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章 10: Farewells

編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Why did you push me just now? Did you want to kill me?" Su Jin heard Assistant Zhang demanding angrily. When she turned around to look, she saw that he was facing Wei Xiaoyan, whose head was lowered as she sobbed quietly. Su Jin could not tell if she was pretending or actually scared by Assistant Zhang's outburst.

However, no one tried to comfort her. Even Wang Linda just sighed. She could not understand how her cousin ended up this way. As far as she remembered, Wei Xiaoyan was a good girl.

Su Jin walked over to them and grabbed Assistant Zhang's arm.

Assistant Zhang thought that she was trying to stop him, but contrary to his expectations, she simply gave Wei Xiaoyan a hard slap across her face. Wei Xiaoyan fell to the ground, but Su Jin did not stop. From above, she grabbed Wei Xiaoyan by the collar and slapped her other cheek too.

With those two slaps, Wei Xiaoyan's entire face swelled up beyond recognition.

Assistant Zhang thought, 'Well done, well slapped! You're my hero, Big Sis Su!'

Wang He thought, 'Uh-oh, my employees are fighting? What should I do? Any advice would be appreciated!'

Wang Linda thought, 'My poor cousin… But why do I suddenly feel like Su Jin's pretty darn cool?'

The other employees thought, 'Phew, thank goodness we never got on Big Boss Su's bad side before.'

Su Jin had no idea what the onlookers thought, of course, but no one tried to stop her when she was beating Wei Xiaoyan up. That was enough to leave her feeling pretty pleased. It seemed there were not that many brainless 'pure-hearted angels' in this world.

Wang Linda had to help Wei Xiaoyan walk away, and while Wei Xiaoyan deeply resented Su Jin, even she knew that no one would help her right now. All she could do was keep her grudge to herself.

"Cough cough." Assistant Wang cleared his throat. "I'm sure we're all hungry. Let's go to that dinner, shall we?"

"Right, of course! I'm starving, let's go!" everyone echoed.

Once they were in the seafood restaurant, Assistant Zhang and a few other colleagues kept stealing glances at Su Jin while they ordered their food.

Su Jin was speechless. "..."

Wang He chose a few main dishes and handed the order slip back to the waiter. He then took a sip of the freshly-brewed chrysanthemum tea before asking, "Were you trained before, Lil Su?"

Su Jin naturally knew what he meant by 'training', so she nodded and said, "My father was a military man, and he used to teach me Chinese kickboxing."

It was true that Su Xiangzhe had forced Su Jin to learn some martial arts for self-defense when she was a child. That was how she managed to scrape by and survive at the beginning of the apocalypse. However, she probably would not have been able to save Assistant Zhang so easily if the Marrow Cleansing Pill had not strengthened her physique. The impressive mental fortitude she built up when facing zombies over two entire years in the apocalypse helped, too.

"You were too weak just now, Assistant Zhang. Couldn't you at least dodge?" Su Jin wanted to change the topic and move the focus away from her.

"Oh, please, don't call me Assistant Zhang anymore. That's too formal! Just call me Zhang Chuyang or even Chuyang. After all, we went through life and death together, right?" There were no limits to what they could talk about at the branch company's dinners, and Zhang Chunyang had always been an expert at managing the atmosphere. He made everyone laugh, and slowly the others began to relax.

"Sure, come to H City and be my underling," Su Jin said, half jokingly and half seriously.

"Sounds good! Just wait for it, Mr. Wang might fire me someday, and then I'll come running to you."

Wang He looked at everyone, beaming. If only Su Jin was part of their branch company… Truly, what a shame.

Just then, the food they ordered began to reach their tables. What happened earlier left everyone feeling starved, so they rolled up their sleeves and dug in.

As they ate, Zhang Chunyang said, "But that guy just now was super disgusting! I could even smell the rot on him. Since he came at me with his teeth, do you think he has rabies or something?"

A female colleague said as she drank her fruit juice, "Could you not, Zhang Chunyang? I finally got myself to forget that."

A few other women agreed. The man had just been injured, but he was still going around biting people. It was terrifying.

Su Jin felt the need to remind these people. After all, they had seen the truth with their own eyes.

"I think…" As soon as Su Jin spoke, she saw everyone turning around to look at her. They were clearly waiting for her to chime in.

"You should all be careful this month. Hoard more food and water if possible, and don't go out if you can avoid it."

Everyone else thought that made sense. What if there really was a rabies epidemic going around?

