The B City base is located on a mountaintop and is brightly lit. To prevent damage from excessively thick snow accumulation, people are clearing the snow from the base day and night.
The lights were also on in the superpower team's office building, and superpowered individuals were on duty and handing over shifts at night.
Zheng Yanfei was on duty this time. She paid special attention to what had happened on Linruo Mountain Peak in the past few days. She had already sent people to investigate as early as the first day of the siege.
Upon hearing the report from the superhumans below that all the superhuman teams at the base who had been eyeing Lin Ruo had immediately packed up and left the B City base, Zheng Yanfei sneered. These cowards were terrified when they heard that Lin Ruo had returned tonight; they didn't even dare to stay a single night.
These people are really bullies who prey on the weak. Weren't they so arrogant before? Why are they all like quails now? Why are they running away? It's because they're afraid Sister Ruo will cause them trouble.
"Which organization was that superpowered team that attacked the eastern mountain peak last night? Have you found out their background?"
She bent down and carefully wiped the knife in her hand. Under the light, the knife gleamed coldly, clearly a fine knife. If you looked closely, you would find that the style of this knife was very similar to the long knife that Lin Ruo had used when dealing with the Qi family.
The superhuman nodded and placed the documents in his hand on the table next to her. "Sister Fei, why are we doing this? Didn't the base commander say that some of these people are just observing and haven't made a move? Are we just going to let this go like this?"
Zheng Yanfei smiled and said, "The base commander is considering the big picture. I'm not the base commander, why should I think so much?"
Upon hearing Zheng Yanfei's words, the superhuman couldn't find any rebuttal. However, he had collected the list and was very familiar with its contents. If it were to be handed over, Sister Ruo would likely cause a major reshuffle of the leadership in these bases, which would not benefit their bases.
“I remember there was a guy named Zhao Hui in the third snow-clearing team who had contact with Sister Ruo before,” Zheng Yanfei placed the polished long knife on the table, her gaze deep. “Go and deliver this message to him.”
The superhuman licked his lips, opened his mouth, and thought, "Wait, what a great opportunity to get closer to him, and he's just giving it away to Zhao Hui like this? Sister Ruo definitely won't know what their captain has been doing."
Zheng Yanfei glanced at her and knew what she was thinking. "If you believe the message he gave you, then go ahead."
The superhuman sighed, turned around, and left.
Zheng Yanfei glanced at the long sword on the table, a glint of light flashing in her eyes. She reached out and sheathed the sword in the scabbard hanging beside her. She had heard about what happened at Baiyu Base before. Baiyu had become stronger, and she needed to work even harder so that she wouldn't be left behind.
She stood up, about to put on her combat uniform for training, when she opened the door and saw Su Buqing about to knock.
Su Buqing was now the vice-captain of the superpowered team, second only to Chen Yu. He looked at Zheng Yanfei, who was about to leave, and asked, "Going out?"
Zheng Yanfei nodded, looked at Su Buqing, and had some guesses about his purpose. Her tone became somewhat cold and hard. "I want to go train for a while."
Su Buqing looked at Zheng Yanfei. Ever since she was saved by Lin Ruo, she seemed to have become a completely different person. However, everything was going well for her, so he hadn't paid any attention to it. But this time, he received news that she was actually investigating those superpower teams.
"I need to talk to you. Would it be convenient for us to come inside?" Su Buqing seemed oblivious to the hidden meaning in Zheng Yanfei's tone and continued speaking.
Zheng Yanfei pursed her lips, but ultimately stepped aside and led Su Buqing back to her office.
"What's up?"
Upon arriving at the office, Zheng Yanfei didn't invite Su Buqing to sit down. Instead, she leaned against her desk, staring intently at Su Buqing, who was still standing by the door.
After closing the door, Su Buqing asked Zheng Yanfei seriously, "Why are you investigating those superpowered teams?"
She thought to herself, "Just as I thought. It seems I was too high-profile when I was gathering information at the base."
Zheng Yanfei shrugged lightly, a nonchalant expression on her face. "I'm curious. I want to know who has the audacity to provoke Sister Ruo. What? You're curious too?"
Su Buqing took a few steps forward, knowing that these expressions were just a facade; she hadn't looked like this in a long time.
"Did you investigate for Lin Ruo? Do you know how many connections are involved? How much turmoil will it cause if so many bases have problems together? Many of them have close cooperation with our base."
Zheng Yanfei scratched her nose, stubbornly refusing to admit it, "You really think highly of me. How am I supposed to contact Sister Ruo? I don't even have her terminal number, you know that."
Seeing her shameless demeanor, Su Buqing's anger subsided somewhat. He continued to admonish her in a cold tone, "I know you've always regarded her as a role model and admired her, but she's a dangerous person. You'd better not get close to her. I'll cover for you this time, but be more careful next time."
Zheng Yanfei tilted her head and looked at him, then scoffed, "You're overthinking things. I'm just curious. How about this, I'll withdraw all the superhumans I'm investigating now, and we can stop investigating, okay?"
Su Buqing knew perfectly well that she had already found out. Even if he hadn't come, she would have withdrawn all the investigators. But he didn't make it clear. He came this time just to make her restrain herself and not let anyone with ulterior motives find out and cause her harm. Now that the warning had been delivered, it didn't matter whether she admitted it or not.
"Think about it yourself." After saying this, Su Buqing opened the door, glanced at her one last time, and strode away.
Zheng Yanfei looked up at the door, the smile on her lips vanishing instantly. Next time? Would anyone dare to offend Sister Ruo like this next time?
If there were more, she wouldn't mind doing it again.
She stood up, walked straight out of her office, and headed towards the training room.
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