158: Chapter 158 Dr. Su's reassignment and Jiang University's first payment.

Before lunch.

Everyone had gathered in the Tiangong No. 1 dining hall.

Su Xiaonuan sat to the left of Lin Yuan, her tablet resting within reach.

Jiang Xiaowan sat next to Su Xiaonuan, protecting her lower abdomen with her hand, with pregnancy porridge and steamed egg custard in front of her.

Wang Ya was wiping Lin Motong's mouth.

Tang Qiqi huddled next to Qin Yumo, wearing a grey training tag on her chest, looking like a Pikachu that had just crawled out of a mud pit, yet she wore a smug expression on her face.

Meanwhile, Su Muxue sat on Lin Yuan's right side, in the seat that had originally belonged to Jiang Xiaowan.

She wore a white lab coat, with the buttons fastened to the very top. Her face remained cold.

But she noticed that all eyes were on her.

Lin Yuan glanced at her.

"Starting today, Su Muxue will follow me everywhere, never leaving my side."

No one spoke in the dining hall. Su Muxue picked up her chopsticks.

The tip of the chopstick touched the edge of the bowl, making a soft sound.

Tang Qiqi whispered, "Has Dr. Su been transferred from the infirmary to a reserve position in the master bedroom?"

Su Muxue said nothing, though the roots of her ears turned red, and she continued to pick up food with a cold expression.

Qin Yumo pressed down on Tang Qiqi's head.

"Did you wash your hands?!"

Tang Qiqi slumped against the edge of the table, grabbed a disinfectant wipe from the side to clean her hands, and whispered, "I wasn't wrong."

Su Xiaonuan opened her tablet. The profile page popped up.

[Su Muxue]

[Head of Medical]

Su Xiaonuan's fingers tapped the screen. A new column was added.

[Personal Observation Subject for Boss Lin]

[Authorization: Level 2 → Level 1]

She paused for a second, then added another line.

[Highest Level when in the presence of Boss Lin.]

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

"Auntie."

After saying this title, she paused, then her voice returned to a steady tone.

"I have upgraded your authorization level. This is an order from Boss Lin."

Su Muxue didn't speak again. Family is family, and rules are rules. This went without saying; everyone understood.

Jiang Xiaowan lowered her head to drink her porridge. Seeing Su Muxue sitting at Lin Yuan's right hand made her feel a bit stifled. In the past, she would have probably made a snide remark, but now she didn't dare.

She only looked at Wang Ya.

"Can a pregnant woman eat one extra egg?"

Wang Ya paused, then nodded.

"Yes, but don't eat too much at once."

Jiang Xiaowan moved her bowl closer to herself. This was the safest way she could currently compete for favor.

Tang Qiqi glanced at her and muttered, "The Crown Prince's mother has also started internal competition."

Jiang Xiaowan pretended not to hear. Lin Yuan picked up a piece of meat and placed it in Su Muxue's bowl.

"Eat more."

Su Muxue looked up. Lin Yuan continued, "Don't cause me trouble when you go berserk; after all, your Superpower is turning your entire body into ice."

Su Muxue's face turned red at this. She knew what happened during a genetic berserk state, and clearly, Lin Yuan's words made her think of certain things. She did not remove the meat.

The atmosphere at the dining table was suppressed by Lin Yuan's words. No one dared to act up. After the meal.

Su Muxue prepared to go to the medical room. Just as she stood up, Lin Yuan also stood up. Su Muxue looked at him.

"You're going too?"

"Personal observation."

"I'm going to check the equipment."

"I'll watch."

"I'm going to prepare medicine."

"I'll be right there."

Su Muxue took a breath.

"Lin Yuan, do you know that a doctor's work requires privacy?"

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"You don't pick your locations when you go berserk."

Su Muxue closed her eyes. She finally understood the feeling Jiang Xiaowan had last night of being pinned down by rules. It wasn't that she couldn't resist; it was that resistance was useless.

In the medical room, Xia Qingqiu was recording the dosage on the side, stealing a glance at Su Muxue, and then at Lin Yuan, who was sitting with his legs crossed nearby.

It was a pity that she had only awakened a C-grade Superpower, so she was not qualified to have Mr. Lin accompany her personally.

Su Muxue said coldly, "Look at the report." Xia Qingqiu immediately lowered her head.

