The group of replicants were noisy and fearless before, but now they were like mice seeing a cat when they saw Mingyue, and they dared not say a word.
Whoever the bright moon's gaze fell on lowered their head in shame.
Finally, Mingyue's eyes fell on Hanhan, and she said coldly, "Hanhan, you speak."
At this moment, Han Han felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.
However, looking at this face that he had followed countless times, he pressed the tip of his tongue against his cheek, lowered his eyes and gave up on quibbling:
"I couldn't stand Chief Prosecutor Qi eating and drinking for free at the base, so I took the initiative to grab the meat under his chopsticks. I provoked him first, and I was dissatisfied after hearing his advice, so I refuted him in a bad tone. This caused everyone's misunderstanding. Everything is my fault."
The other replicants had awkward expressions on their faces, especially those who joined in the commotion without knowing the situation, they felt like their ears were burning.
"Doing things without asking for reasons, is this your rule? I've told you before that if you have anything to say, just speak up, and that's what you did?" Mingyue's expression was extremely ugly, and he snorted coldly and continued, "Today, everyone involved in this matter will accept the punishment according to the rules of the base. You all have no objection, right?"
Over the past five years, the Replica Base has already developed its own complete and reasonable set of rules, but few people violate them.
Of course, the penalties for these rules are not severe. The most disgusting thing is cleaning up the feces of foreigners.
The replicas all nodded, as obedient as little lambs.
Originally, Qi Cheng didn't take these people's words to heart, but when he saw Mingyue's handling result, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly, and then smiled after a while.
He really admired Mingyue more and more. She was obviously on the side of an outsider, but none of the replicators had any opinion about her. Instead, they obeyed her words. It was really a strange reaction.
Perhaps, he could learn from her? Qi Cheng thought so.
When Mingyue saw these replicas were about to leave to accept punishment, she shouted again, "Wait, Hanhan, come with me."
She looked at the other replicants and said calmly, "You should apologize to Chief Prosecutor Qi and entertain him. If he is still unhappy when I come back later, don't blame me for increasing the punishment."
Although Mingyue was ready to make things clear with Hanhan, Qi Cheng still had to entertain her.
After all, Qi Cheng's identity is different now. He chose to stand on the side of the replicators only because he is willing to fight for the interests of his kind. He actually has more choices. We can't let him feel disappointed with the replicators and let him feel that his efforts are being fed to ungrateful people.
The other replicants nodded calmly. They did realize their mistakes. It was foolish to randomly choose a side without knowing the whole picture.
Mingyue smiled apologetically at Qi Cheng, and when she saw him smile and raise his chin, she turned around and walked back to her room.
Hanhan followed her somewhat frustratedly, his heart slowly sinking as he just looked at her back.
"Close the door." Mingyue said to Hanhan behind her as soon as she sat down.
Hanhan closed the door obediently, and stood there with his head down, at a loss, like a child who was punished.
"Hanhan, actually there's something I've wanted to tell you for a long time," Mingyue looked at him seriously, her eyes firm and cold: "In my life, I will only fight for the freedom of replicants, and work hard for the word fairness. I will never be able to like anyone, and I never plan to be with anyone." She emphasized the word "anyone" very heavily, and Hanhan knew clearly that she was just rejecting him.
She knew what he was thinking, and she rejected his unspoken love.
Han Han suddenly looked up at her and moved his mouth, but could not say anything.
What could he say? Tell her not to care about other replicas, not to care about the lives of other replicas, and to look at him, only at him
Just as he had always thought, he was the first one to talk to her, he was the first one to know her, and he was the first one to like her, so why did she treat him the same as she treated everyone else
He was jealous of every replica who was treated equally by her. He wanted to hide her, to make sure no one could see her. He wanted her to be nice only to him, only smile at him, and only give orders to him.
But looking at Mingyue's clear and bright eyes, Han Han felt that his thoughts were dirty and unbearable, and he almost turned his eyes away as if escaping.
"However, it's not shameful to like someone, and it's not shameful to be rejected. Just think of it as cutting your losses in time." Mingyue's voice softened, with a bit of advice: "Besides, life is not just about the relationship between men and women. Hanhan, you need to open up your mind, and you will find that there are so many interesting things. Love is really nothing."
Mingyue complained in her heart: You know, now is the critical time to replicate people. As long as you do something seriously, you will be a veteran in the future. Why be a love-brained person? It is completely meaningless.
Of course Han Han didn’t think so. He just felt that Mingyue was too cruel to him. After rejecting him, she asked him to be more open-minded, which was really too much to ask.
But what could he do? He couldn't refuse any of her requests.
Han Han said in a muffled voice: "I understand."
He would listen to her and do whatever she wanted, just like every time before.
Mingyue then smiled. She believed that as long as she kept him busy, he would wake up sooner or later. How could love be as interesting as career
"Okay, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise other people will think I did something to you." Mingyue stood up and walked out while joking.
Han Han nodded stiffly and followed her in a daze like a robot.
Not to mention, some replicants saw him like this and thought that Mingyue had punished him severely in private, and they even felt a little sympathy for him.
But when Mingyue said that she would let Hanhan take over her management of the replica base, the sympathy of those replica people disappeared in an instant.
If they had known that they could become the person in charge of the base after being punished, they would rather be the ones being punished.
As for what Mingyue said about everyone being dispersed to four planets and being responsible for teaching the replicants on the four planets how to forge iron pots, cook food, build houses and so on, everyone actually knew what it was about.
After all, Mingyue had already made this agreement with them a long time ago.
(End of this chapter)