Chapter 2655 - 2717: Arrangements
He said so, and Li Yifei couldn’t refuse, so he agreed and put down the phone. However, Li Yifei couldn’t relax. His elder brother took over the investigation, which did lessen a lot of trouble for him, but he felt a bit empty and uneasy. Frowning, Li Yifei rubbed his face and gripped the somewhat hot phone. Li Yifei suddenly remembered Na Yi was still waiting for him, so he called her.
Na Yi quickly picked up the phone, her voice carrying a hint of joy as she asked, "Yifei, have you finished your work?"
Hearing Na Yi’s expectant voice, Li Yifei felt a bit guilty. He had promised to accompany Na Yi back home to see her father, and maybe even live for a while to enjoy and revisit old memories. But he kept having things to deal with, leaving her alone at Zhang Tianxing’s house, and it’s been more than half a month. Li Yifei truly felt... embarrassed.
Especially these days, his thoughts were occupied with the Flying Hawk Squad, and he even forgot to call.
"Na Yi, I’m very sorry, things here are not finished yet, you must wait for me a bit longer. There are some issues within the Flying Hawk Squad that I must solve first!" Li Yifei said very apologetically.
Na Yi on the other end was a bit disappointed, but she understood Li Yifei, so she shook her head and said, "It’s okay, husband, you are busy with legitimate work, I support you. Also, it won’t take much time. So focus on your work, I’m doing well here. The air is nice, the environment is good, and every day is very happy."
This was to reassure Li Yifei, he could tell, and he sighed inwardly. But things have a priority, and if one has to choose, the most pressing issue must be solved first. Li Yifei had to deal with the Flying Hawk Squad issues first, not saying to solve them completely, but at least untangle them clearly, and slowly ease the crisis. Only then could he reunite with Na Yi, take her back home. Let’s hope there will be some free time then.
As he had previously said to Murong Yuanqing, it always felt like something big was going to happen, which would be a huge challenge.
"Alright, I’ll finish the work here and then meet up with you. But... you can also go home first. I’ll arrange for someone to send you there, so you can reunite with your father first. Once I finish here, I’ll head over immediately." Li Yifei said.
Na Yi said, "It’s fine, whether we reunite a day sooner or a day later doesn’t matter."
"Settled then, I’ll arrange someone to send you there. You reunite with your father first. I estimate it won’t take much longer here, then I’ll hurry over!" Li Yifei decided.
This time, Na Yi didn’t insist anymore. She said it wasn’t necessary to reassure Li Yifei, but in her heart, she still hoped to quickly meet her father. It’s been over a year since she last left home; how could Na Yi not miss home, especially since she barely keeps in touch regularly? In her heart, she truly misses her dependent father.
After hanging up, Li Yifei went to the barracks where Zhang Tianxing and the others were. Their physical injuries had recovered significantly, but the emotional ones were not so easily healed. When Li Yifei arrived, several people quickly stood up to greet him. Li Yifei waved his hand and said, "Sit down, I have some things to tell you."
"Has the boss figured out the case?" Zheng Mingrui’s eyes lit up, he asked excitedly.
Li Yifei gestured for him to sit down and said, "The case isn’t clear yet, but there has been some progress."
Li Yifei briefly talked about the deaths of Snow Falcon and others, as well as some follow-up matters. He didn’t need to hide much from his brothers, but he didn’t mention sensitive details. Each person had different reactions to what they heard, Zheng Mingrui cursed and said some harsh words, stood up and walked limping around the room a couple of times, saying, "Just died like that, truly let him off easy, damn it!"
Apparently, they felt it wasn’t satisfying for one of the culprits, Snow Falcon, to just die like that. But dead is dead, and no punishment is possible except possibly exhuming the body, which they wouldn’t do, and it would be meaningless.
When they heard Li Yifei wouldn’t be in charge of the investigation, they said, "Boss, what can we do? The Flying Hawk Squad has become like this; we should do something, even if it’s just to salvage it. These days, every time I think of how proud we were of the Flying Hawk Squad that Snow Falcon and those bastards have messed up like this, my heart aches." Zhang Tianxing said clutching his chest.
Li Yifei nodded and said, "You’ve asked the right question, there is indeed something you can do!"
"What? Boss, hurry up and tell us, we can definitely help, otherwise these days spent in this room are torturous, without any work, completely useless." Li Yifei understood his brothers’ feelings and didn’t beat around the bush and quickly said, "There are two paths now. One is to completely rebuild the Flying Hawk Squad, but there’s no time for that."
"Time? What time? Oh, are you worried about missing military exercises, boss?" Zheng Mingrui was astute and quickly picked up on the key point.
