For dinner, Ye Qingning went to a newly opened Western restaurant. Under the waiter’s guidance, she took the elevator up to the rooftop open-air dining garden on the fourth floor.
On such a hot day, ice cream was the perfect choice.
She ordered two flavors of ice cream—fruit and “Moon Boat”—and also some pastries.
Savoring a spoonful of ice cream, Ye Qingning closed her eyes.
Inside the concessions, neon lights flickered, life was colorful and lively. Outside the concessions, it was completely dark—miserable and full of suffering.
One side was heaven, the other was hell.
Her welcome ceremony naturally had to involve many people. Family members of Shanghai City, hello!
Using her ability, she distributed corn, sweet potatoes, and cucumbers from her space to the poor people—these could all be eaten raw.
For families with little babies, Ye Qingning additionally gave rice and milk.
“Miss, your ice cream is melting. Would you like us to refreeze it?”
“No need.”
After finishing the ice cream, Ye Qingning packed up the pastries.
“Welcome again next time.”
“Mm.”
She tipped the waiter, receiving a sincere smile in return.
Now she needed to find the person who had bumped into her—the one who had no manners at all.
And also those people she had marked earlier.
Then, she would go into her space and sleep soundly.
“You didn’t go to the port again today.”
“I don’t want to leave for now.”
“This place is dirty and poor, filled with disease and corruption. As soon as I get the chance, I will leave.”
“But you can’t deny that the people here are kind and lovely. If not for the Hua Country embassy signing and stamping our documents, we wouldn’t have been able to leave at all. And many kind people helped us, even though they themselves were struggling.”
“No. My friend, this place is not suitable for us. We are wealthy—we should not live like this!”
“At least it is safe here.”
“How did you become such a cowardly weakling?! My friend, you disappoint me greatly!”
The man looked at him in disbelief, then slammed the door and left, returning to his own residence next door.
Ye Qingning once again felt regret over her past ignorance and lack of learning. She must end the war as soon as possible and promote a common language.
However, it seemed the other side had won the argument. In arguments, whoever backed down lost.
She gave a silent thumbs-up and decided not to touch his things for now.
As for the other person—he looked so arrogant, yet didn’t have much valuable property.
Only a little over twenty gold bars, some cash, and jewelry. The rest were documents she couldn’t understand—probably passports, seals, or similar papers.
She had expected more wealth.
It turned out to be a disappointment.
The people sitting in the bank should have money, right? She couldn’t have wasted her trip.
“They actually can’t even protect their own assets! So stupid!”
“Darling, where did you store ours? I don’t even know, and if we don’t know, thieves definitely won’t either.”
“To avoid them coming to borrow money, just tell the outside world that we lost everything too.”
“Darling, that’s a brilliant idea.”
……
“Is our family’s money and treasures still safe?”
“Why are you suddenly asking about money?”
“Just checking. Never mind, I’ll confirm it myself.”
……
“Their family’s capital chain is definitely going to be affected. If we invest at this time…”
“No, you’re wrong. On Hua Country’s land, they won’t lack money. We can’t gain any advantage.”
“We’re one step too late every time. I’ll go ask Father what they plan to do.”
“Let’s go together.”
……
“Could this be a conspiracy?”
“You suspect they’re staging it themselves? The three of them are the biggest shareholders. If they cooperate… there’s no need for this, right?”
“Asset transfer. The international situation is unclear, and the concessions are not necessarily safe. Japan outside the concessions has always been eyeing this land.”
“Then what should we do?”
“First secretly move our assets. I suspect they’ve already deposited their money in Candy Bank and don’t want to include us anymore. Even though we’re relatives, nothing matters in front of profit.”
“I’ll go prepare.”
……
“No, they wouldn’t deposit money. I received news from Candy Country—Cohen’s wife and children needed to show a death certificate from Swastika Country’s concentration camp just to withdraw his money.”
“What?!”
“They almost got arrested. Luckily there was chaos at the bank and they escaped. If I can get the news, they can too. So they would only think about withdrawing, not depositing.”
“I’ve bought a ticket to Candy Country tomorrow morning. I still have a lot of money stored there. They are too unreliable—I can’t trust them.”
“Father, I’ll go with you.”
……
Ye Qingning didn’t expect these people to speak Hua Country language so fluently, and they were quite united too. Otherwise, how could they all say almost the same things when they discovered their treasures were missing—even though she couldn’t understand them?
The Taiyou people really were “rich in oil.”
As she walked, Ye Qingning scanned her space warehouse’s recent harvests. First came towering mountains of gold. Then layers of weapons, stacks of boxes, piles of clothing and fabrics, rows of furniture, and lines of industrial machines…
Yiren’s shelves had been completely filled by her, so she had only roughly categorized everything afterward, leaving it all scattered.
But no one could see it anyway—who would know she was this messy?
“Baka!”
Who was she bothering by being messy? And they even used Japanese to curse her!
Ye Qingning looked up and saw a Japanese escort not far away, holding a pistol, kicking and beating a child.
Her first reaction wasn’t anger directed at herself—but a strange itch in her hands.
She had no zombies to train on anymore.
These Japanese soldiers could serve as beginner “zombie targets” for her practice. Otherwise, how would her abilities ever level up? How would her subordinates ever come to her?
But before she could act, the Japanese seemed to be in a hurry. The escort spat, and the two quickly left, leaving the child lying on the ground.
The child’s clothes were already in tatters. Though they had been old and worn to begin with, they were now completely torn apart.
“Hey, are you okay?”
At this moment, she surely looked like she was glowing with a sacred light, like a little fairy in the night.
“I… I’m fine.” His face and body hurt, but he was used to it. As long as he could still get up, it meant he was fine.
It just meant today would be another day with nothing gained.
Seeing him say he was fine, Ye Qingning tossed two bags from her shoulder bag and used spatial perception to follow the departing Japanese soldiers.
The boy looked in the direction she left, then quickly picked up one bag curiously, sniffed it, and opened it. No surprise—it was steamed buns.
He swallowed hard, then opened the second bag. Upon seeing what was inside, he immediately hid it against his chest and stood up to run.
Inside were banknotes—so many banknotes he had never seen in his life.
Today was the luckiest day of his life!
Ye Qingning: Those were compensation money she had just taken from the Japanese. If you hit someone, you had to pay.