Jiang Ran didn't get to see the gym salesperson Xiao An on this visit.

According to her colleague, she had the day off.

After working out for two or three hours, Jiang Ran showered in the gym's changing rooms.

Then he left the gym.

He hailed a taxi and went to Sam's Club.

He wasn't going to Sam's Club because he was "yellow-skinned, white-hearted"; it was simply because the food standards and quality of goods here were high.

He bought some beef and lamb there, along with various other miscellaneous food items.

As the saying goes, poverty fosters scholars while wealth fosters martial artists; martial arts have been a rich man's game since ancient times.

After all, if you can't even eat your fill, where would you get the strength to practice martial arts?

For physical training, besides the actual exercise, proper nourishment is also crucial. You can't just eat until you're full and call it a day.

What you eat is very important.

"Good thing there's quite a bit of money on the card, otherwise a single shopping trip here would leave me unable to pay at checkout," Jiang Ran thought to himself while checking out.

And this money was almost all earned by the main personality with the kind memories when he was in control of the body.

It was earned at Alice Apartment.

As it turned out, the main personality with the kind memories didn't spend much; his most expensive purchase was medicine.

In contrast, the complete version main personality spent lavishly and extravagantly.

Leaving Sam's Club.

He took a taxi back to Alice Apartment.

Jiang Ran entered through the main gate, both hands full of plastic bags printed with the Sam's Club logo.

As he entered the gate.

From a high-floor window in Building No. 2.

A woman was using binoculars, looking toward Jiang Ran.

She saw Jiang Ran's handsome little face and the Sam's Club bags he was carrying.

Her red tongue couldn't help but lick her lips, which were coated with sparkling pink lipstick.

"Oh, able to come and go freely, so he's a lab rat?"

"And such a handsome lab rat at that, and quite well-off too. Oh, this is really pulling at my little heartstrings, the temptation is maxed out..."

The binoculars were lowered.

Revealing a face with ordinary features, but enhanced by makeup skills to appear above average.

Additionally, this woman had a relatively tall and slender figure.

Therefore, many clothes suited her well and looked good on her.

She was the type who was a natural clothes hanger.

Her name was Hong Nan.

She was 34 years old.

The title given to her by the outside world was "Beauty Snake."

Meaning beautiful yet dangerous.

All her victims were male.

Her criminal process was simple.

She would date various men, draining them of money and other value during the relationship.

Once she grew bored, she would find a way to kill the man.

After she was caught and interrogated.

The interrogators once asked her, since she found her current boyfriend boring and wanted to break up, why didn't she just propose a breakup? Why kill him instead?

Hong Nan's reason was simple.

After spending so much of his money and making him invest time and effort.

How could it be as simple as just saying "let's break up"?

He would definitely cling to her like a piece of stubborn adhesive plaster, refusing to let go.

Therefore, a normal breakup was too troublesome and also prone to inviting retaliation.

After comprehensive consideration, it was more convenient to just kill him directly when she wanted to break up.

While saying this, Hong Nan maintained a smiling expression, completely indifferent to how atrocious her actions were.

According to the investigation at the time, this Beauty Snake had harmed at least thirty men.

As for why "at least."

Because she had dated too many men, she herself couldn't really remember.

After all, the longest a man had stayed by her side was only eight months.

Later, one night, while he was sound asleep, Hong Nan used a small pickaxe to beat him to death.

That man probably never imagined, even in death, that the person who was sweet and inseparable with him before bed would do this to him.

In fact, both men and women in this world have great courage.

After chatting online with a stranger for a few days or a while, they dare to meet up, check into a hotel, or even go to his or her home.

Now, Hong Nan, who was locked up in Alice Apartment, had clearly set her sights on Jiang Ran who had just returned.

Currently, regarding the two buildings of Alice Apartment.

Many old residents of Building No. 1.

Even if they haven't had direct contact with Jiang Ran.

Have at least had indirect contact.

They know he's a hot potato.

Even if they have ideas about him, they don't dare to actually make a move.

After all, the grass on the graves of those who made a move against Jiang Ran is already quite tall, swaying gently in the wind without carrying away a single cloud.

Whereas the large batch of newcomers in Building No. 2 don't know who Jiang Ran is, and naturally are even less aware of how formidable Jiang Ran is.

So, if they take a fancy to Jiang Ran, wouldn't they just go for it?

"I wonder how long this little hottie can keep me happy."

...

Jiang Ran carried several bags of stuff back to Room 304, Building No. 1.

After returning, he checked the time; it was almost noon, perfect for pan-searing a steak.

Of course, before pan-searing the steak, he opened the Tomato Fiction app on his phone.

Seeing a novel called "Northern School Tomb Raiding Notes" on the recommendation chart, he started playing it using the sweet young girl voice.

The sweet young girl voice was, in Jiang Ran's opinion, the clearest among the AI voice narrations in Tomato Fiction.

He listened to the novel while pan-searing the steak with an expressionless face.

At that moment.

The doorbell at home suddenly rang.

Jiang Ran paused his actions slightly, then resumed as normal.

It seemed he wasn't planning to open the door.

But because the doorbell kept ringing incessantly.

He finally turned off the stove and stopped the novel narration.

He went to the security door and opened it.

Upon opening it, outside was a woman who looked quite beautiful.

Black long curly hair, makeup quite heavy and quite meticulous.

Her style was that artistic, literary type.

All gray from top to bottom.

Gray tight-fitting top on the upper body, two sections of snow-white, slender arms.

Exceptionally eye-catching.

Of course, what was most eye-catching was the fullness in front.

Gray long skirt on the lower body, reaching down to the feet.

The skirt tied at the waist, making her waist appear very slender.

At first glance, very beautiful, the atmosphere was maxed out.

Simultaneously, her lips had that pink color with a sparkling, glossy finish.

"Who are you? Do you need something?" Jiang Ran asked, somewhat displeased.

This woman was precisely Hong Nan.

She was also an impatient person, the type who, once she set her sights on something, acted immediately.

Striking right away, without compromise.

And her rich experience in dealing with men allowed her to see that the Jiang Ran before her seemed somewhat unhappy.

This puzzled her greatly; she admittedly had innate shortcomings, but she had maximized her acquired qualities.

Even if he wasn't into her type, seeing a beautiful member of the opposite sex shouldn't elicit a hint of anger, right?

"Hello, I'm a new resident in Building No. 2. My name is Hong Nan."

Regardless of whether Jiang Ran was angry or not.

Hong Nan, now face-to-face, was even more satisfied with Jiang Ran's appearance.

She had her sights set on Jiang Ran.

"It's like this, the faucet in my home is broken, and I don't know how to fix it. I heard from your apartment building's manager that you used to be an assistant manager, so I was wondering if you could come over and take a look? I've already bought a new faucet."

"If you could help, I'd be endlessly grateful!"

After saying all this in one breath, Hong Nan made a grateful, seductive expression and gesture.