Gu Fan's return was warmly welcomed by Menglianying and Fenghuo.
When Gu Fan finished his shower and came down from upstairs, Fenghuo had already placed a large bowl of spicy crayfish, iced drinks, and sliced fruits on the coffee table. He then sat on the sofa with Meng Lianying on either side, leaving the middle seat for her. Taishan was squeezed into the corner of the sofa.
There were also two single sofas. Xinghe was reading a newspaper wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and Qingteng was holding a tablet and playing a shooting game.
"Fanfan, come here quickly, I'll peel it for you!" Fenghuo waved at her repeatedly.
With such enthusiasm, Gu Fan began to suspect that Meng Lianying had used the flesh-growing and blood-replenishing pills she had given him in front of his teammates.
She asked with her eyes.
Meng Lianying usually enjoyed bickering and playing with Fenghuo, but he wasn't stupid and had some foresight. He shook his head slightly. Their mining mission had gone very smoothly this time. He had only suffered a minor injury, so Qingteng's special ability was put to good use. He hadn't wasted any good stuff, and the bottle of red pills Gu Fan had given him remained untouched.
Gu Fan sat on the sofa.
There was a plate in front of her. Fenghuo and Meng Lianying bent over and lowered their heads to peel shrimps for her together.
Gu Fan called out to the others: "Everyone come and eat."
Xinghe smiled gently: "You can eat, we came back yesterday morning and have rested."
Qingteng and Taishan also said they didn't need it.
Gu Fan had no choice but to eat by himself.
Fenghuo: "Fanfan, tell us what you and Mr. Lu have been through in the past few days. Fengxiong should be dead, right?"
Gu Fan understood that everyone wanted to hear stories.
Then Gu Fanke had a lot to say. It started with Lu Ya cruelly letting her be the bait to attack Feng Xiong, then talked about Lu Ya's injury, picking herbs on the top of the mountain, the fat fish robot and the water monster at the bottom of the lake, and finally ended with Lu Ya wasting a luxury car to get her to join the rear medical team of the Lu family army.
We ate and talked at the same time, and the wonderful stories were told and the crayfish were eaten.
The three of them went to the kitchen to wash their hands together, and then sat back down after washing.
Fenghuo looked at Meng Lianying and said, "Master Lu is really not kind enough to treat Fanfan like this. How could he let Fanfan be bait?"
Meng Lianying felt ashamed to have such a cousin.
Gu Fan had just vented his frustrations, and now he spoke in Lu Ya's favor: "Not bad, he gave me the corpses of twelve A-rank beasts as a reward, and later helped me collect herbs. Half bad, half good, so it's even."
Fenghuo: "Is it settled now? What about the car accident?"
Gu Fan: "That was because I was speeding first, giving him the opportunity to take advantage. I've learned a lesson. After I go with them twice, I won't make that mistake again."
Seeing her so magnanimous and open-minded, Meng Lianying finally whispered, "Fanfan, my cousin is definitely wrong, but he's not doing it for himself. He just doesn't want to see too many casualties in the army. You're a wood-type mutant who can also make pills. My cousin simply sees you as a talent and wants to make full use of your healing abilities."
Qing Teng: "From Mr. Lu's perspective, his actions are understandable, but Gu Fan has the freedom to choose what to do, and he cannot force Gu Fan."
Xinghe raised his glasses and said bluntly, "Qingteng's healing ability is even stronger, but Master Lu has never tried to win over Qingteng."
Taishan: "Well, Mr. Lu's attitude towards Gu Fan is a little abnormal."
Fenghuo frowned: "Could it be that Master Lu covets Fanfan's beauty?"
Gu Fan: "...Qing Teng is also very beautiful." To be honest, Qing Teng's body has not fully grown yet, and she looks as young as a half-grown child.
Qing Teng glanced at Fenghuo coldly.
Meng Lianying coughed and said, "Don't talk nonsense. My cousin is not that kind of person. Many forces in the base want to form an alliance with the Lu family and rush to introduce beautiful women to my cousin, but my cousin has always been dismissive."
