Old Shu did not speak on the phone, remaining silent instead.
His attitude immediately made me realize that he, too, could not stop the Administration Bureau from intervening.
After more than ten seconds, he finally said, "Xiaobai, find a way to deal with them. Try to handle things according to your own wishes as much as possible. I'll continue trying to communicate with them. The Administration Bureau is very forceful right now. Even those above are unwilling to offend them. You know that in order to fight those outsiders, those above have no choice but to compromise when they have to."
I understood what Old Shu meant.
It was a special time now. Those above also hoped to gather more strength against the outsiders' invasion, so they could not afford to clash with the Administration Bureau over matters like this.
They did not want to offend the Administration Bureau, nor did they want to offend us. Thus, in some matters, they could only stand aside and help neither side.
That was why Old Shu told me to find a way to deal with them myself. Of course, I believed he was not merely brushing me off. Otherwise, he would not have remained silent for so long. He, too, had been hoping to think of a solution.
Still, I did not place too much hope in it.
As for the Administration Bureau's forceful approach, so what if I faced it head-on? At the very least, I had to let them know that in this base, my word was final. Even Xie Yi was only assisting me with management.
After hanging up, I sent someone to summon Dian Ling and Haman.
Dian Ling arrived quickly, but the person I had sent told me that Haman had been called away by people from