Chapter 452 The Woman in the Basement
Passing through the dark corridor, there is a slightly brighter hall.
It was bright, but in fact it was just a few candles, so I could barely see the road. It was not like the corridor, where you could easily fall if you were not careful.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief and her steps became much stronger.
There were many women sitting scattered in the hall, some with disheveled hair, some with numb faces, and some emitting a faint foul odor.
The only thing they have in common is that they all look very ordinary, and some can even be called ugly.
They sat in the hall in groups of three or four, shivering and huddling together with their companions for warmth.
There are rooms all around the circular hall, most of the doors are open, and the owners of the rooms are the women gathered in the hall.
From time to time, ambiguous female voices could be heard from the rooms with closed doors, mixed with the comfortable roars of men.
The girl seemed to have seen and heard nothing, and walked inside with a normal expression.
At this moment, a woman sitting on a chair suddenly stared at her and said:
"Hey! Li Yue, when will our meal be served?"
The girl paused and turned to look at her: "I don't know. I'm not from the kitchen."
The woman's eyes were cloudy and dark: "You are holding rice in your hands. Didn't you just come from the kitchen?"
Li Yue shook her hair off her face and said, "This meal is not for you. I didn't notice whether your meal was ready. Wait, it will be here soon."
The woman insisted, "Why do those two useless old ladies eat so well? We work so hard to serve them, but we only get some leftovers?"
Li Yue glanced at her with a hint of pity in her eyes, but she quickly returned to her normal state and replied coldly:
"How should I know? I just follow the instructions from above."
After saying that, she continued walking inside while shaking her hair again.
Her hair was rather hard, and she didn't tie it up properly today, so there was always a strand of hair on the right side rubbing against the skin near her ear, which was very uncomfortable.
It was inconvenient for her to organize the things with the tray in her hand, so after walking a few steps, she stopped, tilted her head, raised her right shoulder, and rubbed her itchy cheek with her shoulder.
Just as I was about to move forward, I heard the woman's strange voice coming from behind me.
"Tsk! Look at how coquettish she is. She wears a short skirt over her thick cotton pants, as if she's afraid that others won't notice her big butt! It's so disgusting!"
Another person next to the woman gently tugged at her arm: "Keep your voice down, she hasn't come into the house yet and can hear you."
The woman glanced at Li Yue's back and raised her voice a little more:
"So what if she heard it? I'm telling the truth! She was wild and unrestrained when we worked together before, and now she's even more free of her nature!"
The woman's voice was shrill, and she became more and more excited as she spoke: "I don't know what you are so proud of! Is it something to be proud of being a dog for those stinky men?"
Li Yue turned her head and glanced at her.
The woman met her eyes and felt guilty for a moment, but she quickly straightened her back and glared back at her, "What are you looking at?!"
At this time, the strand of hair that Li Yue had thrown behind her ear fell onto her cheek again.
She bent down irritably, put the tray in her hand on the ground, then untied her hair tie and re-tied her hair.
Now I finally feel relieved.
Li Yue breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down again, and looked at the two bowls of rice and two bowls of soup on the tray. After hesitating for a moment, she picked up one of the soup bowls.
Even though we had instructions that the two dying white-haired old ladies must be well fed and well-dressed and allowed to die naturally, but taking away just a bowl of soup wouldn't cause them to starve to death, right?
Li Yue stood up with the bowl of soup, walked slowly to the woman's side, and took a sip of the slightly steaming soup.
Seeing that the woman couldn't help swallowing her saliva, he looked down and said:
"Being a dog is better than being a donkey, right? Do you have any hot soup, donkey?"
The woman sitting on the chair felt her power weakened when she was looked down upon by him, so she stood up suddenly and shouted, "What did you say?"
Li Yue raised her eyebrows and repeated:
"Being a pleasing dog like me, I can get some good food and drink from time to time, and have thick clothes to wear. It's better than being a tired donkey like you, who can be ridden by any man, right?"
Li Yue's words were blunt and vulgar. The woman was trembling slightly all over, not knowing whether she was angry or cold.
The two people standing together formed a sharp contrast.
One of them wore two layers of thick cotton jackets and a pair of large cotton shoes that didn't fit his feet well but were very thick.
The other one was only wearing two thin coats, a blanket, and a pair of slippers. His face had turned purple from the cold, and his body was swaying unconsciously.
After Li Yue finished speaking, she splashed the soup in her hand onto the other person's face.
“Ahhhh!!!”
The woman screamed instantly.
In fact, the soup was no longer hot in the low temperature environment. What made her scream was the humiliation that hit her face.
The woman shouted and tried to rush over to fight Li Yue, but was held tightly by the person next to her:
"Are you crazy?! If you hit her, none of us will survive today!"
Li Yue looked at the person who spoke with satisfaction, and then continued to say to the woman:
"Look at them, they are much more sensible than you."
"I am a dog wagging its tail to beg for mercy, so what? I have value. You are a prostitute who could die at any time, dare you hit your master's dog?"
Although the woman who was held by her companion could no longer reach out to attack her, she still raised her head and looked at Li Yue with contempt:
"Bah! I told you you were a jerk, but you're so happy being a dog!"
In fact, the two were colleagues before the natural disaster and were both tour guides at Qingcheng Travel Agency.
The only difference is that this woman is a top student from a wealthy family and works as a tour guide purely out of personal interest.
Li Yue, on the other hand, was a poor kid in the town. She was average looking and had not received much education. She started working early. She entered this industry because being a tour guide in Qingcheng, a tourist city, was more profitable.
Li Yue is very good at observing people's expressions and is eloquent, so she does her job very well. She has always been the company's top-ranked outstanding employee, which has aroused the jealousy of many people.
Including this woman.
She thought that Li Yue became an excellent employee by acting cute and coaxing the big brothers and grandfathers in the tour group to buy a lot of souvenirs and local specialties. Unlike herself, she only worked diligently.
Li Yue also thought the other party was ridiculous.
She relies on her own abilities to bring in more goods, create profits for the company, and at the same time make those tourists return home with satisfaction. What's wrong with that?
What's more, she was just talking to make people happy and she didn't really sell her body, so how could she be inferior to others?