The moment of reunion with the Jiang family
Jiang Miao wrung the towel several times before finally wiping his body half dry.
Su Le: "The weather is getting colder and colder. I heard people downstairs saying that in November and December, the temperature will suddenly drop to minus 10 or 20 degrees Celsius, just like during the extremely hot season."
Jiang Miao put the wet towel into the travel bag: "It's very likely, so how to keep warm is also a big problem."
The others just made the assumption as a joke and didn't take it seriously.
Moreover, Ancheng is a city located in the south, and the temperature does not even drop below zero during the coldest winter. The people of Ancheng have no experience in how to keep warm.
Su Le: "Heating? How can I keep warm when there is no electricity and no gas? Oh, I will be miserable if that day comes."
"Chop some wood and burn it." Jiang Miao reminded intentionally or unintentionally, "There are so many chairs and benches floating on the water, and there are also furniture and dead branches soaked in the water. They can all be used as resources for heating."
Su Le looked at the things floating on the water thoughtfully. He thought to himself whether he should stock up some first.
Fang Yang's strong premonition told him that he could start planning how to use the rooms in 1101 to dry and stack firewood.
The three of them came to Wanjiang Building.
When Su Le and his friends go out to look for supplies, they always choose to avoid tall buildings.
One reason is that there are few people here, and once you get in, you may not be able to get out.
The second reason is that the supplies in the high-rise building have long been searched out by the people inside, and there will be no gain unless you rob them.
This building is huge, probably covering half the size of a football field.
They went over together, found a small window in the stairwell, climbed in and successfully landed. Su Le stayed on the kayak with a gun, while Jiang Miao took Fang Yang upstairs.
Kayaks are very important supplies. In addition to the difference in fighting power, Jiang Miao feels more at ease leaving it to Su Le, who is more familiar with it and better at fighting.
Compared to the city center, there are obviously fewer people on the Third Ring Road side. There are only about three to five people in each room, each forming their own small group.
The arrival of Jiang Miao and the other two outsiders was like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, and they attracted everyone's attention almost instantly.
A thin girl and a boy who is a little taller than her, how can such a combination not be enviable.
Ever since she learned about the relationship between Wan Xi and Xiao Ming, Jiang Miao felt disgusted and never used the butterfly knife that Xiao Ming taught her again.
Without obvious deterrent force, there will always be people who overestimate their own capabilities and try to get themselves killed.
The dagger slid smoothly along the shoulder blade. The sound of flesh exploding was accompanied by screams. The people around were stunned and retracted their urge to take action, and silently made way.
Jiang Miao doesn't like killing by nature. She believes that the law of the jungle is the nature of animals in the doomsday disaster. If the other party is sensible, she will not kill unless it is necessary.
The two climbed in silence from the eighth floor to the thirty-first floor, beating up seven or eight passers-by who had no sense of propriety along the way before they finally reached the
The 32nd floor of Wanjiang Building is the territory of the senior board of directors. Since it involves the company's top secrets, the confidentiality work is done very well. Usually, only a special elevator and NFC card can be used to go up.
Apart from this, there is only one hidden fire escape, which is hidden in the ceiling of the storage room and will open automatically in the event of a fire.
Now the elevator has been out of power and can no longer operate. Jiang Miao takes Fang Yang to a storage room that has been unused for a long time and is covered in dust.
It was a mess inside, full of dust and cobwebs, and everything had been moved out.
The storage room has no windows on all sides and is on a high floor, so no one would choose to stay here.
Jiang Miao found a thick wooden stick and knocked on the ceiling. Finally, he heard an empty sound in the northeast corner and opened the stairs leading to the upper floor.
"Let's go." The two of them quickly went up the portable stairs and then quickly pulled up.
Just after going up, the unusual smell of instant noodle seasoning in the air caught Jiang Miao's attention. This was definitely not something that people below the 32nd floor could afford to eat at this time.
The 32nd floor of Wanjiang Building is the control room where the top management decides the direction of the ship. Therefore, apart from a few top management and their secretaries, only the Jiang family knows about this hidden escape route.
Fang Yang also keenly felt at this time: "There is someone here."
Who could it be?
A faint voice came from behind the glass window. Just as Jiang Miao was about to take out her gun and aim at the target moving behind the curtain, a small figure ran out from behind: "Sister Miao!"
She looked carefully and found that it was her uncle's daughter, Jiang Fei.
In her previous life, Xiao Fei came secretly to inform her that her second uncle and aunt were planning to kill someone for treasure. She always remembered it, and when she saw the little girl rushing over, she quickly leaned over to catch her and held her in her arms.
