Pei Yichen carried Pei Mo, who was still asleep, while Gu Nanyi followed beside him.
Mo Bei and Mo Nan followed behind with their suitcases as they arrived at the place where Pei Yiming had arranged for the cruise ship.
The person who came to meet them was one of Pei Yiming’s assistants, Yun Yang.
“Second Young Master, Young Master asked me to come and pick you up.”
Pei Yichen looked at Yun Yang. “Mm. Wait a moment. There are still some things that haven’t arrived yet.”
“Of course, Second Young Master.”
Yun Yang stood beside Mo Bei and waited with them.
Pei Yichen carried Pei Mo into one of the bedrooms on the cruise ship.
Gu Nanyi followed him.
“Wife, leave things outside to me. Stay here and keep Momo company.”
“Okay, I know.”
Soon, all the supplies ordered by Mo Bei and Mo Nan arrived. Trip after trip, everything was loaded into the cruise ship’s storage area.
After paying the remaining balance, the cruise ship set off for home.
Gu Nanyi accompanied Pei Mo to sleep for a while and woke up at nine in the morning.
Pei Mo was still asleep.
Mo Nan had been waiting outside the door. “Madam, BOSS is waiting for you on the deck.”
“Mm. Just call me when Momo wakes up.”
“Yes, Madam.”
Gu Nanyi went to Pei Yichen’s side. “A-Chen.”
When Pei Yichen heard her, he put an arm around her waist. “Wife, it is almost time. Three more hours.”
Gu Nanyi knew that Pei Yichen was talking about the volcanic eruption in R Country.
“Mm.”
The two stood side by side on the deck, watching the scenery across the sea.
Kyoto Airport.
Pei Yiming wore a black windbreaker, with Shi Yu following behind him in casual clothes.
Shi Yu childishly held onto the strap of Pei Yiming’s windbreaker, claiming that there were too many people and they might easily get separated.
The bodyguards around them: Are we just decorations?
Pei Yiming had told him several times, but Shi Yu simply would not listen. Helpless, Pei Yiming could only indulge him.
Behind them, another assistant, Yun Hai, followed while pushing the suitcases.
“Brother Yiming, when will the Second Brother be back?”
“You miss him?” Pei Yiming turned around and glanced at the boy behind him, raising an eyebrow.
“No. Didn’t you say Second Brother had something to do? You’re wrongfully accusing me!” Shi Yu said aggrievedly.
Pei Yiming rubbed his forehead, then tapped Shi Yu on the forehead. “You. Come on, let’s go! Your Second Brother will be back soon.”
“Okay.”
Shi Yu obediently held onto the strap of Pei Yiming’s windbreaker and followed behind him.
Yun Hai watched this scene without any reaction. He had long since gotten used to it.
After all, the young master was simply this… uninhibited around the eldest young master.
And yet, the eldest young master actually indulged him.
That evening.
When Pei Yichen carried Pei Mo and held Gu Nanyi’s hand as they returned to Nancheng Manor, they discovered that a whole group of people was sitting in the living room.
When Pei Mo saw them, he wanted to get down from his father’s arms.
“Grandpa, Grandma, Big Uncle, Little Uncle, Momo is back!”
When Pei Haoshen and Ding Shu heard their little grandson, they immediately responded.
“Hey, slow down. No need to rush.”
Pei Mo left his father’s arms and ran straight over to sit between the two of them.
Pei Yichen told Mo Bei and Mo Nan to put away the suitcases, then sat down on the sofa with Gu Nanyi.
Pei Haoshen glanced at his eldest son.
Pei Yiming took out a tablet. As expected, it was playing footage of the volcanic eruption in R Country. The entire country had been affected, with the exception of those who were not in the country.
“Xiao Chen, how did you know about this?”
Pei Yiming felt that his younger brother was hiding something from them.
Shi Yu sat beside Pei Yiming. He no longer had his previous childish expression and instead wore a serious look.
Afraid that her grandson would be frightened, Ding Shu held him in her arms and comforted him.
Of course, Pei Yichen knew. In his previous life, this had happened around this exact time.
“Dad, Mom, Yiyi and I were reborn.”
Pei Haoshen and Pei Yiming understood every word individually, but putting them together made it somewhat difficult to understand.
At this moment, Shi Yu spoke up. “Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, you aren’t like those characters in novels who came back from the future, are you?”
“You can put it that way.”
Hearing Shi Yu’s words, Pei Yichen nodded.
In his previous life, his elder brother and Shi Yu had remained overseas and never returned, so he had no idea what their lives abroad had been like.
Moreover, Gu Nanyi had said that the original plot had never mentioned them in detail. It had only briefly mentioned them when the story reached this part.
Seeing that his younger brother did not seem to be lying, Pei Yiming knew there was no reason for him to lie about something like this.
“Xiao Chen, was your life very difficult in your previous life?”
