Fang Qingdai, along with Qingluan, Huang Changming, and Xuan Liu and Xuan Ba, were registering.
Not far away, Li Weidong stood in the shadows watching, his usual smile long gone.
When Fang Qingdai turned around, she met Li Weidong's deep gaze. She slowly curled the corners of her mouth and playfully winked.
Today he went out to greet them, and he and his men were playing a coordinated game, but I don't know what they were up to.
But Fang Qingdai could sense that his main purpose in launching this attack was to target Qingluan.
Fortunately, Xiao Mao and Huang Changming interrupted his spellcasting, and with Xuan Liu and Xuan Ba, trusted confidants of the base leader, present, Li Weidong had no choice but to stop his plan.
Regardless of his original purpose, as long as he could disrupt it and prevent Qingluan from receiving excessive attention, Fang Qingdai was already in a great mood.
Thinking of this, Fang Qingdai gave Li Weidong an even brighter smile.
Unexpectedly, this smile provoked Li Weidong. Before anyone could react, Li Weidong raised his hand expressionlessly and suddenly slapped Xiao Mao across the face!
Xiao Mao had been staying by Li Weidong's side, quietly talking about his recent situation and carefully expressing his concern for Li Weidong.
"Smack!"
A sharp slap came unexpectedly, and Xiao Mao stood frozen in place, covering his face!
A moment later, Xiao Mao came to his senses. His trembling eyes as he looked at Li Weidong were filled with endless hurt and despair to the extreme.
Li Weidong was slightly taken aback when he met Xiao Mao's gaze, but he quickly recovered and reprimanded him coldly, "Look at others, and then look at yourself!"
“Xiaoming grew up with you, and he’s already contributing to the base. After his father’s accident, he immediately found a job and took on the burden of supporting his family. And you? You’re just a good-for-nothing! You’re so nagging and indecisive. You don’t deserve to be my son!”
The sharp words made Xiao Mao's face turn pale, and the chubby boy trembled all over. He tried to wipe away the tears on his face several times, but his hands were shaking and he couldn't succeed!
Fang Qingdai finally came to her senses. Her anger surged to the top of her head, and an unprecedented rage almost engulfed her!
She strode forward, followed by Qingluan, whose little face was also tense as she jogged along.
When the two sisters came to Xiao Mao's side, the first thing they did was to look at the injury on his face.
"How are you? Does it hurt?" Fang Qingdai wanted to slap herself. What a pointless question!
How could it not hurt? Li Weidong is a level seven ability user. With one slap, Xiao Mao's face swelled up like a pig's head!
The superficial injury was one thing, but the main thing was that this slap was more heartbreaking than killing a boy who had humbly begged for his father's love since childhood!
Fang Qingdai was at a loss, but luckily Qingluan immediately took out a milk candy from her pocket: "Brother, here you go!"
Qingluan cherished her milk candy. When she ate one, she would lick it gently and carefully, reluctant to finish it quickly.
The fact that she was willing to give one to Xiao Mao shows that she genuinely approves of him, unlike when she was just pretending to be angry with him and actually disliked him.
Xiao Mao forced a smile and accepted the milk candy.
Fang Qingdai and Qingluan both breathed a sigh of relief, and Huang Changming, who was watching from afar, slowly loosened his clenched fist.
Fang Qingdai looked at Li Weidong with a frighteningly cold gaze.
But Li Weidong smiled and said apologetically, "Did I interrupt Miss Qing's registration by teaching this good-for-nothing a lesson?"
He was telling Fang Qingdai that he was handling family matters and it was none of Fang Qingdai's business to interfere!
Fang Qingdai laughed in exasperation. After taking several deep breaths, she suddenly said, "I remember that as a squad leader, I have the authority to recruit special talents."
Special talents refer to individuals who, although their superpower level has not reached level three, possess special abilities that can contribute to the team.
The squad leader has the right to recruit a special talent, but throughout history, strength is the only true measure of success. No squad is truly willing to accept someone who doesn't even reach level three.
Upon hearing Fang Qingdai's words, everyone present was stunned and looked at Xiao Mao in disbelief.
She means...
Fang Qingdai looked intently into Xiao Mao's eyes and asked him, "Xiao Mao, would you like to join my team?"
Xiao Mao was stunned. After realizing what had happened, she widened her eyes and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, I can't do it, sister, you don't need to pity me, I..."
"Nonsense!"
Li Weidong, his face dark, coldly rebuked, "Don't I know what he's capable of? This kind of thing is just a waste of air. You recruited him into the team because you have a good relationship with him. If other superpowered teams see this and follow suit, how many more freeloaders will be added to my superpowered team?"
Special talents are also entitled to fixed benefits, which are calculated based on the minimum standards for those with special abilities. Although the amount is not much, it is still an expense.
Fang Qingdai laughed: "You know? What do you know?"
"Do you know that Xiao Mao knows all the vendors in the market and has a network of connections that covers the entire Xuanwu Base? Do you know that he has the ability to collect special resources, and that even the higher-ups in your base have bought things from him?"
"Do you know that he is loyal and devoted, and that once he joins the team, he will wholeheartedly plan for the team, contact and collect various scarce resources for my team, and minimize the team's expenses?"
"Why shouldn't such a business genius be considered a special talent?"
Fang Qingdai's series of rhetorical questions left Li Weidong speechless.
How could he possibly know?
He had never shown any concern for his son since Xiao Mao was still in his mother's womb, so how could he possibly know what Xiao Mao was doing at the base?
"But what use is his business acumen to a superpowered team that needs to fight?"
Huang Changming suddenly spoke up at this moment: "Not only that! Xiao Mao can also modify vehicles! Uncle Li, the car you praised me for modifying the other year was actually modified by your son Xiao Mao!"
"What?"
Not only was Li Weidong surprised, but Fang Qingdai was also extremely taken aback!
I've never heard Xiao Mao mention having this skill before!
But thinking about it, it's understandable.
As a middleman, he has access to a lot of parts, and if he wants to get into car modification, he has more resources than others!
"You've been hiding this so well, haven't you?" Fang Qingdai patted Xiao Mao's shoulder with a smile. Seeing that he was in a much better mood and was scratching his head with a shy smile, Fang Qingdai gradually relaxed.
"Commander Li, Xiao Mao is an invaluable talent, both in business and in technical modification. Wouldn't it be a waste not to bring such a talent into the team?"
Fang Qingdai smiled, but her eyes were full of disdain: "I don't have any other merits, the only thing I can praise is my ability to recognize good things. Commander Li, you don't need to question my judgment!"
"Besides, I'm the captain of my special abilities team. My team members haven't objected to me gathering special personnel, so you don't need to interfere... cough cough, you don't need to worry!"
Now that things have come to this point, and given that Xiao Mao does indeed possess special skills, even Li Weidong couldn't forcefully stop him.
After saying "Whatever," he turned and left with a stiff smile.
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