Wang He took off his single-use gloves, having finished eating the crab. "Did you notice? After that man bit the nurse, the cop immediately shot him dead. In the past, when it came to assault cases like this, the police would at least try to keep him alive. Unless…"

"Unless this wasn't the first time that cop had seen something like this," Su Jin continued.

"Okay, now you're creeping me out. All my hair is standing on end." Zhang Chunyang hugged his arms, pretending to tremble.

"In any case, everyone should take Lil Su's advice. Stay away from people if possible and stock more supplies. If anything feels wrong to you, get away from the scene immediately," Wang He said.

Thankfully, the other attendees were no fools. They all nodded obediently.

Su Jin frowned. The exhibition was going to continue for another fortnight. If the apocalypse was triggered earlier than expected, these people would be in deep trouble in such a densely-populated location. Now all she could do was hope that it would not happen too soon.

Once they were full and everyone had toasted their farewells to Su Jin with tea in place of wine, they each headed home.

Wang He gave Su Jin his personal name card and told her to call him if she needed anything. Su Jin thanked him and accepted the card.

When Su Jin reached the hotel, she saw a headline pop up on her phone. 'Shocking! Rabies patient near exhibition, nurse ignores advice from beauty and is bitten!!!'

Were all news headlines this sensational these days?

Su Jin clicked on the article and was surprised to see that a reporter had captured the incident on camera, later uploading the video online. At least the reporter was considerate enough to censor all their faces. However, they had not censored the zombie's face, so anyone who watched the video could see it in its full terrifying glory.

The comment section promptly erupted.

'Holy hellll isn't that like a zombie??'

'She deserved it! I bet the nurse was a trainee. After the pretty lady worked so hard to tie up the madman too.'

'That lady is sooo pretty! We can't see her face, but her body says it all.'

'I'm sho scawed! I'm all alone at home, gotta hide under my blankie…'

'The nurse was bitten, so does that mean she has rabies now too??!!'

'This is divine retribution! Foolish humans, this is your punishment~~'

'Poor kind nursie. This is so sad. Siri, play despacito.'

...

Su Jin rolled around in her bed, laughing at the comments. In return for the good laugh, she added her own comment to the thread. 'Be careful guys, stay home if you can and stock up on your food. If possible, get yourselves some weapons for self-defense.'

Soon, she received some replies.

'OP, did you watch too many zombie movies? HAHAHAHA'

'Never fear, missy. Come here, big bro will protect you.'

'I agree with OP, they're just being nice and reminding us. Either way, I'm stocking up.'

See, someone believed her. In that case, she should warn as many people as she could, Su Jin thought to herself.

Just then, she saw an incoming voice call from Lu Hao. He was probably busy, or else he would have made it a video call.

Su Jin answered the call. The voice on the other side still was panting, as though the caller was running.

"The one in the news, is that you?" Lu Hao asked breathlessly.

"How did you know it was me?" Su Jin was curious. Her face had been censored so badly that even her mother would not recognize her.

"Your clothes."

Su Jin looked down at the clothes she had not changed out of yet. Right, she remembered now. Lu Hao had bought these clothes for her when they went out shopping once.

"Are you alright? Were you hurt?" Lu Hao asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. Didn't you see the video? I kicked butt out there. By the way, are you outside? Why are you so out of breath?" Su Jin asked.

"Yeah, we got a lead saying that the suspect who got away is hiding in Elephant Trumpet Hill. We're surrounding the entire hill now." Lu Hao finally felt his heart settle back in his chest when he heard that Su Jin was unhurt. She knew some basic martial arts, but only in theory, so he had been quite worried.

"Be careful out there, then. I'll be heading back the day after tomorrow." As far as Su Jin remembered, Lu Hao had not gone for a mission at Elephant Trumpet Hill in her past life. Still, that was a long time ago, and she had been outstation at the time, so maybe she just forgot.

"Yeah. If I have time, I'll pick you up at the airport the day after tomorrow," Lu Hao said.

Just then, Su Jin heard someone yell, "Captain Lu!" on the other end, so she said goodbye to Lu Hao and hung up.

Su Jin then took a shower and went back into the dimension to practice her special ability for a good long time. When she came back out, it was not even eleven yet, but she had to go to the warehouse early tomorrow morning to gather her goods, so she decided to sleep early.


章 11: Supplies For Zhang Chunyang

編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation

On Saturday, Su Jin took a cab to her warehouse on the outskirts alone. When she arrived, there were already several trucks waiting at the entrance.

They were carrying her solar-powered generator, the paddy huskers, food processors, and the small oil press. Su Jin took the drinks and cigarettes she had prepared in advance and offered them to the truck drivers. The drivers were ecstatic. Although this place was a little far out for them, the tobacco was more than worth it. The cigarettes were already worth the money they would earn with this delivery.

