Chapter 2450: The Virtuous Woman's Grief (4)

A strong fragrance still lingered in Tang Ruan's room.

Much of it was rising from those soaked-through fashion garments.

Quite a bit also hung in the air itself.

It seemed she had only just gone out?

She wasn't waiting in the room at this hour—where had she run off to now?

Just as he was puzzling over it, he suddenly heard a set of footsteps approaching from afar.

Turning his head, he could see a lovely, snow-white figure running toward the door.

Her perfect, soft curves swayed back and forth.

Zhao Chi instinctively took a step back.

Tang Ruan burst into the room, slammed the great door shut with a thunderous bang, and Zhao Chi's heart gave a jolt.

Immediately after, he felt a chill pressing in on him.

It was a real chill.

Tang Ruan, like a spotless snowman, was covered all over in droplets of water, wrapped in cold air, and threw herself straight at him.

Her skin was very cool, and the low temperature made it look all the more supple and white—she was practically a beauty carved from white jade, just pulled from the water.

"My lord, you've finally come."

Tang Ruan looked at Zhao Chi with a pitiful, pleading expression.

Zhao Chi wiped the icy water from her face in surprise: "What on earth did you go do? How are you drenched all over? And so cold?"

"I went to soak in an ice-spring."

"It's the dead of winter and freezing cold—why on earth would you soak in an ice-spring?"

Tang Ruan could hardly contain herself: "My lord, you're really asking what you already know. You made me eat that strange thing, and now you're asking me why? You tell me why! Enough talking, come on!"

Her figure was the most petite of all—even in high heels, she was still a head shorter than Zhao Chi.

Apart from two astonishingly proud, soft curves, every other part of her was the cute, petite sort.

She was also one of the women around Zhao Chi who suited white silk stockings best.

But this adorable woman, at this moment, was like a small-scale tigress.

She really was fierce!

Usually she was always asking Zhao Chi to be rougher.

But today… why was she fighting back against Zhao Chi as if taking revenge?

True to form, this was Tang Ruan.

The system had already shown that her energy was beginning to gather.

But she actually didn't stop?

Instead, she gritted her teeth and pressed on, trembling?

She could even tough this out?

Zhao Chi was genuinely seeing her in a new light.

But no matter how much she could tough it out, she was still a woman in the end—there was a limit she couldn't get past.

In the end, she still had to rely on Zhao Chi.

Still, Tang Ruan was indeed a bit stronger than Su Qin and Qi Yue.

With this brand-new long-lasting energy, she had generated a full 21 units.

Quite a lot.

And after a brief recovery, she quickly filled back up to full again.

Zhao Chi sighed in admiration and shook his head, while also giving his all.

He let her 3 units of energy arrive in quick succession.

In the end it stopped at 24 units of energy.

Zhao Chi let out a breath of relief.

Tang Ruan was momentarily dazed.

But not long after, she gave a soft laugh: "What's the matter, my lord? Sweating this much—surely you're not tired? That can't be right?"

Zhao Chi laughed as well: "Don't try goading me, it won't work on me. Hurry up and cancel the effect yourself, that's about enough."

Tang Ruan laughed: "It's already cancelled. I can't bear to let you get too tired either. But… it's almost 9 p. m. now, and midnight… is about to arrive."

Zhao Chi said: "What, you think I'm afraid? I look forward to midnight every day too. The main thing is I still have a lot of other work to do—otherwise I'd be happy to stay tangled up with you all day long."

Tang Ruan nodded: "Mm, I understand. My lord is the one who works the hardest—we all know that. And just from your expression I can tell you've been enjoying it too. Let me help you get dressed."

"Alright."

Tang Ruan got up.

Cloaked in sticky perfume, she eagerly helped Zhao Chi change into fresh clothes.

Zhao Chi, meanwhile, was considering the work ahead.

There was still quite a lot of work to be done.

But he definitely had to set an order of priority.

Weighing what was urgent against what could wait.

【One. Crafting Fashion Garments】

This was no small workload.

【The first task】 was to craft a complete set of fashion garments for those over 4,000 sacrificed female soldiers—roughly estimated at no fewer than 28,000 pieces.

During the evacuation, over 6,800 pieces had already been made; over 20,000 more were still needed.

It should take about a day and a half to finish, which isn't a slow pace.

But eighty women of the various races arrive every day, so making more is fine — when the newcomers arrive, they can be equipped right away, no waiting needed.

Plan it on a two-day timeline.

Around thirty thousand more pieces can still be made.

【Second】is to produce the professional skirts that were just reset.

This one is also crucial.

With these skirts, the female craftsmen will be able to slowly begin crafting the various ultra-heavy equipment sets.

The quality rate may not be very high at first, but it all needs to be built up.

As they accumulate experience, their specialization will keep improving. It shouldn't be too long before Zhao Chi no longer has to craft equipment at all — he can hand it all over to Ding Dang and the others.

Besides that, Zhao Chi still has to find time to personally guide them.

If they have to figure it out on their own, the pace will be much slower.

Zhao Chi can basically tell where the problem lies at a single glance.

Answering questions is a long-term task — he can set aside some time each day to give guidance.

But crafting the professional skirts is a one-time investment.

There are now over six thousand craftsmen, so more need to be made as well — plan for eight thousand pieces.

On top of that, only six thousand of the professional blouses were made previously, so add another two thousand this time.

Efficient blouses also need to be made.