Chapter 804 - 601: Living Off Parents Has Its Tricks! (Part 2)

Gan Shang didn’t want to go. He could already imagine how his father would mock and curse him if he did.

He needed to find someone else to go.

After much thought, he felt that his brother-in-law was more suitable.

After all, they were family, and it felt more reliable.

Since the incident with the broken eyebrow, although no one else was found to be disloyal, he didn’t trust these people much either.

So he said to the maid who was standing next to him, "Call Gao Ru over."

"Yes, Master."

Soon enough.

Gao Ru came upstairs and saw his brother-in-law standing by the railing.

"Brother-in-law, you were looking for me."

"There’s something I need you to handle. We haven’t contacted headquarters in a long time. You lead a team there and request support, food, manpower, ask for as much as possible.

Be sure to explain the difficulties we’ve faced recently.

Also, tell my dad about the disappearance of Gao Jie and ask him to send help, as that’s his favorite grandson..."

Gao Ru looked at his brother-in-law, hesitating: "Brother-in-law, aren’t you going yourself? I think it would be better if you went. If I go, I’m afraid Dad won’t give me anything."

He naturally knew Gan Xiong’s temper. If he went to ask for food and people, and on top of that, informed him of Gan Gaojie’s disappearance, he might go into a rage, and that would be terrible for him.

He didn’t want to take on this thankless task.

Gan Shang seemed prepared for Gao Ru’s response.

He didn’t answer directly, but gestured for Gao Ru to sit.

"Sit down, Xiao Gao."

"Let’s talk. Sometimes I feel very lonely here at Juzi Island. There’s almost no one I trust, except you. You’re the only one I dare trust with my back.

You know about the broken eyebrow incident. That’s just what we saw. What about the things we haven’t seen or don’t know? It’s possible others have other thoughts too."

"Xiao Gao, I really have no one else. I can only rely on you. Consider it your brother-in-law begging you, please go this time."

As he spoke, Gan Shang’s eyes reddened.

He looked at Gao Ru with those reddened eyes.

It was the first time Gao Ru had seen Gan Shang like this, and for a moment, he felt at a loss.

He quickly said, "No, no, no."

"Brother-in-law, why go to such lengths? I really, I really..."

Seeing that he hadn’t agreed, Gan Shang said, "I’m a father. There’s still no news of Xiao Jie, and our food here at Juzi Island is running low. Sigh..."

As he spoke, he looked intently at Gao Ru.

Gao Ru couldn’t bear that look any longer. He sighed and said, "Alright, brother-in-law, I’ll listen to you; I’ll go."

Gan Shang’s eyes flashed with a hint of joy when he heard Gao Ru agree.

If you asked who Gan Shang feared most, it would be his father, Gan Xiong.

Especially this time, with such heavy losses in manpower and his son missing, he didn’t dare tell his father about it.

Gan Shang gave Gao Ru some additional instructions, sharing some tips.

Mainly on how to better request more food and manpower support from his father.

On this front, Gan Shang was an expert.

Gao Ru clicked his tongue in wonder; he hadn’t expected there were so many intricacies involved.

He couldn’t help but feel that, despite Gan Shang’s fear of his father-in-law, he really understood him well.

After discussing things for a while.

They finally decided to leave Juzi Island the next day, with Gao Ru leading 15 people.

At that time, they would transport food and supplies back.

After explaining everything, Gao Ru finally came down from upstairs.

Once downstairs, Gao Ru regained his senses, and couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Going to the Western Alliance headquarters tomorrow, he was definitely in for a good scolding, just a scapegoat.

Sigh.....

After Gao Ru left, Gan Shang returned from the balcony to his room.

He saw the photo of him and his son on the table.

His eyes grew colder.

"Xiao Jie, rest assured, Daddy will get justice for you and find the killer to avenge you. Xiao Jun, once I find them, they’re as good as dead! And Ju Tianrui, I don’t believe he’s completely uninformed!"

Gan Shang said through gritted teeth.

.....

Western Alliance.

The entire base was filled with corpses.

The chaotic roads were cluttered with all sorts of messy items.

They survived.

But the losses were immense.

So immense that Gan Xiong regretted ever choosing this place.

Had he known, he should have chosen a location with more difficult terrain.

Back then, to consider construction speed, they chose to build on the plains, but the plains had the most Zombies.

And this time, the outbreak of the Zombie Tide reached a scale of millions.

Yet, the die was cast.

When they built this base, they expended so much manpower, material resources, and financial strength, making it almost impossible for them to rebuild something similar now.

Moreover, now more than half their manpower was gone.

The past few months of high temperatures, acid rain, and darkness had disrupted their planting plans.

The high temperatures directly led to poor harvests.

Originally, they could have planted another season in the latter half of the year, but the darkness and acid rain disrupted the plans, and it’s already nearly October now.

Additionally, with current temperatures only a few degrees, it’s impossible to plant anything.

With a base of tens of thousands of acres, the planting area is vast.

Back then, they stockpiled a lot of food, but they had a large population too, so consumption was fast.

Relying on their own planting supplemented a lot.