Xia Sisi composed herself for a moment, then forced out a couple of tears.
“Give me a few days alone… I’ve been missing my parents lately.”
Lin Yi tried to move closer, but Dahei suddenly stood up, baring its teeth as it blocked the space between them.
Startled, Lin Yi staggered back a step.
“Sisi, y-you… when did you start raising such a big dog?”
Xia Sisi silently praised Dahei in her heart. What a good dog—he could tell she didn’t like Lin Yi.
“I just got him. I live alone, so having him around makes me feel safer.” Xia Sisi gently stroked the fur on Dahei’s neck—it felt great.
“I-if you don’t feel comfortable living alone, you could move in with me.”
The moment Lin Yi said that, Xia Sisi wanted to spit in his face—as if!
In her previous life, when the apocalypse began, Lin Yi had come to her with a pile of supplies, saying they would face the crisis together.
But what happened? The very next morning after sleeping with her, he left without a word—taking all the supplies with him. And he also took that ring.
All because Hao Rou had once said she liked antique-style items.
Later, right before Xia Sisi died, Lin Yi whispered in her ear that he had long wanted to sleep with her—after all, why not take advantage if it’s free?
Xia Sisi clenched her fists tightly and bit her lip hard to stop herself from punching him right then and there.
“Lin Yi, this is the house my parents left me. I feel safe living here.”
Lin Yi was about to say more, but Xia Sisi immediately raised her voice and cut him off:
“Lin Yi, aren’t we about to get engaged? Can you return the shares and funds my parents left me? I’ve been dreaming about them scolding me lately… That’s why I’ve been in a bad mood and blocked you. I don’t want to see you for now.”
As expected, Lin Yi’s expression changed instantly.
“Sisi, don’t overthink it. If your parents knew you were getting engaged, they’d be thrilled. As for the shares and funds, once you marry me, they’ll be our joint property anyway. I’ll never let you down. Um… I’ll go first, I’ve got something to take care of. And unblock me, okay? After all, we’re getting engaged in a few months.”
Xia Sisi sneered inwardly.
That engagement? It’s probably never going to happen.
Lin Yi left just like that.
Xia Sisi wasn’t in a hurry to settle the score with him. After all, once the apocalypse arrived, killing wouldn’t be illegal anymore.
After settling Dahei in, Xia Sisi checked the time—it was only 2 p.m. And she was getting hungry.
Taking out her phone, Xia Sisi prepared to go all out.
Braised pork ribs, soup dumplings, spicy hotpot, Mao Xue Wang, Northeastern dishes, sauce-braised bones… everything she liked—she ordered five portions of each.
All afternoon, her doorbell kept ringing. Dahei stayed alert every time, ears perked, staring at the door.
Xia Sisi stored all the takeout into her space, leaving only one portion of braised pork ribs with rice for herself.
Dahei sat beside her, silent, but his big eyes were fixed on the ribs in her bowl.
With no other choice, Xia Sisi took out the biggest piece and placed it in her palm.
“Want it?”
Dahei tilted his head, looking a bit silly—as if saying, Isn’t that obvious?
One large rib—gone in a single bite…
Clearly, his appetite was enormous.
Between receiving deliveries, Xia Sisi sat in her air-conditioned room, jotting down plans in a notebook.
According to the sequence of the apocalypse:
First came acid rain, then floods.
After that, temperatures plummeted to minus sixty degrees Celsius.
At that point, a large portion of humanity died.
Then came extreme heat, with temperatures reaching up to fifty degrees Celsius.
By then, cities had basically collapsed—electricity and water supplies failed, and people could only struggle to survive in the heat.
There were also intermittent earthquakes, constantly crushing human will.
The largest earthquake she remembered was terrifying—skyscrapers collapsed, the earth split open, and countless people fell into the abyss.
These abnormal climate events lasted about half a year.
But it was as if the Earth was punishing humanity for years of environmental destruction—this wasn’t the end.
Or rather… it was only the beginning.
Environmental changes led to massive deaths among humans, animals, plants, and insects. With everyone struggling to survive, no one had time to deal with the corpses.
At the end of the extreme heat, a terrifying virus emerged.
It spread through dead organisms, turning them into zombie-like creatures.
These creatures were dead, yet could move—and they craved fresh flesh and blood.
Some even retained a bit of intelligence.
After consuming enough humans or their own kind, some would mutate.
And that was when the Zombie King would be born…
Only then did the true apocalypse begin.
Meanwhile, an irritated Lin Yi, after leaving Xia Sisi’s house, immediately called Hao Rou.
“Brother Yi, what’s wrong?” Hearing the displeasure in his tone, Hao Rou quickly asked in a gentle, caring voice.
“Do you think that bitch Xia Sisi has figured something out? Today she actually asked me about the funds and shares her parents left her. She used to do everything I said, but today she even blocked me!”
Hao Rou had been putting on makeup, getting ready to go out with Lin Yi for dinner. Hearing this, she was startled and accidentally smudged her eyebrow.
She wiped it off irritably, but her tone remained soft:
“Brother Yi, you’re overthinking it. Xia Sisi has always been stupid. Just a few days ago, I tested her—asked who would manage the money after you two got married. I even convinced her to hand over the other half of her shares and funds to you.”
In Hao Rou’s eyes, Xia Sisi was nothing more than a brainless fool.
For years, she and Lin Yi had been having a secret affair, yet Xia Sisi never noticed.
Not only that, Hao Rou had been subtly brainwashing Xia Sisi—making her believe men should control finances, and that as an orphan, being engaged to the Lin family was a blessing from three lifetimes.
Under this manipulation, Xia Sisi had been completely devoted to Lin Yi. Even money she earned from part-time jobs would be handed over to him, and she would constantly buy things for him.
She had always been humble, obedient, and submissive.
What she didn’t know was that all the Lin family’s kindness was fake. Without the other half of the funds and shares in her possession, they would have kicked her out long ago.
As for the Lin family, although they appeared prosperous, they were actually facing financial troubles. They urgently needed Xia Sisi’s assets to survive—that’s why they were rushing the engagement.
But Xia Sisi had known none of this.
“Yeah, I guess. People don’t change that quickly. I must be overthinking it. Are you ready? I’ll be at your place soon. Tonight… don’t go home. Heh.”
“Brother Yi, you’re so naughty!”