Chapter 252 Calculation
After waiting for a long time until after dinner, Grandpa Zhuang chose the latter between asking Zhuang Mingxu to go to the study and talking directly - now Zhuang Mingxu has no special abilities, and from the situation reported by Aunt Liu, it is obvious that Lu Weiyi is the only one in charge of the team.
Mr. Zhuang guessed that he had superpowers, but he somehow avoided detection at the base.
Lu Weiyi ignored them. He was too lazy to talk to them, so he could only tell Zhuang Mingxu his thoughts through the excuse of talking to him.
"As soon as the end of the world arrived, I sent someone to send a message to Qingyuan to look for you, but no one responded to the message. Now that I see you back, I can finally rest assured, my old bones." Old Master Zhuang has been playing the emotional card.
After the end of the world, the magnetic field changed, and all previous communication methods became ineffective for a time, causing the entire country to fall into chaos. This is why the capable people in various bases became the kings of the mountains.
There was no way to tell whether what he said was true or not, so Zhuang Mingxu just listened and let it go.
He lowered his head, holding a cup of tea, listening to the old man muttering, "Now that you're back, don't leave. You don't have any special powers now. Although your family is not strong, it is enough to protect you."
"Of course, if you can't let go of your teammates, you can also let them join the team at home. With your connections, you will never treat them unfairly."
Hearing this, Lu Weiyi couldn't help but burst out laughing. Meeting Mr. Zhuang's gaze, he had no intention of explaining.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment. Zhuang Mingwu, who had been sitting in the corner waiting for Mr. Zhuang to speak, kept looking over anxiously, but was suppressed by the gaze of his father Zhuang Chengye.
Lu Weiyi has never been a person who would give face to others, so Mr. Zhuang did not take the initiative to ask unpleasant questions, such as "What are you laughing at?"
Zhuang Mobai had to give Lu Weiyi a way out and said bluntly, "Weiyi, did you come to the capital just to treat Mingxu's leg injury?"
Lu Weiyi nodded.
"So what are your plans next? The world outside is full of crises. Compared with several surrounding bases, the capital is more tolerant of ordinary people."
Lu Weiyi looked at Zhuang Mingxu as if asking him to make a decision.
They had discussed this issue before they came. Knowing that he was doing this just to save face for himself, Zhuang Mingxu was moved and responded very tactfully, "We have our own base, and there are some brothers with us at the base. We will go back in a few days."
After hearing what he said, Mr. Zhuang and the others fell silent. Zhuang Mobai didn't react much, but nodded seriously, "It would be too much to ask you to stay. But after this separation, I don't know when we can meet again."
Lu Weiyi looked at him more after hearing this. After all, as far as he knew, the banker would try any means to get what he wanted. Since he had said that he wanted to keep the person, there was no reason to let him go so easily.
His mental power inadvertently swept across the surroundings and detected the disapproval in Zhuang Chengye's eyes, as well as the calm glance from Old Man Zhuang.
It seems that this is just Zhuang Mobai's own idea.
Zhuang Mobai seemed not to notice and continued, "Then you can stay in the capital for a few more days. Your family really misses you. Your grandfather is old, and you will see him less and less every time you are separated from him."
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Grandpa Zhuang, and inadvertently glanced at Xia Mingzhi who was sitting in the corner, "No, grandpa has more than one grandson, so I don't think he will need me."
These words clearly expressed his emotion towards the mother and her two children who suddenly appeared in the Zhuang family's house openly. Old Master Zhuang glared at his son Zhuang Chengli and wanted to explain, but he felt it would be embarrassing to explain to his grandson, so in the end he didn't say a word.
Seeing that they were slow to get to the point, Zhuang Mingxu no longer wanted to stay any longer and said, "If Grandpa is okay, we'll go back first. It's almost time for the children to rest."
"There are rooms at home, you can just live there." Nowadays, not many children can survive in this world, and even fewer can be raised as delicately as Zhuang Aiyi. Zhuang Chengli likes this grandson very much.
"Really?" Zhuang Mingxu asked back mercilessly.
The layout of the villas on this side is unified, with the same number of rooms. With so many people in the family, if there really are guest rooms, who knows who will be squeezing into one. Based on Zhuang Mingxu's understanding of his family, he thinks it is unlikely, so Zhuang Chengli's words are undoubtedly just a courtesy.
Sure enough, after being asked this question, Zhuang Chengli paused and did not continue.
Zhuang Mingxu smiled sarcastically and was about to stand up when he heard Old Man Zhuang get straight to the point and ask, "Mingwu told me that you still have a plant-type crystal core in your hands. Is that true?"
"That's true," Zhuang Mingxu did not deny, "The team members are planning to sell it to Zhao Qiang at the police station." That famous upgrade maniac is indeed the best choice to exchange for the crystal core.
"Brother, didn't you say it was for me?" Zhuang Mingwu couldn't help but ask.
