Zombie Apocalypse: Creation-Chapter 765: Shaoguan’s 2nd Day
"Nothing? You sure you didn’t open the wrong way?" Yuqi questioned as she noticed the backside of the paper had a bit of ink.
"Oops."
As Tianci flipped back over to the other side, she finally saw what was written in the letter.
Line by line, her eyes began to widen as if something shocking was inside it, making all of them curious as they stood in front of her.
"What’s inside it?" Yueyue impatiently asked.
"It’s just a thank-you letter from one of my friends. Don’t worry about it that much—"
"C’mon, you gotta tell us what’s inside it. There’s no way it’s just a thank you letter. I refuse to believe it."
As Kate tried to press Tianci for an answer, she only put the letter back into the envelope before putting it into her pockets.
"I’m not lying. It really is just a thank-you letter... If I showed it to you guys, it would violate the patient’s right to privacy."
After a short standstill between Tianci and everyone else, Leyan was the first to back down as she helped divert the attention away from Tianci.
"She’s right. If it is a medical record, it needs to be private... Come on, go help me carry the rest of these bags over to the kitchen."
All of them looked a little disappointed, but had no choice as they carried all of the bags of groceries over to the kitchen.
"Sister Tianci, was it really just a thank-you letter?" Lily curiously asked as the hallway ran out of bags to carry. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"I got no reason to lie."
Lily didn’t say anything else as she walked out of the living room. Her heart felt something was off as she recalled everything in her memory.
"Was it really heatstroke? Wait a moment, the ghost asked me about Mr.Chen, not Mrs. Chen..."
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Back over in Shaoguan...
"Good evening, Yu Hua."
"Evening Commander, Evening Miss Houqin.’
As the two of them entered the past the entrance, the place felt much emptier than usual, as only a few workers were in the building.
"Where’s everyone?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.
"Everyone went back home early today since there’s nothing much to do... Is there something I can help you with?"
"Are your wounds fully healed yet?"
Houqin asked as she purposely walked off over to the side, leaving Xiaoyun alone to head towards one of the workers at their work station.
"I just went to the doctor this morning, and they helped me remove the bandage... I think I’m good now?"
Yu Hua’s answer made her let out a sigh of relief, as Houqin still remembered how scared she was seeing Yu Hua wrapped in bandages underneath the clothes.
"Yu Hua, do you think the logistic hubs need bodyguards?" Houqin suddenly asked as they entered the private room together.
"Bodyguards? Um... I don’t think that’s necessary. It would just be a waste of money most of the time."
"But look how injured you were walking back home alone. And you aren’t the only one who has been hurt on the job."
"Really? Someone else was also hurt on the job?" Yu Hua questioned, looking a little surprised by Houqin’s comment.
"Yeah. Just last week, there was a report of an attempted robbery... If it wasn’t for the police happening to drive by, it could have ended badly."
"That’s scary. I think that would definitely mandate a need for bodyguards then... But something is preventing it from happening, right?"
As Yu Hua questioned back once again, Houqin nodded her head as she revealed the restraint that prevented it from happening.
"You read my mind, Yu Hua... There’s just not enough funding to go around for hiring dedicated guards."
Houqin paused for a second, then continued as she looked over to Yu Hua’s eyes.
"Do you have any ideas? I can’t think of a way to improve the security without needing money one way or another."
"Hmm... I can’t think of anything either."
Seeing Yu Hua looking just as clueless as her, the worry on Houqin’s face deepened as the challenge remained.
"Miss Houqin, when a stray animal attacked me, I was going back home... So technically, having bodyguards wouldn’t have even helped."
"You’re right. I didn’t even think of that... Maybe it’s just up to the police to make the streets safer."
As Houqin gave up trying to resolve it through their own means, a sudden knock appeared outside the door.
"Are you two done talking yet?"
"Yeah."
Xiaoyun quickly entered the private room, only to see two women whose faces looked a little stressed.
"You two okay?"
"We’re fine... Commander, can you think of a way to increase security for logistic workers who need to go into the fields?"
"Increase security?"
After standing there for a few seconds, an idea popped into his mind. But he quickly dismissed it, realizing how simple it sounded.
"You guys already thought of hiring guards, right?"
"That was the one idea we thought of originally. But it would just be too expensive to have guards for every single logistic worker." Houqin answered.
"You know, I got an idea that might just solve your guy’s problem... It came from when I was talking to the logistics workers outside earlier."
As Xiaoyun took a seat next to Houqin, both of their faces were filled with curiosity as they waited for him to continue.
"The logistic worker told me how, when there’s a military operation, they work hard. Day and night, overtime, you name it.
They are practically working 24 hours nonstop until their mission is finished. Then they had nothing, like literally nothing else to do."
Neither Yu Hua nor Houqin said anything back, but they knew what Xiaoyun was talking about, as it had always been how they had operated.
Without any military operations, the logistics department was practically burning money hiring people sitting around and doing nothing.
"It might make sense to hire them as part-time. But that’s not the point of the question you guys are asking.
And there’s an endless amount of problem that comes with that, so let’s ignore that idea completely."
"Can you get to the point, Commander?" Houqin asked, her voice starting to get a little impatient.
"Okay. So look, we have a bunch of free workers. Not just in Shaoguan, but in Shenzhen and Dongguan as well."
Both women nodded their heads, waiting for him to continue.
"We can’t turn some of them into guards, either, right? Since they had their own city post that they are assigned to."
Both woman nodded their head once again as they began to realize what Xiaoyun was trying to hint at.
"I was thinking, why don’t we give the logistics staff military training as well? They have nothing else better to do."
"That sounds like a bad idea... Half of the logistic staff are not fit enough to be in the army in the first place." Yu Hua immediately pointed out.
"Yes, that’s true. But how about the other half? If I remember correctly, some of the logistic workers also happen to be retired soldiers, right?"
As Houqin nodded her head, Xiaoyun knew his idea had some merit to it. But it needed more polishing.
"We aren’t making the logistic staff into soldiers. The military training can just be them firing a gun and nothing else."
"Are we really arming the logistic staff?" Houqin questioned as doubts appeared written all over her face.
"If it is necessary, I don’t see why not. After all, they are still a military department that could often counter a difficult environment."
Seeing Yu Hua’s face now filled with doubt as well, Xiaoyun doubled down as an idea popped up in his head.
"Wait, I’m not asking them to use a whole machine gun strapped to a truck. They are just given a pistol in case they need to defend themselves.
Yu Hua, imagine you had a pistol for self-defense when those stray animals attack you. Do you think those animals would have run away?"
After thinking about it for a bit, Yu Hua nodded her head.
"That definitely would have helped..."
"Exactly. Look, it’s just a pistol training that even a child can do, nothing else. No machine gun or hard physical exercises."
With both of them on the verge of siding with him, he added one last reason that pushed them over the edge.
"More importantly, we can do this for free if you think about it. Just send the workers to Yiming or whoever their local military command is at.
I’m sure they are more than happy to train them when they have nothing else better to do with no military operations going on."
"Commander, you really are a genius." Yu Hua complimented Xiaoyun as she couldn’t see any flaws in his argument.
"Thank you... Houqin, what do you think?"
"I don’t see any issues with it... Once I go back to Luoping, I’ll start making a notice for the logistic staff to opt in."
"Opt in? It should just be mandatory. You already know they aren’t going to opt in for extra work for themselves." Xiaoyun immediately argued back.
"I guess that’s true... Okay then, I’ll make it mandatory."
