Unwilling to Touch

Although Shen Jiayi is incredibly beautiful, her always cold expression that keeps people out, coupled with the momentum brought by her control over the entire Haiwei Mini Industry, makes those who participate in the party feel oppressed.

Now that Shen Jiayi has left, they can naturally relax to their heart's content.

They don't want to get along with Shen Jiayi, and Shen Jiayi doesn't like playing virtual games with them either.

At this moment, she held the rabbit pendant given to her by Zhao Xitong and hid in a luxurious suite at the end of the second floor. At the entrance, there are naturally two guards from the special investigation department guarding to avoid people who don't have long eyes coming to disturb.

When Shen Jiayi was born, her father Shen Guantian had already stabilized the Haiwei Group and his career was thriving. It can be said that at that time, the Shen family was in the limelight, with immense wealth and prosperity. Shen Guantian himself is an extremely cold person, and he has extremely strict and demanding requirements for the entire group and even his own children.

Growing up under such conditions, Shen Jiayi was naturally bound by innocence and romance, and grew towards the direction that Shen Guantian was most satisfied with. Knowing how to restrain emotions, calculating gains and losses and results before doing anything, like a cold machine.

However, a random accident led to the most favored member of the Shen family being kidnapped by a group of thugs, and ultimately saved by a homeless child. After several twists and turns, the family finally found and safely took her back.

At that time, he saved her and made a pendant for her with the wandering boy. That wandering experience allowed her to experience the warmth and coldness of the world, and also made her understand that there are so many people living more difficult lives in the world.

In the end, she was taken back by the family, but the wandering boy couldn't be found.

She always carried the pendant with her, and every time she encountered difficulties and setbacks, she would touch it to remind herself, "I can't give up."

This belief has always supported her to live in a family and career she doesn't like, and has earned her the recognition of her father.

Just because of an accident, the pendant was lost. At that time, she mobilized everyone she knew to search for it, but ultimately found nothing.

Losing the pendant made her feel like she had lost her best friend, the only companion she could confide in.

After obtaining a portion of the family's resources, she began to cast a wide net and search everywhere for the homeless child, despite the pitiful lack of information and characteristics about that child over the years.

Now in this miniature apocalypse, she has taken on a piece of sky with her father's resources, trying to save as many people as possible. Such active investment not only reflects the kindness of her original heart, but also the love for the boy who saved her back then.

The pendant sent by Zhao Xitong is a counterfeit. Compared to the original version, this one has finer workmanship and more expensive materials. However, in Shen Jiayi's eyes, it is still not as friendly as the original version. Just for now, only this divine pendant can hold onto her tired soul.

With her familiarity with that pendant, it's easy for people to make one. But she always felt that this was just finding a substitute, not the original one. She didn't want to see Tom, partly because she was afraid of seeing him as a substitute for that boy.

That is unfair to others and also deceiving oneself.

She can deceive herself into doing many things, including taking on the leadership responsibility of the entire shelter now. But only the boy in her memory and the belief that he left her, even in a rational state, were unwilling to be broken.

But now, she urgently needs support to be able to overcome the current difficulties. Since Zhao Xitong had delivered it to her, she decided to accept it, even if it was a temporary replacement.

"I just want to save them and give them a stable life. However, all of this cannot be done without any effort. What we need to do is to restore the pre apocalyptic economic and social conditions as much as possible, relying on the economy and upward momentum to maintain the stability of the entire society."

Shen Jiayi grabbed the pendant and spoke a long sentence, recounting the happenings that had occurred during this period, saying whatever came to her mind. No logic, no organization. Shedding the calm and organized aura of the general manager, she was like a little girl complaining to her beloved.

After talking for a while, the door was knocked on. In response from Shen Jiayi, the first person walked in and said, "Miss, you called me?"

Before entering, she asked the guards to notify the 1st to come, and now she has finally arrived.

"How is Manqing's whereabouts going?"

Number 1 hesitated for a moment before answering, "Miss Report, number 156 has sorted out all the intelligence clues provided by the survivors. According to the oral statements of several survivors who were taken back, Miss Zhao Manqing is likely to be at the Jinrui Hotel on Dongchen Avenue, but it is unclear what her situation was after the disaster."

"Dongchen Avenue..." Shen Jiayi pondered for a moment, "Great, I've been to Jinrui Hotel."

"But Miss... in the current situation, it's really not suitable for you to go there in person. It's currently an 8-level threat zone over there, and even our special investigation department's personnel are in danger, so you're even less suitable."

"I may not go, but you must bring Manqing back to me if she is still alive."

"Yes, miss." Number 1 paused, "The training of the psychic team is still ongoing. To delve deeper into the Jinrui Hotel, assistance from the psychic team is necessary."

"You ask Number 5 to intensify their training and collaboration, and make sure that the psychic team can enrich their combat experience as soon as possible."

"Well... you hoped to have that Tom join the psychic team back then..."

As soon as Tom Shen Jiayi was mentioned, she frowned. She looked at the dimly lit Hope Town outside the window, wavered for a moment, then looked at the pendant in her hand, and finally made up her mind: "Since he refused to venture out again, we should respect his choice. Anyway, staying in the factory as a metal forging master can also be considered a contribution to the shelter. Did he return his level 5 red crystal to him?"

