“When I fed them just now, they were fine. How did this happen?”The shop assistant carefully picked up the puppy with a missing corner on its ear, then gently applied medicine to its wounds.“The blood on its head hasn’t even dried yet. It must have been bitten just now!”As for the culprit, there were only two puppies in the cage, so it was obvious who did it.
“Since this one is injured, why don’t you take a look at the other one? If you like it…”After finishing the treatment, the shop assistant carefully prepared to place the injured puppy into a separate cage before speaking to Han Ying.
“No, I want the one in your hands!”Han Ying had come here specifically for this puppy with the bitten ear.
In fact, in a little over half a month, this puppy would be bought by a classmate of hers named Sun Yutong, who would name it Tangyuan (Rice Ball).
In her previous life, one month before the apocalypse, Sun Yutong’s new boyfriend turned out to be allergic to dog hair, so she entrusted Tangyuan to Han Ying—who was also renting outside—to look after temporarily. Even after the apocalypse began, Sun Yutong never came to retrieve it. Tangyuan stayed with Han Ying the whole time.
In her previous life, during the apocalypse, Tangyuan had bitten and injured her uncle Wang Jianye while trying to protect Han Ying when he attempted to violate her. In the end, Wang Jianye instigated Zhao Meihua, and together they killed Tangyuan and ate it while Han Ying wasn’t paying attention.
Given a second life, Han Ying intended to bring Tangyuan to her side the moment it appeared.This time, she would protect it well and make it her most loyal companion.
“You want this one? But it’s hurt!”The owner, also a dog lover, hesitated. Though he owned a pet shop to make money, he couldn’t bear to see the injured puppy taken away like that.
“It’s fine. I’ll buy it first and leave it here for boarding for a few days. I’ll pick it up once it has healed!”Han Ying was going on a trip these few days and couldn’t take Tangyuan with her. Leaving it at the shop was a good option.
“That works! Since it got injured here, I won’t charge you any boarding fee until it recovers.”The owner was fair and didn’t try to take advantage of customers.
“Great! I’ll bring the dog for registration once it’s healed. But I’ve never raised a dog before—can you help me with the required paperwork?”In this big city, dogs needed proper identification. Vaccinations were also required. Before the apocalypse, all of this needed to be done if Tangyuan was to live normally.
“No problem. We’ll take care of everything for you!”
Han Ying paid 3,500 yuan, bought several bags of dog supplies, and left the pet shop. Tangyuan would have to wait a few more days before she could pick it up.
The day after buying the dog, Han Ying went abroad to trade gold.
The first person she chose to cooperate with was a Thai man named Vilat.According to the Underworld Web, this man held considerable influence in Thailand’s underground circles, but his business reputation was excellent—no rumors of betrayals or theft.Most importantly, it was said online that he didn’t only buy gold; he also dealt in other black-market goods such as oil and firearms.
And the reason Han Ying chose Thailand first was simple: after selling gold, she could stock up on fruit.
Han Ying’s family had some money, and her parents were artists who often went out “seeking inspiration.” Under their influence, she also traveled often, so passports and visas were never a problem.
She didn’t understand Thai very well, but she could catch a few phrases. Her English, however, was quite good, so communication abroad wasn’t an issue.
For her first transaction, Han Ying didn’t bring too much—just one ton of gold bars.The buyer offered 320 yuan per gram, around 100 yuan below market price, but this was the black market. Everything was untraceable, so she knew the rules.The buyer didn’t ask about the origin of the gold or her identity. He paid, took the gold, and left, telling her to come again if she had more.
After receiving the money, Han Ying found a secluded spot, stored the old car she had driven into her space, and switched it with a second-hand car she had purchased upon arriving in Thailand.
Then, using a different identity, she rented several warehouses and began her fruit-hoarding mission.
Han Ying had been craving Thailand’s durians and mangosteens for a long time!
There were many Thai fruits she didn’t like, but a few were irresistible:coconuts, durians, mangosteens, wax apples, longkong, jackfruit, rambutans, and mangoes.Among them, she loved durians and mangosteens the most.
For the fruits she wasn’t crazy about, she only bought about 2,000 jin of each.
But for durians… Han Ying bought out all the stock from two entire durian wholesale markets, including all the goods scheduled to arrive in the coming week.
The market managers promised her that they could supply just as many durians every day for the next seven days—if not more.
Han Ying didn’t bother calculating how many durians that would be.She only knew that the first day alone, the two markets sent over 80,000 durians each into her warehouses—nearly 170,000 durians in one day.
Seven days of that?Over a million durians without a doubt.Enough for dozens of lifetimes.
The money she spent flowed out like water.
After durians, she moved on to mangosteens.Mangosteens were abundant, but expensive mainly due to difficult harvesting.Still, they were much cheaper locally than in China.Han Ying bought 1 million jin of them.
Wax apples and coconuts were great for hydration.She bought 300,000 jin of wax apples.As for coconuts—useful for water, meat, cooking, desserts, and even as herbal medicine—she bought 1 million coconuts.
Jackfruit wasn’t as delicious as durian, but still good.She bought 300,000 jackfruits of various types.
Longkong fruit tasted sweet and sour, not bad but not her favorite.She bought 50,000 jin.
Rambutans resembled lychees but didn’t taste as good, and the flesh was hard to peel clean.Still, she purchased 100,000 jin.
Mangoes had endless uses—fresh, juiced, dried, desserts, smoothies, cakes.She bought 1 million jin of various mango varieties.
Naturally, mango-dried fruit was also essential.She bought 200,000 jin of mango dried slices.