18 Floors Above the Apocalypse novel Chapter 166

For the sake of a pack of cigarettes, Rob had one last piece of advice for the couple. "Don't buy your supplies from the local bazaars. A lot of the sea salt they sell is mixed with sand, and the seafood isn't fresh."

There were a few business people living in the villa district. Many of them had been taken for a ride when they first moved in, but they had since learned their lesson.

After a bit of chit-chat, and with no objections from Jasper, Stella decided to rent the villa. They chose the one on top of the hill, far away from the other residents. The isolation would make their activities less noticeable.

Upon learning that they planned to live on top of the hill, Rob was surprised, but he didn't comment. "Alright, just follow us down to handle the paperwork.”

While Jasper was checking Rosie's forehead wound, Stella unloaded several bags of potatoes from her truck. When Rosie got into the car, she looked a little surprised at the sight of the potatoes, but she didn't ask any questions.

Back at the security booth, they not only had to register their IDs but also have their photos taken. This was so all the security personnel could recognize them, preventing any unwanted disturbances from strangers. They were also given badges, which was surprisingly professional.

Being accustomed to the wealthy residents, the security officers were not surprised by Stella's bags of normal potatoes. They weighed them out to be around 450 pounds.

Rob was very helpful, informing them where they could buy furniture, and offering to have the security officers assist if needed.

Once all the procedures were finished, Stella drove back up to the villa.

The first thing she did was not to clean the rooms, but to turn on the air conditioning. It was unbearably hot. To her dismay, the air conditioning was broken.

Damn!

She didn't want the furniture in the villa, so Stella closed the room door and began to unload things from Arcadia. She might not have much, but she had plenty of furniture and appliances.

Due to safety considerations and wanting a better view, they chose to live on the second floor and planned to clean up three rooms.

Finally, they could use the solar power generator openly.

Air conditioning, refrigerator, humidifier, washing machine, dishwasher, bed, sofa, table, clothes, quilts...

Living near the wealthy was great. Everyone had everything, and there was no need to hide anything.

They filled a whole room, then started to move things out.

The air conditioning needed to be reinstalled, so Stella used some ice and a fan to cool down.

Rosie wasn't idle either. After putting ice on her forehead, she started to sweep and mop the floor.

The little girl was having a blast. Cooper wanted to help too, but Stella thought he was in the way. "Cooper, your job is to guard the house. You can't let any bad people in. If bad people get in, that means you're not doing your job, and we'll have to deduct your dog food."

Cooper understood his mission and immediately went to the balcony to keep watch.

Jasper was the main worker, with Stella assisting. It took them two hours to install three air conditioners.

As for the old ones, they were all thrown into another room for now.

They used the power storage box for now, and the new air conditioner blew out cool air, finally saving them from the heat.

They had lunch under the cool air conditioning and continued to work. It took another two hours to set up the three rooms, clean the living room, kitchen, and bathroom.

In the evening, Stella took out the electric net they had gotten from Monkey and, with Jasper's help, surrounded the villa.

Although the security measures were already good, in an apocalyptic world, they could not afford to be careless.

They surrounded the villa with the electric net and reminded Rosie and Cooper not to touch it if they didn't want to be barbecued.