Clingy! The Sickly but Beautiful and Strong Alpha Is a Loyal Puppy Who Needs Pampering - Chapter 27

Over two hundred people gradually stood up and filed out of the room.

Seizing the moment, Bei Yin glanced down at the little leopard.

She was sitting obediently on a small stool, her slender legs stretched straight across the gap between the stool legs and Bei Yin’s feet, swinging them playfully.

Worried about numbing her, Bei Yin rested her arm lightly on the girl’s lap.

When their eyes met, the little leopard tilted her head and grinned.

That sweet, docile expression made Bei Yin want to feed her something.

She fished a piece of candy from her white coat pocket, unwrapped it, and popped it into the girl’s mouth.

“Mmm… so sweet.”

“You don’t like sweet things?”

“If it’s from you, I love it.”

“Such a sweet talker.” Bei Yin ruffled her hair with both hands, turning it into a messy nest in seconds.

“Because I ate the candy you gave me.”

With her bangs falling over her eyes, Ruanruan closed her left eye and peered at Bei Yin through a slit in her right.

“I’ve been meaning to ask—why do you always wear glasses? Isn’t it inconvenient?”

Indeed, with today’s medical advancements, even blindness or damaged eyeballs could be fixed with artificial replacements, let alone nearsightedness.

Bei Yin smoothed the tousled black hair. “I’m used to them. Without glasses, I always feel like something’s off.”

“Mhm, you look amazing with or without them—more enchanting than the moon.”

Bei Yin arched a brow. “Why so sweet today? What do you want?”

“Nothing, just wanted to praise you.”

Ahem…

At the sound of a deliberate cough, Bei Yin looked up and realized the conference hall had emptied.

Only the seven chiefs remained by the podium, watching them for who knew how long.

Ruan Fei stood up, excusing herself from the private meeting. “I’ll wait outside, sis.”

“Alright.”

Once the door closed, Bei Yin got straight to the point.

“As the sole consultant for the entire army, I’m stretched too thin. I plan to promote one of you as deputy consultant to assist me.”

“Over the next four months, we’ll hold biweekly assessments on expertise and psychological readiness. To be blunt—I don’t care about personal ties, only competence.”

Her phrasing was diplomatic, but the seven caught the underlying message.

In just a few years, she had elevated District 6’s medical standards by leaps and bounds. This wasn’t about needing help—it was about finding her successor before her departure.

A pang of reluctance hit them, yet they knew Bei Yin didn’t belong in District 6. She was meant for greater heights.

As for her merit-based approach, none objected.

In medicine and research, respect was earned through skill, not seniority or connections. Playing favorites would only invite scorn.

Planning ahead and ensuring a smooth transition was simply Bei Yin’s way.

As for Lin Jiaojiao and her genius weapons-designer girlfriend, Bei Yin had already decided—they’d be coming with her.

She continued, “About the memory-transfer technique…”

The seven sighed, cutting her off. “Boss, don’t lower yourself to negotiate with that Smiling Tiger for us. Shen Yasi would never let us learn it, knowing we’d leave afterward.”

“No, I meant inside the VR game…”

Their eyes lit up—of course!

The VR environment could perfectly replicate real-world settings. Creating a virtual lab would be child’s play.

Once they clocked out and shut their doors at home, who’d know what they were up to? Did Shen Yasi have eyes everywhere?

“Starting after the major inspection—just giving you all a heads-up—Jiaojiao’s girlfriend is still secretly working on the gaming helmets.” Bei Yin winked. “Let’s keep this between us.”

The seven of them nodded gratefully.

Truth be told, they hadn’t helped Sister Bei much.

Back when she first arrived at the military hospital, they had simply offered her a warm smile and a bit of kindness.

Yet she had held onto that memory until now.

Without further conversation, the seven left the meeting hall and returned to their respective fleets to prepare for the 10 a.m. inspection of the First Unit.

District 6, including officers and soldiers, had a total of 709 Alphas.

Over the next few days, they would undergo systematic examinations in batches at the Eighth Fleet’s medical facility.

On the first day, psychological evaluations and basic physical tests would be conducted for everyone.

Lin Jiaojiao had already distributed the information to all 700-plus individuals in advance.

Bei Yin didn’t need to prepare much, and with time to spare before 10 a.m., she took care of personal matters in the meeting hall after handling official business.

Just as Ruan Fei walked in, she saw Bei Yin taking out a communication device that worked across the universe.

She pulled up a high stool and sat silently beside her, quietly observing the flat metal box on the table, no larger than a palm.

Soon, with a “buzz,” a lifelike holographic head appeared above the small box.

It was a gray-skinned alien with four eyes and an inverted triangular head, sporting a scruffy, unkempt beard.

The moment he recognized Bei Yin, Aster excitedly shouted in broken Blue Planet language: “Ah! Second-in-Command!!”

Ruan Fei froze, pulling her cap down.

Hearing the title “Second-in-Command,” her dark pupils flickered with surprise.

Bei Yin, however, just sighed internally at the mention of those words.

She had never contacted Aster proactively, so he was beyond thrilled, his words firing off like rapid energy blasts.

Unable to contain her curiosity, Ruan Fei asked, “Sis, what’s your relationship with him?”

Bei Yin turned slightly, covering her mouth with her hand. “I treated him once.”

To be precise, Bei Yin had saved Aster’s life.

Last year, after two straight months of work, she finally took a break and traveled to a planet with Beilin for vacation.

At noon the next day, she happened to see a four- or five-year-old alien girl crying and begging passersby to save her unconscious father.

But the alien tourists merely glanced and walked away.

Moved by the child’s desperate sobs, Bei Yin stepped forward.

Together with Beilin, she took the girl’s father to the planet’s emergency station and stayed with the girl while they ran tests.

The results showed he was an Asterian—a species with five hearts.

One of his hearts had already necrotized, and the dead cells were rapidly infecting the others.

The emergency station lacked the resources for major surgery.

Moreover, given the Asterian’s special status, failing to save him would bring a host of complications.

None of the doctors wanted to take responsibility.

At first, Bei Yin naturally wanted no part of the trouble either.

But then the little girl’s gray skin streaked with red tears as she spoke through a translator:

“I’m sorry, sister… I peeked into your mind. I know you’re a very skilled doctor from Blue Planet. Please, save my dad…”

In the end, her doctor’s compassion won out.

Using the station’s limited equipment, she first froze the necrotic cells, then extracted and artificially replicated an Asterian heart.

After five hours of surgery, she saved the little girl’s father.

Later, Bei Yin learned that the alien she had saved was actually the leader of the Asterians.

After recovering, Aster brought his wife and children and persistently followed her around, insisting that she and her mother immigrate to Aster.

Only after being rejected twenty times did he reluctantly give up, instead bestowing upon her the title of “Second-in-Command”—equivalent to the deputy leader of the Asterians.

Bei Yin tried to refuse over a hundred times but failed, eventually giving up the struggle.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, she never mentioned it to anyone.

Aster also respected her wishes and never disclosed their relationship to the people of Blue Star.

At the same time, he spent a fortune bribing the aliens at the rescue station to seal all information.

Bei Yin summarized it all in a few words, then glanced at Aster, who was still talking, and said to Ruan Fei, “It’s just an empty title—nothing more than a useless honorary position.”