Of course, the Japanese delegation had already reaped considerable benefits from their time at the research institute. However, without obtaining what they coveted the most, they showed no intentions of leaving. They forced the research group members to work under the guise of assisting with research, with the current workload being several times greater than it had been before.
Although the members of the research group felt extremely fatigued, without Xiao Yifei's presence, they still made no progress on critical areas—a fact that was gratifying in its own right. Nevertheless, such a state of affairs could not persist indefinitely.
After all, the Japanese delegation could extend their stay in Huaxia indefinitely, and under the pretext of providing research assistance, they showed up daily without contributing much, all the while being comfortably accommodated. They might endure this, but the research group simply could not.
"Hmph."
