LWDC Chapter 197

Chapter 197 – I Want to Leave

Chapter 197 – I Want to Leave

Chapter 197 – I Want to Leave

When Ning Fei was brought into the Staff Office, a middle-aged man in a dark green uniform was already waiting inside. When Ning Fei entered, the man didn’t stand up, didn’t say a word, but just scrutinized Ning Fei with undisguised scrutiny, his eyes devoid of any friendliness.

Ning Fei, of course, noticed this oppressive feeling, and his reaction was—no reaction.

After entering, he glanced around, ignored the man behind the desk, and went straight to the sofa in the reception area. He even sat down on the single sofa, crossed his legs, looked at his watch, looked at his brooch, and didn’t give the middle-aged man a single glance.

The middle-aged man froze.

He originally wanted to give Ning Fei a stern warning. He was waiting for Ning Fei to enter in a panic and take the initiative to talk, so that he could take the opportunity to start pressuring him. However, Ning Fei’s unconventional behavior made the middle-aged man not know how to react.

The two of them stayed in the room silently for a while, maybe a few minutes, maybe a long time. Ning Fei didn’t seem anxious at all, nor did he look around, just lowered his head and carefully observed his cuffs. It was as if, if he wasn’t called, he could look at them forever. However, he didn’t turn to look at the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man’s line of sight was directly in front of him. The more he watched him sitting there calmly, the more irritable the middle-aged man, whose rhythm had been disrupted, became.

In the end, the middle-aged man couldn’t help but speak first: “Mr. Ning is really leisurely, here on vacation at our Staff Office?”

“Who knows, it’s not like I wanted to come myself.” Ning Fei leisurely replied while adjusting his cuffs, and then continued to be silent.

“…” The middle-aged man waited for two seconds, and seeing that he really didn’t have anything else to say, he couldn’t help but directly ask, “Oh? In that case, was it your own decision to take away Cheng Lingqi’s mother without permission?”

“This… sir.” Ning Fei finally turned his face slightly, his gaze falling in the direction of the middle-aged man, “What does this have to do with you? She’s not your mother.”

“Watch your tone, Ning Fei, this isn’t Yucheng where you’re in your element!” The middle-aged man stood up abruptly, “This is the Staff Office of Shashi, and I’m the Staff Officer here! I’m now inviting you to the office and politely asking you questions, you better be sensible and not refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!”

Yes, this middle-aged man was the Staff Officer Xu who had visited Duan Yunhong earlier and been rebuffed. It was also he who ordered that once Duan Yunhong’s car was seen outside, it should be stopped and the people inside brought to the Staff Office. However, when the people were brought before him, only Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong’s driver appeared. Cheng’s mother and Cheng Mengxiao were nowhere to be found.

In addition, Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei’s attitudes were both bad. Staff Officer Xu was repeatedly rebuffed by the two of them, and the fire that he had been holding back made it difficult for him to remain calm.

–Just a Staff Officer, this arrogant tone, you’d think he was the Chief of Staff.

Ning Fei sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm and composed. He turned to look directly into the other man’s eyes: “Then, Staff Officer of Shashi, what does it have to do with you whether I took Cheng Lingqi’s mother away or not?”

“Vice Officer Cheng was kidnapped by bandits, his life or death is uncertain, and we have a responsibility to protect the safety of his family. At this critical moment, you forcibly took his mother away without even saying a word. What are your intentions?” Staff Officer Xu walked towards him, his boots creaking on the wooden floor, “Where did you take her? Did you send her over there to try to threaten Cheng Lingqi into defecting?!”

Ning Fei thought to himself, you actually guessed right, but it’s too late. You only thought of intercepting them after everyone had been sent into that organization. You’re really locking the barn door after the horse is stolen.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Staff Officer.” Ning Fei shrugged, “I just took a car out for a drive, and then I was brought to the Staff Office. You saw it too, Mrs. Cheng wasn’t in the car, so I can’t answer you about her whereabouts.”

