Once the distracting thoughts in his mind settled, he quickly reached a decision.
“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen.”
“You go eat first. I need to see Chief Su about something.”
Seeing her husband’s expression change and his former confidence return, Li Ya’s faint unease finally eased.
She quickly rose and personally helped him put on the clothes hanging from the rack.
Dressed in a sharp suit, Lu Tao exuded the bearing of someone in authority.
After several years in a high position within the camp, he was no longer the man who had once bowed and scraped for a full meal.
Now, he controlled the daily necessities of thousands in the camp. The materials that passed through his hands had exceeded hundreds of millions of Alliance Coins.
After kissing his wife, Lu Tao took a deep breath and walked toward where Su Mei worked.
“Minister Lu.”
“Minister Lu.”
…
The camp guards greeted him proactively as he passed.
After briefly responding, he suddenly recalled what things had been like before Zhou Ming arrived at the camp.
Who would have imagined that he, once barely clinging to survival, would achieve such a position today?
Moments later, Lu Tao knocked on the door of Su Mei’s office.
“It seems you still know how to rein in at the cliff’s edge.”
After hearing Lu Tao’s report, Su Mei remained calm, as if she had already known. Instead, she offered him a measured compliment.
“Chief Su already knew?”
Lu Tao was startled, not expecting that his every move had been within her sight.
“Have you forgotten? I also came from the Wilderness. And I survived there far longer than you did.”
“In the Wilderness, betrayal can happen for nothing more than a piece of meat to fill one’s stomach.”
Lu Tao had survived alone in the Wilderness for less than a year before encountering Zhou Ming. Su Mei, however, had wandered the Wilderness with her father for ten years.
“Since you’ve made the correct choice, my lord instructed me to hand this to you today.”
Su Mei bent down and took a potion from the drawer.
“This Low-grade Enhancement Potion has the effect of strengthening the physique. As for the rest, we’ll discuss it after my lord returns.”
“Thank you, my lord, and Chief Su, for your magnanimity.”
Seeing the Enhancement Potion in Su Mei’s hand shimmering with radiant light, Lu Tao immediately bowed and expressed his sincere gratitude.