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Chapter 20: Flattery(1/2)

Shang Jianyao said "Oh":

"Your father dances well, so you shouldn't behave like a person."

He seemed to have not heard clearly what Zhao Yide was talking about.

Seeing that Xue Shiyue and others didn't comment, Zhao Yide had to repeat:

"My father wants to ask you for help if he has something to do, I don't know if you are willing to see him."

Jiang Baimian changed his mind and said slightly narrowly:

"As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

"It's okay to meet him, but you can't be in Zhao's Mansion. You have to find a place where everyone can feel at ease."

Zhao Yide felt that this was reasonable, so he nodded and agreed:

"good."

He was about to propose a meeting place when he was suddenly patted by Shang Jianyao on the shoulder:

"Eat first, let's talk about it later. It will be not delicious if it is cold."

Zhao Yide slowly turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao, only to see his sincere and serious look on his face.

Retracting his gaze, Zhao Yide picked up a spoon and struggled to solve the potato stewed pork cover.

He was almost crying when he ate this.

"If you don't like meat, I can help you." Shang Jianyao glanced at him and made suggestions in time.

Zhao Yide, who was so proud of Lun's voice, replied:

"good!"

Jiang Baimian quietly curled his mouth when he saw it.

…………

After the sun sets, in the central square of Wild Grass City.

Zhao Zhengqi, wearing an autumn hat and a loose robe, sat on the sidewalk chair, blew the cool night breeze, and watched the bodyguards around him work hard without any trace to stop the citizens of the city and the remains hunters from approaching here, with a slightly slight expression.

This is the meeting place chosen by Jiang Baimian.

When she and Shang Jian Yao walked towards Zhao Zhengqi and Zhao Yide, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen consciously dispersed and monitored the surroundings.

Their focus is on several high-rise buildings around, mainly to prevent being sniped.

As for the square area, most of them are within the scope of Shang Jianyao's "lack of two-hand movements", which is the awakened ability, so there is no need to pay too much attention.

"Two, long time no see you guys." Zhao Zhengqi saw Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing approaching, and stood up with a smile.

Shang Jianyao opened his arms and made a gesture of hugging him.

The fat and fat Zhao Zhengqi touched his gray beard, smiled, and accepted a warm hug.

"Your dance posture impressed me." During the hug, Shang Jianyao patted Zhao Zhengqi on the back.

Zhao Zhengqi quickly retracted his hand, stood up straight, and smiled and sighed:

"When I was a child, everyone was in a difficult life and often relied on singing and dancing to adjust their mood."

While speaking, he reached out to hold Jiang Baimianxu for a moment.

After the four of them sat down, Jiang Baimian asked straight to the point:

"Mr. Zhao, I wonder why you want to see us?"

Zhao Zhengqi glanced at his eldest son Zhao Yide, and then carefully said:

"I'll ask first, where are you planning to go next? What are your arrangements? I can't delay your business because of my request."

His posture was very low.

Jiang Baimian replied with a smile:

"We are going to go to several major forces to try out opportunities, hoping to achieve better development."

Zhao Zhengqi showed an obvious expression:

"Then I want to invite a few to go to the original city first, uh, that real city."

"Have you encountered difficulties?" Shang Jianyao asked with concern.

Zhao Zhengqi said with the flow:

"Our Zhao family is outside the outskirts of the city, on the south bank of the Red River, there are several manors."

Seeing Jiang Baimian showing a smiley expression, he hurriedly explained:

"We clay people have an old saying: Eggs cannot be placed in a basket."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently, and Zhao Zhengqi continued:

"These manors had some problems some time ago and failed to pay last year's income as scheduled. It was said that it was due to weather, and the production cuts were severe.

"I sent the manager to go, and he replied that it was indeed the case. I sent Yide's younger brother to go, and he also took a telegram and said there was nothing unusual.

"I believed it so until a friend of mine in the first city happened to pass by those manors and found unidentified people coming in and out.

"I secretly found a team of ruins hunters in the original city. They monitored those estates for a week and confirmed that unknown people often appear there.

"I found another team of ruins hunters and asked them to go to the manor to investigate, and the result was that there were no strangers."

"It sounds weird." Shang Jianyao touched his chin thoughtfully.

Zhao Zhengqi looked like he had found a savior:

"Yes, I'm very worried about my child and a few confidants. I was thinking about whether to ask the guild's "high-level hunter" to take action, but Yide told me that you are back.

"In my mind, your strength is stronger than the 'high-level hunter'."

He remembered that Odick also became Zhang Qubing's "friend".

Shang Jianyao entered the meditation mode, Jiang Baimian looked at Zhao Zhengqi and Zhao Yide with a smile, without saying a word.

Zhao Zhengqi gritted his teeth and said:

“I know I am not very trustworthy in your hearts, and I am willing to be influenced by that ability again and ‘become’ your friend.

"That way you will know if I've been lying."

This attitude is really impossible to make mistakes... Jiang Baimian was about to reply a few times, but Shang Jianyao's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Can brothers inherit the Zhao family's property?"

"..." Zhao Zhengqi and Zhao Yide were stunned at first, and then a feeling of regret emerged.

Since the awakened person can "make friends", it will definitely make both parties become half-brothers or biological fathers and sons without genetic relationships.

In their imagination, the "father" was of course Zhang Qubing, and he could only be a "son".

"He was joking." Jiang Baimian made a comeback, "I don't have to do this. Just give us a promise to give up the task at any time and not pay any price."

"Would you take over?" Zhao Yide asked in surprise.

Jiang Baimian replied with a smile:

"It depends on what price you can offer."

Zhao Zhengqi thought for a while and said:

"I don't know exactly what you are interested in. It's better for you to offer a price. As long as the Zhao family can bear it, it's okay."

This attitude... Jiang Baimian couldn't help but praise him secretly.

She still remembers how arrogant and cold Zhao Zhengqi was in the noble room, but now, he has completely pulled down his figure, making people feel like spring breeze.

A person actually has two completely different faces.

It is not easy to be able to gain a certain status and become a nobleman in the early days of the New Calendar... Jiang Baimian didn't know much about Zhao Zhengqi's age, and had no way of knowing whether he had experience in a chaotic era, so he could only sigh at will.

After pondering for seven or eight seconds, Jiang Baimian gave the answer he had already considered:

"A sum of funds and the use of the Zhao family's power network in the first city to do us a favor."

It was because she was interested in the nobles in Yecai City that she was intimately related to the "First City" that she was willing to meet Zhao Zhengqi.

"How much Aure? What help do you need?" Zhao Zhengqi asked.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"I can't say how much Aure is now. After all, we haven't figured out the danger level of this matter yet. Don't worry, this won't be too much, you can definitely bear it, because once the danger level exceeds our expectations, we will give up directly.

"That help is the same. In short, it won't put the Zhao family in danger."

It sounds nice now, but you can only listen to yours if you offer a price at that time... Zhao Yide muttered in his heart.

He really felt like he was flirting with a tiger.

Zhao Zhengqi recalled what Qian Bai's team had done in Wild Grass City and every word he knew, and said carefully:

“No problem.”
To be continued...
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