Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 94 - 86: Disciplining Yiyi

Chapter 94: Chapter 86: Disciplining Yiyi

Seeing her in this state, Su Lin actually found it somewhat amusing.

At least it’s more pleasing to the eye than her previous ignorant demeanor.

“Didn’t I just say? I’ll ask you a few things.” Su Lin softened his tone with a touch of amusement, “Don’t worry, I won’t hit you this time.”

Song Yiyi’s tense body finally relaxed a little, like a startled quail shrinking its neck, her voice barely a whisper.

“W-what do you want to ask?”

Su Lin got straight to the point:

“Why did your sister send you to our Wuyin Village? What’s her motive?”

Although he already had a hunch, he still wanted to extract some confirmation from this silly girl.

Song Yiyi’s expression changed dramatically, and she blurted out:

“How do you know about my sister?!”

Immediately, she realized and anger ignited in her eyes:

“Did that bastard Zhou Long tell you?!”

Su Lin, expressionless, tapped his knuckles on the dusty dashboard, making a dull “thud-thud” sound:

“Right now, I’m the one asking the questions.”

The sound jolted Song Yiyi into a tremble; her anger flared momentarily, and she forgot her fear, turning her head stubbornly away, refusing to cooperate.

Bam!

Su Lin suddenly punched the steering wheel, the loud metallic crash echoing through the abandoned cabin, scaring Song Yiyi so much that she jumped from her seat, then fell back heavily, staring at him in terror, tears welling up in her eyes.

“You said you wouldn’t hit me!” she accused, her voice choked with tears.

Su Lin grinned, shaking his firm fist with a malicious jest:

“Silly baby, I lied to you.”

“You…!!”

Song Yiyi was shaking with anger, tears finally bursting forth:

“Waaah… you villain! Liar!”

“Crying?” Su Lin’s smile grew more dangerous, his eyes sharp as knives, “Crying counts as time too~”

“Waaah… hiccup—” She was so scared she hiccuped, a loud sobbing hiccup.

After the hiccup, Song Yiyi was stunned, her little face turning crimson with shame and indignation.

But facing Su Lin’s eyes, which were increasingly filled with unrestrained malice, her face, chest, and buttocks, which had been badly beaten not long ago, seemed to start throbbing with pain again.

This bastard has no bottom line!

Always targeting those spots!

“Still won’t talk?!” Su Lin threatened, as if to get up and approach.

Song Yiyi was scared out of her wits, crying out with a heavy sob:

“I’ll talk! I’ll talk! I don’t know! My sister… she didn’t tell me specifically what to do…”

Su Lin leaned over, his large hand with irresistible force pinching her tender cheek, and surprisingly, it felt quite pleasant.

His fingers applied a slight pressure, forcing her to look up at him, his voice low and threatening:

“She didn’t say, and you can’t guess?”

Song Yiyi cried in pain, both aggrieved and scared:

“I’m… I’m not as smart as my sister…”

“Hmm,” Su Lin mercilessly added, “at least you’re self-aware about that.”

Song Yiyi burst into loud sobs again.

So bullying!

First, he beats her, then scares her, and now he calls her stupid!

“No crying!” Su Lin ordered sharply.

“Hiccup—” Another loud sobbing hiccup.

“Tell me what you know.” Su Lin commanded, easing the grip on her cheek a bit, his thumb subconsciously stroking the delicate skin a few times.

The tender touch was slick, seemingly not as rough as it appeared.

“Huh?”

Su Lin rubbed his fingers together, discovering a thin layer of muddy yellow dust on his fingertips.

He suddenly realized that this little girl had something on her face! A layer of yellow wax used to conceal her complexion.

For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

No doubt, this was her sister Song Yiren’s idea, just wanting her to keep a low profile and not draw attention.

But this silly girl went ahead and applied wax, then turned around and set up a martial arts contest at the market, losing a bet and then making a scene, completely throwing away the notion of keeping a low profile, utterly contradicting her sister’s plan.

At this moment, Song Yiyi felt that the large hand on her face no longer brought pure pain; the touch had become gentle, perhaps even… strangely soothing?

She was flattered, some instinct within her being stirred.

Like a kitten being petted comfortably, she couldn’t help but slightly tilt her swollen cheek, carefully rubbing against that wide, warm palm with a hint of reluctance.

Su Lin’s actions paused almost imperceptibly, but his expression remained unchanged.

The hand on her cheek, however, became gentler.

With his thumb, in a patience akin to wiping off a treasure, he slowly removed the layer of disguised yellow wax from half of her cheek.

