“Xiaoxiao, although this is indeed hard to believe, I choose to trust you. If things really are as you said, then there are many things we need to prepare. My space is only about the size of a basketball court right now, and I need jade and emeralds to upgrade and expand it.”
Meng Yu thought that the whole situation was far too strange. Even if she found it difficult to believe, she had no choice but to take it seriously. What if it was true? In a world where people could turn on one another and monsters roamed freely, how could they survive without making preparations?
“Thank you for believing me, Sister Yu. I don’t have much right now except money. Take a look at what we need to buy and how much it will cost, and I’ll cover the expenses,” Mu Xiaoxiao said generously.
“It just so happens that tomorrow and the day after are the weekend. I’ll spend tonight thinking carefully about what we need.”
After the construction workers left, the two of them had dinner and returned to their respective rooms.
Meng Yu began thinking about what they would need for the apocalypse. Medicine, daily necessities, food, clothing, machinery, equipment, fuel, and even weapons.
One of her former classmates worked at a pharmaceutical company, so medicine would not be too difficult to obtain. The other supplies could also be handled somehow, but weapons were much harder to acquire, as was fuel.
Suddenly, she thought of her senior.
She found his contact information and sent him a message.
Senior, are you there?
At that moment, Gu Jingchuan was still working overtime at his company. When his private WeChat notification sounded, his heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.
Meng Yu was the only person who had this account. He normally did not use WeChat, and his other friends simply called him whenever they needed something.
Setting aside his work, Gu Jingchuan picked up his phone and replied.
Junior Meng Yu, what’s wrong?
Looking at his reply, Meng Yu felt that this was not something she could explain clearly through messages.
Are you free tomorrow morning? Let’s meet at a coffee shop.
Gu Jingchuan replied.
Alright, no problem.
After agreeing on a location, the two of them stopped chatting.
The next day was Saturday.
Meng Yu got up, prepared breakfast, and called Mu Xiaoxiao downstairs to eat.
“Xiaoxiao, I’m going out later. I might not be back for lunch. I know a senior who has a lot of connections, so it would be much easier for him to help us purchase supplies. I’m going to see if he’s willing to help.”
“Alright. If you don’t have enough money, just let me know.”
Meng Yu did not stand on ceremony with her. She only had five hundred thousand yuan, which was nowhere near enough to purchase all the supplies they needed. She could simply consider Mu Xiaoxiao’s money as money Xiaoxiao had entrusted to her.
When Meng Yu arrived at the coffee shop, she immediately saw her senior sitting there quietly.
He looked like a scene from a painting, with a tall and slender figure. His fair fingers elegantly held a cup of coffee as he took a sip.
Their gazes suddenly met.
Meng Yu smiled slightly in greeting, and Gu Jingchuan returned her smile. There was a faint, indescribable emotion flickering in his eyes.
“Senior, you’re here so early. Have you eaten breakfast yet?”
Meng Yu sat down and looked at him. Her senior really had become more and more handsome.
“I have. What about you?”
“I already ate too.”
Gu Jingchuan pushed the menu toward her and asked gently, “What would you like to drink?”
After Meng Yu placed her order, she finally brought up the reason she had come.
“Sorry to trouble you today, Senior, but there’s something I need your help with. I was wondering if you could possibly help me get… weapons and fuel…”
Her voice became quieter toward the end as she unconsciously leaned closer to Gu Jingchuan.
A faint fragrance drifted from her and reached his nose, making it difficult for him to look away.
“Senior? Senior?”
Gu Jingchuan suddenly realized that he had lost focus for a moment and lightly cleared his throat.
“Junior Meng Yu, none of what you mentioned is a problem. But how much fuel and how many weapons do you need? If you don’t mind me asking, what do you need those things for?”
In his impression, Meng Yu was not someone who would normally come into contact with dangerous items. He was worried that she might be in some kind of trouble.
Meng Yu did not hide the truth from Gu Jingchuan. Just like Xiaoxiao, he had helped her many times in the past.
She had decided to tell him about her space.
After activating it, the jade pendant had disappeared, so she could simply say that she had awakened a special ability.
