Tang Xiaoman left the space, walked out of the garage, and had just gotten into her car when she received a phone call.
“I finally reached you. So you changed your number,” said the young police officer.
Tang Xiaoman replied lazily, “Are you calling to tell me the people who tried to harm me have been dealt with?”
“Uh, no,” the officer quickly denied.
Then, realizing he had denied too quickly, he added somewhat awkwardly, “Your reward for your good deed has been approved. The government is awarding you 30,000, and Sunshine Castle Kindergarten is giving you 100,000. A total of 130,000. When you have time, come sign the paperwork so we can transfer it to your account.”
Tang Xiaoman was short on money—but this amount wouldn’t solve her big problems.
She continued asking, “So what exactly happened to those three people? Can you tell me the truth?”
After a brief hesitation, the officer answered honestly, “Shu Jia’s case is resolved—30 days detention and a 50,000 fine. Su Ke was released on bail for medical treatment, no final decision yet. Gu Heng has been arrested again and faces additional charges. His case is more complicated; it may take at least half a month before results are announced.”
Tang Xiaoman nodded in satisfaction. “That’s good then.”
Shu Jia would be detained for 30 days—during the apocalypse, she’d likely still be in custody. Gu Heng, having been arrested again, wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon either.
As long as he remained in detention when the apocalypse came, he wouldn’t be able to organize rescue efforts or build a private team like in her past life.
Most importantly, detention centers weren’t like luxury estates—they could flood and become death traps.
As for Su Ke, that spoiled rich kid… she’d deal with him later.
In both this life and the last, anyone who had harmed her—she would never let them go.
With this reliable insider information, Tang Xiaoman had a clearer plan.
As repayment, she generously said, “Use the 30,000 government reward to buy life jackets. Use the 100,000 from the kindergarten to purchase speedboats and kayaks. Donate everything to the police station under my name.”
In her previous life, the flood came too suddenly. Not only civilians suffered heavy casualties—official forces also lost many people.
The flood was devastating, destroying homes and even submerging high-rise buildings. The police station wasn’t spared either.
Many rescue supplies were swallowed by floodwaters, and shortages of equipment led to numerous deaths.
Even though she couldn’t change the disaster, she wanted to at least warn the authorities as much as possible—even if they wouldn’t believe her.
The officer was confused. “Why are you suddenly donating all this to the police?”
“I have a friend at the meteorological bureau,” Tang Xiaoman said seriously. “He predicted a severe flood in 20 days. I want the supplies stored at the highest-level police headquarters to avoid flooding.”
The officer couldn’t help laughing. “If the meteorological bureau had such a forecast, we’d already be notified.”
Although he didn’t believe her, he still agreed to report the donation.
Before hanging up, Tang Xiaoman added, “From the donated supplies, set aside five life jackets, one speedboat, and one kayak for yourself. Keep them at home.”
They had met by chance—helping him out was building goodwill.
After repeated refusals that failed, the officer reluctantly accepted, though he believed it would be useless.
Right after finishing the donation procedure, Tang Xiaoman received a call from Lu Jingming.
“All the medical equipment, medicine, and vaccines you ordered have arrived.”
Her eyes lit up. “Send them to my garage!”
Lu Jingming personally supervised the unloading. A full truck of medical supplies was moved inside, filling almost the entire garage.
Tang Xiaoman thanked him. “Thanks for taking time off to deliver this.”
Lu Jingming hesitated as if he wanted to say something, but eventually just smiled lightly. “It’s nothing.”
As he prepared to leave, Tang Xiaoman stopped him. “You know Gu Heng has already been arrested, right?”
Lu Jingming froze. “When did that happen?”
“You’re his personal doctor and you didn’t know?”
Lu Jingming explained, “Mr. Gu suddenly gave me leave and didn’t say why. He also didn’t tell me when I should return.”
Tang Xiaoman immediately understood. “Because I saved Gu Shanshan, he was afraid you’d side with me. So he temporarily put you on leave—worried you might leak information to me.”
As expected—petty and suspicious.
She then told him everything about Gu Heng and the Su family conspiring to harm her.
Lu Jingming was stunned, several times wanting to interrupt, but he swallowed his words.
After she finished, Tang Xiaoman asked directly, “What do you think of your boss?”
Lu Jingming: “……”
She continued angrily, “They even sent more than ten people today to break my arms and legs in the street. They didn’t succeed, but I’m done with Gu Heng.”
Lu Jingming steadied himself. “If Mr. Gu really did that, then he has gone too far.”
“Then why are you still working for him?” she asked.
The apocalypse was approaching. Without a team, survival would be extremely difficult.
If Lu Jingming was abandoned by the Gu and Su families, his fate—and his daughter’s—would be tragic.
In her previous life, Lu Jingming refused to harvest organs from her to transplant to Su Rou, and was expelled from the team by Gu Heng, ultimately dying a violent death.
Tang Xiaoman owed him a favor, and respected his integrity. She wanted to bring him under her control—have him work for her.
After thinking for a long time, Lu Jingming replied, “I’ll go back and investigate. If what you said is true… I will never become an accomplice to evil.”
After Lu Jingming left, Tang Xiaoman closed the garage and stored all medical supplies into her space.
Metal instruments with no expiration date were stacked in the living area, while disposable medical items with expiration dates were stored inside the space.
Medicines, vaccines, and twenty boxes of various condoms were also stored inside.
The virtual display showed 110 cubic meters of remaining space.
Looking at the empty space, Tang Xiaoman rolled up her sleeves, eager to fill it all immediately.
But she was almost out of money.
As she was worrying about how to raise funds, the housing bureau called—
Her property certificate was ready.
After receiving the property certificate, Tang Xiaoman was invited into the Tianlai Castle owner group chat, officially becoming a homeowner.
She immediately called Huo Kai to thank him and used it as an excuse to invite him to dinner.
Recently, Huo Kai had been thriving in business, successfully swallowing several major projects from the Gu Group. Meanwhile, Gu Heng was still detained with no ability to fight back.
With profits pouring in, he was naturally in a good mood.
Seeing Tang Xiaoman call, he answered quickly.
“Hey, my little sweetheart,” Huo Kai said lazily, a hint of flirtation in his tone. “Calling so soon again? I thought you’d completely forgotten about me.”