Chapter 777 Origin

"I'm here," Xu Le said.

"You two chat, I'm going downstairs first." Zhu Xiaobing left without lingering after dropping me off here.

I came to Xu Le's side, glanced down at the dam, and suddenly felt dizzy. The dam was very high; if I jumped from here, I would probably only die.

He said, "Lu Xiaonan, right?"

I don't understand why he suddenly called me over. Does he intend to kill me right here? That shouldn't be possible. I've been quiet and peaceful for the past week, helping them with their work and not doing anything to harm them.

Xu Le looked at me and said, "I didn't expect you to have such a powerful background."

My expression immediately changed. What did he mean by that? Did he think I was someone important? Did he already know my identity? But how did he know?

"You seem quite surprised," Xu Le asked.

"..." I was speechless. I really couldn't understand what he wanted to do. Could it be that he didn't see through me at all and was just testing me when he asked me earlier?

He then said, “Don’t overthink it. I’m not testing you. I’ve had people investigate where you came from this past week. I just got the news this morning. To be honest, I was surprised and disappointed.”

Could it be that he actually found out?

"So?" I asked. I absolutely cannot reveal the truth now. If he actually finds out, that's fine, but if he doesn't, and I reveal it myself, wouldn't I be digging my own grave?

Xu Le said, "You told me before that you came from Hangzhou, but Hangzhou is so far away from here. I don't understand why someone from Hangzhou would come here. So I sent someone out to investigate, and finally found out that you came from the Delta. Am I right, Lu Xiaonan?"

Haha, he actually found out. But so what if he found out? I'm known to almost everyone in the Delta region. Even if they haven't met me, they've heard of me. It's not surprising that he could find out.

"I just don't know which side of the delta you came from. Is it Yao Chengjie's side, Jiajiang, or that infamous central town?" Xu Le looked at me and smiled playfully.

I don't know what he's thinking, but I feel this situation is getting complicated. If I really want to stay here, I definitely can't keep hiding it any longer. Even if I continue to lie, I might fall into his trap. The way he's saying this now might be a ploy to trick me.

I'm torn about whether to tell the truth or not. Actually, it wouldn't hurt to tell the truth anyway, since he can't do anything to me. Killing me wouldn't do him any good, but keeping me alive might be useful in the future.

"You want to know?" I asked.

Xu Le said, "Of course I want to know, but it's okay if you don't want to say. I have no ill intentions towards you. I've seen how you've behaved here this past week. If you really were a spy from over there, I think you would have already run away by now and wouldn't be staying in this small place of mine."

I said, “I can tell you the truth, but I hope you can also trust me. I really have no ill intentions in coming to the dam. Xu Le was stirring up trouble in the Delta region before, making things very chaotic there. It has only just become stable now. So, I hope to get your promise.”

"What kind of promise do you want?" Xu Le asked, then before I could speak, he laughed and said, "Don't you know that promises are just empty words?"

I laughed and said, "Of course I know, but I think you're a good person and wouldn't do something like going back on your word."

Xu Le patted my shoulder and said, "As long as you don't cause trouble at the dam, I will continue to trust you. But the premise is that you have to reveal your true identity. Otherwise, I really can't trust you."

I said, "First of all, I can tell you that it is true that I came from Hangzhou, because I was indeed in Hangzhou before. A few days ago, Hangzhou was unified by us, so I returned to the Delta region from Hangzhou. As for which side I am on, I can tell you that I am not on any of the three sides, but I have connections with Jiajiang, Central Town, and Yaojia Community. I was the one who facilitated the cooperation between the three parties in the Delta region."

Xu Le looked surprised, but his face remained expressionless. "Oh, it seems you have a very high status over there."

I gave a wry smile and said, "On the contrary, my status over there is not high. In fact, although I am the facilitator of the tripartite cooperation, I have no real power. My existence is just to provide them with a stable foundation for cooperation. When their cooperation continues for a long time, or when it breaks down, my existence will be meaningless. I will be just a puppet. Do you understand?"

Xu Le nodded. "I understand. Please continue."

I said, "There's nothing more to say. I've said everything I needed to say. This is all there is to your identity."

Xu Le nodded slightly, smiled, and asked, "You just said that you have unified Hangzhou? So, does that mean you have a lot of power in Hangzhou?"

I raised an eyebrow, unsure how to answer for a moment.

"It's a little embarrassing to say, but the real leader in Hangzhou isn't me, it's my girlfriend."

"Girlfriend? You left Hangzhou to your woman to manage?" Xu Le asked in surprise.

I gave a wry smile and nodded, saying, "I guess so. My girlfriend used to live in Hangzhou. She had a lot of influence there. But then something happened, and we broke up. Later, my friend and I went to Hangzhou and spent a few months taking over the city. Then we handed it over to her to manage."

Xu Le asked curiously, "Then why did you suddenly come here again?"

I shook my head. "Like I said before, I really just came here to make contact with you and establish a connection, preferably an alliance. That way, if we encounter any trouble in the future, we can help each other. Besides, there will definitely be fewer and fewer zombies in the world in the future. Eventually, new regimes and countries will form. Rather than letting others kill us, we should unite to deal with others. I have Hangzhou, and you have Daba. With our combined strength, we can definitely completely rule over both provinces."

"You want to be the emperor?"

"It doesn't seem like it, but a committee can be set up to manage it together. Class differentiation will definitely emerge in the future, so these are all inevitable results."