Han Yeqing knew that his superior's daughter and Lin Cheng had a close relationship, but he didn't expect it to be this close. Listening to the girl's words, she was full of praise for Lin Cheng, as if he, Lin Cheng, was the best in the world.
Han Yeqing maintained a steady mindset. While his companions all harbored a degree of jealousy and resentment toward Lin Cheng, Han Yeqing couldn't claim to be completely devoid of it. However, as he grew older and more mature, these feelings became less and less common. He still harbored the desire to challenge Lin Cheng, but this was limited to doing his part to the best of his ability.
Whether Lin Zhongrong is partial or not is beyond his control. He just needs to make sure that his strength and talent are no worse than Lin Cheng's and give an account to himself.
But after hearing the girl's words, he felt an inexplicable surge of sourness. Was Lin Cheng really that good? So good that not only was his superior partial to him, but even his newly adopted daughter admired and trusted him so much? If his superior had trusted him more and given him the task of finding Lin Man, the little girl he had met first, then he would have been the one receiving all these compliments today, right?
Could it be that he couldn't do what the girl said? Compared to his reassuring temperament, his caring nature, and his affinity, in what way was he inferior to Lin Cheng? All he lacked was an opportunity.
The feeling of unwillingness was so strong at that moment that Han Yeqing, who was always known for his gentleness, cursed in his heart.
Compared to the smiling face, Lin Cheng was completely shocked in his heart.
So this is how Lin Man sees him? Is he reliable? Is he honest... Is he trustworthy?
In the room, Lin Zhongrong's face had turned completely black. He just wanted to ask his daughter what she thought of Lin Cheng on a whim. If his daughter had any dissatisfaction with Lin Cheng that he was unaware of, he could take this opportunity to understand her and re-examine Lin Cheng.
But this doesn't mean that he wants to listen to his daughter's various ways of praising Lin Cheng!
His mood at this moment surprisingly overlapped subtly with Han Yeqing's. Is this Lin Cheng really that good? He must have been drugged.
How am I inferior to Lin Cheng? I have never heard my daughter praise me like this and say that she trusts me. If I had the time to go find my daughter in person, where would Lin Cheng be now?
He snorted coldly, "Not being self-motivated, what kind of advantage is that? Without desires and ambitions, you might as well become a monk! For a man in his prime, being sharp and enterprising is an excellent quality."
Lin Man, disengaged from her recollections of Lin Cheng's strengths, inexplicably noticed that her father seemed unhappy. She said, "When I say Lin Cheng isn't utilitarian, I mean he's not selfish. I don't mean he's selfless or unmotivated. I just think he's the kind of person who can win over others."
Haha, commanding the support? And especially commanding? So confident? Lin Zhongrong racked his brains, trying to find some flaws in Lin Cheng. "He can command the support, sure. Being a small team leader is okay, right? Being a leader is something I'd really consider. Lin Cheng, I think his biggest problem is that he lacks the drive of a young person. He'll complete any task I assign him, but he won't do anything extra. He's not like other young people who strive to show off when they see an opportunity, or create opportunities when they don't."
Lin Man was unhappy. He showed off whenever he saw an opportunity, and created opportunities when none existed. Wasn't that just jumping around looking for trouble? Like He Yue, he must have been incredibly motivated and eager to perform, but he was also full of thorns and impetuous. Wasn't that good?
She said, "As a subordinate, you must complete your tasks conscientiously. Do you like those who have too many ideas and like to make their own decisions?"
Lin Zhongrong: "Anyway, sometimes I get really annoyed when I see his lukewarm attitude. It's like he's older than me."
Lin Man's brows twitched: "That's called calm and reserved."
"He's so reserved that he almost doesn't even feel like a presence anymore. He doesn't even take it seriously when someone steals his spotlight. He has no sense of competition at all."
Lin Man thought for a long time: "That's called confidence, it's called not fighting or competing."
"I don't even feel a tingle when people pick on me, and I don't even know how to argue with them."
Lin Man had the final say: "What's the point of arguing? Just hit him directly."
"The problem is, I didn't see him fight."
Outside, Han Yeqing looked a little confused. What were they arguing about?
They were talking just fine, one person praising the other, shouldn't that be harmonious? Why did they suddenly start arguing for no apparent reason? Was it that the superior particularly disliked Lin Cheng, while his daughter was always speaking up for him?
Where's the partiality you promised?
And does the officer's daughter count as Lin Cheng's fangirl? This hint of protection...
He looked at Lin Cheng again. The surprise in Lin Cheng's eyes had disappeared, and his handsome face became calm and indifferent again. It was just as his superior said, no matter what happened, he was not bothered.
In fact, the people around him, including himself, particularly disliked Lin Cheng's calmness. He seemed to not care about anything, as if no one mattered to him. It was really infuriating to watch. But now, even the commander and his daughter had quarreled over him, and he didn't care at all?
