They are outsiders.
Therefore, it is very important to keep them.
Zhang Lin took this opportunity to try and keep them around, and then slowly plotted his next move.
The city lord briefly explained the origins of Li Xinyue and Li Shiyun.
Zhang Lin nodded.
Just as I had guessed.
So, let's proceed as planned.
“Li Xinyue, right? Your daughter injured my girlfriend. In my opinion, it should be that she injured your daughter, and that it’s reasonable to fight fire with fire, but…” Zhang Lin looked at the beautiful older woman, “You are the city lord’s guests, so I won’t make things difficult for you. Just give my girlfriend some compensation and that’s it.”
"Thank you so much." Li Xinyue actually breathed a sigh of relief. After all, compared to her daughter, some compensation seemed unimportant. "I didn't bring much with me, just some extraordinary materials, you see..."
They traveled thousands of miles to reach Hope City, so they naturally couldn't carry too much with them. The only truly valuable thing they had on them was the various extraordinary materials they had obtained along the way.
"Extraordinary materials? I have no use for those things!" Zhang Lin said dismissively.
"Then what do you want?" Li Xinyue asked, somewhat hesitant.
In the apocalypse, it seems that only extraordinary materials are hard currency, but Zhang Lin didn't want them.
"You must be quite capable to have traveled thousands of miles to reach Hope City. Here's what we'll do: I'm short-handed right now, so why don't you bring your daughter and come work for me?"
Zhang Lin finally revealed his true intentions, looking at them with a smile.
"Working to pay off debts, that's reasonable, isn't it?"
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