LWDC Chapter 113

Chapter 113 – Master and Disciple Discuss

Chapter 113 – Master and Disciple Discuss

Chapter 113 – Master and Disciple Discuss

The next day, Ning Fei reported to Yu Zhou’s office again.

As soon as he entered, he smelled coffee. He looked around the office and found the same coffee machine and capsules as his own. This surprised Ning Fei a little, and he asked suspiciously, “You’ve started drinking coffee too?”

“Seeing you guys so obsessed with it, I got one to see what level the coffee in this world is at.” Yu Zhou stood by the window with a cup of coffee on the windowsill. He turned his head and pointed towards the desk, “That cup is yours.”

“You’d be so kind as to make me coffee?” Ning Fei was even more surprised. He sat down in the chair in front of the desk, picked up the cup, and looked at it. “Is there poison in it?”

“Nonsense.” Yu Zhou’s tone was cold. “But I did take a sip. It’s bitter and sour. I don’t understand why you like it.”

“If you don’t like it bitter, don’t make it pure. Can’t you just use different flavored capsules?” Ning Fei took a sip and narrowed his eyes slightly. “I don’t drink it pure often either. Do you have sugar?”

“No, take it or leave it.”

“Tsk, it’ll do. I didn’t have time to make a cup this morning.” Ning Fei took another sip and finally asked, “Who pissed you off again so early in the morning? Frowning and standing by the window for half the day, messing with things you don’t even like. I just got here, did Yue Fengping get to you?”

Yu Zhou narrowed his eyes.

Ning Fei guessed again, “Or is it about Huichuan’s new drug being snatched by Shunlai Tianyue?”

“They’re open and aboveboard, I’m sneaky and underhanded. I endured a whole dinner, and it’s normal to finally get an ‘ideological education’ when I get back, isn’t it?” Yu Zhou’s tone was mocking, clearly hit by Ning Fei’s words. “Saying that if Duan Yunhong reported me, I could be taken away for investigation, doing this is too inconsiderate of the consequences. Also, if I want the medicine, I can go through the proper channels. Once the outside world knows that Huichuan has good stuff, they’re bound to give it, etcetera… Anyway, it’s that same old spiel, what new words could there be?”

“Just that? Is that enough to make you so angry? You’re dating someone like him, and you’re doing so much under his nose, it’s not surprising that he’d react like this.” Ning Fei raised his eyebrows slightly. “Besides, didn’t you tell him it was my idea to have Zheng Liwen bring it back? Moreover, Duan Yunhong gave me this medicine privately. If there’s an investigation, he’s the source himself, why would he report it?”

“Didn’t say it, no need to drag you in too.” Yu Zhou replied. “He did lecture me, telling me not to involve you either, something about ‘having friends do things like this, compensating with a small amount of favor isn’t treating friends sincerely’ and such.”

“…Pfft.” Ning Fei couldn’t help but laugh, and looked down at the coffee in his hand. “A small amount of favor, is he talking about the coffee machine and stuff you got me? Does he not know what I went to Huichuan for?”

“He doesn’t really know the details, I only said you had something to do at Huichuan before.” Yu Zhou replied, “Duan Yunhong blurted something out last night, and he thought I sent you to do something bad.”

“Even if it is, so what?” Ning Fei said, “Why haven’t you trained him properly yet? Don’t complain to me here now, and then forgive his nagging behavior later. I don’t want to see the cold-faced washing underwear scene.”

“Training him, aren’t I training him now?” Yu Zhou finally took another sip of his mocha and slowly said, “It’s just that I want to train him in a different way, I don’t want the kind who supports me in everything – even things that are detrimental to him, that go against his wishes – and is willing to help me. It’s quite boring, like a little dog that only knows how to wag its tail mindlessly.”

Ning Fei asked, “Then what kind do you want?”

“I want the kind who knows I’m wrong, who knows that no matter how many times he lectures me, I won’t change, who knows I’ll only get worse… but still has to help me clean up the mess.” Yu Zhou leaned against the windowsill and looked at Ning Fei, replying faintly, “Even though he feels uneasy, disappointed, and angry at me, and may even feel lost and in pain about this relationship, he still can’t let go. Even if we’re nominally separated, as long as something happens to me, he’ll still do everything he can to help me. Even if I’ve made a huge mistake, he’ll still have to help me cover it up, because he can’t control himself from doing so.

