Madness After the Apocalypse-Chapter 10: The Mall Giveaway

Before returning the car yesterday, An Nan had carefully taken a map and marked some important landmarks and shopping malls.

She remembered that in the higher part of Jiangbei District, a newly built mall had set its grand opening for tomorrow.

By now, all the goods should have been stocked and ready for display.

Today, with the heavy rain, everything had come to a halt. The mall would certainly not open today.

An Nan had already planned to visit for a "zero-dollar shopping spree" tonight.

Why let the capitalists fleece you when you can fleece them instead! Rather than sit idly in the flood, why not benefit herself?

With that thought, An Nan set an alarm, climbed into bed, and fell asleep. Tonight was a big operation, so she needed to recharge her energy.

Meanwhile, Bai Wenbin had been trapped at Huai Tree Restaurant for three hours.

The water levels continued to rise, with no sign of the rain letting up.

Would he have to spend the night here? His face darkened at the thought.

Just then, a man who loved fishing and kept a kayak in his car casually paddled past Bai Wenbin.

Bai Wenbin's eyes lit up, and he immediately begged the man to take him along.

"No, brother, adding another person makes it too heavy for me to paddle," the man replied.

"I'll give you a thousand!"

"Alright, hop in. It's not about the money, it's just that you look like a lucky guy."

As he spoke, the man quickly pulled out a payment code from his phone.

...

Bai Wenbin rode in the kayak to the nearby residential area and got off.

Though the water level here was lower than in Kuan District, he was still injured by debris in the water as he trudged home.

After a grueling struggle, he finally reached his doorstep, his hands shaking as he tried to fit the key into the lock. Unable to do so, he had no choice but to knock on the door of the apartment opposite, where Qian Ying'er lived.

Qian Ying'er, startled by his disheveled appearance, rushed to help.

"Bai Wenbin, are you okay?!"

Furrowing his brow, he entered the apartment. "Get me some iodine and medical gauze."

As she rummaged for the supplies, Qian Ying'er asked, "Why are you back so early? What happened? Where's An Nan? Didn't you get her?"

While dressing his wound, Bai Wenbin gritted his teeth and recounted what had happened earlier.

"That wretched woman, she dared to stand me up?"

Qian Ying'er's face twisted with fury. "Since she's so ungrateful, let's teach her a lesson!"

"What do you plan to do?"

"She's so full of herself, isn't she?" Qian Ying'er suddenly wore a knowing smile.

"Let's find two thugs, have some fun with her, and see if she can still act so high and mighty."

Bai Wenbin frowned. "That's going too far; she's supposed to be your future sister-in-law."

"Brother, she has no intention of being with you!"

"Once she loses her dignity, I'll help her out and make sure the publicity works in our favor."

Qian Ying'er smiled venomously.

"Once she's disgraced, forsaken by everyone, we'll go comfort her, and she'll know only you are willing to accept her. That's when everything will fall into place."

Bai Wenbin's eyes lit up. "Ying'er, you're brilliant."

He hesitated for a moment and then added, "Though, it still feels a bit wrong."

"Oh, come on, brother! Do you really think of her as your wife? Once you control her family's assets, what kind of woman can't you have? Then you can just discard her."

"True!" Bai Wenbin stopped hesitating. "Where do we find these thugs?"

"No worries, leave it to me," said Qian Ying'er confidently.

An Nan, with her good looks, had caught the attention of many men, and as long as Ying'er did her part, she was sure the plan would succeed.

The brother and sister exchanged a look, as if already seeing their plan come to fruition.

Meanwhile, An Nan was sleeping peacefully.

At midnight, the alarm went off, and An Nan woke up on time.

Fugui, startled by the sound, opened his eyes warily and nudged closer to An Nan.

She gently patted his head. "Go back to sleep, I'm going to get us some good things."

Fugui, ever perceptive, quickly settled down again, lazily closing his eyes.

An Nan got dressed for easy movement, then quietly went downstairs.

Outside, the floodwaters had already risen above head height.

The first-floor apartments had all been submerged, and the residents had evacuated earlier in the afternoon to seek higher ground.

After confirming that no one was around, An Nan took out her kayak from her space and paddled out of the community.

The kayak was quiet, but it was exhausting to paddle. After a short distance, An Nan switched to a speedboat.

The water was filled with floating debris—cars, tree branches, and street signs—blocking the way.

What would have been a thirty-minute journey turned into over an hour. Finally, An Nan reached the new mall.

The area was elevated, and the water only reached her thighs. She took out a window-breaking tool from her space and successfully entered the mall.

For safety, the first thing she did was disable the mall's surveillance system, and only then did she confidently start shopping.

As expected, all the goods were stocked and ready for sale.

The underground parking lot had already been flooded, so An Nan skipped it.

The first floor housed a large supermarket.

Each section had six layers of shelves, and only the bottom two layers had been submerged.

Because the items had only been submerged briefly, many sealed products were still good.

An Nan checked the shelves and began her delightful shopping spree.

Her first stop was the snacks section.

Potato chips, spicy strips, squid jerky, beef jerky, pickled chicken feet, sausages, seaweed, chocolates, biscuits, canned goods, various nuts...

These were all missing from her space—she took them all!

She also grabbed self-heating hotpots, self-heating rice, snail noodles, pasta, and all sorts of instant noodles in various flavors.

Braised beef, scallion ribs, pickled cabbage, turkey noodles—everything that could be boiled or soaked.

Without hesitation, she gathered everything into her space.

Next, she moved to the beverages section.

Though she had drinking water in her space, bottled water was more convenient to drink and could be used for bartering.

She collected all of it!

There were wines, beers, cocktails, and other liquors like Lao Baigan and Erguotou.

Soft drinks like Coca-Cola, Sprite, Wang Laoji, coconut water, Red Bull, soda water, and a variety of other beverages.

She also stocked up on nutritious dairy products.

Then, she moved to the frozen foods section.

There were pre-cooked frozen snacks: soup dumplings, dumplings, rice balls, brown sugar rice cakes, original chicken nuggets, French fries, etc.

These items were convenient and simple to heat up.

She also found high-end steaks, foie gras, lobsters, abalone, sea cucumbers, and king crabs.

Not to mention the various fish balls and other seafood she hadn't bought before.

Finally, she gathered fruits, vegetables, rice, flour, and oils. She left the ones soaked in sewage but took all the intact ones.

After thoroughly raiding the food section, she moved on to the household goods area.

Toothbrushes, cleaning supplies, storage boxes, food containers, lamps, hangers...

Without even glancing at them, she swept them all into her space. She even grabbed diapers, baby bottles, and other baby products.

Lastly, she took everything from the pet supplies section—dog food, canned goods, teething toys, and more.

After about an hour, An Nan had emptied the entire supermarket.

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Just as she was about to head upstairs to the second floor, her attention was suddenly caught by the cashier at the exit.