He Tianshu was a car salesman who was having a normal day. He came into work at seven in the morning as usual with a coffee in hand. He worked with a customer, closed a car loan and had gone to lunch. Now He Tianshu has dealt with strange customers with weird demands before- he once had a woman who was looking for a car for her dog- but this situation was slowly crawling up his list of weird customer interactions. After lunch he saw a young slim woman with wavy hair looking at a big car, this wasn't strange to He Tianshu so he approached the woman.
" Hello xiǎo jiě. I see you are looking at that car, are you interested in it?" He Tianshu asked.
" Hello-" The woman looked at his name tag," He xiāoshòu zhùlǐ, yes I am, is this car gas effiecient?"
He Tianshu looked at the car and said," Not particularlly. Is that what you are looking in a vehicle- and what is your name xiǎo jiě?" he looked at her for a moment.
Surprise crossed the young ladies face," Oh, yes sorry, my name is Li Jiefan. I am looking for a durable vehicle which is fuel effient and can do some off-roading."
This was a surprise to He Tianshu, B-city was a big city, there were no forests or places to off-road for hours, and so for this young lady who looked like she was in University and has never even seen the outdoors to be asking for such a vehicle was surprising.
But being the professional that he was He Tianshu did not let his surprise show on his face," May I ask about your budget for this purchase."
"I do not have a budget." Li Jiefan said.
He Tianshu's smile widened," Well we do not specialise in that kind of vehicle Miss Li but we do have some good options for you to look through that I think will satisfy you."
" That would be nice, I would like to see these other options." Li Jiefan responded.
He Tianshu smiled at Li Jiefan," Well then follow me."
He Tianshu walked with Li Jiefan to the back of the lot in an underground parking garage where the stronger, more expensive cars were stored.
He Tianshu pointed at a close to the entrance car, " So this is one of our newest additions, it is a newer model, it has great gas effieciency, tinted windows and ringed axle suspention."
Li Jiefan looks at him and asks," Is the bumper strong enough to hit objects head on, a body for example?"
Yes, this was one of the strangest customer experince for He Tianshu.
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The day after Li Jiefan spent the day with Chen Leichu she got out a notebook and wrote a to-do list for the six days she had left to prepare for the coming apocalypse. She separated the stages of preparation she needed to be completed into categories.
The first's she named "Planning" and consisted of figuring out what gear she needed and were was the most effecient place to get them. Li Jiefan knew that she needed to get to the D-city shelter, which would become one of the strongest, longest standing shelters in the country, at the begining of the apocolypse to ensure she had a good pick of housing and joined a good team. D-city shelter was in the country-side and B-city University was nearly across the country from it. It would take three days currently to drive to D-city, with good road conditions, weather and no mutant plantsor zombies blocking your path so with all of these horrible conditions it would take closer to a week and a half. All of these reasons were why Li Jiefan knew the moment the apaocalypse begins she needs to start her journey to D-city.
The next second stage, which she named "Prepping" would be allocated to prepping the things thst she could in time, like a place to wait out the red night, the night that will mark the beginning of the apocolypse, packing an emergency bag and eveything along those lines.
The last stage, named "Peace",was dedicated to making the most of her last day of normality by saying goodbye to everyone that she needs to get say goodbye to and enjoying the luxuries of the modern world for the last time.
and with the list complete Li Jiefan sets out to her first store of interest, the car dealership.
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Li Jiefan concluded her business at the car dealership and found a vehicle that she knew would work for at least leaving the city and getting to the automobile warehouse with the heavier-duty cars she memorised where the car was in the dealership so she could easily come back for it on the day.
Li Jiefan took out her notebook and crossed out the car and for the next two days she went through and visited clothing stores, outdoor enthusiast stores and an archery store. Li Jiefan drew a map in her notebook with the route that hit all the stores she needed to hit and looked effiecent and fast.
Now with the stage "Planning" taken care of Li Jiefan turned her attention to the next stage, "Prepping", so Li Jiefan she bought herself a durable, large bag that was easy to carry and run with when visisting the outdoor store, this bag would become her emergency bag. After three years of surviving thr end of the world she learned the importance of creating an emergency bag, a bag with the most important items to survive that you can quickly grab and run with. She was creating her emergency bag now incase her journey got sidetracked and she lost her car.
Li Jiefan added a few water bottles, some nutrient bars and ramen noodles, a utility knife, three days of worth of clothing, a hand held radio, a longlasting flashlight, a lighter and a change of running shoes. It wasn't much but it was enough for some basic survival.
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Li Jiefan looked down at her dorm bed with all of the things she prepped layed out, she crossed out the last bits of the "Prepping" category of her list and then packed everything up. She flopped back into the bed and exhaled, the last category Li Jiefan had left was " Peace".