Something Was Wrong with Captain Xing Again

The meeting became clamorous. All the researchers started to whisper to their family. Xing Feng didn't rush them, he calmly put down the microphone and sat down. "Ask Jiang Shan to keep an eye on the researchers outside, don't let anyone escape during the commotion. I'll hypnotize each and every one of them after the meeting, then you chuck them out."

Xing Feng turned away and whispered to Gu Mingxuan about the importance of the research on crystal nucleus and that he needed to lay low before the result came out.

"OK. I'll watch them myself."

Then, Gu Mingxuan stood up and left after he gave the walkie-talkie to Yu Wenqing. They were all aware that there were too many freeloaders in the laboratory. Xing Feng wished to clean up all of them. You wouldn't need too many researchers, maybe one or two good ones in every field. Since they asked for it, Xing Feng wouldn't show mercy because Chaoyang had no extra food for those bastards.

"Sorry!"

Xing Feng grabbed Yun Che's hand under the table and leaned over to whisper to his ear. He didn't expect those people to be so arrogant, nor did he know Mrs. Wang and her daughter saw him that way.

"You don't need to say sorry. I should be happy that you're charming, shouldn't I? Mr. and Mrs. Wang see you as their son-in-law, huh?"

Yun Che wore a teasing face. Mr. and Mrs. Wang must have taken Xing Feng for their son-in-law, otherwise, why would they act like that? And that pretty girl seemed as if she was going to cut Yun Che in pieces with her eyes. So sometimes, a charming boyfriend could be trouble.

"I've said it many times, you're all I want, no one else in the world is special to me."

Xing Feng chuckled after he grazed Yun Che's nose. It looked like he should start thinking about how to prevent similar things from happening. Xing Feng didn't enjoy living in the rumor or someone's fantasy at all.

"Hehe. It's inevitable because you're Xing Feng."

A man didn't need to be handsome in the doomsday, but if he had capabilities, both men and women would covet the man. Wang Yun wasn't the first one, nor would she be the last. Yun Che calmly joked about this matter because he wasn't concerned at all. If Xing Feng could easily be seduced, Gu Mingxuan wouldn't call him a guardian beast.

"How about I make a sign which says: Yun Che's Man, and hang it by the neck?"

Only a guardian beast would come up with this idea.

Zhou Zeyu and the others rolled their eyes when they heard what Xing Feng said. "Where does this crazy idea come from? Captain Xing must have eaten something funny before leaving home." Jiang Shang wasn't offended or anything. He started at Ye Xingchen with his twinkling eyes, the latter was scared, "What the hell is Xing Feng doing? He's a bad influence on Jiang. A sign on the neck? This is embarrassing!"

"No way!"

Ye Xingcheng preemptively stifled Jiang Shang's desire. Jiang Shang put on a poor face, "Senior…"

"It wouldn't work even if you called me dad."

This was absolutely unacceptable! Jiang Shang was upset, though. He suddenly bit Ye Xingchen's neck.

*Gasp*

Ye Xingchen nearly cried out when the pain struck him. Jiang Shang had withdrawn. He watched the fresh red love bite on Ye's neck with a content smile. "Senior, mine."

"You crazy cub!"

Ye Xingchen was irritated but he just rubbed his neck and gave off a helpless sigh. He just couldn't get angry at Jiang Shang's smile. Ye chose to keep indulging him after giving him a warning glare because his lover was too cute.

"I agree with it, actually. Make it large so that everyone can see."

Yun Che was intrigued by Xing Feng's idea. His face became brighter. Xing Feng was amused by himself as well. "Yeah, you just want to embarrass me."

"It's your own idea, isn't it?"

They looked and smiled at each other. The couple didn't seem to notice Zhou Zeyu's eye-rolls. Chu Haoling and Meng Gang chose to ignore them although. They shut the two show-offs out by having a small chat.

"Captain Xing, we don't mean to leave. Please proceed."

Finally, the former director, current vice-director of the laboratory, Kong Yanjun stood out as the representative of the researchers. Kong Yanjun was younger than Wang Fujian but his achievements were no less than his, especially in the field of genetics. He was the No. 1 scientist in this field and no one exceeded him even though he paused his research in the past few years for some reason. Clearly, he was more polite than Wang Fujian and he came early. He wasn't haughty and self-conceited like those latecomers so without doubt, he was more sensible and less arrogant.

"Since you choose to stay, you follow Chaoyang rules. When I came back yesterday, I heard that you requested rice and meat for every family member of yours. This isn't how things work in Chaoyang. Those who do things will get what they deserve. From now on, every research will get a monthly allowance, including daily necessities. As for your family members, those who are willing to work, go apply to Captain Gu for jobs. You do whatever you are assigned and you'll get your supplies. Those who aren't willing to work can live off your own supplies. I provide freeloaders with nothing."

After making eye contact with Yun Che, Xing Feng spoke to the microphone word by word in a commanding tone of voice.

