But when Xie Yuan came out of the infirmary and was about to board the elevator, Shepard suddenly came to his side and nodded to him sincerely: "Thank you!"
"Thank me for what?" Xie Yuan looked stunned.
"Thank you for not holding a grudge against Dr. Jakovos." Shepard's expression was very grateful, "I know that it was that report that caused you misery."
"This is not her responsibility, Shepard, she doesn't know it now, and she couldn't have known it then."
Xie Yuan can still see clearly this big issue of right and wrong: "The main responsibility lies with Cerberus. They set a trap to let me fall into it step by step. They hope that I will become their loyal warrior."
In fact, the biggest problem is Star United. If Star United did not discriminate against Asians, Leng Kai might not have been charged with inexplicably after entering N7 midway.
And I will not be stuck for several years without being able to upgrade, and I will have to follow Shepard's words of "taking credit in exchange for benefits." In the end, I will have to go through a catastrophe and live quietly on Yidian Prime.
"And...it's a blessing in disguise, but it's not a blessing." Xie Yuan patted his chest and said proudly, "The failure in officialdom also forced me to spend more energy on cultivation.
If I had been able to make rapid progress in my career back then, maybe I wouldn't have known how panicked I would have been when I learned about this world-ending crisis!"
In fact, this is also an excuse. If you can really be high-spirited, who wouldn't want to lie drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman and gain power over the world!
It’s just to reassure Shepard!
There was something Shepard didn't understand, but Xie Yuan was thankful that it wasn't exposed.
Psychopathy, this strange special function is more intimidating than powerful power.
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After experiencing one or two interactions, Xie Yuan would sometimes chat with the two aliens he met for the first time, Lex and Galax.
Unfortunately, due to the racial grievances between the two races in the past, Galax and Lex basically did not appear in the same position.
Navigation can sometimes be boring. For example, Shepard recently received a mission to go to the moon base to do something, but she was obviously not allowed to participate in it - she could only take Ashley and
Kayden.
So today Xie Yuan can only drink medicinal wine with Lex - such as Wudu wine and Wujiapi wine.
The source of the wine came from a time when he landed in the Citadel. Shepard went to various places in the Citadel to return favors, and Xie Yuan bought a few bottles at the Asian Style Street next to the hotel.
Five Poison Wine is made by soaking 6 grams each of cantharides, camphor, and 6 whole scorpions and centipedes in wine.
Wujiapi wine is based on liquor or sorghum wine, and is soaked with Chinese medicinal materials such as Wujiapi, ginseng, cinnamon, tangerine peel, Poria, Chuanxiong, angelica, Atractylodes, and Rehmannia glutinosa.
The former is strong and stimulating; the latter is warm and has great staying power.
The other wines in Lex were not flavorful enough, but the Five Poisons wine still had some shadow of the krogan alcoholic beverages.
As for Wujiapi wine, it is for himself. To be honest, if Lex doesn’t even care about Wujiapi wine, Xie Yuan will just buy industrial alcohol next time.
The good thing about Lex is that he doesn't talk too much. He won't ask you where the wine comes from, nor will he tell others that he has wine here.
The two of them would sometimes go to a cargo hold connection, take a sip or two, and then talk slowly.
Xie Yuan would tell some interesting stories about fighting pirates in the past, or the humanistic customs of Earth's culture. Lex discussed more about personal mercenary missions, and there were very few stories about Krogan's home planet Tutsenka.
It can be seen that Lex really loves his hometown... to the point of despair.
Rex can drink potion, but Galath cannot. The Turians' constitution of right-handed amino acids is not suitable for any food of left-handed amino acid organisms.
Moreover, Galax was a little annoyed with Xie Yuan - his sudden appearance and super force at that time shocked him.
But there is a saying that goes well, if you want to capture a man’s heart, you have to capture his stomach!
When Xie Yuan found that it was impossible for him to leave the ship for the time being, he chose to help cook in the military kitchen.
Most people may not believe it, but the food on board the Normandy was so miserable.
For this reason, the blame must be placed on Citadel.
The predecessors of the Star Alliance Navy, whether from the Star Alliance or Pan-Asia, had rich fleet food science, so ships coming out of major shipyards in the solar system basically have a stable food supply system.
But after the Normandy left the Star Alliance sequence and became a ghost vehicle under the Citadel Council, things began to change.
Nothing else has changed, except that the food supply in the kitchen has begun to change a bit.
Because according to the rules, after the Normandy is assigned to the Parliament, the Star Alliance can't make any other arrangements for it - it can't even fund supplies.
The only way is to open an account under Shepard, and then transfer a large sum of money to Shepard from time to time for his operational expenses and starship maintenance expenses.
Who is in charge of this maintenance fee? The navigator and first mate, Presley, will allocate funds as appropriate.
Part of the money will be used for the fuel and maintenance costs of the starship, part of it will be used for the personnel management of the starship, that is, salary, and the last part will be divided into half to the quartermaster for equipment purchase expenses, and finally it will be allocated to food.
This money is actually very generous, but the problem is that there are some things that money cannot buy, such as food supplies.
The medical supplies are okay and can be used throughout the Citadel. As an epoch-making invention, medical glue can be used by anyone.
But food is a big problem: to avoid suspicion, supplies cannot be purchased from the Star Alliance, otherwise they can only be purchased from a few food companies designated by the Citadel.
But the problem is that these food companies can only provide food for the Asari and Salarian people. Although they are all food made from L-amino acid organisms, they have never made food suitable for humans!
Therefore, basically all the crew members who ate the food complained about it, so Liana probably ate it with gusto.
Shepard's idea is to go to high-end entertainment venues and place orders at high prices so that they can purchase food that suits human tastes.
Xie Yuan felt that there was no need to pay such a high price for this. If he had to worry about avoiding suspicion when buying from Starlink, why not try to buy it from Pan Asia?
Because the Citadel is not unaware of the grievances between Star Alliance and Pan Asia.
Although it is not uncommon to do business with secret opponents, Presley is still a little afraid of the impact on the entire ship if things are revealed.
Shepard actually thinks this is a good idea. You don't know how expensive food and fuel are, so the financial subsidy given by Star Alliance is actually quite generous.
But if more money is used to purchase food, then there is only one place within your control that can be used to misappropriate funds - the procurement funds of the Munitions Department.
But this is absolutely impossible for Shepard to accept - she can accept poor food, but if the weapons are not good, it will kill her!
So she simply asked Xie Yuan to participate in this matter with a stroke of her pen, and Xie Yuan, who had received the authorization, immediately ran to discuss this matter with Ban Qian.
The class manager agreed to lead the way, and a human food company that happened to be qualified connected with Xie Yuan.
As a result, most of the human crew's food supply came from here. After all the funds were collected, there was still a lot of money left.
Xie Yuan simply left some remaining funds as working capital and handed it all over to the official in charge of procurement, eliminating the unhappiness of his previous resignation from Dio.
At the same time, he was also responsible for purchasing part of the food for the alien staff on the ship. Xie Yuan took this opportunity to ask him to help improve the level of food provided to them.
This kind of thing can't be hidden from people who are willing to do it, and Gallas, who got the benefits, slowly began to chat with Xie Yuan, and the relationship eased a lot.
However, the days of working as a handyman on the ship were short-lived. After the Normandy completed a series of tasks caused by the Citadel's favors, Xie Yuan was suddenly appointed by Shepard.