Lin Tantan had made up her mind that even if there was more noise next door, she wouldn't go to check it out. She had almost ruined the good thing just now.
Also, the sound insulation here is really poor. She should change rooms.
Then I thought, I thought the CP feeling between them was getting weaker and weaker, but now they are showing off their love again? I was worried that Ye Xiao would change his mind, which was really unnecessary.
After thinking about it, there was no sound coming from next door. Instead, it seemed like there were doors opening in other rooms and people walking in the corridor.
Did other people discover it too?
Lin Tantan was so anxious that she ran over and lay down by the door and listened for a long time. Then there was no sound. She had no choice but to go to sleep with a lot of worries in her mind.
She got up very early every day, but the next day she found that she was the last one to get up, and only Xu Qin was left in the villa; everyone else had left.
Xu Qin told her that everyone was going out of the city to get the supply truck. Bai Cheng went to recruit people, and the others were also helping. They started to get busy in the second half of the night.
Lin Tantan's first reaction was, "So, Bai Cheng came to Ye Xiao last night for this? Or was he interrupted by this?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say to wait until all the zombies outside have dispersed before going?" she asked.
Xu Qin said coldly: "If you don't go now, someone else will take it away."
More than a hundred truckloads of supplies are not a particularly large number, but it took them a lot of effort to collect and load them onto the trucks and get them all the way to Ning City. It is impossible for them to just give them away to others in the end.
Xu Qin was not like Ye Xiao and Bai Cheng, who would talk to Lin Tan about many details. She did not ask too much and went to the clinic after breakfast.
Another busy half day. In the afternoon, she went to the second shantytown for free medical treatment. However, before she started for long, someone came to invite her to a banquet.
As for what kind of banquet it was, it was of course a grand banquet under the name of New Year's Eve dinner, and it was hosted by Lu Jianping, the head of the base, and all the guests invited were famous and powerful people in the base.
But Lin Tantan had only one thing to say about this: no.
The visitor returned empty-handed. A while later, the woman from the medical department arrived and pulled Lin aside to talk. "We're already collaborating, so let's not be so awkward. Besides, if Captain Ye hadn't suggested this to the chief, this collaboration wouldn't have happened. It's just a banquet invitation, so why make things so awkward?"
Lin Tan Tan only then realized that the medical department's sudden enthusiasm for treating influenza was also due to Ye Xiao's contribution.
It was difficult for her to refuse after hearing that. At this moment, she received a call from Bai Cheng, who said that if it was not difficult, she could go with him.
Lin Tantan naturally had no qualms about this. She asked Jiang Zhongyi to help her look after Xu Tianjin, then returned to the villa, changed her clothes, and asked Bai Cheng, "Is it appropriate for us to go to Lu Jianping's banquet?"
"It's just a meal, no problem."
Lin Tan Tan was no longer worried after hearing this, and asked again: "Is Ye Xiao okay?"
"The distance is a bit far, and we can't contact him for the time being, but there's no need to worry. He took a lot of people out with him, including Qinan and Xiaotian. One of them can predict the future, and the other can control drones flying all over the sky. Nothing will go wrong."
Bai Cheng said as he got into the car with her and drove towards the center of the base.
In the car, Bai Cheng told her about the main forces in the base. "Those gangs like the Qingying Society are just minor conflicts and won't affect the overall situation for the time being. The main force in the Ning City base is still the army. One group is the Lu faction headed by Lu Jianping, and the other is the Li faction headed by Li Qun. These two have their own superiors in the capital. They fight here, and their respective superiors fight in the capital. The victory or defeat above directly affects here, and the situation here will in turn affect the capital. But these are just the tip of the iceberg."
"Besides that, there are some neutral factions who don't participate in large-scale conflicts and only care about their own areas. Xing Guoliang is one of them. Now he has 10,000 to 20,000 men under his command. He is neither high nor low in the base, and his life is pretty good."
"Back to the Lu and Li factions. In the previous struggle, the Li faction was slightly behind and has been looking for an opportunity to turn the tables. Although the Lu faction has temporarily won, it has spent a lot of manpower and resources to manage the base, and its strength has gradually weakened. The long-term outlook is not optimistic."
"So they are all in urgent need of talent and resources. This is why Ye Xiao chose to stay out of it. Because of Min Yande, we naturally seem to be on the Li faction's side. If we choose to work with Lu Jianping, it will be equivalent to completely tearing our relationship with the Li faction. And if we choose the Li faction, the next step will inevitably be driven to confront the Lu faction."
Upon hearing this, Lin Tantan said, "These people are really..."
She wanted to say that she had nothing better to do, but when she put herself in their shoes, she realized that whoever won completely would have the supreme and complete right to speak, be able to build the base according to their own wishes, and dominate the allocation of all resources without having to worry about being framed.
The benefits are so great, who wouldn't be tempted? If it were her, and someone came up and said, "Compete with me, and if you lose, you have to obey me," Lin Tantan would definitely let the other person know why the flowers are so red.
When you think about it this way, you can understand it. But understanding is one thing, and it is also a fact that their internal friction is not good for the vast majority of the people.
She asked, "So, are we still going this way?"
Bai Cheng explained, "Firstly, he's the head of the base after all, so we have to give him some respect. Secondly, he really listened to Ah Xiao's advice and invested a large number of manpower to suppress the flu. It would be too embarrassing for us to turn our backs on him. Thirdly, compared to that Li faction member who was so reluctant and even tried to drag his feet when defending the city wall, this Lu Jianping has some advantages."
From the beginning, he agreed to open the gate to accommodate the Yang City convoy, to being willing to send troops to rescue Xing Guoliang and his group, and then he tacitly agreed to Bai Cheng's intermediary, and was willing to invest manpower to suppress the spread of influenza.
