175 A new item in the palace! (1/2)

None of the residents in the stronghold seemed to have heard the news that the Experimentals had disappeared from Stronghold 113. Everyone behaved no differently on the streets from before, as they continued heading out to work, did grocery shopping, or attended plaza dancing as they used to do.

At night, Ren Xiaosu delegated tasks to Wang Fugui and the others. An unexpected incident had happened this morning. A black off-road vehicle stopped outside the shop' entrance, and out came two young men who said to Ren Xiaosu, ”We're here to take away the goods. Yang Xiaojin said she already mentioned it to you.”

The goods these two people were referring to was probably Dong Funan. Ren Xiaosu did not suspect them since only Yang Xiaojin and he knew of this matter.

Curious, he asked, ”Are you two Yang Xiaojin and Luo Xinyu's colleagues?”

The two young men gave each other a look and laughed. ”We're not qualified. There's no need to ask further questions.”

What was with that? Ren Xiaosu was starting to wonder about the structure of Yang Xiaojin's organization and how many ranks there were.

But it wasn't time yet. The palace had still not informed Ren Xiaosu about the completion of the quest. He glanced at his watch and saw that it was still about half an hour before the full seven days would be up.

Ren Xiaosu looked at the two young men and said, ”You can't bring her away yet. You'll have to wait a while.”

Suspicious, the two young men asked, ”Why do we have to wait? Is there still something important you need to do?”

Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, 'It's not like I can tell you two that my quest hasn't been completed yet.' He gave it some thought before saying, ”Yes, there's still something important that I need to do. You two can go and wait in the backyard while I speak to her about something.”

Less than five minutes later, the two youths saw Dong Funan whose swelling had already started going down sitting on a small bench obediently in the backyard. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu was speaking in a serious tone in front of her, ”I believe you've recognized your mistakes after your hard labor reform? So, I'm going to hand you over to someone else today, so I hope you can be a good person when you get there. Be someone who contributes to society, be a supernatural being who contributes to society…”

His talk with her went on for over half an hour.

The two young men from the Saboteurs were shocked. How the heck was this a while?!

They had thought Ren Xiaosu was only going to say a few words, but little did they expect he could go on for so long.

What atrocities had this Dong Funan committed that she would need such a lengthy ideological reeducation?

When Ren Xiaosu noticed Dong Funan gradually breaking down, he finally heard the palace say, ”Side quest complete. A new product has been unlocked for purchase in the vending machine!”

Ren Xiaosu heaved a sigh of relief. He managed to delay the handover of Dong Funan until now. When Dong Funan saw that Ren Xiaosu had finally stopped talking, she nearly burst into tears. Previously, she still had some disbelief when Chen Wudi mentioned that his master was Ren Xiaosu. But to her surprise, Ren Xiaosu truly turned out to be as naggy as Tripitaka!

Ren Xiaosu happily said to the two young men, ”Alright, you can take her away now.”

The two young men looked at the anticipatory expression on Dong Funan's face and thought they might not even have to carry out any further reforms on her. They felt that as long as they could get Dong Funan away from Ren Xiaosu, she would be more than touched by their actions.

Ren Xiaosu finally had the opportunity to have a look at the vending machine inside his mind palace after Dong Funan was taken away. He saw a new transparent window slot had appeared in it.

Ren Xiaosu looked at the item inside the window and felt a little confused. It looked like a set of poker cards? 'After going through so much trouble to complete the quest, what is the meaning of giving me a set of poker cards? Do you intend to have me play ”Fight the Landlord” with Wang Fugui, Yan Liuyuan, and the others?'

As poker was also a form of entertainment in this era, Ren Xiaosu was a little confused when he saw the new vending machine item had turned out to be a deck of cards. Though there was a title written at the bottom of the slot: Explosive Poker!

Ren Xiaosu gave it a try by slotting in a gratitude token. As a result, the vending machine dispensed a ”three of clubs” card.