Chapter 468: Eggs

"Sir, the people outside wanted the president. They are starting to throw empty bottles to the stage when they heard that you will talk to them and not the President. I believe it's best that you don't go out there." The head of Xu Jihan's security team whispered. "I already arranged the car, we need to leave this place now."

"When I arrived earlier, everything was good. The protesters were sitting and didn't show any aggressive behavior. What happened?"

"The leaders of the United Farmers Association arrived. I already asked him to have a conversation with you in private, but he refused to talk to anyone else other than the president."

Xu Jihan clicked his tongue, disgust apparent in his gaze. "These peasants really dared to demand such a thing? Did they think they are worthy enough to see the President?" he hissed, his voice turned vicious. "Since they want to talk to the president, then let them wait here for nothing!" He stood. "We are leaving!"

Xu Jihan was really in a terrible mood. These people wanted a piece of land in their names, they wanted lower taxes, and they wanted some monetary help from the country. The entitlement was irritating Xu Jihan. These people didn't dare pay their taxes and yet they want the government to spend all the taxes on them? They can just die for all he cared!

"Sir, these farmers were all in debt from buying their lands and machine used in farming. Then the technology that created AI's that could replace manual labor caused a lot of unemployment and automated oppressions. The use of AI robots that could be used for growing and picking lots deprived a lot of poor farmers. Some were forced to borrow money for those pieces of equipment to have a higher gain with lesser efforts. However, this caused overproduction, and some were forced to throw away their products." The head of the Agriculture department said.

Xu Jihan nodded as they walked towards the car waiting for him. "What can we do about the AI's?" In fact, he actually couldn't do anything about this problem. These people were suffering, but they were suffering because of their own choices.

To Xu Jihan, if one was born poor, that wasn't his fault. But growing up and getting old while still poor is their fault! Disgust was rich in Xu Jihan's eyes as he lowered his head and continued walking. Just as he was about to board the car, someone suddenly threw an egg at him.

"Give us the President!"

"Let the president show himself!"

"Let us talk to the President!"

"We don't need you here! Give us the President!"

"We don't need you here! Give us the President!"

"We don't need you here! Give us the President!"

"Let us talk to the President!"

"Let us talk to the President!"

Xu Jihan immediately tried to wipe the eggs on his hair. "Arrest everyone!" he ordered.

"Yes, sir! Men! Tell everyone to arrest the protesters!"

And chaos ensued.

Xu Jihan had a dark look on his face as he watched the people being dragged by the police officers. Some of them still dared to throw some eggs at his car, some were daring enough to throw some stones, and some were throwing various liquids. "Arrest the media! Do not let them spread what happened here! Let's leave this place!" Xu Jihan said.

"Sir, what are we going to do about the farmers who were arrested? These are just people wanting to— "

"People who wanted to take advantage of the state!" Xu Jihan interrupted the head of the agriculture department's words. "Let them rot in prison! Call for an emergency meeting! I will talk to the other heads."

"But sir, what about the President? All they wanted was an audience. They wanted to see him."

This made Xu Jihan want to kill everyone inside the car. Xu Ke had been busy! He was busy watching Lyca do her experiments! And no matter how much he tried to tell the man that he was becoming obsessed with that woman, he won't listen! "Take me back to the capital! I will talk to him!"

"Yes, sir."

It took him another six hours to arrive in Xu Ke's lab. At this time, the news about the farmers being arrested was already trending on the Internet. And no matter how much Xu Jihan tried to suppress the news, many people were able to record what happened and already spread it to their friends.

The live videos taken by other protesters spread like a wildfire, causing more and more people to complain and denounce Xu Jihan. Many even dared to dig everything related to him and publicly published it in blogs for everyone to see.

But this isn't enough to make Xu Jihan want to explode his anger. What made him so angry was the fact that Xu Ke wasn't showing any concern about the current problem outside of this building. "Did you hear what I said? People wanted to see you! Someone threw an egg at me and now everyone is trying to denounce what I did! They said I was cruel for trying to arrest those poor farmers!"

"I heard," Xu Ke said, his eyes, however, were on the small creature in a vial in his hands. "Look at him. Lyca was able to make it birth. Did you know it could give birth without the presence of the opposite sex in its life? Fascinating… isn't it?"

"You— "

"Jihan… it's fine. Let them talk about you. Let them get angry. Soon, they will forget about it. People are like that. Most of them didn't even know what happened. They just wanted to join the public. They don't really care about those farmers. What they care about are the likes from their posts." Xu Ke smiled and look at him. "Hmm. I have a suggestion. Why don't you stay in this place for a few days? I will help you delete that news. Once people forget, you can leave and tackle the issue again."

"You — You aren't planning to show yourself after everything that happened?" Disbelief was apparent in Xu Jihan's voice.

"The lives of these farmers… doesn't concern me at all. What is more important is the creature that might make us immortal. Ah… see?" Xu Ke showed the vial to Xu Jihan. "I think the creature is looking at me like a child would look at his father, no?"