Su You had bought a large number of inflatable boats and other items. After storing them in the base warehouse, the system quickly identified them:

【Detected: New goods in the base】
【Items: Large batch of inflatable boats, outdoor equipment, etc.】
【Estimated value: 300,000 yuan】
【Hundredfold rebate: 30,000,000 yuan】

When she saw the string of zeroes credited to her account, Su You’s face no longer changed.

After she overlapped the supermarket and pharmacy with the base’s trading zone, it actually counted as storage for the base.

Excluding small change, she had just received a rebate of one billion!
Well… what could she say? She was numb to it.

For an ordinary person, such an amount could never be earned in a lifetime.

But in Su You’s eyes, it was just like numbers in a game account. Their real meaning was only to help her level up her “character” and expand her base.

After all, even after “swallowing” both the supermarket and pharmacy, the base still hadn’t reached LV4. Just how much more material would it take to upgrade?

She didn’t dwell on it. Many things still needed to be done.

Now that she had a few people under her, some matters only required her to give orders.

With her identity as a supermarket owner, she could quickly connect directly with more manufacturers, purchasing large quantities of goods at wholesale prices.

She could even use supermarket expansion as an excuse to lease warehouses in other cities, setting up multiple transfer points for storage. Tasks like these could be left to Sun Liancheng.

Su You stood inside the base warehouse, looking over the piles of supplies stacked on the floor.

This warehouse seemed to have an automatic classification function, with shelves that could adapt and change freely.

Row after row of tall silver metal shelves, each about ten meters high, stood neatly across the floor.

There were zones for hot takeout food, frozen goods, snacks, instant meals, drinks, baked goods, braised deli meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, seafood, condiments, and grains.

Zones for toiletries, daily necessities, clothes and shoes, kitchenware, stationery, maternity and baby products, small appliances, hardware, and books.

There were also separately classified sections: medicine and equipment, outdoor gear, drinking water, sacks of coal, portions of petroleum and diesel, and even power generators.

All of these were stacked in their zones, still sealed in boxes, piled up like mountains—like an ocean of goods.

But for a warehouse spanning ten thousand square meters, this only filled about one-third.

Even facing this mountain of supplies, Su You didn’t let down her guard.

For a huge base, this stockpile was still far from enough.

As the base population increased, energy and food would remain a major problem.

She didn’t know if a farming zone would unlock later, so to be safe, she decided to stockpile seeds, fertilizers, and farming tools in case they became necessary.

Currently, crop and vegetable seeds were mostly controlled by foreign research institutions. After the first planting, it was almost impossible to maintain the original traits, requiring constant reliance on their breeding seedlings.

Even if she hoarded large amounts of seeds and seedlings, one day they would run out.

The only way to solve this problem was to start at the source.

And then there were weapons.

Those still had to be purchased from gun shops abroad.

For certain restricted equipment, Amber would need to take her into underground black markets to get them.

This was the plan for the next twenty-something days of stockpiling.

Besides stockpiling, there was also recruiting for the base.

One hundred people sounded few, but selecting who qualified to enter the base was already a huge challenge.

She needed people who would maintain absolute loyalty. Theoretically possible, but in practice extremely difficult.

Few were like Sun Liancheng, with a clear goal and stable mindset. Su You had observed him for some time.

When she put goods into the base space and he noticed items mysteriously disappearing from the warehouse, he had only been shocked but didn’t press further. When other procurement staff questioned the missing inventory, he even covered for her.

That was why Su You needed to consider how to run operations without exposing her identity.

Maybe she would have to create a new persona for herself.

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“I’m the new supermarket owner’s boyfriend, not a thief—you can’t throw me out!”

“Su You, Youyou, I know you’re inside. Come out and see me!”

Just as Su You was leaving the supermarket, she noticed a group of security guards gathered not far away.

That vaguely familiar voice, paired with its brazen tone, gave her an uneasy premonition.

Su You pressed her lips together and walked over. “What’s going on?”

The guard was about to explain when Hou Rui, pinned on the ground, saw her. He suddenly burst with strength, shoved people aside, and ran toward her excitedly.

“Youyou, you finally came out! Quickly explain for me—look at these guys, they won’t let me in to see you!”

The security guards looked at each other, then hurriedly explained: “Miss Su, please don’t misunderstand. We saw this man sneaking around, trying to slip into the supermarket, so we caught him.”

Hou Rui immediately refuted: “Sneaking around? I came openly to see my girlfriend! How could I have known you’d suddenly show up?”

The guard glanced at her. “Miss Su, this—”

Hou Rui instinctively turned to look at Su You too. She stood on the steps at the supermarket entrance, towering above him, her presence oddly oppressive.

Her long black ponytail swayed behind her, and dressed in a black trench coat with her hands in her pockets, her dark eyes locked straight onto him—emotionless, yet faintly carrying a trace of killing intent.

“What exactly do you want me to explain?” Her voice carried no inflection.

“Explain…”

Hou Rui froze, his mind suddenly going blank, lowering his head with guilty unease.

Su You gave a cold sneer. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’ve done. Since I’m in a good mood today, get lost while you still can.”

His heart trembled. A flood of memories flashed through his mind.

What did Su You find out?

“Youyou, listen to me. I swear I have nothing to do with those other girls! I’ll distance myself from Zhong Xiaoxiao too.

I know your father favored sons over daughters and treated you poorly—it left a deep scar. But that doesn’t mean I’m like him. Youyou, stop being so suspicious of me and doubting my character. Let’s get back together. I’ll treat you well from now on, okay?”

He grabbed at the corner of her coat, looking sincere.

Such words might fool a young girl new to love—apologizing on the surface, but subtly blaming her upbringing for being distrustful in relationships.

Classic scumbag PUA rhetoric.

His sticky, greasy behavior finally snapped Su You’s patience. She slapped him hard across the face.

“I won’t repeat myself, and I don’t want to hear your excuses. Get lost!”