Tang Xiaoman swore she hadn’t meant anything else by it.
Whether male or female, people with bigger chests were simply more attractive.
She had merely been expressing admiration and appreciation.
Number 01, whose chest muscles were the most impressive, immediately blushed bright red. For a moment, he had no idea how to respond.
The sharper bodyguards quickly caught on—
So the boss likes bodyguards with big chests!
Not to be outdone, Number 02 hurriedly took off his shirt and openly displayed his solid muscles. “Miss Tang, my chest muscles are big too.”
He even struck several standard bodybuilding poses, showing off his developed muscles from multiple angles. Clearly, he was very confident in his physique.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Several more bodyguards began posing flirtatiously while shooting Tang Xiaoman suggestive glances.
The female bodyguards became anxious seeing all the male bodyguards showing themselves off. Since it wasn’t convenient for them to take off their tops, they panicked even more.
Two hundred thousand yuan for the first month alone! And the salary doubled every month after that!
They absolutely couldn’t lose out, because losing meant elimination.
“Miss Tang, if you look carefully, I’m actually pretty well-endowed too!” one female bodyguard said with a red face while puffing out her chest.
Tang Xiaoman froze in the chaos. “…”
Good heavens, had there been some sort of misunderstanding here?
Subconsciously, she turned to look at Zhou Yichen’s reaction.
The corner of Zhou Yichen’s mouth twitched slightly. The look he gave Tang Xiaoman was difficult to describe.
Tang Xiaoman: “…”
Forget it. No point explaining anymore.
The apocalypse was coming soon anyway—who cared about reputation?
It couldn’t be eaten as food.
Tang Xiaoman was heading back to her room to rest when Zhou Yichen stopped her.
“The diesel, gasoline, and gas canisters you asked me to stockpile have all been taken care of.”
Tang Xiaoman’s eyes lit up. She was extremely satisfied with his efficiency. “When you handle things, I feel at ease.”
He really was incredibly useful.
Still, Zhou Yichen couldn’t help reminding her, “Stockpiling this much fuel is dangerous, and it violates safety regulations.”
“Safety regulations only matter when safety can actually be guaranteed.” Tang Xiaoman spread her hands helplessly, then lowered her voice and half-jokingly revealed, “I’ve got connections up high. I heard this world’s going to become unsafe very soon. Stockpiling diesel has its advantages.”
Zhou Yichen: “…”
Once again, Tang Xiaoman saw that indescribable look in his eyes, but he never hesitated when carrying out her orders.
Forget it. He wasn’t a robot. Everyone had their own little emotions.
He could doubt her all he wanted. She was still his boss, and he still had to listen to her!
Back in her room, Tang Xiaoman took a hot shower first.
Wrapped in a bath towel, she came out and dried her hair.
Feeling a little thirsty, she took a cup of lemonade out of her space and drank half of it in one go.
Having a storage space was so convenient. The only regret was its limited size.
Tang Xiaoman tried to keep a balanced mindset about it. One person couldn’t possibly have all the advantages in the world. She should be content.
Having just showered, she wasn’t sleepy yet, so she used her consciousness to search through the living quarters inside her space for the gold, silver, jade, and jewelry she had spent nearly ten million yuan on. She wanted to pick out a few pieces to try on.
But no matter how thoroughly she searched through the entire room—and then searched the entire space again—there wasn’t even a trace of the jewelry.
How was that possible?
Tang Xiaoman was absolutely certain she had stored all the jewelry in the space. There was no way she could’ve made a mistake.
She entered the space personally and searched several more times, still finding nothing.
She couldn’t help staring blankly—
The space had actually swallowed all the jewelry?!
Tang Xiaoman stood there stunned for several minutes before finally noticing something strange.
The countdown timer inside the space had changed to an hour and a half. That meant she could now stay inside the space thirty minutes longer each day.
The virtual light screen showed that the living area had expanded to eighty-four square meters—four square meters more than before. The storage volume had also increased by thirty cubic meters.
Tang Xiaoman’s eyes widened in shock before delight flooded her face.
The space had grown!
The space had swallowed the gold, silver, jade, and jewelry she bought before expanding in size and volume. That meant as long as she kept feeding it valuables and treasures, it could continue expanding.
