Today's motion was still centered around the butler quota for the bases. The meeting had not yet begun. Ya Xiao sat obediently in his chair before he suddenly felt gazes on him from across the room.
He looked towards the source of the sight and realized that it was the two student representatives that he had made an appointment with earlier.
Now and then, they glanced at each other and then back at him, their expressions flashing with hesitant entanglement before finally turning into determination as they walked toward him.
"Senior Ya Xiao, where are we going to meet this afternoon?" The two looked toward Ya Xiao, their voices tinged with a hint of hesitation.
The main purpose of their inquiry was actually to test if Ya Xiao had changed his mind.
Before this, no student representative had ever made a special trip to the four border bases' temporary residences, and Zhao Qing and Erde were both a little apprehensive so far.
"It's all fine."
Ya Xiao handed over the choice to the two.
Zhao Qing and Erde heard this and immediately realized that Ya Xiao hadn't changed his mind. The two of them had a joyful expression, instantly relaxing a lot, and they quickly discussed and settled the matter with each other.
At this time, most of the representatives in the hall had already arrived.
Seeing that the two student representatives were on such good terms with Ya Xiao, the representative of the border bases, a few of the representatives were all human beings and quickly realized the new representative's intentions.
Ya Xiao should be planning to rely on the student representatives to pull votes.
The expressions of the several representatives present were a bit solemn. They didn't look favorably on the border bases' approach.
It wasn't that the previous butler representative, Bolton, hadn't thought of trying to strike a good relationship with the student representatives.
But the student representatives were not stupid.
They also knew that the central city and the second-tier bases were the safest. If they could vote higher for the butler quota in these two places, it would be very favorable to them, the graduates who were about to join the workforce.
After all, the number of places determined the direction of their employment and was closely related to the future of these butler graduates.
So making good relations with these student representatives was, in a way, a waste of effort.
As for the thoughts of the other few representatives, Ya Xiao and the others had known it all too well long ago. In fact, this was also the reason why those two student representatives were apprehensive.
After all, it would indeed be embarrassing if they went with Ya Xiao to the border bases' temporary residence and ended up not intending to give them a border vote.
"No need to worry."
Ya Xiao easily saw what the two were thinking, and he said in a light tone, "You're just going for the afternoon. It's your freedom to vote for the border bases or not."
The villain didn't care about the butler quota, and Ya Xiao would care even less now.
Perhaps because Ya Xiao's expression was so relaxed, Zhao Qing and Erde couldn't help but relax a lot as well, and their hearts were soaring in favor of this senior.
After a few words of conversation, the two student representatives left as if they were relieved. The corners of Ya Xiao's mouth rose, and he turned his head to chat briefly with the representatives around him.
Next to him, Ariel did not take the initiative to strike up a conversation.
These days, Ariel's words were much less than usual. The haze in her eyes did not dissipate for a long time, and her mood was not high.
Ya Xiao knew in his heart the reason for the other party's low mood. Moreover, he knew that his comfort could not possibly make Ariel put down all kinds of concerns. He thought about it and did not disturb the other party.
When the representatives were organizing the information, Ya Xiao also arranged the information neatly. Then, he lowered his head and took out his optical brain to chat with his butler friends.
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[Bolton: I chose two of our base's best taboos to appear. I'm sure that as long as those two students are elegant and reserved butlers, they'll want to serve our base's taboos when they see them.]
[Yan Chi: Forget it. This kind of thing depends on the officers of our base. Back then, it was because I admired the discipline of the Fifth Base's military that I chose without hesitation to charge into the Fifth Base and become an honored butler of the Fifth Base.]
[Bolton: ......]
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[Gabe: Stop arguing. Just one officer out of each base, too many people will scare those two students.]
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[Gabe: Ya Xiao, have you chosen your base's officer representative yet?]
[Selected.]
Ya Xiao had asked Emily to help pick one. There weren't many taboo people in the base that he was really familiar with. It was best to leave this matter to Emily.
[Gabe: That's good.]
The three butler friends were confident in the plan that Ya Xiao had come up with.
The two students' future occupation was a butler, and they cared most about their future employers.
They didn't need to show the rest of the border bases. They only needed to let the student representatives meet the taboo people of the border bases. The two student representatives would have their own ideas in their hearts.
After all, although Yan Chi and the others often disliked their employers, they knew that every employer in the border bases were heroes.
For students who have yet to leave school, the hardships of life were not too important. Even if they feel anxious about the future, they always hold onto their ideals and aspirations in their hearts.
Thinking about this, even Yan Chi had to praise a sentence: [Ya Xiao, you're really too smart. What student can stand such a cunning strategy as yours?]
The officers they selected were all hot-blooded youths who were eager to leave their lives at the front line, living to guard the base and humanity.
Even the hardest of hearts would admire those protectors when they saw them, not to mention those students with simple personalities.
In fact, most of the border bases were filled with such heroes who would rather sacrifice themselves to protect humanity.
They just picked a few who could speak well.
[Yan Chi: And a certain someone couldn't even think of that.]
A certain someone â Bolton was instantly infuriated when he saw this message.
[Did you even think of this method?]
[When we used to be student representatives, there was no such precedent, alright?]
Although Yan Chi was equally aware of this matter, it did not prevent him from mocking Bolton.
[Yan Chi: Stop being funny.]
Bolton: ......
You can do it.
Ya Xiao didn't quite understand why Yan Chi said that he was smart. He just heard those two students say that they wanted to check the information, so he planned to bring them to chat with those officers so that the two of them could easily take the next step to vote.
