Wan Yinyin had never seen Pei Yanzhi look so terrifying before.
The intense pain shooting through her arm made her feel as if her bones were about to be crushed. Frightened, tears instantly streamed down her face.
“It hurts… Brother Yanzhi, you’re hurting me! Let go!”
Only then did Pei Yanzhi come back to his senses and release her arm with a dark expression.
However, the hostility in his eyes did not lessen in the slightest as he repeated:
“I’m asking you—where is the real jade pendant?”
“I… I don’t know…” Wan Yinyin stammered in fear.
“I went to look for that shop owner.”
“But the store was closed, the phone number was disconnected, and that old man seems to have run away…”
“Run away?!”
Furious, Pei Yanzhi slapped her across the face.
“You useless idiot! You ruin everything you touch!”
The slap was so heavy that Wan Yinyin’s face immediately swelled up. She stared at him in disbelief.
“If you’re not capable, then stop trying to show off!” Pei Yanzhi pointed at her nose and cursed.
“It would’ve been one thing if you’d successfully intercepted it. But now the jade pendant is gone! What are we supposed to do?”
“That was a spatial artifact.”
“Because of you, the space is gone!”
Pei Yanzhi was so angry he nearly passed out.
Since the shop owner had sold a fake pendant, he must have prepared for this possibility long ago.
Now that the man had vanished without a trace, the real pendant had most likely been taken away.
The spatial jade pendant was gone just like that.
If things had followed the timeline of his previous life, the pendant would have safely ended up in Lin Lu’s hands. He had a hundred different ways to trick her into handing it over.
But now, everything had been ruined by this idiot, Wan Yinyin!
Wan Yinyin no longer cared about feeling wronged. She realized Pei Yanzhi was genuinely enraged.
If she lost this powerful backer, she would have no chance of surviving the apocalypse.
She hurriedly threw herself into his arms and clung to him, crying pitifully.
“I’m sorry… Brother Yanzhi, I was wrong… I really just wanted to help you…”
“I didn’t want that bitch to get the space… sob… sob…”
Listening to her crying only made Pei Yanzhi more irritated. He wished he could kick her away.
Unfortunately, he was still half-disabled and trapped in a hospital bed, unable to do anything.
Just then, the ward door opened.
It was Lin Lu.
Wan Yinyin jolted in panic and quickly covered her swollen face. Throwing out a quiet, “I’ll be leaving first,” she fled the room in embarrassment.
She was terrified that Lin Lu would laugh at her.
Watching her retreating figure, Lin Lu was already delighted inside, though she put on a confused and concerned expression as she walked to the bedside.
“Yanzhi, what happened to Yinyin?”
“Don’t mind her. She’s an idiot with no brains,” Pei Yanzhi cursed darkly, clearly still furious.
Sensing the mood, Lin Lu wisely didn’t ask further. Instead, she poured him a glass of water and spoke gently.
“Alright, don’t be angry. It’s not worth harming your health over this.”
“Yinyin is still young.”
“Oh, by the way, I’ve already arranged all the food and drinks.”
Lin Lu began reporting the results of her day.
“I contacted several restaurants and paid extra to have everything expedited.”
“I also contacted several large warehouses in neighboring cities for direct shipments. Everything should arrive at the villa by tomorrow or the day after at the latest.”
“And the off-road vehicles—you already know about those.”
“As for gasoline and diesel, I’ve reserved a large batch. They’re being stored in fuel drums and will be delivered tomorrow.”
Lin Lu pretended to be a little embarrassed.
“It’s just that I spent a bit more than the budget.”
As Pei Yanzhi listened to her report, his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
“Well done, Lulu.”
“Money isn’t the issue. What’s important is having everything prepared. You’ve thought of everything, especially the off-road vehicles and fuel. They’ll be extremely useful later.”
He secretly thought to himself:
Now this is what competence looks like.
Food and supplies were all arranged perfectly.
Not only had she completed every task he’d assigned, but she’d also considered details he hadn’t thought of.
The off-road vehicles, in particular, were an unexpectedly brilliant move.
