At the very top, the station chief holds absolute power over resource allocation and receives more resources than those below him. Resources decrease with each subsequent level, meaning some people will always receive less than others, such as the brothers.
Sun Han, Du Jun, and Liu Juan are old acquaintances of Cheng Shuang. Having gone through the selection process together, their feelings for each other are bound to be special. Among them, Du Jun and Liu Juan have an even stronger bond with Cheng Shuang.
His older brother had offended the girl in the beginning, but now it's clear she doesn't hold a grudge, otherwise she wouldn't have helped them.
Both he and his brother remembered this kindness. Especially his brother, although he wasn't good at expressing it, he could feel that Du Lanshan had placed Cheng Shuang in a very important place in his heart.
Unfortunately, Du Lanshan, to put it kindly, is a person of strong character; to put it bluntly, he is short-tempered, rude, and easily angered. He might offend someone at any time. Even adults may not have the tolerance to tolerate others, let alone a child whose worldview has not yet been fully established, who is thrown into the cycle of reincarnation to experience all kinds of darkness.
He was genuinely afraid that Cheng Shuang's mind wasn't strong enough and that her personality would become increasingly arrogant and twisted.
After all, it was him who was tormented by the high dangers of the Death Land every day. If he had the convenience of the rest station chief, he would inevitably try to scheme for himself and his brother. As for whether he would bully others in the future, it was hard to predict.
If Du Lushui could think of this, then Sun Han, as a senior executive of a company, could naturally think of it as well.
The Gate of Reincarnation cured his chronic insomnia caused by excessive stress, freeing him from neurotic tendencies and making him increasingly clear-headed and insightful.
But he believed in the girl's character more than the Du brothers. He had helped Liu Juan when they were complete strangers, so how much more so would they, as long-time companions?
Children are prone to acting on emotions, but Cheng Shuang is no ordinary child; she is more clear-headed than many adults. And because of her status as a child, she is even less likely to act arrogantly for the sake of power.
As for playing the emotional card and trying to seize the young girl's rights and act arbitrarily... it's not that he looks down on others, but with Cheng Shuang's intelligence, their rest stop would never have fallen to such a state.
Sun Han was glad that Cheng Shuang was the station manager of the convenience store, which was just right. If someone else were in charge, Liu Juan would be too weak-willed, Du Jun would be too cold, Du Lushui would be too scheming, and Du Lanshan would be too easily influenced. As for him, although he was a good manager, the rest station was not a company, and the partners were not colleagues. Acting as a subordinate was not suitable for the development of the rest station.
So, whoever becomes the station manager, except for this adorable young girl, will definitely run into big problems in the future.
The reason Sun Han allowed Du Lushu to talk to Cheng Shuang without stopping her was because of this certainty.
Both of them were cunning and thoughtful people, but they never imagined the crisis that would arise under the power of the stationmaster.
As the saying goes, you're overthinking things.
Countless new rest stations perish before they're fully established. Before the station leader matures, she's a rare breed; without the means to protect herself, everyone will eventually perish together, let alone gain power or resources. And if things escalate to that point, how many rest stations won't descend into infighting? And among the skilled maintainers, who will truly trust whom?
Is Aona really willing to protect Motoko Kai and let her be arrogant and haughty in front of her?
When Du Jun told the Du brothers about Qing Nai and Jie Suzi's experiences, Du Lushui couldn't help but sigh and put aside her unnecessary worries.
Is the division of power more important than life? No.
Does the existence of convenience stores matter whether someone has a high or low level of power? No.
That solves the problem!
Let's survive until resources need to be allocated first!
Cheng Shuang was unaware of Du Lushui's inner turmoil. Even the post-apocalyptic young lady was in an environment surrounded by crises. This did not mean that there were no conflicts in social relationships. On the contrary, the struggle between people was more intense and direct. In the later stages, it was not uncommon for several lives to be sacrificed for a few pieces of bread.
So, for maintainers who still have a rest stop to stay in, they are relatively lucky.
Cheng Shuang's lack of understanding didn't mean she wasn't perceptive, so she didn't dare tell Du Lushu the truth. However, she didn't want to lie to her, so she directly refused. The clever girl wouldn't truly hide anything; she hoped that Uncle Du would hear about it through other channels, rather than from her.
Finally, in April, a space was cleared out and the leather bag was successfully stored inside. It turned out to be full of skincare products, which made the eyes of the several grown men twitch. Even Feng Jiakang had to restrain himself from scolding her several times, as he was already preparing to tell Sihai on her.
Feng Jiakang: Impulsiveness can kill people; it's good to be alive!
Seeing April's arrogant attitude, as if to say, "How dare you mortals not understand this fairy?" the little girl whispered a gentle reminder, "Sister April, look at my hair. It hasn't grown since I entered the Gate of Reincarnation." So you won't grow old or ugly either!
April patted the little girl's head with pity. "Good. You should understand the principle that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, and that if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up!"
Cheng Shuang blinked. She understood! But what did it have to do with the topic they were talking about? She looked at the others in confusion.
Du Lanshan chuckled, "Shuangshuang, April is saying it's good that you're not tall!"
Du Lushui glared at her brother: You talk too much!
The little girl was stunned. Her small figure swayed from the shock. Suddenly, she remembered a cruel problem: what if the Gate of Reincarnation was synchronized with real time? That would mean that all her elementary school classmates had graduated, grown up, gotten married, and had children, while she was still a little kid... It was even scarier than having an exam tomorrow!
After chatting for a while to lighten their mood, the group got down to business: they definitely needed to visit the three underground floors a few more times.
Sister Xin didn't give any information, which most likely means that her rest stop has formed an alliance with another rest stop of the eight-person group.
They outnumber us, and their sources of information are probably no worse than ours. They may even have different sources, and they might be driven by some competitive spirit, or worse, malicious intentions—using Cheng Shuang and the people at the two rest stops in April as stepping stones, etc.
Of course, there's another possibility: the opposing side might not have as many defenders as expected, and there might be one or two who lost their rest stops mixed in with them, without seeking an alliance. Meanwhile, Sister Xin was being held captive by the non-alliance side's rest stops, but she wasn't in any real danger, and similarly, news couldn't get out.
Regardless, it's inevitable that I'll have to make a trip here to look for clues.
The six quickly divided the tasks, and Cheng Shuang then distributed one ghost doll to each of Sun Han and the other two.
The convenience store network has finally been established.
All that's left are these homeless people.
They worked together to carry the other unconscious homeless people into the storage room, leaving only the one next to Du Lushui.
Du Lushu shook him awake and preemptively scolded him for being weak and dizzy from being bumped into, causing him to linger here in boredom.
The attendant, rubbing his swollen forehead, apologized repeatedly, his eyes darting restlessly across the living room. Seeing only Feng Jiakang and Cheng Shuang in a light blue dress, he suppressed his slight suspicion and became even more apprehensive.
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