Chapter 40: Who Secretly Fed the Children? p2
Meng Wu went around the desk and sat down in the swivel chair, his broad shoulders sinking into the leather backrest.
A lizard over three meters long crawled over from the windowsill, its head resting on his shoulder, its sinister eyes curiously looking at Xue Yu.
“By the way, Xue Yu, are you still as shy as before, not liking to see people?” Meng Wu picked up a pen and casually spun it between his fingers.
“Uh, no.”
Meng Wu smiled faintly. “Yes, I know that this helmet and mask of yours are the latest models, very cool. But I think it’s not very polite to talk to your superior with a mask on.”
“I’m so sorry!”
Xue Yu hurriedly took off her helmet and mask and held them under her arm.
Although the helmet and mask were made of metal, the workmanship was advanced and the technology was extremely high. After putting them on and adjusting them properly, she didn’t feel any foreign object sensation at all. She had forgotten that she was wearing these things on her head and face.
“Is it convenient for me to see your spirit body?” Meng Wu brought the topic back to business.
“Of course.”
Xue Yu summoned Blueberry and introduced it, “This is my spirit body, a seahorse named Blueberry. Its specialty is stealth and camouflage.”
“A seahorse spirit body. This is the first case in the White Tower, right?”
Meng Wu seemed to be uncomfortable with the electric shock collar around his neck. He raised his hand and tugged at it, his collar loose, revealing a large area of intricate tattoos on his chest.
“Before I came to the naval combat team, I looked at the files of all the water-type spirit bodies. I seem to remember that the specialty of the seahorse spirit body is not just camouflage and stealth.”
As he spoke, he tapped on the holographic virtual screen on his desk and entered the water-type spirit body archives to check the information.
Xue Yu’s heart was in her throat.
Although Zhou Siyan had completely deleted the item about the seahorse spirit body’s supreme reproductive ability from the source of the archives, what if Meng Wu had a backup?
She held Blueberry, waiting anxiously.
A minute later, Meng Wu exited the system and frowned. “Strange. I remember when I looked at it, the characteristics of the seahorse spirit body were not just ordinary water-type.”
Xue Yu asked nervously, “Sir, what did you see when you looked at it?”
Meng Wu’s thin, red lips were pressed into a straight line. He thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled. “Nothing. I must have seen it wrong.”
Xue Yu’s racing heart slowly found its rhythm.
Meng Wu stood up again and walked up to her. “You have good potential. I will personally guide you in the future. I don’t have a very good temper, but I won’t deliberately make things difficult for you. As long as you perform well, I have a lot of resources to give you.”
“Major Meng, I have already chosen to be an intern under Lieutenant Ke Yi.”
Interns in the naval combat team could choose their own mentors. Ning Ting and the others had all chosen Ke Yi. It was said that Ke Yi was a very responsible and good-tempered older sister, and everyone wanted to go to her.
Meng Wu raised an eyebrow. “Ke Yi has a lot of people under her. Don’t always squeeze in there. I’ll guide you.”
After all, he was her superior. Xue Yu didn’t dare to say much and obediently agreed. “Okay. I’m a bit slow. Please be patient with me, sir.”
“We’ll be patient with each other.”
“Yes. Give me the helmet.”
Meng Wu opened the smart system of her helmet and gave her access to the naval combat team’s soldier combat system. “Is mining in the mining district that profitable? You just came and bought such top-tier equipment.”
“My friend bought it for me,” Xue Yu replied vaguely.
This is the result of me enduring humiliation and being someone’s daughter, calling someone ‘daddy’ for a whole morning.
Meng Wu began to explain the use of the equipment to her.
“The helmet’s functions include communication, tactical information projection, target locking and tracking, sonar detection, and so on. I’ve set it to novice mode for you. Go back and take a good look. In a few days, I’ll take you to a simulated battle, and I’ll teach you properly then.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Meng Wu took off the headset from the helmet, went back to his desk, and connected it to the computer to set up the basic functions for her.
“This headset can open the neural link of the spiritual landscape, but you’re not a regular yet, so you can’t unlock the permission. This thing is just a decoration for you. You can play with it.”
“Oh.”
…
Meng Wu was quite responsible and carefully taught her the functions of the equipment.
Xue Yu was prepared for this person to have a bad temper, but after a simple interaction, she found that it was not so bad. She had not been scolded.
The reporting process was over. Xue Yu was about to leave with her helmet.
Just as she was about to turn, Meng Wu spoke in a strange tone, “Xue Yu, although the White Tower doesn’t have the habit of disciplining spirit bodies, I hope you can discipline your Blueberry.”
“Huh?” Xue Yu looked around the office but didn’t see Blueberry. “Blueberry, what have you been up to!”
Meng Wu pointed to the back of a huge green plant in the corner. Blueberry and that terrifying lizard were flirting. Its caudal fin and the lizard’s dragon-lizard tail were entangled, and the two of them were licking each other.
“Bingshan never takes the initiative to get close to other people’s spirit bodies. I guess it was your Blueberry who took the initiative.”
He shrugged his shoulders, a vague, mocking smile on his face. “And I heard that the management center has received a lot of complaints about your Blueberry flirting with other spirit bodies recently.”
Xue Yu rushed over and picked up Blueberry. “I’m going to beat you to death! Don’t you see what kind of occasion this is?”
The lizard called Bingshan crawled over and swept Xue Yu’s calf with its tail, as if it were afraid that Xue Yu would hit and scold Blueberry.
Xue Yu showed an apologetic smile to Meng Wu. “Sir, I will definitely discipline Blueberry properly!”
“I hope so.”
She left the naval combat team’s combat center.
