Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 716 - 717: Ask for Trouble, No Way Out

Chapter 716: Chapter 717: Ask for Trouble, No Way Out

"Ah... Director Qian, what’s going on?" Just as he uttered those words, Li Jinghui’s face became rigid, and he exclaimed urgently, "Director Qian, how is this possible? Are you sure there’s no mistake?"

"Anyway, it’s been decided like this. I can’t do anything about it. If you have a way, go find it yourself." After Director Qian spoke, he simply hung up the phone. Su Yuya had said it, so of course, he just repeated it to Li Jinghui. After all, he had never really thought much of the guy, and now that he had the chance to kick him out of the hospital, he could hardly wait.

"Hello? Hello! Director Qian! Director Qian!" Li Jinghui shouted, but there was only a dial tone coming from the phone.

"Old Li, what’s wrong?" The instigator with the surname Wang, sensing that something was amiss, cautiously asked.

Li Jinghui murmured, "I... I’ve actually been dismissed."

"What?" Everyone in the private room cried out in disbelief, struggling to trust their own ears, and then they all froze.

After a while, Li Jinghui suddenly thought of an important issue, his gaze turning towards Song Xiaodong, but he abruptly realized that both Song Xiaodong and Lin Su’er had disappeared. "Where are they? Where are they?"

Only then did everyone realize that Song Xiaodong and Lin Su’er were gone.

"Um... Where are they?" Li Jinghui screamed like a madman.

Zhou Pingqing cautiously said, "They might have left while we were in shock just now."

"Left? No, no, we need to find them quickly!" As Li Jinghui spoke, he had already dashed out.

The people who had come with him also hurriedly ran out after him.

Zhao Rui and the other three women stood in the private room, looking at each other. Zhou Pingqing’s mouth twitched slightly as he said, "Ruirui, what’s the story with this Song Xiaodong anyway?"

Zhao Rui shook her head, face grim, "I don’t know. All I knew was he’s Lin Su’er’s boyfriend. We even asked at dinner today, but didn’t he say he works at Pengfei Company?"

Zhou Pingqing shook his head repeatedly, "That’s impossible. Pengfei Company isn’t small, but even the head of the company wouldn’t have ’the ability’ to dismiss Li Jinghui with a single phone call."

Zhao Rui grimaced, "Then I have no idea. Could it be that this Song Xiaodong is a big shot, a really significant figure?"

Song Qing said, "It seems so now. No wonder he was so assertive just now, no wonder he didn’t take Li Jinghui seriously, and no wonder he fought on the spot. He must have enough confidence."

At that moment, a flurry of messy footsteps came their way, and Li Jinghui and his party stormed back in like the wind, with Li Jinghui gasping for air. He said, "Zhou Pingqing, who on earth is that gentleman?"

"We don’t know either." Zhou Pingqing smiled helplessly and said, "All I know is his girlfriend is Zhao Rui’s classmate."

Li Jinghui immediately turned to Zhao Rui and asked, "Do you know who he is?"

"I don’t know either."

"Then do you have a contact number?" Li Jinghui continued to inquire.

Zhao Rui nodded subconsciously, "I only have his girlfriend’s number."

Li Jinghui was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Give it to me quickly, give it to me quickly."

Zhao Rui subconsciously took out her cell phone and started to look for the number, when Yang Yong spoke up, "Zhao Rui, shouldn’t you be careful about giving out this phone number so easily?"

Zhao Rui was taken aback and suddenly realized there was a problem. Now that Li Jinghui was about to be removed from his position, why should she fear him? Besides, whether Lin Su’er and Song Xiaodong would be willing to speak with Li Jinghui was another matter. If she gave the number away so carelessly and it ended up upsetting Lin Su’er and Song Xiaodong, wouldn’t that be awful?

"Didn’t you hear me when I asked you to give me the phone?" Li Jinghui saw Zhao Rui hesitating and suddenly yelled out in anger.

Zhao Rui shivered, looked at Li Jinghui, and said, "Deputy Director Li, I need to ask my friend first."

"You..." Li Jinghui was about to explode with rage, but then he suddenly realized an important fact. If it were true that a single call from Song Xiaodong had removed him from his Deputy Director position, then offending Zhao Rui and the others would leave him with even less room to maneuver.

His anger quickly dissipated, and a smile appeared on his face as he said, "Zhao Rui, please give your classmate a call. I want... I would like to talk to them. There has been a misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding. Old Wang, aren’t you also thinking of apologizing to them?"

Mr. Wang chimed in eagerly as well, "Yes, yes, I was just about to apologize." Even Deputy Director Li had been removed so easily, and his own power was far less than Li Jinghui’s. If they really held a grudge against him, he would have no idea how he might meet his end.

Zhao Rui looked at the Deputy Director, who had always looked down on her, now with a smile plastered all over his face, acting obsequious and trying to ingratiate himself. She suddenly felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction and said, "Then I’ll give it a try, but whether it works out or not, I can’t guarantee."

After dialing Lin Su’er’s number, Lin Su’er picked up quickly. Zhao Rui hurriedly said, "Lin Su’er, Deputy Director Li would like to speak with Song Xiaodong."

There was no immediate reply from the other end. After a short pause, Lin Su’er’s voice came through, "Dongzi said, ’Heaven’s retribution is tolerable, but one’s own retribution is not.’"

"Ah..." The meaning of these words was self-explanatory.

"Zhao Rui, don’t bother with them anymore. You all go ahead too. See you at the hospital tomorrow."

"Oh, okay! Okay!" Zhao Rui agreed repeatedly without daring to persuade any further.

Seeing Zhao Rui put down the phone, Li Jinghui already sensed that something was amiss and asked with a pained expression, "How did it go?"

Zhao Rui shrugged her shoulders and said, "My classmate’s boyfriend said, ’Heaven’s retribution is tolerable, but one’s own retribution is not!’"

After voicing this statement, Zhao Rui watched the expressions on the faces of Li Jinghui and the others turn ashen. Suddenly, she felt an indescribable sense of achievement, as if she had become an important figure, and these people could only listen to her without daring to talk back.

"Take care of yourselves," Zhao Rui casually dropped one more line, then gave Zhou Pingqing and the others a signal, and the four of them left the private room.

"Wow, I can’t believe I just said that to Li Jinghui. It felt so good," Zhao Rui exclaimed excitedly as they left the karaoke hall.

Song Qing also said excitedly, "Yeah, it was so satisfying. To think that we used to be so intimidated by him, not even daring to breathe too heavily around him. Just now, when we talked back at him, he behaved like a little grandson. It was so refreshing."

Zhou Pingqing’s mouth twitched as he asked, "Ruirui, Song Qing, who exactly is Song Xiaodong?"

All of them paused, now genuinely curious about this ’Eldest Brother’. What kind of identity did one have to have to wield such power?