Chapter 203: Digging the Wall's Corner

Thinking of the smug look Tong Bin had when he introduced that toad just now, Chen Mu's anger flared.

As soon as Du Jia Jia appeared, the grudge-bearing Chen Mu immediately put on the act again.

You, such a tiny toad, even have the nerve to show off?

Nowadays, who would dare go out without two cats?

Although he usually calls them 'little broken cats,' this doesn't stop Chen Mu from throwing his weight around.

Moreover, he continued to jab at Tong Bin, saying, "Right, Du Jia Jia is our chef here; if you have time, why not stay for a meal?"

"Chef?"

On the Qingbei side, everyone, including Tong Bin, had lost their earlier arrogance; the appearance of the two cats made them completely lose any thought of resistance, and they didn't even dare to flee, lest the cats misunderstand.

The scene was a bit weird.

Little Yellow and Little White obviously noticed the group of humans on the ground, but perhaps because of Du Jia Jia, these two cats would not deliberately attack or toy with humans—a fact already proven among other Qiming members.

Chen Mu once thought of killing Tong Bin and capturing the others, but obviously he couldn't do it alone.

Not mentioning others, just Tong Bin's ability made him somewhat wary.

If the two cats helped, it would certainly be fine, but unfortunately Du Jia Jia directly dashed his idea; if he pressured them too much, they might discover the cats aren't that obedient.

On the other hand.

He thought about it a bit, then quickly abandoned the idea of wiping them out.

Only then did the Qingbei people calm down.

"Ah, look how this turned out—we originally just wanted to seek cooperation between the two sides, but in the talking we went off track." Under the eaves, having no choice but to lower his head, Tong Bin put on a bold front.

"Oh? Weren't you guys here to take that so-and-so back?"

"That was just incidental; since Xiao An and the other aren't here, we'll head back first."

"No need to see us off."

Chen Mu waved his hand to say goodbye.

This actually surprised the Qingbei folks—they didn't expect the other side to let them go so easily, having thought they'd at least have to suffer a bit.

Perhaps they wanted to wait until they turned around, lower their guard, then let the cats bite them one by one?

Obviously unnecessary.

Looks like they really intend to let them go?

The Qingbei people soon relaxed, after all, if the two cats really wanted to kill them, worrying would be useless.

Tong Bin thought of some other possibilities, then stopped talking and quickly led the people away at a fast pace.

Only after they had all left the field of vision did Du Jia Jia wave goodbye to the two cats and return to the room with Chen Mu.

Wei Dalei and the others had already gone down to the ground.

"Boss, just let them go like that?"

"What do you think?"

"This... we should at least make them stay and work for a few days." Wei Dalei thought for a long time, but could only come up with this punitive measure.

"If they dare to stay, do you dare to take them in?"

"That's also true."

Thinking of the other side's dozen or so people, with surely diverse abilities, keeping them nearby would be hard to guard against, and we'd have to feed them too; Wei Dalei sighed, "Let them off easy."

"Actually, they didn't do anything excessive; on the contrary, we launched the attack first." Chen Mu laughed.

"You can't say that; these people look ill-intentioned at a glance." He Ying said, "Right, what did you all talk about?"

"They want to take An Ruosuo and Yang Li back."

An Ruosuo and Yang Li visibly shuddered.

"Beautiful for them!" Wei Dalei snorted.

Since An Ruosuo came along, even Old Wei's work has become much easier.

Although this girl's ability isn't enough to smooth the surface of all objects, it can reduce friction in some main transport channels, then easily push the cargo along.

For example, the slope leading to the shelves, etc.

Chen Mu laughed; "Don't worry, of course we won't agree to them."

This also served as comfort for An Ruosuo and the other.

But Chen Mu immediately asked again: "You said that within Qingbei, those support ability users have already started complaining, right?"

"Yes." An Ruosuo nodded.

"If they had a choice, do you think they'd be willing to come to our Qiming?"

"Of course." An Ruosuo's eyes lit up: "Here, in every respect, it's far better than Qingbei—especially... everyone gets along well."

Actually she wanted to say that Chen Mu, Wei Dalei and the other combatants wouldn't bully the rest, but face to face she felt embarrassed to say so.

Chen Mu somewhat understood her meaning, laughing: "If so, I think for Qiming's development we should be more proactive."

"Go seize Qingbei's people?"

"How can that be called seizing?" Chen Mu retorted: "Put nicely, it should be called digging a wall's corner."

"Then we shouldn't have let those people go just now."

"Those people, letting them go is better than keeping them."

"Why?"

"I think we might have underestimated Qingbei." Chen Mu said.

"How?"

"Originally, listening to An Ruosuo, I thought Tong Bin was just a hot-headed brute, but seeing him today, he actually can hold his breath; thinking about it, being able to stay that long without showing his ability means he at least is a very patient person."

"People like that, there are at least three in Qingbei; it's impossible they'd quickly ruin themselves."

"But, they have over two hundred members, and yet they've made the organization such a mess— isn't that a sign of incompetence? The principal also doesn't know how to fix it; I used to think he was quite sharp." He Ying sighed.

Tang Jing then said: "Chen Mu is right; Qingbei isn't actually as bad as everyone thinks."

"It's not that good either." He Ying objected.

"Actually, people always make this mistake—that is, they only look at problems from their own perspective." Tang Jing said: "But actually, if you were the principal, or Tong Bin and his ilk, wanting to develop the organization, what would you do?"

"Of course, give everyone the best life, equality and mutual help, loving each other."

"No, that's just your wishful thinking; for an organization with a monopoly position and urgently needing external expansion, this is actually the least needed aspect." Tang Jing said.

"Why?"

"Because no one competes with them; even if support-type ability users complain bitterly, they have nowhere else to go—they can't possibly go over to Yi Zhong, right?" Tang Jing said: "You underestimate Principal Shi too much; this person actually has foresight, he's not unaware of the organization's internal problems, and Qingbei isn't neglecting support-type ability users—it's just that, in the current external expansion phase, the organization's focus naturally should be on combat-type ability users."

"If it weren't for our Qiming, Qingbei's internal problems would ultimately just be a minor issue; once development enters a stable period, they would also turn back to tidy up internal affairs and steady morale, and before that, there's no need to worry about support-type ability users defecting, because there's nowhere for them to go."

"But now we have us." Dong Junwei said.

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