Tang Xiaoman returned to the villa and entered the warehouse alone.

She stored all the jade Yu Jingyuan had delivered—over a thousand jin of it—inside her space.

As the jade was completely swallowed, the space upgraded again.

The static space expanded by 700 cubic meters, reaching a total of 3,800 cubic meters. The villa grew by 77 square meters, upgrading from four floors to five, its height increasing once more, for a total of 600 square meters. The garden expanded by 25 square meters, reaching 175 square meters.

As the garden expanded, the pond grew wider as well, and the aquatic plants inside became even more lush.

The space countdown, excluding the time she had already used, had accumulated to 112 hours and 34 minutes—enough for her to stay inside continuously for four or five days.

Before the disaster, this batch of high-quality jade would have been worth close to a billion. Now, she had obtained it for only ten million in cash.

It was an incredible bargain.

Tang Xiaoman once again felt satisfied with Yu Jingyuan’s integrity. He did business honestly and had never passed off inferior goods as quality ones.

He was someone worth trusting—and worth working with long term.

She also stored the threshing machine, corn harvester, instruction manuals, spare parts, and engine oil into the space.

With these agricultural machines, she no longer had to worry about harvesting crops.

As she left the warehouse, she instinctively touched her left wrist.

The invisible jade bracelet was gone.

She stopped at once and repeatedly felt around her wrist, but she could no longer find it.

After it had turned invisible, she had almost completely ignored it. Had it fallen off by accident when she beat Shu Jia?

Her heart pounded. She quickly checked the space.

Everything was normal. The supplies inside could still be taken out and moved at will. She could enter and leave the space freely.

But the bracelet on her wrist had disappeared at some point.

She stood frozen for a long while before gradually understanding.

Once the bracelet upgraded to a certain stage, it would first become fully invisible—and then vanish completely.

Perhaps this was the space’s form of self-protection, fully dissolving its physical form and eliminating its weakness.

Even if one day her space was exposed, no one would have a way to steal it from her.

Only then did Tang Xiaoman relax.

—

Gu Heng was badly injured. Along with Shu Jia and the five bodyguards who were also severely hurt, he was sent to the hospital by helicopter.

After the disaster, order had collapsed, and the hospital had practically become a shelter. Anyone and everyone had squeezed inside.

It was overcrowded, chaotic, and there had already been multiple violent incidents of doctors being attacked and killed. Not only were there no wards or beds left, even the doctors had vanished.

With no other choice, they had to transport the injured back to Tiannai Villa by helicopter.

The Gu family exhausted every connection they had and spent a great deal of supplies before finally locating a surgeon.

The doctor was brought to the Gu residence and treated the injured.

He merely rinsed the wounds with saline and bandaged them simply.

“Every injured person has bone fissures, but fortunately, no full fractures. They’ll recover slowly with rest.” The doctor removed his disposable gloves and said helplessly, “Medicine is in short supply now. You’ll have to find trauma medication yourselves.”

Then he pointed specifically at Gu Heng and said to Old Madam Gu, “He suffered serious scratches and bites from a dog. He needs tetanus and rabies vaccines as soon as possible.”

Old Madam Gu quickly said, “Then arrange it immediately.”

The doctor frowned. “The hospital pharmacy doesn’t have vaccines right now. You’ll need to find them yourselves.”

The sudden flash flood had hit the hospital warehouse. Though it had not collapsed outright like the official granary, it had been badly damaged.

Especially the vaccine refrigerators. Once water got in, they all lost power.

Medical cold-storage cabinets were required to have batteries in case of sudden outages—but they weren’t waterproof.

After the flood swept through, every cold-storage cabinet was wiped out. The precious vaccines inside naturally couldn’t be saved.

Old Madam Gu was dumbfounded. “Then… what are we supposed to do?”

The doctor offered advice. “Use your connections. Ask around. See if anyone has stored these two vaccines, then buy them at a high price. Isn’t there a saying that generous rewards bring brave men? Your family has means. As long as the price is right, you should be able to buy them.”

“Both vaccines need to be injected within twenty-four hours to be effective. You family members must move quickly. Otherwise… this is a matter of life and death. You should understand how serious the consequences are.”

—

Tang Xiaoman saw the pinned request for help in the Tiannai Villa group chat and gave a cool smile.

She quickly messaged Huo Kai.

“Young Master Huo, let’s discuss a deal.”

“You only contact me when there’s business to discuss, don’t you?” Huo Kai’s tone was far from polite.

Tang Xiaoman sent a shrugging emoji, infuriatingly casual.

“If not for business, why would I contact you?”

Huo Kai was choked speechless and simply ignored her.

“Don’t be petty. I’m talking serious business,” Tang Xiaoman coaxed offhandedly before continuing. “I saw Young Master Gu seems to be at death’s door. The Gu family is offering a high price for medicine and vaccines, so I thought I’d do a kind deed and provide timely help.”

Huo Kai: “…”

When he coaxed women, he often liked saying, *Don’t be petty. I’m talking serious business.*

And now one day, he had become the petty one?

What even was this?

He realized that whenever he faced Tang Xiaoman, his entire state became wrong.

He didn’t know where the problem was.

Nor did he know whose problem it was.

“I have trauma medicine here—Yunnan Baiyao, safflower oil, tiger balm patches, everything. The price is a little high, though. I also have tetanus and rabies vaccines. Those are even more expensive. You negotiate with the Gu family on my behalf. If they offer a price that satisfies me, I’ll generously help them out.”

Tang Xiaoman ignored his emotions and focused on business.

It was already the apocalypse. What was there to be sentimental about?

The son of the richest man, who had never been beaten down by life, would slowly get used to it.

In the future, verbal offense would be nothing. Physical offense would probably become increasingly common.

She was merely helping him adapt early.

After a long while, Huo Kai finally recovered and began to counterattack.

“Your father just called me. He complained about you bitterly. He said you murdered your husband and tried to kill your father, beat the innocent, were cold and heartless, utterly devoid of conscience, and demanded that I handle you impartially.”

“Oh?” Tang Xiaoman replied unhurriedly. “How does Young Master Huo plan to handle it?”

Seeing her so calm, Huo Kai had no moves left. He could only answer honestly, “I told him to call the police.”

“Good. Let’s not discuss useless little matters. Let’s talk about the important matter of helping others.”

Tang Xiaoman had no interest whatsoever in Su Cheng’s whining.

She only cared about one thing.

“You negotiate this deal with the Gu family on my behalf. Don’t say the medicine is mine. I’ll give you one-third of the exchanged supplies. In the future, if you need help, just ask. I won’t refuse.”

Huo Kai stared.

In front of Tang Xiaoman’s calmness, he suddenly felt like the fussy one.

Forget it.

The world was getting more chaotic by the day, and business was getting harder.

Meat delivered to the door should not be left uneaten.

“What terms do you want? I’ll personally negotiate with the Gu family.”