The remaining ten members all sent the same message. Not one held back.
+1!
+1!
+1!
Hou Liangbing's mind went blank.
Those bastards!
They wanted him to kowtow three times to each of them!
Ten people meant thirty kowtows!
Rage and humiliation battered against his chest, threatening to tear him apart!
But then he thought of Man-Rat's threat, his career, and what would happen if his wife discovered his secret...
His fury drained away like air from a punctured balloon.
All that remained was suffocating resentment and cold despair.
He had no choice!
Hou Liangbing slowly closed his eyes and knelt again, swallowing his humiliation.
Thud!
"Spirit Snake, revered elder, I was wrong!"
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
"Jade Rabbit, my honored lady, it was my fault!"
Thud!
Thud!
The dull thuds of his forehead against the floor rang rhythmically through the silent office.
That was the sound of his dignity shattering.
He could not skip a single one of the thirty kowtows.
When Hou Liangbing finished the last one and raised his head, blood had seeped from his forehead. The room spun, and he nearly fainted.
He forced himself to look at his phone.
[Spirit Snake has returned to the team] [Jade Rabbit has returned to the team] [Stone Monkey has returned to the team]
Every gray profile picture had lit up again.
"The crisis... is over!"
Hou Liangbing collapsed to the floor and let out a long breath. He felt as though his soul had been drained from his body.
Ring, ring!
Just then, his personal phone rang at the worst possible moment.
The caller ID read: Zhong Xiaofeng.
At the sight of that name, the rage Hou Liangbing had just smothered flared up again like a fire doused in gasoline!
If not for that idiot,