Xinghe speculated, "Young Master Lu probably values Fanfan's alchemy ability. Not to mention the Hair Growth Pills and the like, if the Beast Repellent Pills were used well, they could be more useful than an army."
Gu Fan: "But I can only refine low-level pills. The beast-avoiding pill was made by my grandfather."
Fenghuo: "I see, Young Master Lu wants to build a good relationship with you first, and then use you to win over your grandfather!"
Xinghe smiled, leaned back on the sofa and continued reading the newspaper.
Gu Fan always felt that Xinghe’s smile just now was very intriguing, as if he had seen through something.
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The mercenary team had no plans to accept the mission for the time being. The next day, Fenghuo and Meng Lianying accompanied Gu Fan to the Municipal Hall to exchange merit points.
The furs of the twelve A-level monsters and the merit of killing them brought Gu Fan a large amount of income. Together with the more than 10,000 points he earned from selling medicine before and the 10,000 hard work fee that Lu Ya paid as promised, the total amount has reached 230,000.
"Fanfan is now considered a small wealthy woman." After walking out of the city hall, Fenghuo congratulated Gu Fan.
Gu Fan: "This is not enough. I want to buy a villa with a big garden."
Meng Lianying: "Big Garden, do you want to turn it into a medicinal field?"
Gu Fan nodded.
Meng Lianying glanced at Fenghuo, touched his chin and said, "If you want to cultivate medicinal plants, you don't necessarily need to live in a villa."
This has to start with the regional distribution of the Jiangnan base.
If you stand high up, you'll notice that the Jiangnan base is divided into five distinct circular zones. The central zone is the economic, political, and cultural hub of the base, and those who live here are either wealthy or noble. The second ring, with its dense concentration of high-rise buildings, is home to the base's nearly 20 million people, including most ordinary people and some with special abilities.
The Third Ring Road is the planting area. The grain, fruits and vegetables for the entire base are provided by the Third Ring Road. It is operated and managed by government agencies, and private individuals are not allowed to participate in the food production chain.
The fourth ring is home to a million-strong army of superpowers led by four marshals, and the fifth ring is a vast protective zone to prevent attacks from wild beasts.
"You definitely don't need to consider the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Ring Roads. There should be a place suitable for you to grow medicine in the Second Ring Road."
Gu Fan: "Is it dangerous to live in the Second Ring Road?"
She still felt that the central area where wealthy people lived was the safest.
Meng Lianying smiled and said, "The entire base is safe now. If a monster really comes, we still have a million soldiers guarding the Fourth Ring Road. It will be enough for you to deal with it. Besides, we definitely won't let you move there on your own. If you really decide to buy a house in the Second Ring Road, we will go with you."
Fenghuo: "Right, right, we'll live wherever you live. If your grandfather comes looking for you one day and sees how well we've taken care of you, he might just give us a high-level elixir as a snack."
There is no such thing as enthusiasm without reason. Fenghuo is so attentive to Gu Fan not just because he admires Gu Fan's beauty.
He said it openly, and Gu Fan felt relieved.
She was new to the Jiangnan base, and being with this relatively honest and sincere mercenary team was a relief to her.
"Let's go back and discuss this."
Once the topic was opened, Qing Teng had no objection to which ring road they lived in, as long as they were all together.
Taishan had a similar idea. No matter what they discussed, he and Qingteng spoke the least.
Xinghe analyzed for Gu Fan, "I agree with moving to the Second Ring Road. The potential users of your medicine are still ordinary people. Living in the Second Ring Road will make it easier to sell your medicine. If any psychics need you, they will come to the Second Ring Road to find you. It's much more convenient for them to go to the Second Ring Road than for ordinary people to flock to the First Ring Road."
Gu Fan: "That's true, but the Second Ring Road seems to be full of tall buildings. I prefer to live in a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. Firstly, I like quietness, and secondly, that kind of environment is more suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs."
