Chapter 1400: Chapter 1395: Relationship History (Part 2)

Only, when He Zhanyin took out a little badge, the soldier in charge of checking the vehicle immediately gave him a grand salute.

Fawning and bowing, he let their car pass at once.

"These guys, they wouldn’t be under that big shot you mentioned, would they?" Lin Xi glanced at those soldiers and asked.

When He Zhanyin heard Lin Xi ask that, he almost burst with joy.

You have to know, along the way, it was basically all him talking.

You could say he was about to suffocate from holding it in.

He didn’t avoid the topic or feel embarrassed at all, and said straight up, "Yeah, otherwise why would they act like that!"

"But how’d you figure that out?" He froze again.

Lin Xi just smiled and didn’t answer.

After all, at the previous checkpoints, none of them had been this polite, and their expressions had all been rather... shady.

Of course, those earlier checkpoints also hadn’t done anything openly rude to the two of them.

If it were someone else, though, that’d be different.

You have to know, the two of them were still Foreigners, compared to Southeast Asians.

At the same time, over the past two days he’d seen that even locals, passing those checkpoints, got frisked one by one, and the women were groped and harassed.

Plus, they had to pay a bunch of bribes before being allowed through.

"Where was I in the story just now?" He suddenly remembered the topic.

Lin Xi said, "You turned him down!"

"Right, I turned him down!" He Zhanyin slapped his thigh, then wiped the sweat off his forehead.

The weather was still damn hot.

Add to that, the jeep’s AC had completely broken down earlier.

To save time on the road, they hadn’t gone to fix it at all.

But there was one thing he’d always been curious about yet never asked: why Lin Xi didn’t have a drop of sweat on him, like he was constantly in air conditioning.

Could it be a physique thing?

Yeah, had to be!

That’s what he thought.

Then he continued,

"You gotta understand, that warlord’s incredibly vicious, kills people at the drop of a hat!"

"So you have to realize, me rejecting him like that is, in other people’s eyes, basically begging to die!"

"But bro doesn’t give a damn!"

"Worst case, I just move somewhere else. Besides, me, He Zhanyin, who have I ever been scared of?"

"So in the end, he was practically crying to his parents, begging me to reconsider, and told me if I ever changed my mind I should go find him!"

"Damn, it was so disgustingly mushy!"

"I’m telling you, in this lifetime I’m never gonna beg that guy!"

"I’m a man who likes beautiful women; as for pretty boys, pfft pfft pfft, I’m not the least bit interested!"

But right after he said that, his expression changed again. "Still, that warlord really is a pretty boy, he’s seriously good-looking!"

"Honestly, I’m definitely not lying to you!"

"Feels like he doesn’t look like a Southeast Asian at all!"

Hearing that, Lin Xi couldn’t help suspecting him—are you sure you’re not secretly into guys?

Past this checkpoint, the road got much smoother, and before long turned into asphalt.

You have to know, most of the road they’d taken so far had been mud tracks.

So their speed immediately went up a lot.

"Let me tell you something on the down-low, and don’t you go telling anyone else!"

Without even waiting for Lin Xi to agree, he was ready to continue. Lin Xi guessed he’d said this to plenty of people already.

"That warlord told me in secret that if I was willing, he’d even cut it off and turn himself into a ladyboy!"

"Honestly, he’s a man of his word, but I still think that’s way too disgusting, right?"

So he left that guy’s turf right away.

Unless it’s something really important, I won’t come over to this side.

Seriously, it’s too damn scary!

It makes his whole body break out in goosebumps.

Lin Xi: "....."

As for this chatterbox He Zhanyin, Lin Xi had never told him to shut up for two reasons. First, the guy really had taken him all this way, working hard without complaint, never mentioning how tough it was.

Second, he felt this guy might have been suppressed for too long and urgently needed someone to vent to.

After all, he’d been lurking alone here for so many years.

There were a lot of things he simply couldn’t talk about with outsiders.

In fact, if they hadn’t emphasized Lin Xi’s importance again this time, if it had been just some random operative sent over, he wouldn’t have said a word.

Because his existence was still crucial for Huaxia’s intelligence in this region.

The other intel people couldn’t be compared to him at all.

Lin Xi even felt that if he were in He Zhanyin’s position, he might not do as well.

Or rather, he definitely wouldn’t do as well.

It wasn’t that Lin Xi lacked strength; it’s just that what he’s good at is fighting and killing.

All that intrigue, intelligence work and the like—he solves everything by brute force and grabs what he needs.

Strictly speaking, that’s the simplest way.

And it’s the way most people would love to use.

It’s just that the number of people who even dare to think about using this way is very small.

And the number who can actually pull it off is practically zero.

After all, you need overwhelmingly powerful strength to crush everything in your way.

And you also have to be able to shoulder all the consequences that follow!

An hour later, the two of them had already entered the city.

The timing was a bit faster than they’d expected.

First they found a place to settle down.

And they had a proper meal.

For the past two days, all their eating had been done in the car.

So the food was obviously extremely simple.

Now having a hot meal—even Lin Xi felt really comfortable, even if the food here was honestly pretty mediocre.

After that, he suggested they go to a hotel and rest for half a day.

He Zhanyin was a bit puzzled by that.

Because along the way, Lin Xi had been in such a hurry.

Now suddenly he wasn’t rushing?

Logically, the mission should be extremely urgent.

He didn’t think too hard about it and went straight to his room to get a good sleep.

He was just too exhausted.

Lin Xi also went back to his own room.

The reason he wasn’t in a rush to act

was because he felt the next things they had to do still depended on He Zhanyin.

After all, it was going to be a real battle.

If they slipped up, even he would probably get injured.

We’re talking warlords here!

These guys have all kinds of weapons, and on top of that, way too many people.

Far from being comparable to the hundred-odd people at that base.

Plus, Huaxia’s weapon control is extremely strict.

In this place, there’s basically no control at all.

Especially the warlords—once they have money, they all go looking for American arms dealers to buy all kinds of weapons.

As long as it boosts their military power, they’ll buy it.

So once things get chaotic, even he might get hurt; let alone He Zhanyin, whose strength was only at the intermediate special forces level.

Thinking about the guy’s life, Lin Xi wasn’t in that much of a rush.

Besides, for Lin Xi’s plan, He Zhanyin was crucial.

Sitting on the bed, he didn’t sleep.

These last two days had worn He Zhanyin out like a dog.

But for Lin Xi, it was nothing at all.

As an Innate expert, even if he didn’t rest for ten days and nights and kept rushing around, it still wouldn’t be a problem.

It’s just that he wasn’t going to waste this half day.

Instead, he entered the Jade Pendant Space to cultivate.

These days, his strength had been steadily rising.

Thanks to the abundant Spiritual Qi in the Jade Pendant Space.

Now, he did something else.

He separated out a droplet-sized piece from that head-sized Dragon Marrow and swallowed it down immediately.

This was his second time taking it.

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