Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 53: Honeyed Confidence

“I, me? Are you joking? How can you be sure that just because I own the supermarket, I won’t get struck? What if I do get struck? What if it kills me?” Su Yinhe rattled off her questions in rapid succession.

Even Lin Nianbei, who was always eloquent, choked on her questions.

But having been a superior for so many years, Lin Nianbei was skilled at nothing if not brainwashing.

“Miss Su, you’re the owner of the supermarket. No matter what, the supermarket won’t harm you. I understand that you’re scared, Miss Su, but there are so many vulnerable people outside waiting for these life-saving supplies. How could you bear it? I sincerely implore you, Miss Su, just give it a try. If it works, it could save tens of thousands of people.” Lin Nianbei’s expression was genuinely sincere.

Su Yinhe nodded in seeming agreement, while cursing inwardly.

Old geezer, thinking of freeloading off me.

And even expecting me to risk my life.

The supermarket indeed wouldn’t do anything to her because… those lightning strikes were actually a feature she had just added on the tablet.

Originally, the supermarket didn’t have lightning until Lin Nianbei and his group came.

Su Yinhe knew the truth, but Lin Nianbei didn’t.

He not only wanted her to donate supplies voluntarily but also wanted her to test it out, not knowing whether the lightning would strike her.

His speech was practically short of directly saying, “Sacrifice one life to save the entire base.”

Su Yinhe was kind, and she genuinely sympathized with the people Lin Nianbei had talked about.

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But that didn’t mean she was willing to be exploited.

No matter how nicely put, exploitation was still exploitation.

Sympathy was one thing, but freeloading was out of the question.

So after Su Yinhe agreed to donate, she let them pick up the supplies from the supermarket themselves. After they went, she sneakily added a function for being struck by lightning if the checkout wasn’t completed.

Before, if someone tried to steal or took things without paying, they would be punished.

No one could take things out of the supermarket without paying unless Su Yinhe approved it.

There were three ways to take items from the supermarket:

One was to exchange gold Crystal Cores for money and then take the items after buying them.

Another was to work for Su Yinhe; Su Yinhe would decide on a sum of money for them, and they could take items after buying them.

The third was if Su Yinhe personally gave the items away.

The direct approach like Lin Nianbei’s was definitely not okay. They would be punished by the supermarket’s defense system.

Su Yinhe felt the punishment method wasn’t shocking enough, so she added a secretive touch of lightning.

It worked very well.

“I can’t bear it. But… I’m scared. I’m most afraid of thunderstorms. Uncle Lin, you’re so kind, you’ll understand my fear, right?” Su Yinhe said, shivering slightly as if she was indeed terrified of getting struck by lightning.

Lin Nianbei: “Miss Su, with your status as the supermarket owner, you might not necessarily…”

“What if it does strike? What if it really hits me? I don’t want to end like them. I’m most afraid of thunderstorms. Are you sending me to my death?” Su Yinhe’s face showed utter disbelief.

“Uncle Lin, I thought you were a good person. I can’t believe you would send me to my death.” Su Yinhe trembled, seeming as if a belief had been shattered, her gaze at Lin Nianbei growing ever dimmer.

Lin Murong: “???”

Lin Murong stared with his mouth wide open.

Little Galaxy… Her words made it seem as though she had idolized Lin Nianbei all along, and then her idol suddenly collapsed, causing her major distress.

But… as far as he knew, this was Little Galaxy’s first meeting with Lin Nianbei.

She hadn’t even heard of him before.

Why now…

It couldn’t really be because of a few words from Lin Nianbei that she started idolizing him.

Although Lin Nianbei was his uncle, he couldn’t deceive himself by saying Lin Nianbei was a good person.

Lin Nianbei had spent his life chasing power and reputation, skilled at deceiving ordinary people.

But with prolonged contact, one would realize that this man was unscrupulously brutal and adept at brainwashing.

But brainwashing was supposed to be subtle.

Little Galaxy was the quickest he had seen anyone brainwashed.

Lin Murong wanted to comfort Su Yinhe, but given that Lin Nianbei was still there, he didn’t dare to speak directly.

He was already thinking in his heart, how to bring Little Galaxy’s mind back once Lin Nianbei left.

Lin Murong looked at Su Yinhe and then at the speechless Lin Nianbei next to him, his mind concocted set after set of persuasive arguments.

Only Chi Yan and Qin Mingzhou noticed something was off.

Chi Yan was smart. Based on Su Yinhe’s usual behavior, he knew she was pretending.

Qin Mingzhou was biased towards Su Yinhe. He believed that his sister couldn’t be so foolish to admire someone who wanted to take advantage of her after just meeting them.

To think, if his sister were to admire someone, it should be him.

He was younger than Lin Nianbei, more handsome, and had a stronger superpower.

His sister had good taste, so if she were to admire someone, it should be him.

Qin Mingzhou was irrationally confident.

The expression on Su Yinhe’s face didn’t seem fake, making even the crafty old Lin Nianbei believe it.

Lin Muxue believed it too, and then she thought Su Yinhe was even stupider.

What kind of person, after hearing just a few words, starts to admire someone and finds out the admired wants her to die, yet she’s just sad and not cursing them out?

If it were her, she definitely would have turned from fan to hater and even retaliated.

“Miss Su…”

“Don’t talk to me now. I trusted you so much, yet you actually want me to die.” Su Yinhe’s eyes reddened as she sobbed while speaking.

“I don’t want to see you anymore, you and your people get out.” Su Yinhe pointed toward the supermarket’s entrance.

“Su…” Lin Nianbei hadn’t encountered such a situation in his long life.

If Su Yinhe had simply refused, he could have accused her of being heartless, standing on a moral high ground. Then he would rob the supermarket, casually distribute some supplies to ordinary people, and those who received them would praise his righteousness.

But Su Yinhe didn’t refuse, she agreed. But they couldn’t take it.

He approached Su Yinhe to help, but it gave her the moral high ground to accuse him.

“Boom!”

Another thunder sounded.

There was no lightning strike, but there was the sound of thunder.

Lin Nianbei, Lin Muxue, and the people Lin Nianbei brought were all startled. Without taking anything, how could there be thunder?

They frantically glanced around and finally realized no one was struck.

Just as they relaxed a bit, another thunderclap sounded.

Lin Nianbei looked at Su Yinhe, who was still red-eyed, drowning in her own world of sorrow.

“Instructor Lin…” Lin Nianbei’s men looked at him. The supermarket was too eerie.

They couldn’t stay any longer.

Had the thunder been released by a Thunder Power User, they wouldn’t be afraid.

After all, they too were Superpower Users, simply using a superpower was nothing to fear.

But this thunder had appeared inexplicably inside the supermarket. They couldn’t even tell from which direction it had struck.

Now, they could only hear the thunder, not even knowing where it came from.

Lin Nianbei stared at Su Yinhe for a while before sighing helplessly, “Miss Su, we are leaving. I didn’t intend for you to die, just hoped you would help others. I hope Miss Su thinks it over.”

After Lin Nianbei finished, he bowed deeply to Su Yinhe and then led the others out.

After everyone left, Lin Murong was about to comfort her, but saw Su Yinhe, who had just been crying, lift her head, change her sitting posture, and start smoothly operating her tablet.

Su Yinhe waved at the stunned Lin Murong and Qin Mingzhou.

“Come on, let’s continue. Finally, we can find out who is the heroine’s illegitimate daughter.” Su Yinhe excitedly rubbed her hands together.