CHAPTER 602: CHAPTER 368, LICK VICIOUSLY!_2

"Security Department, guns at the ready," Zhao Zhenji echoed loudly.

Rustle...

The security personnel, who had been forming a human wall at the entrance of the Monitoring Bureau, immediately raised their guns and aimed at the Personal Guard members being attacked.

"Three..." Tang Fei shouted.

No one responded.

The fight continued.

"Two..."

Seeing that the Monitoring Bureau was getting serious, Chen Ping, who was fighting with two inspectors, grew anxious.

He knew this kid would really dare to shoot.

With a punch that sent two men flying, he yelled, "Stop... everyone stop..."

Shen Yan understood what Tang Fei was thinking and shouted loudly, "Get down... hands on your head and squat on the ground..."

"Get down... hands on your head and squat on the ground..."

The other five inspectors roared in unison, their voices thundering.

Zhang Jinhai, hearing Chen Ping’s order, also shouted, "Stop fighting... stop the damn fighting... you’re going to get shot..."

After speaking, he was the first to lead by example and squat down.

With someone taking the lead, the others also ceased fighting and mimicked the action, hugging their heads and squatting down.

They wanted to stand up for the General and were willing to die for him.

But now that the team leader and the deputy leader had ordered a stop...

So they stopped.

Where did they have the time to think about those complicated issues? They couldn’t even consider them.

Despite the frustration in their hearts, what exactly were they doing here?

They took a beating, and the deputy leader, Wang Chao, got killed...

Now, they had to hug their heads and squat on the ground with guns pointed at them.

What would happen next?

Suddenly, they realized that their fate was no longer in their own hands.

Once all the members of the Personal Guard had their heads in their hands and were squatting down, Tang Fei turned to Zhao Zhenji and said, "Mr. Zhao, the rest is up to you... It’s your call whether to lock them up for interrogation or to let them go."

"Mr. Tang, this is up to you to handle. After all, the boss has given you full authority..." Zhao Zhenji tried to shirk responsibility again.

"Mr. Zhao, you also heard that the boss wants me to go straight to his office to see him," Tang Fei said with a wry smile, "A scolding is inevitable."

"Then take this official seal... and I’ll follow your instructions," Zhao Zhenji stubbornly refused to take the ’hot potato.’

It was only because he saw that Tang Fei was favored and might even become the Prince Consort that he tolerated this passing of the buck from another department. He would’ve lost his temper long ago otherwise.

Who does things like that?

Tang Fei looked at Zhao Zhenji and said, "Better to take them back for questioning... such a big incident, if we just let them go and the superiors ask, it’s hard for us to explain, don’t you think?"

"Fine, I’ll follow Mr. Tang’s lead." Zhao Zhenji nodded repeatedly.

He was a full director, while Tang Fei was just a deputy director, technically half a rank above Tang Fei.

Yet, he was acting like a subordinate to Tang Fei.

"Then shall I head upstairs now?" Tang Fei asked.

"Go ahead, don’t make the boss wait," Zhao Zhenji said with a cheerful smile.

Once Tang Fei left, Zhao Zhenji turned around and shouted, "Take them all away..."

He didn’t want to offend the Qin Family and the Flame-Bathed Legion, so he held back from saying anything offensive.

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Tang Fei looked at his reflection in the elevator mirror and, noticing his clothes were too tidy, he undid a few buttons and removed his cap, holding it in his hand while deliberately messing up his hair to look more disheveled and casual.

Satisfied, he stepped out of the elevator and strode towards the boss’s office.

He knocked on the door of the boss’s office and, upon hearing "Get in here!" from inside, Tang Fei hurriedly pushed the door open.

"Boss, you wanted to see me?"

Yan Wenli sat behind a huge solid wood desk, looking lean, gaunt, and short.

Many from New Star liked to use high-tech materials or Moon Gold Stone for their desks, but Yan Wenli was clearly a very retro person, still choosing the redwood furniture that had once been very popular on Blue Star.

Yan Wenli eyed Tang Fei and asked, "Is it taken care of?"

"It’s taken care of," Tang Fei responded, "Director Zhao Zhenji is wrapping things up..."

"Very capable at work, eh."

"It’s all thanks to your excellent leadership, boss, and the brothers’ willingness to cooperate..."

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Yan Wenli’s mouth as he said, "So capable at work, and yet when faced with such a situation... how did it escalate to the point of chopping off heads?"

"..."

Turns out the old man wasn’t really praising him, but had set a trap waiting for him.

Tang Fei knew he couldn’t show any sign of weakness at this moment; he had to provide a plausible and justified reason.

"Boss, the situation was incredibly dangerous at the time..."

Tang Fei fearlessly met Yan Wenli’s gaze, his expression serious and earnest with even a faint hint of grievance that could be perceived as he said, "I was trying my best to persuade them to disperse when a deputy leader suddenly drew a gun and held it to my head."

"I didn’t expect them to go that far, I was completely unprepared... I tried to advise him, hoping he would calm down."

"But his emotions only grew more agitated, and I was scared... scared that the gun in his hand would go off by accident..."

"So, you cut off his head with a single stroke?"

"Boss, it was a sword I used," Tang Fei corrected.

"..."

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Finally, Yan Wenli said, "Tang Fei, did you know? In thirty years, you’re the first person to dare chop off a head at the entrance of the Monitoring Bureau."

"Really?" Tang Fei asked with a tone of surprise, "Did everyone else lure them inside to kill them?"

"Tang Fei, be serious," Yan Wenli scolded sharply.