"Brother! Xiaobai said that you have changed your tail feathers. Let me see!"
"Brother! Brother, did you hear me?"
"Brother, I—ouch."
Lin Mo, who pestered Chu Zehuai with questions, received a slap in the face of love from his brother.
"I'm just curious, why did you hit me?"
Lin Mo covered his head with his hands, tears in his eyes, like a little crow that had suffered a lot of injustice.
"Want to see my new tail? It's at Bai Yu's place, just ask him if you want to see it."
Chu Zehuai said casually while looking at the team report in his hand.
"You gave your tail feather to Xiaobai? You two have a really good relationship."
Lin Mo was completely shocked. He first sighed for his brother's love for Xiaobai, and then couldn't help imagining the pain of having his tail feathers pulled out - although his own tail feathers had never been pulled out, as a bird, he still felt a pain at the base of his tail vertebrae.
...
...
Chu Zehuai was too lazy to pay attention to his younger brother who started to act silly again, and focused all his attention on the team members' summary report.
Bai Yu's summary was quite concise and neat. Everything he had done in the month was presented in a table in front of him. He could read it quickly and finish it in half an hour.
The report submitted by Yanran and Yuanxue obviously contained a lot of cumbersome and unnecessary explanations, but it was still readable and could be finished in two hours.
What gave him the most headache was Lin Mo's report summary, which was written in a mess and it was obvious that he was the one who inherited the bloodline of the Chu family.
Chu Zehuai read two lines and did not have the patience to distinguish the blurred handwriting. Considering that Lin Mo's level was about the same as Yuan Xue's and it was unlikely that he would do anything special these days, he simply neutralized the data of Yuan Xue and Yan Ran.
"The number of pollutants killed, the number of remnants of the Glorious Cult found, the number of missionary items seized..."
Chu Zehuai calculated the data in the mission and also retrieved the data of other teams.
During the month he was away from Dongzhou, the Glorious Church did not make any major moves, at least it did not commit any tragedies or establish any new branches.
Even the amount of pollutants was not as much as before he left, otherwise Lin Mo would have collapsed on his desk due to exhaustion from work and would not have had the mind to ask him about the tail feathers.
In the next few days, everything seemed to have returned to the time before the Glorious Cult's high-profile birth.
There is no high-intensity pollutant removal work, no ubiquitous four-pointed star pattern, and no strange spore contamination.
Everything returned to calm.
However, everyone's spirits were tense.
No one is naive enough to think that the Church of Light will give up. Compared to retreating, this is more like the calm before the storm.
Chu Zehuai was in meetings day and night.
Meetings within the Qinghe City Investigation Bureau, meetings of Dongzhou regional executives, and meetings of representatives from the investigation bureaus of major cities...
East Court Meeting Room
"That is to say, the current situation in Beizhou is not optimistic."
Shen An returned to work and looked at the projected map in front of him, with three pairs of eyes full of solemnity.
Small red dots are densely packed in the blue area representing the North Continent, with a series of notes next to them.
"Yes, I only stayed in Beizhou for a month, but I found a mayor who planned to sacrifice all the residents of the city to the S-level pollutant 'Glacier', found the corpses of thousands of ordinary people killed by the Radiant God in the early years, and found strange footprints in the snow forest. It's a pity that I am not from Beizhou and have no power in Beizhou, so it is not convenient for me to continue exploring."
Therefore, after the discovery, only some shallow and superficial issues could be resolved, and deeper problems could only be handed over to the North Continent Regional Executive.
"Besides, there are few people in Beizhou, and the uninhabited areas are very large. It is much easier to hide in the uninhabited areas and do something invisible than in Dongzhou."
Another executive took a sip of the tea beside him and looked at Chu Zehuai.
"But Beizhou just lets you reveal this information?"
"They can't take care of themselves right now, they don't care about these things at all, and do you think I really want these things?"
Chu Zehuai let out a long sigh.
If the executive officer of the North Continent region could be more helpful and manage the affairs of his own land instead of asking executive officers from other continents for help at every turn, he would not bother to learn about the situation and information of other continents.
I really thought he liked that cold, icy, empty place.
"This is not the point. The point is what we in Dongzhou should do next, and we must be mentally prepared for the worst possible outcome in Beizhou."
Shen An tapped the table with his fingers and changed the subject.
Time passed minute by minute, and the papers with the discussion results filled the entire conference table. When the moon was already hanging high in the night sky, the first meeting finally ended.
On the way home
"It's been a long time since I've experienced this feeling of everyone getting together for a meeting until late at night."
Shen An stretched himself and his three eyelids began to twitch.
"I'm a little sleepy. I'm going back to sleep first."
Chu Zehuai rubbed his temple, and a hint of fatigue flashed in his golden-orange eyes.
These days he was either in a meeting or on the way to a meeting, and he hardly slept. The only rest he got was to take a short nap before and after the meetings.
However, Shen An's words made his sleepiness fly away.
"By the way, did you receive the pot of flowers I gave you? It's the potted plant at the door of your villa. I almost forgot about it."
When passing by a carefully trimmed green pond and seeing the different kinds of plants arranged in an orderly manner inside, Shen An suddenly remembered the potted plant that passed from Grandpa Chu to his hands, and then from his hands to the door of Chu Zehuai's villa.
The surrounding air pressure suddenly dropped, and a cold breath wrapped around Chen An's body.
"What, what happened?"
Chen An looked at his friend who had a face full of resentment, and under the other's terrifying eyes, he unconsciously took several steps back.
