Chapter 33
On the other side, after the young man led his men away, Gu Qi and the others also successfully entered the mission center.
After entering Gu Yuan's office, Dai Yishen finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Hahahaha... As expected of Qian Chaoduo, using a level 3 crystal core to buy a tomato is quite something!"
Hearing this name, Gu Qi thought of another deputy base commander of Hope Base.
She asked, "Is that man the son of Deputy Base Commander Qian?"
"Yes." Gu Yuan nodded.
No wonder in my past life, when people talked about Deputy Base Commander Qian, many would whisper at the end, "It's a good thing the deputy base commander's only son is gone. Otherwise, even the largest base would have been ruined by him, and then it would be ordinary people like us who would suffer."
After laughing enough, Dai Yishen took out the third-level crystal core and asked, "Captain, what do you think of this crystal core?"
In the past, they would cheat Qian Chaoduo... ahem, and use the money they earned to exchange for things and send them to the outskirts of the base. Most of the people living there were ordinary people, and even if there were people with special abilities, their strength was not high.
Qian Chaoduo didn't pay every time he robbed something. Instead, he would give money to the person according to his needs. For example, if he met an unlucky person, he would give more money. If he met someone who was strong or had a strong backer, he would give an appropriate amount.
As for those living outside the base, if he saw something he liked, he would just grab it and keep it for himself. Paying for it? That never happened.
Because of Qian Chaoduo, the already difficult lives of those people outside the base became even worse. Sometimes, the food supply to those people would even be secretly cut because Qian Chaoduo did not have enough money.
You have to know that the food is not free, but the reward for those people working for the base.
Even if they wanted to take charge of these matters, they were often powerless because of the rich deputy base commander.
They are not saints, and they cannot use the materials they have earned with their hard work to support those people. All they can do is spend the crystal cores they have cheated from Qian Chaoduo on those people.
Seeing Dai Yishen's concerns, Gu Qi said directly: "The tomatoes are yours now that I gave them to you, and the crystal core is naturally yours too."
As she spoke, Gu Yuan nodded and said, "Let's follow the original plan."
After they finished speaking, they smiled at each other and understood what the other meant.
Gu Qi didn't care about this third-level crystal core, and Gu Yuan also knew that she didn't care about it.
"Okay!" Dai Yishen nodded with a smile, thinking that they were indeed brother and sister, Gu Qi and the captain really understood each other.
Gu Yuan waved his hand and said, "Just go and make the arrangements. And by the way, call the person in charge of the store rental to my office. Do you remember what to say?"
"Of course I remember. I have a very good memory." Dai Yishen patted his chest. "Don't worry, Captain. I will definitely not reveal Mr. Xi's true identity."
Lord Xi, that is Gu Qi’s current identity.
Gu Qi changed her appearance and came back with Gu Yuan and the others. Her intention was to open a shop with another identity. Beside her stood Lan Lan, disguised as "Gu Qi". This way, there was no need to worry about anyone implicating the two.
About two minutes later, a middle-aged man with a square face walked into the office.
"Congratulations, Captain Gu, for finally finding my sister!" The square-faced man, who had just entered, bowed and congratulated him. He said with envy, "Captain Gu is so lucky! I hope I can get some of that luck and find my sister soon."
Facing this square-faced middle-aged man, Gu Yuan's expression softened a little, no longer as cold as when he saw Qian Chaoduo before.
"Of course he will. Maybe Minister Fang will be able to find his sister tomorrow."
"Then I'll borrow your good wishes." Minister Fang, who had a serious expression, smiled a little more when he heard the words.
After a few pleasantries, Gu Yuan said directly, "I asked Minister Fang to come here this time to help me and my brothers' saviors rent a shop in the center of the base. I wonder if Minister Fang has any suitable shops?"
"The shop in the center of the base..." Minister Fang glanced at Gu Qi standing nearby and continued, "There is one, but you know Qian Chaoduo likes to go there. I wonder what Captain Gu, our lifesaver, is planning to sell?"
Seeing this, Gu Yuan understood that Minister Fang was treating Gu Qi as an ordinary person. He said helplessly, "Minister Fang, don't worry about this. My savior saved us from a level 5 mutant plant."
Minister Fang was stunned when he heard this, and he began to wonder if he was hallucinating.
"Are you talking about a level five mutant plant?"
"Yes." Gu Yuan nodded. Seeing Minister Fang's worried look, he added, "The level five mutant plant has been dealt with by Lord Xi. Minister Fang, don't worry."
As he spoke, he took out a green crystal core and said seriously, "This is the crystal core of the level five mutant plant."
The crystal core was indeed a level five crystal core, but it was definitely not the crystal core of the mutant wild flower Lanlan, but the crystal core of the mutant mouse that Gu Qi had killed before. On the way back, she gave it to Gu Yuan, who was also a wind element.
