Xu Huan sat at the table, staring blankly at the girl's profile in the photo—a face he had seen countless times.
He gently stroked the photo frame with his palm, pondering for a long time.
After years of covert investigation, almost all leads have gone cold. This time, we have to give it a try no matter what.
His eyes darkened, and he finally made a decision, sending a text message to Pan Xin:
"Hello Ms. Pan, thank you so much for your help. Would you like to have dinner together tomorrow?"
Use yourself as bait.
Hopefully, we can catch a big fish...
Wang Feifei didn't get home until dark. She had a very fruitful day at the wholesale market, buying a whole truckload of food. They arranged for the goods to be transferred from the warehouse and delivered directly to her door tomorrow.
This time, I mainly bought various snacks and pre-cooked meals. The pre-cooked meals mainly consisted of self-heating rice, self-heating hot pot, and some specialty pre-cooked noodles, all of which are simple foods that can be eaten after cooking.
These things make things much more convenient when you don't feel like cooking.
After a busy day, Wang Feifei was a little tired, so she simply cooked a bowl of noodles with luncheon meat and a poached egg, and ate it by the window.
The cows, having eaten and drunk their fill, lay down beside my legs to lick their fur.
Suddenly, in the darkness outside the window, a light flickered in the distance, and she immediately became alert:
"Oh no, I forgot to close the curtains!"
The curtains in the living room of the safe house are specially made, using the latest blackout material. They are a full two centimeters thick, with the front and back layers being the thickest felt fabric and the middle layer being silver-plated blackout fabric.
The three layers combined together provide both warmth and complete blackout.
Normally, Wang Feifei would close the curtains at three o'clock in the afternoon when the sun was at its strongest.
Because the sunlight gradually weakens between 3 and 4 pm, closing the curtains in advance can prevent others from discovering her safe house.
Wang Feifei got home late today and forgot something important.
After turning off the lights, the living room returned to darkness. The night in the suburbs was much darker than in the city. Wang Feifei rummaged through her suitcase and found the binoculars she had used to monitor things at the hotel. She slowly approached the window.
She disappeared into the darkness, quietly observing what the light was all about.
In the room in the distance, where the lights were on, there was indeed a man standing at the window. His strong body blocked some of the light, creating the illusion that the light was flickering.
Wang Feifei could see clearly that he was the muscular man she had met during the day.
At this moment, he was staring intently in Wang Feifei's direction...
"What are you looking at?" The plump woman in the living room couldn't help but ask when she saw the man standing at the window for a long time.
"It looks like people live over there; I saw lights just now."
"Is there?" The woman also walked to the window and looked carefully for a while: "No, there's no light at all outside."
The woman seemed to remember something, chuckled softly, and sat back down on the sofa: "You're not looking for that girl from earlier today, are you?"
"You're overthinking it!" Zhao Qian noticed that the woman was a little angry, so he quickly came over to coax her, stroking her hand and kissing it: "I was just curious when I saw the light."
Wang Xiuli looked coldly at the man in front of her: "You'd better not get any funny ideas. Judging from that woman's poor appearance, she must also live in the West District."
Wang Xiuli pulled her hand away and straightened her curly hair: "If the gym I invested in for you hadn't lost all my money, would I have moved to this shabby place? You better be smart and stop going out and messing around with other women!"
Zhao Qian said with a slight reproach, "Your words are too hurtful. I only have Sister Wang in my heart."
After saying that, he took her hand and pressed it onto his chest muscle: "Feel it, is it just you inside?"
...
Wang Feifei watched until the man at the window left before slowly drawing the curtains, still feeling lingering fear.
It looks like we'll have to install a timer-operated curtain track; we can't afford to make such a basic mistake when the apocalypse comes.
The outdoor temperature had dropped to 18 degrees Celsius, and the temperature inside the safe house had not yet risen due to the cool breeze that had blown all night.
After being reborn, Wang Feifei couldn't stand the cold at all, so she decided to turn on the electric heater as a temporary measure.
The electric heater quickly raised the room temperature. Wang Feifei stared at the thermometer, and as soon as the room temperature reached 25 degrees Celsius, she immediately turned off the electric heater.
"This is a good opportunity to test the insulation of the safe house."
It's so comfortable now that the room is warm. Wang Feifei snuggled up on the sofa with her laptop and bought electric curtain tracks overnight.
The cow was dozing on the sofa when it suddenly woke up, stretched, and, full of energy, jumped onto the climbing frame...
But Chu Xiang, who was squatting outside the supermarket, was not so comfortable. He was dressed in thin clothes, and a gust of wind made him get goosebumps all over his body.
He waited outside for a full three hours, until the supermarket closed, before he finally got his chance...
Chen Nian was disturbed by the phone call he received during the day. He had too many doubts in his mind and was a little worried about Wang Feifei.
After the supermarket closed, he was a little hungry, and his subconscious led him to the snack street where he had his first meal with Wang Feifei.
Chu Xiang also followed the restaurant to the store, found a corner table outside, and ordered some food.
When the shop owner saw Chen Nian coming in for a late-night snack alone, he greeted him warmly: "Why are you alone today? Didn't that girl come with you?"
Chen Nian joked, "How can I see her every day? Boss, get me four bottles of beer and a dish of vegetables."
These words all reached Chu Xiang's ears: "He really does have a close relationship with Wang Feifei."
He glanced at the boss next to Chen Nian again: "He seems to know Wang Feifei too."
Chu Xiang secretly made a mental note of this shop.
This time, Lady Luck smiled upon him, and he indeed got what he wanted...
The next day, after getting up, Wang Feifei carefully checked the room temperature. Wow, the insulation layer was really amazing; after a night, it was still 24 degrees Celsius.
Check the lowest temperature last night; it plummeted to 14 degrees Celsius!
It's June 28th now. This time of year is usually the hottest. Wang Feifei knows in her heart that an extreme cold apocalypse is probably coming soon.
Countdown: 7 days, only one week left, and it might even be earlier.
Wang Feifei quickly opened various news websites to check. Just like in her previous life, the media reported that the reason for the abnormal temperature drop was basically that a strong cold air mass from the north was coming and would affect the temperature in the coming week.
I wonder how Chen Nian's preparations are going...
Wang Feifei's task this morning was to bring the goods from the transit warehouse home, which included medicines and dairy cow feed and supplies.
The temperature is still too low to store raw meat, so Wang Feifei plans to keep it in the cold storage of the transit warehouse and send it over with other items next time.
The warehouse owner was very easy to talk to. This time, he directly assigned the same deliverymen who had worked on the last delivery to the task. The deliverymen were very experienced and finished moving the goods in no time.
Wang Feifei bought a wide variety of medicines this time, covering almost all common medications. She placed them at the bottom of the shelf for easy access.
After finishing all that, there was still some time before lunch. Having cooked for several days in a row, Wang Feifei decided to eat out this time and then conveniently stop by the supermarket to check out Chen Nian.
Let's go to the food street then...
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