Once, I wanted to be a good person

Chapter 113 80. Battle Gains (12,000 words, please subscribe!)_2

After washing his feet, she took a towel and dried Fang Ze's feet.

Fang Ze lay on the bed, while Mei picked up the basin of wash water and went to the bathroom to pour it out.

After she came out, she gave Fang Ze a slight bow and was about to slip into his shadow to enter a slumber.

Just at that moment, Fang Ze called out to her...

"Right. Do you have any memories?"

"Where do you come from?"

Mei was already half submerged into the shadow when she heard Fang Ze speak. She paused suddenly.

Then she seemed to recall something, but shook her head in confusion, saying, "Master, it seems I have no memories. Nor do I know where I come from."

"Like One Two Three and the other companions, I was born to serve you."

Upon hearing Mei's words, Fang Ze was taken aback for a moment, then he hummed thoughtfully.

His hands were crossed behind his head as he gazed at the ceiling, somewhat lost in thought,

'Born for me, huh?'

Seeing that Fang Ze had stopped speaking after asking his question, Mei slowly sank into Fang Ze's shadow.

With the moonset and sparse stars, Fang Ze slowly fell asleep at some point.....

......

Late at night.

Special Case Team, secret base. Monitoring room.

Bai Zhi had blocked all signals and was using an encrypted communication channel to speak with the director of the Security Bureau.

The two had clearly been talking for a while, and Bai Zhi, with a serious expression, relayed all of tonight's battle details and situation to the director.

Then she said, "Director, after the battle ended, I discussed with Director Pang."

"Now that the case is solved, the intelligence is acquired, the enemy is killed, there's no longer a reason for the Special Case Team to exist."

"Either the merit or the increased reward."

Bai Zhi countered firmly, "I think he deserves both."

"Even if he's already a member of the Security Bureau. For injuries sustained on official duty or damage to artifacts, one would receive compensation in addition to the merit."

The woman replied coldly, "He's not officially part of the Security Bureau yet."

"To discuss merits and offer compensation before he's even joined the Bureau, what would others think?"

She paused, then added, "Furthermore, he was originally a criminal who wouldn't normally even be allowed into the Security Bureau."

"This is already an exceptional measure. Bai Zhi."

Possibly because she had been too heated in today's battle, Bai Zhi was clearly also irritated.

She said bluntly, "Well then, if that's the case, he'll choose the merits. The reimbursements owed to him by the Bureau, I'll personally cover them."

Hearing Bai Zhi's response, the woman fell silent once more.

After a moment, she sighed softly and said, "Bai Zhi. Do you know?"

"This is where you differ from Gu Qing."

"Although he's good to the people around him, he always maintains a line."

"You, however, are too good to those around you, too eager to fight for all their interests, sometimes even disregarding rules."

This was the first time during their conversations that the woman had said so much,

"By doing this, the people around you will indeed be more united with you."

"But don't forget, you are a director, a decision maker."

"Besides the people close to you, you also manage hundreds and thousands within the Bureau."

"How will others view you if you show such favoritism towards those you're close to?"

"As a director, if you can't even maintain basic fairness, who would respect such a leader?"

"Your approach is that of a small clique, not that of an upright manager."