Chapter 52 "Wishing You Success"
Lin Xi saw Lu Wei off.
She had intended to treat Lu Wei to a meal. Although the lawsuit was easy to win, Lin Xi felt a little guilty that he had been inexplicably ridiculed as a gigolo.
Lu Wei refused outright, saying that Nan Hua had other matters to attend to and was in a hurry to return.
Lin Xi then drove Lu Wei to the airport.
The two remained silent the entire way.
Lin Xi had many questions in her mind, but she couldn't bring herself to ask them when she landed.
The most important question is whether he is a reincarnated person. If he is a reincarnated person, then he must know Lin Xi and know about the disaster three years later.
But he didn't say anything.
Lin Xi didn't know if he was unwilling to acknowledge the relationship or if he wasn't a reincarnated person at all.
Yu Shiyun's studio bought a lot of promotion as soon as it was established, and it became a minor trending topic. It's normal for Lu Wei to get to know Lin Xi through Yu Shiyun when he wanted to set up a safe house.
Lu Wei also explained that the safe house was installed for family members.
All of this makes sense, even if it's not for the end of the world.
Lin Xi didn't want to waste her energy trying to guess Lu Wei's thoughts. In short, Lu Wei's appearance in this life didn't bring her any bad luck, but instead helped her and overturned his status as a "plague god" and "evil star" in her heart.
Lin Xi just wants to get rid of this "god" as soon as possible, and then notify Yu Shiyun to gather the workers and start construction again tomorrow.
Before leaving, Lin Xi said "thank you" to Lu Wei.
She thought Lu Wei would just nod faintly, but to her surprise, Lu Wei stared at her intently and said, "I wish you all the best."
Surprisingly, a warm blessing came.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, feeling that Lu Wei's voice sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.
Instead of saying polite phrases like "You're welcome" or "Goodbye," Lu Wei earnestly told her, "I wish you all the best."
She suddenly had a strong intuition—
Lu Wei knew everything about her, and knew what she was doing in this life.
But she didn't have time to confront Lu Wei. Her aloof and tall figure passed through security and gradually disappeared into the crowd.
Lin Xi stood there, silently saying, "Whatever you're doing, I wish you all the best."
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With the sovereignty dispute resolved, Yu Shiyun gathered the workers and resumed work the day after the lawsuit was over.
Lin Xi went to work as usual, made boxed lunches to deliver to the workers, and ran an online store and edited videos in the evenings.
My days are very fulfilling.
As houses are built day by day, the profits from the internet economy are also increasing day by day.
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On May 26, 2023, Lin Xi's safe house was completed.
After 10 months, a house with a very "pure prison style" was completed.
That was "pure prison style" in the literal sense.
It is a two-story detached house with three upper and three lower floors. The outer railing starts from the fence and covers the entire house, leaving no blind spots.
That's right, it's everywhere.
The entire house was surrounded by iron cage-like security bars, resembling a giant prison.
What outsiders don't know is that they even dug a meter deep into the ground to install security bars, so the entire house is surrounded by bars from every angle.
In the future, whether it's bad guys or zombies, they won't be able to sneak into Lin Xi's safe zone even if they dig a hole.
The area enclosed by the fence is a square of approximately 40m x 40m, which includes the land area of Lin Xi's family courtyard and the small bamboo grove in the backyard.
The courtyard is surrounded by a 4-meter-high glass wall inside the railing, but not at the top, to allow the plants in the courtyard to receive sunlight and water in the future.
Lin Xi's house is on the edge of the village, the furthest from the main houses, yet people come to watch the spectacle every day.
Ever since Lin Xi's family started putting up fences around their courtyard, some villagers have been saying, "Is there some treasure hidden in the ground? They even have to put up fences outside the yard."
They all knew that Lin Xi had fought a lawsuit with his uncle and had "monopolized" the house and land.
Most of the villagers were on good terms with Zhang Xiulan's family, and they couldn't stand Lin Xi's family "doing well" in Nanhua, so they exaggerated and demonized her.
