Hopefully, the rest of the team heard the noise and came out of the room.

After a round of greetings, Li Xue asked, "Secretary Zheng, what are you doing here today?"

Secretary Zheng smiled and said, "We are here today because of what happened when you went to Q City last time."

"Oh, did that matter come to fruition?" Guo Qing asked.

"Yes, we found the man who escaped from Q City before, but he insisted that there was only one high-level zombie at the time. And the base didn't send anyone to Q City to verify it, so... the leaders at all levels of the base are very sorry for this mistake." Secretary Zheng explained with a sincere look on his face.

"According to what you said, this matter is just over?" Lin Miao interrupted.

"Well... I can't say that, but after all, this matter has passed, and the base can't find any other clues now. And the base is short of manpower now, so please understand the difficulties of the base." Secretary Zheng pushed the glasses on his nose and continued: "Of course, in order to make up for your losses and reward you for completing the mission this time, and eliminating such a big hidden danger for the base, the base decided to compensate you with some things, which are all placed in the car outside. Captain Li, please bear more for this matter."

When the members of the Hope Team heard what Secretary Zheng said, a look of "as expected" flashed across their faces. They had long expected that this matter would end up like this.

Li Xue smiled: "Of course, the base has its own difficulties, we understand."

"It's good that Captain Li can understand." Secretary Zheng smiled and said, "After all, this matter has a bad impact on the base, so please..."

"Tsk!" Chen Tang sat aside and rolled his eyes at Secretary Zheng in disdain: "You speak so righteously, but it's just to cover up the incompetence and dereliction of duty of your base. Such a big base is so confused about such an important matter. When something happened, you didn't think about how to correct it and prevent it, but how to make those who almost got into trouble because of your negligence in work calm down and even let them cover up your shame. You are really shameless!"

Secretary Zheng's smile froze on his face. He glanced at Chen Tang, but could not reprimand Chen Tang at all. Chen Tang was the son of the commander-in-chief of the ZY base. How could he, a small ZY secretary, have the qualifications to reprimand him.

After hearing what Chen Tang said, the members of the Hope Squad all wanted to give Chen Tang a thumbs up. But now facing Secretary Zheng, they could only suppress this thought. It would be fine if

others did not say anything, but as Li Xue was the captain of the Hope Mercenary Corps, and this matter was related to them, she had to help Secretary Zheng and others find a way in front of Chen Tang.

"Mr. Chen, please don't say that. The base had to do this, and we all understand." Li Xue turned her head and spoke to Chen Tang, with a tone that was for the sake of the base. But she smiled and squeezed her eyes at Chen Tang, and the meaning was clear, that was praising Chen Tang for a great job!

Chen Tang looked at Li Xue's expression and almost laughed. However, she also knew that Li Xue and the others still belonged to this base after all, so they had to compromise on this matter. If she made it too embarrassing and made Secretary Zheng and his group lose face, it might bring trouble to Li Xue and the others. So, she waved her hand pretending to be indifferent: "Since you are willing to do this, what else can I say? These are all matters of your base. What do they have to do with me?"

"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Chen." Li Xue turned her head and said to Secretary Zheng: "I am really sorry, Mr. Chen is outspoken, please don't take it to heart. We understand the requirements of the base, please rest assured, leaders of the base, we will never mention this to anyone."

Secretary Zheng and the others had the stage, and their expressions looked much better, so they laughed and said: "Captain Li is really a wise man. I hope that the mercenary corps will have a bright future under your leadership."

"Thank you for the compliment. This is just what we should do." Li Xue said politely.

"It's getting late, and we have to go back to report our work. Captain Li, please check the rewards and gifts from the base." Secretary Zheng took the lead and stood up to say goodbye. Although Li Xue helped them out, they were embarrassed to continue sitting down after Chen Tang said that. They

felt ashamed to be exposed to the matter in front of them. Some things, you know, I know, and it's meaningless to say them out. As the saying goes, good friends are those who see through but don't say it.

"Okay, you are busy, so we won't keep you here any longer." Li Xue also stood up.

The group walked out of the door and came to the side of the small truck. Secretary Zheng asked someone to open the door of the truck. A truck full of supplies plus two large bags of crystal cores were enough to show the sincerity of the base in this matter.

Secretary Zheng looked at Lin Miao and waved twice before collecting all the things. Then he turned to Li Xue and said, "Captain Li, we'll leave first. Goodbye."

"Okay, goodbye."

Watching Secretary Zheng and his group get on the car and walk away. Chen Tang exclaimed, "Wow, the leaders of this H base are really generous."

"It's hush money. If we don't give too little, they're afraid that we won't be able to keep our mouths shut. People who eat from others are grateful, and people who take from others are soft-handed!" Lin Miao clapped her hands.

"Hush money? I'm sorry, it's quite appropriate." Chen Tang rubbed his chin with his fingers, "If I had known they were so generous, I should have asked for more."

Everyone: ...

"Miss Chen, you were so kind just now, that Zheng almost choked to death." Monkey grinned and gave Chen Tang a thumbs up.

"You are the lady, your whole family is ladies!" Chen Tang rolled his eyes at Monkey, and immediately smiled and said: "To deal with such people, you have to choke them so that they can't speak, you can feel relieved, you see those people just now, they look like they have been constipated for half a month." Everyone

: ... Miss Chen, you are a daughter of a famous family, don't you have to be so... uh... straightforward when you speak.

Xiang Dong said with a bad look on his face: "I didn't expect that these people in the upper echelons of the base would become more and more disorganized

. They make the same mistakes over and over again, and even want to keep them silent! If they continue like this, who will be willing to work for the base in the future!" "In fact, I had expected this to be the outcome. With the incident in W City as a foundation, I think I can accept any big incident." Li Xue sneered.

Chen Tang saw the opportunity and began to persuade again: "So, Xiaoxue, you should take the Hope Team with me to the ZY base. I will protect you there, and see who dares to treat you like they did. Also, my brother is really great, you can consider his..."

Li Xue: ...Here it comes again.

Xiang Dong: ...What should I do if I really want to hit someone?

Everyone: If Xiangdong and Chentang start fighting, who should they pull first?

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