Chapter 669 - A town in chaos (1/2)

Su Lei had wanted to find an opportunity to kill Wang Ergou after getting back to town. He was a ruthless person trying to achieve great things, so he would definitely kill Wang Ergou if he said so and had already discussed this with Cui Qiang while on the way back.

In the end, it was even Cui Qiang who reminded him that since he had to kill Wang Ergou sooner or later, he should just kill him as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when they returned to town, Wang Ergou might get other ideas and collude with the other bandit groups to steal their business opportunity. If that happened, it would get very troublesome.

After all, Wang Ergou knew the details of their next transaction. What the investor from the grasslands mainly wanted was just goods; he did not care who delivered them.

Su Lei knew he was not that important to Yan Liuyuan yet. Therefore, before he managed to establish a true “friendship” with Yan Liuyuan, he could not let any of the other bandit groups know where the business deal would take place.

As such, Su Lei decided to personally kill Wang Ergou.

At this moment, Su Lei looked at the other party coldly after being questioned. “Wang Ergou decided to seek his relatives’ help in the Central Plains, so I thought that since he had such a promising future, there was no need for me to stop him, right?”

But the other party did not believe Su Lei’s explanation at all. Instead, he retorted, “I think you must’ve killed him, right? Since when did Wang Ergou ever have relatives in the Central Plains?”

The other party thought Su Lei would fly into a rage after being humiliated like that, but Su Lei laughed out loud instead. Su Lei looked around. “Since when have y’all cared about other people’s lives? So what if I killed Wang Ergou? Do y’all want to avenge him? Have y’all thought about the consequences?”

Su Lei understood everything about this group of people. So what if he killed the guy? Wang Ergou did not have any friends, so he was not afraid of anyone coming to seek revenge!

There was a tense atmosphere among the onlooking bandits surrounding them.

Seeing that no one was going to speak, Su Lei sneered and said, “I’ll spend the night in town and set off for Fortress 178 with my men tomorrow. Since this place won’t accommodate me, I won’t force it either. But as I, Su Lei, have found a path out now, if anyone dares to ruin my plans, I’ll make sure this path of mine becomes all of your deathbeds. Cui Qiang, let’s go!”

With that, Su Lei led his men into town. They had only returned this time to pack their belongings.

Ren Xiaosu was muttering in the house, “These bandits are such a mob. Besides, why do I feel like these bandits are all trying to get onto the right path?”

“I have the same feeling as well. It looks like it isn’t easy being a bandit anymore, so they’re all looking for other ways to survive.” Yang Xiaojin pondered things for a moment and said, “Are we still gonna kill them then?”

“Let’s wait and see.” Ren Xiaosu sank into thought and said, “I think that this Su Lei person is quite interesting. What he’s doing now is equivalent to helping Fortress 178 connect the trade route to the grasslands.”

Yang Xiaojin glanced at him. “As expected of Fortress 178’s future commander. You’re always looking out for Fortress 178’s interests.”

“Ahem, married couples should not speak so sarcastically to each other!” Ren Xiaosu said.

“Ren Xiaosu!” Yang Xiaojin raised her voice. “We’re only putting on an act, so don’t get too into character! I haven’t even agreed to anything yet!”

“Alright then.” Ren Xiaosu stared down the dark barrel of the sniper rifle in front of him and reluctantly shut his mouth.

He recalled the situation Fortress 178 was facing. Actually, Ren Xiaosu also roughly understood from his conversations with the Great Hoodwinker that Qing Zhen and Zhang Jinglin had suddenly formed an implicit alliance so they could deal with the Wang Consortium in the future.

Since the Qing Consortium and Fortress 178 could work together, could the Northern Plains also be used as leverage for that cause?

Unknowingly, Ren Xiaosu’s thoughts were already starting to align with Fortress 178’s standpoint.