Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Collecting Funds

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In her past life, Su Jin had not experienced any of these incidents before the apocalypse, and she did not see them in the news either. Although some people mentioned a contagious disease online, she did not correlate that with this possibility. In her mind, even if there was a pandemic, the government would be able to keep it under control. However, this zombie virus took everyone completely by surprise.

It seemed that her starting over had already begun to change some things in the timeline. In that case, it must be possible for her to change the ending for herself, her family, and Lu Hao!

The next morning, Su Jin woke up just as Lu Hao came back from his outdoor training. He was going to take a shower, so he took off his shirt and revealed his tight abs.

That was the first thing Su Jin saw when she woke up. It was enough to get anyone’s blood racing…

Lu Hao did not know what she was thinking. When he saw that she was staring at him, barely awake, he thought that she was still bleary, so he bent down and gave her a kiss.

Su Jin hurriedly covered her head with the blanket so Lu Hao could not see her expression. She did not want to admit that he had completely charmed her over.

Lu Hao was planning to take the day off from work. Although something like that happened yesterday, the most important thing to him now was to gather more supplies together with Su Jin.

Last night, the two of them made a plan. Today, they were supposed to wait until Lu Hao got his leave approved, and then they would go to his investor friend and cash in all of the funds he had there.

Lu Hao’s friend, Guo Yang, was an expert in investments and Lu Hao’s childhood friend to boot, so Lu Hao had a lot of faith in him. He had asked Guo Yang to invest almost all of the money he had earned over the past few years from his position in the army, and his initial investment of around two hundred thousand was now five million.

That was an insane return! Su Jin was unbelievably jealous. Why did she not have such an over-powered childhood friend?

If they added the five million from the stock market, the two of them would have seven million in usable funds. Just then, Lu Hao looked up at Su Jin and motioned at the house.

“Lu Hao, don’t tell me, are you planning to sell the house?” Su Jin asked. The house was in the center of town, and they were supposed to start a family in it. Well, it is true that the house would mean nothing to them if the apocalypse struck.

That was what Lu Hao was thinking, too. He was reluctant to let go of the home he was building with her, but it was just as Su Jin said. Once the apocalypse hit, the safest places would be their respective bases. Even if they did not go to another base for shelter, this house would not be able to serve them much.

“What do you think, Lil Jin?” The two of them were going to fight this war together from now on, so of course they had to make every discussion as a unit.

“No objections here, naturally. You’re so smart, Lu Hao! I didn’t even think of that.” Su Jin lavished him with praise again.

Lu Hao had grown up receiving all sorts of compliments, even winning awards for his contributions and so on. He was used to the attention. When Su Jin praised him, though, he turned red for some reason.

Since they had everything planned out, now all that was left was to put it in action. Lu Hao went to the station and soon got his leave approved. He gave his men a few more words of advice before hurrying back.

With that, the two of them drove to Lu Hao’s childhood friend Guo Yang’s office.

An investment manager’s office sure was fancy, Su Jin thought to herself.

Guo Yang’s office was on the 33rd floor of a tower in the middle of the city’s central business district. The moment they stepped out of the elevator, the first thing they saw was the spotless marble floor. On the side, there was a huge God of Fortune statue, complete with an incense urn and some smoldering joss sticks…

“Your childhood friend still worships the God of Fortune, eh?” Su Jin teased Lu Hao.

“Yeah. He was influenced by his grandfather, so he believes in these things too,” Lu Hao said with a laugh.

Since young, Guo Yang had been a rather quiet kid. He lived with his grandfather, and his grandfather was old-school superstitious, so they had ceramic god statues littered all around their house. When Guo Yang had felt lonely with no one to talk to, he would talk to those statues.

Later, Lu Hao saved Guo Yang from some bullies, and the two of them somehow became bosom buddies.

Guo Yang was told in advance that Lu Hao and his wife were visiting today, and he knew why they were here too. Not long after Lu Hao stepped out of the elevator, he saw Guo Yang coming to greet him.

First of all, Lu Hao introduced Su Jin to Guo Yang. Guo Yang smiled and said, “Nice to meet you, lil sis-in-law.” He then invited the two of them into his office for some tea as they talked.

Guo Yang was a thin and tall man. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and his taut muscles showed that he was probably a regular gym-goer. Inwardly, Su Jin thought, ‘Is he the tall, rich, and handsome guy more girls dream about?’

Lu Hao saw that Su Jin kept checking out his childhood friend. His eyes turned green with envy.