Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 431

Chapter 431: Chapter 431: Suspicion

Jade Rowan had just placed a handful of rice into the iron pot on the stove, planning to make some congee, when she heard a series of urgent knocks at the door.

Jade Rowan’s heart tightened. After a moment’s hesitation, she tiptoed to the door and asked, "...Who? ...Who is it?"

The peephole on the door had frozen and cracked, making it impossible to see who was knocking. With only herself at home, she didn’t dare to open the door rashly.

Fortunately, a voice soon came from outside. "Jade, it’s me!"

Recognizing the familiar voice, Jade Rowan quickly opened the door. Seeing Grace Sutton and Melody Summers standing there, she asked in surprise, "Oh, it’s you, Grace, and Melody! It’s so cold out. What brings you here? ...Come on, hurry inside!"

Grace Sutton and Melody Summers came in, carrying a basket of coal between them. The elevators had stopped working, so the two of them had lugged the heavy basket all the way down from the 16th floor to the 11th via the emergency stairwell. It had been quite an effort.

After setting the coal down in the living room, Grace Sutton looked at Jade Rowan and replied with a smile, "Mom asked us to bring some coal over. She knows the heating is out and has been worried about you all!"

Jade Rowan was pleasantly surprised to hear this. After Cameron Summers’s gambling had led to huge debts on several occasions, the Summers family had announced they were cutting ties and had stopped looking out for them.

Hearing Grace say the matriarch was still concerned about her family, Jade just assumed the old woman had had a change of heart and decided to accept them again.

In times like these, life was always a little easier with the help and support of one’s in-laws.

At this thought, Jade Rowan quickly smiled and said, "You’ve gone to so much trouble! We’re doing fine over here, and we’re not short on coal. Grace, please go back and tell Mom not to worry."

When Melody Summers heard this, she initially thought Jade was just being polite. But when they entered the bedroom, Melody realized Jade wasn’t just saying that—

It really did look like apartment 1101 wasn’t short on supplies!

Melody stood at the bedroom doorway and scanned the room. She remembered that 1101 had been unfurnished, with the only furniture being the two folding beds they had brought over earlier.

But now, next to the two folding beds was a fabric sofa. A small wooden dining table, set with some bowls and chopsticks, had been placed in front of it.

Against the wall were two large boxes of coal, and next to them was a large pile of sand vine cakes and a bag of rice.

Looking at all these things, Melody was a little stunned—

’There’s even more coal here than what we brought last time!’

’Even if they hadn’t used any coal because of the central heating, what was with all this extra? Where did it come from?!’

Coal was a life-saving, scarce resource these days. No one would be willing to sell it!

Just as Melody was puzzling over this, she heard Grace Sutton ask, "Huh? Is this quilt new?"

When Cameron Summers’s family of three had moved into The Metropolis Residences, they had only brought some clothes with them. Grace had been the one to gather and bring them their bedding and quilts. Seeing an unfamiliar quilt on the bed now, Grace was confused, thinking she must have misremembered.

Jade Rowan smiled and replied, "Oh, I made that myself. Our Ian gets cold easily and can’t sleep well at night, so I took apart a few down jackets and used a duvet cover to make another quilt!"

Hearing this, Grace grew even more puzzled. "A quilt made from down jackets? ...Where did you get so many down jackets?"

Making a quilt would require several down jackets at least. When Cameron Summers’s family moved to The Metropolis Residences, they only had two or three pieces of luggage. Where could they have gotten so many jackets to take apart?

Jade Rowan answered, "Cameron and Clark brought them back!"

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