Chapter 731: Chapter 204 Base and Invitations (Request for Monthly Pass)_3
The meeting, which could have potentially lasted for two hours, came to an end in less than half an hour due to Bai Jie’s no-nonsense, task-focused approach.
Xu Shu gave her a considerable high appraisal and praise, and Bai Jie’s face turned red, unable to hide her inner nervousness and joy.
Next came the tense and thrilling adjournment process.
Everyone exited in an orderly fashion and went about their assigned tasks.
Wei Wujiu pulled out a written report and handed it to Xu Shu, "Director, the report on today’s events is ready for your review."
Xu Shu glanced at it, signed his name, and passed the documents to Bai Jie.
"Old Wei, so it turns out your Wei Family is a direct lineage of the Dawn Church? That explains it," Xu Shu asked him mockingly. "I thought I had knocked some sense into you with one punch, but it was actually discovering my identity that did it?"
Wei Wujiu immediately expressed his loyalty, "Director Xu sees clearly, I am not that kind of person. You have taught me a lesson and saved me. My life is yours from now on! The Wei Family, from top to bottom, will look up to you as our leader!"
The Wei Family, from top to bottom?
As a newly appointed ’Head’ of the Hunter Association, the Wei Family’s strength was slightly lacking compared to the former Tang, Song, and Gu families, with only two Third Tier experts, who had not shown up today. Xu Shu needed to get this clear.
"What is the Family Head and elders’ stance on this?" Xu Shu inquired.
"My words are the same as those of the Elder Council," said Wei Wujiu.
"Alright then, off you go."
Xu Shu then took out a piece of paper with about a dozen names on it, and turned to pass it to Bai Jie.
These people were unfortunate members of the White Emperor Army who had died in the previous operations against the Cao Gang and Heroic Society.
"Secretary Bai, I’m afraid I have to trouble you once more, to take care of this trivial matter for me!" Xu Shu, believing that he had understood Bai Sanxiang’s intentions, started to unapologetically order his daughter around.
Bai Jie’s excitement had not yet subsided. She initially accepted the task and upon opening it, she glanced at it and said, "Director Xu, this has already been taken care of by someone else."
"Who?"
"Tang Ying."
Xu Shu paused, turning his head to look beside him.
Tang Ying hadn’t left either, and was waiting for this moment. Hearing the words, she stepped forward and said, "To alleviate Director Xu’s concerns is part of my duty."
Xu Shu gave a thumbs up: "Prosecutor Tang really is thorough!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Director Xu. If there are no other issues, I will take my leave."
Tang Ying clasped her hands together in a bow and turned to leave, meeting her best friend Song Yuchun at the corner.
Song Yuchun looked at Tang Ying and clicked her tongue, "Yingying, to be honest, I didn’t expect this. Are you trying to impress Director Xu?"
Tang Ying replied dismissively, "What do you mean impress? Isn’t it normal for a subordinate to do things for their superior?"
"But you’ve been quite proactive..." Song Yuchun countered, "Several people are guessing, they think you’ve fallen for Director Xu."
"Is that so? Let them guess," Tang Ying said, smoothing her bangs and glancing down at the neckline of her dress, as if recalling something, and smiled shyly.
Her companion Song Yuchun focused on her intensely, "No, something’s off! I thought you were just talking that day, you couldn’t possibly have actually developed feelings, could you?"
"Hey, don’t make me sound like some lovesick fool, am I that kind of person? I’m decent!"
"Are you?"
"By the way, what was our assignment again? I didn’t listen carefully just now," Tang Ying deliberately changed the subject.
Song Yuchun fell for it: "Patrolling around the Judgement Department area."
"Ah, that kind of task again. If we don’t ask for more, the good ones will never fall to us!" Tang Ying seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
"It’s normal for your mother to worry about you and not want you to go to dangerous places; you should be satisfied," Song Yuchun said helplessly, "others would want to be in your shoes, but it’s not their turn."
"Yuchun, you’ve changed. You used to be an ambitious person too, but now you’ve become like the rest, starting to enjoy the fruits without labor!" Tang Ying suddenly remarked.
"Is that so? Maybe..."
Song Yuchun paused, her gaze drifting.
She had felt like Tang Ying once, dissatisfied with her family’s protection, believing she should be on the frontlines of danger to make a name for herself.
But after the incident where she was ambushed by Song Nanshou and nearly lost her life, Song Yuchun changed her thinking.
Being protected by the family was not a shackle.
But...
But what gives you the right to talk about me like that?
Song Yuchun suddenly grew angry and said displeasedly, "Are you deliberately getting close to Director Xu, or aren’t you just looking for a better backer?"
Tang Ying chuckled and responded, "Then you are mistaken, my intuition tells me he might be a formidable man, but definitely not a good backer... Huh, Director Xu?"
The two reached the entrance to the Judgement Department and were simultaneously startled to a halt.
A plump orange cat was leisurely licking its paws in front of them.
Unexpectedly, it was Xu Shu, with a backpack on, who had appeared before them.
The two exchanged glances and hurried to greet him.
Xu Shu turned around, nodded, and then addressed Tang Ying, "Do you have other plans tonight?"
"Nothing left, Director Xu, what’s up? Is there a task you need to discuss?" Tang Ying asked, puzzled.
"Yes, come to my house. I’ll wait a bit, come if you’re willing."
Xu Shu finished speaking and stepped ahead to wait outside the door.
Tang Ying was left standing tense and motionless.
Beside her, Song Yuchun covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Well, well, Yingying! To think you’d deceive me like that, and to have come this far behind my back, you, you, you..."
"Don’t talk nonsense! There’s nothing like that at all!"
Tang Ying was in turmoil.
After the bloody battle at the inn that night, all she had was a simple impulse to try to show goodwill to Xu Shu.
But she hadn’t even figured out what to do next.
And now, he actually, actually...
Go to his house?
This late at night, being invited to his house, the purpose was all too obvious.
Growing up in a safe area, what kind of insinuation could Tang Ying not understand?
But, wasn’t this a bit too fast...
’So-called love for dragons turns to fear upon sight,’ Tang Ying hesitated.
Song Yuchun also realized Tang Ying wasn’t deceiving her, it seemed she really hadn’t progressed to that stage with Xu Shu, so she put away her initial teasing and instead said, "You really haven’t had a secret romance with him?"
"Really, there’s been nothing!" Tang Ying almost lost for words said.
"Then you can’t go! What he said was so blatant, absolutely naked, if you agree to go, you’ll lose your chastity tonight. Ahh, I didn’t expect Director Xu to be that kind of man. There really isn’t a good one among men," Song Yuchun advised.
"I..."
Tang Ying’s expression shifted, her mind flashed with various scenarios.
In the end, she gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, following him.
Her red hair fluttered under the moonlight, like a blazing, animated fire.
"Director Xu, wait for me, I’m coming!" Tang Ying called out.
Song Yuchun’s expression froze, petrified on the spot.
Watching their retreating figures, and looking at the other Prosecutors leaving in pairs, it took her a long while to recover and murmur to herself:
"Am I the clown?"