"I have already signed for it," replied Number 1. "The certificate of ownership and use of the crystal will be issued to his factory soon. Do you want him to use that level 5 crystal to create a new type of armor himself?"

Shen Jiayi nodded and said, "The people in the R&D department are all from a professional background, and their design ideas will be very conventional. I have seen the recent Jade Rabbit III and Chang'e I models, and I cannot pick out any problems, but they lack spirituality. So I hope that Tom can build his own car behind closed doors and provide another design idea. After all, from the armor blueprint he provided for Old Street Zero, the entire design is very unique. With his own combat experience with mutated creatures, he should be able to find a different style of armor."

"So you asked Assistant Bai to issue a notice asking the director of the metal forging factory to delegate power to him? And also prohibited our brothers in the special tuning department from contacting him."

"Yes, but I won't let him know in person. Give him as much freedom as possible and don't interfere with his thoughts. Remember my words, the Special Investigation Department only focuses on external affairs, not internal affairs. The internal affairs of the shelter need to be properly operated by other departments. Your people are already busy enough, and I don't want the shelter to drag you into this quagmire."

Number 1 exclaimed, "Although he himself doesn't want to go out and fight, you still return the item to its rightful owner and let him maximize his strengths for the shelter. Miss, it's not me flattering you, your move is really impressive."

Shen Jiayi smiled bitterly and shook her head. "This is not a big deal. In fact, people like Tang who have creative thinking go out to carry out tasks and then suffer losses outside, which is also a loss for the shelter."

"Then I'll go to the Awakening Team's camp and make sure that Number 5 accelerates the training for the Awakening Team."

"Let's go," Shen Jiayi waved her hand

Number 1 turned around and went out, closing the door. She sat on the soft leather sofa holding the pendant and muttered to herself, "This Tom has a kind of magic that scares me. I can't get too close to him, maybe... just keeping him on the edge of the Hemingway Mini Industry would be good for me... for him."

Shen Jiayi held the platinum hang tag tightly, speculating about the past, while Tom, who was speculated, celebrated with his friends to the fullest.

Tonight, many people are immersed in a kind of sadness and joy. They take the opportunity of Zhongyuan Festival to remember the dead and lost relatives and friends, and in the warm atmosphere of deliberate adjustment in the shelter, they celebrate with others the new life. The prosperous streets of the whole Hope Town are filled with a sea of joy.

In contrast, Tom and others are much purer.

Last time we infiltrated the elite zone, this time we infiltrated the security department, and they were doing exciting things under the nose of Haiwei Mini Industry. The uneasy, worried, and nervous mood was released as the level 5 red crystal was placed in the compartment of warehouse 2. Cheng Fuhua first grabbed the soda bottle held by Liu Lian, twisted it open, poured a drink on it, and cheered heartily.

They not only brought back a level 5 red crystal during this operation, but Tom also brought back three level 3 and five level 2 green crystals, as well as two level 3 red crystals.

Since Han Haodong, the captain of the security department's patrol and security team, was so greedy and had the idea of Tom's level 5 red crystal, Tom would not have any more psychological burden if he brought it back, and would also bring back a few small ones as compensation.

Upon hearing Tom retell the words of Han Haodong's brother-in-law Fu Chengliang, Liu Lian and others were all filled with righteous indignation. These people were definitely not just enriched by Tom. The corruption situation in this Haiwei Mini Industry seems quite serious.

Lock the warehouse, everyone went back to the first floor to celebrate to their hearts's content, and it wasn't until after 1am that they returned to their respective rooms to rest.

It wasn't until after six o'clock in the morning that Ouyang Hao came back drunk. He greeted Tom who was making breakfast and went back to his room to take a big nap.

He slept until 8 pm, finished washing and came out, and then asked Tom about last night's situation.

"Last night was so dangerous, how could you play so well?" Liu Lian threw him a loaf of bread and then roast, "I dare say that when you lie on the belly of a prostitute and the security department breaks into the door, you will be scared into impotence, ah ha ha."

"It's a blessing, not a disaster, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." Ouyang Haotian bit his bread nonchalantly, "I have confidence in An Shitou. It's not that he won't be caught stealing, but even if he's caught, he won't reveal me."

Cheng Fuhua smiled bitterly and said, "If Tom is caught in the warehouse, you don't need him to confess. The security department will also associate you with him, and you still have to be caught."

"Our entire ant colony is not pulling a single person," Ouyang Haotian said with a smile. "It's just a result when we come back. I've completed all the preparations, and I believe An Shitou won't mess it up. Even if it's messed up, it's no use worrying about it. Hey, you don't know. I paid a lot of money to invite those three bastards to go crow. But I just took advantage of the situation and touched the woman's hand, entered the room to find an excuse and slept on my own."

Tom smiled and nodded, "I believe you."

"Hey, when I saw the float on the street changing its route, I knew it was troublesome. Unfortunately, it was already too late and I couldn't notify you at that time. This is the end of the world, and even mobile phones can't be used. It's really inconvenient to use special codes. Also... when they came out this morning, they laughed at me to death, saying that I have a fetish for corpses, and that living women don't like me and prefer a vegetative person."

When it comes to unconscious Xiaomei, the originally relaxed atmosphere becomes oppressive. Tom sighed and patted his shoulder, "We went to see Xiaomei this morning. I believe Xiaomei will wake up soon."

"It doesn't matter... The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Anyway, watching her fall asleep every day, I feel quite at ease."