Chapter 631: Chapter 384, Wait Another 3 Minutes Before Flipping the Table! _2

“I was utterly shocked and numbed…” Tang Fei forced a bitter smile and said, “I never imagined that a small fry like me would catch the Military Minister’s eye. It’s like my ancestors are puffing green smoke from their graves.”

“Is that truly what you think?”

“Indeed, that’s what I think.”

“Since that’s the case, you should do a good job. Maybe you could even get into the Military Minister’s good graces… In that case, your prospects would be limitless.”

Tang Fei quickly objected, saying, “I can’t serve two masters or be loyal to two lords… I was personally promoted by the director. I am the director’s man in life and his man in death.”

“The director says how things should be done, and when he says no, we don’t do it. No matter how high up the Military Minister is, my loyalty is devoted only to the director.”

“Director, if you say no… then I won’t go. Let’s turn down that collaboration invitation right now…”

Yan Wenli remained silent for a long time.

Tang Fei picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass of Whiskey. He said, “You don’t need to be too touched, director. I keep all the good you’ve done for me in my heart…”

“Last time, if you hadn’t spoken up for me, Tang Shengyan could have beaten me to death with one punch. You’re my lifesaver, and all this is just my duty.”

“It’s not that I’m touched.” Yan Wenli shook his head, looking at Tang Fei in disbelief, and asked, “How can you say such shameless things? Don’t you feel ashamed?”

“I do feel ashamed.” Tang Fei nodded earnestly. “But I can overcome it… I’m afraid that if I don’t say it, the director wouldn’t know.”

Yan Wenli sighed deeply and said, “Now I understand why even the Princess looks at you differently. You have quite the way with words, making everyone comfortable.”

“…”

Tang Fei thought Yan Wenli was shamelessly teasing him.

And he had proof.

“Alright, that settles it.” Yan Wenli decisively said, “Since the Military Minister mentioned your name, I can’t just ignore his wishes. It’s common for two departments to work on a case together.”

“Besides, you’re quite familiar with the Lu Family… whether it’s love or hate, you can handle it well…”

“Yes.” Tang Fei straightened his spine and said earnestly, “I guarantee to complete the task.”

Yan Wenli was very satisfied with Tang Fei’s attitude. He pointed at the drinks on the table and said, “Drink up, then go do your work… Such good Whiskey, don’t waste it.”

Tang Fei picked up his glass from the table and smiled, “To you, director. It’s only here with you that I get to drink such fine Whiskey…”

Yan Wenli gave him a cold glance and said, “You think I don’t know? You’re as comfortable in Phoenix Pavilion as if it were your own home. No matter how good my drinks here… aren’t they just leaks from the palace?”

“Director, don’t misunderstand, my relationship with the Princess is completely innocent, the purest kind of friendship in the world…”

“Is that so? When you were injured, she came running over to demand people. I remember her eyes very well.”

“How could I possibly deceive you, director? If there had been anything between us… the Princess wouldn’t have come to you in public to demand people, right? Only those with nothing to hide can remain fearless.”

“The way you explain things… sounds reasonable at first but is actually nonsensical.”

Yan Wenli could reach his position today because of his ability to discern the times and read people’s hearts.

If there was nothing going on between Tang Fei and the Little Princess of the Royal Family…

He’d be willing to write his name backwards.

That burning, definitive passion was expressed clearly with just a look.

What a fatal attraction!

“Director….”

Yan Wenli waved his hand, interrupting him, “Enough, enough, no more explanations. Use your slick words on someone else, don’t waste them on me.”

“It doesn’t matter who you’re with. Whether it’s the Princess or a commoner… Just handle the task well for me, and I will approve.”

“Yes, director.”

“Go now, go report to Director Guo Nu at the Security Bureau.”

“Guo Nu? Director, with a name like that… is this director difficult to get along with?”

Yan Wenli’s eyes widened, countering, “Your name is Tang Fei… Hey, you might actually have a point. A name really can reflect a person’s nature, can’t it?”

“… Director, you’ve never really talked about money with people, have you?”

“Get lost.”

“Alright then.”

Waiting until Tang Fei put down his glass, nodded, bowed, and “rolled” out, Yan Wenli gazed at the tightly closed wooden door of the office and sighed softly.

“It’s a good seedling.”

“What a pity!”

He picked up his glass and drained the alcohol in one gulp.

Security Bureau.

It was Tang Fei’s first visit to this place. Led by a young military officer, a group of them arrived in the conference room and waited.

“Director Tang, please wait a moment, our director is in a meeting and will come to see you soon,” the young officer said.

“Okay, thank you,” Tang Fei nodded.

“Would Director Tang like something to drink?”

“No need,” Tang Fei declined.

What if these people poisoned the drink?

Even though the possibility was very small, he still needed to be security conscious.

He didn’t trust these people, just as they didn’t trust him.

“Alright. I’ll go get the director,” the young officer replied and then turned and left.

Tang Fei looked to his trusted subordinates from the Monitoring Bureau and said, “Sit down and take a break, no need to stand.”

“Yes,” they all responded.

Shen Yan sat next to Tang Fei and whispered, “The Security Bureau and our Monitoring Bureau don’t get along, they’ve often tripped us up. I’m afraid they’re up to no good this time.”

“Good things coming our way?” Tang Fei said with a smile.

“Why did you agree then?”

“Could I have said no? It was approved by the chief… What’s our rank? And theirs?”

“The chief wouldn’t have any reason to help them.”

“We’ll play it by ear,” Tang Fei instructed, “Meet force with force, water with earth. No matter what, they aren’t going to use us as targets.”

“They want to eat steak and have us clean the pot too… that’s not happening.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Five minutes passed, then ten minutes.

Half an hour had passed.

Director Guo Nu still hadn’t arrived, and even the young officer who had initially greeted them had disappeared.

“I’ll go ask,” Shen Yan said.

Tang Fei nodded.

Shen Yan opened the conference room door, stopped a passing officer, and asked, “Excuse me, do you know where Director Guo Nu is?”

The officer glanced at Shen Yan’s Monitoring Bureau uniform, his expression filled with disdain, and retorted, “Who are you to just ask to see our director?”

“We are from the Monitoring Bureau, your director invited us here to cooperate…”

“I don’t know about that, you find who invited you.”

The officer replied impatiently, leaving Shen Yan with a cold back.

Shen Yan walked back into the conference room with a gloomy expression and said, “They are unwilling to say where the director is… their attitude is very unfriendly…”

Although he had anticipated this scenario, living through it still made him feel stifled.

Tang Fei looked at his watch and said, “Wait three more minutes.”

“Then we leave after three more minutes?”

“No, in three more minutes we flip the table,” Tang Fei declared.