LWDC Chapter 137

Chapter 137 – Savior

Chapter 137 – Savior

Chapter 137 – The Savior Born Easily

Duan Yunhong was quickly called to the Tian Yue base to discuss the topic of “Who is the Savior.”

When he received the call, he was a bit confused: “It’s already decided? Isn’t it just after the emergency state was lifted, and everything is being rebuilt? I thought it would be considered over when we returned to the normal standard of living.”

“This was originally Yue Fengping’s wish. Now that he’s retired, he’s very relaxed. Even if Yu Zhou thinks things are settled, they’re settled.” Ning Fei wouldn’t say, “Of course it’s settled, since my 3.8 million has been paid,” but urged, “Come quickly, Director Duan. I ran into a former adult store owner a few days ago, who said he still had some old stock at home, so I went to pick up a few things. Waiting for you!”

Listening to his affected tone, Duan Yunhong calmly replied, “Waiting for me, or waiting for my final payment?”

“Haha, of course I’m waiting for you… the moment you destroy my positioning marker.” Ning Fei smiled, “Oh, right, Yu Zhou will also come to watch.”

“Watch? More like supervise.” Yu Zhou, that control freak, had said he would come before, so Duan Yunhong wasn’t surprised, just saying, “He can watch this part, but the conversation can only be between the two of us.”

Ning Fei teased, “Are you afraid we’ll have a 2V1 debate with you?”

“This is a bet between the two of us, letting him see the final part is already giving you face.” Duan Yunhong said, “Or do you think you need to bring him to win the argument?”

Ning Fei was already prepared to admit defeat and was too lazy to say more, replying, “Okay, he won’t participate in our conversation.”

Duan Yunhong said, “I’ll leave tomorrow.”

Ning Fei cheerfully said, “What can you do even if you leave now? The bet is over, you’re about to leave, no one will remember you—oh, except Yu Zhou—are you worried that the leaders of Hui Chuan won’t approve your vacation?”

Duan Yunhong said, “I also need to prepare some… things.”

“Props for fun, or corroborating materials to prove you’re the ‘Savior’?” Ning Fei scoffed, “Alright, whatever it is, it’s up to you. But I’m not in the mood to review mountains of documents, you better make the ‘acceptance materials’ concise, Director Duan!”

*

Duan Yunhong arrived at Tian Yue base four days later.

The negotiation would take place at Ning Fei’s house, saving time and effort. The day before the negotiation, the two tacitly didn’t mess around or mention the “toys for fun” that Ning Fei had talked about, calmly and quietly saying good night. Ning Fei did make a call to Yu Zhou, firstly to say that Duan Yunhong had arrived, and secondly to confirm that they would be negotiating the next day.

Yu Zhou said he understood and instructed, “Remember to call me when you destroy the positioning marker.”

Ning Fei: “Available on call?”

Yu Zhou: “At least during my waking hours, preferably when I’m free after work, thank you for your cooperation.”

Ning Fei: “You insist on coming, and you’re asking me to cooperate with your schedule, does that sound reasonable to you?”

Yu Zhou: “You’ve been training your lover for so long, and you can’t even control a handover time, don’t say you’re my student when you go out.”

Ning Fei laughed and cursed at him, then hung up the phone.

The next day, Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong had breakfast at home, then cleared the items on the dining table, preparing to start discussing “Who is the Savior.”

Ning Fei even specially brewed two cups of coffee, and when he came back, he saw that the table was basically clean. Duan Yunhong also didn’t have a pile of paper documents suddenly appearing in front of him, just a notebook and a tablet. Ning Fei asked in confusion, “Ah, where’s your ‘mountain of materials’?”

“What ‘mountain of materials’?” Duan Yunhong raised his eyes to glance at him, “The materials are all shared online. If you have anything to compare, you can also share it, and we can compare them separately.”

“Heh, a digital version, I thought you were going to make me pore over a thick paper volume.” Ning Fei put the coffee on the table and went to get his notebook, sitting down face to face.

“Coincidentally, I also only made a spreadsheet, I’ll copy it to the online file and share it with you too. But I didn’t pack the attachments, too lazy to do it, just upload it to the shared file and flip through it yourself.” Ning Fei operated his spreadsheet with one hand, and with the other hand held his coffee cup, slowly sipping, “Logically speaking, deciding who is the Savior is just the two of us comparing spreadsheets, it’s quite humorous, huh.”

Duan Yunhong: “I have a desk, an office chair, a projector, you have a printer at home, if you want to create a formal negotiation atmosphere, it’s not impossible.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to have such a working vibe when I’m about to leave.” Ning Fei said as he opened Duan Yunhong’s shared spreadsheet, “…Wow.”

Truth be told, Duan Yunhong’s spreadsheet was much more detailed than Ning Fei’s.

He listed the important contributions of both the Hui Chuan base and the Tian Yue base in this table, then wrote a sentence or two about the impact of these contributions, and then seemingly fairly gave a score. Finally, he added up the total scores of Hui Chuan and Tian Yue, and determined who the Savior was.

Of course, the scoring criteria seemed fair, but anyone could guess that in Duan Yunhong’s table, it was impossible for Ning Fei to win.

