Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

And that was the end of that farce.

Wu Qinglan was taken back to the delivery room to prepare for childbirth.

Because everything was prepared well in advance, there was no rush.

The doctors and nurses were already waiting in the delivery room. As soon as Wu Qinglan was taken in, she immediately changed her clothes and waited to give birth like a piglet.

Wu Qinglan's parents and younger brother also came and stood guard outside.

Wu Qinglan's mother grabbed Hogg and kept asking, "Why did she suddenly go into labor? Did you bully her? Hogg, let me tell you, Qinglan is carrying your child! If anything happens to her—"

Hogg interrupted her impatiently, "Shut up! If she hadn't been causing trouble, she wouldn't have suddenly gone into labor! If you keep nagging, believe me, I'll abandon them all! You can take them back and raise them yourself!"

Wu Qinglan's mother stopped abruptly, no longer daring to ramble on.

In the past, she could have confidently said that she would take her daughter and grandson back with her.

With supplies so scarce right now, every extra person means one more bite to eat.

Only a fool would give up the good life here and go back to eating coarse food.

Moreover, she needed her daughter to stay here and take Hogg's wages back to support her own family.

With Wu Qinglan's mother's incessant nagging gone, things finally quieted down outside.

And then things started to commotion inside.

Wu Qinglan was giving birth for the first time and had little experience, so she screamed in pain.

She wouldn't listen to a word the doctors and nurses said to her; she was screaming the whole time.

Even Mu Jiuyue, who was in the neighboring cave, heard Wu Qinglan's pig-like screams.

"Giving birth is so terrifying." Mu Jiuyue's face turned ugly: "I would rather die than have a baby."

Old Hou, the old bachelor, also looked shaken: "That's why I told you, even if something happens between you and President Wei, you absolutely cannot get pregnant..."

"Do you want to hear what you said yourself?" Mu Jiuyue rolled her eyes: "Wei Lie and I are absolutely impossible."

Just then, someone came looking for Mu Jiuyue.

"Is Mr. Mu Jiu here?" A woman with short hair stood at the entrance of the cave and said, "I am Shen Yue, Shen Qing's junior sister. I've come to deliver the list to you."

Mu Jiuyue stood up to greet her. Seeing the list in the other person's hand, she smiled and said, "You are Shen Yue, and I am Mu Jiuyue. We both have 'Yue' in our names."

Mu Jiuyue took the list from the other party, quickly glanced through it, and said, "You guys are very efficient. The defense line was set up so quickly. I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

Shen Yue was taken aback: "Aren't you called Mu Jiu?"

"Yes, to outsiders, my name is Mu Jiu. To my own people, my name is Mu Jiuyue." Mu Jiuyue blinked: "Female."

Shen Yue's eyes gradually became distorted from their normal state, and in the end, they almost popped their eyeballs out of their sockets.

Omg!

Having been neighbors for over half a year, she had no idea that Mu Jiuyue was a woman!

"You are truly a modern-day Mulan!" Shen Yue's eyes widened in astonishment, as if she were looking at a rare species.

"Just like you, it's for self-preservation," Mu Jiuyue said with a smile. "Let's get along well from now on!"

"Hey!" Shen Yue's restraint vanished instantly.

As a girl who came from a martial arts school, she was always misunderstood in various ways, but she never explained herself.

But at this moment, she found her kindred spirit.

After seeing Shen Yue off, Mu Jiuyue said to Lao Hou, "The ice outside has completely melted, and we'll have to rely on boats for transportation again. But it won't be long before we need the boats anymore. In this extreme heat, it will probably all evaporate in no time. We need to thoroughly disinfect the nearby hills, otherwise, there will be endless trouble!"

"Sigh." Old Hou nodded and said, "Then I'll hurry up and cook more dishes. It's so hot, I don't want to cook."

As night fell, the screams from the neighboring cave finally ceased.

The next morning, unable to contain her curiosity, Mu Jiuyue immediately leaned closer and asked, "Did you give birth?"

"It's born." Hogg's expression was calm, showing no joy at becoming a father.

Mu Jiuyue asked, "Boy or girl?"

“A girl,” Hogg replied calmly.

Mu Jiuyue couldn't help but ask, "You don't like girls?"

"like."

"then you……"

Wei Lie came over from the side and patted Hogg on the shoulder sympathetically: "Are you alright?"

Mu Jiuyue: "What could possibly be wrong with him? The only one who could be in trouble is Wu Qinglan, right?"

Wei Lie sighed and explained, "As soon as the child was born, we used the child's first hair to do a paternity test with Hogg. This child is not Hogg's."

Mu Jiuyue's mouth suddenly opened wide, then she turned her head and patted Hogg's shoulder: "Are you alright?"

Hogg's smile was more like a grimace: "I guess this is fate. It seems I really can't have my own children."

Wei Lie sighed, "I'm sorry."

"How can you blame yourself for this?" Hogg waved his hand nonchalantly. "Forget it, no kids, no kids. So many of my brothers are single! Besides, even if I don't have kids, you're not going to abandon me, are you?"

“How could that be?” Wei Lie said, “Aren’t I single too? At worst, we brothers can take care of each other in our old age.”

Hogg laughed: "Then I have even less to worry about."

Mu Jiuyue asked, "Then who is this child's biological father?"

"Who knows!" Hogg chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Wu Qinglan is still resting, it's not the time to ask her. Let's wait a couple of days and then lay our cards on the table!"

Watching Hogg leave, Mu Jiuyue stood with Wei Lie and said, "What kind of mess is this! When Wu Qinglan was scolding me, she was jumping around more than anyone else. Turns out she really did it herself!"

"What? Holding a grudge?" Wei Lie asked her with a smile.

Mu Jiuyue glanced at Wei Lie sideways: "You don't hold a grudge? She was making up stories about me and you having an affair!"

Wei Lie smiled.

Her smile was even a little sweet.

Mu Jiuyue returned to her cave and told Old Hou about it.

Old Hou sighed and said, "Wu Qinglan is in trouble now. Hogg won't raise other people's children. But thankfully, the severe cold is over now. As long as we stay in the cave, we can get through the extreme heat."

Mu Jiuyue crossed her arms, looked at the neighboring hilltop, and said, "Who knows?"

a week later.

The fact that Wu Qinglan's daughter is not Hogg has finally been revealed.

Hogg pressed her to reveal who the child's father was.

At first, Wu Qinglan refused to say anything, but when Hogg pretended to throw the child out, Wu Qinglan tearfully admitted that the child's father was a man from the same village.

"Husband, I know I was wrong, I'll change, I promise! The child is so young, you can't abandon her!" Wu Qinglan cried, tears streaming down her face. "The child's biological father died in the struggle against the Tiger Head Gang. She has no father, you are her father!"

Hogg said with disgust, "Wu Qinglan, you disgust me!"

Wu Qinglan knelt on the ground, hugging Hogg's legs, and kept crying, "I'll have another one for you, no, two! You can have as many as you want! You can't drive us, a widow and her children, away! How are we supposed to live!"