RPAGF Chapter 148 Seeking cooperation
Chapter 148 Seeking cooperation
First, they didn't know much about the environment of the garbage mountain and what might be there, while Li Yong had lived and grown up there since childhood. He knew at least 70-80% of it, if not 100%.
Secondly, although fewer people might pay attention to new faces at the garbage dump at night, it's still better to be safe than sorry. After all, anything can happen when there are huge profits at stake.
As a local, Li Yong seemed quite warm and sincere based on their recent interactions; he might be able to help them avoid a lot of trouble later.
The dilapidated tricycle slowly drove across the endless mountain of garbage, venturing deeper into the darkness. Gradually, a few scattered lights began to appear.
"We're almost at the village entrance," Li Yong reminded them, and the dilapidated tricycle entered the village. A few starlight points coalesced into a seemingly weak but actually dazzling cluster of lights.
Li Yong's dilapidated tricycle was parked in front of a run-down shed. The shed's door was crooked and broken into pieces; even without looking inside, one could sense the extent of the accident that had occurred.
Yufei and Lei Jun followed Li Yong inside. They found the place in complete disarray, littered with carelessly discarded machinery and shattered bottles and jars.
"Old man Odin!" Li Yong's shrill cry came from the inner room.
Yufei and the other two rushed over upon hearing the noise and saw Li Yong holding Odin, who was covered in blood, looking completely panicked.
"Get him to the hospital immediately!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Hearing Lei Jun practice and his calm and collected voice, Li Yong's panicked heart calmed down.
Holding the blood-covered Odin, they placed him in the tricycle and unloaded all the goods from it to make room for Yufei and the others.
Once everyone was in place, Li Yong stopped wasting time talking to them and rode his beat-up tricycle towards the hospital at full speed.
Yufei also contacted Kukoc on the way, asking him to make an emergency appointment at the hospital in advance and prepare a bed.
After they arrived at the hospital, everything was prepared. Odin went through the entire process from admission to consultation to hospitalization in one go, without spending too much time waiting.
Fortunately, Odin, despite looking like he was seriously injured, only had some superficial wounds. The only serious one was that his head hit the corner of a table during the shoving, causing a cut.
He woke up while the doctor was cleaning Odin's wounds; after receiving three stitches to his head, he was transferred to a regular ward.
"Old man Odin, you worried me to death! I thought something had happened to you! I told you before that that thing was unreliable, and if I hadn't come back to look for you today, I might have already given you that thing."
Li Yong, a grown man, almost burst into tears as he spoke.
"Alright, alright! You're so long-winded," Odin waved his hand dismissively.
"I'm in great health, you young man, but you live like an old man. Be careful you don't age quickly! Hahahaha!"
"Kukoc, you worked so hard last night," Li Yong and Odin said in the hospital room, one being sentimental and the other being sarcastic, while Yufei and the others expressed their gratitude to Kukoc outside the room.
"Hey! We're all friends, no need for all these thank yous, it's too formal~ Unless you don't consider me a friend, of course."
Kukoc laughed heartily.
"Sure! Friends forever, treat me to dinner sometime!" Lei Jun patted Kukoc's arm.
"Alright, stop with the mushy stuff, Brother Kukoc. We still need to talk to Grandpa Odin, so we won't chat with you any longer."
Yufei interrupted Lei Jun and the Kukoc brothers, who were going on and on about brotherhood, because they had important business to discuss.
"You guys go ahead, I won't bother you any longer. I'm going back to take a nap too," Kukoc said casually, turning away and waving goodbye.
They watched Kukoc walk away and then turned back to the ward. Odin and Li Yong were still bickering, mainly Odin saying things that made Li Yong furious, which in turn made Odin extremely happy.
When Odin saw Yufei and the others come in, he put away his playful old man persona.
"Cough cough~"
Li Yong coughed a few times, indicating that there were outsiders present. He seemed genuinely interested in a potential "Batter Better" with Li Yong.
Li Yong turned around and saw Yufei and the others come in. Actually, after this incident, Li Yong felt he had been too distant with Yufei and the others, and thought it wouldn't hurt to let them see how he interacted with Old Man Odin.
However, he remembered that Yufei and the others had something to discuss with Old Man Odin, so he stopped his playful fight with Odin and gave them the space he needed.
"Grandpa Odin, do you still remember me?" Yufei stepped down in front of Odin and asked him happily.
Odin did find the little girl in front of him somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen her before.
“On the black market…” Yufei didn’t give Odin too much time to think, and directly said where they had met before. Perhaps that day was just an ordinary day for Odin.
At most, they might just think of them as customers who got a free dimensional pocket, so they didn't pay much attention to them.
After Yufei's reminder, Odin finally remembered her. "Oh, that's the little girl! What do you need me for?"
"Grandpa Odin, I didn't bring enough money with me that day, and I said I'd give it to you the next day, but yesterday... so I brought the money to give you today."
Yufei explained the purpose of her visit today, which was, of course, only one of the purposes.
Odin was a little surprised to hear that Yufei had come to give him money. After all, although he had always thought of his dimensional pocket as the greatest invention, not many people in this base recognized its value, let alone...
Is it...
Odin's eyes sharpened as he slowly said, "I suppose Miss isn't here to return more than just money?"
"Grandpa is so smart! That's right, we've come to seek cooperation with you." Yufei hadn't expected that Odin would know their purpose without them revealing their thoughts through any words or actions. He truly lived up to his reputation as an inventive genius; his mind was incredibly quick.
"There's no need to discuss this anymore, I refuse," Odin said, his face grim as he rejected Yufei's offer of cooperation.
"If there's nothing else, you can leave."
Odin seemed to remember something, and continued...
"Oh! By the way, could you also settle the bill for that dimensional pocket, please?"
He then showed his smart ring, indicating that Yufei and the others should pay and leave quickly.
"Grandpa Odin, please don't reject our cooperation outright. We heard from Uncle Li that you're currently facing a tight cash flow situation, and we can help you resolve that."
Yufei didn't understand why Grandpa Odin reacted so strongly when they mentioned cooperating with him. She could only quickly explain Grandpa Odin's needs and negotiate with him as soon as possible.