Now is the perfect time to make Minister Fang believe in Lord Xi's strength.
At this time, Gu Qi also understood why Minister Fang was a little embarrassed just now. She subconsciously restrained her aura and was treated as an ordinary person. Minister Fang was worried that she would be bullied by Qian Chaoduo if she opened a store in the center of the base. After all, Gu Yuan could not stay in the base all the time like Deputy Base Director Qian.
Gu Yuan is not only the deputy base commander, but also the captain of the most powerful team of psychics in the base.
After realizing this, Gu Qi no longer held back and used facts to tell Minister Fang that she was not an ordinary person who would allow Qian Chaoduo to bully her.
With the fifth-level crystal core in front of him and the powerful aura displayed by Gu Qi, Minister Fang immediately realized that he had just made a mistake.
With such momentum, it's no wonder that it can deal with level 5 mutant plants. It must be level 6, right? Minister Fang guessed in his heart.
While speculating, he was also a little happy. With one more strong man in the base, the security of the base would be more guaranteed. It would not be as easy to be breached by mutant beasts as the small base next door.
Regardless of what he was thinking, Minister Fang quickly considered the situation of the shops in the base center and said, "There are currently two shops available for rent in the base center. One is close to the mission center, and the other is closer to the central residential area."
After that, he asked the same question as before: "What kind of business does Mr. Xi want to sell in his shop? I would like to recommend a suitable store to you."
Gu Qi said vaguely, "Selling some food and storage items."
"Food and backpacks and stuff."
After hearing what Minister Fang said, Gu Yuan and others fell silent.
But there doesn't seem to be any problem, and the storage space can indeed be used as a backpack.
Minister Fang thought for a moment and said, "Then I recommend that you rent this shop near the mission center.
There's a food stall next to the empty shop near the residential area. They have a good variety of food. There's also a base cafeteria nearby. I'm afraid it might be hard to sell food if you want to. Backpacks and other supplies might be easier to sell near the mission center."
Gu Qi's concern was not these, but: "Which one is cheaper?"
Although she has no shortage of crystal cores, why not save if possible? She doesn't have to worry about storage space and fresh fruits and vegetables affecting her business.
Although Minister Fang was a little surprised, he still said truthfully, "The one closer to the central residential area is cheaper and a bit smaller. The rent is 60 Level 2 Crystal Cores a month. It's a monthly lease, and we'll consider whether to renew the lease at the end of the month."
"Let's take this one." Gu Qi took out a bag of crystal cores, took out one and handed it to Minister Fang, saying, "Sorry, I don't have any crystal cores lower than level three."
She had buried the first and second level crystal cores in her cave as nutrients, leaving only the third level and above crystal cores. In another month, when the zombies and mutant creatures were upgraded in level, she would probably use those third level crystal cores as nutrients as well.
Minister Fang: “…”
Should we say that he is worthy of being a quasi-level six strong man?
More than ten minutes later, Minister Fang walked out of Gu Yuan's office in a daze. After leaving the office, he couldn't help but look up at the sky, wondering if he hadn't left the base for too long. Fresh fruits and vegetables had to be shipped by truck!
When signing the lease contract, he casually asked what kind of food Gu Qi was going to sell, thinking that he could go and support him when the time comes.
After getting the answer of fresh fruits and vegetables and flour, he immediately had the same idea as Gu Yuan: spend a little more money to buy all the fresh fruits and vegetables in the other party's hands.
Then, after hearing the approximate quantity mentioned by Gu Qi, he silently suppressed the idea and was glad that he did not directly say that he wanted to buy all of them.
Not to mention him, even his father doesn't have so many crystal cores to buy so many fresh fruits and vegetables.
Minister Fang was a little curious about where Lord Xi got so many fresh fruits and vegetables, but he was just curious and had no intention of prying into other people's secrets.
He had to go back and tell his father about this as soon as possible. He had asked around, and found out that the fresh fruits and vegetables sold by Mr. Xi included tomatoes, which Jiaojiao liked. Most of the crystal cores he had had to be used to look for his younger sister, so there weren't many left to buy tomatoes.
He didn't know when he would be able to find his little sister. In order to avoid the tomatoes being sold out by then, he had better find a way to stock up some first, so that after he found his little sister, he wouldn't be unable to let her eat what she liked.
Minister Fang was rushing to the base commander's residence while thinking: I have to find a way to establish a good relationship with that Lord Xi. If I can give him all those fresh fruits and vegetables, who knows, maybe he can find a way to solve the base's biggest problem?
Not long after Minister Fang left, Dai Yishen returned with a grim look on his face.
"Captain, Zhang Gu suddenly withdrew from the Dawn Ability Group."
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