Second Encounter
The alarm clock rang on time at 7 a.m. Jiang Miao got up, washed up, and jogged on the treadmill for an hour, then did strength training for half an hour.
Today's breakfast was cheese toast, fruit salad and a cup of black coffee. As usual, she made extra and put it in the space.
Then, Jiang Miao sorted out last night's harvest into categories. Looking at the hundreds of pages of supplies illustrations on the tablet, she felt a sense of security. The happiest thing for her every day in the doomsday was to count the new supplies. It was truly an incomparable joy!
For lunch, Jiang Miao made sweet and sour pork ribs, pan-fried lotus root, grilled squid with garlic sauce, and tomato fried egg soup. He had another delicious lunch and continued to practice sword in the afternoon. By the way, he went to the large balcony on the rooftop at the hottest two o'clock to record the highest temperature of the day - 53.2℃.
The ultraviolet rays are too strong, so people dare not go outside. If they go out in the sun for a while, their skin will turn red and peel off, and the risk of developing skin cancer will increase hundreds of times.
"Notice! Notice! Starting tomorrow, the Blue Bay Community will implement a limited-time power supply. The power supply time is from 9 pm to 6 am the next day. All owners are requested to prepare in advance, prepare in advance!"
The loudspeaker kept shouting that Jiang Miao had enough boiled water and ice cubes in her space, but facing the power cuts, she also wanted to take advantage of the last bit of profits.
The kettle and ice maker continued to work, and all the tools with power storage function in the space were fully charged. Even many foods that needed to be cooked by electrical appliances such as ovens, air fryers, soy milk makers, and yogurt makers, Jiang Miao put them aside and prepared to finish them in the next period of time, or he could make more in advance.
After all, if the power-rationing period is reduced from nine hours to six hours, and then to three hours, two hours, and one hour until it becomes unavailable, we will have to wait until the earthquake is over and the base is rebuilt after the disaster before power can be delivered to homes.
For dinner, I marinated 20 pounds of New Zealand chicken wings, which I baked in the oven three times before I finished them all. On the way, I also used the air fryer to fry many semi-finished fried foods refrigerated in the supermarket, enough for more than a dozen people. I took some of them to eat in the evening and paired them with some fat house happy water. It was simply wonderful.
Before going to bed, Jiang Miao opened two owner groups that he hadn’t read for a long time.
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3-1802: Everyone please be alert and do not open the door casually to prevent wolves from entering the house! I saw my neighbor next door being robbed through the peephole!
Flying Rabbit: The house upstairs in my building has been robbed. There was a lot of noise, it was scary.
3-1802: @Flying Rabbit, the management said that those who haven't changed their names will be kicked out of the group. Where do you live, brother?
Flying Rabbit: The robber might be from our neighborhood. If the robber sees you reminding others in the group to be vigilant and cut off his source of income, and you said your home address is marked on your forehead, then who else could be the next victim?
Loyalty to the country: 1
Loyalty to the country: 1
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Loyalty to the country: 1
Flying Rabbit: What the hell are you doing, brother!
Loyalty to the country: 1
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Loyalty to the country: 1
Serving the Country with Loyalty: The screen is flooding with messages. What should I do? I’m a little panicked, brother.
Flying Rabbit: ...Well, you're on your own.
Scrolling down, there are some requests for help. Everyone has tacitly changed their names and hidden their addresses. The guy who once invited others to live in his house is no longer silent, and everyone has become cautious when speaking in the group.
There are fewer and fewer abusive and cursing comments on social platforms, and more are being replaced by requests for help and forwarding. The dark web lurking under the iceberg has frequently jumped into people's sight during this period, and the online environment is even more terrifying than the real world.
Jiang Miao concentrated on browsing the social scene in search of useful information until her cell phone signal was suddenly interrupted. She became dazed for a moment when she could no longer refresh any information. Then she slowly put away the product of this era and sighed softly.