But when they saw that a fence had been built over Lin Xi's house, and the entire house was encased in a cage like a prison, everyone was so surprised that they couldn't say anything bad.
Within a few days, people from neighboring villages would come from afar to catch a glimpse of the spectacle:
"I heard there's a mentally ill person in this village who turned his house into a prison."
"You bet! Such a big iron cage, it's terrifying to look at."
"You don't know, do you? The owner of this house is a female college student. Her uncle's family wanted to take the house from her, so she decorated the house like this."
"It must have cost a lot of money to decorate like this, right?"
"Ugh, no matter how much money it costs, anyone who decorates their house like this is insane."
They not only look at houses, but also gather at the village entrance to peek at Lin Xi's car when he gets out, to see what the "lunatic" inside looks like.
Lin Xi is always fully armed, even when sitting in the car, she wraps herself up tightly with a sun protection mask.
She wasn't afraid of people watching and gossiping.
But the fear of being remembered is that when the zombie outbreak occurs, the collapse of order and the exposure of the ugliness of human nature mean that being remembered in advance is always a potential problem.
So Lin Xi quickly ordered a one-way privacy film from Pinduoduo and covered all the windows around the courtyard with it overnight, which gave her some sense of security.
However, Lin Xi underestimated the impact of his "madness." Due to the immense popularity of this "pure prison atmosphere," it even attracted reporters from Yunxiang TV.
On the day the reporter visited, the area in front of the house was packed with people. Everyone crowded outside the "prison" fence, trying to stick their heads through the gaps in the bars to see what was going on.
However, the view was blocked by the one-way privacy film on the inside glass.
Lin Xi turned to run away, but she stood out among the farmers, dressed in full sun protection clothing and wearing sunglasses, and was immediately recognized.
Reporters and cameramen surrounded and blocked them.
With nowhere to retreat, Lin Xi could only cross her arms and adopt a defensive posture.
The reporter wiped the sweat and powder from her face and asked with a smile, "Ms. Lin, why did you decorate your house in such a unique way?"
Lin Xi glanced around and spotted Zhang Xiulan's family in the crowd. Their faces were filled with disdain, mixed with a hint of schadenfreude.
A very distorted expression.
Facing the reporters and cameras, Lin Xi took a deep breath and said timidly, "I live all alone, but my uncle's family has their eyes on my house. They have led the villagers to bully me for a long time, and last year they even sued me in court..."
"Alas!" The onlookers sighed, looking at Zhang Xiulan and her family in bewilderment.
Zhang Xiulan and the villagers quickly waved their hands, saying, "No, that's not true. How could we bully her..."
Lin Xi sniffed: "The court records and the verdict are still at my house. Why is my aunt denying it?"
The onlookers reacted even more strongly.
They don't care about the ownership of the house, nor do they care about right or wrong; they just want to watch the drama unfold, and the more sensational and outrageous the story, the better.
The reporter needed this kind of eye-catching topic, so following up on Lin Xi's words, they asked, "Are you afraid they'll hurt you, so you renovated the house like this?"
Lin Xi sniffed again: "Ever since the lawsuit, I've developed paranoia. Every day I see people smashing my house with hammers. I can only sleep when the house is decorated like this."
The reporter looked on with sympathy: "You're so pitiful. Luckily, the judge helped you get justice."
Lin Xi: "Yes. Your constant surrounding of my doorstep is severely disrupting my normal life and will worsen my paranoia."
She suddenly said in a low voice, "As you all know, paranoia is a mental illness. When I can't sleep, I have an episode. I might want to take a hammer and bang on everyone's walls in the middle of the night so that everyone can feel my pain."
"Hiss..." The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Everyone knows that mentally ill people are not to be trifled with, especially those who go on erratic behavior and harm others in the middle of the night.
There are only thieves who committed crimes the year before last, not those who guarded against thieves the year before last.
Who knew that Lin Xi would actually come knocking on the door with a hammer in the middle of the night?
Lin Xi decorated her house like this, and everyone firmly believed that she had a "mental illness".
Moreover, they have no way to retaliate against Lin Xi, because they can't break through her "prison" with a hammer!
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