After all, he is not a person who puts profit above all else and disregards human life, and his attitude towards them is quite peaceful. If they have to make a choice in the end, Bai Cheng and Ye Xiao both prefer Lu Jianping.
Lin Tantan understood, because historical research showed that Ye Xiao left the Ning City base after not staying there for many days, so she didn't pay special attention to the entire base. She only knew that it was later destroyed in a tide of zombies, so she didn't know whether Lu Jianping was finally ousted.
She glanced at the driver, who was the one who often drove for Bai Cheng and was almost his exclusive driver. Lin Tantan still remembered him. She had met him in Mr. Xu's villa area. He was a cold chain truck driver named Huang. Because of his excellent driving skills and good sense of current affairs, he was basically the manager of all the drivers on the way to Ning City.
Now that she can continue to drive for Bai Cheng, she is naturally one of his own. She did not avoid him and asked Bai Cheng: "But it is not a solution to keep attacking from both sides like this. From what you said, the two factions will fight sooner or later. What should we do then?"
Bai Cheng said: "Ah Xiao's idea is to return to the capital."
Lin Tantan understood the elegant meaning of the music by listening to the music: "So what do you mean?"
"I advised him to wait a little longer. If the fighting here has gotten this bad, it will only get worse in the capital. We'll have to make a choice here, and the pressure we'll face when we return will only be greater." Bai Cheng sighed as he watched the scenery passing by outside the window. "Actually, after all, it's better to have our own territory."
Lin Tantan's eyes lit up. Bai Cheng looked at her and smiled, "I'm a rather selfish person. Before the apocalypse, I could still follow the rules, but now everything has changed. Rules and laws have become a game that can be arbitrarily altered and remade by the powerful. I'll be forced to be controlled by others unless that person is someone I can trust with my life and death."
"And that person doesn't think of anyone other than Ye Xiao."
Lin Tantan was speechless for a moment, her heart pounding. What did she hear? This must be the most sincere and firm confession!
Lin Tantan was so excited that she almost lost it. She said solemnly, "I understand what you mean, but," she was a little confused, "Why are you telling me this? You should tell Ye Xiao these words."
Bai Cheng frowned slightly. He had a gentle and elegant appearance, with an aristocratic aura. His frown was more beautiful than others. He said, "Ah Xiao still has confidence in the army, or perhaps an obsession."
He sighed, "Most of us are orphans, including Ah Xiao. However, his adoptive parents were both soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country when he was very young. Before their death, they left a will, hoping that he would carry on their legacy. Influenced by his parents, he has a deep belief in serving his country by joining the army. He won't leave the army until the very end, so... well, you could say that our philosophies differ."
"I want to start my own business, but he wants to return to the army. Do you understand the difference?"
Lin Tan's heart ached, and she nodded.
When you start your own business, you are the boss and the leader of a base, but when you return to the army, you are ultimately still under the command of others.
But in the end, Ye Xiao still left the army. After losing several of his comrades and becoming completely disappointed and breaking away from the army, the military issued a national statement saying that he was expelled from the army.
After the archaeological craze arose in later generations, Ye Xiao was the first person to be deeply excavated. Most people had very positive opinions of him, but some people used this incident as an attack point and called him a traitor.
A guy who was expelled from the army must have a huge stain. How could he be a hero?
After all, Bai Cheng sees things more clearly, Lin Tan thought, is it because Bai Cheng is smarter?
No, it’s because Bai Cheng is more cold-hearted. He doesn’t care. He is detached and there are too few things and people he cares about, so he knows better what to do that is best for himself.
"For the sake of harmony in our team, I can't and don't want to argue with him at this time, let alone force him. He will eventually see the truth himself, but I hope this process can be smoother and shorter, so I'm telling you these things."
Lin Tan Tan came back to his senses and was stunned for a moment: "Ah?" What is the causal relationship?
Bai Cheng smiled and said, "I hope you can persuade him. He will listen to your words carefully."
Lin Tantan was flattered and said hurriedly, "You don't even dare to say it directly, how can I, how can I be so worthy?"
Bai Cheng smiled meaningfully: "Don't underestimate yourself, you are very important to him."
Lin Tantan felt goosebumps all over his body. He...wasn't this a sarcastic remark? Although it didn't seem like it, seeing him smile like that, he felt like he was up to something bad.
She couldn't accept this anyway, so she quickly said, "You are the most important to him. You have been friends for many years."
"It doesn't matter how many years it is. Believe me, you are more important."
"No, no, no, you are more important."
Suddenly, a slightly distorted, electronic voice sounded: "What's more important? What are you talking about?"
Lin Tan Tan was startled and looked at Bai Cheng's shirt pocket. Bai Cheng seemed stunned as well. He took out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and checked the call time. It had just been connected for a few seconds. He covered the microphone and said to Lin Tan Tan, "It's okay. I just connected. I set Ah Xiao's calls to be connected immediately. No need to answer manually."
I was worried that it would cause delays, but I was so engrossed in my conversation that I didn't notice the beep as the call was connected.
He let go of her hand: "Are you back?"
"Yeah, we're almost there. Everything's going well."
"That's good. Tan Tan and I are on our way to..." Before he could finish his words, the car body suddenly bumped violently, and the walkie-talkie in Bai Cheng's hand fell down. However, no one had time to pick it up, because a brown thing suddenly jumped out in front of the car. It was thick and long, like a water snake, but with mud and roots. It was actually the root of a plant!
The author has something to say: Bai Cheng: I am always trying to find opportunities to promote someone, please call me the best brother and matchmaker, but unfortunately the effect seems to never be very good, well, it turns out that the problem lies with that person himself.
Talk: How dare I compete with the official match, it's disrespectful
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