Meng Yu really treated her like a child. Thinking about it, Mu Xiaoxiao was already twenty two years old, while Meng Yu was only a year older than her.
“I was the one who asked them to come. I want to reinforce the villa’s security. As for why, I’ll tell you when you’re off work this weekend.”
Xiaoxiao had always done whatever she wanted, and Meng Yu could only try to persuade her. If Xiaoxiao listened, then good, but if she did not, there was nothing Meng Yu could do. She could only wait and ask the two men later whether they really were from a renovation company.
Besides, Xiaoxiao had changed a lot over the past two days. Meng Yu could tell that something must have happened. Since Xiaoxiao was willing to tell her, she would wait.
“Alright. Do you need my help?”
“No, no. I’ve already arranged everything,” Mu Xiaoxiao replied.
Just as she finished speaking, her phone rang.
“I need to take this call.”
With that, she walked away.
“Hello, beautiful. We’re delivering the goods. Are you at the warehouse?”
The items she had bought that morning and afternoon were being delivered one after another.
“Alright, I’ll be right there. Please wait a moment.”
“We’ve only just set off too, but we wanted to let you know in advance.”
After hanging up, Mu Xiaoxiao turned around.
“Is something wrong?” Meng Yu asked after seeing her end the call.
“Yes, I need to go out for a while. Sister Yu, if those two are finished looking around, ask them to wait for me. I’ll be back soon.”
“Alright. Be careful on the way.”
Meng Yu had originally wanted to go with Xiaoxiao, but then she remembered that there were still two grown men in the house.
After Mu Xiaoxiao left, Meng Yu questioned the two men thoroughly, almost as if she were checking their household registration. It turned out that they really were from a renovation company, so she said nothing more and simply told them to inspect the villa carefully and come up with a proper design.
Mu Xiaoxiao drove to the warehouse and began signing for the supplies. Truckload after truckload of goods was delivered inside.
After everything had arrived that day, she moved a small portion into her space. Since the space was still not very large, it could not hold everything. She locked the warehouse doors and drove home.
When she returned, she found the two men from the renovation company sitting in the living room and drinking tea.
Seeing Mu Xiaoxiao return, one of them said, “You’re back, beautiful. We’ve finished looking around.”
Mu Xiaoxiao sat down on the sofa as well, and Meng Yu brought her a cup of fruit tea.
“Have something to drink.”
“Thank you.”
“So, what do you think? Can you handle it?”
“We can. The schedule is a little tight, but we can bring in more workers and work overtime to get it done. It’s just the price…”
“As long as you can do it, money isn’t a problem. But don’t rush through the work just to finish on time. The quality of the materials must be good,” Mu Xiaoxiao said, nodding in satisfaction as she reminded him.
Brother Chen agreed immediately.
“No problem, beautiful. I’ll have people start bringing in the materials and begin construction tomorrow.”
Mu Xiaoxiao gave him the password and key, then took out two copies of the contract. Meng Yu carefully read through them, and only then did Mu Xiaoxiao sign her name.
She paid two hundred thousand yuan as the initial payment and watched the two men leave.
“Sister Yu, let’s order takeout for dinner tonight. I really don’t feel like moving anymore. I’m a little tired.”
“Alright. What do you want to eat? I’ll order it.”
Meng Yu took out her phone.
“Hmm, I want some milk tea. How about luosifen? Can you eat that, Sister Yu?”
“Of course, no problem.”
As she spoke, she placed the order on her phone.
After the two of them finished their takeout, Mu Xiaoxiao took another comfortable bath. Then she entered her space, harvested another batch of crops, and planted a new batch.
She took out her phone to see what else she still needed to buy.
The next morning, the construction workers arrived early.
After seeing Meng Yu off, Mu Xiaoxiao told the construction crew to work carefully. Before leaving, she entered her space and harvested another batch of crops.
Her farm had reached Level 3, and she could now unlock a ranch and raise chickens.
She chose to unlock it, then sold the vegetables. She now had three thousand gold coins.
She bought one rooster and one hen, spending one thousand gold coins.
That was a little expensive.
Using pasture grass as feed, Mu Xiaoxiao finished everything and left her space to continue shopping for supplies.
She wanted milk tea, so she sat in her car and ordered dozens of cups at a time, storing them in her space. Whenever she wanted to drink one later, she could simply take it out, and it would still be in the same state as when she had put it in.