The satellite network communication signal was interrupted twenty days earlier than in the previous life, and could never be restored.
Even though she has gotten used to not using a mobile phone for seven or eight years, she still misses the time when she could surf the Internet freely before the end of the world.
Eight o'clock.
Jiang Miao fell asleep on time. This morning he had daily tasks to complete.
On a dark and windy night, the van stopped in the woods behind the Jiang family's old house. This was where she had lived since she was a child. No one was more familiar with the security situation and infiltration routes here than she was.
The surveillance system of the manor is a separate system. My aunt bought this huge manor but the staffing was not perfect. At first, there were more than ten gardeners and security guards in the manor, all of whom lived on the second floor and had patrol missions every day.
But now there is no security, Jiang Miao easily entered the main monitoring room on the second floor and cut off the power supply neatly. After that, she can come and go freely anywhere in the manor, without even a time limit.
Second uncle and eldest aunt are competitors in the company, and news of theft seems particularly insignificant at the end of the world. The eldest aunt obviously did not receive the news that Chairman Jiang’s house was looted, nor did she expect that Jiang Miao, who had sold the manor, would come back and reap another wave of profits.
You know, when the transaction was just completed, the expression on my aunt's face was so wonderful when she saw that the whole manor was just an empty shell and not even a flower pot chandelier was left for her. Up to now, my aunt has only renovated the main areas such as the living room, hall, dining room, study, master bedroom and second bedroom. The other rooms can only be planned slowly.
Jiang Miao sneaked into the main building. The soft furnishings inside were naturally much inferior to before, but her main purpose was not these cheap home furnishings.
She walked through the hall to the study on the second floor. She gently opened the door and walked to the southwest corner. She took out a ladder from the space and took down a miniature camera from the elegant and complex European-style ceiling.
The camera had lost power and was no longer recording, so she took out a wireless charger to restart it, transferred the surveillance video to the computer via USB, and after playing it at 8 times the speed, she finally found the footage she wanted in the last three days.
Jiang Miao contentedly took screenshots of several hot and exciting scenes without clothing obstructing them, and named them "The Secrets That My Uncle and His Life Assistant Have to Tell in the Study Room □□", then transferred the pictures to a Polaroid camera and printed them out.
Jiang Miao made a special trip to put up this camera when the manager informed him that the buyer of the house had found all the necessary formalities and the transaction could be completed. If he had no memories of his previous life, Jiang Miao would not have known that his uncle, who married into the Jiang family and was so obedient and attentive to his aunt, actually had such a terrible side.
If that were all, she certainly wouldn't bother with this mess, but that life assistant Luo Yajun really had a bad heart and bad intentions. It was fine for her to sell her body in exchange for survival in the doomsday, but she should never, ever, ever, ever draw attention to her.
Jiang Miao has been praised as a beauty since she was a child. Even in the doomsday when everyone is starving and their skin is pale and skinny, she is still a recognized beauty in the eyes of the public because of her superior bone structure.
Luo Yajun climbs up the social ladder and bullies the weak. When the doomsday comes, she gets rid of her original boss and quickly climbs up to one local tyrant after another. After encountering Jiang Miao by chance, she uses her identity as an employee of Jiang's company to build a relationship with her. In fact, she just wants to pull her into the business and trade her as a resource to the group of people behind her.
Every evildoer will be punished by his own evildoer. This kind of evildoer will of course be dealt with by the ruthless and intolerant aunt. Jiang Miao put the photo on the treadmill to ensure that the aunt will receive a big surprise as soon as she gets up tomorrow morning.
Jiang Miao then strolled around the house and collected some rare fruits and high-end cigars.
She got some inspiration from her second uncle last time. Although she herself doesn't like cigarettes, alcohol and tea, it doesn't mean that the superiors who will need her help in the future will not like them.
