, you would've surely already died several times over.”

Xiao Sa was very unsympathetic, only raised an eyebrow and apathetically said: “I didn't think they could be so kind-hearted.”

“Kind-hearted my a.s.s.” Bai Jing rarely swore, but whenever he thought about this matter, his heart would automatically fill with anger. However, when he thought about it, it was also fair to say that since he'd known earlier, he shouldn't have let them go to the school. The students were not good people, but the benevolence of Lin Lao and his wife was also to blame for their current predicament.

w.a.n.g Xuebing and Cao Lei were quite helpless. The students were scared, so they took their kindness as something that they were ent.i.tled to. If it hadn't been for Bai Jing insisting that they stay by the Lin Lao couple's side, and also because of their somewhat friendly relations, they would've already abandoned these people.

“And now…”

Bai Jing frowned: “I'm not worried about them. They probably can't return to D city, but I've already accomplished what I needed to do because the Lin Lao couple and their son are alive. I know there's a difference between close and distant relations.h.i.+ps, but I can't always solve their problems for them. In terms of relations.h.i.+ps, I'm closest to w.a.n.g Xuebin, but I'm not as kind-hearted as you are.  Why bother taking responsibility for everything? I'll let them learn this lesson first-hand the hard way because I don't want any of the people close to me to be taken advantage of. ”

Xiao Sa didn't reply and only sighed softly. He never knew that in little Jing's eyes he was a benevolent woman (In short, this is a term used to describe someone who is excessively kind-hearted even in situations when people don't deserve kindness).

Bai Jing saw that he wasn't saying anything, so he continued speaking: “By the way, after leaving here, where are we headed to? After we determine the place, I'll immediately inform them to meet up with us there.”

“We are going to L province.” While saying this Xiao Sa eyes lit up, his entire body thrumming with excitement.

Bai Jing thought deeply, then after a while, his eyes became equally as bright, though he wasn't sure if Xiao Sa and he were thinking of the same thing or not. If it really was that place, then it would be a good place to go. d.a.m.n, he would really like to cut open Xiao Sa's head and look inside, he could even come up with such a crafty idea.

”L province? Are you thinking of the national maximum prison for heavyweight criminals?”

Xiao Sa nodded, his eyes showing that he was impressed with Bai Jing: “Correct, precisely there. Almost all of the prisoners there are international criminals, and they are all extremely serious violators of the law. There have been some attempts at jailbreaks, but the ten meter walls and several kilograms of explosives have limited this. The government put great efforts and skill when developing that place. Therefore, in addition to the large area that it covers, it will also be fairly easy to both guard and patrol the location. It is almost a self-contained system and the perfect stronghold for resettling. ”

At first, Bai Jing was happy hearing this, but then he calmed down and directed an extremely cold look at Xiao Sa, then said: ”Yes, yes, that is a really good location, but the moment we arrive there, the place will either be a city of zombies or will be already be occupied by people. Do you think people are stupid?”

Xiao Sa was unconcerned, so with an indifferent tone, he spoke about plundering like it was as easy as eating and drinking water: ”If the place has been occupied by people, then it’s best to forcefully take it from them.  On the other hand, if there are zombies, then it will troublesome and we'll need a more comprehensive action plan. However, if the future turns out to be the way you said, then I must have that place”