Xiao Yang's online shopping cart resembled an apocalypse-themed supermarket sweep:
10,000 cases of Maotai baijiu (¥30M)
Portable nuclear reactor-grade water filters (¥5M)
A lifetime supply of spicy strips (Because doom tastes better with numbing peppers)
His raven chick pecked angrily at the screen when he added 50 tons of freeze-dried mealworms. "You'll thank me when worms are currency," he muttered.
Mu Wanqing's survival list arrived as his vision blurred from transactional fatigue:
Antibiotics
Condoms (Multipurpose: water carriers/emergency gloves)
Battery-powered espresso machine (Priorities matter)
"Let's eat," he texted, already revving the Brabus toward her dorm.
Hai Jiao Restaurant, 7:48 PM
The queue snaked around the block, students clutching numbered tickets like wartime ration cards. Mu Wanqing navigated the chaos with lethal efficiency. "Table 69," she told the hostess, flashing a VIP card Xiao Yang hadn't noticed her steal.
Their final course—the legendary crab hotpot—arrived as a peroxide-blonde tornado in fishnets blocked the waiter. "That's ours," Wang Min declared, diamond-studded nails tapping the steaming pot.
Mu Wanqing's smile could've flash-frozen the crab. "Wang Min. Still dating that refrigerated meat heir?"
"At least he's not some discount warlord cosplayer." Wang Min's gaze raked over Xiao Yang's tactical vest. "Five grand for the pot. Peasant rates."
Xiao Yang stood slowly, the raven emerging from his hood like a feathered hitman. "Tell your boyfriend his freezers'll be useless in nine days."
"Psycho!" Wang Min recoiled as her Gucci-clad fiancé arrived.
Zhou Tianhao froze mid-stride—he'd seen Xiao Yang's ¥700M wire transfer that morning. "Mr. Xiao! What... delightful coincidence!"
The raven launched itself at Wang Min's extensions. Chaos ensued.
9:17 PM - Brabus G800
Mu Wanqing dissected a crab leg with surgical precision. "Why nine days?"
"Solar flare." Xiao Yang tossed her a Geiger counter. "Radiation'll spike June 30th."
She studied him over champagne flutes. "You're either insane or..."
"Your brother's installing lead-lined walls as we speak."
The raven regurgitated a diamond earring onto her lap.
Six days left.