mtlumby2d Chapter 280 Want to Keep Me
Chapter 280 Want to Keep Me
Before entering Secretary Wu's room, someone came to report that most of the injured ordinary people had mutated in the end. They had no choice but to implement the second plan to execute them all, and then they were pushed to the incineration workshop to be burned overtime, which could also be used as fuel for electricity. As for other refugees and volunteers, with the efforts of the team leaders and counselors, they were basically comforted. Although everyone was still scared, after all, the nerves of ordinary people had been numb after experiencing such a long disaster. The people who survived this time were obviously more obedient, and even more middle-aged and strong laborers joined in the work of cleaning up the scene. It can be seen that today's crisis was temporarily alleviated in this way.
After Secretary Wu arranged the clerks, he pulled us into his room. The room was only about 20 square meters. There was a luxurious desk by the window. Next to the desk was a simple military bed with a quilt curled up on it. It was obvious that this was where he usually slept.
He picked up the phone on the table again and reported the situation here to Secretary Gao.
This is the kind of phone that requires a line, which may be a line connection network between this place and other bases.
Then it is possible that Secretary Gao has already arrived at another base.
After he finished his report, he enthusiastically pulled a few of us to sit down. At that time, there were only me, Brother Li, Zheng Zhou, Wang Yumo and Jingjing's father, a person I didn't like very much, in the room. After a while, the middle-aged man with glasses named Xiang also came over at noon.
When Lao Xiang came, he brought a lot of lunch boxes, which he opened one by one and placed on Secretary Wu's desk. I took a closer look and it seemed that they were different from the big lunch boxes at noon. It might be a special meal prepared for us. It was also fish, but it obviously looked much better. This was braised, and there were also a few vegetarian dishes.
Lao Xiang set the table, said hello and left.
I think it’s time for dinner.
Secretary Wu asked everyone to move their stools and find a place to sit down. Then he opened a cabinet against the wall of the room, rummaged around for a long time and took out a bag of sealed roast chicken, several bags of plastic-wrapped peanuts, a box of canned beef and a bottle of Moutai. He placed them on the table and excitedly told us that there were delicious foods he had hidden.
I couldn't help but sigh, is it possible that such a high-ranking official would only hide this pitiful bit of fast food?
Secretary Wu enthusiastically took out a set of small wine glasses and distributed them to us, wanting to drink a glass with everyone. He raised his glass and looked around at everyone eagerly, and said politely, "If it weren't for you heroes today, our base would have fallen, and more than 10,000 people would have died. On behalf of Secretary Gao, I'd like to toast everyone with a glass of wine!"
Secretary Wu's tone was sincere and powerful, but his words were filled with endless emotion. The sadness revealed in his words deeply touched me and made me feel the same way.
Although he was in an important position in the base, the apocalyptic environment was actually extremely desperate. On the one hand, food was constantly consumed and there was no supply, and he had to rack his brains and struggle every day to distribute food. On the other hand, the outside world was even more dangerous. Not only were there those extremely brutal gangs that killed and robbed people and were rampant, but what was even more terrifying was that there were also horrifically mutated zombies that launched fierce attacks from time to time.
In such a dire situation where one's life and death are uncertain at any time, even the strongest person would probably be on the verge of a mental breakdown!
Although Secretary Gao is nominally the commander-in-chief here, through my observation and contact with him during this period, I have found that the key person who truly controls the overall situation and personally handles every detail is actually Secretary Wu.
He is like the core gear in this huge machine, turning non-stop. From organizing personnel to deploy materials, to coordinating forces from all sides to solve various emergencies, to comforting the emotions of the disaster-stricken people and stabilizing their hearts, all these trivial matters are handled by him. With his outstanding ability and tenacious perseverance, this base, which has suffered a huge disaster, has been able to operate well to this day.
I have to say that it is not easy to achieve this level! Secretary Wu is worthy of my admiration. I did not care about the food here, and quickly picked up the wine glass and greeted politely. This is nothing.
Hearing this, he quickly corrected me and said, "How can it be nothing? Xiao Huo, you are a capable and trustworthy kid. You are really a rare talent. I would recommend you to stay in our Shengbin base. When the underground shelter is completed in the future, I will appoint you to be responsible for the security of the entire shelter! Your salary will also be one of the best in this base."
When he said this, I could clearly feel Jingjing's father's expression change. I thought to myself that I had no interest in what Secretary Wu had painted, and he was actually unhappy first. I quickly declined: "You guys should handle the issues of your base by yourselves. Don't you still have Lao Deng from the original security department here?"
A slip of the tongue can make one's true feelings slip out.
After hearing what I said, Jingjing's father, the former security chief, immediately exploded: "You little bastard, how dare you scold me!" He immediately reached out and grabbed my clothes. When we were about to fight, there were a few knocks on the door and someone pushed the door open. We all turned our heads and saw that it was none other than Jingjing. When she saw her father reaching out to grab my collar with a ferocious expression, she immediately scolded him: "Dad, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you not to tell anyone first?"
After scolding, she actually looked shy, which confused the people in the room who wanted to separate them.
Secretary Wu broke the awkward situation and asked, "What's going on, Mr. Ma?" It turned out that Jingjing's father's surname was Ma.
Ma Wenbin let go of his hand and coughed twice, then said awkwardly: "I can't take care of young people's affairs. I'm old and I don't have the ability to take care of things. Then I'll go back first."
After saying that, he really turned around and left Secretary Wu's room. Secretary Wu called him back, but Old Ma was very stubborn and never thought of turning back. Jingjing also looked at me awkwardly, then turned around and followed her father's footsteps and left.
At this time, Zheng Zhou smiled and said, "I can see that Miss Jingjing has taken a fancy to you." After saying that, he teased me with his arm.
I rolled my eyes, sighed and said, "Hey, Lao Zheng, stop kidding. More than 3,000 people died in the base today. Who would still be in the mood to date?"
Just after I said this, I noticed that Brother Li and Sister Wang suddenly looked at each other secretly. I sighed inwardly, is there something going on between these two?
Although I never had a boyfriend in school, my radar in this area was very developed. At that time, I could feel who was interested in whom in the class in just a few minutes. This must be because Brother Li and Sister Wang had a tacit understanding in the battle just now, and they were attracted to each other, right?
Secretary Wu asked me if I really couldn't stay. He even talked to me about Ding Shaoxi, who worked with me today, saying that Ding Shaoxi was his distant relative and asked me if Ding Shaoxi was pretty.
I nodded: "It's okay."
Secretary Wu promised me that he would introduce Ding Shaoxi to me as long as I stayed.
I quickly shook my head, "That woman's mood is even weirder than Jingjing's."
Secretary Wu asked again in confusion: "Are you interested in Ma Jingjing? That's fine as long as you are willing to stay..."
This time I really didn't want to be polite. He thought I was playing hard to get because I was too polite. I had no choice but to refuse decisively: "I don't want either of them. I really have something to leave for, but I promise you that I will finish unsealing the underground shelter before I leave!"
Then, after drinking Secretary Wu's wine, I just said that I had to go take care of Brother Chen who was seriously injured downstairs, and left Secretary Wu's room on the pretext of something.