Chapter 171: 171, There is no heaven in this world

"But this isn't Qing Shi Group's territory, is it?" Xiao Yu Jie said worriedly: "Will finding Luo Lan help?"

"After all, he can give us the right to Barrier resident status. This should be easy enough," Ren Xiao Su thought and said: "I don't think there's a problem."

"What if he doesn't come tonight?" Xiao Yu Jie asked curiously.

Yan Liu Yuan said from the side: "It's fine. Dong Fu Nan is still in our hands..."

Before the words had finished, he heard the sound of vehicles approaching on the street. Ren Xiao Su turned his head, and the person sitting in the passenger seat, muttering to himself, wasn't exactly Luo Lan, was it?

When the car stopped in front of the shop, Ren Xiao Su looked at Luo Lan: "You've changed to another new car?"

This Luo Lan was truly wealthy. Earlier, Xiao Yu Jie mentioned she had asked at the car dealership, but every car, whether good or bad, was priced sky-high.

And this Luo Lan had changed several cars in just a few days.

What Ren Xiao Su didn't know was that, compared to the financial power of the consortium, these so-called sky-high cars were nothing more than toys.

Luo Lan jumped out of the car and laughed: "Why are you all standing at the door?"

"Wang Fu Gui was taken away by the Order Agency," Ren Xiao Su said bluntly.

Luo Lan froze: "What happened?"

Ren Xiao Su explained the situation, and Luo Lan frowned: "It seems your black medicine has attracted attention. Probably because the effect is too good, someone inside the Barrier wants to take it for themselves. This trick I've seen many times—first they find all sorts of reasons to make you unable to continue, then someone steps forward to discuss acquiring the formula. It's a common tactic."

"Acquire the formula?" Ren Xiao Su asked with a serious face. In this world, no one has been born who could take the black medicine formula from him. After all, even he himself didn't know what the formula was...

"This matter isn't over yet," Luo Lan said: "There will be more troubles ahead. You solve one, and another follows. They'll make you anxious and then buy the black medicine formula from you at a very low price."

"Let's not talk about the future," Ren Xiao Su looked at Luo Lan: "Does Qing Shi Group have people in the Order Agency?"

Luo Lan said: "Yes, two brothers were just arrested there two days ago..."

Ren Xiao Su: "???"

Ren Xiao Su almost laughed in anger: "Is that what I'm asking..."

"Hahaha, I'm just kidding with you," Luo Lan laughed.

"However, were all your Qing Shi people arrested?" Ren Xiao Su said helplessly. He wanted Luo Lan to help rescue someone from the Order Agency, but it turned out that Qing Shi Group's own people were all arrested.

"You misunderstood," Luo Lan explained: "I'll give Luo Yuan a heads-up. Wang Fu Gui will be released tonight."

"Then why didn't you rescue your own people?" Ren Xiao Su was puzzled.

Luo Lan looked embarrassed: "We can't acknowledge their identities yet."

With that, Ren Xiao Su understood. Those two brothers arrested must have done something under Luo Lan's orders that couldn't be seen in the light, so Luo Lan couldn't openly rescue them. But rescuing Wang Fu Gui was possible.

However, before he could finish speaking, Wang Fu Gui walked into the shop from the doorway. Ren Xiao Su was shocked: "Old Wang, weren't you taken away by the Order Agency?"

"Ah," Wang Fu Gui explained: "I just arrived at the Order Agency, and they seemed to have received a notice from above, so they sent me back..."

"What notice?" Ren Xiao Su asked: "Did they do anything to you?"

"No, no. Someone said it was Luo Yuan, the Barrier's manager, who notified them to release me," Wang Fu Gui smiled as if nothing happened.

Luo Lan smirked from the side: "See, they still have to give me face. This kid Luo Yuan is sensible."

But Ren Xiao Su suddenly felt something was off. Even if Luo Yuan gave Luo Lan face, it wouldn't be that Luo Lan hadn't even made a call yet, and they had already released the person.

Could there be another reason? But Ren Xiao Su didn't know the relationship between Luo Yuan and Qing Shi, so he couldn't judge the specific information.

Anyway, getting Wang Fu Gui released was a good thing.

"Alright, you talk first. I'll go speak with Dong Fu Nan," Luo Lan laughed: "There will definitely be other matters, but if you find me, I can solve them."

"Will those people continue to pester you now that Luo Yuan has intervened?" Ren Xiao Su asked.

"Wealth moves hearts," Luo Lan explained: "As they say, the King of Hell is better than a little demon. Besides, Luo Yuan isn't the actual controller of the 109th Barrier. Maybe the person behind the black medicine idea is from Li Shi's side? Or maybe they have some connection with Li Shi. These people can make you suffer just by being disgusting."

Ren Xiao Su fell silent. This was his first time facing the truly despicable hearts within the Barrier. If the wilderness was about direct robbery with knives, then the people in the Barrier were like blunt knives killing people.

But in the end, wasn't it all robbery?

Wearing suits and leather shoes couldn't change the bandit nature of these people.

Ren Xiao Su said: "Thank you in advance. If anything happens again, I'll contact you immediately."

Luo Lan laughed: "Once you're in the Barrier, you have to adapt to its environment. Just thinking about fighting and killing won't work. Tang Zhou, leave our contact information with them."

Ren Xiao Su suddenly wondered: "But haven't you been doing all sorts of fighting and killing lately?"

"Hahahaha, really?" Luo Lan laughed awkwardly: "This is also a strategy!"

"What strategy?" Ren Xiao Su asked curiously.

"You see, Li Shi Consortium used to treasure their research like it was their life, and all their forces were used to protect that precious research," Luo Lan said proudly: "Look at them now. When things get too complicated, they can't sit still anymore and have to divert their attention. That way, the defenses at the university side will relax, right?"

Ren Xiao Su exclaimed in surprise: "You actually have such a mind? How do I feel like you're just making excuses?"

Luo Lan was displeased: "Looking down on someone, are you? I don't feel like explaining so much to you. It's a waste of feelings!"

After Luo Lan went to the backyard, Ren Xiao Su instructed Wang Fu Gui and the others: "It's better to be careful lately."

"Is there no direct solution to this?" Wang Fu Gui was encountering this for the first time: "What kind of people are these? Even in the wilderness, there's nothing as disgusting as this."

Ren Xiao Su sighed: "We used to think the Barrier was paradise. Every wanderer wanted to get in. But only after coming here did I realize that there's no paradise in this world."