"If you really kick the bucket, itās my turn to rise, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Before Meng Ping could finish, he was kicked into the sea. He floundered in the water, agile as a fish.
"Xu Qigang, are you looking for trouble? Try kicking me again. See if I wonāt kill you?" Meng Ping swam in the sea, his handsome face filled with hostility.
"Ignore him." Su Hai said, "You canāt quit, and the leadership wonāt agree either."
"Iāve made up my mind." Xu Qigangās expression was solemn, his deep eyes gazing at the seabed, wishing for a moment to sink right to the bottom.
"You..." Su Hai sighed, saying anxiously, "Donāt try to challenge authority, and do you know how many repercussions your quitting would cause? How many peopleās expectations youād be disappointing?"
"I know!" He pressed his lips together, "But if I donāt disappoint them, Iād be disappointing Xiao Ning." Heād rather disappoint the whole world than Xiao Ning.
"Sheās waiting for me, I canāt just let her keep waiting."
"Trust me, Ningning is a strong girl, she wonāt be easily crushed."
"But I will." Without her, heād crumble.
Su Hai rubbed his hair irritably, pacing back and forth. He had to stop Xu Qigang from acting foolishly; this was no joke, he absolutely couldnāt resign over this.
If he really resigned, Su Jiang might come back and shoot him dead.
The old man could probably wake up from the grave with rage.
"No way, this canāt happen. Have you thought about Ningningās feelings? Sheās also a comrade; sheād rather die than betray a comradeās integrity. If she found out you quit to find her, she would definitely refuse to see you."
Xu Qigang was startled for a moment.
"Think about it carefully."
"I understand."
"Iāll send people to the U.S., and they wonāt be less capable than you in finding someone."
Meng Ping finally swam back from the sea, drenched, his formerly stylish hair now plastered to his head. Still, this didnāt diminish his striking handsomeness one bit.
Honestly, his face was breathtakingly handsome any time, anywhere.
"Iāll go to the U.S.!" He wrung out the water from his clothes, "Since Iām running back and forth anyway, itās good, I might as well expand my business globally."
"Your wife letting another man search the world for you, do you think thatās possible?" Having said that, he turned and left.
Meng Ping made a shooting gesture with his right hand.
Su Hai could only shake his head helplessly.
*****
The Rescue Association was in chaos, Shen Feihu was furious, and anyone who saw him got a severe scolding. Even Qin Xue, waiting at the door, was called in to endure his stormy temper.
The office floor was covered with glass shards; ashtrays and enamel mugs were smashed flat.
"Useless bunch of freeloaders."
"Are you trying to make me so angry Iāll die?"
"How stupid!"
"Idiots!"
"You canāt even find one person and you call yourselves intelligence people? Is this your idea of intelligence work?"
Qin Xue stood among the scolded crowd, expressionless. Since she entered the rescue world, this was the first time she was reprimanded so harshly.
Shen Feihu indeed lived up to his nickname for being irascible and boorish.
Liang Ximing played mediator in the middle, "Everyone out! Everyone outāwithout my call, no oneās allowed in."
Their looks at Liang Ximing instantly turned as if seeing their savior, and everyone dashed out.