Chapter 2
In the past few months, Mu Nan spent a lot of money and used up all his savings over the past few years. Fortunately, he had space and convenient transportation. For some large quantities of food, he could buy them directly from the place of origin, which reduced transportation costs and saved a lot of money. However, no matter how much he saved, the money was still not enough. Facing a known future, no matter how much preparation he made, it would never be too much.
In order to facilitate the receipt of goods, Mu Nan specially rented a small warehouse and hired a retired master craftsman, paying him three thousand yuan a month, to watch over the warehouse during the day and help him receive the goods. He would come over at night, pretending to deliver the goods and put all the things into the space.
This is the last batch today, and the lease of the warehouse has expired. He can have the remaining too small items delivered directly to your home.
After dinner, Mu Nan paid the doorman's salary with a mobile phone transfer, and then went out to the rental company to return the key and get the deposit back. On the way back, he passed by a supermarket, and looking at the money in his hand, Mu Nan went to the supermarket again. Although he had bought almost everything he needed, the money in the future would be worth less than waste paper, so he bought as much as he could while he could still spend at normal prices.
Mu Nan had actually spent all his own money a long time ago, and the money he was spending now was the money Qin Huai sent back every year.
Qin Huai, the person who had unknowingly integrated into his life but then left.
He and Qin Huai grew up together. Qin Huai is two years older than him. When his parents died, he was still young and had no autonomy. He was either sent to an orphanage or adopted by relatives, but he didn't want to live with relatives. Although his family conditions can only be considered well-off, his parents doted on him and almost always granted him what he wanted. This also cultivated his spoiled character. He would rather live alone at home and take care of himself than live in someone else's home. What's more, although he lost his parents, Qin Huai was still here. To him, his home was still there, so he couldn't leave at all.
Fortunately, his relatives did not think much of adopting him. Although his parents had accident compensation and insurance compensation, the total amount of money was not small, which could allow him to complete his studies without worries and even have some extra, but having another child was a hassle after all. Finally, under Mu Nan's stubbornness, the relatives chose a compromise. In name, they adopted him, but he still lived in their own home, and the neighbor across the street, Qin Huai's grandmother, helped take care of him. Anyway, Mu Nan had almost grown up in Qin Huai's house, and that relative's house was not far away, about ten minutes away, so he could just come and visit occasionally.
He was ten years old that year. To some adults, a ten-year-old might be a child who cannot be left alone. But to a child who had gone through a huge change, he could certainly take care of himself, if not be independent. And he was not without support. In addition to his parents, he also had Qin Huai.
Qin Huai's grandmother passed away when he was fifteen. She was too old and died peacefully. That year, Qin Huai, who was only seventeen years old, became an orphan like him, but they had each other.
Qin Huai said that they would have to depend on each other in the future. At that time, Mu Nan was not too afraid of the future. Although her grandmother was gone, they had each other.
But not long after, Qin Huai's father, who he had only seen in photos, came and took Qin Huai away forcefully. After this departure, Mu Nan never saw Qin Huai again until his death.
Qin Huai's father should be quite rich and settled abroad. At first, Qin Huai told him that he would not leave when he cried. He always treated this so-called father as if he did not exist. But later, Qin Huai, who was determined not to leave, still left. How could two underage children be more stubborn than an adult? There was no other way except compromise.
But at that time, Mu Nan could not understand or accept it. His heart was filled with the betrayal of Qin Huai leaving.
At first, Mu Nan could only resist Qin Huai's departure with a resolute attitude and a tough attitude of breaking off relations, with a trace of self-esteem that was still hurt by betrayal even if he bowed his head and begged, but his ultimate goal was still to hope that Qin Huai would come back. He couldn't understand why someone who hadn't even shown his face for more than ten years could easily let Qin Huai leave with him. Especially when he heard some neighbors casually say that blood is blood, it was like stabbing a knife in his heart.
Facing the empty house, Mu Nan felt deeply for the first time that he was really an orphan, without a father or a mother, without anyone to rely on. Not only was the house empty, but also his heart. For a long time, he closed himself off, retaliating against Qin Huai's betrayal by separating himself from Qin Huai's world, and even chose a boarding high school far away from here, as if to throw away everything here and have nothing to do with Qin Huai anymore. However, the most fundamental reason for all this was that he used the most naive method to hope that Qin Huai would come back.
These determinations were just his way of avoiding the helplessness of having to face the future alone, as well as the panic and fear of losing Qin Huai.
As he grew up, Mu Nan gradually understood Qin Huai's helplessness. He believed that if possible, Qin Huai would never be willing to go with his father, but life is like this, you can't do whatever you want. But Mu Nan's understanding does not mean that this frozen relationship will warm up. Instead, he is more afraid to contact Qin Huai.
In that strange country, Qin Huai's new life, new friends, and everything new no longer had anything to do with him. Perhaps Qin Huai had already started a new life, successful, liked, and admired. He might even have a close friend who could replace him. Only he was still living in the past.
He thought they still had a lot of time, and that one day he would be able to muster up the courage to face a Qin Huai who was no longer the same as in his memory, perhaps a stranger, or even like many adults, talking about the past with a hint of nostalgia. Mu Nan thought that when one day he could accept a Qin Huai who had nothing to do with him anymore and was just a former neighbor, that would be the time when he would have the courage to contact Qin Huai again.
