Although Ye Liuyun didn’t finish his sentence, Dong Tianyu had already grasped the meaning behind his words.

"A leopard can’t change its spots, her joining the logistics department is just like a mouse entering a granary. Now she’s working obediently, probably to understand the workflow of the logistics department. I guess once she gets a grip on all the work, she might make a bold move."

After hearing Dong Tianyu’s speculation, Ye Liuyun pondered for a moment before tentatively asking Dong Tianyu, "Do you think we should warn Rylan in advance, or wait until the waters are muddied to snatch our opportunity to take advantage of him?"

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun’s words, Dong Tianyu gave him a contemptuous look, "Are you trying to test me? Talking about taking advantage when things get chaotic, Old Ye would probably serve you up a genuine leather-belt stir-fry if he heard you say that."

Heard by Dong Tianyu’s piercing through his probing, Ye Liuyun neither admitted nor denied, but continued to say, "So should we directly warn Rylan?"

At that moment, Dong Tianyu did not give a straight answer but instead asked Ye Liuyun in return, "What’s the relationship between you two like?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s counter-question, Ye Liuyun was full of confusion, "What do you mean, how is our relationship? It’s quite good."

After hearing Ye Liuyun’s answer, Dong Tianyu sighed helplessly and then said, "Setting that aside for now, what about her appearance?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Hearing Dong Tianyu ask this, Ye Liuyun, although puzzled, still honestly replied, "She’s curvy, well-proportioned, and extremely stunning. Otherwise, Yara wouldn’t have just glanced at her from afar and come up with the excuse of helping us get revenge to capture her.

When he offered to help, his expression alone let me guess that his intention was anything but pure. He was definitely struck by her beauty and just hadn’t found the right excuse.

Upon hearing that I had been duped by her, he took the initiative to propose catching her, probably just looking for any excuse to get her into his own hands.

If she really were captured by Yara, at most he would probably just apologize to me, and as for actual compensation, I guess it wouldn’t even be worth considering."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu didn’t expect that he had already understood Yara’s thoughts at the time, and even more so that he had gone with the flow and agreed to Yara’s offer to help.

"Since you’ve admitted she’s beautiful, then whose influence do you think she used to enter the logistics department this time?"

Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s further inquiry, Ye Liuyun immediately realized the implication behind Dong Tianyu’s words.

The current number of managers in the government functional departments isn’t actually that high, and there are mainly two reasons for this.

Firstly, the positions within the government are no longer as idle as they were before the calamity, with many of them being extremely busy. Not only has work become busier, but the benefits have not seen any significant increase.

Secondly, this problem is somewhat related to the first. Since the Martial Path prevails and there is now no such thing as an inability to cultivate, most people, despite having poor talent for cultivation, can still feel their physical quality improving continuously as long as they focus on their training. Thus, most people prefer to cultivate when they have time.

Because of the small number of people, the management often needs to hold multiple positions. Although it seems like their power has increased, in reality, they lose precious cultivation time, which is why many do not wish to join the lower ranks of the government.

The "iron rice bowl" of today can only ensure a full stomach, and to acquire the resources necessary for cultivation amidst busy working hours, they can only depend on small bribes to get by.

The most important point is that, before the consolidation of camps, most people were related in some way or another, and most could bypass the grass-roots level by finding connections with the middle or upper level directly.

So many grass-roots jobs, though seemingly powerful, are actually ungrateful tasks, which is why such a shortage of people has arisen.

However, even with the shortage of staff at the base level, it’s easy to leave, but very difficult to get in.

No matter through what connections Butterfly entered the logistics department, the final decision to bring her on board was definitely made by Rylan.

Given Butterfly’s looks, if Rylan didn’t have some ideas about her, nobody would believe it.

Forget about boxing; regardless of gender, being good-looking always offers a natural advantage at any time.

"No matter what her purpose is for entering the logistics department, Rylan is a hurdle she can’t get around. You should understand her methods. Now that she’s already in, Rylan is probably already charmed by her."

If you go now to find Rylan, aside from alarming the enemy, you probably won’t achieve much else, especially since you don’t have any solid evidence of her past activities."

If she gets too cornered, she’ll simply turn around and claim you were trying to blackmail her, that she didn’t agree, and that’s why you kept troubling her.

"Guess who they’ll believe more at that time, you or her."

Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s words, Ye Liuyun also felt somewhat helpless, "So what do we do? Should we go to Rylan?"

"Without evidence in your hands, it’s pointless to go to anyone.

And now Rylan has grown into an independent adult, if you go complaining to the parents, even if you’re in the right, Rylan would resent you once he finds out."

After listening to Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun fell silent. After a while, Ye Liuyun suddenly looked up and saw a smile on Dong Tianyu’s face, and immediately felt played by him, thus pretending to be angry, he said:

"Looks like you have a plan in mind, just spit it out. Why keep undermining me."

Hearing Ye Liuyun’s words, Dong Tianyu didn’t continue to tease Ye Liuyun’s appetite and directly shared his thoughts:

"You’ve been thinking too highly of Rylan just now. Although Rylan surely has designs on her, I reckon Rylan is just horny.

If you directly tell Rylan there’s a problem with her, I fear she’ll manipulate him with pillow talk, which might drive a wedge between you and Rylan.

But if you give Rylan an excuse to make her his secret indulgence, I bet Rylan wouldn’t distance himself from you; in fact, it might even deepen your relationship."

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s suggestion, Ye Liuyun let out a somewhat despondent sigh, lamenting with regret, "A secret indulgence, eh~"

Seeing the dejected look on Ye Liuyun’s face, Dong Tianyu asked with some disbelief, "You’ve fallen for her too?"

When Dong Tianyu asked this, Ye Liuyun didn’t hide the truth from Dong Tianyu and simply nodded.

"I do have some thoughts, indeed."

After Ye Liuyun admitted it, Dong Tianyu posed another question, "Just for fun, or ~?"

Although he didn’t finish the sentence, both understood what was implied.

"It hasn’t reached the point of ’can’t live without her,’ but it’s definitely not just for fun."

Hearing what Ye Liuyun said, Dong Tianyu mocked with a ’tch tch tch,’ "Wow, wow, wow, I never thought our young master Ye could have such a tender side.

Counting that time in Kyoto, she’s tricked you twice now. What’s the deal? Addicted to being mistreated, are you? Is this what they call Stockholm syndrome?"

Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s taunts, Ye Liuyun wasn’t particularly angry but heaved a sigh of resignation.

Seeing Ye Liuyun’s listless demeanor, Dong Tianyu stopped his mocking and instead, made a very serious suggestion, "She’s probably just good at deceiving people. If you’re really into her, just have someone kidnap her.

It’s different now than it was in Kyoto. If she was able to run away there, it was likely because she got wind of Yara inquiring about her in advance.

But now in Pengcheng, she’s probably not as vigilant. If you’re really into her, just have someone snatch her cleanly and quickly.

Not to sound crude, but with your temperament, you’ll probably be bored of her in at most two months. By the third month, you probably won’t even last that long. We can decide how to deal with her then.

Although we don’t have solid proof, we’re well aware that she’s a con artist, and entering the logistics department this time, she’s likely eyeing the stuff in the camp’s storehouse, thinking about pulling off a big heist.

If we really let her succeed, it will be troublesome for us later on. We don’t need to go easy on people like her."