Entrusting the stockpiling effort to Lin Lu was truly the best decision he had made since being reborn.
Then he compared her to Wan Yinyin.
Other than crying and causing trouble, what could that woman do?
Without the spatial jade pendant, how was he supposed to transport all the supplies he had accumulated after the apocalypse began?
“It looks like I’ll have to think of another solution.”
His mind raced.
During the later stages of the apocalypse in his previous life, many superpowered individuals had appeared. Among them were several with spatial abilities…
Pretending to ask casually, Lin Lu said:
“By the way, Yanzhi, how are the medical team and equipment arrangements coming along?”
Pei Yanzhi snapped out of his thoughts and put on a gentle smile.
“Don’t worry. I’ve already taken care of everything.”
“My father has contacted a company in Country M. A complete set of top-tier medical equipment and controlled medications will be airlifted here within the next couple of days and delivered directly to the villa.”
“By then, the villa’s security system should be nearly finished upgrading as well.”
“I’ll be able to move in and live there with you.”
He took Lin Lu’s hand and gazed at her affectionately.
“Lulu, you’ve worked hard during this time. Once I’ve recovered, I’ll make it up to you properly…”
As he spoke, he even tried to lean in for a kiss.
Ugh.
Lin Lu nearly threw up on the spot.
Without showing it on her face, she used the excuse of brushing her hair aside to avoid his attempt, then smiled shyly.
“It’s not hard work. I’m doing it for our future home, after all.”
“Since everything on your end has been arranged, I’ll head to the supermarket tonight and buy some daily necessities. It would be troublesome if we’re missing things later.”
“Alright, go ahead. Be careful on the road,” Pei Yanzhi said. He now trusted Lin Lu completely and wished she would buy even more supplies.
Feeling as if she had been granted a pardon, Lin Lu grabbed her handbag and quickly left.
When she arrived at the parking lot, she didn’t head to the supermarket immediately. Instead, she first drove to the small warehouse in the city center.
Throughout the afternoon, batch after batch of the gourmet meals she had ordered had already been delivered.
The warehouse was packed to the brim.
With a wave of her hand, Lin Lu stored everything inside her space.
Only after finishing that did she drive to Walmart, the largest supermarket in the city.
Daily necessities—toilet paper, sanitary pads, toothpaste, soap, shampoo…
Whether she could use it all or not, as long as it could be stored, it went straight into her shopping cart.
At checkout, the cashier stared at the extremely long receipt in astonishment.
By the time Lin Lu returned to the villa with a fully loaded car, it was already late at night.
She didn’t get out immediately.
“June 14th is almost here. There are only five days left before the apocalypse breaks out.”
“As for supplies, with Pei Yanzhi’s black card and my own preparations, that part is basically covered.”
“The biggest headache right now is still the safe house.”
The villa her grandmother had left behind was in an excellent location. For an apocalypse dominated by endless rainstorms, it was practically the perfect shelter.
But now Pei Yanzhi had already claimed it as his base of operations. Not only had he stationed security personnel there, but a medical team would soon be moving in as well.
The Pei family was wealthy and influential. They might even have firearms.
If she confronted them head-on, there was no way she could drive them out by herself.
What should she do?
Did she really need to find another place?
As she was worrying about it, her eyes suddenly drifted to the time displayed on her phone.
23:59.
Midnight was approaching.
Lin Lu quickly opened the diary app.
Sure enough, the contents had refreshed.
[June 14. Heavy rain. Thunderstorms.]
[The night seems completely ordinary. People sleep peacefully, waiting for tomorrow’s dawn.]
[But danger is quietly growing within the darkness.]
[Affected by a solar storm, the trajectory of asteroid T-13 undergoes an unpredictable deviation and is expected to collide with Earth ahead of schedule.]
[At the same time, unprecedented torrential rain falls across the globe.]
[The unknown virus carried by the meteorite will interact with special substances in the rain, creating a compounded mutation effect.]
[The apocalypse is about to arrive.]
[All living creatures that are exposed to the rain, or die during the disaster, will mutate.]
[The rainstorm apocalypse will cease to exist.]
[This is a zombie apocalypse!]