After Captain Ma returned, his expression looked somewhat strange. He walked over to Xu Qingtong and said, "Brother Guo, Commander Xue wants you to go see him!"
Xu Qingtong froze. What exactly had Captain Ma said to Commander Xue? Why had Commander Xue summoned him alone?
"Captain Ma, what does Commander Xue want with me?"
"He thinks you're not suited to staying with me, and he's given me someone else in your place. Go see him for your new assignment!" Captain Ma said, somewhat dejected.
Hearing this, Zhang Mengwei immediately frowned and said indignantly, "Brother Guo only just arrived, and he hasn't made any mistakes. Why transfer him away? I don't agree!"
Sun Lan also stood up and said, "Captain, I don't think we should let Brother Guo leave either. You know what happened last night. Without Brother Guo, Mengwei and I probably wouldn't have escaped disaster!"
"Do you think I'm the one making Brother Guo leave? It's the commander! He insists on transferring Brother Guo back to town, saying he has another important assignment for him. What can I do?"
Xu Qingtong seemed to understand what had happened. Presumably, Captain Ma had reported last night's events to Commander Xue. Upon hearing that Xu Qingtong possessed considerable fighting strength, Commander Xue wanted to pull him back and give him a more demanding assignment.
He shook his head helplessly, gave a wry smile, and said, "Since the commander has summoned me, I dare not disobey! Fellow Daoists, I shall take my leave!"
With that, he cupped his fist and saluted everyone in turn, then headed toward the commander's residence.
"Captain, you shouldn't have let Brother Guo leave! Commander or not, once he's given us someone, there's absolutely no reason to take him back!" Zhang Mengwei clearly still wanted to argue for