Lin Tingxue at her room door—what did she want? Now she was planning to steal the Blood Jade Bracelet? No wonder when she read that post-apocalyptic novel, she found it strange that Lin Tingxue would steal the jade bracelet. It turned out she was reborn; she must have known from her past life that it was a treasure, so she wanted to steal it. She just didn't know how Lin Tingxue knew. How could someone who stole a token given by an elder to someone else still be the female lead? That was what she thought when she read that book. If the bracelet was ownerless or not valued by its original owner, it might be understandable. But this was something the original owner treasured. Yet even so, some readers still praised Lin Tingxue for recognizing the treasure and taking the golden finger for herself.
Jiang Yuntan suddenly spoke, "What are you doing at my door?"
Lin Tingxue froze, turned around, and saw Jiang Yuntan standing two or three meters away, staring at her. She clenched her palm and forced herself to stay calm. "I was just thinking about our interactions over the past two days. Yuntan, do you have some misunderstanding about me? About the zombie incident last time, I panicked and grabbed your hand." As she spoke, Lin Tingxue handed over a delicately packaged box of chocolate. "I remember you like this brand of chocolate the most. When I saw it today, I specially got a box for you. We still have to return to Jing City together, so I hope you can forget about what happened before. The zombie thing was an accident."
She had already decided to shift all the blame onto Jiang Yuntan, so she hinted at Xia Chujing to say that. She thought that once Jiang Yuntan woke up, she would surely make a scene, and then she could play the victim. But unexpectedly, Jiang Yuntan's words made Shen Hegui spot the loophole. And she was also afraid that Jiang Yuntan would say she deliberately grabbed her. However, if Jiang Yuntan said that, she could claim Jiang Yuntan pushed her. In short, since Jiang Yuntan didn't follow her script, the matter of them both being scratched by zombies became a muddled affair.
Seeing her shifting eyes, Jiang Yuntan chuckled lightly. "Come on, we're not that close, certainly not close enough for you to go out of your way to get me my favorite chocolate. I wouldn't dare take this chocolate—I'm afraid you might have poisoned it. Besides, there's no one else in the living room right now but us. There's no audience for your act. Move aside, don't block my door. And why are you hanging around my room anyway? If you keep this up, I'll think you're here to harm me." With that, Jiang Yuntan walked toward her room.
Lin Tingxue bit her lip, looking aggrieved. "I'm not! Why do you keep making assumptions about me?"
Jiang Yuntan took out her key and eyed her warily. "Why did you suddenly look at my wrist? You're not still thinking about Uncle Shen's jade bracelet, are you? Could it be that you've been lingering at my door just to steal my bracelet? No wonder Xia Chujing suddenly said I should give you the bracelet to make amends. You've been coveting my bracelet all along, so you had Xia Chujing say that. She's your lackey; she must have said it on your orders."
Alarms went off in Lin Tingxue's mind. How had Jiang Yuntan become so smart about this? She could only weakly defend herself. "I didn't! It's really not what you think."
Jiang Yuntan said coldly, "Move. I don't want to see you. You don't actually think that if you get the bracelet, Uncle Shen will let you be his daughter-in-law because of it, do you? Ridiculous."
"No, that's not..." Before Lin Tingxue could finish, Jiang Yuntan opened the door right in front of her. She stepped inside and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Lin Tingxue was rebuffed and even scolded, but she wasn't upset at all. A smug look appeared in her eyes as she glanced at the door, thinking Jiang Yuntan was utterly foolish. Jiang Yuntan was obsessed with the idea of winning Shen Hegui's father's approval and marrying Shen Hegui, even thinking that she wanted the Blood Jade Bracelet just because it symbolized the Shen family's daughter-in-law. How ridiculous—whether Shen Hegui ended up with someone was not something a bracelet could decide.
After entering the room, Jiang Yuntan locked the door. It seemed Lin Tingxue wouldn't give up until she got that bracelet. Want to steal it? Forget the Blood Jade Bracelet—she wouldn't even give Lin Tingxue the red jadeite bracelet. Jiang Yuntan looked at herself—she had been running around all day, killing zombies, and her clothes were stained with zombie residue. She changed her clothes and thought about taking a shower, but the bathroom water wasn't working. She took two large bottles of water from her space and washed herself from head to toe. Anyway, she knew water might be scarce in the apocalypse, so when she saw bottled water in the warehouse, she collected a lot. She wouldn't run out of water anytime soon. Using two bottles freed up a little space in her space.
Wearing her pajamas, Jiang Yuntan checked her merchandise showcase. Four of the slots were full at 999, which were the supplies she collected from the supermarket warehouse. Another slot had only 640, of which 500 were clothes and such, 42 cases of gold and jade jewelry, 28 cases of watches, and 72 cases of cosmetics and skincare. Indeed, big department stores had a lot of stock. Although these were counted by cases, the sizes varied. Jiang Yuntan curiously asked Jinbao why items of different sizes could be placed in the same showcase slot.
Jinbao paused for a few seconds and said, [If you plant a watermelon field, can you guarantee every watermelon you bring to sell is the same size?]
Jiang Yuntan: ...
"You make a very good point. Your system really is thoughtful and user-friendly."
[Why do I feel like you're being sarcastic?]
"Your feeling is absolutely wrong. This feature is good for me, so how could I be sarcastic? Jinbao, don't learn everything like those AIs."
[How can those systems compare to me?]
Jiang Yuntan said firmly, "Of course not."
Since the system itself had this rule, she was relieved. She curled up on the sofa and first sent a message to Mu Qingtang, waiting for a reply to proceed with the trade. She glanced at the other showcase slots—the diamond jewelry set and the evening gown were still there. She silently took them down. Those two items were so valuable; after the apocalypse, they would be hard to find, let alone custom-made. When she first transmigrated, she was panicked, so she had put them up to see if they could sell.