Chapter 102: "The heart is hidden in the belly."
Liang Nan and Liang Qun walked out of the elevator and walked to the door. Although they knew that the other party could notice their movement coming up, out of courtesy, they stopped at the open door and prepared to raise their hands to knock twice to alert the people inside.
But before he could lower his raised hand, Lin Mian ran out of the room. Seeing them, he paused, touched his face with the back of his hand, and walked forward. "Mr. Liang, long time no see."
"Mr. Lin Mian," Liang Qun smiled and nodded at him, "I didn't know you were in the safe zone, and I wasn't able to greet you. I apologize."
Lin Mian shook his head, "We were the ones who rashly disturbed him."
Liang Nan looked around at the two of them and interrupted, "Hey, stop being so polite. It's so awkward to call them by their names. Just call them by their names."
They both laughed when they heard this, and Lin Mian was the first to say, "Liang Qun."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Liang Qun had time to change his words, Jiang Jie walked out of the room slowly with his hands in his pockets. His expression, which had been slightly relaxed, became serious again.
"Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Jie nodded out of courtesy.
Liang Nan didn't dare to say anything about the unfamiliarity this time. She coughed, cleared her throat, and said, "Let's help you two clean up your room first. Don't let it interfere with your rest tonight."
Jiang Jie had no intention of being polite with them. He raised his chin and led them into the room.
The master bedroom wasn't particularly messy, it was just dusty because no one had lived there for a long time. Also, during the previous sandstorm, the windows weren't completely sealed, so there was quite a bit of sand.
But the four of them cleaned up quickly. After a rough cleaning and changing the bed sheets, it took less than an hour to finish.
Liang Qun glanced at the time. It was already past eight o'clock. Remembering that they hadn't eaten yet after rushing back from outside today, he suggested, "It's not very convenient for you two to get here right now. Why don't you come to our place and get something simple to eat?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Mian turned to look at Jiang Jie.
Jiang Jie nodded as if it didn't matter, "Okay."
Liang Qun breathed a sigh of relief and took them downstairs.
During the time he was managing the safe zone, facing those people with special abilities as an ordinary person, he felt that he had developed an increasingly stable and powerful mentality.
But when facing this man, he seemed to have become a rookie again, and inexplicably felt a kind of pressure, forcing him to be careful.
Maybe some people are born to be superior, and everyone can't help but bow their heads in front of them.
Arriving at the 26th floor where the Liang brothers and sisters lived, it seemed that there was a much more lively atmosphere inside, with their commonly used items placed everywhere. Perhaps because the air conditioner and heater were on, the place did not feel deserted anymore.
Liang Nan hurried forward and picked up all the coats and clothes that he had thrown on the sofa, and invited them to sit down first.
As the head of the safe zone, she is much calmer when outside, after all, she has to control so many people. But in a space where only she and her brother are together, she is still that lively little girl, and she is a little more casual at other times.
Lin Mian considerately pretended not to see it, while Jiang Jie didn't care at all. Both of them sat down on the sofa calmly.
"Nannan, talk to Mr. Jiang and the others. I'll get you something to eat." Liang Qun took off his thick coat and rolled up his sleeves while speaking.
Liang Nan made an OK gesture to him, watched him go to the kitchen, and attentively bent down to open the mineral water on the table and poured it into the electric kettle to boil water for them.
Supplies are in short supply now, so they usually don't indulge themselves in such extravagance. They just boil tap water to drink. Anyway, the water source connecting to this city is relatively clean and has not been overly polluted.
"Are there many people with superpowers in your safe zone?" Jiang Yan looked at her after she finished her work and spoke.
"It's not bad. There are more than 20 of them. It's certainly not as impressive as the official safe zone, but it's not bad for a private one." Liang Nan sat down on the single sofa next to him and said, "My brother divided them into five teams, each with four or five people. They will be assigned a captain to lead them for easier management."
As the district chief, she did not directly lead the team, but she had the power to control all the people with special abilities. This time, she selected Li Yuan and Zhou Tai from Team One, and Liu Yang from Team Two.
In addition to searching for supplies, these people with special abilities are also responsible for cleaning up the surrounding alien objects and defending the safe zone. The personnel are not fixed and are rotated.
After all, their current staff is not as numerous as that of the official safe zone, and they cannot be assigned specific positions, so they just move wherever they are needed.
The five psychics in Team One were the ones who originally created the safe zone with them, so Liang Nan would trust them more. If he wanted to travel, he would definitely leave a few people from Team One to protect his brother.
The remaining team members joined later in groups of two or three, joining at different times and having different levels of closeness to each other.
There were a lot of troubles in the beginning, and some people were not satisfied with being managed by a woman, Liang Nan. Later, they were suppressed by her with force, and were appeased by Liang Quan several times. Now, the situation has calmed down a lot and a balance has been reached.
But apart from one team who were relatively united, the members of the other teams did not enter the safe zone at the same time, so they did not have complete communication with each other, let alone between teams.
It can be said that these twenty or so people with special abilities have not yet completely united as one, but at least they can maintain peace on the surface, and at least they can be united in dealing with mutants.
Liang Qun was not very anxious about this. He knew that it would take time to adjust to the new situation. Their safe zone had not been established for a long time, so these things had to be done slowly. Being able to achieve balance was already the best situation at the moment.
