Lin Tantan made up her mind that even if there was any more noise next door, she would not go to check it out. She almost ruined the good thing just now.
Also, the sound insulation here is really poor. She should change the room.
Then I thought again, I thought that the CP feeling between them was getting weaker and weaker, but now they are showing their affection again? I was worrying that Ye Xiao might 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 again. 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 found herself the last one to get up the next day, and only Xu Qin was left in the villa; everyone else had left.
Xu Qin told her that everyone was going out of town to get the supply truck, Bai Cheng went to recruit people, and the others were also helping, and 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 matter? Or was he interrupted by this matter
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say to wait until all the zombies outside are gone before going?" she asked.
Xu Qin said coldly: "If you don't go, 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.
It was another busy half day. In the afternoon, she went to the second shantytown to provide free medical treatment. However, before she had 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. Moreover, it was hosted by Lu Jianping, the head of the base, and all the guests invited were famous and powerful figures in the base.
But Lin Tantan had only one thing to say about this: No.
The visitor returned empty-handed. After a while, the woman from the medical department came and pulled Lin aside to talk and said, "We are now cooperating, so don't be so awkward. And if your captain Ye hadn't made a suggestion to the chief, there wouldn't be this cooperation. Now it's just a banquet invitation, why make it 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 this. At this moment, she received a call from Bai Cheng, who said that if it was not difficult, she should go with him.
Lin Tantan naturally had nothing to worry about. She asked Jiang Zhongyi to help her look after Xu Tianjin, went back 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, so we can't contact him for the time being, but we don't need to worry. He took a lot of people out with him, including Qinan and Xiaotian. One can predict the future and the other can control drones to fly all over the sky, so 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 distribution of the main forces in this base: "Those gangs like the Qingying Society are just minor fights and will not 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 group is the Li faction headed by Li Qun. These two have their own superiors in the capital. They fight here, and their superiors fight in the capital. The victory or defeat above directly affects this side, and the situation here will in turn affect the capital, but it's just the tip of the iceberg."
"Besides that, there are some neutral factions who do not participate in large-scale struggles and only take care of their own little piece of land. Xing Guoliang is one of them. Now he has 10,000 to 20,000 men under his command. He is neither up nor down in the base, and his life is pretty good."
"Let's talk about the Lu and Li factions. In the previous struggle, the Li faction was slightly inferior, and now it has been looking for an opportunity to turn the tables. Although the Lu faction has won temporarily, it has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to manage the base, and its strength has been gradually weakened. In the long run, it is not optimistic."
"So they are all in urgent need of talents 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 is equivalent to completely tearing our face with the Li faction. If we choose the Li faction, the next step will inevitably be driven to confront the Lu faction."
Lin Tantan heard this and said, "These people are really..."
She wanted to say that he had nothing better to do, but if she put herself in the other person's shoes, she realized that whoever wins completely will have the supreme and complete right to speak, will be able to build the base according to his own wishes, will be able to dominate the allocation of all resources, and will not have to worry about being framed.
The benefits are so great, who wouldn't be tempted? If it were her, and someone came up and asked her to compete with him, and if she lost, she would have to obey him, Lin Tantan would definitely let the other person know why the flowers are so red.
If you think about it this way, you will 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: "Then we still need to make this trip?"
Bai Cheng explained: "Firstly, he is the head of the base after all, so we should give him some respect. Secondly, he did listen 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 the Li faction member who was reluctant to defend the city wall and even wanted to drag his feet, this Lu Jianping still has some merits."
From agreeing to open the gate to accommodate the Yang City convoy at the beginning, to being willing to send troops to rescue Xing Guoliang and his group, after that he tacitly agreed to Bai Cheng to set up such an intermediary, and then was willing to invest manpower to suppress the spread of influenza.
After all, he is not the kind of person who puts profit above all else and disregards human life, and his attitude towards them is relatively peaceful. If they have to make a choice in the end, Bai Cheng and Ye Xiao both prefer Lu Jianping.
Lin Tan Tan understood, because historical research showed that Ye Xiao did not stay in the Ning City base for many days before leaving, so she did not pay special attention to the entire base. She only knew that it was later destroyed in a tide of zombies, so she did not know whether Lu Jianping was finally driven out of office.
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 Grandpa Xu's villa area. He was a cold chain truck driver, his surname was Huang. Because of his excellent driving skills and his 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 attack from both sides. 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: "So what do you mean?"
"I advise him to wait a little longer. If the fighting here is so bad, it will be even worse in the capital. We have to make a choice here, and the pressure we will face after returning will be even greater." Bai Cheng sighed as he looked at the scene passing by the window. "In fact, after all, it is better to have our own territory."
Lin Tantan's eyes lit up. Bai Cheng looked at her and smiled, "I am a selfish person. I could follow the rules before the end of the world, but now everything has changed. Rules and laws have become a game that can be arbitrarily altered and remade by the strong. If I am forced to be controlled by others, that person must be 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 was the most sincere and firm confession!
Lin Tantan was so excited that she almost couldn't stand it anymore. 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 looked gentle and elegant, with an aristocratic temperament. His frown was more beautiful than others. He said, "Ah Xiao still has confidence in the army, or it can be said that he has an obsession."
He sighed, "Most of us are orphans, including Ah Xiao, but his adoptive parents were both soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country when he was very young. Before they died, they left a will, hoping that he could inherit their legacy. Influenced by his parents, he has a deep belief in serving the country by joining the army, and he will not leave the army until the last moment, so... well, you can say that our philosophies are at odds with each other."
"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 master of your own business and the leader of a base, but when you return to the army, you are ultimately under the orders of others.
But in the end, Ye Xiao left the army after losing several of his comrades and becoming completely disappointed and breaking away from the army. The military then issued a national statement saying that he was expelled from the army.
After the archaeological craze emerged in later generations, Ye Xiao was the first person to be deeply excavated. Most people had very positive comments about him, but there were also some people who 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-blooded. He doesn’t care. He is detached from the outside world. There are too few things and people that he cares about, so he knows better what to do to benefit himself.
"For the sake of harmony in our team, I can't and don't want to argue with him at this time, and I'm even less willing to 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 seriously."
Lin Tantan was flattered and said hurriedly, "You don't even dare to say it, how can I, how can I be worthy of it?"
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.
Anyway, she couldn't accept this statement, so she hurriedly 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 is more important? What are you talking about?"
Lin Tan Tan was startled and looked at Bai Cheng's shirt pocket. Bai Cheng seemed to be stunned as well. He took out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and looked at 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 Xiao's calls to be answered immediately. No need to answer manually."
I was worried that it would delay things, but I was so engrossed in talking that I didn't notice the "beep" sound when the call was connected.
He let go of her hand: "You guys are back?"
"Well, we're almost there. Everything is going well."
"That's good. Tan Tan and I are on our way to..." Before he could finish his words, the car body suddenly jolted 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, and please call me the best brother and matchmaker. 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 partner? It's disrespectful.