pappabearbooks #305 - Chapter 304 Gains and Losses
#305 - Chapter 304 Gains and Losses
The clouds and mist dissipated rapidly, and Bai Wuchang disappeared like the wind beneath the deep blue sky.
City 200 finally quieted down.
With a thought, Li Chenqiu recalled all his soul soldiers back into the Embers.
“Huff~~~”
Li Chenqiu let out a long breath, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
It was all over, he had obtained the Nine Forbidden Soul Soldiers.
……
Inside a brightly lit room.
Duan Xian stood with his back to the large French window, looking at the endless ruins.
Besides him, Hu Zheng, the Discipline Enforcement Officer of District Four, was also in the room, standing quietly behind Duan Xian.
Knock knock knock!
“Sir, Discipline Enforcement Officer Li has arrived.”
A voice came from outside the door.
Duan Xian said coldly, “Let him in.”
Click—
The door was opened, and Li Chenqiu stepped into the room.
Duan Xian turned around, meeting Li Chenqiu's gaze directly, and said, “Why?”
“Huang Jianhua had no hope of surviving at that time. If I didn’t kill him, I would have died.”
“That’s not what I’m asking.” Duan Xian shook his head. “Why did you give Huang Jianhua’s body to that Awakened?”
Li Chenqiu walked to the French window and said in a deep voice, “If I didn’t give it, this building would have collapsed. I didn’t want more living people to lose their lives because of a dead man.”
“Then do you know how much trouble your actions will bring to the Federation!” Duan Xian's voice suddenly rose, almost shouting.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t think so much at the time. If the Federation wants to punish me, if the academy wants to punish me, I’m willing to accept it.”
Duan Xian pointed at Li Chenqiu's nose and cursed, “What’s the use of your acceptance? In the near future, a Special Hazard will appear. Will that Special Hazard disappear because you accept the punishment? Will it?!
At that time, more people, more Skywalkers will die. Will they be resurrected because you accept the punishment?”
Li Chenqiu was silent.
Duan Xian took a few deep breaths and walked to the sofa to sit down.
Hu Zheng handed a cup of steaming tea to Duan Xian. “Calm down, Li Chenqiu didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, the matter has already happened, what’s the use of getting angry?”
Duan Xian turned his head to look at Li Chenqiu, who was standing by the window. “My words were a bit direct, don’t take it to heart.”
“I understand, I did something wrong.” Li Chenqiu turned around, walked to the opposite side of Duan Xian, and sat down. “What should I do now?”
“Go back to your residence and wait!”
After speaking, Duan Xian got up and left the room directly.
Hu Zheng pushed the cup of hot tea that no one had drunk to Li Chenqiu. “It’s cold at night, warm yourself.”
“Okay, thank you.” Li Chenqiu nodded politely.
Hu Zheng smiled and left the room as well.
Li Chenqiu picked up the cup of tea and shook it back and forth in front of his eyes.
According to the laws of the Federation, killing Huang Jianhua was not illegal, and handing the body over to Bai Wuchang to save the surviving residents of City 200 was also reasonable.
If the academy or the Federation really wanted to deal with him for this matter, Li Chenqiu believed that the online public opinion would be terrifying, because logically and emotionally, he had not done anything wrong.
Was it wrong to hand over the body of a Nine Forbidden to save the lives of millions of people?
Perhaps some superiors would think that he had done something wrong, but would they dare to stand up and publicly accuse him of doing something wrong?
Using “gain and loss” to measure the right and wrong of something was a businessman’s way of thinking, but in the Tianyuan Federation, human lives could not be measured by gain and loss.
……
That night, Li Chenqiu took the Discipline Enforcement Division’s fighter jet and flew back to Star Plucking Academy, taking Xiang Nanzhi to live in his residence.
“This villa is so big!”
Xiang Nanzhi lay on the soft sofa, leisurely crossing her legs.
Li Chenqiu took off his coat and put the roast chicken he had bought on the way on the table. “They didn’t sell cold roast chicken anymore, only hot roast chicken was left.”
With that, Li Chenqiu walked towards the basement without looking back.
“Hey, aren’t you going to eat?”
“I want to eat with you. You should thank the heavens if you can eat two chicken legs.”
In the following days, Li Chenqiu stayed in his villa, not because he didn’t want to go out, but because he couldn’t go out.
“Don’t go out until the higher-ups have said something.”
These were Duan Xian’s original words.
Li Chenqiu had no choice but to obediently stay in the villa, happily playing with the Chaotic Force Ring.
After tens of thousands of falls and three hundred and sixty degrees of all-round bumps, Li Chenqiu was finally able to barely stand, although his standing posture was very ugly, and he would occasionally do a breakdance on the spot.
……
Time passed like water, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
Just when Li Chenqiu thought he would continue to spend the next week in his room, his door was knocked.
Knock knock knock——
Li Chenqiu, who was washing up, immediately wiped his face clean and trotted to the door to open it.
Two people were standing outside the door, one short and one tall, one thin and one strong.
These two were none other than Wen Renqing and Duan Xian, the only two existences above the Nine Forbidden in the Discipline Enforcement Division.
Wen Renqing said coldly, “Good morning.”
“Good morning, Director Wen Ren, Discipline Enforcement Officer Duan.”
Li Chenqiu nodded respectfully, stepped aside, and gestured for the two to come in quickly.
The two entered the villa and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Li Chenqiu brought two cups of hot water and placed them in front of the two. “I didn’t buy any tea at home, please forgive me.”
Wen Renqing said, “You don’t have to be so polite, sit down.”
Li Chenqiu sat down opposite the two. “I wonder if there is anything you two have come to me for?”
“Two things, let’s talk about your appointment first. Although you didn’t find the Awakened who was causing trouble, there is no one in District One who can be the Discipline Enforcement Officer, so from today onwards, you will be the Discipline Enforcement Officer of District One.”
Wen Renqing said lightly.
“Appointed as the Discipline Enforcement Officer of District One?” Li Chenqiu widened his mouth in feigned surprise and said with some difficulty, “But I made such a serious mistake, wouldn’t it be inappropriate to be promoted now?”
Wen Renqing picked up the water cup and took a small sip. “You just made a decision that was beneficial to the present but did not take into account the overall situation between the future and the present. No one will accuse you of doing anything wrong, because both sides are right.”
Li Chenqiu said sincerely, “Thank you for the Director’s understanding and trust, I will definitely be a good Discipline Enforcement Officer of District One, thank you!”
“I hope you can do your duty and manage the freshmen and City 197 well.”
“Okay.” Li Chenqiu nodded and continued to ask, “You said two things earlier, the first thing is the appointment of the Discipline Enforcement Officer of District One, so what is the second thing?”
Wen Renqing turned to look at Duan Xian.
Duan Xian said in a deep voice, “In front of the law, in front of morality, what you did was indeed correct, so you can still become the Discipline Enforcement Officer of District One, but in the eyes of some people, your decision did cause no small trouble to the Federation, you can understand that, right!”
Li Chenqiu leaned forward. “I can understand, so the second thing is how to punish me?”