Chapter 597: Chapter 249: Wu Meng’s Choice_2
"Even the inside and outside of the Martial King Pavilion, isn’t everything managed by me?"
"You can just leave, but I can’t bear to!"
"How can you be so selfish?!"
Her eyes were red, tears flowing uncontrollably.
Wu Meng stared at Zhuang Shuyuan in astonishment.
He had never expected such a big reaction from Zhuang Shuyuan.
Isn’t it just a shelter, the Martial King Pavilion? With Wu Meng’s strength, where couldn’t he rebuild a shelter?
With his strength, even if he went to the military base, he would be a honored guest, right?
Why didn’t Zhuang Shuyuan want to leave?
He couldn’t understand.
However, Zhuang Shuyuan understood the rules of this society better than Wu Meng.
Even before the Great Flood, she had seen through this society.
Even though she held the high position of courtesan in the cultural troupe, she still couldn’t avoid accompanying those big figures. There were always some powerful people who would have inappropriate desires towards her.
So she understood the importance of power.
When the apocalypse came and the land was flooded, she knew that as a woman, especially a beautiful woman, there would be no good end for her.
At the first opportunity, in the building, she picked someone she could rely on.
That person was Wu Meng, who possessed super combat talent.
Wu Meng was wholly focused on combat, ignoring everything outside. She liked this kind of person very much.
So she was happy to follow him, watching him make progress bit by bit, changing from a fan-chasing youth to becoming the top figure, Brother Meng, in the community.
And under her management, Wu Meng recruited more and more people, attracting many Superpower Users to join.
She was also the first woman to propose leaving the community and heading to Yangshan.
She had great foresight, understanding that being trapped in the community long-term would definitely not end well.
They went through many dangers to reach Yangshan, then fought Tu Long and others, and finally seized the Martial King Pavilion’s territory.
To develop the Martial King Pavilion, she planned breeding Red Chickens and planting sugarcane, nurturing and expanding this territory bit by bit.
Throughout this process, Wu Meng was only focused on Cultivation.
It could be said that the Martial King Pavilion could have today’s situation all thanks to Zhuang Shuyuan!
Wu Meng was merely the force of the Martial King Pavilion!
Zhuang Shuyuan’s feelings for the shelter of the Martial King Pavilion were beyond what Wu Meng could compare to!
She had put too much effort into this shelter!
To make her leave, she was unwilling!
Even if it meant leaving Wu Meng, she didn’t want to leave the Martial King Pavilion!
Because she knew, in the Martial King Pavilion, she was the supreme leader with absolute authority.
But what about going to the military base?
Could Wu Meng definitely protect her?
With her beauty, what would she do if the military base’s leaders took a fancy to her?
Could Wu Meng protect her?
So she didn’t want to go to the military base.
It’s better to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of a phoenix. She didn’t want to go to such an unfamiliar place and start all over again.
She didn’t want to live those precarious days without any sense of security again!
Zhuang Shuyuan, with tears streaming down her face, held Wu Meng’s arm, pleading, "Brother Meng, I’m begging you, stay."
"Stay at Yangshan. Mr. Liang just said he wouldn’t make things difficult for us. The Martial King Pavilion would just be under his jurisdiction and supervision, that’s all."
"We would still be free, right? Mr. Liang, is that what you meant?"
Liang Yuan sat atop Tu Long’s head, smiling and saying, "Of course, I want the whole Yangshan to be unified, without dividing into four shelters anymore. Everybody has to act according to my rules."
Zhuang Shuyuan looked at Wu Meng and said, "Did you hear that, Brother Meng? Don’t go, stay."
Wu Meng stared at Zhuang Shuyuan dazedly. After a long while, he suddenly laughed.
But this smile had a hint of self-mockery.
"So you don’t want to leave Martial King Pavilion, not willing to go with me?"
Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head, tears flowing, and said, "Why must we go? Can’t we stay?"
"Mr. Liang is not a madman like Tian Wei, I can tell. He is powerful and also capable of leading Yangshan’s survivors to live on."
Wu Meng gently pushed her hand away, eyes firm, and said, "Shuyuan, for the past half-year, you’ve been following me, I didn’t let you suffer any grievances, did I?"
Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head, "No, I remember all your kindness to me."
Wu Meng said in a deep voice, "You said you managed everything for me, that Martial King Pavilion was established and managed by you for me."
"But have you ever thought, is this really what I want?"
"At that time in the community, it was you who wanted to unite everyone, to have me lead everyone to maintain order."
"Later, leaving the building for Yangshan was also you who wanted to go."
"After arriving at Yangshan, setting up a shelter was also your and others’ idea."
"Did you ever ask me if these were things I wanted?"
He looked at Zhuang Shuyuan and said solemnly, "You know what kind of person I am. I only seek Mutation and Evolution, to become stronger. I don’t care about any external material things."
"What shelter leader, what farm, what mining Superpower Stone, these are all extraneous to me, even burdens that severely interfere with my focus on Cultivation."
"If not for you, I would’ve long wanted to go to Guangfu, to the military base."
Zhuang Shuyuan’s face turned pale, she stared at Wu Meng fixedly.
With her Superpower perception, she knew what Wu Meng said was true!
This really was his true thoughts.
No wonder, no wonder whenever she asked Wu Meng about matters concerning the shelter, he didn’t care and just said to let her handle it.