Show of Strength

Zhao Yuan left. Before leaving, he gave Wang Tao a thick stack of "Resource Exchange Tickets."

At Red Stone Base, all supplies were centrally managed and distributed by the military.

Survivors could earn Resource Exchange Tickets through various jobs, then use them to exchange for daily necessities, food, clothing, and other living supplies.

So these food exchange tickets were effectively the currency of Red Stone Base.

Zhao Yuan appeared quite generous. The tickets he gave were enough to live comfortably here for a long time, but they were merely payment to buy off Wang Tao.

As long as Wang Tao didn't mention Ding Yuqin here and acted as if she didn't exist, Zhao Yuan could continue living at Red Stone Base as the son-in-law of a military big shot, wanting for neither food nor clothing, with as many Resource Exchange Tickets as he wanted. He had also promised to give more later.

Of course, these Resource Exchange Tickets were useless to Wang Tao.

Zhao Yuan told Wang Tao not to mention Ding Yuqin here. Wang Tao agreed verbally, but whether he would actually keep quiet depended on investigating exactly what Zhao Yuan was hiding.

What if he truly had some unspeakable hardship and wasn't as heartless as he appeared? The possibility was small, but it existed. After all, they had been neighbors for many years. Wang Tao was willing to give him a chance.

As for whether to tell Ding Yuqin... if Zhao Yuan still couldn't forget Ding Yuqin and wanted to save her, Wang Tao might have to consider whether to tell Ding Yuqin that he was still alive.

But if Zhao Yuan was really like this now, then Wang Tao didn't need to consider it. He absolutely had to tell Ding Yuqin!

After all, without comparison, there was