Chapter 528 - Catfigh (1/2)

Carbon monoxide poisoning would cause a person to feel very uncomfortable. Everyone sat in the wilderness wrapped tightly in their clothes, but when a gust of cold wind blew past, the coldness seeped right into their bones.

Curious, Ren Xiaosu asked Zhou Yingxue, “How’d you know something like that?”

“In the past, I often used this method to create scenes of accidental death. It was just that I would also need to resort to other methods of killing back then.” Zhou Yingxue smiled and said, “After all, I don’t like seeing blood.”

Only now did Ren Xiaosu realize she was not just a gluttonous maidservant, but also a very real former intelligence agent who was good at assassination, infiltration, and intelligence gathering.

Li Ran slowly moved to the campfire and sat down. But unexpectedly, she did not question Zhou Yingxue on why she had not warned them earlier. Rather, she whispered a soft “thank you” to her.

Zhou Yingxue smiled and said, “You’re welcome.” Then she prepared to go into the tent to sleep.

Li Ran asked, “Can I sleep in the same tent as you?”

Zhou Yingxue said, “There’s no such agreement in the contract. Plus the tent isn’t big enough for the two of us.”

This time, Li Ran seemed to be unusually calm. “Then do you remember that in the contract, there’s also a term that says you can’t sleep earlier than your employer?”

Zhou Yingxue was stunned. Even this tactic was being used?

She thought for a moment, then said, “Fine, I won’t sleep then!”

Ren Xiaosu sighed. A catfight between women would only lead to heavy losses. They could clearly have just gone into the tent together to sleep, and it was absolutely spacious enough to fit two people, yet they both ended up sitting by the campfire and whiling their time away.

However, he was fine with this. He just sat by the campfire and read his book. He could not sleep at this time. Since someone had scattered nails on the road, there would definitely be a follow-up. Be it selling tires or other plans, Ren Xiaosu decided this matter would have to be taken care of first.

Li Ran looked Ren Xiaosu up and down. She realized the book he was reading looked very unfamiliar to her. It was titled Golden Age.[1]

“Who wrote that book? Why haven’t I heard of it before?” Li Ran asked.

Ren Xiaosu glanced up at her. “This book is from before The Cataclysm, so it’s normal that you haven’t heard of it.”

Li Ran did not say another word. She looked at Ren Xiaosu and felt a little curious. He was clearly quite well-built and was Zhou Yingxue’s assistant too, yet he actually took the time to read books even though he had a job that constantly engaged in fighting and killing?

Zhou Yingxue noticed Li Ran sneaking peeks at Ren Xiaosu. She said, “Assistant, bring me my water bottle.”

Ren Xiaosu looked at Zhou Yingxue speechlessly. He did not know what this gal was up to this time.

But then, the hum of engines came from afar in the wilderness. It even sounded like someone was happily shouting something out there. Ren Xiaosu said, “The people who’re here to change your tires have arrived.”

The ten plainclothes guards of the tour group already had their pistols drawn and were ready to shoot at any moment.

But they were surprised by the fact that there were actually around six vehicles in the convoy dashing over. One of them even had a heavy machine gun mounted on it.

One of the people in the vehicles shouted, “Do y’all wanna change your tires? Only 20,000 yuan each, what a fair deal! Of course, if you don’t need a tire change, we’ll leave immediately! We also provide tire patching services at 8,000 yuan each!”

Fang Zhi wanted to curse at that guy. Usually, a normal tire would cost at most slightly over a 1,000 yuan to change. Moreover, the spare tires these people had on their vehicles looked really worn-out. It was obvious they were used tires taken from somewhere else and were just barely usable.