But in his previous life, he never mustered up the courage until his death.
Although Qin Huai had left, he would send Mu Nan living expenses every month, including annual tuition. However, Mu Nan had never touched a penny of this money in his previous life. The compensation after his parents' death was enough for him to finish college. He didn't know where Qin Huai's money came from, whether it was earned by himself or given by his father. Whether it was the former or the latter, he didn't want to use it.
But this time, Mu Nan spent all the money. He thought, maybe Qin Huai would see that his account was empty and worry that something happened to him, so he would come back to check. Now, it is easy for Qin Huai to find him, because he is here and has never left, but it is difficult for him to find Qin Huai, because he has no idea where Qin Huai is now.
He was the one who cut off contact with Qin Huai, but every month Qin Huai sent him living expenses, which made him feel that Qin Huai was still in touch with him. This illusion made him mistakenly believe that as long as he was ready, he could find Qin Huai at any time. It was not until he was reborn and took the initiative to find Qin Huai that he found that he could not find anyone in a remittance account, not to mention that the remittance account was a trust fund abroad.
Mu Nan panicked when he couldn't find Qin Huai after his rebirth. He looked for everyone who could contact Qin Huai, but most of them had lost contact during the years of disconnection. There was only one person, Jiang Xuan, who hadn't moved away yet. After his rebirth, Mu Nan went to find Jiang Xuan, but unfortunately Jiang Xuan said that he hadn't contacted Qin Huai for a long time, and the online account he had used to contact him had long been lost, and he didn't know where Qin Huai was.
Until now, Mu Nan was still hoarding goods while looking for Qin Huai. He deeply suppressed the panic that he might not find Qin Huai in this lifetime, and tried to stay calm to prepare for the end of the world in the future. He didn't know what would happen to him if he never saw Qin Huai again in this lifetime. Maybe he would be more devastated than he thought.
Looking at the card handed back by the cashier, which contained the living expenses given by Qin Huai, the last sum of money in it was completely spent today. Mu Nan carried the bags of things home and sorted them out bit by bit. While thinking about what else he needed to buy, he habitually opened the contact group from a long time ago. Unfortunately, it was quiet and all his inquiries and questions received no response.
The next morning, a worker knocked on the door. Mu Nan specially customized hollow thickened tempered glass, intending to replace everything in the house with new ones. In his previous life, when he was staying at home because of the smog, these leaky doors and windows did make him worried and scared for a while, so this time, he took precautions early.
In addition to replacing the glass, Mu Nan also specially replaced the air conditioner in his home. He specially flew abroad to customize the air conditioner. Although there are high-temperature air conditioners in China that can withstand temperatures of 80 degrees, most of these air conditioners are installed in various factories in high-temperature working environments, so the machines are very large and cannot be installed at home at all.
However, in some places abroad where the temperature is high all year round, this high-temperature technology is more often used in homes. Although the price is much more expensive than in China, it is smaller and easier to install. He ordered two household air conditioners that can withstand high temperatures, installed one at home and placed the other in a space, to keep as a backup for future use.
In the previous life, when the haze dissipated and the scorching heat came, almost all household air conditioners went on strike. The country temporarily set up a number of summer resorts, but with so many people, even if the summer resorts had air conditioning, they had little effect.
At first, Mu Nan stayed at home. The air conditioner could not be used due to the high temperature, but he had water in his space. He relied on the water stored in the space to survive the first hot summer. This time, he had experience and was well prepared, so he would not be in a worse situation than in the last life.
When the windows were removed at home, Mu Nan moved to the next door, that is, Qin Huai's house. Although Qin Huai did not come back, Mu Nan never left. He would hire a part-time worker to do a thorough cleaning at least once a month. Now that he could no longer live at his own house, he simply packed up and moved in.
Before, Mu Nan had thought about whether he should sell his own house and then live in Qin Huai's house, but later he thought about it and gave up. Their houses were across the street, so no matter who they sold it to, some secrets might be accidentally exposed. And it would be fine to just sell the house and leave, but living so close, if there were some disputes over the house after the end of the world, it would not be cost-effective. It would be better to close the big iron gate outside and live in peace.
When the staff were changing the windows, Mu Nan supervised them carefully and asked them to make sure the sealing was done well. In his previous life, he didn't live here for long. Compared to the refuge bases set up by the government, some private shelters were opened earlier. As long as they paid a little food, they could have a place to live that could escape the summer heat and the cold.
Many people in their community were interested at the time, but Mu Nan was not interested at first. Later, there was an earthquake. Although it was a small aftershock when it affected this area, many houses collapsed. Fortunately, nothing happened where he was, but he could not prevent another earthquake in the future.
Moreover, during that period, water and power outages were too frequent. At one time, there was only a few hours of electricity in nearly a week, and the water was cut off for several days. It was too unbearable to have power and water outages on such a hot day. Going to a private shelter, if nothing else, at least you could get a few hours of power a day.
Mu Nan thought that he had his own space and would never starve to death no matter where he was. Plus, there were many people who decided to go together, so Mu Nan followed them.
Regardless of how much he had suffered in that kind of private base, the main reason why Mu Nan chose to stay this time was that he wanted to wait. He was afraid of Qin Huai's changes, but he instinctively believed that the Qin Huai he knew would never change towards him. This contradictory psychology was very complicated, but no matter what, this time he wanted to stay at home and wait a little longer.
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