The timing.
The location.
Even the proposal speech.
Everything matched the diary exactly.
Lin Lu looked at the ring, then slowly raised her eyes to Pei Yanzhi.
It was real.
The diary… was real!
And reincarnation was real too!
For a moment, she felt dizzy.
It was as if the world had been torn into two halves.
One half showed the affectionate Pei Yanzhi, holding roses, kneeling on one knee, gazing at her tenderly.
The other half showed a hideous demon who had shoved her into a reeking tide of zombies, leaving her to be torn apart alive.
Even after being reborn, he was still plotting against her!
Lin Lu dug her fingernails into her palms, using the pain to keep herself calm.
She couldn’t give herself away.
Pei Yanzhi was a grown man. If he was on guard, even with a stun baton, she would have difficulty taking him down.
She had to act.
“Oh my God…”
Lin Lu covered her mouth, her eyes instantly reddening.
“Yanzhi… is this real?”
Hearing those words, Pei Yanzhi immediately relaxed.
He even felt like laughing.
This was still the same lovestruck Lin Lu.
Still so foolish.
Still so easy to fool.
“Of course it’s real.”
“I’ve been thinking about this for a long time.”
He pushed the ring forward, his expression full of affection.
“Marry me. Let me take care of you and protect you, okay?”
He waited for her to say, “I do.”
As long as she agreed and put on the ring, he could stay overnight without raising suspicion.
But Lin Lu didn’t answer.
She seemed about to reach for the ring, only to stop halfway and cover her face instead.
“But… it’s so sudden.”
“Yanzhi, I’m not even wearing makeup. My hair is a mess…”
The smile on Pei Yanzhi’s face stiffened.
This idiot. Of all things, she’s worried about that right now?
I’m proposing to her, and she’s still hesitating?
His legs were already going numb from kneeling.
But now wasn’t the time to lose his temper.
So he forced himself to remain gentle.
“Silly girl. In my eyes, you’re beautiful no matter what.”
“Will you say yes?”
Lin Lu nearly burst out laughing.
This bastard really could act.
Just to get her villa, he was putting on an Oscar-worthy performance.
He liked kneeling so much?
Fine.
Then he could kneel a little longer.
Compared to the agony of being torn apart by zombies in her previous life, this was nothing.
“Give me a moment, Yanzhi.”
“Don’t move. Just stay like that and let me look at you a little longer.”
Lin Lu wiped away tears that didn’t actually exist, her voice trembling emotionally.
“Everything is so perfect. I’m afraid it’s all a dream.”
Pei Yanzhi froze just as he was about to stand up.
Damn it. She wants me to keep kneeling?
Anger immediately surged inside him.
But when he thought about the coming rainstorm apocalypse, he forcefully suppressed it.
Fine.
Let her enjoy herself for now.
When the apocalypse arrives, she’ll learn who’s really in charge.
Then I’ll make her kneel at my feet and beg for food like a dog.
“Okay. I’ll wait however long it takes.”
“As long as you eventually say yes.”
“Yanzhi!”
Lin Lu looked even more moved, so emotional she could barely speak.
“You’re so good to me.”
“Then, Lulu, can you agree first?”
The arm holding the ring was already aching.
“But I want to record this moment!”
Lin Lu exclaimed excitedly.
“A proposal only happens once in a lifetime!”
“Don’t move! Absolutely don’t move!”
“I’m going to take pictures and post them on social media!”
As she spoke, she pulled out her phone and slowly backed away.
Pei Yanzhi felt like coughing up blood.
This idiot! At a time like this, she’s still thinking about posting on social media?
He wanted nothing more than to jump up and strangle her right then and there.
But the apocalypse was still a week away.
If Lin Lu disappeared now, the police would inevitably get involved.
Endure it. Just endure a little longer.
As he stared at her neck, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Wait… the jade pendant!
Before the rainstorm apocalypse arrived, Lin Lu had accidentally obtained a jade pendant with a storage space inside.
The space was enormous.
Later, it had been filled with supplies, allowing them to survive the rainstorm apocalypse smoothly.
So much time had passed that he had actually forgotten such an important detail!
A storage space!
A place capable of holding endless supplies.
He could spend the apocalypse comfortably inside the villa, eating steak, drinking red wine, and watching survivors outside beat each other bloody over half a loaf of bread.
No.
He couldn’t lock her in the basement that soon.
He needed to wait until she obtained the jade pendant.
Then he could use her trust in him to trick her into handing it over.
Thinking of that, the look in Pei Yanzhi’s eyes grew even more fervent.
Meanwhile, Lin Lu had already opened the smart-home app on her phone.
She found the option for the villa’s main power supply.
And tapped it.
Confirm shutting off all power sources?
[Yes]
Click!
With a soft sound, darkness instantly swallowed the two of them.
The chandelier, wall lamps, and even the garden lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows—all the lights went out at the same time.
“What’s going on? Did the power go out?”
Pei Yanzhi was startled by the sudden darkness.
Instinctively, he tried to stand up, but after kneeling for so long, his legs had gone numb. He stumbled, and his knees slammed heavily into the floor.
At that moment, Lin Lu suddenly let out a terrified scream.
“Ah!”
“Who’s there?! Who’s behind the curtains?!”
“Yanzhi! Save me!”
Crash!
Something heavy slammed onto the floor.
Someone was here?
Pei Yanzhi’s scalp immediately tingled with fear.
A home invader? A robber?
Or…
Someone targeting him?
The apocalypse was about to arrive. Could someone else have been reborn too?
All kinds of terrifying possibilities flooded his mind.
His first instinct wasn’t to protect Lin Lu.
It was to protect himself.
He couldn’t die here!
But just then, he felt a gust of wind from beside him.
It was Lin Lu.
She had already kicked off her slippers and was barefoot on the floor.
This was her home.
Even with her eyes closed, she knew every corner of it.
Silently, she circled around to Pei Yanzhi’s side.
Then she aimed the stun baton at his vague silhouette in the darkness and thrust it forward with all her strength!
“AAAAAHHH!”
A man’s scream rang out.
The high-voltage current instantly surged through every nerve in Pei Yanzhi’s body.
The pain was so intense that he felt as though his entire body was being torn apart.
If it had been a face-to-face fight, he might have been able to resist.
But this was a sneak attack.
He didn’t even have a chance to react before his body was completely paralyzed.
“Y-You…”
Bang!
Pei Yanzhi’s body crashed stiffly onto the floor.
Rose petals scattered everywhere.
The diamond ring rolled out of its box, clinking across the floor before disappearing into the deep darkness.
Until the very last second before he lost consciousness, only one thought remained in his mind:
“This thief… hits way too damn hard!”
Pei Yanzhi had passed out.
His body still twitched uncontrollably.
Outside, the rain grew heavier and heavier, slamming against the windows with relentless force.
Standing in the darkness, Lin Lu felt the numb tingling in her wrist.
She looked down at the lump of flesh lying on the floor.
As she watched the pathetic, twitching figure, it gradually overlapped with the man from her nightmare.
Even after being reborn, Pei Yanzhi still intended to use her.
Still intended to sacrifice her.
Holding the stun baton, she viciously jabbed him again.
Once.
Twice.
Only when an unpleasant smell began to spread from the floor did Lin Lu finally stop.
She shook her numb wrist and let out a cold laugh.
“You still want to get married?”
“Marry my ass.”
“Scumbag, get the hell out of here!”