I raised my hand to turn off the noisy alarm clock.

Jiang Shu, wearing slippers, squinted as she entered the bathroom, stretched the blanket under the faucet, and let the clear water flow down her flawless hand after filling the cup.

Those hands were slender and delicate, with no pigmentation on the knuckles, like a pair of hands from a comic book come to life.

Jiang Shuyin closed the door a beat late, then opened it again after brushing her teeth, and rinsed her face with cold water to wake herself up.

After wiping away the excess water with a towel, Jiang Shuyin opened her eyes and frowned as she looked at herself in the mirror.

She's gotten so tanned these past few days, hasn't she? She looks so much fairer now.

During breakfast, Zheng Lanxiang glanced at her daughter a few times. She assumed her daughter was applying sunscreen or something similar to her face, so she didn't find it strange.

When she met up with Cui Yang at work, Cui Yang's eyes lit up when he saw her waving, and a flush rose on his face.

"Did you wear makeup today?"

Jiang Shuyin: "...No."

Cui Yang chuckled, knowing that girls didn't like discussing this with boys, and quickly changed the subject: "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Jiang Shuyin: "I eat at home every day."

"you..."

"Quiet meeting, Cui Yang."

Cui Yang touched his nose, got into the car, and kept glancing at her, as if trying to figure out why she was angry or when she would talk to him.

Jiang Shuyin sighed, "Watch where you're going."

She wasn't dressed up today, was she? Is she really that pretty? It's not that she's narcissistic, it's just that many men genuinely like her pure and gentle temperament.

Hearing her helpless voice, Cui Yang felt even closer to her.

Considering that they both live in the same neighborhood, it would be convenient for them to get married in the future. If they had children, both sets of parents could take care of them. Although he had just graduated from university, Cui Yang already wanted to get married.

Jiang Shu leaned her elbow against the car window and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the smile on his face. Her heart felt heavy, and she felt a tightness in her chest.

Looking out the window, I saw trash bags carelessly tossed on the ground swirling in the wind like small tornadoes, with the top plastic bag reaching as high as the fourth floor.

......

"Both the East my country Sea and the South China Sea were hit by a Category 10 typhoon. Experts are investigating the specific cause. Some residents have reported that inland cities are also experiencing continuous light winds of around Category 4..."

"Aquatic life from the South China Sea was blown onto residents' homes by the typhoon, and local residents report that the living environment has been severely damaged..."

Zheng Lanxiang didn't go to work today either. After seeing the news, she called her second sister again.

"Oh dear, you're always worrying about this and that. Why don't you just send me some money so I can relax? Chatting with you has taken up so much of my time. I'm not talking to you anymore."

Before Zheng Lanxiang could finish speaking, her second sister hung up the phone.

The call lasted less than five minutes.

Zheng Lanxiang looked away and glanced at the time. No one would be back for lunch, so she would just make some noodles and mix them with Lao Gan Ma chili sauce. It would only take less than five minutes.

When I entered the kitchen, the windows were still rattling loudly, and the dust and garbage outside had been blown to the ground by the wind. The sink for washing dishes also smelled of mud.

Alright, let's not eat anymore, let's clean up first.

"Why did the wind suddenly come so strong?"

Suddenly remembering the typhoon in the news, and worried about my second sister, I saw that I still had 2,000 yuan in my WeChat account, so I transferred 200 yuan to her before I could make the call.

"Xiao Yin said that all the students abroad have returned from Shanghai to settle down. Coastal cities might be flooded. If you really encounter danger, you should go home immediately."

Whether it was because she was too soft-hearted to accept the money or something else, Zheng Lanxiang received two words: "Okay."

Seeing those two words brought her peace of mind. She put her phone in the front pocket of her apron, put on her gloves, and began wiping the cutting board, mopping the floor, and washing the sink...

Zheng Lanxiang's classmate from overseas is actually her best friend from high school. She told her a couple of days ago that they should get together privately. This time, because of some strange thing, everyone is in Anshi, and no one is allowed to refuse.

Xiaotian: They said you can bring your family members, but you absolutely must not come alone.

Shangguan: Then I won't come.

Xiao Tiantian: No, how about I rent one for you? Fu Jia is coming, with his girlfriend, and he's coming to ask me about you.

Shangguan: Are you sick?

Xiaotian: You are his first love, a guy... you know, there's that kind of thing between you.

Shangguan: Then I don't want to go.

Xiao Tiantian: Fu Jia said that if you don't come, it's because he can't let go of him. He insists on seeing you and even asked me where you live.

Jiang Shuyin gripped her phone tightly: "..."

Shangguan: Go, send me the time and address.

She even wondered if she had bad luck with men, just like Fu Tao did, and Zhao Quanzhou even more so.

Exiting the chat window, Jiang Shuyin took bottled water and bread from the convenience store and paid for them.

The boss, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, glanced at the package and said, "15."

Jiang Shuyin raised her eyebrows, and the shopkeeper had a knowing look on his face: "Prices are skyrocketing now, so I'll only make a dollar off these two items."

There might be some exaggeration in what the boss said, but it made her feel a sense of urgency; the world was really about to change.

During the census, it was discovered that many migrant workers are still unemployed, while the factories where they work are not short of manpower at all. These migrant workers can only create competition, let others go out of the game, and plunge into the struggle to survive.

Jiang Shu walked out of the shop and looked at the clouds on the horizon, her heart not at peace.

The apocalypse has arrived, and the first shot fired was the resources for survival.

Humans cannot live without food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, among which food is the most important. The price of a bottle of water has increased fivefold.

The price of purple rice bread, which used to be one yuan, has increased fivefold.

Jiang Shu led him to Cui Yang's car and saw him eating bread as well: "Prices have gone up."

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