Lan Yu glanced at Chi Xia but didn't say anything, just kept crying.

The short, dark-skinned man next to her spat on the ground: "Pah! This bastard, he actually tried to seduce my girlfriend while I was away on a mission! Don't you think he deserves to be beaten?"

"Girlfriend?" Chi Xia turned to look at Lan Yu, hoping she could give a reasonable explanation.

However, Lan Yu didn't dare to look at her at all, and just kept crying.

The answer is obvious.

Chi Xia looked at the short, dark-skinned man: "This must be Captain Zheng. My name is Chi Xia, and I am the captain of Team Six. Meng Yang and Lan Yu are both from Team Six. Before this, I didn't know she was your girlfriend, and neither did Meng Yang."

"Pah! Stop spouting nonsense!"

Zheng Zemin spat on the ground again: "Who in the base doesn't know that I protect Lan Yu like the apple of my eye? You can ask around and you'll know that she's my girlfriend! Otherwise, how could a plant-type cultivator who's just reached level two and can't even coax a flower to bloom live in the West District and enjoy such a life?"

Chi Xia hadn't actually thought about asking anyone about Lan Yu's situation. To be precise, she hadn't asked anyone to find out anything about anyone in the Sixth Team.

Because she felt it was completely unnecessary. She trusted her own eyes; whether a person was good or bad, she didn't rely on hearsay, but on seeing with her own eyes and getting to know them with her own heart.

She thought Lan Yu was just a low-level green tea bitch, but she never expected her to be this low-level.

However, after looking at Captain Zheng's appearance and manner of speaking, she could understand why Lan Yu would make such a basic mistake.

Lan Yu's desire to leave Zheng Zemin was clearly not a spur-of-the-moment decision. When she learned that she was the captain of Team Six and that Zhang Xin was a woman that men both coveted and feared, she joined Team Six without hesitation. She said she wanted to support herself, but in reality, she wanted to get rid of Zheng Zemin.

Chi Xia turned her gaze away from Lan Yu and looked at Zheng Zemin, saying, "This was my oversight. I wonder how Captain Zheng plans to handle this?"

Zheng Zemin snorted coldly: "I'm going to make sure this kid gets out of the base!"

“That’s impossible.” Chi Xia rejected him directly: “He didn’t know Lan Yu was your girlfriend. Even if he was wrong, he shouldn’t be expelled from the base. Besides, you’ve already beaten him up.”

Zheng Zemin looked at her coldly: "Captain Chi, are you going to protect this pretty boy?"

Chi Xia met his gaze: "It's not about protecting him, it's about needing a reasonable punishment!"

"Fine! I'm not going to waste my breath on you!" Zheng Zemin turned directly to Master Zhuo: "Master Zhuo, give me a word, is this pretty boy leaving, or am I and my team leaving?!"

This is blatant blackmail.

Even Master Zhuo's signature smile couldn't be maintained. Putting aside the huge loss Zheng Zemin caused to the base by leaving with the entire second team, Zheng Zemin, a metal-type ability user who had just been promoted to level five, was an indispensable presence to the base.

So, after hesitating for a while, Master Zhuo said to Chi Xia, "This was his fault to begin with, and he hasn't made any significant contributions to the base. Let's do as Captain Zheng says."

Upon hearing this, not only Chi Xia, but also Zhang Xin, Li Han, and even Liu Daniu, who harbored resentment towards Meng Yang, felt that such punishment was far too excessive.

Chi Xia's initial respect for Master Zhuo faded.

She glanced coldly at Lan Yu, who seemed completely uninvolved and only knew how to cry on the sidelines, and said indifferently, "Fine, it's not impossible to expel Meng Yang from the base, but this is a two-way street. If anyone's leaving, Lan Yu and Meng Yang will leave together!"