“Stop pretending.” Staff Officer Xu stopped in front of Ning Fei, looking down at him, “Only one car went out from the Cheng family this morning, and that was the one you were in. Do you dare say Mrs. Cheng wasn’t in the car then?”

Ning Fei lifted his eyelids to look at him, and said leisurely: “She wasn’t.”

“Then where is she?” Staff Officer Xu sneered, “Duan Yunhong said she wasn’t at the Duan family, and you said she wasn’t in the car, but she came with you, so where is she?”

“Who knows? Maybe she went to find Cheng Mengxiao, or maybe she just went out for a walk this morning.” Ning Fei raised his eyebrows, “It’s possible that she’s already walked back to the Duan family, why don’t you go take another look?”

“No need to talk nonsense, I know she didn’t go back to the Duan family!” Staff Officer Xu said coldly, “I’ll tell you the truth, our people are monitoring the Duan family at all times, and we know everyone who goes in and out. If she had gone back to the Duan family, someone would have notified me, there’s no need for you to make up stories here!”

“What if she just got back, and your people haven’t had time to run over and report it yet?” Ning Fei smiled, propping himself up on the armrest, still looking like he wasn’t nervous at all, “Why don’t you call the Duan family and ask Mrs. Cheng to answer the phone? If she answers, wouldn’t that prove she’s back home, and save your sentries a trip? ”

“What kind of tricks are you playing with me?” Staff Officer Xu narrowed his eyes and stared at Ning Fei, his eyes sinister, “I’ll call right now, and if Mrs. Cheng really answers the phone, then that’s fine. If she doesn’t answer… I’m afraid Mr. Ning will have to stay with us for a few days.”

After saying that, he straightened his back and turned to leave. The Staff Office did have a telephone, but this office really didn’t. Staff Officer Xu could only go out to make a call.

Ning Fei simply changed his posture of propping himself up on the armrest to propping himself up on his raised leg, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

–That Duan guy, I managed to get a message to you.

*

Of course, Mrs. Cheng didn’t answer the phone.

But Duan Yunhong said on the phone that he knew where Mrs. Cheng was and would send her to the Staff Office immediately.

Staff Officer Xu was very puzzled. Duan Yunhong had been indifferent this morning, so why was he being so cooperative now? But since he wouldn’t suffer any losses anyway, and he didn’t think Duan Yunhong would dare to cause any trouble at the Staff Office, he agreed to Duan Yunhong’s proposal.

Then, less than twenty minutes after hanging up the phone, Duan Yunhong arrived.

Judging by the time, it was clear that he had left as soon as he hung up the phone. But if he was serious, he was the only one who came in. Mrs. Cheng, who he had promised to bring, was nowhere to be seen.

Staff Officer Xu looked at Duan Yunhong, who had come alone, and was stunned for a few seconds. He really couldn’t figure out why these two had to call and say they could find Mrs. Cheng, and then say they could bring Mrs. Cheng over, but in the end, neither of them succeeded. What were they up to? After thinking about it, Staff Officer Xu could only come to one conclusion.

“You two, are you playing with me?!”

“Don’t be so excited, Staff Officer Xu.” Duan Yunhong said, but looked at Ning Fei, “The information is all in his hands, let me talk to him alone, maybe he will give you a satisfactory result.”

“Is Boss Duan being so kind?” Staff Officer Xu obviously didn’t want to believe them anymore, and questioned, “What tricks are you trying to play?”

“We both came in alone, and we’ve been searched, so how can we turn your territory upside down?” Duan Yunhong replied, “Give us some time to analyze the pros and cons, Staff Officer Xu, have some patience. If I didn’t come sincerely, why would I throw myself into the net, wouldn’t it be better to hide far away?”

What he said wasn’t wrong.

Staff Officer Xu pondered for a moment, and finally agreed to his request. However, Staff Officer Xu couldn’t possibly give up his office for them to talk alone, so they had to go to another conference room.

So Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong were taken to a conference room next door. After the soldier leading the way closed the door, he stood guard outside.

“…So, what’s your plan?”

