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What if you trick me?
This is my vigilance, and also a reflection of the distrust between us.
Du Xu's change in attitude puzzled me. Now he suggested that I sit in his neighborhood. This suggestion was quite intriguing.
Even if I were to consider my own feelings, I could never agree to it.
Not to mention there are so many people behind me.
"Since we've agreed to cooperate, why would I cheat you?" Du Xu said sincerely.
I smiled and said, "Since we're going to cooperate, let's both show some sincerity. It's 10:30 AM now. I'll let you go back now so you can discuss it with your people. Around 1 PM, I'll wait for you at the hotel entrance. You can bring your people over then to discuss it with us. What do you think?"
Du Xu laughed and said, "That's too much trouble. It's better to just come back with me."
I frowned. "Stop talking nonsense. Do you really think that's possible?"
Du Xu shook his head and said, "I know it's impossible, but I'm just trying. Actually, I don't need to go back and discuss it with them. We've already discussed this matter. Apart from a few people who don't understand, everyone else doesn't want to be ruled by Zhou Liang. So I can talk to you directly. But can you represent your team?"
I tried to decipher his meaning: a few people don't understand. What kind of people don't understand?
If core members don't understand, then there will be big trouble.
However, that's his business, and it has nothing to do with me for now.
"I can."
Du Xu said, "Well, let's not waste any more time. Let's discuss a plan now. Since you want to kill that freak Sun Shichao, and I don't want to be implicated in Sun Shichao's death, we need to find a way to lure him out alone..."
...
It took an hour to finalize the plan. After we finished discussing it, I released Du Xu and his girlfriend Zeng Yumo.
From beginning to end, I never let the two of them see Zhang Zhihao and the others.
Zhang Zhihao and the others entered the room.
Fang Lin said, "We just let them go like that? Did we not get anything out of them?"
"Get lost!" Fei Lichao cursed.
Fang Lin smiled: "Is this the only thing a muscle-bound, simple-minded guy can say?"
"You fucking..."
Jingjie pulled Fei Lichao back.
Zhang Zhihao ignored Fang Lin and said, "Brother Lu, why did you release these two people?"
I told everyone what had just happened, and also mentioned the plan that Du Xu and I had agreed on.
After listening, everyone fell into deep thought, except for Fang Lin, who said in surprise, "Huh? Such a simple plan, is it even useful? You weren't fooled, were you? It seems like you're not very bright."
I basically ignored Fang Lin's words.
Zhang Zhihao asked, "Brother Lu, can these two really be trusted?"
I shook my head and said, "To be honest, I don't trust this guy named Du Xu."
Zhang Zhihao was puzzled, "If you can't trust them, why did you agree?"
Fang Lin chuckled, "Was he out of his mind to agree to that?"
I ignored Fang Lin's sarcasm and said to Zhang Zhihao, "Whether these two people are trustworthy or not, I have to give it a try. So I've excluded you and Fang Lin from this plan. If you find anything wrong, just take action. Don't worry about me."
Zhang Zhihao nodded, "Okay, let's do it the way you said, Brother Lu. We don't know how things will be tomorrow yet."
After everyone finished discussing it,
I picked up my binoculars and looked towards the villa complex to the south.
Just then, I saw Du Xu and his companion enter their residential compound, chatting and laughing with the residents. During this time, he would occasionally look up at me.
Hopefully, this guy will abide by our cooperation agreement.
Thinking back on the previous negotiations, I realized that I was far inferior to Pu Weichao.
From the start of the negotiations, I set a trap for Du Xu, and then he used me to find out my purpose towards Zhou Liang and the others. He then completely turned the tide and took control of the situation.
To be honest, I'm a little scared.
It seems I'm not a qualified leader. How can I reach the level of Pu Weichao?
Am I too naive, or am I just really too stupid?
I locked myself in my room and thought a lot about Du Xu's situation.
Reflect on what he said before, his previous change in attitude, and the cooperation between us.
Thinking about it like that, it got dark.
I still couldn't figure it out. Everything Du Xu said was complete and without any loopholes. The only loophole was that his attitude changed too quickly.
Logically speaking, I kidnapped them and even threatened to kill him, but he then put aside past grievances and talked to me about cooperation.
There are big problems here.
"Could it be that his team has reached a dead end, which is why they are so eager to cooperate with me?"
"Or is this all a trap he set specifically to lure me in?"
I looked up at the night sky. There were no stars tonight; the sky was overcast and pitch black.
"Zhou Liang's desire to rule the entire Wutong City is probably not unfounded. Given Zhou Liang's strength and intelligence, he is fully capable of doing so... Wait a minute!" Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered someone.
"Xu Le!" I muttered the somewhat familiar name. "Du Xu said before that this Xu Le is someone who directly opposes the municipal government! But who is this guy, that he can directly oppose Zhou Liang?"
I shook my head. "No, no, no, he shouldn't have directly confronted Zhou Liang, otherwise he would have been dead long ago... Xu Le, Xu Le, where have I seen this name before..."
I ran my fingers through my hair, trying to think hard, but I just couldn't remember. Then, I went through everything that had happened to me and suddenly I remembered the gas station!
Suddenly, I remembered!
"That's right! Xu Le! So it was him!" I was a little surprised. I remembered that on the way to Wutong City last time, I stopped at a gas station and found a note. The note said that there was a girl who was not afraid of zombies. Xu Le was the one who banished this girl!
I never expected it to be him!
“However, this girl who isn’t afraid of zombies has nothing to do with Zhou Liang’s affairs.” I frowned. “Besides this, it’s about Pu Weichao. Zhou Liang was attacked half a month ago, and it must have been Pu Weichao who did it. Only he has the ability and the brains to attack Zhou Liang.”
"So, assuming Du Xu really wanted to rebel against Zhou Liang, he should have been planning it when Zhou Liang started cooperating with them! So why is he only now going to find other survivor teams?"
With my eyes closed, I came up with a very unrealistic answer.
"Could it be... that Zhou Liang was injured in the attack half a month ago? So Du Xu wanted to retaliate after learning about this?!"
(End of this chapter)
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