Inside the boxes were not food or medicine, but rows upon rows of cold black “big guys” lying silently in place.
Dozens of brand-new automatic rifles, their metal surfaces gleaming with oil.
Next to them were several crates of matching ammunition and grenades.
These were not the pistols she had bought for self-defense—these were true military-grade killing weapons!
No wonder Pei Yanzhi had been so calm. He had long since used the Pei family’s overseas connections to obtain this batch of arms!
“Hahahaha!”
Lin Lu was so excited she almost laughed out loud.
“What a case of searching far and wide only to find it effortlessly!”
“Pei Yanzhi… from now on, all of this belongs to the Lin family!”
Even more, behind those weapon crates, Lin Lu discovered a temperature- and humidity-controlled cabinet.
Opening it revealed dozens of high-capacity portable hard drives neatly arranged inside, along with several boxes of sealed books.
“Outdoor Survival Guide,” “Basic Medical Care,” “Mechanical Repair Manual”…
There were even complete textbooks from elementary school all the way to university level.
She casually picked up a few hard drives and looked at the labels:
Global offline map database, industrial encyclopedias… almost every piece of knowledge available online—or even unavailable—had been packaged and stored here.
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
Lin Lu couldn’t help but marvel.
Pei Yanzhi might be a scumbag, but his brain really did work well.
Once the apocalypse arrived, the internet and power systems would collapse first.
At that time, this information would become the spark of human civilization—priceless beyond measure.
Pei Yanzhi, lying injured in the hospital, hadn’t been idle either. Ironically, he had done all the groundwork for her.
And now, it all belonged to her.
“In the future, I can slowly study during the long nights.”
Looking at the basement now empty enough to make even rats cry, Lin Lu let out a satisfied sigh.
“As expected… zero-cost looting is the best.”
With the basement cleared, only the third-floor medical center and the SUVs in the garage remained.
Especially those vehicles—they absolutely could not be left for this group of parasites.
Lin Lu did not linger in the basement and quickly went upstairs.
As soon as she entered the living room, she noticed everyone had turned to look at her.
The atmosphere felt off.
Wan Yinyin’s eyes carried an impatient, almost vicious anticipation.
Dai Ya’s lips were already curled up, clearly waiting for some kind of show.
Even Wan Feng and Wan Helin wore obvious expressions of schadenfreude.
Lin Lu immediately sensed something was wrong.
In just a short while, had they already cooked up another bad idea?
She remained calm and acted as if she noticed nothing, handing a plate of fruit she had taken from the cold storage to Pei Yanzhi.
“Yanzhi, have some fruit.”
“The doctor said you need more vitamins.”
“Oh right,” she added suddenly, as if remembering something, looking at his leg with concern.
“You just got discharged today and were in the car for so long getting in and out… won’t that reopen your wound?”
“Should we ask the doctor to come down and check? I’ll feel more at ease that way.”
Pei Yanzhi, who had been thinking about something else, immediately frowned.
Now that she mentioned it, he really did feel a faint pain in his wound.
He was extremely cautious about his life.
“Yeah… it does feel a bit uncomfortable,” he said.
“Alright, I’ll call the doctors down right now!” Lin Lu immediately acted anxious and responsible, as if his condition was the most important thing in the world.
She hurried upstairs to the third floor in a panic:
“Doctor! Quick, Yanzhi’s leg is hurting!”
“Nurses, bring the equipment downstairs!”
“Everyone else, come down and stand by!”
The four or five medical staff on standby on the third floor did not dare delay and rushed downstairs.
But Lin Lu did not follow them immediately.
Taking advantage of the moment, she rushed straight into the medical room.
What she saw were large medical devices on the floor, boxes of antibiotics in the cabinets, painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs, bandages, surgical tools…
Anything within sight—she took it all!
This was a second life in the apocalypse—more valuable than gold a hundred times over!
In just a few seconds, the entire third floor, which had looked like a small ICU, was left spotless—bare floors and nothing else.
Done!
Lin Lu quickly composed herself and ran downstairs, pretending to be out of breath.
She even carried a bottle of alcohol as if she had grabbed it on the way.
Downstairs, everyone was gathered around Pei Yanzhi.
Lin Lu also pretended to be busy, rushing around like a dutiful helper so convincingly that even a nurse mistook her for a servant hired by the Pei family.
“Hey, you—go bring the tourniquet.”
As soon as that was said, the expressions of everyone in the living room changed subtly.
Wan Yinyin burst into laughter.
“Oh my, nurse, you’ve got it wrong!”
“This isn’t a servant—she’s Brother Yanzhi’s fiancée!”
Dai Ya also sneered sarcastically.
“Our Lulu is just so hardworking—she rushes to do every job like a maid. No wonder people mistake her.”
The surrounding Pei relatives also shot her disdainful looks.
She was about to marry into the Pei family, yet she was acting like a servant?
How low could she get?
Wan Yinyin felt immensely satisfied.
Lin Lu really was born with cheap bones.
However, she wouldn’t even have the qualification to be a servant for long.
Of course, Lin Lu could feel the mocking gazes around her.
But she wasn’t angry at all.
After all, the entire villa’s supplies were already inside her space—only the final step remained: the cars in the garage.
“What reason should I use to go out…”
Before she could figure it out, Wan Yinyin—who had been watching her closely—started stirring trouble again.
“Ah!”
Wan Yinyin suddenly said in annoyance.
“Oh no! Yanzhi gege!”
“The haute couture dress you gave me last month—I think I left it at home and didn’t bring it!”
She pouted, looking aggrieved.
“That’s my favorite gift… what am I supposed to do now?”
Then she turned to Lin Lu.
“Sister, you’re good at driving.”
“So… could you go back and get it for me?”
The moment she said that, the entire living room fell silent.
Everyone looked at Lin Lu.
And Lin Lu immediately understood.
So this was the poisonous scheme they had just come up with?
Once she left, she would inevitably be caught in the coming apocalyptic storm.
If she was lucky, she might crawl back alive.
If she wasn’t, she and the car would be swept away by the flood—no trace left behind.
But she almost laughed out loud.
Perfect.
Just when she needed a pillow, someone handed her one.
She was just worrying about how to legitimately get the car keys and leave the villa—and now Wan Yinyin had built her a ladder straight up.
Of course, she couldn’t agree too quickly. That would raise suspicion.
“Yinyin,” Lin Lu hesitated on purpose, “the news said there will be heavy rain…”
“Oh sister,” Wan Yinyin said sweetly, “it’s just a little rain, what’s the big deal?”
“Please help me, that dress really matters to me!”
“Yanzhi gege thinks so too~”
No one spoke up for Lin Lu.
Her biological mother, Dai Ya, was holding a cup of tea, gently blowing on it as if she hadn’t heard anything.
Her stepfather Wan Feng was smoking on the sofa, his face hidden in the swirling smoke, unreadable.
Wan Helin kept clicking a lighter, again and again, the sharp sound filling the silence.
And Pei Yanzhi…
He lowered his eyes while the doctor examined his leg.
Silence meant consent.
This wasn’t just a selfish request.
It was a coordinated attempt by all of them—to kill her.