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Qi Yin's slender fingers paused on the holographic keyboard, looking at the bright red warning on the screen labeled "Channel Interrupted," her delicate brows furrowing slightly.

"This shouldn't be happening."

These channels were all ordered through Lu Yanxiu, and they had been unobstructed before; there was no reason for them to be blocked here.

It was as if an invisible hand behind the scenes had suddenly pressed the pause button, locking down all channels involving weapons, such as firearms.

Qi Yin connected to the encrypted channel with Lu Yanxiu, her voice calm: "Brother, something is wrong."

"It seems all of our weapon procurement channels have been cut off. Did you encounter any problems on your end?"

She had an inexplicable feeling that this was more like a forced intervention with top-level authority.

The encrypted channel was silent for a moment, then Lu Yanxiu's apologetic voice slowly came through.

"Yin Yin, I was just about to contact you. I have checked into the weapon issue..."

"It was my boss. He used his top-level authority to freeze all abnormal outflow instructions involving arms."

Qi Yin's heart sank abruptly. Lu Yanxiu's boss, Xiao Sinian, was also the person the family had arranged for her to marry.

Wasn't he supposed to be dying of illness? Why would he do this? Was it just simple commercial risk control?

That's impossible. Lu Yanxiu had done similar things before and handled them with ease; Xiao Sinian had no reason to be worried.

Then there was only one possibility: Xiao Sinian was targeting her.

"Can't it be discussed further?" Qi Yin asked.

Lu Yanxiu's tone was somewhat complex: "I tried to help you communicate, but the boss's attitude this time is very firm. He only said there was a risk."

"However, since the crux of this matter lies with my boss, and given the relationship between you two, Yin Yin, I'm afraid you can't avoid it. You must meet him."

Thinking of this vexing engagement, Qi Yin felt extremely restless.

She had absolutely no desire to socialize with a stranger right now. While the name Xiao Sinian was not unfamiliar to her, she definitely didn't know him well.

After all, they only had an engagement in name, but had never met. Occasionally, she could see his back in financial news reports.

"Is there no other way?" Qi Yin scratched her head.

However, Lu Yanxiu's voice was very firm: "No, you must talk in person."

"The boss always has his own reasons for doing things. Although I don't understand it this time, I can feel that he is not targeting you. It's more like he wants to know the reason why you are doing this. Some things are more convincing when you say them yourself."

Qi Yin quickly weighed the pros and cons. Without Xiao Sinian's authority, she could still get weapons, but it would take much longer—nowhere near as fast as using Xiao Sinian.

A few seconds later, Qi Yin made her decision, her eyes sharp as a knife.

"Fine. Time, location."

Lu Yanxiu was clearly prepared: "Tomorrow morning at ten, the Eastern Suburb Shooting Range. That is the boss's property; it is absolutely private."

Ending the communication, Qi Yin leaned back in her chair, her fingertips tapping the desktop unconsciously.

Xiao Sinian, 25 years old, the current head of the Xiao family. In just three years of taking over the Xiao Group, he had used thunderous methods to lead the Xiao family from a small listed company to a global presence. Today, the Xiao Conglomerate, with its reach spanning the world, was his greatest achievement.

However, he had never appeared in public, said to be because he was suffering from a serious illness and did not have long to live.

Because of this, the public manager of the Xiao Conglomerate was Lu Yanxiu.

Their engagement was a childhood betrothal set by the older generation. Originally, Lu Yingman looked down on it, but Qi Mingyuan had long been coveting the Xiao Conglomerate and couldn't wait to pack up his daughter and send her into the Xiao family.

Once Xiao Sinian died and the Xiao Conglomerate was managed by Qi Yin, wouldn't that be equivalent to it being his, Qi Mingyuan's?

Because of such sordid thoughts from her family, Qi Yin, who didn't like the betrothal to begin with, was even less inclined to meet Xiao Sinian. She didn't know how many times she had refused the two families' gatherings, both openly and covertly.

And Xiao Sinian had never once taken the initiative to express a desire to see her; he seemed dissatisfied with this marriage as well.

Now that he was suddenly blocking her plans like this, what exactly did he want to do? Test her? Or cooperate?

Forget it, I won't think about it. When soldiers come, block them with generals; when water comes, block it with earth. Cover up with the quilt and sleep!

The next morning, Qi Yin got up at six o'clock. She planned to go and restock on supplies.

Not long after, Qi Yin rode her small electric scooter to the entrance of the largest local wholesale market.