But if Han Yeqing had observed carefully and noticed Lin Cheng's somewhat stiff hands at his side and his breath which was more silent and restrained than usual, he would have discovered that his mood was not so calm either.
Lin Cheng was silent for a moment. He raised his hand and knocked on the door again, interrupting the conversation between the two people inside.
Lin Zhongrong: “…”
Lin Man: “…”
The two were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't even notice there was someone outside, even though they were both people who would be very alert to any slight movement.
The two of them quickly resumed their upright sitting postures, their expressions calm as if nothing had happened. Lin Zhongrong coughed and said, "Come in."
The door opened, and as they had sensed, it was Lin Cheng.
Lin Man thought uncomfortably, "Maybe he just arrived and didn't hear me?" Although he thought Lin Cheng was a very nice person, it was awkward to keep saying good things about him and have him overhear it.
She quietly looked up to observe Lin Cheng's expression and found that there was no expression on his face. He was just as calm and gentle as usual. Lin Cheng glanced at her and nodded slightly as a greeting, then started talking to Lin Zhongrong.
Lin Man breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he probably didn't hear it. But she inexplicably felt that there seemed to be something in Lin Cheng's eyes that had not been there before. Perhaps she was feeling guilty and had seen it wrong?
She picked up the cup to drink water, and suddenly felt someone looking at her. She looked up and saw it was Han Yeqing.
Han Yeqing: ...I finally noticed him, it wasn't easy.
He glanced at her a few more times. She seemed prettier and more mature than last time. But her eyes were clear. Seeing Lin Cheng come in, she didn't blush or show any shyness, just a little guilty and embarrassed. This didn't seem like love, but... she had just turned 17, was the leader of a base, had the method of making supernatural weapons, and was the commander's only daughter...
This girl definitely has a bright future, and Lin Cheng, who is loved and trusted by her, is of course extremely honored. Lin Cheng is truly a winner in life.
Han Yeqing realized that his mentality was a little wrong and quickly corrected himself. He was not the kind of person who would only secretly envy others in his heart.
Lin Man didn't think much about it, retracted his gaze, and listened to the conversation between Lin Zhongrong and Lin Cheng. It turned out that Lin Cheng came to report on the personnel preparing to go abroad, who had already been screened and mobilized, while Han Yeqing said that the material supplies were also ready and they could set off at any time.
Lin Man thought that he still had a lot of bullets that he hadn't used, but she actually ran over calmly to quarrel with him, uh no, to chat and drink tea. She was really broad-minded.
She quickly asked, "Dad, when are you leaving?"
Lin Zhongrong said that it depends on how prepared the other three bases are. It is definitely not possible today, and it will probably be difficult tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow.
Then there are at least two days left, today and tomorrow, one and a half days plus two nights, and we can make and process the bullets.
After Lin Man received the foreign order, she was not idle. While making her jade pendant, she continued to take domestic orders.
After everyone knew about the existence of supernatural bullets, they all converted their cold weapons into bullets. Although there were some differences in specifications, there were basically only one or two specifications for each base. This was because the guns used with supernatural bullets had to be specially made, and having too many and too diverse models would not be conducive to the full utilization of the bullets.
She had already made more than a thousand bullets. She could move that one over first, making up the first batch of 10,000 bullets. Anyway, according to common sense, the next order should be delivered in mid-to-late June.
She was particularly grateful that she had reduced her pace of completing orders to one per month, originally half a month, due to her laziness. Although each order contained three thousand bullets, they were small and disposable, so using spiritual energy to cleanse them could complete them in a day. Furthermore, she no longer had to carve them herself, greatly improving her efficiency. Even with only one order per half a month, she still had time and energy left to work on jade plaques with higher quality requirements.
Lin Man said she had to go to work. Lin Zhongrong felt sorry for her and said there was no need to rush, as the work would be given in batches anyway.
"Even if we divide it into batches, the first batch can't be too small." Lin Man said.
Lin Zhongrong asked, "Wouldn't the guesthouse be too noisy for you to work peacefully? Why don't you stay at Dad's?"
Lin Man thought so too. He wasn't worried about anyone else, but he was afraid that Nan Ming would come and talk to him. He really didn't care about age or gender; he loved making friends. Besides, living in a guesthouse, she would definitely have to eat the food from the reunion base every meal, which was a bit miserable. She had brought a lot of ingredients this time, so staying at her father's place would allow her to cook for herself, even secretly taking ready-made meals from the space.
Lin Man agreed immediately.
Lin Zhongrong was extremely happy that he could finally take his daughter home!
Lin Cheng suddenly said, "Do you want my help?"
Lin Man was stunned: "Okay. And I thought of one thing. Our previous method was too stupid, and it's too tiring to make bullets by hand. I think we can completely produce them mechanically.
