Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 655 - 56: Baichuan’s Interesting Events and the True Face of Bai Shuang

Li Xiaoyu's generosity wasn't an indiscriminate squandering. Almost all resource allocation in Baichuan City required Li Xiaoyu's approval. In truth, there was a vast amount of resources lying idle, due to the shortage of manpower.

Li Xiaoyu released these benefits simply because it was time for them to be distributed.

After Ju Mang identified a few troublemakers attempting to drive a wedge between Song Que and Li Xiaoyu, the rest of the people quickly formed a favorable impression of Li Xiaoyu through word of mouth among the residents of the pit.

With Li Xiaoyu's generosity, the matter quickly subsided.

After all, they were humans and most of the sanctum's fortress were Huaxia people; most understood the value of a city's commercial real estate, shops, and residences.

These things were in fact meant to be distributed, so using them to shut everyone up was appropriate.

You might make a profit, but I definitely won't lose out.

However, very few could see this point; to most, Baichuan City was still just a temporary refuge.

Only after living there for several months did they truly realize that this was the origin of future civilization.

After Song Que returned, Li Xiaoyu's workload was substantially reduced. Ju Mang seemed to only care about matters concerning influence over the ruling powers; she was focused on securing territory, completely uninterested in how to govern it.

When she had the time, Ju Mang would go and see Zhong Xiuxiu, occasionally praising how brilliant Shang Lu, Xiuxiu's husband, was. Although she meant nothing else by it, Qiao Shanshan always felt that something was odd whenever she heard about it.

Qiao Shanshan was a diligent doctor but also a gossip.

Recently, her visits to Li Xiaoyu's office increased, and she figured out where Ju Mang was going. Originally, she didn't care about Ju Mang, but then she wondered, why would Ju Mang want to visit Shang Lu's home? Could there be some secrets that she was eager to uncover?

With a scientific mindset, Qiao Shanshan decided to visit Tang Xian, the exceptional younger sister.

At that moment, Ju Mang happened to be there, and Qiao Shanshan overheard her saying:

"Shang Lu is amazing."

Qiao Shanshan always felt like the remark implied 'your husband is really amazing.'

But then she heard Ju Mang adding:

"This idea was mentioned by someone in the Eye of Nature, but you are the one doing it. The plants in this world as compared to the mining areas..."

What followed was a long, serious discussion from Ju Mang.

And Zhong Xiuxiu, as well as Shang Lu, were seriously discussing with Ju Mang.

Seeing Xiuxiu's unconcerned demeanor, Qiao Shanshan thought, truly a sister of Tang Xian...

Ju Mang, with her dark green hair, was actually quite beautiful, with an exotic charm. Qiao Shanshan was really worried that Zhong might not keep a good eye on her man, but when she saw Shang Lu's pure academic demeanor... she felt she was being too gossipy.

Such a man, you could place him in the most lavish feast, and he would still emanate an odd 'Stay away, women; don't disturb my research' straight-man allure.

Ju Mang was indeed interested in Shang Lu, but her deeper thoughts were only about discussing academics with him.

She was a woman who, in terms of oddness, was not inferior to Li Xiaoyu and Zhong Xiuxiu.

What Qiao Shanshan didn't know was that Ju Mang would soon become her problem.

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With nearly two hundred thousand people pouring in, Baichuan City had become exceptionally lively.

But with that came an increase in patients.

This was an ironic situation; those who had lived in the pit, having endured the most miserable times, got healthier after coming to Baichuan City.

Whereas the elite citizens who lived in the Pyramid were a different story; they consumed nutritional liquids with practically no impurities.

But in Baichuan City, they had to eat a variety of vegetables and meat.

Tang Xian had once thought that if civilization regressed to its most primitive state, those skilled in cooking would be held in high esteem.

And that's exactly what happened.

All those who came back from the Pyramid, despite holding a lot of high-tech knowledge and potentially contributing greatly to Baichuan City in the future, were stumped by the basic need for food.

Li Xiaoyu quickly arranged for culinary training.

It was called culinary training, but it was really about how to handle food so that it wasn't too hard to digest. After all, even though her cooking skills had greatly improved due to that deer, Li Xiaoyu didn't cook for anyone outside of Tang's small circle.

Li Xiaoyu became busier, even with Song Que's help.

And so did Qiao Shanshan.

Naturally, among two hundred thousand people, there were doctors, but still far too few; they saw many patients every day.

Qiao Shanshan even received red envelopes.

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These were things she had previously encountered only in the Pyramid, and now Baichuan City was beginning to experience them too.

But no matter how busy she was, Doctor Qiao still often visited Song Que.

Song Que was very warm towards Qiao Shanshan, sometimes setting aside her work to ask if Qiao Shanshan had any troubles or if she was overwhelmed with work and needed some help.

This moved Qiao Shanshan to tears on the spot; among all the people under Tang's command, wasn't Song Que the only normal one?

Looking around, Akasi was Tang Xian's diehard lackey, Yuan Wu was an oddball who neither smiled nor got angry, Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen? Two desperadoes! Only Song Que was normal.

What comforted Qiao Shanshan most was that Li Xiaoyu had finally come to her senses.

She actually understood the reason behind Qiao Shanshan's frequent visits to her office place, which surprisingly even Qiao Shanshan didn't expect.

"I have a friend who really wants to meet Song Que... to inquire about some things regarding him, so I'm running errands for her," Qiao Shanshan stammered when asked by Li Xiaoyu.