She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 98: Chapter 098: A Wise Man Does Not Swallow Bait

Xu Qigang led a group of mudclad men out of the mountains, each dressed in rescue gear, their faces smeared with messy green paint. Some even had wild grasses and branches clinging to their bodies; they supported each other, so tired they could fall asleep standing right there on the road.

Walking at the front, Xu Qigang appeared energetic, his deep eyes startlingly bright, as he caught sight of Zhou Hong standing by the roadside from afar.

Wu Houhai walking beside him asked curiously, “It’s mealtime, why has the instructor come to wait for you?”

To see the instructor during mealtime, one must go to the cafeteria.

“No good news!” A cold sneer crossed Xu Qigang’s expressionless face. It had been three days since he had handed over those people from the Provincial Rescue Center to Chen Baoshan, and presumably, they were not yet ready to stop testing this ‘Living Yama’.

He had led his team into the mountains for outdoor training, cutting off all contact with the outside world, making it difficult for Zhou Hong to find him.

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Unable to find them, they had no choice but to block Zhou Hong.

Seeing the people come out of the mountain, Zhou Hong quickly walked over, and before he even got close, he began to complain, “Next time you take people into the mountains for training, take me with you; if I’m left behind again I fear I’ll die of frustration.”

“Can you handle it?” Xu Qigang’s scrutinizing gaze swept over Zhou Hong’s somewhat lean figure.

“Hahaha…” The comrades following behind burst into uproarious laughter, “Instructor, turns out you can’t handle it!”

“What nonsense are you talking? Our instructor obviously can’t!”

“Don’t worry, Instructor, I’ll protect you.”

Furious, Zhou Hong’s face turned red and his neck thickened as he rolled up his sleeves, wanting to teach them a lesson, but Xu Qigang reached out to stop him.

“What are you doing?” Hahaha… True to form, an old teammate, always knowing to protect him at crucial moments.

Xu Qigang’s expression turned serious, “I’m afraid they might cripple you!”

“…” Zhou Hong glared at him, murder in his eyes. And here he thought well of him; it turned out he was the most devious one.

Originally, these little rascals wouldn’t dare do much, and if he hit them, that would be it. But now, with Xu Qigang saying this, those guys were even more energized to heckle!

A wise man does not suffer fronting losses; he was in charge of ideological work and could still handle them.

“What did you want to see me for?” Xu Qigang changed the topic.

“The Rescue Association Chairman is here, and has been waiting for you for quite a while.”

“I’ll go back and change clothes first, and then come over immediately.”

“Good!”

Xu Qigang lived in the dorms; with his tall stature and long legs, it took him less than ten minutes to walk back. After three days in the mountains, covered in mud, he took a cold shower back in the dorms and changed into clean clothes before heading to his office.

Before he even entered, he heard Shen Feihu’s robust voice, “Well done, those rascals need a good airing out.”

“Is it appropriate for you to say that as the President?” Xiao Tao, head down, was too embarrassed to meet anyone, “They’ve even complained to the higher-ups, and you promised to investigate thoroughly before you arrived.”

The people sent by the Provincial Rescue Center to join the intensive training were treated like air by the entire War Wolf Rescue Team. He was not pursuing accountability, instead being the first to protect them.

“Investigate my ass, Xu Qigang did the right thing! If it were me, not only would I do the same, I’d even deprive them of food.” Shen Feihu’s eyes, as large as copper bells, glared, making him look extremely fierce, and even Xiao Tao dared not say a word.

Zhou Hong played dumb the entire time.

Outside, Xu Qigang, having heard roughly what was being said, furrowed his thick brows. He was merely not personally leading the training, how had it escalated to treating people from the Provincial Rescue Center as if they were air?

“Reporting!” Xu Qigang shouted loudly.

“Come in!”