361 Virus? (1/2)
The local leader that Han Chu and Su Zheng found was a small-time engineering workshop owner. The man seemed to have a colorful past. When he was young, he had been a constant visitor at the police station. After he grew up, due to a lack of certifications, he had started to work for others.
Even though the man was not that educated, his brain was a good one, and that was only improved by his willingness to work hard. After working in the field for a few years, he had accumulated enough funds to start his own workshop. He had found the friends that he had played with and started his business. Today, his business had grown to a stage where he could live a comfortable life. He was still far from being considered a business tycoon, but it would not be wrong to see him as a local rich person.
Probably because he needed to move around for socialization along with the connections that his friends had formed throughout the years, he would often be seen at the local pub having a drink or the local stalls enjoying the food. As this happened more often, he became the person in Feng Yuan City where all the news gathered. As long as the information was not something extremely secretive, normally, whenever something happened, he would be the first to know.
”The man is not bad, at least not a cunning character from what I've seen, but he's a bit too straightforward, and his way of thinking is sometimes too narrow.”
The frowning Han Chu concluded his impression of the local leader. Then, he tutted. ”Xiao Su didn't go prepared. Initially, we assumed everyone in the field would know each other and the local here would give Xiao Su's teacher some face, but the people there only knew a few from the field, and they only used one standard to measure their friendliness with outsiders—friendship through bottles. Those who are willing to drink with him are his friends, and those who refuse are turned to the door. I can't let Xiao Su get drunk, so later, I'll bring someone else with me to see if I can ask for more information.”
Ye Shuang thought about it. ”Is it because you two drink so little so they refuse to tell you anything?”
Han Chu glanced at her and huffed. ”We were drinking. Even if the man is trustworthy, that doesn't mean all of his friends are. This is our first meeting. Who would be so careless that they'd drink until they were unconscious in front of a bunch of strangers?”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
To place their personal safety on the morality of strangers, that was definitely dumb. Furthermore, when Han Chu and Su Zheng met with the local leader, there were many of the latter's friends around him. Who could guarantee that everyone gathered there was a stand-up citizen? After all, Han Chu was carrying many valuable items with him. If one of the drunkards accidentally broke, or someone swiped, his laptop, who was going to be responsible?
After hearing that explanation, Ye Shuang understood the difficulty. Diplomacy was unneeded to communicate with such characters—directness was preferred. To ensure that one was clear-minded while earning the man's affection, being able to hold one's liquor was necessary. In other words, one should be able to drink everyone else under the table while ensuring one did not drunk. Other than that, there really was no other solution.
After telling Ye Shuang what she needed to do for the next few days, Han Chu needed to leave. This explained why he had gone back so early. He had probably found an excuse to escape to find someone else to face the war of alcohol later that night.
Han Chu could not stay for long, and it was Ye Shuang and Anthony who stayed back at the apartment.
”For now, there is no need for us to get involved in Cedrick's business.” He sat in the living room for a while. After getting the number of the reinforcements he needed, Han Chu prepared to leave. Before he departed, he left behind the more important and valuable things that he carried and told Ye Shuang, ”Since the news has reached us, Madam Grace will know about it as well. We'll decided what to do depending on her move.”
”Okay.” Ye Shuang agreed. ”It falls more on Madam Grace to do something compared to us anyway.”
After sending Han Chu away, she turned back to realize Anthony had already started studying the bug Han Chu left behind. A chip and a mini bug, neither of them was either cracked. Probably, the golden retriever wouldn't have the chance to sleep that night. Ye Shuang did not disturb him and returned to the bedroom to watch her drama. Since she had contributed her laptop, she couldn't access the internet and need to rely on the television program to kill her time…
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