Chapter 16 Cage House

Qiao Yu thought that Jiang Zhan was probably going to prepare supplies.

Although Jiang Zhan said that he would take care of the supplies, the end of the world was approaching. No matter how much Jiang Zhan tried to reassure her, Qiao Yu would still instinctively feel panic and had to do something to calm her anxiety.

Qiao Yu thought about it and decided to fill the hundreds of large vats he brought back from Luling Village with hot water to use for bathing on the road.

The Jiang family's servants would stay in the main house during the day, but would not go upstairs without permission, so Qiao Yu focused on utilizing the water outlets in each room on the second floor. He connected water pipes and placed water tanks in all places where water could be discharged, even the bathroom and swimming pool in Jiang Zhan's bedroom.

These water tanks are large and deep, each can hold about 300 liters of water, and it takes about half an hour to fill one.

While waiting, Qiao Yu had nothing to do, so he shyly toured Jiang Zhan's room.

The room was large and spacious. Just a bed, a sofa, a TV, and a few cabinets, nothing in sight. Qiao Yu almost felt like she could hear an echo from her voice. The decor was Jiang Zhan's usual style, simple, dark colors. Aside from the walls and glass, everything else was black. The only thing that piqued Qiao Yu's interest was the swimming pool on the terrace outside.

Qiao Yu actually likes swimming very much, but after the apocalypse, even drinking water has become a problem, so where can he find a place to swim?

Qiao Yu wandered slowly by the swimming pool, waiting for the water tank to be filled, and debating whether to take a swim to satisfy her craving. At a glance, she saw an imperceptible gap in the corner of the wall facing her.

Qiao Yu was stunned. This was the outer wall of Jiang Zhan's bedroom. How could there be a gap?

Qiao Yu walked over, somewhat puzzled, and touched it. Sure enough, there was a crack. It was perfectly aligned, stretching from the roof to the ground. It didn't look like a spontaneous crack, but rather like a man-made cut.

The gap was extremely thin and difficult to detect. If Qiao Yu had not had her eyesight enhanced by the fruit water, she believed she would never have been able to discover it.

Qiao Yu took a closer look and discovered that the left side of the gap was Jiang Zhan's bedroom wall, while the right side just separated a piece of wall that was about the width of two people standing side by side. This width... looked a bit like... a door?

Qiao Yu was a little curious, but the water tank was almost full at this time, so Qiao Yu went to other rooms to put the water tank back into the space, and then walked back and tried to open the door.

Qiao Yu used some strength and pushed hard on the wall that was two people wide, and she actually managed to open a gap.

It really was a door! Qiao Yu was startled and opened the door carefully. What came into view was a staircase leading down and a long corridor that led to nowhere.

Qiao Yu stood at the entrance and hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to go down and take a look.

Qiao Yu took out a jade seed from the space, held it tightly in his hand, and cautiously entered the corridor.

The corridor was very long, and Qiao Yu walked for nearly fifteen minutes before he saw the end of the corridor.

At the end, there is a wall door that is exactly the same as the one outside Jiang Zhan's bedroom.

The Jiang family mansion is located on the top of Yunming Mountain, with Yunming Mountain at its back. Could there be a forest behind this door? But if it is a forest, why is the passage so secretive?

Qiao Yu thought for a long time, then tentatively reached out and pushed carefully. Finding that it could be pushed, he used some force and pushed the door open completely.

The white wall slowly opened, and the scene behind the wall gradually became clear, but Qiao Yu seemed to be nailed to the spot and could not move.

Her mind went blank for a moment, her pupils shrank suddenly, her heart beat faster, and she was so shocked that it seemed as if even her blood was about to freeze.

Because what appeared before her was a familiar detached villa.

——That was the home where she had lived for twenty years.

Qiao Yu walked in in a daze.

Exactly the same.

The exterior of the house, the layout of the garden, the cobblestone paths, and even the flowers planted in the flower beds are exactly the same.

The only difference was that, apart from the door she had just entered through, the entire villa was surrounded by thick glass walls, with no other exits. Qiao Yu looked up and saw that even the air was filled with glass columns.

The entire space is like a huge glass birdcage.

Qiao Yu walked over to the glass wall and quickly recognized it as impact- and blast-resistant tempered glass. Layer upon layer, with a few millimeters of space between each layer. Qiao Yu counted six layers in total. Beyond the glass wall lay a forest, but beyond the forest, a high wall blocked the view from the outside. Qiao Yu figured that must be the true outer wall of the Jiang family mansion.

Qiao Yu walked along the path to the front door of the villa. The door was not closed, so Qiao Yu easily entered the house. As expected, the layout of the house was exactly the same. Qiao Yu walked through all the rooms and couldn't find even the slightest difference.

If Qiao Yu was still wondering whether Jiang Zhan knew about the existence of the tunnel before, now Qiao Yu no longer has to doubt it at all.

It is obvious that this "cage" was prepared by Jiang Zhan.

——Prepared for her.

Qiao Yu did not stay in the "cage house" for long. He soon returned to the Jiang family's main residence and sat in the room for a long time without saying a word.

She knew that Jiang Zhan had been sending people to monitor her all these years, and that he had been investigating people and things related to her. But she never imagined that he would actually want to imprison her.

It was obvious that the villa was ready, and all it needed was her "east wind." Jiang Zhan must have been planning this massive project for a long time.

Qiao Yu thought, normally, she should be full of fear now.

But she wasn't. She wasn't normal.

She had returned from the apocalypse, having endured hunger and illness, experienced malice and betrayal, and suffered hardships and torture unimaginable to ordinary people... She had even experienced death. How could such a person be considered normal?

Her trust and love for Jiang Zhan were blind.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Zhan's unconditional tolerance and care for her in her previous life that broke through all her disgust and rejection; or perhaps it was because the blazing and obvious doting and love in Jiang Zhan's eyes melted away her indifference and defensiveness...

In short, at this moment Qiao Yu's mind was filled with all kinds of emotions: shock, worry, heartache, confusion... but there was no fear.

She just wanted to know why Jiang Zhan did this.

It was only then that Qiao Yu realized how little she knew about Jiang Zhan. Jiang Zhan knew everything about her, but she knew nothing except that he was the president of Jiang Group.

She knew that it was abnormal for Jiang Zhan to have such a mentality, but she was very curious about what he had experienced that made him become what he is now.

The sunlight outside was a little dazzling, but Qiao Yu's gaze seemed unaffected and was fixed on the distance outside the window.

Perhaps someone can give her the answer to this question.