The rough guy in his 60s was easily manipulated by the queen of the apocalypse

Everyone worked late into the night. Shiliu was responsible for processing the messages fed back by the system, while Xia Ye was responsible for checking the property. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

"Sixteen, is my previous guess true?"

"Maybe. My father didn't mention it, but that reaction is pretty close."

Tsk..., Xia Ye just felt that Shiliu was being so stupid. It had come to this, but he didn't even bother to comfort her and instead kept rolling things back.

"Is your father going to blame me for this and chase me thousands of miles away?"

"It was not possible in the past, but it is not possible now. I am the main system."

Xia Ye felt relieved, but at a certain moment, his whole body froze. Sixteen had been able to usurp the throne, so it was possible that the systems under Sixteen had "wolf ambitions". It was scary to think about it.

Xia Ye immediately told Sixteen about his concerns, and then the atmosphere changed again, with them staring at each other. Of course, the one with the big eyes was Xia Ye and the one with the small eyes was Sixteen.

"What do you think we should do?"

Sixteen was silent for a moment, then spoke very seriously.

"I feel like I can handle more beatings than my father."

Xia Ye:…………

This is not on the same frequency.

"What I'm saying is, is there a possibility that you can recruit a few younger brothers? Just like your father Tong did in the past, if you can't win a one-on-one fight, you can always fight in a group."

From then on, Sixteen opened a new door and, like Xiao Mingyuan, went further and further on the path of recruiting younger brothers.

Xia Ye was also very generous. He used all the treasures that Shiliu had brought back to bribe Tong Xin.

…………

Xia Ye and Xu Lao went back to work a week later.

In fact, whether it was Xia Ye or Mr. Xu, they both knew that this resignation would not produce any results.

The adult world is not as simple as that of children. There are too many twists and turns.

Just like Mr. Gong, even for someone in his position, there are many things he needs to consider.

The main reason why Xia Ye was never brought to the surface was to protect him.

But this incident also made Mr. Gong ponder: Is this the only way he can protect the country's talents? What is the final result of his protection?

It was also because of what Old Man Xu said when he came over for the last time that made Old Man Gong think it through. He let Xia Ye appear in front of those old guys openly. He wanted to see who dared to go against the country.

Show everyone how important summer nights are to the country.

Xia Ye and Old Xu also knew clearly that Old Gong was caught in the middle of this matter, but as the saying goes, there was nothing they could do. No one was addicted to being bullied. Compared to Old Gong's protection, Xia Ye preferred to fight hard and charge into battle.

The two of them walked out of the house together without saying anything along the way. When they reached a fork in the road, Old Xu slowed down.

"You go to the company first. I'll go check on Old Gongtou."

"I will go with you?"

"What are you going to do? Go to work quickly. Tell that ungrateful guy that I'll be there later. He has a meeting today, so tell him to wait."

Xia Ye responded. That day he kept hearing Old Xu calling him "ungrateful bastard" and "ungrateful bastard". Xia Ye was afraid that he would talk nonsense.

She had a hard time every day. Before leaving, Xia Ye reached into her pocket and took out a brown paper bag.

"Sir, be generous and don't be so stingy. We can't lose that person."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xu tightened his grip on his water cup but pretended nothing had happened.

"I just wanted to see him, and I didn't want to give him anything. Okay, then consider it as a gift from him. At least he is of the same generation as me, so you have to call him grandpa. I will get some gift from him later."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Master. When you finish drinking this health tea, ask me for it and I'll get it for you later. This pack will be given to Grandpa Gong. I'm leaving now."

Xia Ye ran away after saying that, and Old Xu tightened his grip on the brown paper bag again. Little girl, how come you know what I’m thinking? How annoying!

Seeing that everyone had run away, Old Xu held his head high and chest out, thinking that the old guy got away with it, huh!

I originally wanted to let him have a taste.

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Just as Mr. Xu said, the 'ungrateful man' really organized a meeting on the first day Xia Ye and Mr. Xu returned to work.

"Wait a minute. My grandfather has gone to see Grandpa Gong. I don't think he'll be back until the afternoon. How about we have a meeting this afternoon or tomorrow morning?"

Taking into account Mr. Xu's temper, the "ungrateful man" finally gave up on his demise. Considering Mr. Xu's fighting ability, it's better to forget it.

Mr. Xu went to see Mr. Gong, not to give gifts or to express condolences, but mainly to sound out the situation and find out what the next plan is.

"Just do normal research and then submit a plan. Once the plan is approved, you can proceed with the research. If there are results, the state will reward them accordingly."

"Is that possible? I hope those old bastards won't come out and cause trouble."

Mr. Gong only rolled his eyes half way because of the bag of health tea he brought.

"You know I'm in trouble, but you still follow me."

"How can it be the same? I can tolerate bullying on my head, but how can I tolerate bullying on my granddaughter? If it were you, what would you do?"

The two have been good friends for many years, but they have always been casual. The last time they had a serious chat like today was before Mr. Xu got into trouble and was demoted.

It was hard to describe the feeling in Grandpa Gong's heart. In order not to implicate his brothers, the old man did not let anyone stand up for him.

Under the circumstances at that time, any involvement would not lead to good results. It can be said that some people at that time wanted to use Mr. Xu as a breakthrough point, and the real purpose was not certain who among them, or perhaps all of them.

Only they knew that everything that Old Xu had endured alone under coercion and inducement was a friendship of life and death. This was their friendship of life and death.

Mr. Gong still remembers what Mr. Xu said at that time.

"I am alone, but you are different. Besides, I know a little bit of medical skills at best. You are all fine, so just treat me as dead."

"I know what's going on. I'll keep my guard down from now on. Old Mu will be back soon, and those old guys won't be able to cause any trouble."

"Lao Mu? Is this true?

That's great. After all these years, I thought I would never see him again in this life. Why didn't he tell me about this when we talked last time? "

Old Gong looked at Old Xu and didn't say anything. Then Old Xu reacted and slapped his forehead.

"Look at my head. I'm glad I'm back. I'm glad I'm back."

They just called each other, and they didn't dare to talk about some important topics on the phone because the risk was too high.

Old Xu hummed a little tune all the way back to the hospital. He went to find Xia Ye the first thing he did and told Xia Ye what Old Gong meant. He told her briefly and to the point, "Get to work. If you do a good job, you'll get a reward!"

Xia Ye felt that this was definitely not what Mr. Gong said, but the meaning was correct.