48: Greed

Actually, Qin Shilei had also browsed the game's trading system these past two days.

However, because the three-day novice period had passed, there were very few items available.

With the system charging at least one trading coin per transaction, every item for sale was astonishingly expensive.

Three arrows cost one crystal, and a bulletproof vest actually cost 20 crystals.

Qin Shilei could only choose offline transactions.

After leaving the black market, Qin Shilei pondered for a moment, then still reminded Zhang Qiang, "We killed more than ten members of Apocalypse Home. I don't know if they will retaliate against you. I'm really sorry."

Zhang Qiang frowned, but finally smiled and said, "It's fine. Ningan City isn't small. We just need to stay far away from those people from Apocalypse Home."

That's all we can do.

After bidding farewell, Qin Shilei spent another twenty-plus minutes returning to Zhang Xiaoli and the others.

The dining table was already set with eight delicious dishes, all appealing in color, aroma, and taste.

There were also two especially precious emerald green vegetable dishes, which Qin Shilei and the others had picked from a vegetable patch not long after leaving the city.

An Qian kept her head down, quietly eating small mouthfuls of rice from her bowl.

Zhang Xiaoli enthusiastically served their mother and daughter, "Aunt He, eat more. An Qian, don't just focus on eating rice."

He Yiyao looked at her unhappy daughter and suddenly said, "Qian'er, I have something I want to discuss with you."

An Qian looked up at her mother, "Mom, what is it?"

He Yiyao put down her chopsticks and said, "Zhang Xiaoli risked so much danger on the way to reunite us, mother and daughter. I think you should repay her."

Zhang Xiaoli quickly waved her hand and said, "Aunt He, please don't say that. It was all Qin Ge's effort."

An Qian couldn't understand what her mother wanted to say. She had nothing of value, and only a little instant noodles left in her ring. How could she repay them?

He Yiyao stopped Zhang Xiaoli's polite words and continued, "Now they are also going to find their relatives. Shouldn't you escort them? Your swordsmanship is not weak, and one more person always means one more strength."

An Qian said anxiously, "Mom, what will you do if I leave? Zhang Xiaoli, it's not that I don't want to help you, but my mother really can't be without me."

He Yiyao stopped her daughter's words and continued, "If you don't mind me being a burden, then take me with you."

"Actually, we have already offended Apocalypse Home. Staying in Ningan City will inevitably lead to encountering them. Even if I don't go with you, I planned to persuade Qian'er to move to another city."

"I think Tongquan City is quite good. I used to always want to travel there, but I never got the chance."

The dining table suddenly fell silent.

"Mom," An Qian called her mother, but then didn't know how to speak.

She had indeed considered finding a small town to hide from this storm, but saying it now made it seem like she didn't want to repay Zhang Xiaoli.

The key was that she herself was unwilling to be separated from Qin Shilei forever, but a thousand-kilometer journey was too dangerous for her mother.

Various thoughts flashed through her mind, and finally, she could only look up at Qin Shilei.

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and then said, "An Qian, it's over a thousand kilometers from here to Tongquan City. It's too dangerous. I think it's more suitable for you to find a place nearby."

"Bang!" The bowl in An Qian's hand fell to the ground.

"He doesn't want me to follow him."

"So, this was all just my wishful thinking."

Seeing An Qian suddenly look as if she had lost her soul.

Qin Shilei felt a sudden pain in his heart, paused, and then said, "If you really want to go to Tongquan City, I will do my best to protect Aunt He's safety."

He Yiyao said eagerly, "Then we'll trouble Shi Lei."

Everyone quickly packed up, then went downstairs, and drove a car back to Zhang Qiang's place.

Because he was afraid of being double-crossed, Zhang Qiang strongly insisted on accompanying him to pick up the goods when they left earlier.

The two cars stopped about a hundred meters outside the agreed-upon warehouse.

Qin Shilei said to everyone, "You all wait for me here. I'll be out very soon."

He originally wanted to put the rice and flour into a truck first, and then drive the truck to trade, but he couldn't find a suitable truck with keys for a while, so he decided to complete the transaction as is.

Zhang Qiang thought for a moment and then said, "Let Haimei sneak over to assist you. Her archery is quite good."

Qin Shilei nodded and walked towards the warehouse first, while Xie Haimei snuck towards the window on the right side of the warehouse from another direction.

This was a warehouse of several thousand square meters, with some containers haphazardly piled up everywhere.

The short, stout Boss Jin was with four or five young men at the innermost part of the warehouse. Beside them was a large pile of items, presumably the supplies Qin Shilei wanted.

Boss Jin looked at Qin Shilei, who walked in alone, and asked, "Mr. Qin, where are your goods?"

Qin Shilei said indifferently, "I have all my goods with me. Where are the things I want?"

"With you?" Boss Jin's expression changed, and he said coldly, "You're not playing a trick on me, are you? You didn't even drive a car over. You're not trying to double-cross me, are you?"

"Here they are?" Qin Shilei directly pulled out bags of rice, flour, and cigarettes from his ring.

Watching Qin Shilei continuously pull out items from his ring, Boss Jin's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He asked casually, "Mr. Qin, you need so many arrows for your team members, right? What's your team called?"

Qin Shilei replied casually, "A newly formed team, not well-known."

"Oh."

Boss Jin seemed to suddenly remember something, slapped his forehead, and said, "I almost forgot I have an excellent longbow. Xiao Dong, quickly go get it and see if Mr. Qin thinks highly of it, so I can make another big deal."

Qin Shilei looked up and refused, "No need, I have a bow."

But the man in sunglasses next to Boss Jin had already run to the back of the warehouse.

"Boss Jin, please count them. I'm in a hurry."

Qin Shilei took out the last pack of cigarettes, then walked towards the pile of goods next to Boss Jin.

A thousand rounds of various bullets, five bulletproof vests, three sets of cotton armor, five military helmets, and ten thousand arrows, and 100 armor-piercing arrows.

Qin Shilei waved his hand and put all the items away.

Boss Jin saw Qin Shilei preparing to leave and spoke again, "Mr. Qin, do you need armored vehicles, rocket launchers, or anything like that? I can get them for you with just a little rice and flour."

Qin Shilei smiled and said, "Okay, next time I get enough rice and flour, I'll definitely buy a few armored vehicles from you to play with. I'll take my leave now."

Just then, hurried footsteps came from the back of the warehouse.

"Go for it!"

At a command, the four or five young men next to Boss Jin immediately pulled out their firearms and prepared to shoot, while the short, stout Boss Jin retreated like an agile ape.