Jiang Lang grabbed her brother and immediately started heading out, planning to slip away.
But with so many eyes fixed on her every move, how could she possibly escape that easily?
A hand suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes from behind.
“Little girl, don’t leave yet! At least sell us a couple pieces of jade. You can’t be the only one eating meat while we can’t even get a sip of soup!”
The man’s face was flushed red, his expression already somewhat crazed.
Jiang Lang frowned slightly. Her mind turned quickly, and she pretended to relent a little.
“Sure, I’ll sell one of the smaller pieces!”
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
Bidding instantly began.
“Seven hundred thousand!”
“Eight hundred thousand!”
……
She took off the backpack from her shoulders and rummaged through it.
But there was nothing inside. www.x33xs.
Her face changed dramatically as she shouted:
“There’s a thief! There’s a thief!”
The crowd’s expressions changed too.
Only Jiang Gan, who knew the truth, stared dumbfounded at his sister’s flawless acting skills.
Once again, his understanding of her had been refreshed.
She cried out dramatically, “My jade! My jade is gone!”
Jiang Lang continued flipping the bag upside down and even dumped everything out.
Mirror, tissues, comb, wallet, cosmetics, all kinds of things—
except jade.
Not a single piece remained.
“It’s really gone!”
“Everyone, help look around! Maybe it fell somewhere!”
Their eyes gleamed brightly. If they found it, would they really return it to the girl?
Impossible.
Whoever found it, owned it.
Life really was unpredictable.
She had such incredible luck to open priceless jade, yet in the end, it all came to nothing.
Now that the crowd’s attention had shifted, it was time for her to disappear.
Jiang Lang touched her forehead weakly. Her body went limp, her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed softly onto the ground.
“Sis! Sis, are you okay?!”
Jiang Gan reacted quickly and caught Jiang Lang.
“Young man, hurry and take your sister to the hospital!”
The crowd shook their heads. Losing something that valuable—anyone would be furious enough to faint.
At the same time, some people’s eyes glowed greedily.
Good that she left, good that she left. Once they found the jade, it would become ownerless property.
Jiang Gan hurriedly carried his sister and ran outside.
The moment they reached a deserted area outside, Jiang Lang wrapped her arms around his neck and jumped down.
Looking at her younger brother panting heavily, Jiang Lang smiled without warmth.
“Am I really that heavy?”
Jiang Gan gasped for breath, completely unaware of the danger approaching, and nodded frantically.
“Sis… you… should maybe lose some weight.”
“Okay.”
Only then did Jiang Gan realize what he had just said.
Looking at Jiang Lang’s faint smile, he suddenly shivered.
Back home.
Jiang Lang locked the door and resumed the Lucky Spin Wheel.
She could draw eighty-five times.
Rubbing her hands together excitedly, she figured her storage space should finally be enough for stockpiling.
She decided to start with ten draws.
Jiang Lang closed her eyes and calmed her excited emotions.
“Thank you for participating!”
“Thank you for participating!”
“Thank you for participating!”
“Congratulations, Host. You’ve obtained 100 cubic meters of storage space.”
……
Out of ten draws, she won three times.
Three hundred cubic meters of space.
Jiang Lang let out a breath. The win rate wasn’t bad, though the rewards felt a little small.
She decided to save the remaining points instead of spending them all.
The system silently fell speechless.
If the host knew the actual historical win rate and rewards from this wheel, she would probably think this lottery wheel was merciful enough to make people cry.
But the system couldn’t say too much.
After ten draws, one bonus draw was awarded, and the wheel spun again.
“Congratulations, Host. You’ve obtained 1 cubic meter of planting space.”
Planting space?
“What’s planting space?”
System: “……A space containing soil capable of growing plants. Plants grown in planting space grow faster and healthier than normal plants.”
Every time the system thought the host’s luck was already incredible, the host managed to surprise it even more.
No—it wasn’t the host.
It was this damned lottery wheel.
Did it seriously favor this generation’s host that much? Giving her all the best rewards?
Jiang Lang’s eyes widened like copper bells.
This time, she genuinely wanted to hug the lottery wheel and kiss it twice.
It could actually produce something this miraculous.
After the apocalyptic natural disasters, most of the world’s land would become unsuitable for growing plants. Eventually, humans wouldn’t even be able to see rice anymore, let alone vegetables and fruits.
But now, once the apocalypse arrived, she could grow plants inside the space herself.
Self-produced, self-sufficient.
Guaranteed quality of life.
She never wanted to live like she had in her previous life again—fighting monsters over scraps of food, even eating monster flesh just to fill her stomach.
The feeling of never knowing where the next meal would come from, and being happy to find food not even dogs would eat—
Just thinking about those days now made her shudder in fear.
If she had to live through that again, she truly didn’t think she’d have the courage.
One cubic meter of planting space might be small, but it was still a patch of pure land.
Jiang Lang entered the space.
The planting area sat in one corner of the storage space.
Perhaps in the future, that corner would continue expanding into a huge farming area for growing vegetables and grain.
As for what to plant in this single patch of land—
Jiang Lang thought for a moment and took out a packet of watermelon seeds.
Among the four members of their family, the universally favorite fruit was undoubtedly watermelon.
Half the space would be used for watermelon.
The other half—
She decided to grow bok choy.
It grew quickly and tasted great.
Digging soil, planting seeds, watering.
Done.
Just after leaving the space, her phone rang.
Unknown caller.
Jiang Lang pressed the answer button.
“Miss Jiang, hello.”
A male voice.
It sounded mature and steady, oddly familiar, though she couldn’t remember where she had heard it before.
The other party knew her name.
Jiang Lang guessed for a while before replying:
“Hello, may I ask who this is?”
“My name is Rong Zhou. I’m the father of the little girl you saved at the World Trade Building that day. I wanted to contact you and invite you to a meal as thanks.”
Jiang Lang responded with perfectly timed surprise.
“The President Rong from Rong Corporation?”
The man’s tone carried slight helplessness.
“That is, assuming there isn’t another Rong Corporation in the world.”
“When would Miss Jiang be available?”
“Mr. Rong, there’s no need for us to meet. I’ve actually encountered a bit of trouble recently……”
Of course she knew.
A meeting wouldn’t just be a simple meeting.
After dinner, there would definitely be the usual process of gifts, cards, and so on.
But saving the little girl wasn’t for this kind of gratitude at all…
……
The siblings went out for another round of stockpiling, filling the space even more.
Then they spent the entire day busy at home.
There were simply too many deliveries.
The siblings carried all the packages into the storage room, unpacked every box, organized everything neatly, then transferred the supplies into the space.
That way, they could maximize storage efficiency and minimize wasted space.
They spent the whole day doing it.
Online shopping was best for purchasing local specialties from distant regions, as well as filling in missing supplies and continuing to stockpile food.
Jiang Lang also placed online orders for various snack brands, totaling over one hundred thousand yuan.
Instant noodles, biscuits, bread, and other convenience foods amounted to tens of thousands more.
After stockpiling so much, she suddenly realized they had forgotten about cooking fuel and energy supplies.
So the siblings went out again to buy numerous gas canisters, one massive generator, and several smaller generators.