Resurrection Empire-Chapter 324 - 139 The Citizen’s Path_2

The other party, as usual, first congratulated Ren Zhong, and then carefully explained many matters related to the professional team with him.

After the two finished talking, the other party brought up an unrelated topic.

She said she had bought a nicely renovated small courtyard on the edge of the White Wall and replaced her bed with a comfortable new one, asking Ren Zhong when he would be free to come to her house for a cup of tea.

Ren Zhong smiled and politely declined.

At 9:30 at night, Ren Zhong bid farewell to the rest of the small team and headed straight to Ju Qingmeng’s villa inside the White Wall.

Before leaving, he assigned Zheng Tian a task to go to Lin Wang’s manor early the next morning to take stock and move all relatively valuable items, including the Third Generation Iron Curtain, to their small courtyard.

Zheng Tian wasn’t naive enough to ask why they didn’t just move there directly.

There weren’t many days left in Starfire Town; that place was destined to become ruins, so moving was pointless.

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In the villa’s living room, Ren Zhong and Ju Qingmeng sat side by side.

In front of them appeared the data modeling diagram of Lin Wang’s full armor.

Ju Qingmeng said, "Lin Wang was really willing to invest heavily. The material cost of this set of armor definitely exceeds six million, allowing him to leverage a basic power of six thousand kilowatts to perform almost at the level of a Mechanical Warrior, exceeding nine thousand kilowatts in carrying power when wearing regular equipment. Your win was not easy."

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes, it involved a lot of luck."

"But ultimately, you achieved the impossible according to common knowledge, didn’t you?"

Ju Qingmeng blinked, looking at him.

Ren Zhong: "Yes."

Ju Qingmeng: "In your battle, the armor was considerably damaged, with around 70% of the components remaining intact and usable. It will take me a day or two to fully understand all the technical parameters. Then we can discuss and see which components can be transferred to your armor."

"Thank you, take your time, there are still five days left, no rush."

Ren Zhong stood up, walked to the bar in the living room, took out two disposable paper cups, threw in some tea leaves, and began to pour hot water.

After a long while, Ju Qingmeng walked over to him, "Is Mayor Ma and the others coming over later?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes, they will definitely come."

Ju Qingmeng: "Are you preoccupied with something?"

Ren Zhong’s hand suddenly shook, surprised, he said: "How did you know?"

Ju Qingmeng laughed, "A woman’s intuition?"

Ren Zhong was greatly surprised, touching his face: "Amazing!"

"Well, actually, you were just distracted. Look, the water has spilled. You never did this before. Even if you’re still in the fatigue aftermath of the stimulant, this isn’t normal."

Ren Zhong turned to look at the wet tabletop, where a few uninfused tea leaves had already floated along the overflowing water to the countertop.

He realized.

At Ju Qingmeng’s house, he was too relaxed, leading to a brief moment of absent-mindedness due to his heavy thoughts.

Some things have to be done.

But even if he had already made up his mind, it was against his nature, leaving him somewhat uncomfortable.

What he was about to do to the Ma family father and daughter was far more severe than knocking Sun Miaozhu off and fleecing people like Zheng Tian before.

That would leave a huge rift between him and the Ma family father and daughter that only the whirlpool of time could grind away.

Ren Zhong by nature wasn’t a person truly adept at telling lies with a black heart.

Moreover, this time, what he was going to deal a heavy blow to was someone he had long regarded as one of his own people in his heart.

This was completely different from how he felt when fooling people like Lin Wang and Yang Bingzhong.

Two minutes later, Ren Zhong and Ju Qingmeng sat back at the tea table, watching the wisps of white steam rising from the two freshly brewed cups of tea on the table.

Ju Qingmeng: "You’ve always wanted to kill Lin Wang, and you did it. We also saw the changes in the small town, why are you still unhappy? Is it because of the Pu Cha thing?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes, but it’s not just that."

"What else is there?"

Ren Zhong was silent for a moment, then asked Ju Qingmeng word by word, "No matter what I do, will you understand me?"

Seeing him so serious, Ju Qingmeng didn’t answer casually, but after weighing it in her heart for a long time, she said, "I will."

"Thank you."

Ju Qingmeng: "You want to pursue Ma Xiaoling for benefits? Form a deeper alliance with Ma Dafu through her? Quickly raise your societal status? Do you want... to deceive Ma Xiaoling’s feelings?"

Ren Zhong smiled and shook his head, "No. But I feel, in some sense, what I have to do is worse."

"Huh?"

"Let me give you an example. I made a promise to you, I want to help you rewrite your fate. You also unconditionally believe in my promise. But if one day, before I fulfill this promise to you, I ignore your dissuasion and do something that leads to certain death, and I do die. My promise becomes empty words, would you resent me?"

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