Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps! What a Coincidence
Back in Youcheng, Lu Feng immediately gave his mom a call.
His mom had gone to the fruit shop.
When he drove to the shop, he discovered his mom had already gotten it up and running again in the last couple of days.
His second aunt, Lin Mei, was also helping.
The two of them had the shop well-organized.
Lu Feng had wanted to share the good news with his mom; after all, he now had over 300 million in his account.
But he thought better of it. Such a huge sum would be a massive shock for his mom, and she might just end up worrying.
"Xiaofeng." Lin Mei greeted him warmly as soon as she saw him get out of the car.
She knew now that her sister’s son had become successful. She was also filled with gratitude for what he’d done before. If not for Lu Feng, she had no idea how she would have handled her son’s gambling debts.
"Second Aunt," Lu Feng replied politely.
But when Lin Shuang saw Lu Feng, she immediately complained, "Xiaofeng, when I was in the hospital, why didn’t you deal with the fruit in the shop? It all rotted. I had to clean it several times to get rid of the smell."
"Mom, I guess I just forgot," Lu Feng answered sheepishly.
’Actually, I was thinking that since I can make good money now, I never imagined Mom would go back to running the fruit shop, especially since her health must be fragile after that major surgery.’
’But now, with the Striped Bull bone wine, her health has clearly improved after drinking it. If she drinks it every day, her body will get better and better.’
’So, if Mom wants to run the fruit shop, as long as it makes her happy, I have no intention of stopping her.’
’After all, letting her do something she enjoys, as long as it isn’t too tiring, is actually good for her.’
’When older people have too much free time with nothing to do, they can start to feel useless. Then they start overthinking things, and that’s when health problems can appear.’
With this in mind, Lu Feng asked with a smile, "Mom, need any help?"
"We’re all done here. We don’t need your help. Go take care of your own business." Lin Shuang shook her head and then turned to a woman selling wontons in the neighboring shop. "Sister Zhang, how’s business today?"
"Same old, same old. It’s fine as long as I’m not idle," Sister Zhang said with a smile.
Seeing his mom chatting with the woman, Lu Feng left her to it, got back in his car, and headed for the teahouse.
At the teahouse, Da Fei was brewing tea with Chen Hai and Lin Qian, discussing matters related to the tea factory.
When Da Fei saw him enter, he immediately came forward and reported respectfully, "Young Master Feng, you’re back. I have something to report. Chen Hai and Lin Qian took some people out to drum up business and landed a few big deals in the last few days. 300 boxes of Qingfeng Tea, an order worth over two million."
Chen Hai and Lin Qian were also beaming. They stood to make a hefty commission from these deals, and they were full of motivation.
"Good work." Lu Feng nodded, then added, "Da Fei, I have something to discuss with you as well. I plan to open a Tea City in Tianzhou City. You’ll go over there to handle it. Make arrangements for things here in Youcheng."
"Yes, Young Master Feng!" Da Fei immediately agreed with respect.
He had actually already heard about this from Brother Ming and the others and knew that Young Master Feng was planning to expand into Tianzhou City.
Everyone was going to Tianzhou City, so he naturally hoped to go with them. Besides, making it in a big city was definitely better than being cooped up in a small place like Youcheng.
Lu Feng gave Da Fei a few instructions, then drove to the Qingfeng Fitness Club. It was his business, after all, so he had to check in on it.
When he arrived at the fitness club, he saw that many areas were already under renovation. Huang Chui was in the boxing area, punching a heavy bag. His speed and power were incredible, clearly far beyond that of an ordinary person.
As Huang Chui threw punch after punch, he could feel this himself.
After drinking that wild bull bone soup at Lu Feng’s place, Brother Ming and the others might not have paid much attention, but as a boxing instructor, Huang Chui could clearly feel the effect it had on his constitution.
He had tested himself on a dynamometer, and his strength had shown a significant increase.
"Xiaofeng!" Upon seeing Lu Feng, Huang Chui immediately took off his boxing gloves to greet him, not forgetting to give him an update. "The gym is mostly renovated. It’ll be finished and ready for opening soon."
Lu Feng nodded. After touring the gym with Huang Chui to get an update on the situation, he also gave Yang Qingxue a call and arranged to have dinner with her that evening.
...
「Time passed.」
Inside the Roya Cosmetics and Beauty Salon, the moment her shift ended, Yang Qingxue rushed to the locker room, changed out of her work uniform, and left the salon with a beaming smile.
