"Old Zhou and the others only caused a ruckus at the guesthouse for a few minutes, then came back with their tails between their legs?"
"Yes. It seemed the public security officers happened to go there looking for Li Ye. They couldn't make another move, so they all came back."
"What a bunch of useless fools."
Tang Xiangui only felt that he had been cursed with rotten luck lately. Even carefully laid plans could fail.
Whenever Old Zhou and those men had a couple of drinks, each one became more Zhang Fei than Zhang Fei, more Li Kui than Li Kui. They would draw their blades to help whenever they saw injustice, and would dare slash even the Jade Emperor twice. Yet more than twenty of them had swarmed off to find trouble with Li Ye, only to suffer losses and return with their tails between their legs.
Looking at Tang Xiangui, Xiao Zhan asked sheepishly, "Uncle Tang, since things didn't escalate into a bigger conflict, are you still resigning as team leader?"
"Of course I'm resigning. It's only a temporary team leader position. Why wouldn't I resign? I've already said it."
Tang Xiangui knew Xiao Zhan did not want him to resign, but he still decisively shattered the other man's hopes.
If he resigned now, he could still preserve a little "backbone." If he stayed any longer, he feared he would lose both face and substance.
But Tang Xiangui had thought things through nicely, while others would not allow him to pull himself free.
First, Director Hou directly told Tang Xiangui that the unit's leadership would not allow him to start like a tiger and end like a snake. Since he had accepted this assignment, he had to hold fast to his post.
"Old Tang, every cause has its