Wen Lei: "Charge! Get rich!"
Bai Feng: "I feel time it will be a bit better."
Hanyu: "Yesterday when I talked with Mr. Ren, I actually gained some insights myself, and I want to dismantle a few more Ruined Beasts to verify them."
Zheng Tian: "Let’s go!"
Ou Youning: "Oh! Ho ho ho!"
The team still had a lousy day, with an average income of only a meager 0.2 points per person.
Due to Bai Feng’s unexpected injury, and considering medical expenses, they would have to rest another day tomorrow. Not only did the team not make any money, but they actually lost some.
At 6:50 in the evening, Zheng Tian was driving with a grave expression.
Time was pressing; she was pinching the time to make sure to return to the town before seven.
The cab of the box truck was gloomy, with an oppressive and eerie atmosphere.
Everyone felt bewildered.
They had finally gotten acquainted with Mr. Ren, proving that their luck was not too bad lately, and it felt like they were about to take off.
As long as they could save enough money quickly, then buy a better car than the patched-up box truck on the market, they could take off, and then strategically lure Mr. Ren into their plan with their strength.
Zheng Tian thought her plan was perfect, flawless, and impeccable.
But how could they be this unlucky for two days in a row?
Where is the problem?
In the courtyard, Ren Zhong pretended to be shocked: "How could this be? Your luck is just too bad!"
With a throbbing head, Zheng Tian said with a bitter face, "Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either."
Ou Youning: "Captain, you were right yesterday. Bad luck! It’s definitely bad luck!"
Zheng Tian spread her hands, "Maybe, anyway, we just happen to have a day off tomorrow. Let’s all relax a bit, and I’ll re-study the route again. I just can’t believe it!"
Ren Zhong’s eyes shifted, "How did you go today?"
Zheng Tian took out a tablet and mapped out today’s route on the map.
Ren Zhong nodded silently.
Hmm, there’s an 80% overlap with my route from last night, and a 90% overlap with the one from the third day after resurrection when we didn’t buy the Thunderbolt Car.
No wonder you’re one of the most professional semi-professional captains in Starfire Town!
You’re really good at optimizing routes, almost needing just a string to follow behind me.
Seeing Ren Zhong nodding as he looked, Zheng Tian said, "Mr. Ren, don’t you also think there’s no problem with this route?"
Ren Zhong: "Yes, of course it’s fine, you could say it’s the best of the best."
Zheng Tian: "Then why is it?"
Ren Zhong: "Why is it?"
Ou Youning: "Why is it why is it?"
Wen Lei: "Yeah, why is it?"
After a long time, the group fell silent again, each pondering their life.
After dinner, Ren Zhong eventually couldn’t resist the pangs of conscience and volunteered to take Bai Feng to the Miracle Clinic for treatment.
Zheng Tian accompanied them and was responsible for paying the bill with public funds.
Having been busy the whole day, the working man Sun Miao was just ready to close his door to guests.
He was bringing back the 20% off sign from outside when he saw the persistent Ren Zhong appearing again at the street corner, accompanied by a long-armed man with simple bandages and a baby-faced girl.
Brother Sun’s heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking something was amiss. This bastard was bad enough on his own and now he’s learned to call friends to freeload!
He hurriedly picked up the sign and wanted to slip back inside.
"Brother Sun, please wait! This time we have money!"
Sun Miao put down the sign, turned around with a smile, "You should have said so earlier."
In his heart, Sun Miao disdained Ren Zhong’s familiarity; they had met only a few times, did he really think they were so close?
Of course, disdain aside, Brother Sun didn’t want to provoke Ren Zhong, so he smiled warmly and hospitably.
He accepted being called "brother."
There, Ren Zhong held up three fingers, "Give me a break, 30% discount, cost price."
Sun Miao: "Damn! You’re such a bastard!"
Ren Zhong: "40%, no more. You should earn something for your craft."
"I really thank you for that!"
The fully automated medical arm was re-bandaging Bai Feng.
Zheng Tian sat in a corner, taking out her tablet to continue studying the route.
Sun Miao sat sternly at the counter, operating a disconnected old-style computer to record today’s supplies, medicines, and income and expenses.
He hadn’t been this diligent and frugal in a long time.
Ren Zhong sneaked over to Sun Miao’s side like a thief, lowering his voice, and said with intentional nonchalance, "Brother Sun, I want to ask you about someone."
"What do you want to do?"
"Nothing, just want to ask."
"Then you should go to the Guard or Mayor Ma, why come to me? I’m no know-it-all."
Ren Zhong chuckled, "I don’t know the person’s name, only the general appearance. I thought since you’re the town’s only doctor, no matter who has any kind of problem, they can only come to you, so you’ve surely seen lots of faces."
"True, so tell me, what does he look like?"
"About 1.9 meters tall, burly build, short hair, with a bushy beard. There’s a half-finger length, fingernail-wide dark scar at the corner of his right eye. Also, he has an old-style exoskeleton mechanical arm, painted dark grey."
Sun Miao squinted his eyes, "Remembering so vividly? Was there a deep grudge?"
Ren Zhong also squinted his eyes, "Not really, just a passing encounter, and I’m a bit curious."
"I do have some impression of this person. He got that scar, which I treated, about two or three months ago."
Ren Zhong laughed: "Do you know his name? Does he have a medical record card? Is it convenient to disclose?"
"For a scavenger who might die anytime, why ask for a name? Why make a medical record card? But I do know how he got injured, in an alley number seventeen in the South District, he got hurt while grabbing someone else’s house. He won."
Ren Zhong laughed even brighter, "That’s great, very good."
Sun Miao: "Now you owe me another favor. Can you stop bothering me in the future?"
Ren Zhong: "Brother Sun, listen to yourself, we’re practically family. Didn’t you even earn a bit today?"
"That’s true, thanks for your patronage."
Ren Zhong: "Mutually beneficial, mutually beneficial."
[PS: Since today is the last day of May, involving update tasks, I must have at least 4000 words updated by noon today, so I’m combining today’s two Chapters into this one to upload together. There will be no more updates during the day. The next update will be at midnight on June 1st, when the VIP Chapters are available after the launch. There will be extra updates on June 1st, although I don’t actually have any drafts on hand now, so I’ll add whatever I can write tomorrow. Of course, there may not be too much added because quality is the most important. I’m striving to achieve three promises with this book, no filler, no breaks, and guaranteed quality. So my updates really can’t be fast, please understand.]