"Why are you alone? Where's your dad?"
Jiang Fei burst into tears: "Second uncle and the others kept saying you were dead, Sister Yuan also said you were dead, are you really dead?"
The child was only in the first grade before her death, and the question of life and death was a question that she could not find the answer to no matter how hard she tried.
"Of course not, aren't you holding me?" Jiang Miao keenly caught a piece of information, "Second Uncle is with you too?"
"Yeah." Jiang Fei wanted to say something when he saw eight people coming out in an orderly manner from behind the glass floor-to-ceiling window. It turned out that all the members of the Jiang family were here.
"Jiang Miao!" When the second uncle saw her, he came up to her like a wolf with green eyes for thirty days, smelling the scent, "Where do you live now? Why didn't you answer our calls when the apocalypse just happened?"
The group of people were all dark and thin, completely different from the glamorous masters, young men, ladies and girls before the end of the world.
Jiang Miao looked them all up and down and just found them funny.
In her previous life, her fighting power was not up to standard. Just like Su Le’s current situation, she dared not enter a high-rise building at will for fear of never returning and dying inside, so she could only wander the streets.
The reunion with the Jiang family was at the end of the extreme cold disaster.
When she suggested that the family go back to Wanjiang Building together, her second uncle was the first to oppose him: "That place has been occupied by a few old termites on the board of directors. We have thought about going to our own territory, but your third aunt has been killed by them, so how can we dare to move forward!"
At that time, little Jiang Fei lay in his father's arms with a confused and questioning look in his eyes. Jiang Miao never mentioned this matter again.
Looking at the two families in front of her with such beastly hearts, she only realized now that her second uncle and aunt had stayed here until they ran out of ammunition and food, and were forced to come down from the top floor to survive.
Jiang Miao put the child on the ground: "Don't worry about this."
She never thought she would run into them when she came here today. What bad luck.
The third uncle held his daughter in his arms, looked at his second brother and then at the orphan girl from his eldest brother's family, and finally did not say anything.
Second Aunt Tian Meizhi clasped her hands together and said, "Miao Miao, it must be very difficult for a girl like you to survive out there. Fortunately, I found you alive. Amitabha, it's good to be home. Finally, I can make your second uncle live up to your elder brother and sister-in-law who passed away young."
The seven-year-old girl weighs at least forty or fifty kilograms. Jiang Miao has a rosy complexion and bright eyes. She can easily hold the child in one hand, and it is obvious that she has the strength to eat a full meal.
Tian Meizhi had a sharp eye and wanted to pull Jiang Miao into the arms of her family almost the moment she saw her.
The eldest aunt's family stood at the back, looking at their little niece coldly and distantly, as if they were thinking about something and were very wary.
"No need, I'm just here to get something." Jiang Miao turned around and ordered, "Wait for me here."
It was then that the Jiang family noticed that there was a young boy standing not far behind Jiang Miao. He looked young but he seemed to have no worries about food and clothing.
Fang Yang stood there obediently, watching her walk to the innermost part.
This floor has long been divided among three families. My second uncle lives in the chairman's office, my eldest aunt lives in the president's office, and my third uncle and Jiang Fei live in the conference room.
Seeing Jiang Miao about to enter her territory, Jiang Yuan took the lead to block him with a fierce look in her eyes: "Jiang Miao, do you mean what? You come here to steal our things. Do you really think we are easy to bully?"
The second uncle also ran over to block the door: "Jiang Miao, when the eldest brother and sister-in-law were here, you were well-behaved and filial. Why are you becoming more and more lawless after the eldest brother left? In the face of disaster, you come to rob your uncles' things without saying a word? Do you still have me, the head of the Jiang family, in your eyes!"
The eldest brother passed away without a male heir. According to Jiang Bin's shallow feudal thinking, he must take on this important responsibility in order to prevent the Jiang family from being extinct. He was really moved.
Jiang Miao didn't want to argue with them because they mentioned her parents again and again. But now they are really looking for trouble, right?
"Second Uncle, I call you Second Uncle for the sake of my parents, but don't be ungrateful and think you are so important." Jiang Miao pushed aside the two dogs blocking his way and walked straight into the chairman's office.
This place is spacious and, in addition to the office, it also has a tea room, a lounge, and a reception room, comparable to a small two-bedroom apartment of about 100 square meters.
Jiang Bin was anxious, but this girl's hands were so strong that he felt he was no match for her for a moment.