Su Jin had an ulterior motive, of course. She did not have any movers at her warehouse, so she had to ask the drivers to help her carry the things inside. The machines were not light, and even with a forklift to help, they were exhausted by the end of it. Still, they had accepted her gifts, so they might as well help her. Besides, the lady seemed nice enough.

The drivers took a short break after they moved the stuff in, and Su Jin gave them each a red packet with a little bonus before they left. She assured them that it was a tradition where she came from, so that they could share a little cheer.

The drivers accepted their bonuses gladly. What an unexpected windfall, the red packets had 500 bucks each inside! The young lady's hometown tradition was great.

Not long after the drivers left, the blades Su Jin had ordered arrived as well. By then, Su Jin had just moved all the machines from the warehouse into her dimension, so the bespectacled man and the driver who brought the knives over only saw an empty warehouse.

The two of them handed over the goods, and then Su Jin bid the bespectacled man goodbye. Next, she was planning to buy some supplies from a nearby market to leave for Zhang Chunyang.

There were many people at the produce market in the outskirts. It was probably because more people came out for grocery shopping on Saturdays.

Su Jin bought fifty bags of rice, thirty bags or flour, and ten barrels of cooking oil at a basic necessities store. She then gave the store owner the address of the warehouse and asked him to send the goods there in the afternoon. Luckily, the owner was nice enough to not ask for a delivery fee. In return, Su Jin bought some more red beans, green beans, soy beans, sesame seeds, and peanuts at the store, purchasing in bulk each time. The owner was so happy that he ignored the other customers, cheerfully trailing behind Su Jin with his notebook and rapidly noting down everything she ordered. The last thing he wanted to do was miss something.

Su Jin's mother and grandmother liked cooking multi-grain congee for their purported health benefits, so Su Jin bought everything she could. The ingredients would not go bad in her dimension anytime soon, anyway.

Other than these food stuffs, Su Jin also bought several dozen cartons of cans, ham, and other easily preserved, portable food supplies. She could not get vacuum-packed biscuits at the market, so she bought a hundred boxes of instant noodles instead.

After she left the market, Su Jin found a Lanzhou noodle shop and had a bowl of lamian. She had some portions of beef and a few drinks to go, too. That way, she would not have to worry about going hungry when she was waiting at the warehouse for the goods to arrive that afternoon, Su Jin thought to herself happily.

However, her wanton spending eventually drew unwanted attention.

When Su Jin was waiting at the warehouse, a few young men approached her, saying that they were here to collect a warehouse protection fee.

They were clearly local gangsters, and they were not even wearing a uniform. It seemed they did not even bother to hide their malevolent motives. The warehouse had been sitting empty for a long time, but suddenly there were so many incoming deliveries here, so the thugs nearby wanted to check things out for themselves. They were curious to see who the newcomer was and what they were storing in the warehouse.

One of the blondes saw that Su Jin was the only person in the warehouse, so he gave the fatty next to him a meaningful look. The other men burst out laughing in unison.

Su Jin did not even want to stand up. They were weaklings whose habitual hedonism was written on their faces. She even suspected they had a drug history. Their footsteps were unsteady and their eye bags extremely evident.

"Hey, girlie! Aren't you scared, staying here all alone? Shall we give you a good lovin'?" The fat man at the center sneered as he approached Su Jin.

"Burp~" Su Jin burped loudly without a shred of decorum. She might have drank too much Sprite just now, but it sure as hell felt good.

The men saw that Su Jin did not look scared at all. She even burped so boldly in front of them, so she was obviously looking down on them. In case, they were going to have to show this little princess the ways of this cruel world.

Su Jin sat on a rack in the warehouse, her legs swinging in the air without a care in the world. The blonde was the first to reach her, trying to pull her down. The moment he touched her calf, though, she sent him flying with a spinning kick.

There was a loud crash as he hit a metal shelf nearby. His head was bleeding, and he collapsed to the ground, motionless.

The fatty was furious now. He did not expect this girl to be this fearless, so he was determined to make her beg for mercy later.

Su Jin saw the fatty pull out a dagger from behind him, lunging right at her. In response, she grabbed the half-full bottle of Sprite next to her and threw it at him.

There was another loud crash.

The other underlings behind the fat man rubbed their eyes. Were they seeing things? Did their boss, the fat guy, just get knocked out by a bottle of Sprite?

They exchanged a look and decided to rush her together. No matter how strong the girl seemed, there was no way she could take on all these men by herself, right?

