Chapter 35: Aftermath in Xiangcheng

Shaving someone’s head on a freezing day, is that something a human being can do? At least leave some hair!

Hutou said angrily: “Sister, they are really something, they kept making me pee, I told them there was none, none, they insisted on me drinking some water, and then a little more.”

He also wanted to pee a little more, but how could it come so quickly.

Ye Qinglan: “…” She glared at Professor Jin, her expression serious: “You really can’t blame us for not being willing to supply blood at any time, you guys are really too outrageous.”

No wonder there are always rumors of slicing people up, if there were no controls, someone really could do this kind of thing.

Professor Jin also felt embarrassed.

“This, this…” He rubbed his own hair back, covering up his embarrassment, and quickly said: “Hutou, I apologize to you on their behalf, these brothers and sisters of yours are too excited to see you, they lost control for a moment. I’ll treat you to something delicious to compensate you later, how about we have some delicious roast chicken?”

Turning back, he glared at his assistant: “What kind of work are you doing? Go find a hat for Hutou!”

“I’ll go right away.”

The little assistant trotted off.

Even though he was yelled at by Professor Jin, the little assistant was still jubilant! Finally, a new sample, and the hair can be plucked at will, they had to pluck it clean! Didn’t they see others already dividing the spoils? Ah no, dividing the samples.

Innate divine power, just hearing it is exciting.

If they could research why he was so strong, and how to make others stronger, it would be a great achievement.

Ye Qinglan scratched Hutou’s little bald head: “It’s not ugly. Next time I’ll follow you when you collect samples.”

Hutou hummed.

After a while, the little assistant came back carrying a large box, with a military cap on top.

He smiled and said to Ye Qinglan, “This is a shampoo, conditioner, and soap that one of our colleagues developed while researching your hair, in collaboration with the chemical research institute. Take it back and try it, I think it’s pretty good. If you like it, we’ll take care of your shampoo from now on.”

Wow, should I praise you guys for actually being able to research something.

Ye Qinglan picked up a bottle and took a look, the smell was actually quite good.

“I like this smell, I won’t be polite then. What about skin? Do you have any good stuff for skin? My skin is really bad.”

She always trains in the wild, or else she’s putting on medicine or camouflage paint, it’s rough.

“That’s still under research, you’ll have to wait a while.”

“Okay.”

Professor Jin said, “Put the stuff here first, we’ll pack it after dinner. Come with me.”

Ye Qinglan and Hutou followed him.

Professor Jin treated them to dinner in the cafeteria, because they rarely go out, they eat and live here.

However, their cafeteria was built very well, there were all kinds of stir-fries, the ingredients were from the same source as the military district, focusing on safety.

Because he didn’t have to buy blood, his savings were all saved, he treated them generously, roast goose, roast chicken, braised pork… full of hard dishes, when they left, he even got them a bag of apples and put them in the car.

He also found two soldiers from the garrison to accompany the driver to send them back, the driver was no ordinary person, anyone who could be assigned to the Special Abilities Research Institute was not ordinary.

Ye Qinglan and Hutou just reached the dormitory, and saw Ying Qiu standing at her door.

Ying Qiu saw them and raised the things in her hand: “They sent your things back from the south, I brought them for you. I also came to take little Hutou, how are you going to sleep with him at night? Let him stay with me first. Have you thought about where he’s going to go? This kid needs to go to school.”

She kicked the box by her feet: “This box is fruit and nuts, Commander Gu had his guard send it, he saw me and asked me to pass it on.” She laughed: “He’s quite good at winning over Xiao Gu. They haven’t even gotten to know each other, and he’s already sending you things.”

Ye Qinglan didn’t care about the fruit, nor did she mention where Hutou was going, instead, she put down the box she was holding: “The shampoo and conditioner from the research institute, do you guys want some? I’ll give you some? They’re new products.”

This big box, she wouldn’t know when she’d use it all up herself.

She’ll think about bringing some back home later.

Ying Qiu wouldn’t be polite with her: “Then give me a set, I’ll try it.”

Ye Qinglan opened the door and went in to find a bag to pack two sets of toiletries for him, and then packed Hutou’s clothes, and the fruit Professor Jin had given them.

Little Hutou didn’t really want to go with Ying Qiu, he didn’t know him well. But he was also afraid that if he didn’t listen, no one would want him. So he took the things and held Ying Qiu’s hand.

Ye Qinglan, although not very good at taking care of children, understood the heart of a child this age.

She said to Hutou again: “Hutou, you stay with Uncle Qiu. You call me sister, and sister will never ignore you. Even if sister is busy, someone will take care of you.”

“Sister, I’ll listen to you, I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.” He didn’t know if he was comforting Ye Qinglan or himself: “I’m a little man, little men should be brave.”

Ye Qinglan scratched his head through the hat.

After they left, Ye Qinglan carried Commander Gu’s things back to the dormitory. She first checked her own things that she had left in the south, she had locked them with a lock before she left.

After checking, she opened Commander Gu’s things and took a look, walnuts, pomelos, a new variety of honey pears that weren’t on the market yet…

After looking, she closed the box, took her clothes and went to wash up.

After a good night’s rest, the next day she went to see Minister Bai, to tell him about the situation in Haicheng, and then about her work plan for the future.

Old Bai listened and decided to give her Little Chen, he could help her with the work in the early stages, if he did well, he could be cultivated as a confidant.

After finishing the official business, Old Bai told her: Wei Han was dead.

Also, he had previously asked people in Xiangcheng to invite Ma Wenhai back to China, as long as he agreed, they would arrange the follow-up, but Ma Wenhai refused and chose to return to W country.

Ma Wenhai didn’t contact Lan Ying while he was in Xiangcheng.

Everyone has their own choices, Ye Qinglan didn’t comment on this.

Also, people from W country, S country, A country, and the small country in the south were all looking for “her”, but they hadn’t found out her specific situation yet, so she should be careful when going out.

Ye Qinglan knew this, everyone who went on missions would be investigated.

Old Bai finally asked her how she planned to arrange for Hutou? He suggested sending him to the base, where there were not only training masters, but also teachers, and it was safe.

If he stayed in the military district, everyone was too busy, they could take care of him in the short term, but not in the long term.

But Ye Qinglan said:

“I don’t think it’s a good idea. The youngest kids in the base are over ten years old. Kids this age have not yet formed a complete worldview, sometimes the malice between them arises inexplicably. I’m worried that he will be bullied there, we brought him back, hoping that he could grow up well and serve the country. But if he grows up being bullied, it will be very dangerous.”

“Are you overthinking? With Hutou’s strength, if there’s a real conflict, he wouldn’t just break someone’s bones, he’d be bullied? Besides, the management of the base is getting better and better.”