"Who are you talking to?" Anna curiously asked, sitting on the side alongside the other girls for a little break.

"Never mind. Maybe I''m hearing things... Let''s just wrap it up. I''m getting a little hungry."

Just as Xiaoyun thought he was being oversensitive, he suddenly heard the sound of the door being closed.

"Shit."

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When the ten of them finally arrived downstairs, it was already almost noon.

All of the girls acted as if they had just woken up, heading down to the kitchen to heat the breakfast again before eating it.

None of them knew the bathroom door had been opened, except for Xiaoyun, who noticed the slight awkwardness on Lily''s face.

Still, he didn''t bring it up, letting the awkwardness disappear on its own as they all ate the breakfast as lunch.

"Ahem, what do you guys want to do for the weekend?" Anna curiously asked.

"Stay home." Yuqi instantly replied.

"Same," Nami added.

With both Wuli and Shuli agreeing to it, she turned over to Leyan for support.

However, much to her disappointment, she shook her head as well.

"I''m kind of tired as well... We can go out tomorrow instead, though." Leyan compromised.

"I''m going to stay home. It''s been so hot the past few weeks." Nami complained as she rejected the idea.

With most of the girls on Nami''s side, Anna could only get Kate and Leyan to go shopping with her. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

After breakfast, which was more of a lunch, they all headed back to the living room.

They all felt a little bored because there wasn''t much entertainment. All of the shows on Nami''s laptop had become repetitive.

But with Lily and the babies in the house, none of them were brave enough to ask Xiaoyun just to keep having sex to burn through the weekend.

Besides, their bodies and legs were already a little tired, and they did not want to move a single bit as they leaned back onto the sofa.

"Xiaoyun, do something entertaining," Yuqi complained as she threw her phone aside.

"What do you want me to do? I can''t just pull some magic trick to entertain you on the spot." Xiaoyun answered back.

"I''m going to the gym. See you guys."

As Yueyue walked out of the living room, Wuli and Shuli both decided to follow her to the gym.

"Time to go water some plant... Tianci, can you come help me with it?"

"Sure."

With another two out of the living room, Nami suddenly rolled over to Xiaoyun''s lap.

"Xiaoyun, do you want just to do a BBQ or something?" Nami asked.

"We just ate breakfast. And no, I''m not going to do a BBQ. I literally just did it a few weeks ago."

With another rejection, both Yuqi and Nami rolled to the side in defeat as they turned their attention to Kate and Anna.

"What are you two typing?" Yuqi curiously asked after noticing them typing on the computer nonstop.

"Just some work," Anna answered.

The second reason was just out of moral obligation, considering they had already paid Luoping and the troop''s food.

However, if a disaster similar to that of Qingyuan were to happen again, it would create immense pressure on his government.

After a long debate inside his head, he came up with a compromise as he quickly took out a blanket paper.

He was going to give Lingang the choice to withdraw, but only signs of unmistakable disaster had appeared or happened.

"Send this letter to Lingang the next time the supply trucks go there," Xiaoyun ordered as he handed the letter over to Hou Qin.

"Yes, sir."

With the report out of the way, Xiaoyun now had nothing much to do in the office.

"Hou Qin, you always work on the weekend?"

"I don''t have anything else to do, sir. And the staff are the ones who are working hard over the weekend to have this delivered."

Xiaoyun nodded slightly in acknowledgment as he walked around to check what Hou Qin was working on.

"Hou Qin, can you tell me how your job works? I''m just a little curious."

"We''ll usually get a radio request from each of the army''s logistic departments. They will provide us with a code to match up our codebook to make sure they are the right person.

If the requested item is in our inventory, we will send it within five days, along with other equipment requests nearby."

Hou Qin paused for a second, then continued.

"If it is an emergency and we have no supply truck, then I''ll authorize a temporary seizure, usually from the construction crew.

But this is usually avoided since they usually have supplies up for two weeks and get resupplied every week..."

A few minutes later...

As she finally finished explaining it in detail, Xiaoyun could only nod in agreement the whole time.

"Damn, this is a lot of work."

"It really isn''t. The staff members are the ones who work the hardest. They are constantly heading out of town to coordinate all the movement.

I''m only making sure everything is in order. If we were to consider the total contribution, I should take the least credit."

"Don''t lower yourself like that. Do you want anything as a reward for this? I''ll fulfill it the best I could."

After a short silence, Hou Qin shook her head.

"I''m only doing what''s a part of my job, sir."

"You sure? I can try to help you get anything you want. Like a... um."

Xiaoyun''s brain couldn''t come up with an answer as he didn''t know what Hou Qin''s interest was at all.

The only things that came to mind were clothes or makeup, but those clearly didn''t fit her role as a military officer.

Not to mention how sexist or misleading it could be for him to offer that kind of stuff as a gift to his female subordinate.

"It''s fine, Commander. I don''t need anything... Just raise the salary for all the staff, and I would be happy."

"Ahem, that was already on the agenda regardless... Just tell me in the future if you come up with something in mind.

I''m going to head back home now. Call me when Yezi or Yiming sends back their report for the month."

Just as Xiaoyun got up from his seat, Hou Qin suddenly made a request that made him freeze in place.

"Commander... Can you show me your ability?"