“We’re over here.”
Madam Bai spoke up, and only then did the father and son finally notice the two of them. Their emotions instantly became complicated. They were relieved that the pair was safe, but where exactly had they gone just now?
“Our daughter has a storage space…” Madam Bai explained everything from beginning to end.
The father and son finally understood, though they were still deeply shocked.
With a storage space, they could shop for supplies with much more confidence.
Madam Bai transferred five hundred thousand yuan each to Jiang Lang and Jiang Gan as procurement funds.
Jiang Lang’s phone suddenly vibrated.
Zhang Li had sent a message:
【Li Mei will be at the bar near the school tonight.】
Inside the bar.
Under the flickering multicolored lights—
Li Mei sat together with a group of dubious friends, drinking, chatting, and behaving wildly as they enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
She had no idea that danger was approaching.
Nor did she know that the more excited she was now, the more despair she would feel later.
After downing a bottle of alcohol, she stood up.
“I’m going to the bathroom!”
“Sister Mei, I’ll go with you!”
“No need. I know the place well enough!”
Rejecting her lackey’s eagerness, she staggered toward the restroom alone.
The crowd gradually thinned out.
A shadow approached.
“Mmph—”
Suddenly, someone covered her mouth and nose from behind and dragged her toward a corner.
Li Mei instantly sobered up. Terror exploded across her face as she began struggling violently.
“Mmph! Mmph!”
Jiang Lang’s lips curled slightly.
So she finally knew fear now?
Avoiding the surveillance cameras, Jiang Lang roughly dragged Li Mei into a deserted corner. Her right hand tightened around a dagger before she plunged it straight into Li Mei’s abdomen.
Clean and decisive.
The dim lighting illuminated Jiang Lang’s face, revealing the dark excitement in her expression.
She had rehearsed this scene in her mind countless times. Ever since her younger brother’s death, not a single day had passed where she had not wanted to kill Li Mei.
She deserved to die.
Relying on the fact that her father was involved with the underworld, she had bullied others without restraint, tormented Jiang Lang for months, nearly beaten her to death, and crippled many other people as well.
If that were all, it would have been one thing.
But she was also the culprit responsible for her brother’s death.
She had to die!
Only if she died could Jiang Lang’s family remain safe. Only then could they avoid the tragic ending of her previous life.
Not only did she have to die—
She had to die in agony.
Jiang Lang had perfect control over the extent of the injury. That stab would not kill Li Mei instantly. She could still be saved.
As for how many days she could survive afterward…
The apocalypse was coming soon anyway.
Li Mei should experience what it felt like to become crippled, abandoned by everyone, and left alone waiting for death.
The moment the blade sank in, Jiang Lang felt the wet warmth of blood on her hand.
The entire sequence of actions had taken only a few seconds.
Suddenly—
She sharply raised her head and looked forward.
Not far away stood a tall man.
He stood against the light, the flickering illumination outlining his sharp jawline.
Jiang Lang could clearly feel his gaze resting on her.
Then another man stepped out from around the corner.
The moment he saw her actions, his pupils contracted violently. His mouth hung slightly open as he froze in place.
What a coincidence.
The instant she committed murder, she was discovered.
Jiang Lang released Li Mei and let go of the dagger as well, allowing Li Mei to collapse to the ground.
Jiang Lang stared at the man. Her pitch-black eyes shifted slowly as she calmly wiped the blood from her hands against her clothing.
Then she walked toward the two men, forcefully bumped into the man beside her, and turned into another corner.
Leaving the crime scene.
Ying Jiashi clutched the arm she had slammed into. His jaw still had not closed properly as he struggled to find his voice.
“Second Brother… that girl is even more arrogant than you.”
Murdering someone.
Was she really not afraid at all?
Or did she simply have something to rely on?
The second brother narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Clean this place up.”
In her previous life—
Jiang Lang had been dressed in rags and looked utterly miserable. After finally escaping from those monsters, she stumbled upon another battlefield.
The battle had already ended.
The victor—
Was a man.
The ground was littered with the disgusting corpses of monsters and scattered human limbs and remains. Yet he sat alone in the middle of the corpse pile, spotless and motionless.
The contrast between the two sides was striking.
Jiang Lang’s movements were loud, yet he merely raised his head slightly.
He had a pair of very beautiful black eyes.
But they were dull and lifeless.
She was slightly surprised.
“You can’t see?”
“Mm.”
At the sound of her voice, a faint ripple finally appeared on the man’s face.
“How did it happen?”
“It’s been a long time. I can’t remember anymore.”
“Then how did you…” survive?
How had a blind person survived in such a cruel apocalypse?
The severed limbs on the ground, the monsters, and the humans who had fought desperately against them made the scene unbearably tragic.
After a moment of silence, he only said:
“I can’t even collect their bodies for them.”
He could not even gather all of their scattered remains.
A victor?
No.
He was merely someone waiting to die.
Jiang Lang’s throat tightened slightly.
“There’s no need anymore.”
The ground trembled.
Not far away, hordes of monsters were charging toward them.
Jiang Lang was already completely exhausted.
There was no escaping anymore.
The two of them were going to die here together.
His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly.
“Can I hug you?”
Jiang Lang lowered her head slightly to look at him. Somehow, she could not bring herself to refuse.
She slowly walked over and embraced him tightly.
Since they were about to die anyway, there was no need to be stingy with a hug.
“Do you have any final wishes left?”
Jiang Lang thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Ever since her parents and brother died, her heart had become a wasteland. She had only continued surviving out of instinct.
Death would be a kind of release.
The monsters rapidly approached, bringing death ever closer. Then she suddenly heard the man murmur softly beside her ear.
“Jiang Jiang… after meeting you, I suddenly had so many, many things I wanted to do…”
Jiang Lang sat upright in bed.
She had dreamed all night about the moments before her death in her previous life. The sensation of her flesh being torn apart piece by piece was truly unbearable.
Lowering her gaze, she sighed inwardly.
What a coincidence.
The man who had caught her committing violence yesterday was actually the same person who had died together with her in her previous life.
But—
She had clearly never met him before.
So why had it felt as though he knew her?
A knock sounded at the door.
Jiang Gan burst in carrying a large box filled with jewelry.
“Sis, Mom told me to bring this to you!”
Jiang Lang hurriedly took the large box of jewelry as though it were treasure.
Seeing her reaction, Jiang Gan was puzzled. His sister had never been someone who cared much about pretty jewelry.
“These things won’t be useful once the apocalypse starts. We might as well sell them now!”
It was precisely because Jiang Lang feared that outcome that she had asked Madam Bai to sort out all the jewelry containing jade for her. Everything else could be sold off.
She desperately needed jade now.
If it got sold, it would hurt more than cutting flesh from her body.
“What do you know? I even told Mom to buy any good stones she comes across. Jade is extremely useful!”
“Now hurry out!”
“Then hurry up! We’re going out together later to collect supplies!”
Jiang Lang impatiently shoved him out the door before rapidly gathering the jade pieces one by one. She watched as her points visibly increased.
【Points Balance: 373】
Jiang Lang finally let out a sigh of relief.
Madam Bai’s private collection was truly abundant.