She also bought barbecue, braised dishes, and other prepared foods. By the end of the morning, she had bought five hundred cups of milk tea and several thousand skewers of barbecue.
At noon, she went home to check on the construction progress. After eating, she continued shopping in the afternoon.
This time, she focused on fuel.
She siphoned the fuel from her car, then drove to gas stations to refill it. She went through several gas stations and eventually stored five thousand liters of gasoline.
It was Friday, and that evening, she planned to tell Meng Yu about the apocalypse.
As she drove, she thought about how she should explain it.
On Meng Yu’s side, she had been extremely curious about what Xiaoxiao wanted to tell her ever since the afternoon began. She quickly finished everything she needed to do at work.
Since it was Friday and there was nothing else to handle, she left work early and bought the coffee Mu Xiaoxiao liked on her way home. She also sent Xiaoxiao a message, telling her that she had finished work and was on her way back.
After receiving the message, Mu Xiaoxiao drove home as well.
“Sister Yu, why did you get off work so early today?”
“There wasn’t much to do this Friday afternoon, so we could leave early once everything was finished.”
Meng Yu felt a little guilty. Normally, she would not do something like that.
“I bought you coffee.”
Mu Xiaoxiao picked up the coffee and saw Meng Yu staring at her with an expectant expression. She thought that Meng Yu must be extremely curious about what secret she was going to reveal.
“Sister Yu, let’s go to my room.”
Meng Yu obediently followed behind Mu Xiaoxiao into the room.
Once they were inside, Mu Xiaoxiao’s expression turned serious.
“Sister Yu, I had a dream. In the dream, the apocalypse came. Some people turned into zombies and attacked others. During the apocalypse, you desperately protected me, but I still died.”
After hearing this, Meng Yu comforted her.
“Xiaoxiao, don’t be afraid. It was only a dream.”
“No, I don’t think it was a dream. I’ve never felt that something was so real before. Besides, Sister Yu, haven’t you noticed that there have been a lot of disasters happening recently? It’s better to believe it might be true than to dismiss it completely.”
Mu Xiaoxiao’s expression was grave.
Meng Yu was very attentive to the news and liked following current events, so she knew what Mu Xiaoxiao was talking about. There had indeed been quite a few disasters from last year until now, but it was still difficult to believe that something like the events in a movie could actually happen.
Mu Xiaoxiao saw Meng Yu frowning deeply in thought and knew that she still did not fully believe her.
“I also dreamed that you have a jade pendant. It contains a space, and it needs to be activated with blood. If you don’t believe me, you can try it.”
Meng Yu looked up in surprise.
She really did have a jade pendant, which she wore around her neck. It had been passed down through her family.
Seeing the serious expression on Mu Xiaoxiao’s face, Meng Yu felt that she had to try it if only to put her doubts to rest.
“Alright.”
Meng Yu found a needle and pricked her finger, allowing a drop of blood to fall onto the jade pendant.
Nothing happened at first.
Just as she was about to speak, the blood on the jade pendant was suddenly absorbed. A flash of light appeared, and Meng Yu vanished from where she stood.
Seeing Meng Yu disappear, Mu Xiaoxiao let out a sigh of relief.
She had been afraid that her arrival might have changed something in this world. When the jade pendant had not reacted immediately, her heart had risen into her throat.
Fortunately, it was real.
Meng Yu found herself inside a completely white space. There was only an interface where water was dripping down, and nothing else.
The space was about the size of a basketball court.
Suddenly, a stream of information entered her mind.
It turned out that this space had been left behind by her ancestors. It was a storage space that also contained a spiritual spring capable of curing all illnesses.
However, the spiritual energy inside the space was very thin, so the spiritual spring produced only a tiny amount of water, dripping out one drop at a time.
The space could be upgraded using objects containing spiritual energy, such as jade and emeralds.
Looking at the spiritual spring dripping slowly, Meng Yu wanted to find something to collect the water in. The moment she thought about returning, she appeared back in the room.
Seeing Meng Yu return, Mu Xiaoxiao asked, “Well, Sister Yu? Do you believe me now?”
“Xiaoxiao, wait for me. I’m going to get a bucket.”
With that, Meng Yu left the room, went to the kitchen, found a bucket that could hold water, and returned to the room.
She entered the space again and placed the bucket beneath the spiritual spring to collect the water before coming back out.