Ning Fei unceremoniously pulled out the chair closest to the door and sat down in one go: “I had him call you to give you a message. You actually came alone, did you prepare some confident backup?”

“No backup.” Duan Yunhong also pulled the chair next to him and sat down side by side with him, “That Xu guy wouldn’t let me talk to you directly, so I came directly to hear your arrangements. After all, it’s not like I have a mission.”

Ning Fei leaned back in his chair and turned to look at him: “What if I said, I want to get out of here?”

Duan Yunhong raised an eyebrow.

Ning Fei thought that he hadn’t completely understood his meaning, so he added an explanation: “I mean, I want to settle this debt collection mission and leave this world…”

*Pa.*

Duan Yunhong took something out of his pocket and slapped it on the table in front of Ning Fei.

When the man’s hand moved away, Ning Fei took a closer look—it was the brooch with Duan Yunhong’s location tracker.

“Ha, you actually brought it.” Ning Fei picked up the brooch and flipped it around in his hand, “Guessed that I wanted to leave?”

“When I realized that the phone call was you giving me a message, I thought you might want to leave directly. You said before that once you sent them into that organization, you wouldn’t want to waste time. Now, it can be considered basically complete, right?” Duan Yunhong turned to look at him, “So, are you leaving?”

Ning Fei’s movements stopped, and he was silent for a few seconds before finally making a decision.

“…Let’s go.” He also turned his face to meet Duan Yunhong’s gaze, “It’s a bit troublesome to get out and get rid of these people’s harassment. Mainly because doing it is no longer related to Cheng Lingqi’s side, the payoff isn’t proportional to the effort, so it’s better to just leave here. Once we leave, these people’s tracing will lack an important link, and it can also increase Cheng Lingqi’s safety factor a bit.”

“You always have a precise grasp of your missions.” Duan Yunhong replied, “In that case, let’s go.”

Ning Fei hesitated for a second, but still asked, “Then you…”

“You just said ‘we,’ what am I staying here for?”

“I just said it casually.”

“Then I’m not staying either.” Duan Yunhong looked directly into Ning Fei’s eyes, seeming to convey some information with his gaze in addition to words, “You know why I came back here and stayed until now. If that reason disappears, then what’s the point of me staying?”

Ning Fei didn’t respond. The corner of the brooch tapped on the conference table, turning once, turning once, making a “da, da, da” sound.

“Tch, why so troubled? I didn’t say you had to make a decision before you left.” Duan Yunhong grabbed the brooch along with his hand and pressed it against Ning Fei’s chest, “Go back and think about it slowly. I… have only one request.”

Ning Fei subconsciously asked, “What?”

“When you’ve thought of a result, no matter what the result is, come and tell me?” Duan Yunhong tightened his grip on his fist slightly, “Or call me in front of you to say it, that’s fine too. Anyway, you’ll throw this thing away afterwards, and I won’t be able to find you again, so you don’t have to worry about me continuing to pester you. As long as you still have a trace of conscience at that time, at least don’t leave me hanging in endless waiting.”

Ning Fei didn’t struggle, just snorted and laughed: “Are you sure that if the result isn’t what you want, you won’t immediately kill me or directly destroy my mission?”

“Not sure.”

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow.

“I’m not a clay figurine, I can’t possibly have no temper at all, right?” Duan Yunhong said frankly, “If it’s not the result I want, then causing you a mess that will make you remember it for the rest of your life wouldn’t be bad either.”

“My life… who knows how long that is. It’s not that easy to make me remember something for so long.” Ning Fei broke free of Duan Yunhong’s hand, stuffed the brooch into his pocket, and then reached out and grabbed Duan Yunhong’s tie, pulling him closer, “Any parting words, Boss Duan?”

Duan Yunhong knew what he was going to do next, and laughed softly: “No parting words, but, I want you to remember this taste.”

With that, the man turned his head and kissed him actively and deeply.

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Wishing everyone a happy Valentine’s Day with a kiss!

The content of President Duan’s original world in this volume is over, but I’ll think about whether to divide the following content into volumes or just continue writing it directly~

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