Chapter 2: Playing the Victim? One Slap to Send Her Flying
Many Children Many Blessings System?
He could grow stronger just by getting women to yield to him?
Liu Yang was momentarily stunned before a look of utter delight washed over his face.
He had originally planned to use Tang Mengting as reserve rations after noticing how little food was left in the villa. If push came to shove and he was on the brink of starvation, he wouldn't have minded turning her into a literal feast for the eyes.
Now, it seemed that wouldn't be necessary.
With the system's backing, surviving shouldn't be an issue.
This aloof class beauty had always looked down on him in the past. She constantly called him a guard dog and led the rest of the class in isolating him. Her boyfriend, Zhao Ming, had even brought a gang to beat him up multiple times.
Liu Yang used to be a frequent target of campus bullying. Those rich kids, whenever they got bored, loved taking out their frustration on him. The female students were no different, looking at him with pure disgust.
This was an era where money ruled supreme.
People said there was only one disease in the world: poverty.
Being poor was the ultimate sin, and Liu Yang happened to be the poorest person in the entire school. Because of that, he was despised by everyone in his class.
After all, in their eyes, what kind of future could someone have if they had to work part-time as a security guard just to put food on the table during college?
Right now, this arrogant campus belle probably wouldn't accept being his woman either. Even though he had just saved her from a zombie, she wouldn't feel a shred of gratitude. She would only view him as a meat shield to protect her.
This high-and-mighty young lady still hadn't grasped reality. How could she ever view a lowly security guard as a human being?
Liu Yang shook his head, putting those thoughts aside for now. The system could wait; the most pressing issue was food. He walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed all the milk inside.
Seeing this, Tang Mengting immediately threw a fit.
"Liu Yang, what are you doing? If you take all the food, what am I supposed to eat? Everything in this room belongs to me! Give it back!" She yelled, rushing over to snatch it from his hands.
"Slap!"
Liu Yang struck Tang Mengting hard across the face, sending her sprawling onto the floor.
Tang Mengting was completely stunned by the blow, shock written all over her face.
"You... how dare you hit me?! You're just a filthy security guard! I'm the class monitor! Do you believe I can get you expelled right this second?!"
"Oh, my dear Class Monitor, are you alright? Still talking about school? Everyone there has already turned into zombies, and you're still fucking talking about school? This is the end of the world, do you get it?
It's a miracle if you can even survive the next three days, yet you're still clinging to your pathetic little title!
A dumb bitch like you wouldn't survive three episodes in a TV drama, you know that?" Liu Yang sneered down at her condescendingly.
"But... but you still can't steal my food!" Tang Mengting sobbed, clutching her swollen cheek.
"Your food? If I hadn't saved you, Zhao Ming would have bitten your neck off and turned you into a zombie! Instead of thanking me, you actually have the nerve to fight me for food? You think you're worthy?!" Liu Yang gritted out.
"Waaah! You bastard, you're being completely unreasonable! This villa belongs to Zhao Ming, and he's my boyfriend! So this food is naturally mine! Waaah!" Tang Mengting burst into hysterical tears.
"Unreasonable? Were you being reasonable when you led everyone to isolate me at school? Was your boyfriend being reasonable when he brought a gang to beat me up? Reason my ass!" Liu Yang roared.
Just recalling his humiliating life back at school made his blood boil.
"I admit I was wrong in the past! But I'm a girl, and you're a man-can't you be a little more generous? Being so petty and narrow-minded, do you even have an ounce of manhood in you?
Putting all facts aside, even if I was ninety-nine percent wrong, aren't you at least one percent to blame? Isn't it your own fault for being so poor? You're only poor and looked down upon because you don't work hard enough!"
"Slap!"
Liu Yang delivered another sharp backhand to her other cheek. Instantly, both sides of her face swelled up like a pig's head, perfectly symmetrical.
