41 Resolve it by yourself (1/2)

There was a reason why the band members were unhappy with Ren Xiaosu. Even though they were ”important people” from the stronghold, he had actually made excuses to reject them when they came looking for a guide in town. It was as though being their guide was an embarrassing thing for him.

In their opinion, shouldn't you, Ren Xiaosu, take the initiative and volunteer like the first guide had done?!

How many people were hoping to strike up a closer relationship with those from the stronghold? Wang Fugui was indeed right to say that whoever the important people from the stronghold picked to do their bidding would lead to said people having a prosperous life.

Yet Ren Xiaosu's reaction was to simply avoid them.

As a result, everyone's impression of Ren Xiaosu worsened after the cracker incident. Especially Liu Bu. He was now even trying to persuade Luo Xinyu to head back to town to find another guide.

”Xinyu, we've only set off for half a day.” Liu Bu said, ”It's still not too late if we return to town. We'll only be wasting a day of travel time.”

”But that's still a waste of time,” Luo Xinyu said as she looked out of the window.

”But have you thought about it?” Liu Bu continued, ”This kid seems really unreliable. If he gets even more unreliable, we won't just be wasting a day's time. I've heard before that the refugees in town don't have much class, but I didn't expect it to be so bad!”

Luo Xinyu shook her head and said, ”Wang Fugui said that if even he can't lead us through the mountains, no one else can do it.”

”I don't believe that.” Liu Bu said in scorn, ”The town is so big, so how can there not be someone who can lead us through the mountains? We only asked around the town, but there are actually a lot more people in the vicinity where there are seven large factories. Quite a few of them live at the factories, so if we went there to ask around, we might just discover something new.”

”There are only six factories now,” Luo Xinyu corrected. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

One of the factories had just been destroyed by the wolves' attack. As such, there were only six left.

”Then we can go and check out the other factories,” Liu Bu said in embarrassment.

”Enough, there will be no more discussion on this matter.” Luo Xinyu rejected him and said, ”It wasn't easy for us to get 12 soldiers from the private army to escort us this time, so don't complicate things any further.”

Liu Bu did not keep arguing. Outsiders might think that Luo Xinyu was still young and most of the decisions would be made by him, the agent. But Liu Bu knew best that Luo Xinyu was a highly independent girl, and he was just the executor of her decisions.

Nowadays, there were celebrities like Luo Xinyu in every large stronghold. They were commonly known as ”protags.”

But these protagonists would generally only have supporters within their own strongholds, and it was very difficult for them to make it at the other strongholds.

After all, the roads in the outside world were not as well-developed as before The Cataclysm happened. Furthermore, it was difficult to predict what people liked, so there were certainly some risks to bear if they wanted to expand their influence out of their own strongholds.

Once, a celebrity in Stronghold 89 wanted to cross over to the other strongholds to expand his influence. As a result, he went missing after leaving his stronghold. His agent and accompanying bodyguards were also nowhere to be found. It wasn't until two months later that a body suspected to be his was found in the wilderness. There was a bullet embedded in his skeletal remains that clearly suggested he died from a gunshot wound. Further, he was even shot from behind.

This made everyone else even warier.

But Luo Xinyu was never satisfied with only being prominent in one stronghold. She was willing to take risks even though she knew it was dangerous to do so. For a girl, this required a lot of courage.

Luo Xinyu looked at Liu Bu, who kept silent. ”You can pick on him, but don't let it affect our journey. We just need him to properly guide us to our destination. Once we get back from Stronghold 112, you can do whatever you want with him.”