Chapter 1403: Still a Little Short, Refresh Before 2 AM

"First of all, she is not my side chick. Second, I also think she’ll do."

Liu Zheng said.

Of course, that was just a preliminary idea.

When the time came he still had to come up with a selection plan that everyone could accept and that showed he wasn’t playing favorites. Especially the choice of main wedding planner had to be handled with extreme care, otherwise he might end up dying an ugly death.

"Mr. Delivery Guy, the money’s been delivered."

After a while, Wang Manni called.

"Okay, thanks for the trouble."

Liu Zheng said.

"It wasn’t any trouble at all."

Wang Manni said happily. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Then I’ll pile a bit more on your shoulders. Have you ever attended a wedding?"

He asked.

"Lots of times. Relatives’, classmates’, coworkers’... all together it must be ten, twenty times."

Wang Manni thought for a moment and said.

"Perfect. My boss wants to redo his wedding, but he doesn’t want Sis-in-law to know—wants to give her a surprise—so he dumped this on me. I obviously don’t know the first thing about this, so I wanted to ask you..."

Liu Zheng said.

"Sure!"

Before he could finish, Wang Manni already agreed.

"Alright, I’ll notify everyone first, then we’ll talk through the concrete plan."

Liu Zheng said.

"You can tell me the budget, headcount, style, and any other requirements. I can start drafting a detailed proposal right now."

Wang Manni said, barely able to wait.

"Uh, we’ll talk about it later, later."

He hurriedly hung up.

If he let Wang Manni keep talking, there’d be no way not to give her the chief planner position for this wedding.

Once the money’s in place, everything gets easier.

Soon, Black Skull called.

"I found out. That bastard Boar gave the captain fifty grand, and even gave up a temp worker slot to him."

He said through gritted teeth.

"Has there been an opening for captain lately?"

Liu Zheng asked thoughtfully.

"Huh? I don’t think so. The Sanitation Department’s work is gross, sure, but it’s still pretty safe."

Black Skull was stunned for a moment, then replied.

"Then your captain isn’t worried? Boar’s just a vice-captain, why does he need so many elite troops? It’s not like he’s boosting your captain’s performance stats out of kindness."

Liu Zheng said.

"You’re saying he wants to grab the captain’s seat?"

Black Skull got it.

"Who doesn’t want to? Nigga, if you had the chance, you wouldn’t want to be captain?"

He shot back.

"Of course I do, only a dumbass wouldn’t. If I were captain, would I still need to beg everywhere just to get a skin for my girl? Then again, if not for that, I wouldn’t have met you, brother, so maybe it’s just as well I’m not captain."

Black Skull said, high EQ on full display.

"So, whether or not Boar’s actually thinking that way, as long as your captain thinks he is, that’s enough. How much did you give that logistics guy?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Twenty grand."

Twenty grand for a piece of intel was already very pricey.

"Then give the remaining one-eighty to your captain."

Liu Zheng said.

"That... probably won’t be enough."

Black Skull said with a wry smile.

The value of money varied from person to person.

Boar, that vice-captain, his money was worth several times more than Black Skull’s.

"Just give him that much for now, get this thing suppressed first. I’ll deal with it when I get out."

Liu Zheng said.

"Alright. Little bro, it’s not like I have to have those Fly Men. What I’m really afraid of is that if I just swallow this, those bastards will push their luck. Your nieces aren’t even adults yet, and there’s already a bunch of guys coming to me to propose. You think I don’t know what they’re after?"

Black Skull said through clenched teeth.

Marrying a Painted Skin wife was basically marrying countless wives in one. What male wouldn’t want that kind of deal.

"I get it. Don’t worry, with me around, they’re not getting a thing out of you."

Liu Zheng said, firm as a nail.

"I believe you. Oh right, brother, you said you had something you wanted to tell me before, what was it?"

Black Skull asked.

"Didn’t I say? My stuff’s not urgent. We deal with your business first."

"No way, brother, you have to let me do something for you, otherwise I won’t be able to rest easy."

Black Skull said.

"Alright then. I overturned a pot of Metropolitan Most Smelly Soup in the cemetery, and the Tomb Guardian ordered me to get rid of the remaining stench. I figured your Sanitation Department is pretty professional in this area, so I wanted to ask if you had any ideas."

Liu Zheng had no choice but to come clean.

"..."

Black Skull fell silent after hearing him out.

"Nigga, what’s wrong with you, don’t tell me I scared you stupid?"

Seeing he still hadn’t responded, Liu Zheng raised his voice and asked.

"Brother, don’t scare your Nigga like that anymore. My soul fire almost went out from the fright."

Black Skull said faintly.

"It’s not that serious, it’s just a pot of soup. Look at me, I’m still alive and kicking."

Liu Zheng boasted shamelessly, carefully skipping over the part where he’d almost been stunk to death on the spot.

"You think everyone’s you? Last time the Metropolitan Most Smelly Soup showed up, it straight-up stank half a street’s worth of people to death. The Sanitation Department worked their asses off for a whole month before that street was barely livable again."

Black Skull said.

"Huh? It’s that scary? How come I didn’t feel anything?"

"I got my permanent position out of that, because so many people died. You think I’d make this up? But the soup that time had some extra ingredients added. I don’t know the details, but if you want, I can help you look into it."

Black Skull said.

"Is that... compliant?"

"Of course it’s not compliant, but for you, brother, never mind noncompliant, I’d even do something illegal."

Black Skull said.

"Then look into it."

Liu Zheng didn’t turn him down.

He was sure the ingredients whoever made that batch of Most Smelly Soup used were nowhere near as good as his. If he could figure out what extra stuff they added, then combine it with his own ultimate-ingredient version and make another batch, the power would definitely level up again.