“In his heart, my shadow will be forever and deeply imprinted.”

Ning Fei: “…”

Ning Fei: “I haven’t seen you in so long, you’ve really become more and more twisted.”

Yu Zhou smiled: “Thank you for the compliment.”

Ning Fei recalled Duan Yunhong’s evaluation of Yu Zhou last night and could only say that his understanding was not deep enough.

After chatting about Yu Zhou’s little emotional story, the two began to discuss what Ning Fei should do next.

Yu Zhou’s idea was to absorb Ning Fei into his office to handle matters directly for him, and sometimes act as an agent or something. However, considering that Yue Fengping had mentioned that Ning Fei’s ability was Level 3, it would be a bit of a waste to keep him in the office. So Yu Zhou went through the motions and asked if he wanted to go out and fight.

“I don’t want to lead a team of ability users. Even if I wanted to lead one, you’d definitely want me to work for you as well, why would I make myself suffer by doing two jobs.” Ning Fei finished the bitter and sour coffee, put down the cup, “But if there’s a need, I can go out and support. Oh right, if I need to vent, I might also apply to go out and stretch my muscles.”

Yu Zhou sat back in his office chair, heard the words playfully smiled: “‘Need to vent’? You don’t want the ones I introduced you to, I was wondering how you would vent now that you’re back, you actually ‘brought one back’. Alright, after he leaves, you can choose one yourself.”

“You’re like those three aunts and six wives who are stuck in the tomb of marriage and still try to persuade the younger generation to get married early, I won’t die without sex.” Ning Fei tapped the table, “Let’s talk business. What will I mainly be doing in your office?”

“First, assist me with some personnel work. Then we also have to screen talents in various fields and support them. Focus on finding researchers in the areas of virus, weapons, and food breeding and cultivation, as well as individuals and teams with strong combat capabilities.” Yu Zhou replied, “It’s best to try to investigate the initial source of the mutations. Chen Yikun, the original owner, died early and didn’t have a high status, so we can’t get any useful information from him. If this is man-made, finding the source document would definitely be effective.”

Ning Fei thought for a moment: “Besides that, I think we should also set up an office to manage the research on mutated organisms, and combine the relevant teams so they can share information. I heard that Huichuan originally focused on supporting teams that study the characteristics of various mutated organisms. To be honest, if these teams cooperated with Wang Haiyang’s team, both sides might progress faster. But they all seem to be operating independently, only making the results public after everything is settled. This inevitably slows down the timeline.”

“Alright. I’ll bring this up at the meeting this afternoon.” Yu Zhou nodded. “It’s normal for these scientists to want to protect their research results, after all, in a peaceful world, whoever publishes first owns the results. But now is a special period, it’s really not necessary to keep the research results bottled up. Early communication can save them trouble. If Tianyue can make achievements because of this, other bases will learn from it. It’s best if all bases become an environment for mutual exchange, so that no matter which base can find effective means to control the mutated organisms first, it can accelerate the pace of ending the zombie crisis.”

The two simply finalized this far-reaching decision.

After that, Yu Zhou inquired about the research progress of Wang Haiyang’s team.

Ning Fei is still in contact with Wang Haiyang’s team. After he left, he sent Wang Haiyang a message saying that the keys to his house were in Wang’s mailbox. He also said that he didn’t need anything left in Huichuan’s house, and Wang Haiyang’s team could take anything they needed.

Wang Haiyang’s family was quite polite, only emptying the refrigerator and not touching anything else. Wang Haiyang was also shocked by Ning Fei’s “unannounced departure.” He said that there were some rumors in Huichuan that Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong were both “poached” by Tianyue, or that Duan Yunhong was poached by Ning Fei, who “jumped ship” first. Only when Ning Fei brought out the argument of “seeking relatives” and that Huichuan didn’t want to let him go, did Wang Haiyang understand why Ning Fei made such a choice.

And Ning Fei contacted Wang Haiyang, of course, not to chat, but to know Wang Haiyang’s progress. Of course, this couldn’t be asked directly. Ning Fei would only ask if Wang Haiyang really got a raise and if his work environment had also improved. This kind of seemingly friendly concern was enough for Ning Fei to deduce Wang Haiyang’s recent situation.

