The Last 299 Days of Humanity

Chapter 80 A Small Tactic Against a Petty Person (Part Two)

Erlang spun around a few more times, then deliberately rushed towards Yan'er's hand, snapping the rope binding her to cover up the fact that the rope had been cut.

Fearing the hand might escape, the male neighbor hurriedly grabbed it tightly. The female neighbor, no longer caring about Erlang, found a long rope and tied Yan'er's hand tightly. While they weren't looking, Erlang had already slipped back to Yuqing.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the werewolf couple, who had been up all night, were still dozing off beside that hand when Yu Qing, sitting nearby, shouted, "This is terrible! You've swollen her hand! It's probably ruined!"

The neighbors were startled awake by the shouts and were also taken aback when they saw Yan'er's big, long hands. They really thought that Danggui's hands had been swollen.

Taking the opportunity, Yu Qing mocked them, saying, "This hand is now useless, so we can't give you 400 million! If you want it, just cut it off and use it to make soup."

They didn't want a bloody hand; what use would it be? Dejected, they lowered their offer, from four hundred million to four million.

Yu Qing firmly stated, "If you won't cut it down, we'll cut it down from this side and let you haul it over!"

The neighbor pleaded, "Why bother? How about giving us 400,000?"

Yu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "That is indeed a very reasonable price, but we really don't have the money right now. We have to wait for her brother to come back... However, if her brother sees his sister's hand in this state, whether he will give her the money is another matter..."

The female neighbor said, "We'd be happy if you could give us something."

Yu Qing deliberately remained noncommittal. The male neighbor hurriedly said, "We've been guarding here all night, shouldn't we at least get something in return?"

Yu Qing readily agreed, "Okay! It's settled then. Here's something for you!"

After saying that, Yu Qing pointed to the large backpack that Chang'e was holding up, then casually took out a few items from the bag and showed them to his neighbor, saying, "Actually, the things here are worth far more than 400,000. How about we use them to exchange for that hand?"

The neighbors nodded in agreement.

But then the two argued about whether to let go of each other's hands first or to hand over the backpack first.

The neighbor demanded that the backpack be thrown over before he would let go.

Yu Qing said, "To be fair, we'll put the backpacks on the walls separating our two houses, half in your house and half in ours. Then we'll walk away, and one of you will let go of the backpack while the other takes it. If you don't let go, I'll still run over and grab the backpack from this side!"

The neighbor, upon hearing this, realized that this method would be advantageous to him. Werewolves don't look much different from humans, but they can walk upright or on all fours, and crucially, their jumping ability is five times that of an ordinary person; they could grab the backpack with a single jump.

The male and female neighbors exchanged glances, released Yan'er's hand, and the female neighbor immediately leaped up and pounced on the backpack on the wall.

In truth, they couldn't hold Yan'er's hand; she was merely bait for Yu Qing. Just as the female neighbor grabbed one end of the backpack and was about to pull it towards her, Chang'e, who was holding the strap, quickly pulled the backpack back.

Seeing that the flesh in her hand was about to be snatched away, the female neighbor desperately reached out her other hand to grab it. Just as her hand reached over the wall, Chang'e, without saying a word, took the opportunity to pull the female neighbor to her side and threw her into her yard.

The male neighbor, unable to intervene in time, was yelling loudly in his own yard. Meanwhile, Yao Dan and the others had already pinned the female neighbor to the ground. Yan'er asked excitedly, "Honey, what should we do with this thing?" Yu Qing deliberately said loudly, "It's useless to keep her. Do you think we should make soup with her, or roast her over a fire and eat her?"

Yan'er exclaimed, "We don't eat this junk. But I think it's not good for soup or grilling. It's better to slice it into pieces and cook it in a hot pot!"

The female neighbor hurriedly begged for mercy, saying, "No, you can keep me as a slave. I can do anything for you."

Yu Qing laughed, "Who would dare keep you around? What's that idiom again? 'Wolf-hearted and dog-lunged'... Let's tie her up and lock her up for the night first!"

Yu Qing's idea was to lock her up for one night to teach her a lesson, and then release her first thing the next morning. So, ignoring the male neighbor's shouts, Yu Qing and the others went inside to rest. At the same time, he was also a little hungry and needed to eat something.

Daji was guarding Danggui inside the house and didn't know what had happened outside. Seeing Yan'er and Yaodan looking so happy, she asked, "What's making you so happy?"

Yan'er embellished the story and described what happened, which made Daji laugh.

At this moment, Dangui was still eating with her head down when Daji told her about the incident. She had been terrified yesterday, but upon hearing that the person who had caused her suffering had been punished by Yu Qing, she smiled happily.

Yu Qing, however, was not so happy. He even planned to leave right now to avoid any further trouble. The male neighbor had stopped yelling; perhaps he was plotting a big revenge or had gone somewhere to get reinforcements.

But just as Danggui's condition was beginning to improve, this fright seemed to have caused her to catch a cold again. Chang'e suggested that Danggui rest for another day or two.

Yu Qing had no choice but to make this arrangement. After all, there was no time limit for going to the Third Amusement Park, so being a couple of days late wouldn't matter. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, he arranged for Furong and Yan'er to each guard one of the cars that night, staying in the cars 24 hours a day, ready to depart at any time.

Yao Dan went up to his roof to monitor his neighbors' every move, as well as the situation around his own yard. Chang'e patrolled around. He himself stayed with Dang Gui and Da Ji so they could look after each other.

Daji now teaches Danggui to speak Mandarin whenever she has a spare moment, so that she can communicate smoothly with everyone in the future and won't have to translate everything herself.

However, Dang Gui's basic knowledge was too poor; she didn't even know much about her own language, only some everyday phrases.

Yu Qing was deeply worried about this. Dang Gui was completely illiterate, which meant he was still in a state of ignorance. He didn't understand right from wrong, and he was almost completely cut off from all cultural connections with human civilization. In essence, he had already walked on the edge of being a beast.

Her current situation is very disappointing to him.

That night, her behavior made Yu Qing even more embarrassed. She actually stripped naked in front of Yu Qing and shouted something at him.

Yu Qing hurriedly turned his face away and asked Daji, "Shameless! What is she trying to do?"

Daji sighed, "Well, it's all because of those effeminate men from Jishui who corrupted her. She's asking you to come and sleep with her..."

Yu Qing was speechless, unable to utter a single word. He angrily stormed out of the house to chat with Chang'e.

(End of this chapter)