The person who arrived was Kong Qingshu, whom they had just met.
At this moment, she was wearing a red battle skirt, exuding sexiness and unparalleled heroism.
"Miss, can you have a little more restraint?" Qin Shilei grumbled inwardly.
She had clearly given up back then, yet now she had come looking for him again.
Mu Ziping walked up and saluted, "Report, Commander, this is the new deputy you've been assigned by the military, Lieutenant Colonel Kong Qingshu. From now on, I will be Lieutenant Colonel Kong's assistant."
Qin Shilei frowned and said, "Miss Kong, it's beneath you to be my deputy. You should go back."
Kong Qingshu chuckled, "Are you afraid your girlfriend will be jealous?"
Qin Shilei replied truthfully, "I'm afraid that if something happens to you, I won't be able to explain it to the General Commander."
Kong Qingshu said seriously, "I am not a weak woman, I won't be a burden to you."
Qin Shilei looked at her for a long moment, then finally said, "As you wish."
With that, he turned and walked towards the villa.
Kong Qingshu immediately followed, walking closely beside Qin Shilei towards the villa.
As soon as they entered the villa, the eyes of everyone inside kept darting between Qin Shilei and Kong Qingshu.
Qin Shilei said calmly, "This is the new deputy assigned by the military, Lieutenant Colonel Kong Qingshu. Please get acquainted."
Kong Qingshu's gaze, however, remained fixed on An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli.
"So these are the two women who are very close to Qin Shilei, just like the file said. They are indeed beautiful, but I don't think they're any better than me."
With a woman's intuition, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli vaguely felt a sense of hostility towards Kong Qingshu.
The two women sat on either side of Qin Shilei, casting provocative glances at Kong Qingshu.
"Hello, my dear sisters. I will be troubling you a lot in the future, so please bear with me."
Kong Qingshu spoke in the tone of a friendly elder sister, completely devoid of the airs of a General Commander's daughter.
"Miss Kong, hello to you too." You can't hit a smiling face, so An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli politely replied.
Kong Qingshu frowned, "We will be fighting enemies together from now on, so calling me Miss Kong is too distant. You can call me Sister Qingshu or Sister Kong."
"This..." An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli instinctively felt reluctant to call her sister.
Kong Qingshu's expression darkened, and she said a little disappointedly, "Do you two sisters think I'm not worthy of being your sister, and that I'm presuming too much?"
An Qian quickly said, "How could that be? Sister Qingshu, you are older than us, so calling you sister is appropriate."
Zhang Xiaoli added, "We will be spending most of our time together from now on, so it's indeed not good to be too distant. Please don't overthink it, Sister Qingshu."
Qin Shilei, standing nearby, saw that Kong Qingshu had only been here for a short time, yet the two women had already agreed to call her sister.
He mused that she was indeed the daughter of a prominent family, her methods were beyond comparison with girls like An Qian who hadn't yet graduated from school.
However, since he hadn't yet discovered any malicious intentions on her part, he didn't want to interfere too much.
"My dear sisters are so beautiful and charming, you must have boyfriends, right?" Kong Qingshu suddenly asked.
An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli both secretly glanced at Qin Shilei.
Qin Shilei sat upright, as if he hadn't noticed their gazes.
Seeing the expressions of the three, Kong Qingshu immediately understood that their relationship hadn't been finalized yet. A thought sparked in her mind, and a hint of slyness flashed in her eyes.
Her reasons for coming this time were twofold. Firstly, she had never been rejected like this before, and her pride was hurt. She wanted to see what kind of beauty Qin Shilei's beloved was.
Secondly, she wanted to witness the prowess of the top expert in Chi Yuan City.
Thirdly, as a daughter of the Kong family, if she could win over Qin Shilei, a master of his caliber, without sacrificing her own happiness, she hoped to do so for the benefit of her family.
Kong Qingshu turned to An Qian and said, "My dear sister An, such a peerless beauty like you, to be able to win your favor is a blessing accumulated over ten thousand lifetimes. If I were that man, I would cherish only you for all eternity."
She paused, then said to Zhang Xiaoli, "My dear sister Zhang is also a beauty rarely seen in this world. You will surely marry a good husband in the future, and you will live a long and loving life together."
Qin Shilei's heart sank when he heard this: "This Kong Qingshu is really troublesome."
She was clearly implying to An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli that since they were so beautiful, any man should cherish only one of them and not be indecisive.
After hearing this, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli looked at Qin Shilei with even more plaintive eyes.
This dense blockhead, he's never made a commitment, is he just stringing us along?
Is he waiting for us to lose control so he can have his dream of having one on each side?
Qin Shilei felt a prickle of unease under their gazes, so he stood up, "I'm going to the rooftop to feed Xiao Qiang. You all chat."
As he walked to the rooftop, he could still faintly hear the sounds of the three women chatting below.
Qin Shilei took out a piece of meat and fed it to Xiao Qiang while pondering his next plan.
Through the past few days of interaction, the members of the two legions had come to largely recognize Qin Shilei and An Qian as their commanders.
The next step was not to consolidate his position as a division commander, but to continue winning over the hearts and minds of the 007 and 018 legions.
Only by completely controlling the troops could he further expand them.
To completely win over the legions, it was a matter of four words: "benevolent and awe-inspiring."
In this doomsday era, being able to eat one's fill was the greatest benevolence. If one's strength could be improved even a little faster, that would be even better.
Qin Shilei had plenty of food in his Qiankun Ring, including hundreds of kilograms of crocodile meat that could increase one's strength upon consumption.
However, Qin Shilei would not give them food for free.
Now that the zombies were counter-attacking, and they couldn't venture across the Chi Yuan River to search for supplies, their stored food would likely be depleted quickly.
When they could no longer bear it, Qin Shilei could then produce the food in the form of a mission or some other guise, and he would surely gain everyone's gratitude.
He could also organize training sessions for everyone to practice their coordination when he had the time.
By spending time together, everyone would be able to identify with him better.
As for awe, besides letting everyone witness his invincible strength, he also needed to find an opportunity to pick on the faults of certain troublemakers, to make an example of them.
While Qin Shilei was lost in thought, an impending crisis was about to descend upon him.
"Have you confirmed the information?" Commander Fan asked calmly.
"Our men saw Qin Shilei return to Chi Yuan Haoting about fifteen minutes ago," his adjutant replied with a nod.
"Good, very good." Commander Fan said coldly, "Immediately order the artillery unit to aim at Chi Yuan Haoting. I want to flatten the place."
The adjutant was greatly alarmed, "Sir, there are over a thousand people there. Once the cannons fire, it will likely cause significant trouble."
Commander Fan said fiercely, "I want all of Qin Shilei's loved ones to be buried with him."
"Isn't he arrogant? I don't believe he can withstand the bombardment of artillery shells."
The thought of his son, whom he would never see again, stoked his rage, which he could no longer suppress.
When he was in the logistics department, the man's eyes clearly conveyed a desire to kill him. Such a madman, how could he be allowed to live?
The adjutant continued to advise, "If we indiscriminately slaughter so many civilians, it is likely to cause a rebellion among the civilian evolvers, and various factions within the military may also take this opportunity to impeach you, Sir."
"Impeach?" Commander Fan scoffed, "What good is impeachment? As long as I hold military power, am I afraid of their impeachment?"