Bai Qianqian, thinking Zhou Yan did not believe Bai Ye, immediately stood up angrily and threw herself into Bai Ye’s arms: "Daddy!"
Zhou Yan knew him and was aware that he was Fang Yuxin’s son. So, when he saw Bai Qianqian call Bai Ye ’Daddy,’ he was stunned and his gaze instinctively shifted to Qiu Yiming, and sure enough, he saw Qiu Yiming’s face turn livid, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
It was no wonder he was so shocked, the information was overwhelming! He remembered that Fang Yuxin was clearly Qiu Yiming’s fiancee, yet now she had a son with Bai Ye, and Qiu Yiming had even tried to kidnap Bai Qianqian, and almost killed him—this... this matter was really...
He felt like he was watching a melodramatic prime-time drama!
He suddenly felt sympathy for Qiu Yiming. It was obvious that the man had feelings for Fang Yuxin, yet before the wedding could take place, the beauty had already had another man’s child, a situation no man could tolerate!
Not knowing the details, his feelings for Fang Yuxin became complex after learning of this matter. Being a man himself, he could very much empathize with Qiu Yiming’s situation. Initially, he had a great admiration for Fang Yuxin, feeling that this woman was commendable both in ability and temperament.
However, after learning about this matter, he felt that Fang Yuxin had gone too far. After all, she was Qiu Yiming’s fiancee, what was she doing having another man’s child?
He then suddenly felt that something was amiss. Considering Bai Qianqian’s age, he must be at least five years old, indicating that Fang Yuxin must have been pregnant with him six years ago. Back then, she was just in her freshman year of college, wasn’t she? And she wasn’t engaged to Qiu Yiming. Even so, when she later got engaged to Qiu Yiming, she shouldn’t have kept this from him. From Zhou Yan’s perspective as a man, Fang Yuxin’s actions seemed somewhat deceitful.
But after all, this was other people’s private business. Even if Fang Yuxin had failed in this aspect, she remained a savior who had once saved his battle buddy. Zhou Yan was very clear about this, so he quickly suppressed the slight dissatisfaction he felt toward Fang Yuxin and said to Bai Ye, "Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, the fact that you attacked Major Qiu in front of everyone just now is true, and you should be punished by the Safe Zone."
Bai Ye did not argue but instead asked directly, "What punishment?"
Zhou Yan said, "Clear ten thousand low-level zombies, one high-level zombie can count as two low-level zombies, and one mutant zombie can count as five low-level zombies. The punishment will end when you complete this task. You cannot earn credit points or Contribution Values until the task is complete."
Such a punishment did not concern Bai Ye; clearing ten thousand low-level zombies was merely a matter of time for him. He asked, "How will the number of zombies killed be calculated?"
Zhou Yan, surprised that he did not object, was even more certain of Bai Ye’s strength and appreciated him a bit more, quickly replying, "Using the Zombie Crystal Cores as the basis for calculation. But rest assured, the Crystal Cores are merely for counting and will not be confiscated."
Bai Ye nodded, considering this approach to be fair. Although not every zombie’s brain contained a Crystal Core, and using it as a metric might be at a slight loss, most low-level zombies’ brains now had Crystal Cores. The loss wasn’t significant, and Crystal Cores were easy to transport, far better than having him bring back parts of zombies as proof.
Thus, he had no objections and agreed right away, "That’s fine, but I have a question. What if Major Qiu seeks revenge after this?"
Zhou Yan, liking Bai Ye, did not feel impatient and patiently explained, "Don’t worry, Major Qiu will also receive due punishment for today’s event, but since he was on the defensive, the punishment will not be as severe as yours. In the future, if Major Qiu seeks revenge and it’s discovered, the Safe Zone will not cover for him!"
Bai Ye understood his implication, meaning if Qiu Yiming retaliated against him and it was discovered, he would be punished; however, if it went unnoticed, naturally no one would interfere.
As for this so-called ’discovery,’ there naturally were ways around it.
Just like the incident that had just occurred, because it happened in front of everyone, Zhou Yan couldn’t possibly protect Qiu Yiming, but if Qiu Yiming retaliated privately against him and it was unseen, even if the military’s top brass knew, they would probably pretend to be unaware of anything.