Fang Yuxin’s face changed instantly upon hearing those words, and she quickly ran upstairs. Bai Ye’s expression also darkened as he furrowed his brows and followed closely by her side.
Soon, they reached the fifth floor.
Room 504 was tightly closed, making it impossible to see inside. Fang Yuxin decisively extended her Spiritual Sense and saw that the room was crowded with people; precisely, there were 28 individuals, including men, women, the elderly, and children.
Although these people didn’t look in great health, they certainly weren’t the worst Fang Yuxin had incidentally seen before.
However, what infuriated Fang Yuxin was that among these people, only Li Qingyun was a superpower user. The rest were Ordinary People. Yet at that moment, Li Qingyun was being criticized by a middle-aged woman!
The woman, short and plump, stood with her hands on her hips and eyes glaring, the very image of a shrew. Based on the previous conversation, she was likely Li Qingyun’s mother. However, in Fang Yuxin’s view, this woman did not deserve the title "mother"!
Fang Yuxin had led a very happy life since childhood, dearly loved by her parents and elder brother. Although she knew that some parents in the world treated their children poorly, she had never witnessed such treatment firsthand, so her feelings about it had never been particularly profound. Now, as she "saw" the situation inside, immense anger surged in her heart, and she desperately wanted to punish that woman herself!
Inside, the woman continued her tirade, spewing words uglier than the next, unbearable to listen to. Unable to tolerate it any longer, Fang Yuxin marched directly over and kicked the security door.
A loud noise ensued, as the iron security door caved in the middle and was severely deformed.
Following this abrupt loud noise, the middle-aged woman inside finally stopped her verbal abuse. Frightened, she let out a scream and then yelled loudly, "You foolish girl, what are you standing there for? Go and check what’s happening! Did you provoke someone outside, and now they’ve come to cause trouble?"
With her loud shout, the onlookers quickly hid back in their rooms, slamming the doors shut, "bang," fearful of being implicated.
Li Qingyun, watching these so-called "relatives," smiled coldly and ignored the woman’s shouting. With eyes lowered, she swiftly walked towards the door. Behind her, the incessantly cursing middle-aged woman had already made her way to the bedroom door, squeezing through the crack to join the others in hiding.
Thus, in just a few short seconds, the living room that was crowded just now was left utterly empty. Everyone else had hidden in the bedroom, leaving only Li Qingyun alone to face the "powerful enemy" outside.
Li Qingyun’s heart was also in a tumult. During the short walk from the living room to the vestibule, her mind raced through all the people she might have offended but, upon reflection, couldn’t think of anyone who would come for her with such fanfare.
She cautiously moved her right hand behind her back, drew the dagger she had tucked into her waist, gripped it tightly, and took a deep breath before opening the door.
Since the door was severely deformed, it took some effort to unlock it. But upon seeing the person outside, she was completely stunned, "Xin... Xinxin... why... why is it you?" In just a brief sentence, Li Qingyun’s eyes were already brimming with tears.
When she had first returned home, the apocalypse had not yet begun; she had lied about coming home for a vacation, and her family was convinced and happy for a while, and then they started talking about setting her up with suitors. All these suitors were neighbors from the village, who had dropped out of school early to work, completely different from her world. It wasn’t that she looked down on their education level, but rather their topics of conversation were too vulgar, too juvenile, too silly—they simply couldn’t relate.
Li Qingyun naturally rejected all of them, which led to gossip in the village about her, saying how she had become arrogant since leaving and that she was ungrateful. They also mentioned that she was getting older and should settle down and get married, which made her extremely angry!
She was only 25 years old, how was she "old"?
But it didn’t end with the villagers; her relatives also started advising her not to be ungrateful, and even her parents and siblings would say the same, not even listening to her explanations or considering her opinions, constantly causing her distress.
At that time, she had some money in her account, some she had earned from working herself, and some that Fang Yuxin had lent her. Initially, she didn’t want to accept it, but Fang Yuxin insisted, suggesting she keep it for emergencies, just in case what was written online was true!