Xie Purou nodded, and Xiaoyuan began his introduction.
"This is Secretary-General Zuo, responsible for..."
"This is Minister Li, responsible for..."
“…”
Those who were introduced by Xiaoyuan stood up, bowed slightly to show politeness, and then sat down.
Xie Purou looked at them one by one until Xiaoyuan finished introducing them. She asked in confusion, "Are all the top executives of the base here?"
"Yes." Xiaoyuan said respectfully.
She could tell that everyone here was an important figure in the base. So many people came together to greet her, just for her casual question about an interview. The treatment the First Base gave her was probably the best treatment she had received in such a long time.
Xie Purou couldn't keep her smile on her face and frowned slightly: "Does your base discriminate against women?"
"There's not a single woman among all these people. Are you discriminating against women?"
Her tone was calm and without any ups and downs, but it gave people a sense of majesty without even getting angry.
In this kind of situation, with Xiaoyuan's status, he wouldn't be able to sit at the table at all if an assistant wasn't needed here.
The people here were all leaders, high-ranking officials, countless levels above him. Someone needed to smooth things over, and Xiaoyuan, understandingly speaking up, put herself in her proper place.
"No, no, you misunderstood, shopkeeper." Xiaoyuan hurriedly explained that it was not the case.
Xie Purou raised the corner of her brow, waiting for someone to speak next.
She did not direct her criticism at workers like Xiaoyuan, but looked directly at Pei Xue, the person with the highest authority here.
Waiting for them to come up with their version of events and explain it to her.
Pei Xue and Xiang Yuanhong never imagined that the girl who was so gentle and treated them to milk tea when they first met would have such a strong aura today to confront them head-on.
Xiang Yuanhong's hot temper immediately couldn't be restrained, and he slammed the table and stood up: "We are discussing business now. What you said you want to talk about must be no small matter. We gave you face by letting so many prestigious people come here, why are you talking about men and women?"
"Regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, if he doesn't hold a high enough rank, he can't sit at the table. You're still too young to understand such a simple truth."
Xie Purou was waiting for their explanation just now, and her expression was still acceptable, but now her face turned cold when she heard what Xiang Yuanhong said.
"This room isn't small, and it's filled with your people. If not a hundred, there must be eighty or ninety, right? Not a single woman? Is it because the women aren't capable enough? Or is it because you..."
Xie Purou didn't say anything too harsh, and the questions she raised were all quite reasonable.
Xiang Yuanhong didn't care about her at all. He just knew that with his current status and position, he didn't need to flatter the junior in front of him. She was so disrespectful to him that he was so angry that his nostrils were breathing heavily.
"The shop owner is meddling too much. This is the central base."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the audience, except Xie Purou, including Xiang Yuanhong himself, secretly said in their hearts, "It's over."
Pei Xue subconsciously wanted to speak up to stop them. This negotiation table was not a game of house. How could one person play the good cop and the other the bad cop?
Even if there is anything, I can only talk to Xiang Yuanhong alone after a while. If I tell him now, won't it make him lose face?
Pei Xue hadn't felt so conflicted in a long time.
Before he could come up with a solution, Xie Pu Rou suddenly stood up.
"Excuse me."
She didn't wait for anyone present to respond and simply disappeared from the spot.
M80 angrily: [Host, they've gone too far! ]
Xie Purou appeared in the yard, pursed her lips and drank tea.
[No, I can't let myself be bullied like this!] M80 turned on the screen projection: [I want to see how they bully you behind your back!]
Pei Xue sat stiffly in his seat without moving. He knew that he had really offended someone this time.
He announced the adjournment of the meeting with a sullen look on his face.
This meeting, which took several hours to prepare and an entire afternoon to think of countermeasures and discuss plans, ended in a bad mood with just a few words.
All the hundred people dispersed, leaving only Pei Xue and Xiang Yuanhong still there.
Xiang Yuanhong held the thermos cup and drank water strategically to hide his helplessness.
"Tell me about your mouth!" Pei Xue was very disappointed with his friend, but he couldn't say anything unpleasant to his comrade of many years.
"I just spoke hastily. Don't you know my temper? I didn't think too much about it at the time."
Xiang Yuanhong was a former soldier, while Pei Xue had always been involved in politics. After the apocalypse, the military and politics became inseparable. Xiang Yuanhong, knowing his own incompetence, was willing to step aside and let Pei Xue take over.
Pei Xue looked at Xiang Yuanhong, and his neck turned red.
"I know you can't speak, but you can't do that to a little girl!"
"Not to mention what she brought to our base and how terrifying her abilities are."
Pei Xue was furious and pointed at the thermos cup in Xiang Yuanhong's hand: "Just to tell you, the thermos cup in your hand was bought in the new shopping mall built after she came here."
Xiang Yuanhong felt guilty.
Everyone can see how long it took to prepare today and how many people participated, but it was ruined by just a few words from him.
But his military pride did not allow him to admit that it was his fault, so Xiang Yuanhong continued to sip the wolfberry tea in his thermos cup.
"How could I have known she had such a hot temper? I just said one thing...if she's unhappy, she can just yell back at me."
Pei Xue slammed his hands in anger. "My dear brother!!! You already said that, saying this isn't her territory. Let alone her, even if she humiliated you like this today, you still have to turn around and leave."
Xiang Yuanhong denied it: "I'm not that stingy!"
"You know your temper well." Pei Xue was repeatedly teased by his old friend, and the words on the tip of his tongue were hard to come out. His face flushed red from holding it in.
"Hurry up and think about how to compensate her. Find the little girl and have a good talk with her."
"I just asked a question. If you don't know how to answer, just sit down. You said you..."
Xiang Yuanhong said aggrievedly: "How can I, a simple man, understand those things?"
'Bang!'
Pei Xue slammed the table, and the loud noise attracted Xiang Yuanhong to look over.
"Let's get ready and go to her house tomorrow to apologize!"
"I don't want to." Xiang Yuanhong refused: "After all, I am an old general with great military achievements. I just retired because of my poor health. How can I apologize to a little girl?"
"You have to go whether you want to or not, and you have to go in person. I'll go with you!" Pei Xue glared at him, "It's settled. Hurry up and get up. Let's go choose a gift."
"I..." Xiang Yuanhong met Pei Xue's angry eyes.
"Can't we go another day? Maybe she'll be less angry then."
Pei Xue said bluntly, "No! Strike while the iron is hot! What's the point of apologizing after the anger has subsided?"
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