Yang Fei sat at the highest seat in the Xu Family’s council hall, looking bewildered at Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong, who both appeared embarrassed.
Hadn’t they just been slapping their chests, assuring they would actively support his actions? Why were they suddenly backing out now?
After a moment of confusion, Yang Fei thought of a possibility and looked at the two, asking, "Was that call just now from Qin Yanyang?"
Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong nodded.
"What did she say?" Yang Fei asked.
While losing these two aides was a blow, Yang Fei was more concerned about news from Qin Yanyang.
Although he had turned off his phone and hadn’t reached out to Qin Yanyang, deep down, he was very eager to know her situation.
"Ahem, Minister Qin asked me to return."
"She also asked me to return, saying we had redeemed ourselves and made our stance clear, so we could go back. Now, the Military Department really needs people. She said we could serve in the Military Department and even left some positions for my family."
Yang Fei’s mouth twitched.
He had been back from Japan for quite some time with these two, and Qin Yanyang had done nothing until now, choosing this moment to call them back to serve.
Could it be that she knew he was here, knew what he wanted to do, and was deliberately opposing him?
Thinking this, Yang Fei continued to quiz them, "What else did she say?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novelꞁire.net
Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong exchanged a look, both appearing somewhat awkward.
Yang Fei’s heart sank, suspecting she had said something unfavorable, and pressed, "Let’s hear it, nothing is unspeakable."
"Ahem, it’s . Minister Qin asked me to no longer contact you and she said... she said..." Luo Yong stuttered, seemingly finding it hard to continue.
Yang Fei, speechless, urged them, "Go on, don’t worry about what she said—I won’t blame you guys."
Luo Yong braced himself and said, "Minister Qin also called you a scoundrel, a traitor, a hypocrite, and told us not to associate with you."
Yang Fei’s brow darkened as he looked toward Wang Chengcuo.
Wang Chengcuo awkwardly said, "Uh, Mr. Yang, did you have a fight with Minister Qin? She’s probably still angry, those were just words spoken in anger, don’t take them to heart."
"Right, just angry words, don’t take them seriously," Luo Yong added.
Yang Fei smiled bitterly and waved his hand dismissively.
He didn’t need anyone’s consolation.
Besides, he knew his own affair, and this time Qin Yanyang was genuinely angry.
Even recalling Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong, was she really determined to draw a clear line against him?
Damn, she really thinks I have no temper, huh?
Thinking this, Yang Fei also grew a bit angry and looked at Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong, asking, "What about you guys, what do you think? Do you want to go back?"
Something stirred in Wang Chengcuo, who admitted, "Honestly, Mr. Yang, I am impressed by your abilities, and I want to stay by your side and work for you."
Luo Yong chimed in, "Same for me."
Since their trip to Japan and witnessing the Xu brothers being advanced to the Innate Realm by Yang Fei, these two former Innate Realm experts had set aside their pride. They admired Yang Fei tremendously and had given up their former prejudices, wishing to foster good relations with him, which could perhaps help improve their own strengths and greatly benefit their families.
"But our families are still back home, and there are too many of them, we can’t just uproot everyone at once," Luo Yong said helplessly.
Wang Chengcuo nodded.
The reason Qin Yanyang had leverage over them was precisely because their families were still in the country.
Otherwise, with their capabilities, they wouldn’t be so stifled.
If they couldn’t beat the situation, couldn’t they just avoid it?
With their skills, no matter where they went, they could live carefree lives.
Having heard what the two said, Yang Fei understood.
He had originally been somewhat angry, planning to compete with his wife in recruiting talents, but seeing Luo Yong and Wang Chengcuo in such a difficult position, he gave up.
After all, she was already under a lot of pressure, or else she wouldn’t have gone to help at the Military Department.
According to her plans, there were still many things she needed to handle; he was supposed to help her with many things too, but now with the two of them having this conflict, she must be extremely stressed and overwhelmed, perhaps even more so.
As a man, he should be more generous and stop competing with her.
With this in mind, Yang Fei waved his hand and said, "All right, I know you two seniors are in a tough spot, go ahead without worries. Also, after you go back, put your hearts into it and help her out more."
Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong both nodded in agreement.
In their view, the conflict between the two young people was perhaps due to relationship issues, but they would reconcile sooner or later.
"Then you might as well not listen to my next plans, so you won’t feel awkward when she asks about it," Yang Fei said.
Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong took the hint and bid their farewells.
They had stayed here for a long time and had developed good relationships with several others, so they bid farewell to the three Xu brothers and Umekawa Taro one by one.
After the two had left, the Xu brothers and Umekawa Taro looked at Yang Fei with concern in their eyes.
Umekawa Taro was especially concerned and asked, "Is there a problem with the relationship?"
Yang Fei nodded, "Yes, we had a fight."
"It’s not a big issue, is it?" Umekawa asked.
"It shouldn’t be." Yang Fei, not wanting to continue this topic, waved his hand and asked, "Where were we before?"
But clearly, everyone was more concerned about his relationship issue, especially since it involved Qin Yanyang.
Xu Yunshan responded off-topic, "Mr. Yang, you and Miss Qin are a perfect match. It’s normal for young couples to argue sometimes, but as a man, you should be more forgiving and make more concessions to the girl. You’ve been here for several days now, so maybe you should go back and apologize to Miss Qin?"
Yang Fei’s mouth twitched.
Was this something an apology could fix?
You don’t understand.
But since the problem lay with himself, Yang Fei, not being someone to ignore his dignity, felt that openly discussing this would lead to disrespect, so he decided not to disclose the details.
Thus, impatiently waving his hand, he said, "My relationship issue is a personal matter, you all don’t need to worry about it. I will handle it; let’s focus on the important matters first."
Umekawa said, "With Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong gone, according to your previous plan, it seems we are short of people."
Yang Fei was startled, then irritably took out his phone, thought for a moment, and put it down.
He was somewhat afraid to turn on the phone, because once he did, Qin Huai’an would inevitably call to question him.
He felt too ashamed to face the elderly man.
"Give me your phone," Yang Fei said to Umekawa Taro.
Umekawa Taro did as asked.
With the numbers of other members of the Madman Organization memorized, Yang Fei directly called Li Xuanyu first.
Since they needed to seek revenge on Sky Net, the members of the Madman Organization must all be present; only by taking action personally would the revenge be meaningful.
"Hey, Umekawa, what made you think of calling me?" Li Xuanyu’s voice soon came through the phone.
Yang Fei smiled and said, "Hello Sister Xuanyu, it’s me."
"Yang Fei? Are you with Umekawa?" Li Xuanyu perked up and said, "Have you settled your affairs? Are you going to help Umekawa with his revenge, or are you gathering the members of Madman again for a major revenge plan?"
"You are indeed clever, you guessed it right. So, how are things on your end, can you free yourself up to handle the important matters?" Yang Fei asked.
"No problem. The Jin Family has been quiet recently too. I’ve contacted Jamie and Jie Er, and it seems they have resolved their family issues as well because Sky Net has halted their operations," Li Xuanyu said.
Yang Fei’s eyes flashed with a fierce light and said, "It’s not for them to decide when to stop. Sister Xuanyu, just wait at home; I’ll bring people over and take down Korea first."