Chapter 2217 - 2210: The Reaction from Above
Wang Dadong waved his large hand, "Old General, us men drinking, what’s it got to do with women, come on, let’s finish three big bowls first."
After saying this, he poured three more bowls of wine for the Old General.
Qiao Feifei was embarrassed, being repeatedly referred to as ’woman’ by Wang Dadong, yet she had no way to refute him.
The Old General was stirred by Wang Dadong’s words, "That’s right, a man should drink in big gulps and eat in big bites, come, young brother, I toast to you!"
Gulp, gulp.
The two of them downed three big bowls again.
After these three big bowls, the Old General appeared invigorated, but Wang Dadong seemed somewhat weakened. These six big bowls of wine consumed some of his golden blood.
Each drop was an unparalleled rarity.
But being able to heal the Old General’s old ailment was worth it!
"Woman, go dance for me!" Wang Dadong shouted drunkenly at Qiao Feifei, holding a wine jar.
"Dance, dance!"
The soldiers joined in to heckle.
Qiao Feifei was furious, but she had no choice but to go out and perform a boxing routine; as for dancing, she certainly didn’t know how.
Watching the valiant Qiao Feifei, the Old General lamented: "Back when Feifei was just a child, she always pestered me to teach her kung fu, and in a blink, she’s all grown up. Now it’s too late to teach her..."
Wang Dadong smiled and said: "Why not, Old General, give it a try."
"Can I really?" The Old General, after drinking six bowls, felt a bit hot, and it seemed as if there was a powerful force within waiting to be unleashed, feeling eager to try.
"Absolutely no problem."
"Alright, then this old man will show off a bit."
With that, the Old General leaped from his seat into the center of the hall.
And joined Qiao Feifei in practicing boxing.
The Old General’s boxing was no worse than Qiao Feifei’s, and even more fluidly executed.
After finishing the routine, he felt utterly refreshed.
"Grandpa, your leg?" Qiao Feifei looked at the Old General in surprise.
Only then did the Old General look at his own foot, realizing his leg ailment, which had troubled him for years, was healed!
"What on earth happened?" the Old General was also a bit puzzled.
"Wang Dadong, was it you who healed my grandpa?" Qiao Feifei didn’t know how to explain it. She only knew that after Wang Dadong had the Old General drink that wine, the Old General’s health improved.
Obviously, it couldn’t be due to the wine because the Old General had drunk some before.
So, it could only be Wang Dadong...
Everyone then shifted their gaze to Wang Dadong’s seat, but Wang Dadong was no longer there.
Wang Dadong had already returned to his rest room to start meditating and cultivating. The recent expenditure was too great, and he had to quickly restore his spirit qi. Otherwise, if Dongyin Country caused trouble, it would be troublesome.
The whole of Haisha Island was in celebration, but the Dragon Group headquarters was quite troubled.
Because Wang Dadong unexpectedly sank a Dongyin Country warship.
"Lord Tianlong, is there something you need from me?" Hao Wentao asked knowingly.
"Chief Hao’s Team, you were the one who sent Wang Dadong, right?"
Hao Wentao nodded.
"How could he do such a thing, doesn’t he know how much crisis this might bring to the nation? Dongyin Country might even declare war on Huaxia Country because of this!" The Dragon Group’s highest leader, Tianlong, said gravely.
Hao Wentao took a deep breath and said, "Lord Tianlong, I don’t think Wang Dadong did anything wrong. Lieyu Island has always been our territory, and not only did Dongyin Country station troops there, but they also fired first, Wang Dadong was merely defending himself. Besides, if war really breaks out, would Huaxia fear Dongyin Country?"
"You, a soldier, know nothing! Immediately notify Wang Dadong to apologize to Dongyin Country; our Huaxia Country will give them an explanation for this matter."
Hao Wentao’s face turned somewhat unsightly. It wasn’t just Dongyin’s warship that got sunk; Huaxia’s warship was sunk too. But the other side didn’t even ask if Wang Dadong was hurt, directly demanding Wang Dadong to apologize. This left Hao Wentao extremely disheartened.
"What? Do you have a problem?" Seeing Hao Wentao not speaking for a long time, Tianlong frowned and asked.
"Lord Tianlong, why is it that even though it’s Dongyin Country at fault, Huaxia has to apologize?" Hao Wentao voiced his unwillingness.
"There’s no reason. You’re a soldier; you just need to execute orders."
Hao Wentao suddenly stood up, "I’m sorry, Lord Tianlong, Wang Dadong doesn’t belong to the Dragon Group, nor is he attached to any military unit, so no one can command him."
"Hao Wentao, what are you trying to do? Are you planning to rebel?"
"I’m not trying to rebel, I just don’t understand why, when our territory is invaded by another country, we instead have to take the lower stance."
"Fine, you’re suspended from duty. If you don’t do it, I’ll find someone else to do it!"
...
Wang Dadong meditated until after nine in the evening before coming to; although the lost golden blood couldn’t recover that quickly, internally he remained at peak condition, entirely capable of handling any provocation from Dongyin Country.
Upon waking up, Wang Dadong noticed someone standing outside the door, it was Qiao Feifei.
"General Qiao, it’s so late, is there something you need from me?" Wang Dadong opened the door, mischievously looking at Qiao Feifei.
Qiao Feifei’s face looked very troubled, as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.
"Is it something on Dongyin Country’s side?" Wang Dadong put away his playful attitude and guessed. Given Dongyin Country’s vengeful nature, having their warship sunk, they would certainly seek revenge.
Qiao Feifei shook her head, "It’s not Dongyin Country, but from the Huaxia side."
"What’s the issue?" A foreboding feeling rose in Wang Dadong’s heart.
"They want... want..." Qiao Feifei suddenly covered her mouth and started crying.
Wang Dadong gently held Qiao Feifei, patting her back softly, "It’s alright, tell me, what did they say."
"They want you to publicly apologize to Dongyin Country, and compensate for Dongyin Country’s losses..." Qiao Feifei felt extremely wronged.
There wasn’t much surprise on Wang Dadong’s face; he had anticipated that the higher-ups would do something like this.
"Comrade Wang Dadong, the Dragon Group Headquarters has a call for you." A marine came to report.
"Comrade Wang Dadong, the Dragon Group Headquarters, Captain Hao is looking for you." The soldier, seeing no reaction from Wang Dadong, repeated himself, thinking Wang Dadong hadn’t heard.
"Have him wait." Wang Dadong replied coldly, easily guessing what Hao Wentao’s call was about.
The soldier was a bit awkward, not knowing what to do, while Qiao Feifei motioned for him to leave.
After a moment of silence, Qiao Feifei spoke quietly: "Now you understand what I was saying, the upper levels simply can’t be tough, every time it’s clearly Dongyin Country causing trouble, but in the end, it’s us who have to apologize... you should answer the call, since it’s from the Dragon Group."