"Correct, military exercises or other critical missions that can’t be executed without available personnel are problematic. Hence, the second path: to deal with those who have major crimes, give disciplinary action to those with minor ones, but not discharge or pursue them, allow them to make amends, but this requires someone to step in to manage and gradually transform them!"
"I understand, boss, I’m ready. As long as the troops need me and the Flying Hawk Squad wants me back, I can return anytime!" Zheng Mingrui, upon understanding, was the first to stand up, puff out his chest, and say, while pounding his chest, other people also understood Li Yifei’s meaning and responded, they were all elite members of the Flying Hawk Squad, naturally capable people.
Others also responded one after another, expressing that as long as the troops needed them, they would overcome all difficulties and return to the military camp.
However, they all had families, some not married but had girlfriends. Li Yifei didn’t want them to return to the military camp. Especially since the Flying Hawk Squad’s training bases are mostly in extreme environments, it was inconvenient for families to follow, plus there are many confidential matters, it’s not convenient for families to know.
But the brothers having that heart made Li Yifei happy. He felt the same way; if the troops needed him, the country needed him, he would not hesitate.
After helping a few brothers with treatment, Zheng Mingrui followed him out and asked, "Boss, is there anything unsaid you haven’t mentioned? I saw you hesitated a bit earlier."
"There’s nothing unsaid, I told you everything necessary. Hesitation is because I don’t want you to get involved again. Who knows if there will be dangerous missions, Skinny Monkey is gone, I really don’t want you to take the risk again!" Li Yifei glared at him and said.
Zheng Mingrui scratched his head. His nickname is Silver Eagle, showing his former strength, he was bold and careful, with super-strong personal abilities. If Li Yifei wanted to bring back old soldiers, Zheng Mingrui would be the first in line, but precisely because of this, Li Yifei was hesitant.
"Boss, actually, it’s nothing. Whatever feelings you have towards the Flying Hawk Squad or this country, we have the same. Maybe our abilities are much smaller than yours, but the feelings are the same. Men always have to make choices; whatever is owed to wives and families can be repaid slowly later. It’s only a period of time anyway. Besides, it’s not like it doesn’t pay. Haha, as long as there’s pay, everything can be discussed!" Zheng Mingrui laughed.
"Pay... there certainly will be pay, and a lot. I’ll help you get the maximum. Sigh, to talk about it, this matter is really troublesome!" Li Yifei cursed, and Zheng Mingrui followed him, cursing too: "Snow Falcon died too easily. If it were me, I’d definitely torture him for a while, letting a proper Flying Hawk Squad end up like this because of him is truly atrocious."
Li Yifei frowned and looked into the distance, stopped walking, Zheng Mingrui wanted to speak but stopped upon looking ahead, because they both saw a familiar person.
Indeed, he’s a familiar face, recalling the past, Zheng Mingrui often had to wrestle with this person and got into conflicts. If it weren’t for Li Yifei stepping in, Zheng Mingrui wouldn’t just have lost; even his love affair with Lin Wanqing would have ended, forcibly sabotaged apart.
The guy not far from the two was none other than Sunx Dongming, the second-generation heir who joined the Flying Hawk Squad after their discharge, a scion from Capital City, benefiting from his ancestors, which allowed him to join the Flying Hawk Squad.
Seeing this person, Li Yifei suddenly felt a sense of clarity, as if he should have long anticipated the current change in the Flying Hawk Squad. Seeing what Sunx Dongming and others did back then was a massive hint, the Flying Hawk Squad had changed. These second-generation heirs, entering with connections rather than true capabilities to mix in the Flying Hawk Squad, precisely signified this change.
Li Yifei squinted his eyes at Sunx Mingdong, Zheng Mingrui also put away his smile, his gaze sharp, looking at the other side.
Sunx Mingdong was originally smoking under a shady tree, halfway through the cigarette he heard voices speaking, curious he turned around to see Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui approaching, stunned, the cigarette in his mouth dropping.
Of course, Sunx Mingdong knew Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui had come to the camp, even on the day of Violent Wolf and others’ incident, he observed from afar, originally wanting to join in the fun, but he felt lucky not going, else he’d be confronting Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui directly.
In these few****, also avoiding Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui, not meeting them, yet didn’t expect while having a smoke, still ran into them.
It’s no coincidence that foes meet, Sunx Mingdong originally hated Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui to the extreme, but he lacks the strength himself, so avoiding them is the smartest choice. Additionally, Sunx Mingdong’s messes are not clean underneath, so guilty, fearing being caught.
Past events had long proven Sunx Mingdong was a coward, bluffing well but when hard confrontation came, he backed down, even in Flying Hawk Squad it was the same, seeing Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui slowly walk over, Sunx Mingdong instinctively swallowed, growing nervous.