Chapter 833 - You’re not qualified (2/2)

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, “Jiang Xu’s article was too critical this time. Will it infuriate the Wang Consortium? This report is tantamount to isolating the Wang Consortium from the Alliance of Strongholds. The Wang Consortium has become quite tyrannical in their ways recently. Do you think Jiang Xu will be fine?”

Yang Xiaojin immediately knew what Ren Xiaosu was worried about. “I don’t think they’ll do anything to him. My aunt still has a bottom line when it comes to such matters. No matter how Jiang Xu criticizes the Wang Consortium, he’s only a journalist. He has no political stand or faction, so killing someone like that will cause public outrage.”

“I hope so.” Ren Xiaosu sighed.

He then passed the newspaper to Wang Jing and the others for them to read. When Wang Jing got to the fifth page and saw that sentence, he suddenly said, “I really wish I could get to know the person who said this.”

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows but did not say anything. However, Yang Xiaojin was sure that he was very happy right now…

When it was time for dinner, Ren Xiaosu jumped out of the truck with over a dozen aluminum mess tins distributed by the Pyro Company before the vehicle could even come to a stop and ran all the way to the chow squad.

He was holding six mess tins in his left hand and the rest in his other hand. The mess tins were stacked higher than his head. When the Pyro Company soldiers saw this sight, they were shocked. They had never seen someone collect their meals like this before!

The soldiers on chow duty were also stunned. It was as they had seen a bootleg version of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King[1]…

One of the cooks said in surprise, “Those who know will understand you’re here to collect food, but those who don’t will think you’re here to subdue me with your magical weapon!”

Ren Xiaosu opened the mess tins one by one. “Please fill them to the brim!”

The cooks were speechless. However, their superior had ordered that this young man could line up with the soldiers when it was time to eat, so no one said anything about it.

After collecting the food, Ren Xiaosu ran back again with the mess tins. This somehow became an “attraction” among the Pyro Company troops.

When the other escapees saw Ren Xiaosu was allowed to collect food, they rushed over. But the moment they dashed over, they were pushed aside by the Pyro Company soldiers. “Don’t you know the rules? You’re to wait for the Pyro Company’s regular troops to finish collecting their food before you can collect yours.”

The middle-aged man who had had an altercation with Ren Xiaosu was stunned. “If that kid can collect the food, why can’t we? Isn’t this discrimination?”

The Pyro Company soldier sneered, “We were specifically ordered by our superior to give him special treatment. If you want to be like him, go and look for our commander. What? You scared?”

The soldier was right. The other escapees were really not as bold as Ren Xiaosu to dare to keep asking for favors from P5092. Honestly speaking, P5092 was only willing to talk to Ren Xiaosu that much because he also found him very interesting.

As such, the escapees could only watch Ren Xiaosu’s group in their truck eat their fill while they waited aggrievedly for the Pyro Company soldiers to finish eating before being allowed to collect the leftovers. There might not even be any leftovers for them!

The middle-aged man finally made up his mind. “C’mon, I don’t believe we can’t even get a proper meal if I give my watch away! Once the commander accepts my gift, we’re gonna chase these people out of their vehicle!”

With that, he went to look for P5092. But before he could even approach the commander, he was chased away by a soldier guarding him.

The middle-aged man smiled obsequiously and said, “I’m here to present something to the commander.”

The soldier sneered, “Go back. The commander says you’re not qualified.”

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[1] Li Jing, also known as Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li is a figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion.