stonecrandall Chapter 362 A Worthwhile Trip
Chapter 362 A Worthwhile Trip
Fortunately, there's not much time left until dawn.
The group chatted and kept watch around the campfire, with the headlights of both convoys still on, illuminating the central open space brightly.
Until the blood-red sun broke free from behind the hills on the east side of the valley.
After last night's blunder, the two teams have maintained a rather delicate relationship.
"Old Xu." Fu Xiaojian's voice came from below.
Xu Si turned to the side, looked down, and saw Fu Xiaojian standing beside the car, waving at him.
At his signal, Fu Xiaojian jumped onto Nirvana.
Looking out from the top, the view from the roof of the Nirvana is indeed wider than that from the roof of the Warrior.
"What happened last night? Don't tell me you don't know!" Fu Xiaojian asked in a low voice.
"I've gathered some intelligence; I'm sure you're interested." Xu Si's lips curled up slightly.
"Oh? You arranged this?" Fu Xiaojian was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, and a complicated expression appeared on his face.
"They started it," Xu Si said briefly.
"Could you give me some time to prepare myself for this kind of thing in the future?" Fu Xiaojian was silent for a few seconds, then looked very distressed.
"By the way, what news?" he continued, his expression changing faster than anyone could have imagined.
"There's a pharmacist across the street," Xu Si said casually.
However, Fu Xiaojian did show interest, but what he was interested in was how to seduce him.
If you can't seduce him, you'll have to steal him.
He was considering whether to have Xu Si do something sneaky again, just like last night, when they were about to part ways.
"By the way, do you know which one it is?" He suddenly realized this question.
"Fu Ruoxue," Xu Si said.
"It's her? That makes sense."
No wonder Fu's Pharmaceuticals was so popular back then.
"You know him?" Xu Si tilted his head to look at him.
"I wouldn't say we know each other, but we've met a few times," Fu Xiaojian said briefly.
"so?"
"So, I can roughly guess what this old fox is up to now," Fu Xiaojian sneered.
Xu Si didn't respond, but Fu Xiaojian understood.
Both of their eyes were fixed on the busy figures moving about in the opposite camp.
"Let's go, it's time for formal contact!" Fu Xiaojian jumped off the roof of the Nirvana vehicle.
Xu Si turned around, but didn't move.
"Aren't you going?"
"You going is enough!"
Xu Si didn't like this kind of scene. Although he wasn't the type to play dumb to take advantage of others, he didn't like this kind of polite formality.
However, he will take no shortcuts.
Fu Xiaojian ignored him and led Shao Bing, Ivan, and Jiao Jiao toward the center of the open space.
If we're talking about defense alone, the Iron Guard is the best bodyguard, even more suitable than the Tower Mountain.
Almost simultaneously, a group of people from the opposite convoy also walked over in a seemingly coordinated manner.
The leader was naturally Fu Wanhao, who was in Sequence 5, but he was surprised by Fu Xiaojian, who was leading the way.
However, this is better.
"Xiao Fu, I didn't expect to see you here." Fu Wanhao was a little too enthusiastic as soon as they met.
Ivan and Su Su looked at Fu Xiaojian, as they, as his 'bodyguards,' also had to consider the appropriate level of consideration in their treatment of him.
"I didn't expect you to still be alive?" Fu Xiaojian said without any pretense of politeness.
However, what he said made Shao Bing's lips twitch.
To him, it sounded like saying, "You old geezer!"
Ivan, being a rough-around-the-edges type, couldn't understand the hidden meaning in her words, but Su Su had already grasped it and knew the appropriate boundaries of this conversation.
"If your father knew your current situation, he would surely be able to rest in peace!" Fu Wanhao didn't care at all about the barbed words in Fu Xiaojian's speech.
The words of retaliation were, in fact, sarcastic remarks.
Not only did he act like an elder, but he also spoke with perfect tact.
"You should worry about yourself!" Fu Xiaojian's eyes turned cold. He didn't want others to mention his father, and he especially didn't want the person in front of him to mention his father.
Fu Wanhao smiled slightly. "As expected of someone so young, already in such a hurry."
As a big shot, how could he not know that these remarks would only increase Fu Xiaojian's resentment?
He knew it, but he did it anyway.
He also had his reasons.
If it were Xu Si who came, he would definitely speak kindly and try his best to win him over.
But now a junior of his has arrived, and everyone will know about this after this trip.
Given his assertive and composed demeanor, everyone on the opposing team will have to reconsider their opinion of him.
With the help of the pharmacist, he believed the morale of the opposing team would surely crumble.
In this way, he has plenty of methods to either win over or incorporate them into his own ranks.
As a businessman, he knew all too well how to mess with a young person's mindset.
A team leader with an unbalanced mindset is the beginning of losing trust.
At the same time, he was also testing whether Fu Xiaojian truly had the power to speak, or was just an agent thrown out by Xu Si.
However, based on his current interactions, this "nephew" of his might not be as simple as he thought.
At least the three people following him did not look back even once; their eyes remained fixed on Fu Xiaojian.
This shows that Fu Xiaojian holds a position in the team, and a significant one at that.
This further convinced him that his actions were correct.
But he never expected that Xu Si, who appeared so powerful, was actually a 'real pharmacist' who could produce potions.
"Little Fu, it's not easy to survive after the apocalypse. Since we've run into each other, I'll naturally take good care of you for your father. If you're interested, our caravan can work together as a unit, advancing and retreating side by side." Fu Wanhao chose to attack.
He was certain that Fu Xiaojian would refuse, which was within his expectations.
What he needs to do is further diminish his standing in the eyes of others.
After all, not everyone rejects sticking together for mutual support.
On the contrary, the weaker they are, the more they want to band together for mutual support.
If Fu Xiaojian directly refuses, will the lower-level extraordinary beings and other ordinary people become alienated from him?
The most direct methods of sowing discord often require only the simplest ones.
Fu Xiaojian was truly speechless; this guy had even stopped pretending.
Fu Wanhao wasn't refusing to act; he simply believed that Xu Si was the real target, and there was no need for him to act when facing Fu Xiaojian.
Fu Xiaojian is at most a core member of the team.
To dismantle a team, you have to start with its core members.
This kind of thing is something he's very experienced at.
If he knew what Fu Wanhao was thinking, he would definitely remind him to always do background checks before taking any action.
"Oh? It's not impossible? Why don't you tell me your conditions?" Fu Xiaojian's unconventional approach caught Fu Wanhao off guard.
"No problem, no problem! We're all family here! See that tanker truck? It's still half full, so we won't be short of fuel for at least a while. And let me give you a heads-up, if you come, there will be plenty of opportunities for enhancement and awakening potions!"
He deliberately raised his voice to a level that the people on the other side could hear clearly.
He said all that just to stir up a storm of thoughts among the people on the other side.
Only when people are mentally active will they have more opportunities and more breakthroughs.
However, Fu Xiaojian thought the trip was worthwhile.