Faced with this whole table of "state banquet" dishes, Liu Woxing had no idea where to start. "This is..."
"Stockpiling."
Xie Mi pushed a pair of chopsticks into her hand as she spoke.
"Funds can fluctuate unpredictably with Skill Cards, but supplies won't. We know people with more money are easier targets. Instead of putting up a pointless fight, we might as well get something tangible."
As she spoke, Xie Mi had already opened the refrigerator.
One perk of a third-floor room was its huge double-door refrigerator. Right now, it was packed with all kinds of drinks: Coke, Sprite, juice, milk, coffee, sports drinks...
The freezer even held ice cream, steaks, jumbo shrimp, frozen dumplings...
And that wasn't all.
Xie Mi opened the wardrobe next.
The space that should have held clothes was now stuffed with instant noodles, snacks, and all sorts of convenience foods.
Even if the apocalypse came, she wouldn't starve.
Liu Woxing stared, dumbfounded, before finally squeezing out a word. "...Brilliant."
No wonder the supermarket had looked like it had been looted today.
Mystery solved.
[Holy crap! When did she stockpile all this? Wasn't Old Xie just lying there sunbathing the whole time afterward?]
[Right after Xu Shuangrong used the Asset Equalization Card, Old Shen protected Old Xie's money, remember? Then the two of them went off to stock up. Bro Mimi transferred all her money away after that.]
[I was wondering why Old Xie was so calm back then. Turns out she had this up her sleeve.]
[The money was going to disappear anyway, so she might as well spend it first. Beautiful.]
[That's our girl.]
And so this surreal day came to an end. Xie Mi's Hidden Mission to protect Shen Yeqing had also failed in an exceptionally surreal way.
Director Niu's explanation was that