With just a glance, Ning Fei knew how much Duan Yunhong’s statement avoided the important, glossed over the facts, and deliberately ignored. He quickly found the places in this table that corresponded to the content in his own table, and began to argue with Duan Yunhong word by word. Duan Yunhong was originally a bit confused as to why his preparation was so simple, but after being repeatedly refuted and questioned by him, he immediately threw aside the strangeness in his heart and began to argue with him one by one.

Ning Fei said, “…So, Chen Yikun’s research is an important reference for the changes in the variants, it definitely counts as a major indicator and a high score…”

Duan Yunhong retorted, “He mainly did the judging, not the pushing, it doesn’t reach the high evaluation you gave…”

Ning Fei corrected, “You wrote down too few of the rounds I led across the country, the actual number is nearly 40 more than what you wrote, I’ve raised the level of ability users across the country…”

Duan Yunhong sneered, “That bunch at Jinghui really treated you like an animal. But to be honest, although the overall level of ability users has increased, the reliance on ability users in later operations is no longer very high…”

The two went back and forth like this, talking all day.

Lunch and afternoon tea were eaten on the same table, and if Duan Yunhong hadn’t decisively put away his notebook and tablet, and even changed the subject, Ning Fei might have continued talking while eating. After finishing eating, without resting for long, the negotiation resumed. In such a tight rhythm, the two actually finished talking before dinner.

To be precise, Ning Fei saw that there was only a tail end left, and forcibly postponed dinner. It wasn’t until after eight o’clock in the evening that the two finally came to a conclusion.

“—So, according to the total score, Hui Chuan still wins.”

Even in the face of victory, Duan Yunhong still had a calm expression: “You don’t have any objections this time, do you?”

“What objections can I have?” Ning Fei finished drinking the water in his cup, stood up, and scoffed, “My objections have already been refuted by Director Duan, what else can I use to persuade you? Congratulations on your victory, you got what you wanted.”

After lightly saying congratulations, he stretched his muscles, and then turned to walk towards the bathroom.

Listening to the sound of the bathroom door closing, Duan Yunhong’s gaze fell on the notebook and tablet across the table, and a very strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

—Why did Ning Fei admit defeat so easily this time?

In the past, Ning Fei liked to argue based on reason, especially when facing Duan Yunhong, he liked to grab onto things that were beneficial to himself and entangle them relentlessly. Although Ning Fei’s concessions increased after the 2 million luck transaction started, at least, he would say “Yes, yes, yes, boss is so brilliant” when he backed down. However, after admitting defeat this time, why didn’t Ning Fei even have a sarcastic remark?

And it was such an important, final bet, Ning Fei actually pressed the rhythm and finished talking in one day, and the admission of defeat was surprisingly decisive. After the end, he didn’t have any unwillingness or remorse. The only explanation Duan Yunhong could think of was that Ning Fei actually knew he would lose long ago. So early that there was still a long time before this negotiation, so early that it was far from being able to determine that “the zombie crisis has ended,” Ning Fei predicted that he couldn’t win. So he also didn’t plan to struggle for this, and didn’t put much effort into preparing the materials for negotiation.

—He seemed to have said before that whether he won or lost, the ending was to destroy the positioning marker anyway. So, is he deliberately speeding up the conclusion of this matter?

—But if he had already prepared to quickly admit defeat, why would he run around the country so tiredly? Isn’t this contradictory…

Wait.

Duan Yunhong suddenly came back to his senses: Am I actually finding reasons for him? When I should be questioning him, I’m taking the initiative to find reasons for him?

“…What are you spacing out for, Boss Duan?”

Ning Fei, who came out of the bathroom, stood next to Duan Yunhong and waved his hand in front of him: “Do you want to eat dinner out? Or do you have ready-to-eat cooked food in your space, ready to casually solve it like at noon?”

Duan Yunhong grabbed his hand: “Anything is fine. Do you have plans?”

“No, just eat something casually outside, or eat at this table at home.” Ning Fei shrugged, “I’ll treat you if we go out, I’ll be the host for the last time.”

Duan Yunhong said, “I thought you would let Yu Zhou come too, and then have me destroy your positioning marker in front of him.”

“That’s tomorrow’s arrangement.” Ning Fei winked, teasing, “Tonight, I hope Boss Duan will pay me the ‘final payment’ and then help me solve the excitement problem brought about by a large amount of luck.”

“…” The other party’s performance suddenly changed from indifference to a passionate invitation, and Duan Yunhong coughed slightly, “Then let’s eat at home tonight.”

“Haha, I knew it. How much food do you have stored in your space, aren’t you planning to stay here without ever leaving?” Ning Fei turned and leaned against the table, teasing, “Then should I change my clothes now? Did you also prepare candles?”

Duan Yunhong: “…Did you suddenly want to play with those things?”

“I’m talking about a candlelight dinner! What good things are you thinking about, Duan Yunhong! Of course, it’s not impossible, but that candle is a paid item, I won’t play with those things for free.” Ning Fei chuckled, stood up straight, and said, “Then we’ll stay at home? Take out the dishes and I’ll heat them up, is there anything else I need to prepare? Like wine glasses?”

Duan Yunhong secretly calculated in his heart and replied, “No need, I’ll prepare it.”

Ning Fei: “Then should I change my clothes?”

Duan Yunhong: “No need.”

Ning Fei: “Really no need? Think carefully before answering.”

Duan Yunhong: “…Change when you pay the final payment.”

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