Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 69 - 68: Fierce Words (Third Update, Seeking Pink)

Chapter 69: Chapter 68: Fierce Words (Third Update, Seeking Pink)

Compared to the men, Liu Haihua might have been outclassed, but among the women, her advantages were extremely apparent. It wasn’t that Liu Haihua was particularly fierce, but she was tall and strong, and her fighting skills were exceptionally practiced — it was obvious she had been brawling since she was young. No wonder she had claimed Ge Lai had always been defeated by her; she must have had sparring partners since childhood.

"Ha ha, you all are so useless." Liu Haihua laughed with pride.

Xia Xiao and the others clenched their teeth. Well, they had embarrassed their own production team.

Under normal circumstances, women would compete in beauty, knowledge, and elegance, of course, together with labor in the production team. But now, when facing bandits, Liu Haihua’s advantages became evident. Not to mention she had been the top worker in the Red Star Production Team, becoming their main force. Now, because of Liu Haihua’s prowess, Red Star had held her up like a prized flower, and even a great beauty like Liu Yue had to stand aside.

"Liu Yue, you should really learn a few moves, otherwise if the thieves really come, it’ll be troublesome," Liu Haihua said to Liu Yue.

"I won’t have to, Brother Mingzhe will protect me." While saying this, Liu Yue also purposefully glanced at Yang Xuehua.

Xia Xiao was speechless. Luo Mingzhe couldn’t even protect himself from bandits, let alone Liu Yue. Was she overly confident?

And didn’t she know that sometimes beauty without strength could bring disaster instead of protection?

"Let me tell you, the East Wind Production Team lost quite a few people this time, but some women chose to end their own lives. Do you know why?" Liu Haihua looked at everyone.

"Why?" a woman asked.

"Because those beastly thieves violated some of the pretty girls, and they couldn’t bear the dishonor, so they took their own lives."

Liu Haihua’s revelation stirred up a commotion among the women like a pot exploding and boiling over.

"Is it true? Why haven’t we heard about this?" Wang Aihua had already asked.

"Well, you know, some bandits are utterly inhumane. That’s why I say you all should learn well, otherwise if the bandits really come, I want to see what you’ll do." Saying this, Liu Haihua purposefully looked towards everyone, her gaze briefly sweeping over Liu Yue’s face, "Especially the pretty girls, they are the ones most coveted. Anyway, it doesn’t hurt to be more cautious."

At that moment, Liu Yue’s face turned ashen, and many of the young girls couldn’t bear it any longer, fear apparent on their faces.

Aside from the few women brought by Liu Haihua, in the Guangming Production Team, apart from Xia Xiao and her group of female educated youth, there were many village girls as well. Hearing about some of the atrocious acts of the bandits, they all went pale with fright.

Sun Yuhua also furrowed her brows deeply, and Yang Xuehua and others looked gravely somber, even saying, "If only there was a place to hide."

"I disagree," Liu Haihua said. "Where can you hide? Going somewhere else is no better than the safety of the production team."

Xia Xiao agreed with this. Running to the mountains or other places was dangerous too. Now the outside world was in turmoil, and girls were unsafe everywhere.

"Wow, I want to go home. I don’t want to stay here." Liu Yue immediately began to cry.

Sun Yuhua looked at Liu Yue and forthrightly said, "Shut up, if you’re going to cry, go far away from here and spare us the noise." Who didn’t want to go home? Who wanted to stay here?

Liu Yue’s crying hit a nerve with the female educated youth. It was seriously irritating, and they all began to look at Liu Yue with disfavor.

Crying is useless. If crying could solve problems, wouldn’t everyone just cry?

Xia Xiao finally understood what Gao Jiaxing had been hinting at. She clenched her fist, bit her teeth, and resolved that if she saw those male beasts in action, she would definitely pickle them.

There were no eunuchs now, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t make some beasts into eunuchs.

Hence Xia Xiao voiced her inner thoughts, "If we encounter any beasts, we’ll pickle them."

Xia Xiao’s statement brought silence, then she said, "What are you looking at me for? I didn’t say anything wrong. If those men want to behave like beasts, we’ll ensure they can’t be men."

"Right on, Xia Xiao! That’s badass," Wang Aihua was the first to clap.

"That’s good." Liu Haihua also looked at Xia Xiao, as if seeing her for the first time, and commended her, "Exactly, make them unable to be men. Since they want to act like beasts, let them be just that, what’s the point of being a man?"

Yang Xuehua made a funny face at Xia Xiao, who replied with a concerned expression, "Sister Xuehua, is something wrong with your eyes today?"

Pfft, everyone burst into laughter.

"Cough cough," they suddenly heard. Xia Xiao, Wang Aihua, and Liu Haihua then noticed that a group of men had appeared behind them at some point, including a couple of men from the production teams.

All the men looked at Xia Xiao, Liu Haihua, and Wang Aihua with bizarre expressions, especially after Xia Xiao’s words. Many viewed Xia Xiao with a peculiar respect, even Gao Jiaxing followed suit.

Xia Xiao really wanted to cover her face. Great, now a bunch of men had heard her, and they probably thought she was like a ’Mother Worm’.

But at this point, Xia Xiao could only stand up straight and face these men. The words had been spoken and couldn’t be taken back. If she had to be fierce, then so be it.

"Educated Youth Xia is indeed fierce; one wouldn’t guess it," Ge Lai spoke up, evidently surprised that such words came from Xia Xiao and impressed with her inner strength despite her small frame.

These men certainly didn’t expect it, and their most prized ’two ounces of flesh’ were treated as valuable as their lives. If that ’two ounces’ were to be taken, it would be akin to taking their lives.

So Xia Xiao being able to make such a bold statement was startling to the men. Even as they glanced at her, it seemed they all made a mental note not to cross Xia Xiao.

"In dealing with beasts, of course you can’t be courteous; there’s no room for mercy. It’s a time for tough measures," Xia Xiao said.

The men, witnessing Xia Xiao’s determination, felt a chill run through them and involuntarily crossed their legs, laughing awkwardly, "I’ll be heading off first."

"I’m going too."

And with that, the men left, leaving the women looking admiringly at Xia Xiao. Wang Aihua gave her a thumbs-up, "Awesome, you made all those men run off."

"Shameless! For a woman to say such indecent things in broad daylight," Liu Yue immediately challenged Xia Xiao.

"Of course I have shame. You’re the one who’s shameless. Wait until you see the thieves then see if your dear Brother Mingzhe can protect you, or maybe you can call the thief ’brother’; with your beauty, your thief ’brother’ will take care of you."

After her retort, Xia Xiao winked at Liu Yue, prompting another round of raucous laughter.

"Wait and see, I will not let you get away with this." Liu Yue stomped her foot and ran off.