Chapter 1162 - A Useful Sidekick

After Jiang Chen obtained all the information he needed, he picked up his teacup and smiled at Xu Tiannan to express his gratitude.

Xu Tiannan gestured back with a smile.

“No worries, this favor is not worth mentioning. If Mr. Jiang needs to know anything else, please let someone pass on the message, I will make the trip down.”

“Thank you.” Jiang Chen nodded.

Usually, at this point, the guest would leave.

However, the old man didn’t have any intention of leaving.

Seeing that Xu Tiannan did not leave, Jiang Chen was somewhat confused.

“Is there anything else?”

“No, nothing else,” Xu Tiannan shook his head, with a sly smile, his eyes looked around inadvertently as if he was searching for something. “You see, it’s getting late.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

A soldier walked in and saluted after he pushed open the door.

“What is it?” Jiang Chen asked casually.

The soldier respectfully said, “Miss Yao asked me to tell you that it is time for your meal.”

Jiang Chen looked at the soldier, then glanced the man with a big smile on his face. He instantly understood the old man’s intention.

So, you want a free meal again?

Jiang Chen looked at the old man, exasperated. However, Xu Tiannan’s smile remained intact, pretending everything was normal.

This old man has such thick skin!

However, when Jiang Chen thought about it, since he already acquired useful information from him, he should return the favor by at least providing him with a meal. Especially since food was not something of value to him.

It’ll count as a means to reinforce their relationship.

So, Jiang Chen looked at the soldier and coughed, “Get the kitchen to add one more pair of chopsticks.”

“Roger.” The soldier saluted and left.

…

Xu Tiannan went to the cafeteria with the soldier and Jiang Chen returned to his barracks.

Outside the kitchen, the meticulous little loli already placed delicious dishes on the table. At this moment, both of her hands were under her chin as she gazed out the window.

When she saw her beloved big brother appearing, Yao Yao jumped down from the chair and ran to the entrance, opening the door for Jiang Chen.

Looking at the little loli that appeared at the door, with a heartfelt smile, he rubbed her soft hair.

“Don’t wait for me, if you are hungry, eat first.”

The little loli embraced the warmth of the big hand. Her lovely eyes were half-closed and her long eyelashes trembled as her cherry-mouth formed into a crest.

After he put on his slippers, Jiang Chen went to the bathroom and washed his hands before sitting at the table with the little loli.

Yao Yao caringly filled his bowl with rice.

Although the meal was less lively compared to before, it still had the same delicious taste.

Yao Yao, gazing at Jiang Chen who was devouring the food, rested her chin against her hands. With a warm smile, she softly asked.

“Does it taste good?”

“It’s amazing!” Jiang Chen smiled and looked at Yao Yao, who hadn’t even moved her chopsticks. “Don’t just look at me, eat.”

“Hehe…” The shy Yao Yao giggled. “Yao Yao can’t help big brother in other places, so Yao Yao can only take care of big brother.”

Her smile was sweet and glowing. It made him want to protect it in his hands; it was so pure that he wanted to stroke his color onto it…

Ahem, the latter half is extra.

Jiang Chen quickly lowered his head.

Whenever he recalled what happened in the bathroom last time and the fact that he almost crossed the line, it gave him a headache. Although Yao Yao’s age is completely fine, her loli appearance always made him feel guilty if he had lucid thoughts…

The faint jasmine fragrance in the air belonged to the girl.

Jiang Chen suddenly had a thought in his heart when he fixed his sight on her bright lips,

Yao Yao has grown up…

…

After lunch, Jiang Chen, in a rare instance, didn’t take a nap, but left the military base with a team of guards and headed five to six kilometers towards the north.

Noon was when zombies are the weakest, especially on sunny days.

The X1 bacterial infections were undergoing photosynthesis and just like a sculpture, they were standing in the middle of the street. Unless creatures were within one meter of them, even if someone sneezed beside them, they would only dully move their head and look in that direction with a blank expression.

Only zombies with condensed crystals were more responsive.

Even the most amateur hunters could easily kill these dull-headed zombies.

A bayonet was attached under the muzzle and the zombies passing by had their necks penetrated. The ones further away were left alone. Almost without a single shot, Jiang Chen, escorted by 40 guards, came to the door of an underground garage.