Thinking of this, Jiang Miao simply cleared out all the stock at her aunt's house. In her previous life, she couldn't enter the base to receive the organization's protection because of the obstruction of their two families. In this life, it was still necessary for her to enter the base in order to reduce the risk.
The base is a society where the strong prey on the weak and relationships are important. Those who have no connections, no resources, no background, no skills, and cannot pay the base points will either become cannon fodder or be kicked out.
From this we can see that it is still necessary to use gifts and conveniences based on human relationships in the base, so you should prepare more high-quality cigarettes, alcohol and tea. If you hand a bottle of Feitian Moutai to the grassroots staff of the base, it will attract too much attention. This will clearly tell others: I have money, come and grab it.
Jiang Miao had a great harvest after a walk around, and collected a lot of seafood in the kitchen, including foie gras, king crabs, black gold abalone, grouper, Cuban lobster, etc.
It looks like her aunt is going to hold a large party at home tomorrow. She doesn't have to guess to know that it's to celebrate the end of the hail, which is very consistent with her aunt's social style.
But after seeing these exciting photos, I’m not sure whether we will be in the mood to continue the big party.
Seeing that it was four forty, Jiang Miao left the main building without further delay. The original simple and elegant golden nanmu door of the old house had been replaced by his aunt with a metal alloy with a very postmodern style.
When Jiang Miao was closing the door, he saw his current appearance through the reflective metal door.
Her eyebrows and eyes were cold and sharp, her skin looked a little pale in the moonlight, her short hair under the baseball cap was slightly curled, and her figure was slim and very capable. She was completely different from the lady of a wealthy family.
Jiang Miao is a girl who has never been averse to exquisite makeup, beautiful clothes and expensive jewelry. To be more precise, she was born into wealth and likes everything that is elegant and stylish.
But at the end of the world, these things are the death-seeking ghosts who cut her flesh and shed her blood. Compared with these, life is of course more important.
Jiang Miao closed the door gently, lowered the brim of his hat, and walked towards the grove behind with an expressionless face.
The moon hung in the sky like a small night light. Many trees in the grove had died due to the high temperature. The projections of dry branches on the ground looked particularly terrifying.
Jiang Miao slowed down his pace unconsciously.
Passing by the dead rose garden, she thought of her mother gently teaching her to pick petals.
Walking past the swing next to her, she recalled the time when she and her father played happily here when she was a child.
Jiang Miao stopped passing by a dead tree in the woods.
The time capsule that was placed here with my parents is buried here.
As expected, this should be the last time she comes to the old house in her life.
Taking out a shovel and other tools, Jiang Miao squatted on the ground and started digging the soil, feeling lucky that he suddenly remembered it when he passed by here.
The temperature of over 40 degrees at night made her sweat profusely. It was not very hot just to walk, but once she worked in such an environment, she would be sweating like a sauna, and it was like she was dreaming about returning to the girls' dormitory.
The soil was very dry and loose due to the sun exposure. After all, it was buried there when she was nine years old. It has been ten years now and she doesn't know if it has been damaged.
So Jiang Miao dug very carefully. Just when she concentrated all her attention and finally dug out the thing completely, that clear and lingering smell of cedar perfume appeared again.
Almost at the moment when his nose touched the smell, Jiang Miao reacted quickly and immediately took out his pistol from the space and turned around to pull the safety catch.
The branches were looming in the moonlight, and the eerie and silent grove was visibly empty. The black muzzles of guns were aimed everywhere. Jiang Miao remained highly alert, using his body as a cover to put the time capsule into the space with one hand, then he raised his gun and stepped back.
If the last time I encountered this perfume was a coincidence, then smelling this scent in the Jiang family’s old house would be too bizarre!
Anyone who can come to this place either knows my aunt's family or is following me here!
She couldn't help but hold her breath and listen carefully to the movements here, but apart from the sound of her slowly moving footsteps, there was no other sound. Even the sound of the wind stopped. It was so strange and terrifying.
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