Chapter 714: Chapter 478 Inside the Reception Room_2
Although Sister Zhu’s language was very aggressive, when she spoke her tone remained gentle and soft-spoken.
Charles, following Sister Zhu’s gaze, looked down at his own arm and only then noticed that the survivor he had just rescued was tightly hugging his arm.
Due to the survivor’s fall into the water, her body was now completely soaked, and her originally snow-white shirt vaguely revealed its underlying color.
It was not until this moment that Charles realized his arm was enveloped in a soft, cottony softness, and the slight movement of his struggling arm gave him a unique sensation.
When Charles looked down at her, what he saw was an abyss with no bottom, and it was only with difficulty that he moved his gaze from the abyss to her face.
Whether it was genuine or an act of exceptional skill, her cheeks were flushed, her face blossomed with a shy expression that made one want to hold her close and offer solace.
But before Charles could react, Sister Zhu immediately stepped forward, twisted his ear, and, without uttering the classic line "Old Zi Shu Dao Shan," briskly pulled him away from the scene by his ear.
When Sister Zhu first twisted Charles’s ear, the rescued woman didn’t let go of her grip on his arm, but when she saw Sister Zhu’s calm, emotionless eyes, she instantly felt enveloped by an unnamed fear.
The arms that were tightly holding onto Charles relaxed without her noticing.
After seeing the rescued woman let go, Sister Zhu directly twisted Charles’s ear and led him away from the scene.
In the following three days, no one saw Charles leave his room, and when people saw him again, he and Sister Zhu had reconciled as if nothing had happened.
But when someone joked with Charles about the incident, he immediately became embarrassingly angry, which seemed to indicate that he was truly upset.
Furthermore, whenever he encountered female survivors during rescue missions, Charles assigned the rescue work to other members of the rescue team, and the more beautiful the woman, the further he stayed away.
In fact, rescue teams had a high chance of encountering female survivors, especially beautiful ones, due to certain well-known reasons, for males, unless one was extremely capable, the better-looking they were, the faster they tended to die when disaster struck.
For women, the situation was the exact opposite, unless they were so capable that no one else could match them, the more ordinary their appearance, the lower their chances of survival.
However, during natural disasters, although the more beautiful women had a higher chance of survival, it only meant they had a better chance to be rescued, but surviving longer did not mean they had it easy.
During natural disasters, unless they were fortunate enough to encounter a man of good family, those women of beauty and grace, if they fell into the hands of men with evil intentions, would likely live a life worse than death.
Therefore, the smarter female survivors who were brought to the water-based Platform by the rescue teams took the opportunity to offer themselves to the rescue team members who saved them.
After all, wasn’t there an old joke that persisted before the disaster?
In ancient times, if you saved a young maiden from her chamber, if you were ugly and she did not fancy you, she would say, "Thank you for saving my life, sir. I have no way to repay you, but I wish in the next life to serve you as a cow or horse, to repay this debt of life."
However, if the rescuer had a face like Pan An and the rescued maiden took a liking to him, then the one you saved would say, "Thank you for saving my life, sir. I have no way to repay you, except to offer myself to repay this debt of life."
The modern era is different from the ancient times, and the ethical boundaries of most modern people are more flexible, especially among the survivors who have been through hardships and ultimately rescued.
Some, in hope of a stable life in the future, turned their attention to those who had saved them.
It is precisely because of this that most members of the rescue team are already married, and within their means, they offer a warm home to those beautiful female survivors who have no place to call their own.
You must know that the search and rescue team is the first to come into contact with those they rescue, especially those who lived alone, bereft of support, before being saved.
When they were first rescued, in the eyes of those women, the members of the rescue team shone with a radiant brilliance during their rescue.
Under the effect of such a filter, the female survivors who had been saved couldn’t help but want to get close to these members of the rescue team, like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, longing for a stable future,
So even though they knew that those rescuers were already married, and perhaps even to more than one wife, they still threw themselves at them like moths to a flame, proactively seeking to secure the one who had saved them.
Do not assume that Charles now has only Sister Zhu as his wife, but because of Sister Zhu, he always lets other team members go to rescue women, when conditions allow, during a rescue operation.
Over time, although not every one of Charles’s subordinates managed to have three wives and four concubines, they had mostly succeeded in finding a partner.
From these events, one could inadvertently see that Charles is indeed very fond of Linda Lilith, referred to by Sister Zhu; otherwise, he wouldn’t lower his professional standards for the sake of Sister Zhu.
After all, Charles’s usual duties at Magic City’s third water rescue squad do not differentiate between genders during a rescue, and any hesitation or delay could miss the critical moment, leading to the death of the person being saved—something they would surely resent.
After all, who would not harbor deep grievances for witnessing the rescue team’s arrival, only to die because of some inexplicable delay, and at that point, it would be a blessing if they did not return as vengeful spirits.
When Charles left the room, only Linda Lilith and Zachary remained inside.
Although Zachary had been an onlooker during the conversation between Linda Lilith and Charles, he was able to pick up on some gossip and information, despite being unable to discern much else from their dialogue.
But by now, Zachary had figured out their intentions; they were playing strategy of progressive steps, and the ultimate goal was certainly to convince Zachary to stay, but they needed to figure out what Zachary truly wanted.
Only by identifying Zachary’s weaknesses could they devise the right strategy to bind him to the third water Platform with the least cost.
Lust, wealth, and power – all of them could have a tremendous adverse impact on the human body, but it’s not easy to abstain from them.
At this moment, Linda Lilith dropped the easygoing comfort she displayed only in the company of friends.
Yet, she still maintained a courteous smile and said to Zachary, "Hello, come take a seat here. Let’s fill in the registration information first, don’t worry, it’s just to record your basic information.
You know the situation nowadays, especially on the ship. Unless you’re willing to die of starvation, you need to find something to do on the ship.
I’m sure you understand, although the base has a substantial stock of basic resources, without finding a new source of food, the supplies in the warehouse will dwindle with each use.
Once the food in the warehouse reaches a certain low, if you don’t have a formal job at the base, you might very well starve to death eventually."
Having said this, Linda Lilith suddenly shook her head, "Ah, why am I telling you all this? In order to recruit you, the base even activated the power module – you ought to know that since the flood disaster began, the base has activated the power module only a handful of times.
Seeing you and Charles coming over, laughing and talking, you seem to be far more valued within the base than I had imagined."
