Chapter 713: Chapter 478: Inside the Reception Room
Most people are selfish, and Zachary did not feel any disgust towards Charles’s current thoughts.
To be honest, unless one is a paragon of virtue, everyone likes to have a few of them around. In times of danger, these morals paragons can step forward and rescue themselves from harm.
But no one wants their leader to be such a paragon of virtue. Just like Jessica in "The Three-Body Problem," her saintly heart directly led to the doom of all humanity on Earth.
When Charles was reporting the status of the base’s reserves to Dong Tianyu, he was also observing Dong’s reactions, especially when mentioning the base had plentiful resources and there were no plans to distribute them evenly to other water platforms. He paid close attention to Dong’s expressions.
Charles was actually flaunting this information in front of Dong intentionally. His real aim was to gauge Dong’s reaction upon hearing the news, since, after all, their ultimate intention was to invite Dong to join their base.
Although they wouldn’t refuse Dong’s entry based on his reaction, they would offer different treatments depending on how he responded.
But Dong Tianyu remained expressionless from start to finish, not to mention showing any personal stance. So, Charles found it hard to say more. With their arrival at the registration office soon, Charles’s work was nearly finished.
Upon entering the registration office, they saw a very beautiful woman sitting in the reception room. A melon-seed face with long hair usually looked better, but even with short hair, she gave off an extremely capable aura.
Her loose T-shirt covered her body tightly, but the bulge under the collar still revealed the proud twin peaks hidden beneath the clothing.
The moment Charles walked in with Dong Tianyu, Linda Lilith stood up with a smile and greeted them, "Brother Charles, where have you been lazing around these past few days? I haven’t seen you in a long time."
"Oh, missing me already, are you? To be on the mind of the great beauty Linda is a fortune of three lifetimes. Had I known this, I wouldn’t have come so frequently before. Even if I had to give up my contributions and let others have them, I wouldn’t come every day. Then you’d have ample time to think of me, maybe even dream about me," Charles bantered.
Linda laughed coquettishly and spat, "Keep dreaming."
Then she became serious and said, "The base must have started up the power system to win you over, I assume. Let me introduce myself, I’m Linda Lilith, in charge of the reception room of Magic City’s Platform Three."
"Tsk tsk tsk, Miss Linda, you really know how to gild yourself. ’In charge of the reception room,’ when it’s just you here?" Charles teased.
"Go where you need to go, don’t be an eyesore here. Your work is done. The rest is none of your business, please leave," Linda said.
Upon hearing Linda’s words, Charles wasn’t annoyed. He just shook his head and sighed as he turned to leave, "When you need me, I’m ’Brother Charles,’ but when you don’t, I’m an eyesore.
Ah, my heart is shattered by you; I’m so sad. I can only look for Jason to drown my sorrows with drink."
Linda’s face changed immediately upon hearing this, then she suddenly used a pinched tone to call out to Charles, "Brother Charles, I was wrong, please spare Brother Jason.
If you dare to go drinking with Jason today, I’ll go tell Sister Zhu that you saved a beauty today, and to thank you, she decided to offer herself to you. Right in front of me, you two shared a French kiss, it looks like you’re set for life."
Although Linda’s initially pinched tone was supposed to sound sweet, it ended up being a bit creepy. As she continued, though the creepy feeling faded, Charles’s face grew paler and paler.
To tell the truth, although Charles wasn’t particularly handsome, his rugged look had a certain masculine charm to it.
The ’Sister Zhu’ Linda mentioned was Charles’s wife. They were childhood sweethearts who met in college. After graduating, not only did they manage to find good jobs, but they also walked straight down the aisle into marriage.
It’s one thing to see Charles so decisive and commanding in front of others, but as a man from Chongqing, he, like many others from the region, loved his wife dearly and also feared her intensely—especially originating from a mountainous part of Sichuan.
After all, in the current disaster period, if it were against strangers, what Linda said wouldn’t be considered much of a threat, but for Charles, who was often ’whipped,’ her words were incredibly effective.
Loving his wife was one aspect, but at the core of it, such an incident had happened before, and at that time, Charles’s wife, ’Sister Zhu’ that Linda referred to, was present.
Far from being angered by it, Sister Zhu merely smiled and asked Charles, "Do you really like her? If you do, you can bring her in as a concubine; I can make room for you two if necessary."
Even though Sister Zhu was smiling when she spoke, Charles felt a chill run down his spine: "Honey, don’t talk nonsense, nothing like that happened."
"No? Do you think we’re all blind? Never mind your cozy actions just now in front of everyone—right now, in front of me, you two are still so intimately wrapped up together. Are we all just blind?" Sister Zhu countered.