"So that pot of flowers was given by you!"
Chu Zehuai gritted his teeth and spoke every word as if he was crying blood, not showing any sign of tiredness or exhaustion from before.
Just because of this pot of flowers, his boyfriend, who originally planned to sleep peacefully, gave him a "tail" and asked him to keep this moving plug-in all night.
He still remembers how embarrassed he was at that time.
Sure enough, the people who betray you are always your own people.
"Chu Zehuai, what do you want to do? Calm down, you can't attack your unarmed colleagues, help--"
**
At Bai Yu's home.
[Yue Jihua: We are now in Beizhou. To be honest, this is the first time I have such a clear understanding of the control of the Glorious Divine Church over Beizhou.]
[Sunflower: I sneaked into a hotel using my identity as a child. There was a meeting going on inside, and I saw the God's Envoy and the Northern Continent Executive Officer. Then I was discovered by the staff and thrown out. The God's Envoy must have another power in Northern Continent that we don't know about.]
[White Rose: He has never completely trusted anyone. At this point, there is no need for you to increase your trust points. Leave the rest to me.]
[Rose Flower: He doesn’t trust anyone except his own ability to identify.]
It was clearly just a passage displayed on the screen, but it was full of sarcasm.
In the past, the messenger of God relied on this ability to quickly screen loyal and disloyal followers, captured traitors one after another, and ensured the unity of the people in the religion, which led to the rapid development and expansion of the Glorious Religion.
But now, he would also fail because of his absolute trust in this ability.
In the system, Bai Yu discussed with other plants about Beizhou.
On the phone, messages from Chen An and Ye Yun were also sent simultaneously.
[Yeyun: The God's messenger will make a big move soon.]
[Chen Rong: I can sense that the Sea Nightmare will appear in the next few days, so be prepared. Also, the [Water Ghost] He Yan has been dealt with, so don’t worry about this.]
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[Bai Yu: I see. You two should also pay attention to safety and don’t get yourself into trouble.]
The notification sounds in his mind and the sound of his cell phone rang out simultaneously. Bai Yu kept replying. By the time the conversation between the two sides was over, it was already late at night.
Chu Zehuai, who had returned dozens of minutes ago, had just finished taking a shower and was lying next to him with a faint scent of rose-scented shower gel.
"I thought you had already fallen asleep, so I moved very quietly, but I saw you playing with your phone in bed."
Chu Zehuai hugged the other person's arm and let himself be surrounded by the scent of plants.
“No play, working.”
Bai Yu said seriously.
"Work. When I mention work and tasks, I remember that I have to go to Beizhou again soon. I feel upset."
Chu Zehuai put his head against the shoulder of the plant next to him, and the soft light golden hair rubbed the latter, making it feel a little itchy.
"Do we have to go to Beizhou? Can't we not go?"
Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, then remembered the extremely complicated situation in Beizhou and asked.
The current situation in Beizhou seems like a huge whirlpool that no one can see clearly, or like a crumbling high-rise building. The people of Beizhou who have power and connections may not be able to escape safely, let alone this bird who does not understand the ways of the world and conspiracies but has attracted too much attention.
Nor is there any fear of stepping into a hunter's trap.
“It’s a responsibility.”
Chu Zehuai thought of the Beizhou matter that gave him a headache, and his sleepiness was instantly replaced by irritability. He threw off the quilt and sat up.
"No, there are too many things to do. I can't sleep."
The anxiety of watching the situation in Beizhou getting worse and worse.
Seeing the helplessness of the Beizhou officials who are still enjoying themselves with eating, drinking and having fun.
The feeling of exhaustion after realizing that the officials of Northern Continent, including the executive officers, had never thought about governing this place properly and only wanted to maintain the status quo.
.......
Although I have returned to Dongzhou for so many days, the negative emotions I felt in Beizhou are still lingering in my mind.
However, even so, the other three continents still have to send executives to North Continent to help.
The Four Continents Alliance is originally an integrated whole. If any major problem occurs in any continent, it will have a huge impact on the other three continents.
"Aren't you going to continue sleeping? I see you're not in a very good mental state."
Even the Rose Mark felt the tremendous mental pressure from the other party.
“Sometimes I wonder if I could be more selfish.”
Chu Zehuai looked at the dark scenery outside the window and said softly, then he seemed to remember something and his tone became firm.
"After this is over, I will definitely, definitely vote to remove the two executive officers from Beizhou at the general meeting."
Bai Yu also crawled out of the quilt and sat next to him: "We'll talk about what happens later. If you don't sleep now, your body really won't be able to bear it."
Chu Zehuai pursed his lips: "I know, but I just can't sleep."
He could actually feel a slight buzzing sound in his head and pain in his eyes, but under the psychological and mental pressure, he couldn't stop the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
"Shall I give you a flower?"
Bai Yu stretched out a vine, energy flowed, and a white rose bloomed.
"You're trying to distract me in that way? But I'm not in the mood for that right now—"
In the faint scent of roses, Chu Zehuai suddenly felt something was wrong.
In the past, after the white yu blossomed, the fragrance would become a means of boosting excitement, and he could clearly feel that he was a little more excited than usual, but after the flowers bloomed today, a strong sense of sleepiness came over him.
"I hope you can take care of yourself more than those irrelevant people."
Bai Yu sighed, he hugged the person who fell in his arms, touched the other's face with his slightly cool fingertips, and then tucked the corner of the quilt.
Good night, my little bird.
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