That was the sight that greeted the grocery store owners when he arrived with the goods. Su Jin had gotten up and ran toward the men who were trying to grab her, launching into the air and kicking them hard. The men hit the ground, one after the other.

"Clap clap clap!" The owners here with their deliveries burst into applause.

Su Jin, "..."

The blonde, "..."

Fatty and his underlings, "..."

One of the owners, the one who brought the cans and preserved meats, even asked her worriedly if she was fine and if they should call the cops.

Su Jin glanced at the men on the ground. "Why are you still here? Do you want meet the nice Mr. Policemen?"

"No, no, thanks."

One of the thugs scrambled to his feet, and the others helped the unconscious blonde and fatty away from the warehouse. They had no intention of going to the station. With their histories, they would be in a ton of trouble if they got arrested again.

If Su Jin had more time, she would have dragged them to the station, no question. However, her priority now was to handle things here and get back to H City as soon as possible.

The owners were more than happy to see Su Jin teach those thugs a lesson, especially after all the trouble the thugs were constantly causing them. It seemed that there were modern-day heroines, after all!

After they put the goods down and showered her with praise, the owners began leaving the warehouse. Before they went, Su Jin reminded them to stock up some more because she might be buying from them in the future.

Her real intentions were just to remind them, of course. Soon, it would become impossible for her to come back here for more shopping anymore. 

The owners all nodded in agreement. They were already planning to fill up their own warehouses.

More than a month later, when the zombie crisis struck, those supplies would become unbelievably important. When that happened, the grocery store owners would all silently thank Su Jin for her help.

Su Jin sent the owners away and looked at the goods neatly lined up on the shelves. With a wave of her hand, she moved some of them into her dimension and left most of the rest in the warehouse. She even left some portable stoves and gas canisters she had happened to buy today in the warehouse, then she took out ten watermelon knives from her storage and left them here too.

Once that was done, Su Jin finally left the warehouse. Now she could only hope that Zhang Chunyang would eventually get his hands on these supplies!

Upon returning to her hotel, Su Jin was about to call Zhang Chunyang to come retrieve the warehouse key from her, but Zhang Chunyang beat her to the chase by calling her first. He asked her when her flight was the next day so he could fetch her to the airport.

Su Jin told him and the two of them chatted for a while before hanging up.

A glance at her phone told her that it was not yet eight in the evening. In that case, Su Jin decided to go into the dimension and survey her harvest today.

Almost immediately after she teleported into the dimension, she accidentally tripped on something.

It turned out that everything she put into the dimension that day had piled up on the stone platform, which was barely larger than a well cover. That included the machines and boxes of blades. As soon as she came in, she had stepped on the smooth power generator and fell onto the pile of rice and flour.

Su Jin was slightly exasperated. The logistics of this dimension were a little illogical… Could it be because Immortal Lu lived in ancient times, so he did not bring that many things in here?

She dismissed her wild imagination and turned back to sorting out the goods with her mind.

Firstly, she chose a larger room in one of the side halls of Lu Mansion to serve as their weapon arsenal. She moved the rice, flour, beans and oil into the building next to that. They only took up about a tenth of the dimension in there, because she had not bought too many food supplies today.

After all, she was just beginning to stockpile her supplies, so Su Jin was not in too much of a rush. More than that, she planned to return to H City and have her family join in the hoarding.

Other than Lu Hao, no one else in her family knew that she was going back tomorrow. This was mainly because she wanted to talk to Lu Hao about the dimension first. Although she had activated it, strictly speaking it was still a treasure Lu Hao's ancestor had left for his descendants. It was only a coincidence that Su Jin had stumbled across it and become its owner.

If she really wanted to let her family members in later, she would probably need to get his permission first.

As far as Su Jin remembered, Lu Hao was a man of few words. It had been a year since they first met until they got married, but the two of them had not really interacted that much over the past year. They would go on dates a few times every month, but they only went for movies and had meals together. After dinner, Lu Hao would send Su Jin home.

That was why Su Jin always thought that Lu Hao was somewhat emotionless. Their mundane daily conversations aside, Su Jin had never properly opened her heart to him.

As a husband, he was more than qualified. Her parents, grandparents, and even the rest of her relatives all thought that he was great. As a couple, however, she kept feeling as though they were missing something. 

Perhaps it was because she acted too independent most of them. The apocalypse was upon them, though, and their family would be headed right for destruction if they could not work together closely.

She had experienced this once before, and she did not know if she could change things by starting over. However, right now she was confident that she would be able to carry her family through this safely.


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