Ye Xiao turned around and met a pair of round, bright, puppy-like eyes filled with joy and a hint of admiration. His anger disappeared, and he felt a little... embarrassed.
He lowered his head and covered his lips to cough in disguise, while thinking about whether he had acted too aggressively just now. Lin Tantan's snail-like nature now made him very alert, and he was always careful not to cross the line.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a group of people staring at the two of them. He frowned and said, "What are you standing there for? You haven't finished your work for the day yet, have you?"
Everyone immediately dispersed and continued to help count the supplies or guard the supply trucks.
Ye Xiao then said to Lin Tantan: "I'm sorry for involving you just now."
Lin Tantan shook her head. "I'm not actually offended. That was just a harsh remark without any real meaning. If it was anything more extreme, I would have taught him a lesson myself." She smiled, her eyes curled. "But I'm still very happy that you stood up for me. Thank you, Ye Xiao. You looked so handsome just now."
Ye Xiao's eyes flickered slightly: "Really?"
"Yeah, yeah." Lin Tan Tan nodded vigorously. She felt very sorry that she didn't bring a cell phone camera or something to take a picture of what happened just now. Well, even if she brought it, it would not be suitable to take it out. She could only open her eyes wide and record it firmly with her own eyes. Fortunately, people with superpowers have good memories.
She suddenly thought of something. She had too many regrets. She always regretted not being able to record various scenes. If she could draw, she would draw them as soon as possible.
But she can't draw, so is there a chance for her to learn? Or should she ask Jiang Xiaotian to get her a high-tech camera that she can carry with her every day and be ready to record at any time?
Uh, wouldn't that be too perverted?
She couldn't help but think about it, and her expression became a little strange. Ye Xiao didn't know what she was thinking, but his ears were still burning. Could this be a turning point? He said carefully, "It's nothing. If it was just directed at me, I would just listen to it, but he pointed it at you..."
While she was still racking her brains for words, Lin Tan Tan said, "I understand, I understand!" She had a look on her face that said, "It's okay to target you, but not your brothers. I understand. If it were Meimei and the others just now, you would be angry too, right?"
Ye Xiao: “…”
Ye Xiao wiped his face: "Yes."
Brothers or something, so that's how she defines their relationship? For the first time, Ye Xiao felt like vomiting blood.
Lin Tan Tan thought, ah, her male god is so warm and protective, he feels even more handsome! No, I can't say any more, otherwise my infatuation will be seen through. She said: "I suddenly remembered that I left the patient halfway and I can't have the New Year's Eve dinner. I have come here to see it, and now it's time to go back."
Looking at the time, it’s not even three o’clock yet, so there’s still plenty of time. Although the patients who were originally scheduled for her have been assigned to others, there are still dozens of them. Even if no one can get one, it’s still quite stressful. After all, the patients who are assigned to her are the most seriously ill.
Ye Xiao frowned slightly: "Now?"
With the recent mutant plant attack, he wasn't confident she could act alone.
Lin Tan Tan said, "Don't worry. That shantytown is far from the mountainside, close to the city wall. There aren't many plants around. Nothing will happen. Even if something does happen, I have the ability to protect myself."
"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Xiao was a little helpless. After thinking about it, he agreed. He began to search who was around her. Jiang Zhongyi alone was not enough to make people feel at ease. Those bodyguards could not help much when facing real danger.
After much thought, he suddenly realized he was short on staff. He needed people who were truly reliable, not hired hands who might work together one day and break up the next. Could he be assured of leaving such people with Lin Tantan, even if they were powerful psychics? But he obviously couldn't be by her side all the time.
Ye Xiao's heart suddenly sank.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Lin Tantan asked, "Ye Xiao?"
Ye Xiao came back to his senses: "I'll take her to that shantytown."
"No need."
"I have to go and check out the environment before I can feel at ease."
Lin Tantan couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree. Arriving at the place and taking a look, Ye Xiao frowned again. It certainly didn't look like there would be any mutant plants, but the environment was awful, much worse than yesterday's. Even though they had tried their best to find a clean, flat, dry spot, and the rows of folding tents were neatly arranged, the people and their families waiting to see the doctor were all truly slovenly and dirty.
In such an environment...
If he were in charge, he would never let anyone live in such an environment, and naturally he would never let Lin Tantan go in and out of such a place every day.
He suddenly remembered Zhou Yan's eyes that contained hidden contempt and sneer, and thought of that unknown person who dared to jump out and speak wildly, thus causing Lin Tantan to be offended, and his hands could not help but clench.
He left in silence, and even just glanced at Xu Tianjin casually before letting him go.
Bai Cheng noticed Ye Xiao's strange behavior and raised his eyebrows, wondering if he had been humiliated again?
He has become very accustomed to Ye Xiao's repeated failures. Although he is the first among them to find his ideal partner, he feels that it will be very difficult for him to be the first to get out of being single.
He then ignored the issue and asked, "It's about the same as I estimated. There are still about 500 tons of food and a lot of daily necessities. What are you going to do with them?"