The two survivor-looking men sat on the second floor. When they saw Jiang Chen’s force through the window, they immediately got up and opened the hanging door of the garage. They wore a pair of old-fashioned winter clothes. The bald man smiled and greeted him before bowing respectfully.

“I welcome the arrival of your highness.”

“Oh cut it out,” Jiang Chen laughed and jokingly kicked him. “I’m here to inspect your work. Hurry, take me to see.”

The guy was using the words “Your Highness”.

Jiang Chen hadn’t seen him for a long time, but Zhou Guoping’s flattering skills were becoming more and more advanced.

“Yes, yes, please come in.”

Zhou Guoping, wiping his bright forehead, was grinning. He respectfully led Jiang Chen inside.

He knew the boss spoke with a smile, so it meant that the flattering at least didn’t hit the wrong spot.

At the beginning of this year, the information system of the Hongcheng colony was built. After he handed over his duties, he moved from Hongcheng to Shangjing and settled on Pingan Street as an ordinary survivor.

The growing status of Chu Nan gave him a strong sense of crisis. He was afraid that if one day Chu Nan remembered the things he did in the past, then he would end him. If he didn’t make any contributions to NAC, the general wouldn’t even bat an eye.

Precisely because of this, Zhou Guoping didn’t serve as the president of the NAC Mercenary Union for too long before he taking on the initiative to seek out fieldwork. He took on duties most people didn’t want to serve.

Without a doubt, giving up the great life of Wanghai for field assignments was definitely difficult.

Although Zhou Guoping lacked morale and was a raider before, he was loyal. He diligently spent more than four years in intelligence work, running from the north to the south. Even without merits, Jiang Chen saw all his hard work.

There was no organization completely pure and clean from top to bottom. Jiang Chen also needed someone like him.

Someone who could serve him.

With the guards behind him, Jiang Chen followed Zhou Guoping to the base he established in Shangjing.

This place should have been an auto repair shop before the war. In the center of the warehouse, there were rusty robotic arms. Tools were piled up on the corners. Several survivor-looking men stood on the side and looked at his direction respectfully.

Zhou Guoping brought these people from Wanghai. Without a doubt, they all didn’t have the cleanest background. While Jiang Chen wouldn’t trust them with tasks, Zhou Guoping used them to their fullest extent.

People with similar minds gathered together.

Bringing Jiang Chen and his guards into the repair shop, Zhou Guoping ordered his men to close the door. The dangers on wasteland were far more than zombies and aliens, they must be wary of their unscrupulous counterparts.

The guards were divided into two groups; one group stayed on the first floor while another group followed Jiang Chen and Zhou Guoping to the second floor.

“I have to ask you something,” Jiang Chen entered Zhou Guoping’s office, then pulled a chair to sit down. He waved his hand and gestured to the two guards who followed them in to leave. He then looked at Zhou Guoping, who was standing in front of him, and said, “Have you heard of Eden Technology?”

At the same time, Jiang Chen inadvertently touched his watch.

The Honor Chip could judge whether a person is lying by monitoring a person’s heart rate and brain waves. Although Zhou Guoping didn’t have a reason to lie, he should be cautious.

Zhou Yaping did not notice Jiang Chen’s action as he pondered for a moment and finally shook his head with regret.

“This… I have never heard of it. But if you want information about it, I will arrange for people to investigate immediately. I am very familiar with the entire Dongcheng District! As long as that Eden Technology is in Shangjing, I can dig it out!”

With the confident speech Zhou Guoping gave, Jiang Chen just smiled without giving him more information.

After a pause, Jiang Chen then asked.

“You can put aside Eden Technology for now. Have you heard of the Hell Courier?”

“I have heard of them,” Zhou Guoping hurriedly nodded. “The famous bar in Pingan Street, the mercenaries and hunters like to spend their days in that bar. The most important thing is that it is a gathering place for Shangjing intelligence traffickers.”

Zhou Guoping suddenly seemed to understand.

“…I understand what you mean. If I go there, I can definitely find something, hehe.”

Zhou Guoping chuckled, lowered his voice, and moved closer to Jiang Chen with a mysterious expression hanging on his face. “Boss… cough, General, in addition to the intelligence that others know, I also learned something else from other special channels.”

“Be direct.” Jiang Chen was impatient.

Zhou Guoping immediately stood up straight and said quickly.

“The boss of the ‘Hell Courier’ was once a senior agent of the Pan-Asia Intelligence Agency…”