Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During those three days, Lin Qi never once left the presidential suite of the city’s most luxurious five-star hotel. Every day, aside from eating, sleeping, and basic necessities, she sat in front of her computer疯狂 typing away on the keyboard, categorizing every critically scarce supply from her previous life into tens of thousands of rows in Excel spreadsheets.
Bzzz—
The phone resting on the marble table vibrated violently.
Lin Qi picked it up. A notification from her anonymous overseas Swiss bank account appeared on the screen.
【Dear Customer, your account has received a wire transfer at 10:15 AM today totaling approximately RMB 15,200,000,000.00.】
Looking at the endless string of zeros, the nerves Lin Qi had kept taut for three straight days finally relaxed completely.
Fifteen point two billion yuan!
Even after the underground black market took its exorbitant handling fees, Brother Long had still exceeded expectations. In an incredibly short amount of time, he had used every means available to forcefully liquidate all fixed assets belonging to Lin Corporation, Zhao Yaqin, and Song Mingxuan at dirt-cheap prices.
“Well done.”
A satisfied smile curved across Lin Qi’s lips.
Immediately afterward, Brother Long’s call came through.
“Miss Lin, you received the money, right?” Brother Long’s voice carried unconcealed excitement. “Just like you instructed, my men went to Zhao Yaqin’s flat and Song Mingxuan’s marital home last night to ‘clear the place out.’ Those two paupers got thrown onto the streets with nothing but the clothes on their backs. I heard that brat Song Mingxuan’s burns got infected too. He’s still lying in a hospital hallway getting IV drips!”
“Very good. The remaining payment has already been transferred into your account. Pleasure doing business.”
After hanging up, Lin Qi opened WeChat, found Zhao Yaqin’s profile picture, and directly initiated a voice call.
The call was answered almost instantly. Zhao Yaqin’s deliberately restrained yet still shrill sobbing came from the other side.
“Qiqi! You finally answered! Those loan shark gangsters smashed our door in the middle of the night and dragged Mingxuan and me straight onto the streets! When exactly will the money from selling the company arrive?!”
Listening to Zhao Yaqin’s wailing, Lin Qi stared coldly at the bustling city outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the suite, while her voice sounded weak and anxious.
“Auntie Zhao, you’ve suffered so much! The money has already been transferred into my overseas medical account, but because it’s an international large-scale transfer, I can’t withdraw it domestically right now.”
“Then… then what are we supposed to do?! Mingxuan’s face can’t go untreated!” Zhao Yaqin nearly jumped in panic.
“Auntie Zhao, don’t worry. I’ve already asked the foreign medical team to arrange the top cosmetic surgery hospital and a luxurious rehabilitation center for you and Mingxuan in Country M. I’ve already had your plane tickets delivered to the front desk of the budget hotel you’re staying at. Go to the airport immediately and settle down there first. After I finish the first stage of my craniotomy surgery in three days, I’ll come meet up with you!”
Lin Qi’s voice carried a touch of moving “sincerity.”
“Once my surgery is done… or… if I don’t make it off the operating table, the password to the overseas account containing fifteen billion yuan will automatically be sent to your phone.”
“Fifteen billion?!”
Zhao Yaqin’s voice cracked with excitement.
Fifteen billion yuan!
Compared to such a monstrous fortune, what did being kicked out of the house by gangsters matter? Once they got overseas, wouldn’t they be able to find any cosmetic surgeon they wanted?!
“Good, good, good! Qiqi, focus on your surgery peacefully! Mingxuan and I are heading to the airport right now! You must stay strong, Auntie will wait for you overseas!” Afraid Lin Qi might change her mind, Zhao Yaqin hurriedly agreed again and again.
The moment the call ended, Lin Qi immediately opened her computer and began typing code at lightning speed.
Top-tier cosmetic hospital? Luxury rehabilitation center?
What she had booked for them was a black inn in “Hell’s Kitchen,” the most chaotic slum district in Country M—an area infamous for violent gang wars and extreme xenophobia!
Beep—
As she hit Enter, Lin Qi used hacking methods from the dark web to directly infiltrate the system. The moment Zhao Yaqin and Song Mingxuan successfully boarded the plane to Country M, she permanently canceled both of their domestic identities and return passports.
At the same time, she permanently froze the last remaining credit card they had—a card with a mere one-thousand-yuan limit.
Shortly before the natural disasters erupted, Country M would descend into terrifying riots.
Without identities, without money, unable to speak the language, and burdened with a disfigured cripple—
The scum who stole her life in her previous existence would get to experience true hell half a month early on that chaotic land.
“A one-way ticket to hell. Have a pleasant journey.”
Lin Qi tossed the phone aside and slowly exhaled a long breath.
At this moment, half of the blood debt from her previous life had finally been repaid.
The remaining half—
The apocalypse itself would settle it.
She turned and walked into the walk-in closet, changing into an extremely low-profile black tracksuit before putting on a baseball cap and black face mask.
The trash had been cleaned up.
The money was in place.
Lin Qi pulled open the door to the presidential suite, her eyes shining with fanatic excitement.
She was going to empty this entire city of supplies!