Looking at these rambling remarks, Xi Xi couldn't help but feel a bit choked by the water.
She knew someone would bring up her hectic trading that afternoon, but she never expected to be mistaken for a shill for insider information about the game.
Given the urgency of the situation, she was terrified that the food would spoil and was also disgusted by the water monster, which is why she was able to sell it in bulk.
However, she didn't lose out, since those were remnants accidentally brought out of the dungeon. The journey was long, and she didn't have the tools to cook them on the spot, nor did she have the time to transport them back one by one.
Therefore, it would be better to let her take advantage of the situation and make a large-scale transaction, so that everyone can benefit from it.
When food is truly scarce, who cares where it comes from? As long as it's washed, cooked, and enough to fill your stomach, that's all that matters.
Just as Xi Xi was about to leave the public chat, a conversation caught her attention.
Wei Chenghao, "Ji": "Screenshot from the Light Screen"
Wei Chenghao (Ji): "The roast duck is so shiny and delicious!"
Liu Yu (Xiao Ji): "Holy crap, was this also obtained through a transaction?!"
Wang Chenzhong (Ping): "As expected of my brother Hao, he's even eating roast duck!"
Wang Chenzhong (Ping): "Talented people are just different!"
Liu Mengmeng (flat): "Wow, that's amazing! Did you get this from a treasure chest, or did you trade it?"
Wei Chenghao (Ji): "It depends on how you look at it, young man."
Liu Mengmeng (Ping): "Huh? What do you mean?"
Wei Chenghao (Ji): "Tsk tsk, you don't understand? That means you're still inexperienced. How about this, I'll test you. Do you know what the steps are for roasting a duck?"
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The overtly paternalistic tone of the conversation made Xi Xi extremely uncomfortable. Wasn't this Wang Chenzhong the greasy middle-aged man who had spoken up for Rui Xiaomin yesterday?
Birds of a feather flock together; how come all the people he knows are so slick?
Xi Xi hated this kind of didactic chat style the most. Muttering to herself, she frowned and clicked on the screenshot. The moment her eyes fell upon it, she felt completely disgusted.
In the photo, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears and an oily face is holding a sharp roast duck slicing knife and smiling broadly as he poses for a photo with an extremely miniature roast duck.
Xi Xi was familiar with this size of roast duck, and her unease intensified... However, what was even more unsettling was that Xi Xi knew this person.
Upon seeing the man's face clearly, Xi Xi's body tensed instantly, and her expression turned extremely gloomy.
Xi Xi not only knew this person, but also had a very deep impression of him, to the point that she hated him to the core.
She clenched her teeth, her fingers trembling as she zoomed in on the photo. She saw a striking scar on the back of the man's left hand, a scar that resembled a grotesque centipede coiled on his skin.
Instantly, a flood of unpleasant memories rushed into my mind.
Xi Xi slowly returned to the public chat page, muttering repeatedly, "Wei Chenghao... Wei Chenghao..." Her voice was low and suppressed. Suddenly, Xi Xi laughed, her eyes bloodshot, staring intently at the person's chat history on the screen, her knuckles pale and bloodless from excessive force.
Even after the passage of time, she could never forget Wei Chenghao. He was the notorious local thug leader of Huai Ren District in Chuncheng during the second year of the apocalypse, known as "Brother Hao".
Xi Xi didn't actually know his full name; she only knew that his sworn brothers called him that.
I heard that Wei Chenghao was originally an employee of a local roast duck shop. He was skilled and well-known for his craftsmanship. Later, due to some verbal disputes, he accidentally killed the owner of the roast duck shop with a sharp duck-slicing knife.
He was released after only a few years of manslaughter, and from then on, he colluded with his two brothers to become local thugs and hooligans, committing all sorts of evil deeds.
He was inhuman, killing his wife and abandoning his children. He should have been arrested during the crackdown on organized crime, but with the arrival of the apocalypse and the chaos of social order, he inadvertently became Wei Chenghao's best protector.
Xi Xi will never forget Wei Chenghao's ugly face, always swaggering around with a long, serrated knife used for Peking duck.
He secretly colluded with corrupt forces, ruling as a tyrant in the apocalypse. Su Qing, the wife of Li Zhongmin, the captain of her supply team, died at the hands of this group of thugs.
They used extremely cruel and brutal methods to humiliate Su Qing in every way, ultimately torturing her until she died with resentment.
This incident dealt a devastating blow to Xi Xi's supply team. Thinking of Su Qing, Xi Xi couldn't help but feel sad again.
You should know that Xi Xi, who was drugged and kidnapped by thugs along with Su Qing, was able to escape in the chaos and avoid being humiliated because Su Qing sacrificed himself to set up a plan... Xi Xi did not want to recall the specific details. She only knew that after Su Qing and Li Zhongmin died, her supply team fell apart and went their separate ways without a trace.
As she recalled this, a shadow fell over Xi Xi's brow, and she fell silent for a moment. "Rui Xiaomin..." she murmured, as if trying to remember something.
Yesterday, Rui Xiaomin kept calling him "Brother Wang," clearly indicating that she knew Wang Chenzhong. And today, looking at Wang Chenzhong, it's obvious that she also knows Wei Chenghao...
"Could it be..." Xi Xi suddenly raised her head. Could it be that the "Sister Ming, Sister Ming" that the bandits in the post-apocalyptic thug squad kept repeating wasn't "Ming" but "Min"?
Xi Xi immediately felt something was amiss. Chuncheng is a city in the south, and it's possible that locals don't distinguish between nasal sounds as clearly.
She only vaguely remembered that the so-called "Sister Ming" was able to get together with Wei Chenghao in the apocalypse because one of Wei Chenghao's underlings acted as a go-between.
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