Jiang Huizhen looked utterly bewildered.
If she remembered correctly, this was her first time meeting him, wasn't it?
If she remembered correctly, there had never been any bad blood between them!
If she remembered correctly, she wasn't his subordinate, was she?
So what was this barrage of reprimands all about?
"Director Zhou, I hope you can calm down. This wasn't the outcome we wanted either!" The celebrated female detective took a deep breath and spoke with her anger firmly suppressed.
After all, her failure to think things through had caused the operation to fail and had even gotten his officers injured. In that respect, she did have some explaining to do.
But Jiang Huizhen didn't think she had been wrong. Some things had to be attempted before you could know whether they would succeed! Today's operation had been only one step away from success.
One failure hardly mattered. Couldn't they simply learn from it next time?
Yet Director Zhou's uncompromising stance made it clear that there would be no next time.
"I'll say it again. Take your people and leave. We'll rescue Tian Jiawen, but we don't need a bunch of deadweight teammates dragging us down!"
Those blunt words stripped Jiang Huizhen of the last of her dignity.
"Director Zhou, please mind your manners!" Jiang Huizhen said angrily.
She had been named a Red Flag Bearer and appeared on national television. In terms of fame and honors, she was not merely Zhou Yi's equal; she might even surpass him. They were also equal in rank, so what right did Zhou Yi have to treat her with such contempt?
"Manners? Not telling you to get the hell out was already more than polite enough! Political Commissar, show our guests out!" Director Zhou gave Jiang Huizhen a cold glance, then turned and