Lin Zhongrong interrupted them unhappily: "Come on, Xiaoman, Daddy will take you there."
Unfortunately, Lin Zhongrong was quite busy. Someone came to tell him that Mr. Zhang wanted him to go over. Lin Zhongrong said to Lin Cheng reluctantly, "You take Xiaoman with you. You have the key, right?"
Lin Cheng nodded: "Yes."
Han Yeqing was completely shocked. From the conversation he heard, if he understood correctly, the work Lin Man was talking about was producing superpower bullets, and the help Lin Cheng was talking about was also helping to make superpower bullets.
That thing was said to be miraculous. He had seen the power of Lin Cheng's knife with his own eyes. He was also given a tactical knife. Although it was not as exaggeratedly powerful as Lin Cheng's, it was indeed a good thing. And that kind of thing was actually made by the two of them?
This news was a bit unbelievable. He imagined it must have been developed by some research institute and then processed on a very strict production line. But Lin Man had just said that manual production was too laborious, which at least meant that they had been doing it by hand before. This was simply...
But the other three didn't show any intention of explaining to him—except for Lin Cheng who glanced at him a little longer—and they all disappeared in a moment. Han Yeqing came back to his senses: ...
Why was he so calm? Did he really overhear something confidential? Even if he didn't explain, wouldn't it be normal to at least ask him not to disclose the secret?
Elsewhere, Lin Man and Lin Cheng walked out of the United Front Work Department and passed by the administrative department. They saw different signs hanging outside each room, clearly indicating different functions. People were coming in and out, looking quite busy. She suddenly said, "The Peace Base should also have a formal administrative office building like this in the future, with clear division of labor and clear responsibilities."
Lin Cheng looked at her and said, "It will happen. You are still expanding now. Once the infrastructure is completed, it will be time to improve the system."
Lin Man nodded: "We also need formal factories, such as iron and steel plants, glass factories, spinning mills, and pharmaceutical factories. Well, those with too high technical requirements can be ignored, but the basic ones must be there." She was also stimulated by the complete and perfect city-like base of Tuanyuan Base.
"You know what? I was so stupid before that I didn't even think that since you can make the prototype of the bullet, you can definitely make a machine to make it. This isn't like those knives that need to be carved by hand."
Lin Cheng listened to her mumbling, half of his mind immersed in his own world. Suddenly, he froze for a moment at these brisk yet vexed words, then said, "I didn't expect it."
"What does this have to do with you?" Lin Man waved his hand. "You don't understand this. You didn't know you could make a bullet yourself before. Maybe you thought it had to be done manually. I didn't understand it for a while."
As she spoke, she told him about mobilizing so many people with special abilities to work together to make the jade token. "I should have thought of this earlier. I wasted a lot of time. Otherwise, I could have surrounded a lot more land."
Lin Cheng smiled and said, "Then I'll help you make a machine that can carve bullets."
"Yeah, but there's no rush. Aren't you leaving soon? You have a lot of things to do, right? I haven't even finished processing the bullets you made earlier. Those are enough for now. I can just ask my dad to help me build a new machine."
"That's not good."
"Why is it bad?"
Lin Cheng said slowly, "You will have to share the profits with your superiors in the future. I still want to keep this part of the profits in my own pocket."
Lin Man was stunned and her pace slowed down. Lin Cheng, Lin Cheng, is this a joke? She had never heard him say such a joke before!
"Are you in a good mood today?"
Lin Cheng curled his eyes and said, "It's good, because someone praised me to the sky."
Lin Man's face flushed immediately: "Ah, you heard it all." She said embarrassedly, "Well, I just..."
Are you just talking nonsense? Are you just arguing with my dad?
Can I say that? This doesn't mean I don't think you're that great. Don't take it seriously.
It would be foolish to say that.
Lin Man coughed and confessed honestly: "I really think you are good. This is the truth, not a compliment."
Lin Cheng stopped, and Lin Man also stopped.
Lin Man found that they had walked to the street. It was nice here, but there was not a single tree and no mountain breeze. The shadows cast by the buildings next to them barely blocked the scorching sunlight, but the whole street was still like an oven.
Fortunately, Lin Man is not so afraid of heat now. Although he still feels uncomfortable because of the stuffiness, it is impossible for him to get heatstroke or sunburn.
"Lin Cheng?"
Lin Cheng's smile had faded, leaving only a slight curve on his lips. His eyes were still warm and peaceful, but mixed with something else, making his expression a little complicated. He was silent for a moment before saying, "Lin Man..."
But before he could say anything, he frowned and looked over to where a thin figure was peeking out. Seeing that he had been discovered, he didn't hide anymore and ran over and shouted at Lin Man, "You must be Lin Man, my dear grandson. I am your grandmother."
The author has something to say: There are only two chapters today, but it is actually three chapters.
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