“It should be going well. He said that he has enough funding recently, and Huichuan is also cooperating and giving him a lot of materials. He is very motivated at work and wants to make a name for himself.” Ning Fei said, “This will not be difficult to monitor later. Even if Huichuan doesn’t want to share the research results, this person is in Duan Yunhong’s hands, just coax him to show off his achievements to me.”

Yu Zhou said, “Is he so easy to fool? Or is he easy to fool only in front of you?”

“Why call it ‘fooling’? This is a project where he has the advantage, and I can’t interfere. He won’t miss the opportunity to show off to someone like him. If I pretend to be a little unwilling, he might even say more things that he didn’t originally plan to reveal.” Ning Fei replied, “However, if he has done other things behind my back, he might not say.”

“Nonsense, we wouldn’t say it either.” Yu Zhou asked, “Speaking of which, how long is he planning to stay in Tianyue? If he’s out for too long, will Huichuan directly fire him?”

“What, you want to tie him to Tianyue and make him unable to go back?” Ning Fei crossed his legs and leaned against the armrest, “My suggestion is not to do that. He has space abilities, who knows what’s stuffed in his space. If he has a deadly weapon, and finds an opportunity to kill Chen Yikun and his family, or launch a suicide attack in Tianyue, Yue Fengping will be in big trouble.”

Yu Zhou raised his eyebrows: “Is he that extreme?”

“I haven’t seen him to that extent, but I’ve seen it once before. That time, in order to pair the transmigrator with a woman, he almost killed the woman, and then deliberately let the transmigrator save her.” Ning Fei replied, “And in order to make two women serve this one transmigrator, he drugged another woman and threw her on the bed of the transmigrator who was also drugged, directly making it a done deal.”

“Is this the game you said that Chonglin used to trick you into going there?” Yu Zhou clicked his tongue twice, “Such a big move, Chonglin didn’t even defend against it at all, too incompetent. He dared to confront you in the Administration Bureau like this, too overestimating himself.”

“There are a dime a dozen people like him in the Administration Bureau. If their performance isn’t good, they use their high moral standards and that it’s for the good of the transmigrators as an excuse.” Ning Fei smiled, “But in so many worlds, with so many moral standards, who is higher than whom?”

“That’s because they haven’t really understood that our client is the original owner, not the transmigrator. To put it bluntly, the transmigrator is just a ‘prop,’ a tool to fulfill the original owner’s wishes.” Yu Zhou sighed, “Thinking about it, it’s quite interesting. If you hadn’t been brought by me in the beginning, but by someone with these so-called ‘high moral standards,’ would you have become so nagging?”

“Perhaps in the beginning, but that’s only because I would first learn through imitation.” Ning Fei replied lightly, “Later, after discovering that their methods are inefficient, I would definitely improve them, and eventually it should still become like it is now. I was never the same kind of person as them.”

“Haha, you’re right. You remind me of when I first met you, a little smaller than you look now, and also very beautiful. Although you were still very ignorant at that time, I don’t know why, I just felt that you and I would definitely get along well.” Yu Zhou sighed, “It’s a pity that you chose to grow your appearance into adulthood again, otherwise you would be more deceptive when you were younger.”

“Because I don’t like the eyes of pederasts or those who are attracted to minors, they are a bunch of idiots who want to be both a father and a pimp.” Ning Fei responded coldly, “And transmigrators also tend to underestimate debt collectors who look too young, I don’t want to worry about this every time.”

“Understood. Many fools think I’m cold and abstinent when they first see me, and want to use teasing language to see me shy.” Yu Zhou sneered, “At this time, directly scolding them for being stupid, the look of their fantasies being shattered is really ridiculous.”

Ning Fei said, “But you have always been tirelessly wearing this face.”

“Because it makes it easier to get the people I fancy.” Yu Zhou smoothed his long silver hair, “Like you, if you weren’t also good-looking, how could you simply sleep with the person you wanted to sleep with and still make others remember you?”

Ning Fei: “Perhaps it’s more because my skills are superb.”

Yu Zhou gave a thumbs up in praise.