Geng Shougong reported two thousand books to make the other party feel poverty-stricken.

Since they agreed without hesitation, he pretended to remember something.

"Oh no, it seems it won't work, this is all the books in Zhou Six, doesn't feel right to lend them all at once."

"That's true," Qu Jianlei nodded decisively, "if you ask for a book deposit, I might get nervous."

The communication of a tech geek is always so direct.

Geng Shougong smiled dismissively, the value of these books wasn't high, priceless only due to knowledge monopoly.

"No need for much deposit, as long as you have the intention... do you read fast?"

"I read very fast," Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation, "rent as much as you can."

"Then..." Geng Shougong looked at him thoughtfully, "a hundred books?"

"Two hundred, let's borrow more if we can," Qu Jianlei hoped to borrow more, "Old driver... never mind, could you please send someone over."

In his excitement, he almost forgot, the identities of Cindy and her daughter were not exposed outside the city.

Geng Shougong didn't mind his slip of the tongue, nodded straightforwardly, "Two silver coins per book, is that okay?"

Four hundred silver coins, their repair bill a few days ago was enough to cover that.

After confirming, he returned to the city, first arranging for someone to test, to see if there were any sand holes in the main shaft.

Using the most advanced ultrasonic flaw detector, it only took an hour for the result.

Indeed, there were sand holes inside the main shaft!

Within that hour, two hundred books were prepared, mainly older books and journals.

He still wanted to test if the other party would tell him if some books had already been read.

This time, he did not go personally, just sent someone to handle it.

By afternoon, the person sent returned, handing in a full four hundred silver coins.

"They kept all the books, said they were organizing mechanical knowledge systematically."

"Makes sense," Geng Shougong nodded slightly, a good memory isn't as reliable as a written record, some knowledge indeed needs to be reviewed occasionally.

He organized the documents on his desk, then said he needed to make some plans, accidentally brushing a wanted poster with his fingertips.

"Qu Jianlei, Sha Qu, Black Heaven, Fugui... have certain mechanical repair skills?"

He paused for a few seconds, read it again carefully, then smiled with disbelief, shaking his head.

"What am I thinking? Such strong repair skills, how could they be mastered in just a year?"

"The contents of this wanted poster... are ridiculous, anyway, better to arrange things so as not to disturb that master."

His aim was simply to protect a powerful repair master, if the other left Zhou Six in anger, all his efforts would be wasted.

He really didn't expect that this repair master was actually the person on the wanted poster!

Qu Jianlei did not know, but the Geng Shougong he had only met once quietly helped deflect a wave of malice for him.

He didn't even realize that the wanted notice from Red Plain Settlement had reached Zhou Six.

The key was, the wanted persons didn't expect that Flower Scorpion was not only alive but had teamed up with Sha Qu.

The four-person team appearing in Zhou Six couldn't have been put together by Sha Qu alone.

And Geng Shougong's arrangements helped Qu Jianlei cover his last shortcoming.

In the following three days, apart from practicing martial arts and meditation, Qu Jianlei spent most of his time reading.

There were still some terms he didn't understand, but he had gotten used to vague reading, temporarily skipping unfamiliar terms.

As long as he read enough books, he could eventually deduce the meanings of the terms, he was very familiar with this method.

Back on Blue Star, he read books this way too, most of the time too lazy to even check the dictionary.

In three days, he read about twenty books, his efficiency was amazingly high.

Seeing him read so fast, Flower Scorpion couldn't resist picking up a book to flip through.

But in less than half an hour, she'd fall sound asleep, her limited literacy wasn't the main issue, the key was she simply didn't have the talent for it.

On the morning of the fourth day, after a night of meditation, Qu Jianlei walked out the door, surprised to find it had snowed again!

Without doubt, the cold wave had arrived, and everyone was busy with the final preparations before departure.

When it first starts to snow, best not rush out, otherwise it's easy to get lost.

By the next day at dawn, the snow stopped, and Qu Jianlei, Flower Scorpion, Cindy, and Spencer, along with one dog, finally set off.

The old conman had one good trait, which was his superb memory for routes, with him around, even Xue'Er was mostly unnecessary.

But the snow mastiff's skill was mainly for tracking prey.

The snowy wilderness was particularly hard to navigate, after a day, it started snowing again, the temperature plummeted, estimated to be over twenty degrees below zero at night.

After three days, they finally reached a hilly area, a famous hunting ground in Zhou Six Residence Area.

The hunting ground was so well known, that more than ten teams were present, and by the end of the day, they saw more than a dozen tire tracks.

In contrast, there were few prey to be seen, almost none.

That night, luck wasn't too bad, Xue'Er found a snow rabbit's nest.

In the nest, there were only one male and one female half-grown rabbit, guessed to have come together just this past summer, not much meat at all.

The two rabbits weren't enough for even one meal for four people and a dog, but the first day is always the toughest, so it was considered a good sign.

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