I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 133 - 131: The Thoughts of a Rich Second Generation

After half a year since the disaster hit, only someone like Li Yulong, who is a wealthy heir, would dare to mention bringing out a leg of Iberian ham.

Li Yulong’s father is a somewhat reputable businessman in the city. He originally started in the restaurant business and later expanded into hotels, becoming one of the notable wealthy individuals in the city.

As the only son, Li Yulong naturally grew up spoiled by a wealthy upbringing. However, despite being a rich kid, he doesn’t have many bad habits and is quite easygoing.

After graduating from university, instead of idling and waiting to inherit the family fortune, he opened a 4S store in the city with his dad’s help. Chen Xin bought his car from him, and that’s how the two met.

Although Li Yulong exhibits some traits of a wealthy heir, he’s not a bad person, and he gets along quite well with Chen Xin.

Since he has money and likes to have fun, Chen Xin, who already knew Mo Qingyan at the time, took him to participate in outdoor activities organized by her a few times.

Li Yulong quickly fell in love with these activities that allowed him to escape the city and connect with nature. He bought quite a bit of equipment from Mo Qingyan, becoming a major customer of her outdoor store, and got himself the car he’s driving now.

The RV, built on the chassis of a Mercedes Arocs 8×8 heavy-duty truck, cost him more than ten million, with a luxurious interior that can accommodate 4 to 6 people—practically a movable villa.

Even though they get along fairly well, Chen Xin and Li Yulong are not really on the same wavelength. Even before the disaster, they only occasionally hung out without much involvement.

After the apocalypse, Chen Xin and Li Yulong only chatted a few times via shortwave radio, without much interaction.

As for Li Yulong’s family’s shelter, this has to do with his dad.

Back when his dad, one of the notable wealthy individuals in the city, shifted from the restaurant business to hotels, he initially started with small hotels. But as the business grew, he acquired and built several. According to Chen Xin, at least four hotels in the city are under Li Yulong’s father’s name.

Their shelter was built under their most luxurious hotel, constructed to nuclear war bunker standards, with independent water and electricity supply, and equipped with large cold storages capable of holding a considerable amount of food.

When the shelter was completed, Li Yulong invited Chen Xin to tour it, making Chen Xin naturally envious of this luxurious apocalypse bunker.

This also left a deep impression on Chen Xin about the well-equipped underground fortress.

Hence, it’s quite unbelievable to Chen Xin when Li Yulong now says his family’s shelter can hardly afford to use air conditioning and wants to trade for a geothermal heat pump.

"Brother Chen, can I come in and talk? It’s so cold standing at the door!" Li Yulong seemed to have noticed Chen Xin’s mistrust, but this rich heir appeared oblivious, naturally proposing to enter Chen Xin’s shelter.

Chen Xin glanced at the car he drove up in, discreetly felt the gun in his pocket, and finally asked, "Are you alone? No one else in the car?"

"There’s a bodyguard in the car, he’s my cousin, staying to watch the car." Li Yulong didn’t hide anything and his attitude was very sincere.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xin believed him for the time being and nodded, "Alright, come in and let’s talk."

Following his words, he moved aside, indicating for Li Yulong to enter.

Li Yulong didn’t hesitate and went straight through the door of Chen Xin’s shelter, with Chen Xin following him inside, then closing the door.

"You’re here too, Sister Qin? Have you and Brother Chen gotten back together?" Li Yulong definitely recognized Qin Lan, but he used to call her sister-in-law until she and Chen Xin broke up, after which he changed to calling her sister.

Qin Lan seemed very evasive about the topic, only asking Li Yulong, "I’m here for business with A-Xin, why are you here?"

"I’m here to trade for a geothermal heat pump, Sister Qin. You wouldn’t know, the air conditioning my dad installed in our shelter is almost too expensive to use now." Li Yulong repeated to Qin Lan the excuse he told Chen Xin, showing a helpless attitude towards his dad.

Yet neither Chen Xin nor Qin Lan believed it.

"Alright, no need to say that, we know the situation with your family’s shelter. If you say you can’t afford electricity, then probably no one in the city can." Chen Xin bluntly exposed Li Yulong and straightforwardly asked, "Come on, what are you really here for?"

Chen Xin didn’t let Li Yulong go further into the shelter and simply watched him with Qin Lan.

"Still not speaking the truth? Xiao-long, you must be ready for trouble, huh?" Qin Lan gave Li Yulong a threatening look. Though her face was partially obscured by a protective mask, her tone clearly indicated her stance.

After Qin Lan’s threat, Li Yulong had to surrender.

"Alright, I’ll talk. Sister Qin, you’re still as fierce as ever. Only Brother Chen can handle you." Li Yulong grumbled before explaining to Chen Xin, "I really am here to trade for a geothermal heat pump, but not for my family’s shelter. I’ve set up a base outside and need it for heating."

Hearing this, Chen Xin raised an eyebrow in surprise and said, "Are you just bored? Why leave a perfectly fine shelter to set up a base by yourself?" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Haha, Brother Chen, you don’t understand." Li Yulong gave a confident smile and explained, "Living in my family’s shelter is comfortable, but it’s just for living. As you said, I was truly bored at home, doing nothing but eating and sleeping, almost becoming a pig!

Brother Chen, you know I’m a promising young man. How could I just sit idly in a shelter like my dad? So I decided to find something to do."

"Find something to do? So you decided to make a base? What’s the point of that? You already have a place to live." Chen Xin scoffed, thinking Li Yulong was simply looking for trouble.

Yet, Li Yulong was more delighted, saying confidently, "Brother Chen, you’ve got it wrong. I’m not setting up this base just to live in it. While I do plan to eventually move there, my aim in building this base is to create a trading market."

"Trading market?" Upon hearing, Chen Xin instantly understood his intention. "You mean a black market? You want to be the dealer?"

At this point, Chen Xin’s gaze towards Li Yulong had changed noticeably.