Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 760: Strangled in the Cradle
Chapter 760: Chapter 760: Strangled in the Cradle
“The message also said that Han Yue had asked two people to come over to the S City base and noted down the time when the Heart Talk Team returned to the base. It seems those two people have already arrived,”
Lin Tianzhen spoke, and after receiving the message, Liang Jiuhui immediately checked the names of those two individuals and found that they had arrived at the S City base the day before.
“That settles it, then. He was previously suspicious of us, even suspecting that the Heart Talk Team and Dragon Ruler were the same team,”
Lu Hao now understood why Han Yue was so eager to see Dragon Ruler, and he also felt relieved that the Face-changing pill could change a person’s appearance so thoroughly. Together with the fact that neither Su Jin nor Mao Qiqi had come out, as well as the appearance of Grandpa Lin Yunguo, Han Yue probably no longer suspected that the two teams were the same.
“We still need to get rid of his suspicion entirely,”
Su Jin felt increasingly that Han Yue was an extremely difficult opponent to deal with, and the problem was also his backing from the Han Family.
“Even if he suspects, what does it matter? He doesn’t have any evidence,”
Lin Xiuyuan had calmed down. As long as their family didn’t slip up, how others chose to think was their own business, right?
“Xiuyuan, once people start to harbor suspicions, if they aren’t nipped in the bud, they can grow into towering trees. It’s better to take this seriously,”
Li Xiuying said from the side, emphasizing the need to be cautious.
Su Jin nodded her head and began planning with her family.
Dragon Ruler now only had the last thousand numbers left, which meant that in two or three days, they could sell off all their supplies.
Although many people who came later were disappointed not to get a number, they were told by someone from F City base that Dragon Ruler was in a long-term cooperation with True Martial Sect from their base and would come again if they found more supplies. That gave those people new hope.
Han Yue, on the other hand, kept waiting, hoping to see Dragon Ruler again after they finished selling, but the spontaneous idea that Dragon Ruler was Heart Talk Team now seemed to him a bit far-fetched.
Most of the members of the Heart Talk Team looked exceedingly distinguished, but Dragon Ruler really seemed like the rumors stated, likely originating from some village team…
Including that grounded old grandpa, each person’s appearance and clothes were very ordinary, and the personnel didn’t match up at all. Even if there were connections between the two teams, he now believed it was probably just acquaintances between the two or perhaps some kind of deal.
After being disciplined by him that day, Kou Ning seemed to have become much more obedient. Although Kou Ning had been going out to kill zombies these past few days, Han Yue took it as his own form of training, knowing that Kou Ning would return.
Because apart from their Han Family, no one else could afford to keep him, and even if there were families like the Wei Family that could afford him, they would give up due to his uncontrollable killing instinct.
Just as the family had come up with a plan, the selling of supplies continued as usual.
One day, while the family was sending away a group of customers and preparing to take a break halfway through, Lu Hao keenly felt the sensation of being watched.
“Xiao Tian, over there,”
Lu Hao pointed towards the corner of the western-style building, where there was a sealed alley. It would be unusual for anyone to be on the other side of that wall, but he just felt someone was staring at them.
Not wanting to resort to his Fire Element Ability unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t take action.
Whoosh!
Understanding the signal, Lin Xiuyuan conjured up an Ice Snake with his hand, which slithered towards the corner of the wall. As the Ice Snake crawled over the inside of the wall and stretched towards the outside, its tip suddenly transformed into a series of Ice Blades stabbing downwards!
“Stop, stop, stop, I’m not here to fight,”
A familiar voice rang out, though no one immediately recognized who it belonged to.
Kou Ning crouched on top of the wall, grinning and greeting the family.
Knowing Kou Ning’s future actions, the family adopted a cautious stance upon seeing him. Lu Hao and Lin Xiuyuan also quickly moved to protect Lin Yunguo on either side.
“Young man, it’s not right for you to climb over someone else’s wall like that; if people didn’t know any better, they might think you were here to ambush us,”
Nie Qing said.
Smack!
A gigantic brown cloth bag was thrown onto the ground inside the courtyard wall, and its crisp sound immediately let the family accustomed to dealing with Crystal Cores guess what was inside.
“Relax, I wouldn’t kill any of you. I’m here to do legitimate business with the boss,”
Kou Ning landed steadily from the over two-meter-high courtyard wall, holding his hands high to show he had no aggressive intentions.
“You’re here to buy meat?”
Lin Yunguo asked with a smile.
“Yes, these are all Zombies I’ve killed in the past few days. I earned them myself,”
Lu Hao observed Kou Ning carefully and felt that his expression revealed a hint of… pride?
“Then that’s perfect. I’ve stewed a lot of Mutant Animal meat in the past few days. If you want to buy some, I can sell it to you,”
Lin Yunguo was eager to sell more meat. The cattle, sheep, and poultry in the Space had been quite pitiful these days, as the family divided the work and butchered many of them. The livestock in the Space finally wasn’t as overrun as before.
Upon hearing this, Kou Ning was indeed ecstatic, promptly pouring out his considerable bag of Crystal Cores, planning to start counting them on the spot.
A foul stench drifted over, and Huang Yunxiang walked up wordlessly. Those Crystal Cores hadn’t been cleaned at all, and in this warmer weather, a terrible odor had been brewing…
However, Kou Ning seemed completely unaware of any issue and even planned to count the Crystal Cores with his hands.
“I have the Water Element Ability. Let me help you wash them first. You’ll probably want to eat meat later, right?”
Huang Yunxiang tried to suggest, but also kept her guard up.
As soon as Kou Ning heard about eating meat, he promptly nodded his head like a pecking chicken, agreeing at once, and even thanked Huang Yunxiang.
The family was slightly taken aback. This Kou Ning… seemed to be quite reasonable?
“Are these all freshly killed by you?”
Lin Xiuyuan couldn’t help but ask.
Going out alone to kill Zombies? These Crystal Cores must be at least over fifty thousand, how could he have killed so many in just a few days?
“Of course, I’ve even been killing Zombies at night to buy your meat,”
Kou Ning responded.
He might be used to being unreasonable, but for that delicious stewed meat, he knew it had to be rightfully exchanged with Crystal Cores.
“I remember your teammate is quite wealthy, so why can’t he use the millions of Zombies you’ve killed to buy you meat?”
Lin Xiuyuan blurted out, could it be that Han Yue was exploiting Kou Ning?
“Pfft, just a shitty boss,”
Kou Ning’s expression turned somewhat sarcastic, which kindled a strong desire for gossip in Lin Xiuyuan.
“Xiao Tian, go inside and help grandpa move things,”
Lu Hao stopped Lin Xiuyuan who wanted to keep probing. He could see that Kou Ning’s expression had turned significantly colder when mentioning Han Yue, and if Lin Xiuyuan continued to ask, it might backfire.
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