Too Good at Offending People!

One in the afternoon.

The Audi passed the last checkpoint and left the Military District.

Watching the complicated looks in the rearview mirror from the sentries, Dong Xuebin turned back to the middle school students and said, "All right, you're completely safe now."

Chao Chao immediately cheered. "Oh! That's great!"

One of the boys spread his arms. "We've finally been rescued!"

The girl immediately said to Xu Yan, "Thank you, Aunt Xu. If you hadn't come, we don't know how long they would've kept us locked up."

"Thank you, Aunt Xu."

"Thank you."

The other students nearby echoed their thanks.

Xu Yan waved her hand. "Thank your Uncle Dong. This time, it was all thanks to him."

Chao Chao looked at her and could only say, "Thank you, Uncle... Uncle Dong."

Since Xu Yan had said so, whether they wanted to call him Uncle or not, they had to.

Dong Xuebin waved a hand, kept steering the car, and said, "No need to thank me. But I do have to say something to you kids this time. Connections like these run deep in local areas. You never know whose family member might belong to some leader, so you need to be more careful. Even if Liu Haibin—the guy you hit—was in the wrong, you still shouldn't have laid hands on him. What kind of behavior is that? It was only because Big Sister Xu and I were both in Ma Yang County this time that we could help you out. Otherwise, how much would you have suffered? Am I right?" Seeing them nod, Dong Xuebin added, "Take this as a lesson. Don't be so impulsive in the future."

Don't be so impulsive?

Hearing that from Dong Xuebin made Xu Yan want to laugh.

The girl said, "We understand, Uncle Dong."

One of the boys said, "It was my fault. I was the first one who couldn't hold back and started fighting. That guy was just too infuriating."

"Learn from your mistakes. Be smarter next time." But after saying that, Dong Xuebin's tone changed. "If something like this happens again, call me directly. I'll deal with him. Sometimes, you don't have to beat someone up to deal with them. There are plenty of ways!"

Xu Yan said helplessly, "Little Dong." Wasn't he teaching the kids bad things?

Dong Xuebin coughed. "I won't say any more. So, are you all hungry? Come on, let's find somewhere to eat."

Chao Chao immediately shouted, "I want barbecue!"

Dong Xuebin smiled. "All right! Barbecue it is!"

Chao Chao had been craving it badly, but after what had just happened, he was still incredibly excited. He could not help asking, "Uncle Dong, why didn't they stop us just now? There were so many of them. Would it really have been hard for them to stop a few of us? Every one of them had a gun!"

Another boy said, "Yeah. Earlier, they were shouting pretty fiercely, saying nobody was allowed to leave and all that. So why did they suddenly stop talking in the end?"

That was what all of them wanted to know, and they all looked toward Dong Xuebin.

Dong Xuebin did not know how to explain it. "Well, um..."

Xu Yan smiled. "Those soldiers heard your Uncle Dong's name."

Chao Chao stared. "Uncle Dong's name? Is it that scary?"

Xu Yan smiled faintly. "Your Uncle Dong once drove off a Northeast Tiger barehanded by himself. He fought dozens of stubborn people resisting forced demolition alone. He held up a wall weighing over a ton with both hands. He was buried beneath earthquake rubble for more than ten days and came out fine. When a plane crashed, he was the only survivor on the entire plane. Even while handcuffed, he killed nine Escaped Prisoners by himself. And under a hail of bullets, he once killed more than a dozen, maybe twenty criminals who had stolen cultural relics from the Provincial Museum. Do you think they would still dare make a move after hearing your Uncle Dong's name?"

Chao Chao and the other students were all dumbfounded. "Huh?"

Xu Yan smiled. "Although there were twenty of them, they all understood that even if they attacked together, they still would not be your Uncle Dong's match. That's why they behaved themselves."

Chao Chao said in shock, "Uncle Dong, you... you're really that amazing?"

Dong Xuebin hurriedly said modestly, "No, no. The rumors have gotten too exaggerated and made my reputation pretty notorious. It's really not that outrageous."

Xu Yan smiled. "Stop being modest, kid. Is there anyone in all of Fenzhou City who doesn't know what kind of fighting ability you have now? Hmm?"

Chao Chao and the boy instantly got excited. "Uncle Dong, can you really fight dozens of people by yourself? Damn, that's way too...!"

"Don't, don't." Dong Xuebin said awkwardly, "Everyone's just flattering me."

Xu Yan looked at him. "Still, I have to thank you this time. Without you, my son and the others would not have gotten out so quickly, and those people would not have released them so easily. At the same time, I feel a little sorry. This was my family's matter, yet I dragged you into it. It had nothing to do with you, and you did not need to wade into this mess. Now that things have turned out like this, Commander Liu will probably put this on your account. He may already have an opinion about you. If he reports to the higher-ups that you interfered with the Military District's work, I'm afraid it could affect you. How about this? Tomorrow, I'll speak to Commander Liu face-to-face and clear things up."

