Apocalyptic Rebirth: With a repairman system space, she rises again.
Chapter 13: How did rich people shop all day?

Chapter 13: How did rich people shop all day?

At around 3:00pm in the afternoon, Suni took a break because she was exhausted. She entered one of the restaurants in a mall that was close by and ordered for some food and some very cold fruit juice.

A tired groan escaped her lips as she sank back into the unforgiving wooden chair.

"This is quite tiring." She complained quietly.

Sunshine had stumbled on to a secret. All those movies in which wealthy people went shopping from one mall to another from morning to evening or lunch time were nothing but deceit.

She was wearing flat boots, but her feet were killing her. How then did the actresses in high heels walk from one high end shop to another, try on clothes, gossip and do more shopping without dropping dead?

The pain in her feet did not deter her from her stocking mission. The universe had given her a chance and sent her back in time to grant her an opportunity to survive. Even if her feet swelled today, she would keep going.

A waitress brought the food Sunshine had ordered for, giving a few curious glances as she had ordered enough food for three people.

Sunshine did not give the waitress attention; she started to eat with the speed of a competitor trying to win an eating contest.

"Disgusting." A woman at the table next to hers frowned.

Sunshine put airpods in her ears, blocking out all unnecessary noise. These people would soon come to learn that speed when eating was also a skill. In the apocalypse, slow eaters were prey. Others would snatch food from them.

She had once seen a man swallowing a small bowl of hot porridge in two gulps. It burned his tongue and throat, but he had a smile because it was his first meal in a week, and he had no idea where the next meal would come from or when.

She had chosen a window seat because she wanted to take in as much of the normal world as she could, before it was ruined. Sunshine saw a woman and a child entering a children’s store that was opposite the restaurant.

It reminded her that she had young stepchildren, three sons that she had barely had the chance to meet. She had seen Earl, the second son at breakfast table in the morning. But she had not yet seen the oldest son Ariel Quinn who was nine and Castiel Quinn the youngest, at five years old.

Of all three children, Castiel was the only one she had ever interacted with personally as he sometimes joined her outside when she was playing with Cassius. They had even flown a kite once together.

"I should probably buy some things for the children." She muttered to herself.

After finishing her meal, she made a list of all the things that the children might possibly need and then she left the restaurant.

She bought children’s clothes, jackets, shoes and necessities like that, emptying out three stores. These things were sent to Quinn manor. It was not unusual for the Quinn’s to purchase things in bulk so no one would bat an eye at these things.

After that, she went to a mega market and bought milk powder, yogurt, oatmeal, all types of porridge, canned puddings, cake mix, pancake mix, cookie dough, candies, biscuits and snacks. These were to be sent to Quinn manor as well.

She was walking idly when she noticed toys. The apocalypse was a rough time; the children would need distraction. She bought story books, puzzle cubes, gaming devices that run on batteries, and many other things.

That reminded her that she would need solar panels, a lot of them--enough to power a city. This made her sigh. It felt as if she had bought so many things and yet she was coming to realize that she had not even bought half of the things she needed.

After stretching, Sunshine continued with her purchases in the mega market. She bought portable water filters because sometimes there was no time to boil water. She also added mosquito nets and repellents, water purification tablets, rainwater collection systems that she planned to put on the base.

To this, she added tents and camping gear, a lot of it. So much that the vendor frowned.

"Are you preparing for a group event in the wild or planning to tour a third world country?" he asked.

"Something like that." She answered in a dismissive tone.

The vendor realized that Sunshine did not want to discuss her private business, and he backed off.

After leaving the mega market, she stopped by a bakery to buy some pastries, and this gave her an idea. The space was static, no matter what she put inside, it would remain in the same condition forever.

So, why not order pastries and cooked meals as well.

Eagerly, she approached one of the women and asked to see the boss as she had a large order to make. Like other businessmen and women she had met that day, the boss of the bakery could not believe the size of the order.

For every pastry the shop baked, Sunshine wanted five thousand of each. The bill was whooping 1.8 million!

"How quickly can I get my order?" she asked the woman.

"A week." The woman answered.

"Three days." Sunshine countered. "If you cannot deliver, I will take my business elsewhere."

The woman reconsidered. At the price that Sunshine was offering, she could negotiate deals with other bakeries and buy their pastries at a lower price as long as she was purchasing in bulk.

"Three days." She confirmed.

After paying half of the bill, Sunshine left a happy woman. She went to one of the best hotels in the city and made the same deal, buying cooked meals.

There was one more stop that Sunshine had to make. Armed with the deed to the family house which her parents had left her, she visited a real estate agency. This house had been under the care of her uncle. He had been renting it out for years and collecting the fees.

"Hello, I am here to sell a house." She told the receptionist.

The receptionist was polite, and she escorted Sunshine to a housing agent. Once again Sunshine stated the reasons why she had gone there.

She showed the agent the documents and deed to the house.

"It is worth eight hundred eighty thousand dollars, but I will take six hundred thousand because I want to sell it quickly. I am leaving the country in two days."

The agent was excited. If she sold the house at a high price, she would make quite the profit. In fact, she could buy the house and flip it for double of Sunshine’s asking price. "I will inspect the house tonight and give you a call tomorrow."

Sunshine left her phone number behind and left. The sun was already setting. It was time to go home, tomorrow, she would do more shopping.

She would also have to start warning old friends about the apocalypse and gathering those that she knew would awaken superpowers. The first person she had to warn was her best friend, Nimo. Right now, she was deployed in the army.

In this life, Sunshine was determined to help Nimo, and her family change their fate. They had all died at the beginning of the apocalypse, killed for rations by a group of hungry people.

Nimo had survived and awakened a regeneration superpower. She could heal from injuries rapidly. She had been captured for research and killed by another superhuman that wanted her power. Her blood had been drained, her body had been chopped up constantly, used for scientific research and food.

Sunshine recalled how all that was left of Nimo when she eventually found her was her head.