This area was already a blind spot where surveillance cameras couldn’t reach, and hardly anyone passed by in normal times.
Leaning against the cold wall, Li Su activated her abilities at the same time: [Gecko Climbing Ability] and [Gecko Camouflage].
Instantly, fine adhesive force emerged on her fingertips, sticking firmly to the wall like iron hooks. Her body blended into the mottled surface, and unless someone looked closely, they would never notice a person was hiding there.
At first, she tested it cautiously, moving a few meters. When she saw there were no flaws at all, she relaxed and began climbing upward slowly and steadily.
This was already a dark, visually blind area, and the exterior of the office building was rarely noticed anyway. Her pace was unhurried but extremely stable, and before long, she reached the rooftop.
She retrieved the backpack she had previously hidden and took out a thin down jacket, putting it on over her coat.
Earlier, she had used that jacket to make the backpack look full and heavy, fooling the follower. Now the bag was empty, but that no longer mattered. She was still carrying it to maintain the illusion.
She took out her private investigator’s phone and directly used B-level network hacking skills to break into the building’s surveillance system, freezing the sixth-floor camera feed.
After that, she climbed back down to the sixth floor and gently pushed open a window frame. A faint sound rang out.
A trace of mockery flashed in Li Su’s eyes.
When she worked here, she insisted on opening windows for ventilation and closing them before leaving every day. Now that she was gone, these people were so lazy they hadn’t even bothered to fully shut it—the window was still slightly ajar, exactly as she had left it.
How fortunate… for their laziness.
Without hesitation, she pushed the window open and slipped inside, heading straight for the two conspicuous boxes of gold shown in the video call.
In the darkness, she opened the latch. Golden light instantly illuminated her face. A satisfied smile appeared on her lips.
That 1.4 million that never belonged to them in the first place—this gold would serve as repayment. It was even too generous for them.
She quickly stuffed the gold bars into her backpack, but the bag could only fit one box. The other box was still half-exposed.
Without hesitation, she took off her down jacket, wrapped it around the backpack opening, and tied the sleeves tightly to secure it.
Just then—there was a faint sound of lock-picking outside the door.
Her enhanced senses—both her perception ability and cat-like hearing—caught it immediately. She realized the man had arrived right on schedule.
Looking at the remaining luxury goods, jewelry, and gifts in the room, Li Su felt a rare sense of satisfaction. She quickly wiped away any traces on the window frame and floor, then slipped back out through the window.
Her movements were fast and light.
She had just pulled the window shut when the office door was quietly picked open. A shadow wearing a helmet peeked inside, its long silhouette swaying across the floor.
Without lingering, Li Su climbed down the wall again with ease thanks to her gecko ability. Once she landed, she left the building, returned to the parking lot, and drove off at full speed—removing her disguise along the way.
After parking and changing back into her own clothes, she confirmed the thief had already left, then disabled the B-level hacking control and restored everything to normal.
Just then, her phone vibrated.
It was a message from Lin Tianrou:[Su Su, you’re not backing out at the last minute, are you? You must come to the engagement banquet tomorrow!]
Li Su laughed softly when she saw it and replied almost instantly:
Don’t worry, I’ll be there—and I’ll bring you a big “gift.”
To her, tonight’s gold theft was already the best possible “gift” for Lin Tianrou.
“Mom! Brother! Come help!” she called out.
She opened the trunk and began unloading the hidden gold bars from under the seat. Li You ran out first, followed by the child, Yangyang, whose eyes were wide as saucers.
“Mommy, what are we carrying? I’ll help!”
Li Su handed him a small wrapped bundle of gold bars.
Li You stared at the piles of gold on the ground, eyes wide.“…Did you rob a bank?!”
“Something like that,” Li Su replied casually, wiping her hands. “Even more satisfying than that.”
Li You: “???”
After helping move the boxes, the family gathered for dinner and a late-night meeting about their apocalypse preparations.
Her father, Li Zun, looked exhausted. “We’ve already spent nearly a hundred million. The mine shelter renovation is basically complete—just the soft furnishings left. The water storage tanks are ordered, fully insulated and temperature-controlled.”
Li You added, “The medicines will arrive tomorrow morning. I’ll personally supervise transport to the mine. We still have enough liquidity to keep stocking up.”
Li Su drank some soup and said calmly, “I brought back about 200 jin of gold today. We’ll need more—this is the real hard currency in the apocalypse.”
“I’ll handle that procurement,” Li You immediately replied.
“We still need fuel, heating supplies, more warm packs, generators, solar panels, snowmobiles…” she continued, listing essentials.
The family quietly recorded everything and assigned responsibilities.
Then her mother, Yang Wen, suddenly remembered something. “Oh right, your aunt came by today. She saw the cabbages in the living room and laughed, saying we were overreacting.”
Aunt?
Li Su’s hand froze mid-motion.
“Did she go to the backyard?” she asked sharply.
“That’s where most of the supplies are.”
“No,” her mother said. “I stopped her. She left after a while—same old thing, asking your father for money.”
But Li Su’s heart sank.
Cold dread spread through her body.
In her previous life, their family had been wiped out in a home invasion. Her sister-in-law died while pregnant, her brother was crippled, her parents died one after another…
At the time, she thought it was just chaos in the apocalypse.
Now she realized—this timing was too suspicious.
Her aunt’s visit… the probing glance… the greedy family…
Nothing about it was coincidence.
She clenched her fists.
This time, she would make sure her family had the ability to protect themselves.