"Qingxue, you look so happy. Going on a date with your boyfriend?" a young woman who left with her asked teasingly.
"I am, Mentor," Yang Qingxue replied with a smile.
The woman was her mentor in makeup artistry and had taught her a great deal.
"Still that Lu Feng?" the young woman asked.
’She didn’t really have an impression of this Lu Feng, other than remembering that he seemed to have picked Yang Qingxue up on a bicycle several times.’
’She felt her apprentice’s qualifications meant she could find someone better.’
But just then, a Panamera pulled up, and Lu Feng got out.
"Mentor, my boyfriend’s here. I’m leaving now!" Yang Qingxue said to the young woman before dashing off toward Lu Feng.
Lu Feng opened the passenger door and let Yang Qingxue get in.
The young woman watched this scene in astonishment.
She, of course, knew that a Panamera cost over a million.
Then, she couldn’t help but smile wryly. ’Looks like I was the shallow one.’
’Just because someone picks up their girlfriend on a bicycle doesn’t mean they’re poor. Maybe they also have a Panamera and just enjoy the romance of cycling.’
After picking up Yang Qingxue, Lu Feng treated her to a feast. Once she had eaten her fill, it was only natural to take her home for a proper ’servicing.’
...
「The next day.」
Lu Feng didn’t wake up until the sun was high in the sky, but Yang Qingxue had already left for work early.
This couldn’t help but make him marvel once again. They had gone pretty wild last night. Despite his constitution being twice as strong as a normal person’s, she was still up and ready to go this morning. ’It really is true what they say,’ he thought. ’The bull’s the one that gets tired, not the field.’
After getting up, washing his face, and grabbing a bite to eat, Lu Feng checked on the situation in the game world.
In the game world, only the two sisters, Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Sisi, were busy with their laptops in the database room. Xu Bin was holding down the fort in the main hall.
Lin Jiao, Chen Tao, Chen Hao, and Wang Cheng, who he’d brought back earlier, were all gone. They must have gone out.
Seeing this, Lu Feng took out his phone and started playing the game, *After the Apocalypse*.
Ever since the incident with Wang Cheng, he knew that the game’s plot could give him a certain degree of foresight. So, there was no harm in playing it whenever he had free time.
He was still controlling his game character, exploring the map and searching for survival supplies with Lin Jiao and Wang Cheng.
But this time, just as he controlled his character to return to their temporary base after finding some supplies, it was suddenly hit by a bullet.
A new plot event had been triggered.
Suddenly, a group of people charged out from the surroundings of the temporary base. They had wolf head insignias on them and began attacking his game character’s party.
Lu Feng quickly controlled his character to fight back. It took some time, but he managed to kill all the ambushers.
From Lin Jiao’s dialogue, he learned that the wolf head insignia on these people represented the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps, an infamous presence in this city.
So, after the battle ended, Lu Feng quit the game and immediately logged into the official forums for *After the Apocalypse* to search for information about the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps.
Sure enough, there was quite a bit of information about the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps.
The Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps was an evil mercenary group in Celestial Sea City, the game’s starting city.
Throughout the city, there were still many survivors who were unwilling to enter the City East Alliance and preferred to find their own settlements outside.
The Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps would attack such survivors all over the city, plundering their resources.
They even had dealings with some of the wealthy elite in the City East Alliance, specifically capturing beautiful female survivors and handsome male survivors to sell as slaves for the rich to enjoy.
Because of the threat posed by the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps, many survivors chose to go to the City East Alliance, which in turn swelled the Alliance’s population.
Some players analyzed that the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps was secretly backed by the City East Alliance.
However, according to the lore, the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’s operations were very secretive, and no one knew the location of their base.
After reading the information, Lu Feng looked back at the view of the game world. Lin Jiao, Chen Hao, Chen Tao, and Wang Cheng had returned.
Lin Jiao was carrying a bag.
Just as he was about to enter the game world, curious to see what Lin Jiao had brought back, he noticed something in his view of the world: after Lin Jiao’s group of four entered the bank, two figures had stealthily approached the fortifications outside.
The key thing was, the clothes these two were wearing had the exact same wolf head insignia.
Lu Feng’s brows furrowed instantly.
’What the hell? How could it be such a coincidence?’
He immediately entered the game world with a single thought.
When Lin Jiao saw him appear, she immediately put the bag on the ground and opened it, revealing it was full of Gold.
Lin Jiao said at the same time, "Boss, we knew you needed Gold, so we went out looking. We found a gold shop and brought all this back."
