Zhou Peng was busy fawning over Fang Yuqing beside her. However, it was quite obvious that Fang Yuqing wasn't attracted to a man like Zhou Peng at all. In terms of economic conditions, Zhou Peng was far inferior to Zhang Yi. He was even renting a house.

Nevertheless, Fang Yuqing still said to him with a smile, "Thank you, Zhou Peng. But I have an appointment with a friend that night. What a pity!"

A look of disappointment immediately flashed across Zhou Peng's face. He had spent a whole month's salary on these two concert tickets! He had originally hoped to take the opportunity to confess his love to Fang Yuqing during the concert. But now, all his efforts were in vain.

Zhang Yi saw this scene and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He knew that Zhou Peng, this boot - licking admirer, would achieve nothing in the end.

However, when Zhou Peng was feeling dejected, he saw Zhang Yi with a smile on his face beside him. Instantly, his anger flared up. To divert his own embarrassment, he immediately walked over to Zhang Yi and said, "Zhang Yi, you are really despicable!"

"A grown man, you actually let a woman help you move things. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Yuqing has been complaining about her sore back since she came to work today. Next time, don't trouble her with such things again!"

Zhang Yi glanced at Fang Yuqing. So it was this woman who had spread the story.

Fang Yuqing still pretended to be kind and said, "It's okay. Actually, there's nothing seriously wrong with my body."

"It's just that I'm not good at strenuous work. I seem to have twisted my waist a little."

As she said this, she also reached out and pinched her own waist, then frowned and showed a pained expression.

In order to show his masculinity in front of Fang Yuqing, Zhou Peng immediately pointed at Zhang Yi with great bravado, "You should quickly give Yuqing 500 yuan for medical treatment."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi's eyes turned cold. He glared at Zhou Peng and scolded, "She offered to help me move things on her own. I didn't ask her for help."

"Besides, who do you think you are, giving me orders here?"

"Do you really think you're someone important?"

Zhang Yi's scolding was so vehement that it stunned both Zhou Peng and Fang Yuqing.

Zhou Peng was just an ordinary clerk in the warehouse, with no power or influence. The reason he dared to reprimand Zhang Yi was that Zhang Yi usually had a good temper and didn't like to argue with others. But when he saw that Zhang Yi was really angry, Zhou Peng immediately became a bit timid.

"Why... why are you shouting so loudly?"

"I was just discussing with you."

Zhang Yi sneered and turned around to leave. He was too lazy to waste more words on Zhou Peng.

Because now, when Zhang Yi looked at anyone, it was as if he was looking at the dead. In a month, 99% of the people around him would die one after another in the extremely cold storm of the apocalypse. Why should he waste words on the dead?

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After Zhang Yi left, Zhou Peng ran to Fang Yuqing and whispered, "Yuqing, I told you that Zhang Yi is not a good guy. You should stay away from him in the future."

Fang Yuqing frowned, feeling rather puzzled in her heart. Because in recent days, Zhang Yi seemed to have completely changed. When he saw her, he no longer took the initiative to greet her. Even at night, he didn't chat with her or say good night to her.

"There must be something strange!" Fang Yuqing thought to herself.

...

After work, Zhang Yi drove to a five - star hotel in Tianhai City. It happened to be Hongfu Tianxia, where he had ordered meals before. When the manager of Hongfu Tianxia heard that Zhang Yi had arrived, he immediately arranged a guest room for him with a big smile. A guest room in a five - star hotel cost over a thousand yuan a night. But Zhang Yi didn't feel any heartache at all. Anyway, he still had several million yuan in hand. He would feel it was a waste if he couldn't spend it all.

That night, Fang Yuqing, the white - lotus - like woman, took the initiative to send a message to Zhang Yi for the first time.

Fang Yuqing: "Zhang Yi, I passed by your house today and saw someone renovating it!"

Zhang Yi curled his lip, "Yes."

Fang Yuqing: "I feel you've been really strange lately. You started stocking up on things and renovating your house. Is something going to happen soon?"

Zhang Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. This white - lotus - like woman was bad, but she was not stupid at all. It seemed that his strange actions during this period had finally caught her attention. But Zhang Yi didn't care. Other people's opinions meant nothing to him now.

"Nothing." He replied coldly and then threw his phone aside.

On the other end of the phone, Fang Yuqing felt very uncomfortable seeing Zhang Yi's indifferent attitude towards her. In the past two years, Zhang Yi had always been very nice to her. He always cared about her and found various reasons to chat with her every night. However, in recent days, he seemed to have become a completely different person towards her. Not only was his attitude cold, but he also didn't take the initiative to chat with her anymore.

This made Fang Yuqing feel very uncomfortable. She could be uninterested in Zhang Yi, but she would never allow Zhang Yi to lose interest in her. In Fang Yuqing's view, that meant one of the fish in her pond had escaped. Although Zhang Yi wasn't a rich second - generation heir, he was still a high - quality young man from a middle - class family. If she couldn't find a rich second - generation heir to marry in the future, she could still consider Zhang Yi as a backup option.

Fang Yuqing picked up her phone and sent another message.

"I feel that recently, we seem to have less contact. It makes me feel a bit lonely."

However, after waiting for a long time, she didn't receive a reply.

Fang Yuqing bit her lip, feeling a bit irritable in her heart.

"This damn Zhang Yi. Has he been possessed lately? I took the initiative to contact him, and he dares not to reply to my message!"

Beside her, her roommate Li Cainin heard Fang Yuqing's complaint and walked over with a smile.

"Zhang Yi has been really strange lately. God knows why he bought so much food and drinks. And he also ordered so many banquet tables from the hotel."

"It's as if there will be a shortage of supplies soon."

Fang Yuqing frowned slightly when she heard this. She said to Li Cainin, "Ningning, do you think something will really happen after a while? Zhang Yi started stocking up after getting some news?"

Li Cainin was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then she burst out laughing, holding her stomach.

"Yuqing, are you stupid? If something really happens, the authorities will definitely send out a notice."

"Just relax. If we stock up on supplies, others will laugh at us as fools."

Fang Yuqing also laughed at herself after hearing this.

"Yeah, you're right."

...

Zhang Yi stayed in the suite of the five - star hotel for several days. He didn't go anywhere. During these days, on the one hand, he made large - scale purchases of banquet tables from various hotels. On the other hand, he started practicing using compound bows and crossbows in the room.

Fortunately, Zhang Yi used to like hunting and had a good foundation. Now, within a range of 15 meters, his shooting accuracy was particularly high. Especially with a professional - grade compound bow in hand, such modern equipment could enable an ordinary person to shoot an arrow comparable to that of an ancient master archer. Not to mention dealing with humans, even when encountering wild boars, jackals, and large dogs, it could cause considerable damage.