"You can't do this! The military used to provide with free supplies, why can't you do it?"

"My man works hard for you and we're supposed to earn the food? This is ridiculous!"

"She's right. How can we focus on the research if we can't feed our family?"

"Captain Xing, you're being stingy. There are nearly 20 people in my family, how are my husband's supplies supposed to feed the entire family? Are you going to starve us on purpose?"

"No, we can't accept this. We'll leave if this is your rule. This is unbelievable."

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Xing Feng's words stirred up the entire crowd. After being told that they were banned from living as freeloaders here, the fear they had for Xing Feng was gone. They thought Xing Feng's policy was exploitation, no, it was an insult. They were the pillar figures of the laboratory, how could they be treated like avenge people? There was no way they were going to agree to the term.

Yun Che and their pals were speechless. "Are these people dumb or is Xing Feng being stingy? People get paid for the work that they do, lazy people get nothing, is this very hard to understand? It's an all-time rule, isn't it? Why are they calling Xing Feng stingy?" The number of one researcher's family members could range from half a dozen to dozens. Everything was scarce in the doomsday, especially food. No one could keep so many freeloaders, even the military wouldn't do this. Xing Feng knew this because he got connections. It was funny that they questioned Xing Feng, Chaoyang and Peak people were curious about what made them think that Chaoyang had to make sure they got enough food even though most of them did nothing.

"Fine. I won't stop you if you want to leave."

Xing Feng never enjoyed any argument with others. "You can't accept this? Fine, just leave." Xing Feng didn't care because he could replace them with other researchers from the Capital Base. Were they trying to team up and threaten Xing Feng as a collective? What a bunch of idiots!

...

All the clamors and noises disappeared, the meeting location was as silent as the grave. No one expected that Xing Feng would be so decisive as if they were trifles. Everyone's face darkened, some felt unspeakably awful as though they had eaten rotten food. These people were well aware that Chaoyang offered more than the military did. Most importantly, they could eat more meat in Chaoyang whereas when they worked for the military, they only got a tiny bit of meat in every ten days. And the military most likely wouldn't hire them again after they left Chaoyang; even if the military would, their lives wouldn't be any better than now. They were tumultuous because Chaoyang had treated them too well in the past 20 days, so they spontaneously protested against Xing Feng. It was hard for those who considered themselves elites to live as commoners.

"But does he not give a damn about us leaving at all?"

This question came to their minds and they soon came to one conclusion: Xing Feng does give a damn. Biosphere and nature were everchanging in the doomsday, a lot of researchers were required to study the new changes, so Xing Feng must give a damn. However, they then thought of the small in-house research team of Chaoyang that deciphered the secret in crystal nucleus. Maybe Xing Feng never needed so many people, maybe he had decided that he was going to kick some of them out of Chaoyang at the very beginning.

Another important thing that couldn't be overlooked was, Xing Feng, at the end of the day, was an individual, he wasn't a leader of the state. He wouldn't need to give a crap if there was no research result.

At the thought of this, many panicked because what else they could do other than doing research? If they were kicked out of the laboratory, what were they supposed to do? They were living in the doomsday, even if the military would re-hire them, they wouldn't be treated the same anymore if there was no notable research result from them because Xing Feng said everyone's memory of the research on crystal nucleus needed to be erased.

"Captain Xing, how many supplies do every researcher get monthly?"

Kong Yanjun didn't participate in the protest against Xing Feng. When everybody quieted down, he asked Xing Feng. Everybody had become selfish in the doomsday. Kong Yanjun used to be the director who was responsible for everyone's well-being, now such responsibility had been removed from his shoulder. He didn't care if each one in his family was rationed, to him, being able to keep his family a full belly meant happiness. Kong Yanjun never saw himself as a great man, otherwise, he wouldn't have dropped his research and the entire research team for his personal business before the doomsday.

"For every regular researcher, 5 kilograms of rice, 2.5 kilograms of flour, 2.5 kilograms of noodles, 5 kilograms of meat or meat product, a set of daily necessities every month. Captain Gu will give you the detailed list. If our farmlands grow vegetables, you'll get some accordingly. Whoever makes achievements will have bonuses, the amount depends on the value of the achievement. The leader of a team can get extra 2.5 kilograms of rice, extra 5 kilograms for the vice-director. I'm sure Captain Gu has told you that other than you, Director Kong, we need another vice-director. The opportunity is open to everybody. Last but not the least, if someone thinks there're too many carbohydrates, you can exchange them for meat or crystal nuclei with Director Wen at equal values."

This was the decision that Xing Feng made with Gu Mingxuan. There was enough food to feed 3 to 4 people. Xing Feng wasn't a stingy guy, the rations would only be enough for the research alone. The problem was, some researchers brought the entire family here, including his in-laws and relatives rather than his wife and kids, those were the freeloaders that Xing Feng wouldn't feed.