Chapter 489: The Ugly Face of the Strength Party
The atmosphere in the headquarters meeting room could be described as extremely heavy.
Every single person there was a bit lost and anxious.
After all, this matter had happened far too suddenly.
Ye Yao's changes had caught them completely off guard.
They were already overwhelmed by the invasion of the interstellar enemy, only for the situation with Ye Ge to arise because Ye Yao learned the truth.
This series of events nearly caused the brains of these high-ranking officials to overload.
Fortunately, the most difficult time had passed.
After Lou Wei took a severe beating, it seemed he had initially allowed Ye Ge to vent some of her anger.
Combined with Ye Yao stepping in to stop her, Ye Ge finally seemed to let them off the hook.
But who knew if Ye Ge would make a comeback?
If that happened, it seemed they could only let Lou Wei, Fu Qi, and the others continue to take the beatings.
The high-ranking, highly respected figures of the Countermeasure Bureau had essentially transitioned into the role of punching bags.
At this moment, Lou Wei and Fu Qi were in the meeting room.
After a night of quiet recuperation, their injuries had already recovered to the point where they could walk around.
Even if their condition was still slightly lethargic, at least it wasn't serious enough to leave behind life-shortening sequelae.
Even Lou Wei, who had taken a brutal beating, had recovered about seventy to eighty percent of his strength.
Even Fu Qi, upon waking from his coma, couldn't help but marvel that Lou Wei wasn't missing any arms or legs.
Ye Ge was still too merciful.
If Fu Qi put himself in her shoes, he would have used a Space Slash to hack off one of Lou Wei's limbs.
They could always be reattached afterward anyway; he'd just chop them off for fun first.
As long as he didn't die, any kind of beating was fine.
"If we're talking about who is most suitable, it's none other than Xiao Jing. Aside from her, Ye Yao probably doesn't want to see any of us."
Fu Qi directly pointed out Xiao Jing.
As for the others?
Were they going over there just to stand in the corner as punishment?
Perhaps the moment they reached the door, Ye Ge would jump out and give them a thrashing.
Only Xiao Jing could likely be accepted by Ye Yao.
After all, since Ye Tong had accepted Xiao Jing, there was no reason for Ye Yao, who shared synchronized memories, to resist.
She would only feel that Xiao Jing was still her mother.
At that moment, someone cautiously raised a hand.
"I think I could go too..."
Cheng Muxue felt she could volunteer.
She was, after all, someone who had been 'turned' by Ye Yao.
She had known very early on that Ye Yao was aware of the inside story.
Although she didn't know what was going on with 'Ye Ge', as a close confidante and 'auntie,' there was no way she would be rejected.
Xiao Jing wasn't the only one!
However, the others didn't know that Cheng Muxue had long since switched sides.
"Cheng Muxue, stop fooling around. You've been busy lately; when would you have had the time to build a relationship with Ye Yao? That child might not show it on the surface, but she might not want to see you in her heart. Don't go joining in the chaos."
Cheng Muxue: "Wait, what?"
How could they say that!
Did she really have to confess that she had been turned long ago?
But if she confessed, she probably wouldn't be able to keep her job in this workplace.
Cheng Muxue could only lower her hand somewhat aggrievedly.
It was clearly an opportunity to see Ye Yao, yet it was vetoed by this group of old fogies.
She'd hold a grudge for now, then secretly tattle to Ye Yao later.
"Xiao Jing, do you have anything to add?"
Fu Qi looked at Xiao Jing, showing her full respect.
The way everyone looked at her was almost like they were looking at a'savior'.
She and Lou Wei were practically two extremes.
After this, their status in Ye Yao's heart would likely also become two extremes.
Lou Wei was a cheap father.
Xiao Jing was a precious mother.
Looking back at Ye Yao and Ye Tong's experiences, neither of them had ever been mistreated by Xiao Jing.
The value of that was obvious.
Xiao Jing sighed softly as she faced the hopeful gazes of the crowd.
"Fine, this was my responsibility to begin with. After all, I am her mother; I certainly won't leave her be."
Everyone: We're saved!
With Xiao Jing taking action, how could Ye Yao's resentment not be appeased?
Immediately after, Xiao Jing added another sentence.
"Lou Wei has to come too. He is still Ye Yao's father on the surface; he cannot be absent from such an occasion, otherwise Ye Yao will only be more resistant."
The atmosphere went quiet again.
Lou Wei?
The high-ranking officials looked at the silent Lou Wei, and suddenly felt that their own pressure wasn't that great anymore.
Honestly, if there ever came a day when they felt the pressure on their shoulders was too heavy, they could perhaps recall Lou Wei's name.
Just thinking of him might make all their pressure vanish.
Who could compare to him when it came to handling pressure?
Lou Wei took a deep breath and nodded.
"Alright, I'll do as you say."
Meanwhile.
Ye Yao was slacking off in her dormitory.
Anyway, there was no way she was going out.
At least for this period of time, she didn't want to step out at all.
Being too famous was also a bad thing.
Even going to the cafeteria to find food would result in a crowd of people staring at her.
Who told her name to be 'Ye Yao'?
One only needed to ask around a bit to find out.
Furthermore, her character model was so eye-catching; that signature long silver-white hair made it hard not to be noticed.
Adding to that the image of the girl revealed by the All-Knowing Magic Eye yesterday, it was obvious how much that face resembled Ye Yao's main body.
Recognizing Ye Yao's identity was practically simple.
Sen Tong's doxxing was just too much.
Ye Yao suddenly felt that letting her live by turning her into a loli was a bit too easy on her.
Afterward, she should give her a spanking to let her know that doxxing is bad behavior!
Or just kill her off directly and let her sit at the same table as Tu Sheng.
"Sister, you've been lying in bed all day."
Luo Jianhua looked at the White-haired Loli who had rolled herself up in the quilt and couldn't help but offer a reminder.
"Little Luo, come and lie down with me too."
Ye Yao issued a lazy invitation.
What else was there to do but lie down right now?
She was just waiting for a reaction from the Countermeasure Bureau.
Taking the initiative was impossible; she just wanted to slack off to her heart's content.
The netizens' comments during this time were so interesting, and all sorts of memes were popping up online.
She should just surf the web intensely.
Luo Jianhua could only obediently lie down beside Ye Yao, letting out a soft sigh.
"Sister should move her body in moderation."
"Like a cat stretching? I'm doing that too. How does rolling around on the bed not count as activity?"
Ye Yao casually quibbled.
"As long as Sister is happy."
Luo Jianhua's voice was full of helplessness and doting.
Right now, there were only the two of them in the dormitory.
Wu Mi and Fang Tang had gone to the Sequence Zero victory banquet and hadn't returned yet.
Mo Qiuli, on the other hand, was participating in the city's reconstruction work in the name of Magical Girl Mercury.
Now, one could even see videos online of people filming Mo Qiuli's 'Concrete-pouring Magic'.
Ye Yao was watching it with great interest.
This versatility is truly broken, isn't it?
It could only be said that Mo Qiuli's development of her Superpower was still at less than one percent.
Pouring concrete was just one of those abilities.
There were even many people on-site watching Mo Qiuli in her Magical Girl form pouring concrete.
They must be bored out of their minds, just like kids watching an excavator dig dirt.
"Little Mo is very popular now; the number of adults supporting her has increased several times over."
"That is the ugly state of the power gamers."