"I said I'll give you the 7,000 kilograms of jade if I make some concessions," Zhuang Mingxu said clearly, not even giving the other members of the Zhuang family a chance to be merciful. "You don't think that I, a person without any special abilities and who is a burden to everyone else, can decide to give it to you for free, right?"
Zhuang Mingwu looked embarrassed and kept glancing at Old Man Zhuang. Seeing that no one spoke, he muttered, "Why don't you join our team?"
Such shameless words surprised Lu Xi, who had been silent all this time.
He looked at Zhuang Mingwu in disbelief, "How could you say such shameless words?"
"So you got something for nothing, and you got a team for nothing, and you even want the team members to pay you back what they have?"
"What do you think? This is your cousin. You watched him unable to move and rely on the team to return to the capital, but instead of being grateful, you repay kindness with enmity. Don't you think this way, do you?" Lu Xi blocked the Zhuang family's next words.
"Does our family affairs have anything to do with you?" Zhuang Mingwu was immediately annoyed when a child scolded him in the face.
"My father is Lu Xiao. One third of the banker's supplies were captured by his team. Do you think it has anything to do with me? I am the only member of the team. You embezzled our things. Do you think it has anything to do with me?" Lu Xi asked him righteously, "If you have the ability, go and kill the mutant plants and take the crystal cores yourself. If you don't have the ability, just keep your tail between your legs. You are so shameless if you don't have strong ability."
Zhuang Mingxu felt it was shame for him to say such words. He looked at Zhuang Mingwu with disappointment, then stood up and said to the others, "It's getting late. We'll leave first. If your family wants that plant crystal core, please come and exchange it before tomorrow morning. If you're later... I can't keep you."
With Lu Xi's words in mind, if the other members of the Zhuang family said anything more, they would be considered ungrateful. So they said a few polite words and sent them out.
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After waiting for the person to leave, Mr. Zhuang turned and went into the study.
Neither Zhuang Chengye nor Zhuang Chengli followed him to get into trouble, but Zhuang Mobai didn't mind at all and followed closely behind.
"Brother, take a look at this." Zhuang Mobai didn't mind the old man's disregard. He took out a thin piece of paper and handed it over. On it was the inspection report of the only team when they entered the Kyoto base.
Old Master Zhuang took a look and put it down, then listened to Zhuang Mobai say, "I asked the doctor who performed the surgery on Mingxu, he said that it is impossible for his injury to recover so quickly with the healing psychic they brought with them, and there is a stronger healing psychic hidden among them."
"The total space they detected is less than 100 square meters, but the seafood they sold in the market today almost occupies more than half of it. I heard..." Zhuang Mobai looked at Mr. Zhuang, "Are they going there again tomorrow?"
"What do you mean?" Mr. Zhuang looked at the thin test report again.
"I think they may have hidden a larger space, and their abilities should be more than what they show on the surface." Zhuang Mobai took a pen and paper from the desk and started drawing.
"All they brought were seafood. The earth's crust has changed. The nearest coastline is hundreds of kilometers away from the capital. It would be even farther if you want to drive here. Not to mention B-level psychics, even A-level psychics may not dare to travel so openly and without scruples." He paused and looked at Mr. Zhuang. "They are here, and... there are no casualties. Do you believe they don't have a trump card?"
"Plant crystal cores are now being sold at sky-high prices in the base. The fact that they sold two of them only proves that they have enough, otherwise they would have kept them for themselves."
Mr. Zhuang wanted them to join the Zhuang family, and naturally he also took the latter point into consideration. The fact that there are sufficient plant crystal cores only means that it will be easy for them to upgrade. Even if their performance is not outstanding now, they will definitely survive in the future.
After hearing what he said, the mood that had been encouraged by Zhuang Mingwu's crying calmed down for a moment, "Then shouldn't we bring them into the house?"
"Lu Weiyi is the captain," Zhuang Mobai asked bluntly, "Do you think he will stay at the Zhuang family? Not attacking the Zhuang family is a mercy, right?"
Zhuang Mobai naturally knew the methods that Mr. Zhuang had used before.
Mr. Zhuang didn't say anything. He looked at Zhuang Mobai and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Zhuang Mobai held his glasses and smiled, with an abnormal excitement in his eyes. His fingers were white and slender from years of research. He stretched out his hand and pressed the test report on the table, "Of course I want them to contribute a little to our Zhuang family."
"If you can't keep people, you have to keep something else."
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When we returned to the villa, all the team members had returned. A group of people who had already eaten dinner were sitting in the living room in groups of three or four to digest their food.
Seeing the four people coming back, Ning Yuan greeted them and took the lead in talking about the result of his outing today. "I went to find Cong Qing. He saw Colonel Lu's armband and didn't suspect anything. He originally wanted to come over to see you and Lu Xi, but I was afraid of attracting too much attention and didn't let him."
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