128 Headache spell (1/2)

Ren Xiaosu's motive for rescuing Luo Lan was so they could get into the stronghold through him. Now that his objective was achieved, his wish could finally be considered fulfilled.

As for how Luo Lan and Qing Zhen would convince the Li Consortium and Stronghold 109's overseer, that would be up to them. After all, the corporations had business dealings with one another all the time, so they would have to give each other some face.

From Qing Zhen's tone, it felt like it wasn't a particularly difficult matter to handle.

Nearby, Wang Fugui let out a sigh and said softly, ”Some issues can be extremely difficult for us to handle but are only a matter of words for people in their world.”

Luo Lan said, ”If we promise you something, our Qing Consortium will see it gets done. Would a large organization need to lie to a few refugees like you?”

All of a sudden, Wang Fugui asked Luo Lan, ”Xiaosu saved your life, isn't that right?”

”Yeah,” Luo Lan said in a surprised manner.

”Boss Luo is a big shot,” Wang Fugui said as his eyes revealed a certain shrewdness. ”Since your life is so valuable, it would not be enough to just get us into the stronghold. If this matter gets out, other people will feel that the Qing Consortium is being stingy.”

When Wang Fugui escaped from town with Ren Xiaosu, he had explicitly expressed to Ren Xiaosu the value he could bring to the group. Now was finally the time to show it.

In reality, Wang Fugui knew all about his own shortcomings. He had never seen much of the world before and would appear very crude by bargaining with a big shot like Luo Lan. In fact, Luo Lan might even be mentally mocking him for daring to ask for help when he was not qualified to do so. But that didn't matter to him. Wang Fugui had to help Ren Xiaosu obtain the most favorable conditions to the best of his abilities. For this reason alone, he was willing to be shameless.

From the conversation between Qing Zhen and Luo Lan, Wang Fugui realized that obtaining legal resident statuses in the stronghold was no big deal for these big shots. So he wondered if they could get even more out of them.

”What else do you all want?” Luo Lan relaxed in the cargo bed and looked at Wang Fugui. ”But you had better not make unreasonable demands!”

Wang Fugui felt hopeful at the words. He said, ”We want a shop. The Qing Consortium must have a lot of properties in Stronghold 109, so it shouldn't be a problem to get us a shop!”

Luo Lan downplayed, ”My life isn't worth as much as one shop.”

Old Wang was a little taken aback. Luo Lan was being rather shameless if he put it that way. As a refugee, Wang Fugui could be shameless. But how could a big shot of the Qing Consortium behave so shamelessly as well?

But Wang Fugui didn't know that the most shameless people in the world were actually those who belonged to the organizations. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for them to make an organization in the first place.

Wang Fugui asked Luo Lan, ”Your younger brother just said he owed Ren Xiaosu a favor and a life, right?”

”What is it you're trying to say?” Luo Lan was feeling speechless.

”Is the favor and the life that your younger brother mentioned worth a shop?” Wang Fugui asked.

Luo Lan went quiet for a long time before answering, ”Yes.”

Although he could be shameless about himself, it was not so when Qing Zhen's name was mentioned.

”I'll prepare a simple shop for you all.” Luo Lan said, ”But our Qing Consortium does not owe you anything more after that.”

”OK.” Ren Xiaosu decisively accepted it. This would be a stable income stream for them in the stronghold. Even if they didn't use the shop to do business, the rent they could obtain from it would probably be enough for their daily living expenses. Furthermore, he had promised Old Wang he would reopen a grocery store for him.

However, Wang Fugui still seemed unsatisfied. He said to Luo Lan, ”How much do you think the lives of your five subordinates are worth?”

Luo Lan got annoyed. ”Couldn't you have finished saying it in one shot? Alright, I'll give you a big shop that's in a good location. Don't ask me for anything more, or I'll die here right in front of you!”

Wang Fugui wanted to go even further, but Ren Xiaosu tugged at him. It was best to stop asking since they had gotten what they wanted.