He chuckled at her words, "How can you compare yourself to him? Your individual abilities are of no use to me.
Officer Guan's strength benefits all of G Province."
Xu Qian raised an eyebrow. Guan Weiyun had a good reputation.
The two walked up the stairs to the top floor, which was Ji Haoyan's office.
It was very simple, with mottled walls, a renovation of an old building.
There was a desk, a large sofa, and a room inside, and nothing else.
"Sit down, I'll pour you some tea."
As he poured, he kept mumbling about Officer Guan, "Don't you know Officer Guan well enough? If you knew him, you'd realize he's a good person. He genuinely cares about G Province."
Xu Qian didn't want to go back and deal with Guan Weiyun, and now talking about him outside was giving her a headache.
She had realized, however, that this man was a chatterbox.
He wasn't as difficult to get along with as he appeared, which explained why those people weren't afraid of him.
"I'll look into what you said. Your place is too simple; let me add some things for you."
Perhaps after talking for a while, Ji Haoyan felt Xu Qian was easy to get along with and relaxed considerably, directly refusing,
"No need. I'm the only man living here; why would it need to be so fancy?"
"How can that be?" Xu Qian said, searching through her spatial storage. "You're the leader of the Xihu Base; if your place is this run-down, who will still recognize you as their leader?"
Ji Haoyan: ... That made some sense.
With a thought, a brand new red clay wooden desk appeared before him, much more imposing than the old, broken one.
She also equipped him with a set of bookshelves, a dining table, a television, a sofa, and inside, a bed, a wardrobe, and so on.
Ji Haoyan's jaw dropped, and his favorability rating shot up.
Xu Qian watched his friendship level rise directly to 23. If she could equip the people in their base with a nicer set of furnishings, it should be enough.
Ji Haoyan felt no embarrassment; after all, he owed her a lot and would repay it all later.
Seizing the opportunity, Xu Qian suggested upgrading the furniture for everyone in their base.
This time, Ji Haoyan felt truly embarrassed. He could manage for himself, but with over a thousand people in the base, the amount of items needed would be immense.
Xu Qian didn't care at all, saying calmly, "I need to free up space in my inventory anyway. It's just sitting there, so it might as well be useful to you all."
She indeed had a lot of furniture in her space, having visited countless large malls, not to mention the items from the Aimeng Group, all piled up in her space for a long time.
These items were of little use to her.
Next, Xu Qian proceeded to furnish the entire base, floor by floor.
In reality, most of their furniture was still in good condition, but generally, five to six people shared a room, and there weren't enough beds.
Xu Qian provided several beds for each room. After going through it all, her spatial inventory lost 20% of its beds.
Ji Haoyan's favorability level was maxed out. He even teared up, grabbing her and insisting on treating her to the best meal.
Since the favorability was complete, Xu Qian naturally wouldn't linger. She quickly used the opportunity to say she had urgent matters and had to leave.
Ji Haoyan personally escorted her out, waving a small handkerchief, afraid she might never return.
A large batch of furniture had completely won over this influential figure.
Xu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, finally having sorted out one person.
According to the system's notification, five had been completed, leaving five more.
She picked up the familiar mission white paper and took a look. The four-star missions no longer involved collecting resources; they were mostly combat-oriented.
This one was a multi-person mission that Xu Qian had randomly chosen. Killing a mutated human yielded 800 points, which could be exchanged for the spoils.
The information stated that mutated humans had recently appeared in various parts of G Province, which was why the Hope Base had issued advanced missions...