Jiang Chengcheng was human, not a machine that never needed rest.
Or rather, even machines needed maintenance. She had already been pushing herself hard enough, burning the midnight oil and taking most of the engineering development work onto her own shoulders.
If all these matters were truly piled onto her at once—Phase Two R&D, playing along with Lin Wenhua, plus a Specialized Weapon... never mind whether she herself was willing, Xu Shi would never agree to it.
"As everyone knows, working this hard makes your hair fall out. Lose too much hair, and you'll become bald. Completely bald, even."
Xu Shi bluntly laid out the consequences. "And I really don't like bald heads, so Jiang Chengcheng, think this through yourself."
At that, both Jiang Chengcheng and Su Lin burst out laughing.
It sounded like a joke at first, but it was really concern. In fact, Xu Shi had told Jiang Chengcheng more than once that she did not need to work herself to death. The Engineering Department was not truly staffed by her alone; she did not need to handle everything personally.
"...I can wear a wig."
Jiang Chengcheng responded with a joke as well, though warmth filled her heart.
She was utterly devoted to Xu Shi. The fact that he cared about her so much only made things even sweeter.
"Forget it."
Xu Shi was not buying it. He instructed her seriously, "For the specialized enhancement machinery project, pick a few department members you trust completely to work on it. Not a single word of it can leak out."
Things like the Phase Two chip could be abandoned at any time, or even released as bait or a bargaining chip.
But a Specialized Weapon was absolutely different. Technology of this level had to remain firmly under his control no