Then he turned around and yelled at his eldest aunt's family, "This damn girl is trying to bully her master and ancestors and steal things. Today I am the one who suffers, but tomorrow it will be your two families!"
He just couldn't believe that so many people present couldn't deal with a little girl!
The eldest aunt had a gloomy face and did not move, and the third uncle was even less likely to speak.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Jiang Bin felt incredible: "Hey, don't you think this damn girl is a good person? Do you understand the principle of lips and teeth being cold?"
At this time, the eldest aunt Jiang Ying, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "Jiang Miao, we are all your last relatives in this world. Tell us the truth, do you know anything about the doomsday disaster in advance?"
Jiang Miao paused as he tried to open the secret door. He turned around and asked curiously, "Why do you say that? Even the municipal government didn't come to its senses until August. How could I know this in advance?"
"Selling the company's shares, selling the assets in your hands, I can understand that you, a child, should withdraw from our adult disputes." Jiang Ying looked doubtful, "But I can't understand why you want to buy the Jiang family's old house. Even if you are resentful of us aunts and uncles, you can't be crazy enough to sell our old house, right? I know you have been a filial child since you were young, how could you do such a thing to disappoint your parents in heaven."
Jiang Bin slowly came to his senses.
I hadn't thought about it in this way before. One reason was that he bought the shares three months before the end of the world, and it had been nearly half a year since he truly accepted the end of the world, so he hadn't thought about it in this way at all.
Second, they all agreed that Jiang Miao was liquidating assets in China to obtain cash flow in preparation for settling abroad.
In addition, natural disasters are becoming more and more serious. She, a little girl less than 20 years old, might have died in the chaos of war. If I hadn't seen her here today and knew that she was still alive, who would have thought of this!
"Twenty billion!" Jiang Bin almost collapsed at the thought of this possibility. Looking at his niece's rosy complexion, the hatred in his eyes seemed to make blood drip out!
"It cost me over 2 billion just to sell your shares! What did you do with my money? Did you know there would be doomsday and natural disasters? You little bastard, you're taking advantage of my money and making a living. I'll beat you to death!"
Jiang Bin was really furious. He picked up the iron pipe at the door and rushed forward, but Jiang Miao grabbed it with one hand and threw it away easily.
To be honest, at one point she did have the urge to kill.
But then again, one should look at the face of the Buddha, after all, these people are the children of her grandparents, and the brothers and sisters of her parents.
Besides, her uncle and Jiang Fei also heard these words, so should she kill him or not?
It is difficult for a judge to judge family affairs, and it is also difficult for her to really take ruthless action.
"Of course I have my own reasons for selling shares and ancestral home." Jiang Miao spoke in time and started talking nonsense.
"Did you see that little boy outside?" She said with a bitter look on her face. "He is my father's illegitimate child who was raised abroad. My father also has a hidden will that has been kept in the hands of a lawyer abroad and has not been made public. If I don't sell all my assets in advance and take it in my hands, then the inheritance will be divided equally between me and the child outside."
"What!"
This success dropped everyone's jaw.
Illegitimate child? Big brother's? How is that possible?!
After learning of this explosive news, almost everyone who knew about it was confused, their brains were unable to process, and they opened their mouths but could not speak.
However, this reason was just something Jiang Miao came up with on the spur of the moment during a brainstorming session and was the most acceptable version to this group of people who put profit above all else.
Although it was an insult to her father's good reputation, from another perspective, Second Uncle had always been proud of giving birth to a boy to continue the Jiang family's bloodline, and he had repeatedly tried to discourage him, both openly and covertly.
It is true that her father did not have such a disgusting idea of favoring boys over girls, otherwise he would not have only had her as his daughter and doted on her like a treasure. But using magic to defeat magic would be a bigger stab in his heart, wouldn't it?
I believe that her father in heaven would not blame her for this. Her father has always been a pragmatist and fame is like a floating cloud.
Jiang Miao's story became smoother and smoother, and he almost believed it himself: "At that time, I received news that the foreign lawyer had been released from the case of his previous employer and could leave the country to come to China to handle the inheritance-related matters. I hurriedly exchanged all the assets that could be sold for liquid funds, and after laundering them overseas, I had already invested in several leading industries in Beijing. Now I only have a bunch of bad contracts in my hands, where can I get the money?"
The words were logical and flawless, and the Jiang family believed this version more and more.
After all, if you put yourself in Jiang Miao's shoes, if they were in his position, the best way would be to quickly deal with the inheritance.
This is not a small amount of money, it is a legacy of tens of billions! They were all jealous at that time!