When she returned to the dorm, Xue Yu sent a message in the group chat: I bought you guys gifts. Let’s find a time to give them to you!
Zhou Siyan: Bought?
Feng Qizhou: Will you be good to me after you have money?
Mo Li: Thank you.
Xue Yu briefly explained what had happened with Youke’en.
Zhou Siyan: @Feng Qizhou, his phantom pregnancy symptoms are so severe. Can’t it be treated?
Feng Qizhou: That lunatic has a psychological problem. I can’t treat it. Maybe we should just kill him.
Mo Li: I can do it.
Feng Qizhou: @Xue Yu, you should go. Go and commit patricide. Good luck!
Xue Yu: Is it that serious? Let’s wait and see.
Zhou Siyan: Youke’en’s parents are both leaders. Don’t act rashly.
Xue Yu was not able to give the gifts to Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou.
These past two days, the conservatives in the White Tower had suddenly become very strict, not allowing conservatives to have contact with open-minded people, and they often held meetings. She didn’t know what was going on.
Xue Yu first followed the rules and, under Meng Wu’s arrangement, went to the training center to receive basic training for water-type warriors.
Youke’en also came.
He was in a much better state and had not gone crazy again. He interacted with Xue Yu normally.
Xue Yu found that if Youke’en didn’t go crazy, he was indeed a very good person, handsome and dashing, optimistic and cheerful, with a head of silver hair that was very eye-catching.
The two of them were both open-minded. They usually trained and ate together, and their relationship had become much closer.
Youke’en told Xue Yu, “I saw a psychologist. I’m almost cured. I’m really sorry about before.”
Xue Yu also relaxed a lot. “That’s good.”
***
A week later, Zhou Siyan came out of the church where the conservatives had held a meeting and walked side by side with Feng Qizhou. The two of them walked with a steady gait towards a less crowded place.
Zhou Siyan asked, “Has the new quota for leaving the conservatives been released yet?”
He planned to leave the conservatives, but it was a very difficult process. Leaving required a quota, and there were less than ten a year, so it was very difficult to apply.
“Not yet. What are those bastards doing? They’re holding meetings every day. It’s so annoying,” Feng Qizhou said impatiently, quickening his pace. “I have to go back quickly. Xiaobei is probably starving to death.”
Zhou Siyan also quickened his pace.
When he returned to his office, he quickly locked the door and went to the lounge.
A child’s playpen had been set up in the lounge, and the inside was covered with foam mats. He would usually put Xue Xiaohai in there when he had to go out.
This meeting had been very long, a full five hours, from six in the evening until eleven.
The conservatives were in a hurry, and he had only fed Xue Xiaohai half a bottle of milk before he left.
Xue Xiaohai was used to playing by herself. She sat on the foam mat, holding a rubber ball. Her little seahorse was also playing with her, so she was not too lonely.
Zhou Siyan opened the playpen, went in, and picked up the child. “You must be starving. It’s Daddy’s fault.”
“Daddy,” Xue Xiaohai could already call him properly.
“Good girl, Xiaohai,” he kissed the child and quickly went to mix the formula.
When he finished mixing the formula and put the bottle in her hand, Xue Xiaohai refused to drink. She sucked a few times and then threw it away, crawling to chase the rubber ball again.
“Why aren’t you drinking? Aren’t you hungry?” Zhou Siyan picked up the child again and continued to feed her.
The child still refused to drink milk. She held the rubber ball, her eyes darting back and forth. “Mommy~”
“You miss Mommy, don’t you?”
Zhou Siyan thought that the child was not drinking milk because she missed her mother. He called Xue Yu. “Xiaohai won’t drink milk. Do you want to come over?”
“Alright, I’ll be right there!”
Xue Yu was very careful, taking several detours to secretly come to Zhou Siyan’s office.
Zhou Siyan was sitting on the foam mat with the baby, still holding the bottle. “You feed the baby.”
Xue Yu sat down next to him, picked up Xue Xiaohai, and put the nipple to her mouth. “Xiaohai, Mommy is here. Hurry up and drink your milk. Grow up tall and strong.”
The child pushed the bottle away and smiled, touching Xue Yu’s face. “Mommy!”
“Yes, Mommy is here. Xiaohai, hurry up and drink your milk. Aren’t you hungry?” Xue Yu fed her, but Xue Xiaohai still refused to eat. She just wanted to play with Xue Yu and was full of energy, not looking like she was starving at all.
Zhou Siyan thought that the child was sick and contacted Feng Qizhou. “Can you give Xiaohai a check-up? She’s been hungry for a long time, but she won’t drink milk no matter how I feed her.”
Feng Qizhou’s voice was anxious. “Xiaobei is the same. She won’t drink milk either. I’ll give her a check-up. You guys wait.”
Twenty minutes later, Feng Qizhou called him back:
“Someone secretly came to feed our children. Xiaobei’s stomach is full of milk. I roughly calculated that someone secretly came in to feed her around nine o’clock.”
Zhou Siyan hurriedly went to check the amount of formula in the can. It was indeed a little less.
He then checked the corner of the table. There were some slight water stains. He squatted down and touched the water stains.
“How is it?” Xue Yu came over with the baby and asked.
Zhou Siyan’s expression was grave. “When I went to the meeting, someone secretly came in to feed Xiaohai. It’s the same with Xue Xiaobei. Feng Qizhou said that Xue Xiaobei was also fed.”
“Could it be that Mo Li came back and helped feed them because he knew the children were hungry?” Xue Yu subconsciously guessed.
Zhou Siyan: “You should ask him.”
Xue Yu immediately contacted Mo Li, but Mo Li said no. He hadn’t been back to the White Tower these past few days.