Fenghuo said, "Leave this to me. The Second Ring Road is so big. You should get your driver's license first. Lianying and I will go to the Second Ring Road to look for it."
Next, Fenghuo and Meng Lianying went to look for a house in the Second Ring Road, and Qingteng accompanied Gu Fan to the driving school to learn how to drive. Of course, she acted as a guide, driver and bodyguard to prevent any malicious psychics from bullying Gu Fan.
Gu Fan's daytime was very fulfilling. He practiced driving, read books, and watched TV dramas to learn everything about the people on Earth. At night, he stayed in his room and practiced hard.
Five days later, Gu Fan got his driver's license with outstanding performance.
Fenghuo and Menglianying also found a good place.
The Jiangnan base has a very developed water system and lush vegetation. In the past, the riverside and lakeside areas were all wealthy areas, but after experiencing the era of being hunted and bitten by monsters, most ordinary people in the base have a fear of mountains, forests and deep waters. Therefore, the closer to the mountains and waters, the fewer people live, which is convenient for them.
Gu Fan can choose any place by the river, by the lake, or on several mountains with an altitude of two or three hundred meters.
Gu Fan was not much braver than an ordinary person. Looking at the lush green mountains, he asked, "Are there really no monsters here?"
Meng Lianying: "There were some, but they were cleared out as early as the base was established, including all the water within the base. Only a few small animals that had not mutated remained. Otherwise, how could the base be so safe? If even one of them escaped, my cousin and his men would not be able to serve as officers."
Gu Fan thought of the fat fish robot. The earthlings' detection technology was indeed convincing.
After choosing from more than a dozen locations, Gu Fan finally chose Phoenix Mountain, which was closest to the center of the base.
The next day, the six of them went to Phoenix Mountain to choose a place to live.
Phoenix Mountain is about 300 meters high and has many abandoned buildings. In order to ease the population pressure in the second ring road, the base has renovated the original village houses in the mountains, which has attracted some people to move in. Some of them cannot afford more expensive houses, some are very bold, and some are people with special abilities.
The staff of the sales department warmly welcomed them and introduced the properties for sale one by one in front of the housing distribution map of Phoenix Mountain.
The five people from Xinghe asked Gu Fan to make the decision.
Gu Fan fell in love with two independent villas halfway up the mountain. The two villas are next to each other, and the surrounding terrain is relatively flat, nestled against the mountains and by the water.
Buying two villas together, plus the surrounding large mountainous areas, only costs a total of 100,000 merit points.
After choosing the location, we went to look at houses halfway up the mountain. The two villas had been renovated five years ago and were in good condition. We could move in as soon as we bought the furniture.
When buying bedroom bedding, the six people all turned their attention to the same mattress as the luxurious king-size bed that Lu Ya had taken out.
How do you know they are the same model?
I also have to thank Fenghuo. When he was looking at Lu Ya's bed that day, he flipped through the product label of the mattress.
After three days of busy work, both villas were renovated.
Gu Fan lives alone in an apartment. Except for a bedroom, a kitchen and a living room, she leaves all the other rooms empty, which may be useful for growing medicinal herbs later.
On June 29th, Gu Fanzheng led Fenghuo, Meng Lianying and Qingteng to cultivate medicinal fields, and Xinghe and Taishan returned from the central area.
Fenghuo: "How is it? Did you find any good tasks?"
Xinghe: "Well, the Lu family army will depart for An City on July 15th. This morning, a coordinated mission was issued. All mercenaries can participate in this cleanup. The merit points for killing monsters will be doubled compared to free kills."
Meng Lianying smiled and said, "Of course we should go for such a good thing."
They just don't want to be bound by military regulations, but the army's elimination of monsters is for the benefit of all mankind, and they will never fail to participate in any such military activities.
What Gu Fan was thinking was, does the Lu family army’s decision mean that Lu Ya has already killed the S-level black snake?
After all, he had promised to take her to visit Modern Pharmaceuticals on the 30th.
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