"You fucking double-standard bitch! I'm telling you right now, don't try that feminist guilt-tripping crap on me. I'm not some simping push-over, I don't give a damn about morals, and you sure as hell won't moral-kidnap me. Keep running your mouth, and I'll throw you outside to feed the zombies!
You still dare look down on poor people?
If you rich assholes didn't exploit us, where would your money come from?
You're wealthy not because you ignorant rich kids are capable, but because you were lucky enough to be born into good families, got it?
Furthermore, all this food is mine. Touch a single piece, and I'll beat you to death!"
Seeing Liu Yang's murderous glare, Tang Mengting finally shut her mouth, terrified.
She had never seen him like this before.
She always thought Liu Yang was just a weak-willed coward who endured mistreatment without a word.
Who would have guessed that the current Liu Yang wouldn't hesitate to blow Zhao Ming's head off, let alone slap a woman after just a few words?
He didn't show an ounce of chivalry.
How could she dare provoke him any further?
She could only sit on the cold floor, clutching her swollen face while sobbing uncontrollably.
Liu Yang didn't bother wasting another glance at her.
He grabbed the food, walked into a bedroom, and locked the door from the inside, leaving Tang Mengting to starve out in the hall.
After being chased by zombies outside, killing one, and then taking out Zhao Ming upon entering the villa, he was utterly exhausted.
Lying down on the plush mattress, Liu Yang let out a long stretch.
He had to admit, the bed in this luxury villa was insanely comfortable.
Back when he made a paltry three thousand monthly salary, he wouldn't have been able to sleep on a bed like this in a hundred lifetimes.
Being able to lie here now was all thanks to the apocalypse.
Before long, exhaustion overtook Liu Yang, and he fell fast asleep.
By the time he woke up, it was already past ten o'clock the next morning, his stomach growling loudly with hunger.
The first thing he did upon getting out of bed was down a bottle of milk before walking out to wash up.
Hearing the movement outside, Tang Mengting emerged from her room. The swelling on her face had mostly receded, restoring her usual beauty. Clutching her stomach, she looked at Liu Yang with desperate eyes.
"Liu Yang, we were wrong in the past. I apologize to you, I'm truly sorry. Please, give me a little bit of food... I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten a bite in a day and a night. If I don't eat something soon, I feel like my stomach is going to burst..."
The zombie outbreak began yesterday morning, and Tang Mengting hadn't eaten anything since. It had been a full twenty-four hours, and the gnawing hunger was becoming unbearable.
"Heh, so now you know you were wrong?" Liu Yang sneered.
"Yes! I really know I was wrong! Please forgive me. I'll never look down on poor people again, and I'll never say bad things about you!" Tang Mengting said, her eyes brimming with tearful sincerity.
"Fine. Go grab a bowl. I can share some milk with you."
"Ah? Really? Thank you so much!" A spark of hope lit up in Tang Mengting's eyes, and she scrambled into the kitchen to grab a bowl.
Liu Yang actually poured some milk into it.
Staring at the white liquid, Tang Mengting instinctively licked her lips.
Then, Liu Yang set the bowl down on the table.
Tang Mengting looked at him in confusion.
Liu Yang offered a cold smirk and said, "Kneel down and beg me."
"Liu Yang, you-!" Tang Mengting's face instantly flushed with fury. "You're pushing this too far!"
"Oh? Is that so? When you guys paid me three thousand a month, you treated me like a dog. Now that I'm offering you life-saving food, I can't treat you like one?" Liu Yang replied casually, reaching out to pull the bowl back.
Tang Mengting panicked immediately. "Wait! Wait! I didn't say I wouldn't!"
She instantly dropped to her knees.
Watching this formerly arrogant class belle-the woman who had looked down on him and called him a dog-now kneeling on the floor like a dog begging him for food, Liu Yang let out a dark chuckle.
Heh. So what if you have money?
When the world falls apart, no matter how rich you used to be, don't you still have to get on your knees and beg for food?