Chapter 123: Zhuo Yunxuan
They followed the trail and, once again, it was Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe’s case was reported back to the higher-ups at the base. Lin Nianbei was so riled up upon hearing her name that he jumped to his feet, ranting about kicking Su Yinhe out.
Lin Nianbei was angered too many times, to the point of being foolish.
But the others were no fools; they couldn’t cozy up to Su Yinhe fast enough.
It wasn’t just the ordinary people below, even those up top who weren’t worried about food and drink always wanted to store more—it was their lifeline, after all.
Thus, more and more people began to barter at Su Yinhe’s little stall. First, it was just ordinary folks, but later, Superpower Users went too, including some high-level members of the base who couldn’t leave their positions, so they sent their relatives instead.
Being leaders, they had nothing but good stuff to spare.
Su Yinhe was making a killing.
She was too busy to manage alone, so she hired Lin Murong, Old Wang, and Xiao Wang.
Lin Murong and Xiao Wang were tasked with maintaining the queue, while Old Wang helped her collect items.
Lin Murong was a Superpower User, and quite a renowned one at that, so people in line gave him due respect.
The once noisy and chaotic queue immediately became well-ordered.
However, some clueless ones actually tried to pull strings with Lin Murong to cut in line.
Lin Murong spat in disgust, cursing them right away.
The person he scolded couldn’t even lift his head with shame and later came back to barter with his face covered.
But Lin Murong always accurately located him and watched him like a hawk.
Lin Murong didn’t trust him.
The man’s face went from pale to flushed while Lin Murong watched him, wanting to leave but too reluctant to give up Su Yinhe’s goods.
Su Yinhe had expanded her barter goods, not just trading rice but also adding various snacks, flour, cooking oil, seasoning, instant noodles, and all kinds of canned foods…
Yet, rice was still everyone’s favorite.
It was the best deal.
Su Yinhe’s business was booming. Lin Muxue, who came especially to check it out after hearing about it, was infuriated at the sight.
The supplies that should have been hers hadn’t even reached her hands.
And they had been sold for so much.
Lin Muxue was pained to see the goods Su Yinhe exchanged.
Her standard of living had dropped recently. Lin Nianbei had probably offended someone, as their supplies were continuously restricted.
The food she had was dreadful.
Old vegetable leaves counted as a dish.
God knows how furious Lin Muxue was when she had to eat those old vegetable leaves.
She was livid and ended up smashing a plate.
After she broke the plate, she sent someone to get a new one, but damn it, they refused.
She stormed over there ferociously, only to be given the runaround for a while before finally being told there were no more ceramic plates.
They offered her a wooden plate instead.
How could a wooden plate even compare to ceramic?
Lin Muxue insisted on a ceramic one, but the person mocked her, saying even if they gave her one, she’d just come back for more in a few days.
There were not that many plates to go around in the base.
In no uncertain terms, they were insinuating that Lin Muxue had a temper.
Lin Muxue couldn’t stand for that and went straight for the person’s hair, and the two got into a fight.
The person fought dirty, and the next day, Lin Muxue almost couldn’t get out of bed.
In the end, when she went for a checkup, they found nothing.
In the end, she had to apologize to that bitch because she was the one who had started the fight.
Lin Muxue didn’t want to apologize, but the bitch was acting pitiful, making a scene as though her life depended on it, and also happened to be a relative of some leader.
She could only pinch her nose and reluctantly went to make an apology.
So, Lin Muxue’s mood had been terrible these past few days.
Then, hearing about how Su Yinhe’s business was booming, she decided to come and have a look.
The more she looked, the angrier she got.
It was all this woman’s fault; she blamed her.
If it wasn’t for this woman refusing to move the things from the supermarket out, how would she have stooped so low as to fight over a dish?
Talking about being afraid of thunder.
But wasn’t it the supermarket goods that were sold out?
And no one got struck by lightning.
She just didn’t want to help.
Seeing how bustling Su Yinhe’s business was, Lin Muxue was displeased and started scheming to cause Su Yinhe trouble.
Of course, with her injuries not yet healed, she wouldn’t cause trouble herself, but Lin Muxue was somewhat cunning.
She found someone who went and told the good-for-nothing son of a certain base leader about Su Yinhe’s abundance of grain.
Zhuo Yunxuan had a fire ability, was hot-tempered, usually idle, and relied on his father’s status as a leader to cause trouble everywhere. He had been detained in confinement some days ago and had just been released.
He also had a liking for young and pretty women.
Lin Muxue looked at Su Yinhe’s delicate face and smirked maliciously.
She was waiting to see if Su Yinhe could continue doing business.
With too many people in line, Lin Murong was at the back of the queue maintaining discipline, and Lin Muxue didn’t notice at all that her brother was also there.
Lin Muxue was efficient, and in just a few days, someone had already started causing trouble at Su Yinhe’s stall.
Zhuo Yunxuan had brought a lackey, preparing to start a fire.
He wasn’t there to trade, so naturally, he didn’t plan to line up. He swaggered towards Su Yinhe’s place.
However, as soon as he approached the end of the queue, he was grabbed by Lin Murong, who was maintaining order.
“Hey! Why are you not lining up?” Lin Murong had been managing this for days, almost to the point of dizziness. Seeing someone cutting in line made him very angry.
“Line up for what, do you know who my father is?” Zhuo Yunxuan didn’t recognize Lin Murong’s voice and was extremely arrogant.
“Who your father is doesn’t concern me… Zhuo Yunxuan!!” As soon as Lin Murong saw who it was, he called out.
“Lin… Lin Murong! You… what are you doing here…” Zhuo Yunxuan started off arrogantly, but upon seeing Lin Murong, he could no longer act so bold.
His bravado instantly deflated.
“Why can’t I be here?” Lin Murong crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking at him with interest.
“No… nothing, I’ll be going now.” When Zhuo Yunxuan saw Lin Murong, he inwardly cursed his luck.
“Going where? Didn’t you come to trade? Get in line. Don’t think you can skip it just because you know me.” Lin Murong spoke sarcastically.
“You motherf… I mean, you’ve been looking damn handsome lately.” Zhuo Yunxuan wanted to explode, but upon meeting Lin Murong’s gaze, he couldn’t.
“What now? You didn’t come here to trade? Your hands are empty? You couldn’t possibly be here to cause trouble, could you?” Lin Murong noticed his empty hands.
Lin Murong knew Zhuo Yunxuan, who was unilaterally his archenemy.
Zhuo Yunxuan’s father was quite fond of Lin Murong, thinking him to be lively, cheerful, and understanding, much better than the scoundrel at home.
He often compared Lin Murong with Zhuo Yunxuan, telling Zhuo Yunxuan to learn from Lin Murong.
Zhuo Yunxuan felt that Lin Murong had stolen his father’s affection and was angry, challenging Lin Murong to fights, only to be beaten every time.
After each beating, Zhuo Yunxuan’s father still thought that Lin Murong was teaching his younger brother a lesson, and Zhuo Yunxuan should thank Lin Murong.