"Then I shall trouble General Xiao to take care of it."
With that, Ming Li patted the hand that was tightly gripping her own, scanned her surroundings with a calm gaze, and spoke to him in a very soft tone: "Very well, if you don't wish to stay, go to the side hall and rest first. Don't let yourself get scared into an illness."
Xiao Ning looked at this madman of a colleague—who had just orchestrated a devious plot—now casting his eyes downward with a look of harmlessness. He seemed as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he surrendered to the young lady's intimidating whim and requested in a low voice: "Very well, but my wife must come with me."
Chapter 21