53: Chapter 53 Shen Wengang takes advantage of the situation

"You're truly stupid for someone I call stupid! Why don't you find two new recruits to go in? Ignorance is bliss, understand?" Mei Wenhua scolded.

New recruits are people who don't understand anything.

Ma Youcai's eyes lit up. Right, find two people who don't know the situation, trick them into going in to check, wouldn't that be better than going in himself? So he said,

"Big Brother is still the most brilliant, I'll go right away! What about these two people in the front yard...?"

"I'll find a way to stall them for now, you go and come back quickly!" Mei Wenhua said.

"Okay, Big Brother, I'm going now." Ma Youcai said and hurried away.

Hearing this, Shen Wengang finally understood that all of this was Boss Mei's trap. They were treating him and his sister as cash cows, sending them over to feed the zombies.

Black-hearted! Utterly devoid of conscience and humanity!

"What should I do now? Running is definitely not an option; that would be self-incrimination. It seems I can only fight fire with fire." Shen Wengang frowned, thought for a moment, and then said,

"Luoer, come here."

"Brother, what's wrong?" Luoer asked.

"I'll tell you..." Shen Wengang leaned close to Luoer's ear and whispered.

"Ah? Brother, why do we have to do that?" After listening, Luoer was puzzled.

"Just listen to me. I'll explain it to you when I have a chance," Shen Wengang said.

Luoer nodded in agreement.

Luoer was good in this aspect; although a bit willful, she listened very well to her brother.

Soon, Ma Youcai came out. Without saying much, he hurriedly left.

At this moment, the Young woman came over and invited the two into the inner courtyard.

"Oh, oh, oh! You two have worked hard, come, please have a seat!" Mei Wenhua acted very enthusiastically.

"Boss Mei, there's something I need to tell you. The three people who set off with us yesterday drove all the vehicles away without meeting up with us. We need an explanation for this!" Shen Wengang was very displeased.

"Brother, what do you go by?" Mei Wenhua asked.

"Tiangang!" Shen Wengang replied simply.

"Tiangang? What kind of name is that? A nickname, right?" Mei Wenhua frowned, but he didn't pay much attention to it, nor did he care, and continued to say,

"Brother Tiangang, you're right. I will impose a punishment later, deducting half of their commission, how does that sound?" Mei Wenhua agreed.

"They almost killed us, and you're just deducting some commission?" Luoer said with dissatisfaction.

Mei Wenhua feigned a look of difficulty and continued to explain:

"You also know they are all poor people. After all, they completed the mission, so I can't give them nothing, can I?"

"Hmph!" Luoer pouted and stopped speaking.

"Then let's leave it at that." Shen Wengang knew the inside story and didn't dwell on the matter, continuing to say,

"Boss Mei, I apologize, our mission wasn't fully completed either, so half the commission will be fine. When can we settle up?" Shen Wengang asked.

"Oh? Brother Tiangang, what do you mean by that?" Mei Wenhua expressed some surprise.

"To be honest, my sister and I only explored two locations. We didn't find anything at the first location, but when we arrived at the second, we found that it had undergone a large-scale battle. The scene was a mess, full of zombie corpses, which must have been the work of the other three. Although my sister and I are poor, we wouldn't stoop to taking advantage like that," Shen Wengang explained.

"What? You mean inside are all... corpses?" Mei Wenhua was shocked.

Shen Wengang couldn't hide this point either, because once Ma Youcai returned from Mozhou City, everything would inevitably be exposed.

At the same time, he had already briefed Luoer beforehand, so Luoer didn't say anything at this moment.

"That's right, Boss Mei. From the scene, there were no less than three to four hundred zombie corpses. For my sister and I, let alone three to four hundred, even thirty or forty, we wouldn't be able to handle them. This must have been Boss Mei's arrangement, and we are unworthy of receiving it," Shen Wengang said.

Mei Wenhua didn't speak, his brows deeply furrowed.

"However, Boss Mei, there's something I don't know if I should say or not," Shen Wengang continued.

"Please speak," Mei Wenhua replied.

"Since Boss Mei has such a team that can eliminate hundreds of zombies at once, why do you still need to recruit us to scout Mozhou City? Isn't that redundant?" Shen Wengang asked his question.

Asking such a question was also to further release a smokescreen to clear his own suspicion.

"Ah, this, haha. Brother Tiangang, you're overthinking it. Where would I have such a team? Please don't overthink it," Mei Wenhua explained with a laugh, but his brows remained tightly furrowed.

He was very annoyed now. If what the Tiangang in front of him said was true and there were three to four hundred zombie corpses at the scene, then his Naner was probably in grave danger.

Furthermore, he truly didn't believe that these two people in front of him could eliminate hundreds of zombies and return unharmed. These were zombies! Even a minor injury would lead to infection. If zombies were really that easy to eliminate, how could his Naner have been infected, only to watch helplessly as he slowly turned into a zombie!

But if it wasn't them, then who could it be?

His statement had some discrepancies with Ma Youcai's, but it wasn't completely inconsistent.

Could there be other forces existing in Mozhou City?