Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi? Chapter 119 – Chapter 119: Chapter 119 Debt Collection by Loan Company (8)

Chapter 119: Chapter 119 Debt Collection by Loan Company (8)
 

“Mom, where are the debt collectors?” big brother Ye Ying asked. “How did we end up back in our beds? Did you and Dad move us?”

“No, it was your older sister who drove them off. Didn't you see the wounds on her face?”

“Big sis, does it hurt?”

The young little sister, still a caring little treasure, took Ye Nai's hand and gently blew on the red marks on her knuckles.

“It doesn't, I'm used to fighting.”

“Big sis is so awesome!”

The two younger brothers leaned in, looking at their big sister with admiration in their eyes.

“So many of them, and big sister drove them all away by herself?”

“That's right, they too have their weak points. First, they didn't expect me to fight back desperately, and second, the lending company is mainly after the money. I'm not afraid to die, but they don't want to accompany me to the grave. In the end, they just left a few harsh words and fled.”

“Will they come back?” The three younger siblings looked at their big sister with wide eyes.

“What do you think? With principal and interest it's 210,000, who wouldn't want it?”

“That's true.”

“It's a good thing big sis got here quickly. I was scared to death last night.”

“Yeah, so scary.”

“This time you were lucky; they still prioritize money. Once they stop worrying about the money and start escalating their methods, it will become even harder to pay them back.”

“If not money, then what? Our house?”

“What value does a house like ours have? What's valuable are you three. Some gangs like to take boys in puberty to train as thugs, while girls are preferred by pedophiles. Pedophiles, huh, everyone has their favorite type, and some people just love prepubescent little girls.”

Ye Nai repeated to the three of them what she had said to her little sister before.

“…What?!”

“Then what about Mom and Dad?”

“Their organs and bones can be sold for some money.”

The three younger siblings shivered, feeling a cold draft on their backs even at home.

“This world is so terrifying.”

“Huh, there are perverts everywhere in this world, unleashing their power at will, causing deep harm and leaving people unable to guard against them. To obtain their perfect prey, they disguise themselves as normal people. You think you've met a new friend in a safe place, but who can guarantee that person is a true friend?”

“How can normal people even distinguish such perverts?”

“That's right, it's tough to distinguish them. That's why perverts keep getting away with it time and again. Once an incident happens, no clues for tracing them can be found. They also know how to evade the police. Their preferred method is to lure the person away, making their target follow them willingly. If everything is done voluntarily, who could predict that once you leave, you'd vanish from the world with no trace left?”

“Big sis—” the little sister hugged Ye Nai's thigh tightly. “This is too scary. From now on, after school, I'll just go straight home and not think about going out to play. I don't want to encounter a pervert.”

“Me too, me too!”

The twin brothers expressed their agreement.

“Telling me is pointless; I can't stay at home. You need to make sure Mom and Dad don't do anything foolish to ensure the safety of our home. The lending companies are basically entangled with gang forces, and the debt collectors are actually the gang's enforcers. Each one of them is a tough fighter. This time they left because I was more ruthless than them, but what if there is a next time? What if next time a truly ruthless one comes? Who will save you then?”

The three younger siblings looked at each other, and through their expressions, they made a resolution.

“Don't worry, big sis, we will keep an eye on Mom and Dad. If there's any emergency, we'll call you.”

“You must do as you say.”

“Definitely!”

The younger brothers and sister had been thoroughly frightened, and now, thinking back, they couldn't help but feel weak in the knees and shiver. No one wanted to go through that again, so they had to keep an eye on their unreliable parents to prevent any more foolish actions.

“Good, I hope I don't receive a call from you guys reporting any trouble.”

Ye Nai patted each of them to comfort them. She looked up to see their dad coming out and nudged her older brother, Ye Yong.

“Dad's finished, you should go take your shower.”

“Hmm.”

With a two-bedroom apartment for so many people, they had to take turns using the bathroom. Ye Nai felt an increasing urgency to settle the household issues and return to the danger zone.

The large apartment she rented every month for a few thousand yuan, although she couldn't stay there for many days a month, was her most comfortable private realm whenever she was home.

The family took turns washing up and eating steamed buns, then cleaned the house. Ye Nai sat motionless on the balcony, only lifting her foot when her younger sister swept up to it with a broom. Otherwise, she was engrossed in playing Bubble Dragon; aside from the sound of her handheld game console, the only other noises in the house were her mother giving cleaning instructions and even her father, who couldn't slack off from chores either.

After the three youngest finished their tasks, they gathered around their big sister, eagerly watching her play the game. They had never had such sophisticated toys in their household before.

Handheld gaming consoles with entertainment purposes were luxury items, mainly because of the raw material issue. With limited chipmaking materials available, military chips got the priority. As a result, consumer products were put at the bottom of the list, which naturally led to higher prices. Before the Otherworld invasion, a handheld console plus a game card might cost only a few thousand yuan; now, it might cost over ten thousand yuan and still might not perform as well as the pre-invasion games.

That's why classic simple games like Bubble Dragon and Block Building, which consumed fewer resources, still remained vigorous in terms of Life Force.

“Big sis, after you finish this level, can I have a turn playing?”

Ye Yong, the older brother, couldn't help but ask.

“I want to as well.”

“Me too.”

The second brother and younger sister couldn't resist chiming in as well.

“OK, take turns. If the game dies, the next person gets a turn.”

When Ye Nai finished the level she was on, she handed the console to her older brother. The three siblings immediately crowded together, chattering and bickering about where to shoot the next bubble. Accidentally, a finger touched the screen, causing a bubble to land in the wrong spot, which immediately led to an argument.

“Hmm? Stop fighting,” Ye Nai, who had shifted to playing on her phone, didn't even lift her head as issued a warning.

“Big sis, look what he did; he made me lose!” the older brother immediately tattled.

“You get one chance at a revival. If the game dies, you can keep playing one more time. If you lose then, we switch players. The same goes for everyone else. If your hand slips, you wait an extra turn.”

“Alright, we won't touch it randomly anymore,” the younger brother and sister obediently put their hands behind their backs.

“Hmm~” The older brother was pleased.

The three youngsters stopped making a fuss, so Ye Nai continued looking at her phone.

She had just received a message on her phone stating that two male captains would come to her house pretending to be from the rental company to collect rent. Following her instructions, one of them was the burly Captain Niu, and the other was Captain Xiao Ni, creating an image that suggested strength followed by subtlety.

After about ten minutes, the two captains had messaged Ye Nai to inform her that they had arrived at the bottom of her apartment building and were waiting for the elevator.

Ye Nai put away her phone, stood up, and stretched as if she were tired from playing.

The younger siblings were engrossed in the game, not looking up at all.

Her mom was busy in the kitchen preparing lunch, and her dad was scrolling through short videos on his phone on the couch. It seemed like a cozy family scene.

Ye Nai walked towards the kitchen to check what her mom was cooking for lunch. She had bought a few pounds of live shrimp at the supermarket and was wondering if they'd have some for lunch.

Unfortunately, the two dishes prepared were both vegetables, plus some leftovers from the day before. The live shrimp were still in the kitchen sink.

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