"Are you out of your mind? Does it even matter what I say?"
"Is there a place for me to talk here?"
If it were a different setting, Ren Zhong would have a myriad of ways to calm her down and even borrow some money from her.
But at this moment, Ren Zhong was quite troubled.
He had already entered Lin Wang’s core circle and was quickly approaching Yang Bingzhong. He didn’t want to appear too close to Ma Xiaoling in public.
If this straightforward woman said more than she should in her anxiety, Ren Zhong’s plans risked going up in smoke.
He couldn’t even use a temporary measure to stabilize her, like saying, "Go back first, and we will talk when no one is around."
That would still expose him.
This gullible mayor Ma Dafu indeed had a sharp-witted daughter.
A collaborator with such low emotional intelligence indeed made him anxious.
So Ren Zhong just turned his face away, staying silent.
Seeing him like this, Ma Xiaoling looked both regretful and angry.
In a hurry, she spoke again, "Ren Zhong, didn’t you say you..."
Ren Zhong was in a panic, knowing she was sure to mention his plan of "taking the wastelanders away."
At this moment, Ren Zhong finally understood why Old Ma kept everything hidden from this silly daughter of his.
If I had known this earlier, why did I sell the information to you back then!
Wouldn’t it have been better to lure you with stocks directly?
"Yes, so what if I said I liked you? You can’t make me a citizen, so what right do I have to live as idealistically as you? What right do you have to demand what kind of person I should be?"
He instantly spoke up, cutting off Ma Xiaoling’s words.
Ma Xiaoling was stunned, released her hold, and said word by word, "Ren Zhong, I’m really disappointed in you. I once thought you were a real man."
Ren Zhong sighed in relief.
It seems this naive girl finally realized it and braked in time.
Being a double agent is thrilling indeed.
Ren Zhong put on a forlorn expression, "I can only say I’m sorry. Apologies."
"I look down on you!"
Ren Zhong turned his face away, "I’m just a wastelander, didn’t expect you to look up to me."
"By the end of today, you must repay me, and then, we are done!"
After Ma Xiaoling finished speaking, she turned around and left.
Ren Zhong understood her meaning, which was just that she wouldn’t learn stock trading from him anymore and he shouldn’t expect any more guidance from her. They were done.
Ren Zhong looked downcast.
So sad, was originally planning to come up with another excuse to keep delaying the repayment.
Alas.
When Ma Xiaoling walked away sullenly, Bei Lihui popped out from the side, patting Ren Zhong’s shoulder, "Ah, take it easy. But it’s not a big deal, out with the old, in with the new. Captain Ma may be beautiful and tough, but she probably lacks romance. Don’t be sad..."
Ren Zhong’s mouth twitched, only saying, "I failed to meet the captain’s expectations of me, couldn’t hook up with her."
Bei Lihui said, "No worries, it’s good to stay away from her. Otherwise, Mr. Yang won’t dare to trust you more. What happened today, Mr. Yang will find out."
"Hmm, thanks, Brother Hui."
"What are you thanking me for, we are all on the same side. Where are you going now? Let me tell you, in our line of work, every time we escape death, we should reward ourselves properly, otherwise who knows when we might not have the chance to enjoy again. I’ll secretly tell you, actually I support a semi-professional scavenger team full of pretty girls, want to go have fun? They’re all great, I trained them well."
Ren Zhong: "No, no, I’m going to find Zheng Tian and Chen Hanyu."
"Damn, bringing this up makes me unhappy."
"Brother Hui..."
"Hahaha, just kidding. Both of them are your girls, you’re not like me in that regard, I’m not interested anymore!"
"Really?"
"Hahaha, just teasing, when you’re dead I’ll be interested!"
Ren Zhong: "Damn!"
Ren Zhong left Starfire Resources, walking towards Zheng Tian’s team. His wrist watch gently vibrated.
There was a message.
He clicked to play the bone conduction voice.
"Ren Gushen Ren Gushen, how was my acting just now? Did it have that drama flavor? My dad taught me all of that, I think I did okay."
It was Ma Xiaoling’s excited voice.
Ren Zhong: Damn.