218 Yan Liuyuan, a friend of the women (1/2)

Li Qingzheng was a little puzzled as he drove the truck towards town based on the directions given by Yan Liuyuan. How could this group of refugees from another town gain a foothold in this town so quickly? They managed to buy a brick townhouse nearest to the stronghold gate?

And they even bought two of them!

But he remembered when Wang Fugui bribed him, he was offered a 100 antibiotics and several watches in one go. These things were still in Li Qingzheng's bag, and he had not sold them for cash yet. How could a normal person possibly afford to fork out such a large sum of money as bribery?

Li Qingzheng was thinking that since he and Ren Xiaosu were now friends, and that they were also leading a legitimately good life at the outpost, maybe he should return the bribes he collected from them back to Ren Xiaosu? However, Li Qingzheng still felt a little reluctant upon realizing he would have to give up such a large sum of money at once….

Along the way, a woman saw Yan Liuyuan through the truck's window and said cheerfully, ”Liuyuan, is that boy next to you your brother that you've always been talking about? You haven't waited in vain by crouching at the entrance of town for so many days. He's finally back. Here are three eggs for you. You can cook them for your brother when you get back home this evening.”

Yan Liuyuan accepted the eggs with a smile. However, he handed one egg back to her and only kept two of them. ”Yes, this is my brother, but the one driving is not, so there's no need to give him an egg.”

Li Qingzheng was speechless. 'Am I not a person? Why am I the only one who doesn't get an egg!'

Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”You seem to be quite popular in this town.”

In truth, Yan Liuyuan was especially popular with the women when they were living back in the town of Stronghold 113. Now that his face was always clean, he looked handsome and smart. It became natural that he would become a friend of the women.

Yan Liuyuan smiled and said, ”I've asked around with the townspeople and found out a lot of information lately. After getting here, Uncle Fugui has done a lot of small favors for many people and gained a foothold in town. That's why we are quite popular around here. Of course, there are still many ungrateful people around as well.”

The ”small favors” were things like helping others repair their furniture, giving away snacks and sweets, and paying a slightly higher price when receiving goods. Wang Fugui did all of those in moderation and never went beyond doing small favors.

In Wang Fugui's opinion, doing big favors would not only make it hard to make friends, but it would also offend people easily. Furthermore, it was pointless to do big favors for others. If he were really in danger, most would not return the favor. Instead, they would more likely kick him while he was down.

Wang Fugui was only doing so for the sake of getting things easily accomplished in town and was not expecting anyone to give him any assistance when he got into trouble. It was better to rely on oneself than on others… no, it was better to rely on Ren Xiaosu than on others.

When Ren Xiaosu heard that Yan Liuyuan had gathered a lot of information, he asked curiously, ”What have you found out?”

Currently, there were military camps stationed all around the area not far outside of town as different troops continually rotated shifts between themselves.

Yan Liuyuan said, ”I heard that the Li Consortium's combat troops that went to Stronghold 109 to eliminate the Experimentals had failed in their mission. The initial batch of troops has been recalled and at least half of them had died.”

”How did you know about that?” Ren Xiaosu frowned.

”The soldiers stationed near town can't help themselves from seeking thrills, and those single women were also happy to have a soldier from the organization as their backer.” Yan Liuyuan said, ”They would sometimes share with their women these matters and said that their assault went very smoothly at the beginning. However, they were immediately defeated once the Experimentals dragged it out into urban warfare. Furthermore, the forward operating base was destroyed by the Experimentals. Now they plan to continue sending troops over there and resort to using heavy weapons in battle. Even if they destroy the stronghold, they have to eliminate the Experimentals.”

This outcome was quite in line with Ren Xiaosu's prediction. When he saw the combat troops deployed to Stronghold 109 in a hurry had not brought any heavy weapons with them. It seemed like they wanted to keep the buildings in the stronghold as intact as possible so they could avoid spending too much on rebuilding.

But if they engaged something like the Experimentals in urban warfare, it would be as good as digging their own graves. Their speed and strength, several times that of the average person, gave them a huge advantage when fighting in built-up areas. Unless the organization fought against the Experimentals with troops consisting of supernatural beings, using automatic rifles at close range would not be effective. It resulted in the combat troops made up of normal humans suffering a devastating defeat.