The girls hadn't left and were all sleeping soundly on the large bed, covered by a single white duvet.
The duvet wasn't wide enough, and four pairs of legs stuck out, varying in thickness, shining brilliantly white in the sunlight, like porcelain. One pair of legs looked different, with more downy hair, likely Isabel's.
They slept soundly, cuddled together, their long hair of different colors intertwined, their breaths mingling, like best friends of many years.
The air was thick with the smell of alcohol; they were clearly all drunk.
Jiang Ye, worried they might catch a chill, as drunkards have poor immunity and are prone to colds, turned up the room's air conditioning a few degrees.
He then found a thin blanket and covered their legs with it.
As soon as he finished, Isabel, who was sleeping on the edge, stirred and pushed the blanket off her back.
Her fair back was exposed, the spine's curve elegant, and there was the battery port for her artificial heart. It was reminiscent of beauties depicted in Western oil paintings, creating a very artistic scene.
Jiang Ye walked over and covered her with the blanket again.
Isabel moved her head, furrowed her brow, and opened one eye a slit, glancing at Jiang Ye.
She turned her head and mumbled incoherently, "Jiang Ye's here, move over, make room for him."
The three beauties beside her, still with their eyes closed and brows furrowed, collectively turned over. Isabel slowly shifted, leaving a space for Jiang Ye on the edge of the bed.
Jiang Ye's face darkened, "I'm not sleeping, you guys..."
No one paid him any mind.
Jiang Ye, feeling helpless, found paper and a pen on the nearby table and quickly wrote:
"To my dear three drunken ladies:"
"After not seeing you for a night, you've turned my home upside down. The first floor is covered in alcohol, the second floor is full of playing cards, and even the cleaning robot is crying. It cleans 24 hours a day, diligently, just for the sake of clean floors. The moment you arrived, all its hard work was ruined. This behavior is truly the limit."
"I hope you'll be sensible and clean up the house yourselves after you wake up."
"I've prepared hangover-curing hot brown sugar water for you. It's on the bedside table, within Isabel's reach. Sit up to drink it, don't drink it lying in bed, or you'll spill it all over."
"Feel free to use the bathroom, and remember to clean up afterward. Your discarded clothes are on the first floor. If you don't want them, throw them away. The clothing printer is in the fourth room on the east side of the second floor; print whatever you like."
"There's also a food printer in the kitchen; make yourself something to eat if you're hungry. There are many weapons in the basement, but it's quite dangerous, so don't go in."
"Call me if you need anything. I'm going out to work."
"Jiang Ye, utterly speechless"
After finishing, Jiang Ye threw the letter onto the duvet.
He went to the kitchen and prepared four large bowls of hot brown sugar water, lining them up on the bedside table.
He changed his clothes and went downstairs.
The cleaning robot was still cleaning up the spilled alcohol. Although Jiang Ye had mopped, he had only managed to clear most of it. There were still many scattered wine stains on the tiled floor, like the marks left after wiping glass with a cloth.
"You can rest. Let those four ancestors upstairs clean up when they wake up," Jiang Ye said to the robot. "With your little body, it'll take ages to finish cleaning."
"I'm tired. Let it all be destroyed," the cleaning robot sighed, stopping in place.
"What happened last night? Did you see anything?" Jiang Ye squatted down.
"They were playing mahjong and drank some more, then they went crazy, jumping and dancing," the cleaning robot said. "They opened all the wine bottles and set them up in a long line in the living room, pointing at me and telling me not to come near. I didn't know what they were going to do then. If I had known, I would have stopped them."
"Then the disaster happened. After all the wine bottles were set up, they clapped and laughed, took pictures, and then pushed over the first bottle, which knocked over the second, then the third. Hundreds of bottles fell to the ground within three minutes..."
Jiang Ye was dumbfounded. It was a domino effect, even crazier than he had imagined.
This was too much fun, and such a waste of resources!
Millions of dollars worth of wine, all gone in one night!
Fortunately, it was winter. If it were summer, lightning would have struck long ago!
"Do you know that feeling of heartbreak? I spend six hours cleaning the living room every day. Of all the rooms, the living room is my favorite. I spend the most time in the living room. And they did this to the living room right in front of me!" the cleaning robot exclaimed, its voice filled with grief, almost jumping up. "I'll kill them! Damn invaders! Die!"
"Calm down, calm down. I've already left them a letter asking them to clean the house," Jiang Ye said, reaching out to pat the cleaning robot to comfort it.
Amidst the cleaning robot's whimpers, Jiang Ye left his house and got into his car.
Before setting off, he took out his phone and checked the rankings.
In the past few days, many companies had moved in, and the development index had solidly increased by dozens of points.
[Jiang Ye Autonomous Region / Development Index 5233 / Rank 8569]
But the one above him was still Ice Green Star. They were also developing, but the gap between them had narrowed to a negligible level.
[Ice Green Star / Development Index 5234 / Rank 8568]
Just one development index point, and he could overtake them with a push!
Jiang Ye was in a great mood. He tapped the screen and set his destination to the Binhai City Police Station.
On the second day of the New Year, both the police and military had to hold internal meetings to set their work plans for the coming year.
As the highest-ranking official, Jiang Ye naturally could not be absent.
In fact, he was the core soul of the meetings. Whatever he said, his subordinates had to execute.
From ten in the morning until four in the afternoon, Jiang Ye remained at the venue, first meeting with the police officers and then with the military officers.
The content of the meetings for both sides was very similar, with a total of four points for the spirit of the meetings:
First: In the coming year, the scale of colonial development will continue to grow, with a larger population and more complex situations. The police and military, as organs of force, will face greater pressure and must be psychologically prepared in advance.
Second: Personnel appointments and dismissals. Those who deserve promotion will be promoted, and those who deserve bonuses will receive them.
Third: Strengthen training, with increased physical and knowledge training.
Fourth: Prepare for expansion, increasing the number of both police officers and soldiers.
At half-past four in the afternoon, Jiang Ye left the military base conference room, feeling exhausted.
The various琐事 of the year-end were now complete. From now on, everything would return to normal, and work would continue as before.
As soon as he got into the flying car, his phone vibrated.
Jiang Ye took it out and saw a message from Xu Yan.
Xu Yan: "The frigate factory is almost complete, undergoing final inspection, and will be delivered for use soon."
Jiang Ye's spirits soared. Good, the navy was coming!
It would only take a week for the first frigate to be launched and set sail.
One frigate would be enough to transport troops to the adjacent continent.
Contact with the two settlements, B and C, would soon commence.
During this period, Secretary Liu Jizi had been closely monitoring the situation of settlements B and C, submitting several analytical reports to Jiang Ye.
Although these two settlements each had hundreds of people, their development was quite primitive.
Everyone lived in base vehicles, and the only houses were built with ice bricks and mud bricks. They had no heavy weaponry, only some assault rifles, all of which were sold from Jiang Ye's colony's assault rifle factory.
They were almost like primitive hunter tribes.
Therefore, faced with Jiang Ye's absolute military might, they had only two options:
Conquest, or death!