Five hundred tons of food is not a lot, but it is enough to feed one million people for several days. If the number of people is reduced further, it can last longer.
Ye Xiao suddenly asked: "How many people with special abilities are there currently who specialize in planting?"
Bai Cheng was slightly surprised, but quickly replied, "In the entire base, as far as I know, there are currently over a thousand people with wood-type abilities, and about two-thirds of them have abilities related to planting."
"Too few." Ye Xiao looked up at the messy and desolate parking lot with all kinds of good and bad vehicles parked, and then looked at the base farther away, at the chaotically high and low buildings.
"When I went out today, I saw that all the fields were flooded and it was impossible to harvest a single crop." Although there were not many crops in the fields in winter, this result still dashed the hopes of many people. Many people in the base wanted to go to the fields after leaving the base, even if it was a long way off.
"Ning City's grain reserves have been completely depleted, leaving only the last small granary untouched. How many days do you think all the stored grain will last?"
Bai Cheng's expression faded. "Within a month, the base will be in chaos. But it's only going to be a while. Those who survive will always find their own way to survive. There's always food in the city. If there's not enough in this city, there's still food in the next one. The entire country's granaries can still feed the entire population for two to three years, not to mention the current population decline... If all else fails, we can still go digging for wild vegetables and hunting for food. Aren't mutant animals edible? There should also be edible mutant plants. Once things stabilize, we can resume production."
He was not worried about the future at all, but the food crisis facing the Ning City base was indeed a difficult problem to solve, so some people even hoped that the flu would be more severe, taking more lives, so that those who survived could get more survival resources.
They had originally planned to watch from the sidelines. If the crisis broke out sooner or later and a group of people were bound to die, then from the overall perspective, there would be no difference between the dead and sick group and the other group. To put it cruelly, the dead and sick people would be more beneficial.
After all, people who get sick generally have weaker constitutions. Of course, this isn't absolute; those who live in good houses, who don't have to go out to make a living on rainy days, and who have plenty of food and warm clothes are less likely to get sick.
It's a cruel choice anyway.
But Lin Tantan wanted to save people.
So after thinking about it, Ye Xiao went to talk to Lu Jianping, and Lu Jianping was persuaded - if this group of patients can be preserved, their competitiveness in survival will be stronger than those who have never been sick. There is evidence that the physical fitness of people who recover after being sick will be enhanced. Just look at those people in the Yang City team who were sick and then cured by Lin Tantan, and you will understand. Not to mention, the probability of people with superpowers being born among the patient group is higher.
If it weren't for this reason, Lu Jianping wouldn't have invested so much manpower in vain if he just talked about love for his fellow countrymen.
Ye Xiao was silent for a long time before he finally said, "Of these 500 tons of grain, we will keep 100 tons and give the rest to Lu Jianping. I will discuss the use of it with him."
Bai Cheng looked up at him. He wasn't surprised to hand it over to Lu Jianping. It was better than letting Li Qun stir up trouble, but... "Leaving a hundred tons? Wouldn't that be too much?"
"Recruit some people. Both ordinary people and psychics are fine. We prioritize both ability and character. Those with healing and planting skills are the priority. Potential patients are also welcome. Quality is more important than quantity..."
Ye Xiao spoke slowly, but Bai Cheng's eyes lit up as he listened, but he remained calm: "Why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't you say you wanted to go back to the capital?"
"I can go back to the capital by myself and take a look. It won't affect anything. Watching all this coldly and doing nothing is not what we should do, right?" Ye Xiao smiled. His eyebrows relaxed and his temperament was bright, as if he had broken free from something that had been subtly restraining him. "I wanted to kidnap you before."
He was thinking about returning to the capital. If he had not been trapped by the heavy rain, he would have left long ago. The Ning City base was never his planned place to stay for a long time. It was a long way from the capital, and he didn't know how many dangers he would encounter. He couldn't bring too many people with him, so he simply didn't take any extra people with him.
However, what happened today suddenly made him realize that if he couldn't do anything in this small base, how much could he do in the capital? Here, a small subordinate of Li Qun dared to confront him, and there were even more big shots in the capital, so how much pressure would he be under?
He himself doesn't care, but he can't stand seeing people around him being wronged.
If you are not strong enough, how can you protect the people you want to protect? Personal strength is far from enough. In this era, if you don’t have your own people and forces, you will always be in a position of being despised.
He said to Bai Cheng, "Old Bai, perhaps holding our own power is the real way for us to gain a foothold."
Bai Cheng thought, thank God you finally figured it out, but what on earth made him suddenly realize this?
He thought about it, thought about the conflict just now, and then he vaguely understood Ye Xiao's mentality.
It must be very embarrassing to be provoked by a group of minions in front of your sweetheart, and it must be even more unbearable to watch your sweetheart being bullied by them, right?
Before there was Zhu Xin, and now there is Li Qun's faction. Let's diverge a little. What if there are more powerful people in the future, or if someone comes up to her and orders her around, or even hurts her when she's not looking? Just thinking about it will make her explode, right?
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