Chapter 697: Chapter 430: Your Highness, you wouldn’t want anything to happen to your father, right?
Gong Zhenhai turned to look at Tang Fei and said aloud, “Director Tang, His Highness said he’s not free.”
Tang Fei’s main duty was as the Deputy Director of the Fifth Division of the Supervision Bureau, which in terms of rank was somewhat higher than Gong Zhenhai’s.
Of course, to Gong Zhenhai, there was only one leader in the Beehive, and that was Chen Fenglei.
“I heard,” nodded Tang Fei.
Phoenix was unwilling to see him, and he could understand why.
Given the current situation and the stance of both parties…
Not seeing each other was better than meeting.
However, Tang Fei felt that some things had to be clarified face-to-face with Phoenix.
Some emotions, if bottled up, would become a knot of death.
“I’ll give it a try,” Tang Fei voiced out.
“Okay, I wish Director Tang every success,” Gong Zhenhai said with a smile.
They had already said they wouldn’t see you, so why are you so shameless?
When he pursued girls and they said they didn’t want to see him, they never ended up meeting…
A man must have his pride.
Under no circumstance should one be a lapdog.
Tang Fei walked to the gate of the courtyard and rang the doorbell once more.
Quickly, the maid opened the door and glared at Tang Fei: “I’ve already told you we’re not seeing guests, why are you still knocking?”
“Your Highness, you don’t want your father to get into trouble, do you?” Tang Fei said, looking at the maid.
The maid was full of confusion.
What was he talking about?
Was this a new kind of game?
A secret code for a date with His Highness?
“Just tell her that… she will understand,” Tang Fei said aloud.
Although the maid did not understand, she had to follow the order, after all, she was well aware of the weight Tang Fei held in the Princess’s heart.
In the past, Tang Fei never needed to be announced beforehand when entering.
When he came, those like her had to leave.
The two of them, shamelessly, let it all hang out.
“Wait here,” the maid said, then with a ‘bang’ closed the door.
Soon after, the courtyard door was opened again, and the maid said indifferently, “His Highness invites you in.”
“Thank you,” Tang Fei nodded at her and walked past her into the courtyard.
Gong Zhenhai, with a look of surprise, thought this line sounded somewhat familiar.
It seemed like something he’d heard somewhere before…
But he couldn’t remember where at the moment.
Inside the courtyard, Phoenix was sitting in the pavilion where they often dined together, staring blankly.
She was dressed in a set of casual white court sports attire, which allowed her to draw her phoenix-tail whip for combat at a moment’s notice.
Her arm was injured and had been bandaged with an electronic bandage.
The girl, who normally presented herself with pride and confidence, had a face filled with anguish and confusion at that moment.
Tang Fei sighed softly and sat down in front of her.
“You shouldn’t have come,” Phoenix said with a grievous look, her voice ethereal, “what if I beg you to let my father go, wouldn’t that put you in a difficult position?”
While speaking, Phoenix didn’t look at Tang Fei, unable to look, unwilling to look, or perhaps afraid that if she did, she wouldn’t be able to utter those heartless words.
Tang Fei immediately felt his scalp go numb.
This was more than just putting him in a tough spot.
This was simply an impossibility.
This was like asking him to die.
They had plotted for years, all for the chance to one day storm into the Phoenix Palace and seek revenge on Zhong Daolong.
Now that they had finally made it, Phoenix was asking him to release Zhong Daolong…
Setting aside the emotional factors, even the current environment wouldn’t allow him to do so.
To release Zhong Daolong was like releasing a tiger back to the mountain.
With the resources he had amassed over the years, who knows how many more trump cards he had hidden?
If he were to regain power, then what awaited Tang Fei was nothing but a dead end.
He would definitely, at the first opportunity, launch a crackdown on them, the ‘traitors.’
A purge and slaughter even more thorough than the previous campaign against the Tangs.
At that time, where would they have a way to survive?
During the previous campaign, the old man traded his son’s life for a slim chance to live.
No, there wouldn’t be a next time.
There absolutely couldn’t be a next time.
If he were to release Zhong Daolong, it wouldn’t just be him who would be killed, but also his father, Little Fatty, Dean Shang, and everyone else who had supported and helped him.
He treasured his relationship with Phoenix, but his life couldn’t be solely about love.
“I can’t agree to your request,” Tang Fei tried hard to calm his mind and looked into Phoenix’s eyes as he spoke, “It’s not just about me, it’s the actions of many. It involves the lives of many people…”
“I know it’s impossible.”
Phoenix’s gaze finally fell upon Tang Fei’s face, unguardedly locking eyes with him as she spoke, “As a daughter, I am very worried about his safety, and I hope I can save him. I want to grasp at every straw, to look for every chance.”
“But I know that would put you in a difficult position, and you couldn’t possibly agree to do such a thing… I don’t want to make such a request to you.”
“And I’m afraid I can’t help myself, so I think it’s best not to meet. I won’t ask, and you won’t have to feel troubled.”
A silence as heavy as death.
After a long while, Tang Fei slowly began to speak, “Before I entered, I walked around the Phoenix Pavilion gate forty-nine times… I thought about a lot, I know you’re angry, you would have questions, including that one question.”
“But still, I wanted to come in… I felt, at this time, I should be by your side.”
“Ha…” Phoenix was practically amused into laughter, her voice tinged with sarcasm, “You destroy everything of mine, then you tell me, ‘You’re hurt, I’ll stay with you to heal, to get through these toughest of days together.'”
“Tang Fei, is this your style of romance? Quite innovative.”