Seeing that the two of them, Bolton and Yan Chi, had started bickering in the group again, Ya Xiao did not look at it any longer and directly turned off his optical brain, concentrating on waiting for the meeting to start.
When he waited for the appointed time in the afternoon, he took the two with him to the temporary residences of the four border bases as planned.
In order not to put too much psychological pressure on the two student representatives, Yan Chi, Bolton, and Gabe did not appear.
Only Ya Xiao led the two around. Of course, it was only to introduce some general rules of the border bases, and there were no hidden secrets involved.
These were all things that had not been taught by the teachers of the Butler Academy.
Zhao Qing and Erde were originally good students who loved to learn. With the fact that some of the officers and butlers they encountered after entering the border base building kept a safe distance from them, the two of them unconsciously put their hearts down and observed their surroundings.
This was only a temporary residence prepared by the central city for the border base, but in just a few days, the temporary residence was already permeated with the style of the border base, marked thoroughly from the inside out.
Whether it was the serious-faced officers that they kept encountering on the road, the thumping of fists in the fighting room, or the sound of the machinery in the shooting room prompting for ten rings, it all gave the place an aggressive edge.
"Ya Xiao."
Mist, who looked personable with his gold frames, greeted Ya Xiao with papers in his hands. Upon seeing the two youthful-looking people behind the butler, Mist quickly remembered that Ya Xiao had told himself about it yesterday.
"Hello."
Mist smiled as he spoke to the two student representatives.
Zhao Qing and Erde nodded their heads somewhat curtly, knowing that the man in front of them was Marshal Qin's adjutant.
Ya Xiao could tell that Mist was looking for him for something, so he curved his eyes and said, "What's up?"
"Well, the marshal needs to go to the military academy in a few days, and I had wanted to discuss the next arrangements with you."
Mist's words paused and he smiled, "But wait until you have the time."
Military academy?
Ya Xiao thought of the next plot of the original book and nodded, "I'll come to you for coordination later."
The marshals' visit to the military academy was part of the agenda for the spring meeting. In this part, the conflict between the villain and the protagonist group would be completely fueled.
The villain's subordinates would also die one after another, including Emily.
Zhao Qing and Erde stood behind Ya Xiao, watching the delicate-faced young man talk to a smiling officer who looked like a man not to be messed with, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
The officers of the Sixth Base didn't have a good reputation in the central city.
Ya Xiao should be younger than them.
But the other party did not fear the officers of the Sixth Base in the slightest and was even able to calmly work with the officers without arrogance or humility.
Although the two of them were superficially thinking about investigating the border bases for their fellow butlers and voting sensibly.
Zhao Qing and Erde knew in their hearts that they were more inclined to take up jobs in the central city and the second-tier bases because neither of them was sure that they would be able to deal with the rude border base employers.
But Ya Xiao's presence was like a slap in the face, telling them that they were just a bunch of lazy and timid cowards.
After Ya Xiao said goodbye to Mist, he turned his head to see the complicated expressions on the faces of both Zhao Qing and Erde. He was a little confused but didn't think much of it, intending to finish this side of the mission as soon as possible and look for Mist to hand over the job.
"Let's go."
Ya Xiao's footsteps were easy as he led the two students to the agreed-upon location.
According to his butler friends, the officers were waiting downstairs in the café.
On the way, he then explained the next arrangements to Zhao Qing and Erde.
At first, hearing that they were going to be face-to-face with the four officers, Zhao Qing and Erde paled and were both a bit scared.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
Ya Xiao was a bit puzzled. Weren't they the ones who wanted to talk to the officers?
Zhao Qing and Erde had a hard time speaking.
The two of them only thought that they would be talking to one officer, where would they have thought that they would have to face four officers?
"It's fine."
The two looked at each other, gritting their teeth and shaking their heads.
Ya Xiao, who was younger than themselves, was so calm and collected when facing an officer, Zhao Qing and Erde certainly didn't want to admit defeat.
Ya Xiao put his heart down when he saw this. When he met with the four officers, he spoke to Zhao Qing and Erde and then went to find Mist to transfer his work.
Zhao Qing and Erde: ......
Well, they weren't afraid, wasn't it just to face four taboo people alone!
â Inside the office
The two protagonists, Wei Shi and Qin Chen, coincidentally learned about the news that the marshal had given someone a craniotomy from the Third Base Marshal's son, Gert.
"Craniotomy?"
Qin Chen's face was a bit dark. He didn't know when Qin Qi added such a hobby.
Wei Shi was still calm: "There should be something wrong with that person."
They could investigate it afterward.
"Don't you guys reveal that I'm the one who said it."
Gert said worriedly, or his dad would beat him up if he knew he was revealing this stuff casually.
"Don't worry."
Wei Shi said soothingly.
Gert was a military "Nth generation" dependent, with his father being Marshal Guwen, who spoils him. Although he was quite clever, his personality had been nurtured to be somewhat naive, and he trusted his friends a lot.
Hearing Wei Shi's words, Gert instantly relaxed, then thought of something and turned his head to ask Qin Chen: "I remember, aren't you an instructor at the military academy? Are you going to take a leave of absence in a few days?"
Marshal Qin had fallen out with Qin Chen, but in a few days, the marshals of the bases would be heading to the military academy for intensive training.
This would be the end of Qin Chen if he happened to hit Marshal Qin's gun.
"It's better to go out and hide."
Gert felt that a small life was more important.
Qin Chen's face darkened even more when he heard this.
"Hide from what? Could Qin Qi kill me?"
He still had to check the news, how could he hide!