Tang Qiqi poked her head in at the doorway.

"Dr. Su, how does it feel to be under personal observation?"

Su Muxue placed the hemostatic forceps into the tray.

"You've been training hard today; shall I give you a shot in the butt to improve your efficiency?"

Tang Qiqi turned and ran.

"Sister Yumo, help! The infirmary is settling personal scores!"

"I was wrong, I shouldn't have been gossiping!"

At noon, Su Muxue went to the restroom. Lin Yuan stopped outside the door.

Su Muxue stood at the door, enduring it again and again.

"Does this count as observation too?"

"It does."

"Then what about when I take a bath tonight?"

Lin Yuan didn't speak. He just looked at her. Su Muxue understood. She rubbed her temples.

"Don't you think this is outrageous?"

Lin Yuan said calmly, "You will eventually be my woman anyway."

Su Muxue pushed the door open and went in. Before the door closed, she whispered, "Bandit logic."

Lin Yuan heard it. He did not refute it.

At the outer medical station, when Su Muxue and Lin Yuan passed by together, the survivors waiting in line to change their bandages lowered their voices.

"Has Dr. Su also become one of Mr. Lin's people?"

"No wonder the priority for medicine has been so high lately."

"Don't talk nonsense; she's a doctor."

"So what if she's a doctor? In the apocalypse, being able to follow Mr. Lin is so great."

"If I were even a little bit better looking, I'd want to follow Mr. Lin too."

"Stop talking nonsense, go take a piss and look at yourself in the reflection, plus you're a man."

Su Muxue did not look back. Lin Yuan didn't make them shut up either. Su Muxue suddenly realized something. She hadn't truly become Lin Yuan's woman yet. But everyone had already started to assume it.

She didn't resist. She was just a bit unaccustomed to it. And there was a hint of inexplicable shame.

At three in the afternoon, a report came from the outer watchtower.

"Housekeeper Su, people from Jiang University have arrived. Xu Qiangwei, Fang Xiaoxiao, and two other men."

Liu Qing brought up the footage. An off-road vehicle was parked outside the second iron gate. Xu Qiangwei got out of the car. There was still blood on her clothes, and her complexion was very poor. Fang Xiaoxiao was holding an iron box. The Fat Guy and Thin Monkey were carrying two bags of supplies.

Captain Han Xue led the enforcement team forward.

"Weapons."

Xu Qiangwei didn't waste words and placed the dagger at her waist into the tray. Her fingers were still trembling, but she forced her back to be straight. Fang Xiaoxiao and the others did the same. Registration ended.

The four were brought into the living room of Villa 13. Lin Yuan sat in the main seat. Su Muxue and Qin Yumo stood to his right. Su Xiaonuan was recording on the left.

After entering, Xu Qiangwei first put down the iron box.

"The first batch of crystal cores for this month."

Su Xiaonuan opened it to count.

"Eleven C-grade red crystal cores, one hundred and seventy-six D-grade white crystal cores, and four hundred and thirty grey crystal cores." She looked up. "The quantity is not enough."

Xu Qiangwei nodded, her eyes showing hesitation as she looked at Lin Yuan.

"Jiang University just finished a battle. We will make up the rest."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"Has Chu Feng recovered?"

Fang Xiaoxiao's eyes reddened.

"He has."

The Fat Guy scratched his head.

"He just doesn't speak."

The reception hall fell silent. Xu Qiangwei whispered, "Bai Jingchen is dead." She paused. "Or rather, he can't be found. There's only a note left."

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

"What does the note say?"

Fang Xiaoxiao took a transparent bag from her bosom. Inside was a folded piece of paper. There was dried blood on the edges of the paper. She placed it on the table.

"Chu Feng had us bring it."

Lin Yuan picked up the plastic bag. There were only five characters on the note.

[I'll sleep for a while]

Xu Qiangwei looked at Lin Yuan.

"Chu Feng said that he will repay the crystal cores he owes you. As for whether Bai Jingchen owes you, he doesn't know."

Lin Yuan raised his eyes.

"Does he hold a grudge?"

Xu Qiangwei was silent. Fang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but speak up.

"Boss Lin, Jiang University held out. But if your people had arrived ten minutes earlier, Bai Jingchen might not have needed to..."