Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 329 Tempting with High Salaries

Shi Shouyin burst into laughter upon hearing Lu Yao's words.

He reached out and patted Lu Yao on the shoulder.

This was Lu Yao's habitual action, and he used it.

After taking the picture, he didn't remove his hand; instead, he placed it on Lu Yao's back.

"Little Lu, you really guessed right! I just invited you for a drink, nothing more! I just fell in love with you at first sight... no, no, no, look at my loose tongue, I keep saying the wrong thing! I just felt like we were old friends, don't you want to be friends with me?"

Looking at his ugly face, Lu Yao really wanted to grab his hair, pull him over, and kick him hard a few times.

Even if you flattened all his features, he would still look better than he does now.

However, Lu Yao is a worldly and shrewd person who is very good at controlling his emotions.

He nodded with a smile: "Making friends is of course good, but I'm just a lowly militiaman with no special abilities. How could I possibly catch the eye of someone as important as you, the chief?"

"It's perfect! Absolutely perfect for my taste!"

Shi Shouyin was very excited and raised his wine glass to clink with Lu Yao's.

Lu Yao didn't stand on ceremony and took a sip.

Shi Shouyin pursed his lips, put down his wine glass, and then said the second half of his sentence:

"I don't judge friends by their background or status, I only by their abilities. Brother, you're a very capable person, it's a waste of your talent to be a militiaman in a mountain village! Actually, I want you to resign from your militia post and come to my command headquarters to be my assistant. I can arrange a state-owned enterprise job for you, a government-affiliated position. What do you think?"

Lu Yao laughed after hearing this:

"Director Shi, I'm just a country person. Asking me to leave the countryside is like taking a fish out of water! I feel restricted in the city. I appreciate your kindness, but I'm better off staying in the countryside."

Shi Shouyin frowned:

"Brother, you're too young! Do you know how many rural people risk their lives to come to the city? Young women would rather marry a disabled person just for a city residency permit. Educated youth begged and pleaded to come back, but they couldn't..."

Lu Yao waved his hand: "Director Shi, everyone has their own ambitions. Some people think the city is better, but I prefer the countryside."

Lu Yao understood that Shi Shouyin wanted him to be his dog!

I wouldn't even be your father, why would I be your dog?

Shi Shouyin specially held a banquet to win over people's hearts; he was not one to give up easily.

"Brother Lu," he patted Lu Yao lightly on the back of the chest, "I admire your personality, but even heroes need a place to use their talents. What's there in the countryside? Toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk, living a life of hardship!"

Then he stood up, sticking out his belly: "Look at me, all I do is eat, drink, have fun, and chase after women..."

He laughed after saying that.

"I'm being crude. Let's not talk about chasing women, I don't do that kind of thing often. But eating and drinking are great. Look at this table full of food, can you get this kind of food in the countryside?"

Lu Yao stood up after he finished showing off.

I reached out and patted him on the shoulder:

"Director, as I said, everyone has their own ambitions. Some people like to enjoy life, but I like to be busy, like hunting in the mountains. A single gunshot ends a wild beast—you probably can't understand that feeling. Sometime in the future, I'll take you to the mountains so you can experience the thrill of hunting, and then you'll know what true freedom is!"

As Lu Yao spoke, he drew his gun and made an aiming motion.

"Really? That's so good?"

Shi Shouyin was moved by Lu Yao's vivid description and asked a question.

"You'll know once you try it; how will you know if you don't try?"

Shi Shouyin had never actually hunted.

He laughed and said, "Okay, I'll definitely go if I have the chance. It'll just be the two of us, and we won't let these bastards follow us."

"..."

Looking into Shi Shouyin's sincere gaze, Lu Yao felt as if he genuinely wanted to befriend him.

Is he wise beyond his years or truly foolish?

Shi Shouyin added, "Hunting is a minor matter, we can talk about that later. What I mainly want to do today is talk to you. Come help me, brother, I like you... no, no, ptooey, I admire you!"

As he spoke, he placed his hand on Lu Yao's hand and stared into Lu Yao's eyes with even greater sincerity.

Lu Yao shook his head, withdrew his hand, and patted his back again:

"No, thank you. We can be friends, but there's nothing I'd do with being around you."

"You don't need to do anything else, just protecting my safety is the most important thing!"

Lu Yao shook his head again and pointed in the direction of the door:

"You already have so many people, and that Brother Dong looks really impressive!"

"What a load of rubbish. He just likes to show off. If he were really that good, would I have gotten hurt? And I wouldn't dare drink too much."

Lu Yao feigned surprise: "You're injured? What happened?"

I brought this up on purpose to test the waters.

Shi Shouyin sighed deeply, "Oh! Not only am I injured, but it's damn serious!"

Lu Yao looked him up and down, a puzzled look on his face. "He doesn't look... injured?"

Shi Shouyin glanced towards the doorway, then gestured mysteriously downwards: "Brother, I'm telling you, but don't tell anyone else, half of this place... is missing... sigh!"

His tone was tinged with sadness, helplessness, and, in Lu Yao's eyes, even a touch of humor.

Feigning surprise: "Then... it can't be connected?"

"The piece that fell off was infected and necrotic; even experts and professors couldn't help it, so we threw it away!"

Lu Yao almost burst out laughing, but he still pretended to be concerned:

"What should we do then?"

"It won't interfere with peeing... Ugh, let's not talk about this, it's too noisy..."

"So... how did you get injured? Did you fall or get stuck?"

Shi Shouyin's face flushed with anger:

"I was stabbed by a masked kid. Luckily, I'm quick and dodged, otherwise I would have been seriously injured or even killed!"

Lu Yao also showed anger: "Who is this? What did they do to you that they would do something so cruel! Did they catch him?"

Shi Shouyin sighed again, "What a joke! They got away! No wonder they say Lin Dong is no good! That kid only had a knife, while he had a gun and still let them escape!"

Lu Yao was astonished: "You had a gun and he still got away? You let him go on purpose? Oh dear, I shouldn't have said that. Look at me, I've had too much to drink..."

In fact, Lu Yao had just drunk a glass of wine and was purely trying to sow discord.

Upon hearing this, Shi Shouyin was genuinely taken aback.

He disliked Lin Dong's arrogance, but never doubted Lin Dong's loyalty.

After all, Lin Dong was sentenced to death for a crime he was executed for, but his father saved him.

Lin Dong was a ruthless man of few words; he stayed behind to repay a debt of gratitude.

Hearing Lu Yao's words, he couldn't help but wonder:

"Brother Lu, you're skilled with guns. Tell me, if a man with a knife came to assassinate me right here in this room, could you let him get away?"

Lu Yao laughed and said, "Don't even mention one, two or three wouldn't be able to escape. No matter how fast a knife is, it can't outrun a bullet."

Shi Shouyin slapped Lu Yao on the shoulder:

"That's why I said it had to be you! Come on over, I'll give you two hundred a month!"

This amount of money is not only astronomical in this era, but also an exceptionally high salary.

Even company leaders and senior technicians could not earn such high salaries.

Shi Shouyin spoke without hesitation, firstly to prove he was very wealthy, and secondly, because he genuinely admired Lu Yao!

Just look at his eyes; they're filled with the light of love.

She looked at Lu Yao with a smile, waiting to shock him and see him moved to tears of gratitude!