Liang Nan looked at the two of them, leaned on the armrest of the sofa, and said, "How about it, Jiang Ge, Lin Mian, would you consider staying in our safe zone? The treatment is excellent."
Jiang Jie looked up at her and sneered, "How good are you? Will you let me take the position of district chief?"
Hearing him say this, Liang Nan didn't feel offended. Instead, his eyes lit up. "That's no problem. If Brother Jiang wants to be our district chief, I'm willing to give up my position and let you be his deputy."
Are you kidding? How could a big shot like the other party be inferior to others? He should be the district chief. She believed that under his leadership, their safe zone would definitely become bigger and stronger, and might even be comparable to the official safe zone.
"You want to give it to me, but I don't want to be it yet." Jiang Ji held Lin Mian's hand and played with his fingers. Because the other party had been using guns frequently during this period, calluses had formed on several specific positions on his hands, which he rubbed gently.
Lin Mian felt a little itchy and retracted his fingers slightly, trying to pull his hand out, but the other party held it tightly, so he just let him do it.
Liang Nan was not embarrassed by his rejection. She would have been surprised if he had agreed directly. She had been prepared for this, but it did not stop her from inviting him, just in case it worked out.
The water was just boiling, so she poured two cups for the people and said, "It's okay, you can think about it again. Anyway, we welcome you anytime in our safe zone."
The water that had just been poured was still hot, so Jiang Jie and Lin Mian didn't touch it for the time being. He continued to play with the other person's hand, saying, "Too many people will make a lot of noise, so you can keep it to yourself and play slowly."
Finally, he raised his eyes again, "Be careful to guard against traitors."
Huh? Liang Nan didn't react for a moment, blinked, and asked tentatively, "Brother Jiang, do you think there's a traitor in our district?"
"Who knows?" Jiang Jie smiled. "After all, people's hearts are hidden."
Liang Nan raised his hand and touched his nose, thinking he was reminding him, and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
The food nowadays is not complete, and there are only so many that can be prepared. Most of them are instant foods that can be stored for a long time, so they are also quick to prepare.
Considering that it would be better to have something light and easy to digest in the evening, Liang Yun cooked porridge, heated up some vacuum-packed semi-finished pastries, and added a few side dishes.
"You two, please have something to eat. We will host a proper welcome party for you tomorrow." He put the last plate of food on the table, wiped his hands and sat down.
After running around for an entire afternoon, the noodles she had eaten at noon had long been completely digested. Liang Nan was now very busy, and only because Jiang Jie and the others were sitting opposite her could she be reserved and not start eating right away.
"You're welcome. These are all very good." Maintaining courtesy to the outside world has always been the responsibility of Lin Mian.
While he was talking, Jiang Jie put a bun on his plate.
Liang Qun had already eaten. He poured himself a glass of water and sat at the dining table with them without saying a word to disturb them while they were eating.
Liang Nan ate a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach and said, "The supplies in Li Yuan's space may need to be counted and distributed tomorrow. What needs to be stored should be stored. Brother, you will have to work hard then."
Although time does not flow inside the space of the superpower, which is more suitable for storing food, other people cannot accept keeping all supplies with one person.
Li Yuan is the only person with spatial abilities in their safe zone so far. Even though the Liang brothers and sisters and their team trust him, it does not mean that everyone trusts him. They are more or less suspicious of him on a daily basis.
Therefore, he suggested that he would only do the transportation, and it would be better to store the supplies in a warehouse in a safe area, so that everyone could rest assured. His space would only contain supplies allocated to one team of his partners.
But even so, there were still a few who suspected that he had underreported the amount of supplies he had searched and kept them for himself.
However, these words will not be said openly now, and they can only pretend to be ignorant of the private discussions. This kind of thing is inevitable. Even the district chief cannot control everyone's thoughts. As long as things don't get too ugly, he can basically turn a blind eye.
But in order to reduce these unnecessary suspicions, Liang Qun usually personally leads people to be responsible for each inventory of supplies, makes a list, and distributes it to the captain of each team.
Although it cannot completely eliminate doubts, at least an explanation has been given on the surface, which can curb most of the dissatisfaction.
"I understand." Liang Qun was already used to doing these things and didn't find it hard at all. Compared to those psychics who risked their lives to run outside every day, it was already good for him to stay in the safe zone all day.
Jiang Jie, who had established a safe zone before, understood why they went to so much trouble, but he feigned confusion and said, "Do you always have to go through so much trouble? Wouldn't it be more convenient to put it in a space?"
Liang Qun explained, "It's more convenient. On the one hand, we counted them because Li Yuan's space is limited. On the other hand, we did it for other psychics to see, to reassure them and eliminate their doubts."
"Oh," Jiang Jie raised his eyebrows as if understanding, "It seems that the psychics in your district really don't trust each other."
"Yeah," Liang Nan nodded, remembering what he had reminded him before. "Didn't Brother Jiang also say that people's hearts are hidden? Among the group of superpowers under our command, apart from Team One, only Team Two gives us the peace of mind. They usually follow the rules and don't cause too much trouble. The remaining teams always have troublemakers."
Team Two? They'd mentioned it casually when they were together today, and it seemed Liu Yang was from Team Two. Jiang Jie tapped his fingers on the table, the corners of his lips curling up slightly, a bit interesting.
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