As soon as she entered, Qi Yin was attracted to the stalls selling fresh produce.

"Boss, how much for your pork, beef, lamb, and poultry?"

The boss was a smiling bearded man. Seeing Qi Yin's clean and neat appearance, he didn't think she would buy much, but he still patiently introduced the prices to her.

"Pork is fifteen per jin, beef and lamb are forty per jin, and chicken, duck, and goose are all eighteen per jin."

Qi Yin reached out and poked the meat to test if it was fresh, and the result satisfied her greatly.

"Alright, boss, I'll take all the stock you have here. Can you deliver it to my door?"

The bearded man didn't react for a moment. What? Whose daughter is this girl? Is something wrong with her brain?

"Are you here to cause trouble?"

Qi Yin smiled and waved her hand, not getting angry: "You misunderstood, boss. Our family is planning to open a large supermarket. Since the rest of the family is busy, they told me to come out and do some purchasing."

The bearded man was still half-doubting: "I only have two thousand jin of each for now. You can take all of that?"

"I want it all, I want it all. Is there more?" Qi Yin asked.

"There is more, but it has to be slaughtered tomorrow, otherwise it won't be fresh. If you want it, pay a deposit, and I'll have today's stock delivered to you first."

Qi Yin readily paid him a deposit of twenty thousand and sent the address of an abandoned large warehouse near her grandmother's house to the boss's mobile phone.

"Boss, the deposit has been transferred to you. Besides what's here today, I want all the fresh meat you have for the next five days!"

Looking at the notification of the twenty thousand deposit on his phone, the bearded man finally believed that Qi Yin was doing legitimate business, his mouth grinning from ear to ear.

"Alright, alright, I'll arrange for the delivery right away."

My god, she's a living bodhisattva!

Qi Yin didn't have time to watch the bearded man dancing with his wife; she turned around and continued her procurement.

She passed by various dried vegetables and health products, such as deer antler, ginseng, vitamins, glucose, and various dried mushrooms like morels, and had them all sent to the warehouse.

Walking to the Apocalypse "currency" area—the tobacco and alcohol market—Qi Yin didn't care whether it was good or bad; she bought it all. These things were liked by people at any time and could be taken out later to trade for supplies.

Although she didn't like seafood, as long as she encountered a seafood wholesale stall, Qi Yin took as much as they had, cleaning them out completely.

All kinds of vegetable seeds, fruit tree saplings, and agricultural supplies were also taken down without exception.

An hour passed, and the entire wholesale market was stirred into a frenzy by her. The bosses who had been in business for a lifetime were grinning from ear to ear; there had never been a time happier than today.

When it was time for breakfast, Qi Yin touched her flat little stomach, hungry enough to feel like her chest was touching her back.

For the past two days, she had been calculating how to hoard goods, and her meals had just been a couple of bites to get by. Now that she was finally back, how could she not eat something delicious? She moved on to the food court.

Qi Yin dove into a breakfast shop and ordered everything at once: a steamer of meat buns, a steamer of vegetable buns, two large steamed buns, three flower rolls, a bowl of hot and sour soup, and a bowl of her favorite yam and pork rib porridge. Of course, delicious soy milk and fried dough sticks were a must.

Looking at the table full of steaming food, Qi Yin clapped her hands in joy. This life was simply too satisfying.

She was happy, but the boss was stunned with a straight face.

"Little girl, you're eating all this by yourself? Don't waste it."

Qi Yin waved her hand without explaining: "No, no, I plan to treat my company employees to breakfast today. I'll take everything you have here; please help me send it to this address."

As she spoke, she devoured the food, eating heartily, while transferring a deposit of two thousand to the boss, leaving the villa address, and casually instructing the boss to make as much as he could over the next ten days and send it all to her.

After all, Lu Yanxiu could buy anything, but only these cooked foods, because they couldn't be preserved, had to be handled by her personally.

After eating and drinking her fill, Qi Yin followed the same procedure, touring all the breakfast shops in the food court, transferring deposits, leaving addresses, and waiting for the goods to be delivered.

At this time, the restaurants for main meals hadn't opened yet, so Qi Yin planned to come back in the afternoon.

After fussing around for the whole morning, the time she had agreed upon with Lu Yanxiu arrived quickly. Qi Yin was still full of energy, riding her small electric scooter happily toward the Eastern Suburb Shooting Range.

"Screech!" The electric scooter braked to a stop.

Before she had even entered the facility, Qi Yin heard a loud "Bang!" and was startled.