Pei Yiming had noticed the pain in his younger brother’s and sister-in-law’s eyes just now.
“Big Brother, we’re fine.”
“Mm. We are here this time.”
Shi Yu also joined in. “That’s right, that’s right. Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law have us!”
Pei Yiming had naturally also received a message from his assistant, Yun Yang.
“So all those supplies you ordered in R Country were stored there?”
Yun Yang had just mentioned that all those supplies had disappeared, after all, he had only been away for a short while.
Gu Nanyi said, “Big Brother, they’re with me. A-Chen and I were reborn, and we discovered that our spatial abilities from our previous life have returned as well!”
“Spatial abilities?”
Pei Yiming did not read novels and knew nothing about the apocalypse-related concepts in them.
“Big Brother, the apocalypse will break out in another six months.”
Hearing this, Shi Yu asked excitedly, “Second Brother, is it the kind of apocalypse described in novels?”
Pei Yichen nodded. “That’s right. In October, instead of getting cooler, the weather will become hotter. The temperature will gradually rise and continue for a month. In November, a rain of red rain will completely change the world. There will be zombies and ability users, and everyone will struggle to survive in extreme conditions.”
Shi Yu was extremely excited. He had never expected it to actually be real.
Seeing how excited Shi Yu was, Pei Yiming immediately wrapped an arm around him and held him in place. “Behave yourself.”
Feeling the hand around his lower back, Shi Yu immediately sat properly. “Oh, okay.”
Pei Yichen continued, “In November, those who come into contact with the red rain will either turn into zombies or become ability users and awaken various abilities. During the apocalypse, there will only be two kinds of weather: extreme heat and extreme cold. That’s why we need to purchase supplies and make other preparations.”
After hearing this, Pei Yiming said, “We need to call Uncle Gu’s family over and discuss this together. I think it would be better to build a base.”
After seeing the volcanic eruption in R Country, Pei Haoshen immediately remembered what his son had said about a major event happening later and the need to stockpile supplies. He immediately sent a message to his good friend, Gu Renbai.
“I’ve already contacted Renbai. The earliest they can arrive is tomorrow morning.”
Gu Renbai and An Zixin had gone traveling and had not returned yet.
They received the news at noon and were already on their way back.
As for Gu Nanyi’s elder brother, Gu Zixing, he was still overseas on a business trip and would not be able to return until the day after tomorrow.
Gu Nanyi thought of her parents and missed them terribly.
In her previous life, because of the influence of the plot, her parents had drawn the zombies away to protect her and then disappeared without a trace.
Her elder brother had also gone missing at the beginning. However, the plot had revealed that Gu Zixing eventually became a zombie and provided the male and female protagonists with a high-level crystal core.
Thinking of this, Gu Nanyi wished she could immediately go and kill Su Xiao and He Weiyue.
But she could not do that yet. Now was not the time.
One day, she would make them pay the price.
Pei Yichen knew that his wife had thought of what happened in her previous life again, so he held her hand.
“Mommy, Momo is sleepy.”
Momo had woken up during the day and spent the entire time playing on the cruise ship. He was probably tired by now.
Hearing her son’s voice, Gu Nanyi pulled herself out of her thoughts.
“Okay, Mommy will put Momo to sleep.”
After saying goodbye to her parents and elder brother, she went upstairs to coax her son to sleep.
Downstairs, Pei Yichen and the others began discussing their plans. They could sell off some of the company’s shares, but they could not make it too obvious.
After all, both the Pei and Gu families were prominent families. If their actions were too obvious, they could easily attract the government’s suspicion.
They also had hundreds of billions in liquid funds, which was more than enough to purchase supplies.
Pei Yichen took out a map and pointed to a location. “I think this place would be suitable for building a base.”
Pei Haoshen and Pei Yiming came over to take a look.
They discovered that it was at the border between Kyoto and a neighboring province.
There was basically nothing there except a vast, empty mountain and tens of thousands of square meters of open land surrounding it.
Because the area was so empty, no one knew what to build there. The government also lacked sufficient funds, so the area had never been developed and had remained vacant.
“During the apocalypse, not only people but also animals and plants will undergo mutations. There is no vegetation here, so it can be used entirely as a base.”
“Good. Once the Gu family returns, we’ll start preparing together.”
Pei Yiming said, “Dad, Mom, Shi Yu and I will return overseas first and sell all the companies abroad.”
“Good. Try to collect as many supplies as possible overseas. With supplies in hand during the apocalypse, there is nothing to fear!”
“Okay.”
Pei Yiming took Shi Yu back to his own villa. They planned to leave a few days later, but Yun Yang and Yun Hai could return first.
Pei Haoshen and Ding Shu also returned to the old residence.
Pei Haoshen’s parents had both been soldiers. Because of illnesses left behind from their younger years, they had both passed away last year.
Only the two of them lived in the old residence.