“To be honest, Senior, I’ve been feeling very uneasy lately, as if something major is about to happen. I even dreamed that the apocalypse came and people were infected by a virus, turning into zombies that attacked others.”
Gu Jingchuan frowned slightly when he heard this. Just as Meng Yu had initially found it difficult to believe Xiaoxiao, he also found Meng Yu’s words hard to accept.
“Junior, it was only a dream.”
“I know you probably won’t believe me. Come with me to my car, and I’ll show you something.”
Meng Yu paid the bill, and the two of them walked to her car.
After getting inside, Meng Yu said, “Senior, watch carefully.”
As she spoke, she picked up a pack of tissues from the car.
The tissues suddenly disappeared right before Gu Jingchuan’s eyes.
His pupils contracted sharply before his expression quickly returned to normal.
“Junior, are you performing a magic trick for me?”
“Senior, this isn’t magic. This is a spatial ability I awakened. It can store items. Look.”
As she spoke, the tissues reappeared in her hand. She repeated the process several times for him.
Gu Jingchuan was an experienced man who had seen a great deal, but even he was deeply shocked.
He knew that even if the apocalypse did not exist, there were still many unusual things in this world. Thinking about the phone call he had received from an elderly man in A City some time ago, asking him to return without explaining the reason, Meng Yu’s sudden revelation made him realize that something significant might truly be happening.
“Alright. I believe you, Junior Meng Yu.”
Meng Yu let out a sigh of relief. If her senior had refused to believe her, there would have been nothing she could do.
“Thank you for trusting me, Senior. Buy as much of those supplies as you can. Give me your bank card number, and I’ll transfer some money to you first. Let me know how much more you need afterward, and please handle everything as quickly as possible.”
“The other supplies are easy enough to arrange, but for fuel and weapons, you’ll need to travel abroad with me. It’s difficult to purchase large quantities locally.”
“Alright, no problem. I can leave whenever necessary.”
Gu Jingchuan smiled slightly.
“Would you be willing to have lunch with me? This is the first time we’ve met since graduation.”
Meng Yu had originally wanted to refuse. After all, Xiaoxiao was home alone.
“Senior, let me treat you to lunch instead. Xiaoxiao is alone at home, so I’ll call her and invite her too.”
Xiaoxiao?
Gu Jingchuan thought for a moment and realized who she meant.
“Have you always been living with her?”
“Yes. This time, when it came to buying supplies, the little money I had was only enough to buy some food. Xiaoxiao is paying for everything else, and she believes me too.”
Meng Yu looked relieved and grateful.
Back when they were still in school, Mu Xiaoxiao often followed Meng Yu whenever she came to meet him, so he never had the chance to spend time alone with his junior.
In fact, Mu Xiaoxiao had once confessed her feelings to him, but he had rejected her.
Meng Yu did not know about this.
After getting Gu Jingchuan’s permission, Meng Yu called Mu Xiaoxiao.
“Xiaoxiao, come out and have lunch with us. I don’t know if you still remember Senior Gu Jingchuan. The three of us used to meet together.”
The moment Mu Xiaoxiao heard Gu Jingchuan’s name on the other end of the call, she immediately realized who it was.
Wasn’t he the male lead?
Meng Yu and the male lead were having lunch together, so why should she go and intrude on them?
“I won’t go, Sister Yu. I’m out buying supplies too. I’ll just eat something while I’m here.”
“Alright, then. Don’t tire yourself out too much. I’m handling some things over here as well.”
Meng Yu ended the call.
“Xiaoxiao isn’t coming, so I guess it’ll just be the two of us.”
“Alright. What would you like to eat?”
When Gu Jingchuan learned that Mu Xiaoxiao was not coming, he assumed that she was no longer interested in him, which was a good thing. Otherwise, if Meng Yu brought her along every time they met, it would make things rather inconvenient.
The two of them had Chinese food for lunch and spent a long time talking about their past. They chatted happily and eventually brought the conversation to an end.
“Junior, don’t worry. I’ll go back this afternoon and start handling everything. We’ll keep in touch by phone.”
“Alright, Senior. Sorry to trouble you. Call me anytime.”