"Hello? Who is this?" A somewhat weak voice came through the phone.
"Ah! Cousin? It's Ming Ming!" Feng Mingming hurriedly said when the call connected.
"Oh! It's Ming Ming!"
"Yes, yes! I heard Cousin had returned, so I wanted to check in on you!" Feng Mingming said.
"Hehe! How thoughtful." Feng Shaiwen found Feng Mingming's words somewhat unbelievable. He knew exactly what kind of person his cousin was. A simple check-in probably came with some other purpose.
Still, Feng Shaiwen and Feng Mingming had always gotten along fairly well. After all, they were family!
"Brother, why does your voice sound so weak?" Feng Mingming could tell over the phone that Feng Shaiwen was breathing heavily. It was not the sort of breathing caused by exhaustion, but rather a weak, feeble sound.
"Sigh! Well, I was injured while performing a mission! That's why I came back—to recover!" The moment Feng Shaiwen heard Feng Mingming bring this up, he felt deeply annoyed!
It was all because of that damned fellow Chen Mo. If he had not fought Chen Mo, he would not have ended up this weak, looking as though he had a serious illness!
After his fight with Chen Mo, he had indeed suffered some internal injuries from exchanging blows with him several times. Fortunately, Chen Mo had not played dirty. Still, after being injured, Feng Shaiwen was too embarrassed to remain at the Special Affairs Administration base in the city. He had lost so much face—how could he stay there?
The Feng Family was based in Kyoto, so after joining the Special Affairs Administration, he could have chosen to enter the local branch nearby—the Kyoto Special Affairs Administration Branch—and serve under the current branch chief, Cang Zhihui.
However, before joining the Special Affairs Administration, he had attended an auction held