First, deal with it and change the name to make it private property and hold it in your own hands. As for the lawyer returning to China to announce the new will, you will have plenty of time and energy to deal with the lawsuit when the time comes.
Just: "Why didn't we know anything about the eldest brother having a son and inheritance? How could you keep it secret so tightly?"
"Uncle Cheng Qingshang also knows about this. He helped me deal with my shares in the company. I only took 2 billion from the equity." She changed the subject and said, "Uncle Cheng opened his own venture capital company after he stepped down as CEO. This is not a new thing in the industry."
I have heard about this before. I heard that the momentum is very strong and there is no shortage of cash flow.
But Jiang Yuan felt that her cousin was not so kind, and asked, "Why are you involved with him now? Can you put aside your grudges and accept an illegitimate child?"
I believe that every legitimate child will find it difficult to reconcile with an illegitimate child in this lifetime.
"Fang Yang!" Jiang Miao shouted loudly.
"Huh?" Fang Yang heard the voice and trotted over, asking, "What's wrong?"
"What did you call me when we first met?"
ah?
Fang Yang was a little confused but still answered quickly: "Sister."
"Okay, go wait for me at the elevator."
She came back, called sister and left again.
Fang Yang was totally confused, but he still left obediently.
His intuition told him that he couldn't and should not listen to what was happening here.
Seeing the person walking away, Jiang Miao sighed: "This child came up to me and called me sister with tears in her eyes. Besides, I couldn't bear to drive her out to die if the doomsday came. After all, she is my father's flesh and blood! So I softened my heart and stayed, and I have stayed until now."
For the older generation, this reason is so reasonable. Although the Jiang family brothers and sisters fight among themselves, once something happens, they still work together and settle here.
Jiang Ying's questioning was very sudden. How could Jiang Miao come up with so many unfounded things in advance and even match his testimony with the child outside?
So Jiang Bin had completely accepted this statement, and felt uncomfortable for a moment. He said in a bad mood: "This child is a bastard and has never eaten a single meal in our Jiang family. Our Jiang family will not acknowledge this child. If you want me to record the bastard in the family tree, then I clearly tell you that it is absolutely impossible!"
"..." It turns out that Bee the Great Shark has a superstitious mind full of covers.
Jiang Ying also accepted this reason, and she even objected: "I don't agree! When my eldest brother was alive, you jumped up and down and said that he had no heir and wanted to adopt his own son Jiang Shuyi to my eldest brother. You know what you are thinking! Now that my eldest brother has his own son, he can't even take over the company, and you still don't allow him to be included in the family tree to leave a descendant for my eldest brother's lineage? Jiang Bin, aren't you afraid that your parents will poke your spine and scold you in heaven!"
"You're talking nonsense! Is an illegitimate child worthy of becoming a descendant of the Jiang family? I am now the head of the Jiang family, and if I say no, it means no!"
Why are they still arguing?
Jiang Miao shook his head and turned around to continue his own work. In full view of everyone, he opened the drawer of the bookcase and pressed the mechanical switch hidden on the upper wall of the drawer.
The sound of mechanical axles turning was heard, and the space seemed to have pressed the pause button. A group of people watched in silence as a plot that seemed to only appear in a movie.
As I said, the Jiang family did an excellent job of keeping secrets. The only way to get to the top-level secrets was by swiping a card in the elevator, and even the fire escape was blocked illegally. How could the chairman not have his own secret room in the office?
Only her father and grandfather, the true heirs of the Jiang family, knew about this secret room. Unfortunately, her father was a man who doted on his wife, so she and her mother had secretly come to this place when she was a child.
Jiang Bin's family was devastated. They had lived here for more than two months, but they had never discovered that there was a secret room here! What good things were hidden in there that made this damn girl come back all the way?
Unfortunately, Jiang Miao slipped in as soon as the door opened to allow a little space for her, pressed the closing button from inside and ignored the people who rushed up to pry the door open.
This secret room is actually only about a dozen square meters, and it mainly stores some of the company's most confidential information and some private collections.
Her grandfather loves sea fishing, and the equipment here is simply world-class!
Her father doesn't have many hobbies, but what he is most passionate about is pampering his wife. In the glass display case are a dozen gifts that he bought at auctions and gave to his wife, and he never misses holidays like May Day and National Day.
After storing everything into the space, Jiang Miao took out some thick clothes and instant meals and put them in the travel bag. These were prepared for Su Le and the others.
Before leaving, she thought again, grandpa likes to hide secret rooms so much, is there another secret room inside this secret room?
