Xu Duoduo genuinely doubted her own eyes. Had she fallen into some strange hallucination?
Were these four really the childish idiots who would fight each other over food in private?!
Shishi was shocked.
The two secretaries beside the leaders were a man and a woman, both fairly young.
They looked very approachable.
They smiled and asked her, "Hello there." "What are you looking at, Comrade Duoduo?"
Xu Duoduo eyed them warily and edged behind Big Dog.
Qin Luo was sitting beside the hospital bed. Noticing her little movements, he drew her to his side while continuing to answer the leaders' questions.
"Yes, we have no complaints about the benefits Headquarters has given us. We're quite satisfied."
Protecting her seemed to be an instinctive gesture for him.
Xu Duoduo quietly leaned against him before feeling a little safer, and the two secretaries smiled and stepped back.
Bai Shu nearly choked when he heard his captain's words. He paused before adding, "Headquarters has taken excellent care of us, giving us such generous benefits."
Then he changed tack.
"Of course, it would be even better if Headquarters could provide more support, such as new weapons. I heard we've developed a kind of laser weapon powered by mutant cores?"
Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei couldn't help gaping. They were shocked that Bai Shu dared bargain with the leaders. And how on earth had he even heard about this new weapon?!
The leaders were all easygoing. They cheerfully said it was no problem and remarked that Bai Shu was quite attentive to the Engineering Department's research progress. That was good, very good.
Every last one of them was an old fox.
Yet Bai Shu wasn't intimidated at all, smiling as he asked them for more benefits.
Qin Luo couldn't help rubbing his nose. He whispered