A skin as delicate as snow appeared in the dim light, radiant and dazzling.

Su Lin felt a subtle stir in his heart.

In this world ravaged by sandstorms, where safety is a luxury, to maintain such tender skin…

This Song Yiyi, could it be… she’s still untouched?

He suppressed that thought and softened his tone, with a hint of coaxing persuasion:

“I guess your sister sent you to Wuyin Village, most likely for the Su Family. Tell me what you know, so I can prepare… to welcome your sister, hmm?”

“Sister?”

Song Yiyi’s eyes were still hazy with confusion, allowing the warm palm to caress her exposed snowy skin.

She sniffled, her voice thick with nasal congestion:

“I… I don’t know what to say…”

Su Lin released his hand, squatted to meet her gaze, his eyes deep:

“Tell me where your family used to be, and what happened that led your sisters to this situation today?”

The warm touch on her face suddenly vanished, leaving Song Yiyi with an indescribable sense of loss.

Soon after, Su Lin’s question was like a key, unlocking the floodgates of memory, overwhelming sadness and fear surged in.

She lowered her head, her slender shoulders trembling slightly, her voice choking and broken:

“My dad… used to be the third leader of the family… Then, by chance, he got a house title deed and took us to live in Lanfeng Town, which had close ties with the family.”

Her voice was interspersed with painful recollections, intermittently:

“But… but one day, a group of… strange people suddenly appeared in the family… They said… they wanted the whole family to submit to them…”

Fear and hatred deepened in Song Yiyi’s eyes.

“The first leader and the second leader… I don’t know what kind of spell they were under… they actually agreed… Dad… At first, it seems he also agreed…”

Su Lin’s expression turned extremely solemn.

Lanfeng Town!

Indeed, a township-level camp!

Even more shocking was the fact that a roving clan with township background was seemingly subdued by a group of people with unknown identities, just with words?!

Who exactly are these people?!

Su Lin’s heart sank, a strong premonition arose, this was likely the real reason the Shunfeng Travel Group had intervened against their principles to protect the Song Sisters!

“And then?” his voice carried a hint of tension itself.

“And then…”

Song Yiyi suddenly raised her head, tears streaming, but her eyes burned with deep-seated hatred:

“Then… the family suddenly declared my dad a wanted man! Calling him a traitor! But I know! I know it wasn’t like that! Dad absolutely didn’t betray the family! He was framed!”

So it is.

Su Lin had just suspected as much.

But still unaware of the reasons behind it.

“Does it have to do with those mysterious people?” he asked.

“Absolutely related!” Song Yiyi affirmed resolutely, her small face flushed with excitement, “It’s them! They’re definitely the ones who hurt my dad!”

Her tone was incredibly certain.

Yet, looking at her tear-streaked eyes, still holding innocence and foolishness, Su Lin trusted only half of what she said.

This simpleton might not be lying, but the insider knowledge she had was likely very limited, perhaps even just a version fed to her by her sister.

“Your sister wants to go back.”

Su Lin stood up, looking down at her, dropping an earth-shattering conclusion.

“What?!” Song Yiyi seemed struck by lightning, jerking her head up, her face filled with disbelief, “Go back? Go… go back to Lanfeng Town?! Impossible! How could sister…”

“It shouldn’t be wrong.” Su Lin wasn’t surprised at her shock.

Song Yiren clearly understood her simple-minded sister very well and told her almost nothing.

“Why?!” Song Yiyi was caught in a mix of shock and fear, her voice changing pitch, “We just escaped from that hellhole! Now Lanfeng Town is occupied by those people! Those so-called family members already betrayed us! Even… even dad…”

Immense sorrow once again engulfed her, choking her words into silent sobs.

“This…”

Su Lin’s voice returned to its former steadiness, his gaze piercing through the dusty bus window, looking out at the desolate wilderness beyond the village:

“That’s precisely what I want to find out.”

By now, the outlines of Song Yiren’s family were pieced together in his mind.

Her purpose was becoming clear.

Revenge?

An old trope, yet entirely reasonable.

But, not knowing whether Song Yiren praised by Old Liu as “gentle and wise” had enough “wisdom”?

And those mysterious people, capable of overthrowing a township with mere words, making the Wanderer Clan bow down, who exactly are they?

Su Lin felt as though a weighty stone pressed on his heart.

If they were to accept Song Yiren, would the Su Family henceforth stand in opposition to those mysterious forces?

If the answer was yes… then the cost of that Snakehead Ground Daisy, capable of saving grandpa’s life, might exceed far beyond what it seemed.

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