Thinking of this, she immediately stood up and went around knocking on the walls. She even used her tomb-robbing skills to stick thin strips of toilet paper in a few suspicious cracks in the wall, which would be blown away by wind and air flow.
Less than a minute after they were pasted, one of the small notes clearly moved in an arc. Jiang Miao took out a shovel and aimed it at the crack in the wall to open it, revealing an old safe.
Unfortunately, the safe was embedded in the wall and Jiang Miao couldn't take it away. She could only slowly crack the code amid the helpless and furious roars outside.
Fortunately, this old safe uses a mechanical lock, unlike the new electronic locks that will automatically lock and trigger an alarm after three incorrect locks.
Jiang Miao tried his parents' birthdays, his grandparents' birthdays, their wedding anniversary, and the time when the company was founded, but none of them worked. He even tried his aunt and uncle's birthdays, but still didn't work.
Just as she was frowning, she seemed to have an epiphany and entered her date of birth.
"Click~" the mechanical lock opens.
I don’t know if it was set up by my dad or my grandpa, but after so long, I can still feel their love and my heart feels warm.
Actually, there is nothing special in it, just some old photos and some news published in newspapers when the company was just established in the last century.
The most valuable item among them is a white jade pendant with lotus pattern. It has a simple shape and a warm texture. It is placed on the second floor of the safe together with the silk brocade box, which makes people wonder if it has any special meaning.
Is it a family heirloom? Or a keepsake?
After taking everything away, Jiang Miao put the stuffed travel bag on his back, and then pretended to be carrying a fishing bag out of the secret room, which immediately aroused the hatred of everyone present!
After all, they had searched the entire flat, but they didn't find a secret room hidden here!
The hidden door opened wide, and there was nothing inside except some glass cabinets, wooden shelves and a filing cabinet.
Look at this bulging backpack. I don't know how much supplies the bastard has taken away. This is even more painful than killing him. Jiang Bin's eyes turned red: "Little bastard! You actually want to take it all for yourself."
Jiang Miao maintained a look of not only killing but also destroying the heart: "This is a place known only to the heir. In other words, among all of you present, I am the only one who can open this door."
"So, don't dream about things that are not yours."
"Fuck you little bastard!"
The Jiang family members who had just been arguing about whether to be included in the family tree suddenly united as one. The eldest uncle, whose family status had declined greatly after the secretary incident, finally had a sense of existence at this time and was pushed out by Jiang Bin first to receive the most severe beating.
"Puff——" The man on the opposite side started bleeding from his nose, and Jiang Miao retracted his legs.
"Aren't you curious about why I'm living such a comfortable life in the apocalypse?" She smiled slightly, "Of course it's because my fists are strong enough."
After saying that, he took away two boxes of instant noodles and beef jerky from the office.
Jiang Bin was dumbfounded. With this sturdy physique and the style of a robber, was this still the niece he knew who had been brought up as a lady from a prestigious family?
"Fang Yang! Come over here and move the things!"
“Here I come.”
The two of them raised four full hands without hesitation, and the Wanjiang Building group gained a lot.
"Two little bastards! If it weren't for Doomsday, I would have beaten you two bastards to death!" Jiang Bin's curses became more and more unpleasant, but he didn't dare to step forward to be beaten.
Fang Yang once thought that they were scolded because they had stolen other people's things, and he was unable to refute it for a while.
Canned food, small loaves of bread, all they took were food supplies!
Tian Meizhi and Jiang Yuan's hearts were bleeding and their eyes were poisoned, but they were helpless.
She could knock over a 1.8-meter-tall man with one kick, who could afford to offend her? The 14-year-old Jiang Shuyi saw the right opportunity and wanted to sneak attack and hit his cousin with a club.
However, Jiang Miao's fighting power was off the charts. He kicked the player five meters away and politely said, "Did Shuyi lose weight because he didn't eat enough recently? Sorry, I didn't control my strength and kicked him too hard."
The scene began to become chaotic as the beloved baby was injured. Jiang Shuyi fell into a coma, Tian Meizhi hugged her son and cried. The eldest aunt took this opportunity to lock the door of the president's office, and the third uncle also hugged Jiang Fei and avoided it.
Jiang Miao and Fang Yang successfully evacuated from the 32nd floor. They opened the extra food packaging bags in the storage room and threw them away. They stuffed the food into the travel bag and tied the clothes inside with a rope and carried them on Fang Yang's back.
The two men retreated down from the top floor. Since the blood on the stairwell had not yet dried, the return journey was much smoother than the outward journey.
Arriving at the dock, Jiang Miao put down his travel bag and said, "Wait for me for a moment."
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