Tang Xiaoman finally knew how to spend the money remaining in her account.
She had once regretted the space’s limited size, but now she had found the solution.
Only then did Tang Xiaoman notice that the jade bracelet on her wrist had become even clearer and more translucent, as though its quality had improved.
Her excitement completely drove away any trace of sleepiness. She almost wanted to rush immediately to every jewelry store, gold shop, and silver shop and buy out everything inside.
But at this hour, all the jewelry stores and gold shops were already closed. If she really went and started banging on the doors, she’d probably be mistaken for a robber.
Taking several deep breaths, she forced herself to calm down, though she still couldn’t fall asleep.
In the middle of the night, Tang Xiaoman knocked on Zhou Yichen’s dorm room door.
Zhou Yichen had probably already gone to bed. Hearing the knock, he called out, “Who is it?”
“It’s me,” Tang Xiaoman replied.
A moment later, a fully dressed Zhou Yichen opened the door.
He was neatly dressed, with even the collar buttoned tightly all the way up.
Tang Xiaoman: “…”
Why did she feel like he was guarding against a thief?
“Miss Tang, did you need something?” Zhou Yichen’s deep gaze carried a trace of caution as he maintained a safe distance from her the entire time.
Tang Xiaoman curled her lips and snorted. “Come closer. I’m not going to eat you.”
Hah. So he really was treating her like some female pervert.
Zhou Yichen remained polite and composed. “If Miss Tang has instructions, please just say them. I can hear you.”
After a pause, he added, “I can read lips.”
Tang Xiaoman was speechless.
She glared at him and ordered bluntly, “Tonight, you’re working overtime!”
Zhou Yichen accompanied his boss to the temporary storage room containing the diesel fuel.
This was a simple warehouse he and several bodyguards had built using synthetic wooden boards. Inside were five tons of diesel and one ton of gasoline. Two hundred gas canisters were stored separately in three other storage rooms.
Tang Xiaoman herself had also stored an additional ton of diesel.
Once the apocalypse began, power shortages would become a long-term problem that needed solving.
Solar panels degraded over time and couldn’t be used during polar nights. Kinetic power generation consumed too much energy and time. Only diesel generators were relatively simple and reliable.
In addition, the chainsaws she prepared also required diesel, and large vehicles usually needed diesel as well.
In the apocalypse, diesel would become hard currency—even more valuable than gasoline.
Tang Xiaoman took a diesel generator out from her own storage room and asked Zhou Yichen, “Do you know how to use this?”
Zhou Yichen examined it briefly before replying, “Yes.”
“Then test it now and see what problems it has,” Tang Xiaoman instructed.
Zhou Yichen swiftly assembled the diesel generator, added fuel, and quickly started it up successfully.
The power storage light lit up, displaying the charging progress.
The noise was enormous—loud enough to wake everyone sleeping in the entire club.
“Do you have any way to eliminate the noise? Or at least control it to a reasonable decibel level so it won’t affect normal sleep?” Tang Xiaoman asked for advice.
Zhou Yichen finally confirmed that Tang Xiaoman had dragged him out in the middle of the night purely to work and not for any other reason.
He quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
At least he didn’t need to resign for now.
“I have a solution. Installing soundproofing equipment will work.”
At this point, he paused and added, “Good soundproofing equipment is a little expensive.”
Tang Xiaoman didn’t even ask the price. She decisively made the call. “You’re responsible for purchasing one hundred sets of soundproofing equipment. After they arrive, you’ll personally install and adjust them to ensure the lowest possible noise level. Also, five days from now will be the first elimination assessment. The bottom five will be cut. You need to prepare tactical equipment for the ten teammates who remain.”
She transferred another one million yuan into Zhou Yichen’s account.
Zhou Yichen froze for a moment before finally saying, “There was still over two hundred thousand left from the first million you transferred me. Then you gave me another million to buy diesel, gasoline, and gas canisters, but I only spent one hundred fifty thousand, so there’s still eight hundred fifty thousand left. And tonight you transferred another million…”
She threw money into his account like it was worthless. He genuinely couldn’t spend it fast enough.
Tang Xiaoman replied seriously, “There’ll be plenty of places to spend money in the future. You don’t need to report every little thing to me. My time is limited, so you need to help with the stockpiling too.”