Yuan Tao came out of the space, grabbed a set of fresh clothes, and went into the bathroom.
She’d had a long day. Right now, she just wanted to rest.
Yuan Tao studied the delicate, pretty face of the girl in the mirror.
The girl in the mirror had skin that was white with a pink undertone, like a peach, glowing with a dewy luster. Her brows curved like crescent moons, and her eyes were clear and bright, brimming with a watery light. The outer corners naturally drooped slightly, giving her a look of innocent confusion whenever she looked at someone.
Her nose was small and delicate, the tip round and tinged with a natural pink. Her lips were a pale cherry blossom pink, full in shape, with corners that naturally curved upward. Even without smiling, she seemed to hold a hint of sweetness.
Her face was a soft oval, her jawline gently rounded. Her chestnut hair was loosely tied up, with a few stray strands falling by her cheeks. Her shoulders and neck were slender, her figure delicate. In every gesture, there was an unconscious, adorable charm.
Yuan Tao smiled at the mirror. This body really was well-made.
After showering and changing into pajamas, Yuan Tao half-lay on the bed, her fair fingers tapping on her phone screen. She planned to make a doomsday stockpile list.
Knock… knock…
The knocking came, and she called, “Come in.”
Yuan Tao looked up and saw it was Zhou Yunxi. She put down her phone and called out, “Yunxi-ge.”
Zhou Yunxi walked in carrying a glass of warm milk and handed it to Yuan Tao. His gaze flicked to the phone screen she had casually set down, and his eyes shifted subtly.
His voice was low. “Mm. Drink your milk and go to bed early. Since you’ve broken up, focus on your studies.”
Yuan Tao took the milk and, seeing the concern in Zhou Yunxi’s eyes, replied, “I know. I’m not sad. Goodnight, Yunxi-ge. You go to bed early too.”
“Mm.” Zhou Yunxi left the room, closing the door behind him.
Early the next morning, Yuan Tao got up and refined her doomsday stockpile list. Just as she was about to head out to buy supplies, she remembered a very thorny problem. She had money, but the money wasn’t in her hands!
Before the original owner’s parents passed away, their company had been doing very well and had accumulated a great deal of wealth. After they died, she was too young and lacked the ability to manage a company, so Zhou Yunxi took it over.
So for the past few years, the original owner’s family company had been managed by Zhou Yunxi, waiting only for the original owner to graduate before being handed over to her.
Yuan Tao was only a third-year student now, with over a year until graduation. Suddenly using such a large sum of money would definitely alert Zhou Yunxi.
There was also the matter of connections. She had no network for purchasing supplies. Everyone Yuan Tao knew was connected to Zhou Yunxi. The moment she made a move, Zhou Yunxi would immediately get word of it.
It seems I can’t hide it. Why not just tell Zhou Yunxi about the apocalypse?
Yuan Tao frowned in thought, her delicate little face looking as though a layer of worry had settled over it, her eyes drooping slightly at the corners.
Actually, telling Zhou Yunxi wasn’t out of the question. She just needed to come up with a reason to explain how she knew.
In the original book, Zhou Yunxi was a big shot with incredibly powerful abilities. He was even stronger than the male lead and the male lead’s sworn enemy. Before she grew strong enough, staying with him was safer.
Yuan Tao thought for a moment and decided to tell Zhou Yunxi. If she let Zhou Yunxi handle gathering supplies, she wouldn’t have to worry!
Besides, as the president of a major corporation, Zhou Yunxi could definitely gather more supplies. Then she could just lie back and cling to the big shot’s thigh~
That jade bracelet had been given to the original owner by Auntie Su Wenxin. She’d heard it was the Zhou family’s heirloom. It was passed down to daughters, not sons. Zhou Yunxi was the only child of his generation in the Zhou family. Su Wenxin had treated her like her own daughter, so she had simply given it to her. So theoretically, this space belonged to Zhou Yunxi.
Even if she exposed the space, she wasn’t afraid. The space was bound to her soul. No one could take it from her.
Once she made up her mind, Yuan Tao stopped agonizing over it. After washing up, she went downstairs and saw Zhou Yunxi sitting on the sofa on the phone.
Seeing Yuan Tao come down, Zhou Yunxi said something into the phone and hung up directly.
On the other end, Gu Yan stared at the phone that had just been hung up on him, almost laughing in anger…
“Yunxi-ge, good morning~” Yuan Tao greeted Zhou Yunxi sweetly. This was her golden thigh, after all.
Zhou Yunxi gave a slight nod. “It’s not early anymore. Go eat breakfast.”
He gestured toward the dining room with his eyes.
“Oh.”
Yuan Tao took two steps toward the dining room, then remembered something and turned back to Zhou Yunxi. “Yunxi-ge, come to the study in a bit. I have something to tell you.” Without waiting for his response, she headed to the dining room.
Zhou Yunxi raised an eyebrow slightly and gave a long look at Yuan Tao, who was happily munching on a fried dough stick.
Yuan Tao noticed nothing.
Yuan Tao finished breakfast contentedly and patted her little belly, round from eating. She thought to herself, What a shame the apocalypse is coming. I might never get to eat food this good again.
But my warehouse can preserve things. I can stock up on more cooked food and save it to eat slowly later.
Thinking of this, Yuan Tao happily patted her belly again. Uh… I’ve eaten a bit too much~
Pouring a glass of warm water, Yuan Tao knocked on the door of Zhou Yunxi’s study.
“Come in.”
She closed the door, handed the glass to Zhou Yunxi, and sat down on the sofa beside the desk.
Zhou Yunxi glanced at her. “What is it? Speak.”
Yuan Tao didn’t beat around the bush. She said directly, “Yunxi-ge, the apocalypse is coming.”
Zhou Yunxi’s hand holding the glass wavered, and the water nearly spilled.
Before he could speak, Yuan Tao’s little mouth rattled on, dumping out all the reasons she had racked her brain to fabricate. Then she demonstrated her space, putting a book from the desk inside and taking it out, then putting it in and taking it out again.
Then she blinked her doe-like eyes at Zhou Yunxi.
Inside the space, Xiao Jiu covered its face. This embarrassing master is not mine…
It’s just absurd…
Something about dreaming of a white-bearded immortal grandfather who told her the apocalypse was coming and that the bracelet she wore was a space…
Even a three-year-old wouldn’t believe such a clumsy excuse!
Yuan Tao was embarrassed too. The reason really was absurd, but she truly couldn’t think of a reasonable, convincing explanation. Since that was the case, it didn’t need to be reasonable. Maybe it would have a miraculous effect.
Besides, her decision to expose the space had been impulsive. When she came downstairs this morning, she had seen a white jade pendant on Zhou Yunxi’s neck. And that white jade pendant was identical to the one in the wooden box when her grandmother had given her the jade bracelet before she transmigrated.
Though she didn’t know what connection the two had, she felt that Zhou Yunxi’s white jade pendant probably contained a space too.
If Zhou Yunxi had also bound a space, then Yuan Tao wasn’t afraid he wouldn’t believe in the apocalypse.
Just as Yuan Tao had thought, Zhou Yunxi didn’t completely believe what she said. But her making things disappear and reappear did shock him enough to make his pupils contract. And looking at her slender wrist, the bracelet she had been wearing was indeed gone.
Zhou Yunxi pondered for a moment. If that space was real, then perhaps the apocalypse was real too…
If that were true, then this world was about to fall into chaos…