Xu Yan's words made sense. It was only natural for Big Sister Xu to go to the Military District to demand her son's release. Her son was inside, and both emotionally and logically, it was understandable. But Dong Xuebin had gotten involved too. To Commander Liu, that might look like meddling in matters that were none of his business. The commander might even shift his resentment away from Xu Yan and her son and direct it toward Dong Xuebin.

But did Dong Xuebin care?

He had offended too many people already. One more or one less made no difference!

Dong Xuebin immediately said, "Please don't go. You paid the medical expenses, and you've already shown the right attitude. Now Liu Guowei is the one refusing to give us any face. If you go again, it'll make you lose face. Absolutely not. Don't worry about my affairs. If Liu Guowei wants to make a move against me, do you think I'd be afraid of him? Bullshit! I'd like to see what tricks he has up his sleeve. I'll be waiting for him. Don't take this little matter to heart!"

"But..." Xu Yan still wanted to say something.

Dong Xuebin cut her off. "No buts. He can't touch me!"

Hearing that, Xu Yan said no more. "In any case, thank you, Little Dong."

"You're being too polite. It's nothing."

Dong Xuebin thought, We've already slept together, so what's with all this thanking? We're family. Your son is my son too. You're being way too formal. Of course, with those youngsters present, he definitely could not say that aloud. Well, even if Xu Yan had been the only one there, he still would not have dared say it. Xu Yan had finally stopped holding the drunken mistake against him, and he did not dare bring it up again. But he knew that Xu Yan probably understood why he cared so much about Big Sister Xu's affairs.

Along the way, Chao Chao and the others eagerly asked Dong Xuebin about his glorious exploits. "Uncle Dong, how did you fight that Northeast Tiger?"

Dong Xuebin brushed it off with a few words. "I just fought it, that's all."

"You're an official now? What rank are you?"

"Uh, deputy division level, I guess. I'm with Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office One now."

"Huh? You're only this young and already deputy division level? My mom is only division level!"

"Big Sister Xu advanced steadily step by step. I got here through luck. We can't compare."

Chao Chao and the others were extremely interested in Dong Xuebin and immediately started bombarding him with questions.

Before long, the car stopped outside a barbecue restaurant. Dong Xuebin called everyone out of the car. Once inside, without caring whether they could finish it all, he ordered more than a dozen plates of meat in one go. Since Big Sister Xu's son wanted barbecue, Dong Xuebin naturally had to treat him properly!

Once the food arrived, they started grilling it themselves.

Just then, Dong Xuebin's phone began ringing.

Seeing that it was Xie Huilan, Dong Xuebin quickly excused himself and walked to the restaurant entrance before answering. "Hui Lan, it's settled. Don't worry about it."

"I know it's settled. You stormed into the military compound?"

"Heh, why make it sound so awful? I didn't storm in."

"Is that so? Hehe, then why is what I heard different?"

"I'm telling you, I really didn't make a move this time. Those people had enough sense to know they couldn't beat me, so they simply shut up. I paid a lot of attention to the impact this time."

"You shouldn't have gone in the first place. What did you go there for?"

Dong Xuebin found it hard to explain to Xie Huilan. "Big Sister Xu was my former leader. She took especially good care of me before. Could I just stand by when she had a problem?"

"All right, your Sister Xie can't be bothered to lecture you anymore. It's good enough that no fight broke out. But you'd better be prepared. I think Liu Guowei may already have opinions about both of us."

"I know. Let him have his opinions! What can I do about that? This whole thing is because he has no sense of proportion. He's like some young girl who latches onto one person and refuses to let go, not listening to a word anyone says. Who can he blame? He can only blame himself for not knowing how to handle things or deal with people! He spoils his kid too much! That's why things got so big! You didn't see how badly those soldiers beat those kids! Their faces were swollen! He'd better not hold a grudge against me. If he dares come looking to settle accounts with me, I still want to settle things with him! Who's afraid of whom? I'll fucking run him into the ground!"

"You're getting carried away again, aren't you? I'm telling you to be careful."

"I understand. Anyway, I'm supposed to leave tomorrow. The inspection here in Ma Yang County is over. By then, even if he wants to find me, he won't be able to. Relax, unless it's absolutely necessary, I won't confront him head-on. All right? Of course, in principle, I still can't back down. As for Liu Haibin's conduct and work problems, I'm definitely going to investigate them! Someone like him should have been cleared out of the system long ago! He absolutely can't be let off lightly!"

"Mm. As long as you know what you're doing."

"I do."

After hanging up, Dong Xuebin went back to continue eating.

At almost the same time, all kinds of versions of Dong Xuebin barging into the Military District to demand someone's release had already spread throughout Fenzhou City. Many people could only sigh deeply after hearing about it. A plague god was still a plague god. Even on a business trip for an inspection assignment, he could stir up a whole pile of trouble!

He had just finished clashing with the Municipal Party Secretary.

He had just finished clashing with Deputy Mayor Feng.

And now he was up against the Military District commander too??

You were really far too good at offending people!