Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 700 - 739: Retribution Comes So Quickly

Chapter 700: Chapter 739: Retribution Comes So Quickly

"Director, you say... you say... you want me to become a clerk?" Zheng Dawei stammered as he asked.

The director nodded and replied, "Yes, go be a clerk."

Zheng Dawei knew that he hadn’t misheard this time, and he really panicked now. He quickly said, "Director, what mistake have I made?"

The director sighed and said, "Old Zheng, you have indeed done a good job as an office director in the past few years, and I’m quite satisfied. I was actually going to promote you. But this time, it was the higher-ups who specifically targeted you. There’s nothing I can do."

"What? The higher-ups targeted me? Why?" Zheng Dawei shouted, how could this be possible? He was just a sub-bureau’s office director, and every time someone from higher up visited, he received them wholeheartedly, afraid of the slightest dissatisfaction. Moreover, each time the guests were very satisfied. He certainly shouldn’t have offended anyone higher up.

The director himself was also puzzled. The instances where higher-ups directly issue orders to remove someone are extremely rare. He had never encountered such a situation in all these years, and moreover, no reasons were given, just a direct personnel order. He said, "I don’t know the specifics. Anyway, I received a call from the city, and they didn’t explain the reasons to me either. Think about it yourself, did you unwittingly offend someone?"

"Offend someone? Director, you know me. I always handle things carefully, and I don’t pick fights," Zheng Dawei said, nearly crying.

The director then said, "You may not have directly offended someone in our system, but it’s possible you’ve offended someone else. Maybe that person has exceptional connections."

"Ah?" Zheng Dawei’s mind raced, suddenly remembering the man and woman he encountered that morning. They had said outright that they would deal with him and ensure he couldn’t stay as an office director. Could it be them?

Seeing Zheng Dawei’s expression, the director knew he had remembered and sighed, saying, "Old Zheng, I am sorry, but I can’t help you with this. You’d better think of a solution yourself."

Zheng Dawei left the director’s office in a daze, still feeling it to be incredible. The people he had encountered in the morning, how influential must they be to have him removed as office director by the afternoon.

Other than those two, he truly couldn’t think of anyone else he had offended, yet at this point, he still didn’t know the identities of that pair.

He didn’t even know how he returned to his office. Sitting at his desk, he stared blankly for quite some time before his scattered gaze finally focused—a newspaper on the desk caught his attention. It was the Mile City Daily, featuring a large spread about a burgeoning business in Mile City, and one of the photos made Zheng Dawei’s eyes widen. That woman was the same one he had seen that morning.

"Xu Yingying, General Manager of Dreamfly Company..." Zheng Dawei muttered to himself. His facial skin twitched a few times before he carefully read the content.

"Could it be? She’s just a general manager, and it’s not even her company. Could she really have that much clout?"

After reading the content, Zheng Dawei still found it hard to believe this had anything to do with Xu Yingying. Let alone her being a general manager—even if she were the owner of Dreamfly Company, she shouldn’t have the power to oust him just like that.

However, he couldn’t find another reason for his dismissal, so now he had to find a way to rectify the situation. The first thing was to ask someone to contact Xu Yingying to see if it was indeed orchestrated by her.

Zheng Dawei had worked at the Bureau of Commerce and Industry for many years and had developed a wide network. Quickly, he found someone who knew Xu Yingying and asked them to inquire about her background.

But the feedback he got was just that Xu Yingying used to be the general manager of a subsidiary of Huayang Company before switching to Dreamfly Company, with no real background to speak of.

Zheng Dawei still felt something was off and demanded Xu Yingying’s phone number, took a deep breath, and called her.

After a while, the call was answered, and a pleasant female voice came through, "Hello, this is Xu Yingying." But the tone was brisk and to the point.

"Hello, I’m Zheng Dawei. We met at the hospital this morning."

"Oh, Office Director Zheng? I wish you success in your work," she replied.

Upon hearing Xu Yingying’s words, Zheng Dawei, no matter how foolish, knew he had found the right person. A surge of anger welled up from within, yet he dared not lash out. If she could have him removed from his position, then he was in no position to challenge her.

"President Xu! I apologize to you here. The whole situation was just my brother-in-law spouting nonsense. I was upset seeing my father-in-law injured, and I lost my composure for a moment, causing me to do things I shouldn’t have and say things I shouldn’t have. I ask for your forgiveness, President Xu, please don’t hold a grudge for my indiscretion," he said.

Xu Yingying chuckled lightly and responded, "Really? But at that time, it seemed you didn’t say the same thing."

"Yes, yes, President Xu, at that time I really was blinded by greed, all the fault is mine. I don’t know if President Xu has any time tonight, let’s find a place to talk."

"Sorry, I don’t have time." Xu Yingying said and then hung up the phone.

Zheng Dawei, listening to the dial tone on the phone, was so angry he almost smashed it. As the director of the office of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry, generally, no company boss would dare to hang up on him, but this Xu Yingying had just hung up on him directly, and so arrogantly at that, it nearly made him explode with rage.

After his anger, Zheng Dawei suddenly remembered something and hastily dialed his brother-in-law’s number, but no one answered the brother-in-law’s phone, which made him very anxious. This morning, that man had said that not only would he lose his job, but he would also deal with his brother-in-law. Now that he had been stripped of his position, his brother-in-law’s safety was also in grave danger.

Unable to get through the phone, he immediately called his wife, and this time it went through.

"Wife, where’s my little brother?" As soon as the call connected, Zheng Dawei immediately asked.

"He’s gone out. Let me tell you, find someone quickly. Our Wang family has never suffered such a huge loss, we were even shouted at when they came to our door. If we don’t handle them, how can we ever lift our heads high again as human beings?" At this time, Zheng Dawei’s wife was still in a fit of anger.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Dawei’s internal fury flared up. He couldn’t vent at his superiors or dare to confront Xu Yingying, having been bottling it up for so long. His wife’s temper triggered him further and he could no longer hold back, immediately roaring, "It’s all because of your good-for-nothing brother, and your damn father too, insisting on extorting good people. It’s their damn fault that I got kicked out as the office director."

"Zheng Dawei, have you gone mad? You dare to curse my father? Wait, what did you say? You were kicked out as the office director?" Zheng Dawei’s wife always had the final say at home, and Zheng Dawei never dared to lose his temper with her. Instinctively, she also started roaring back, but then she suddenly realized something and shouted in shock.

Zheng Dawei screamed: "Yes, I’ve worked so hard for so many years, groveling and appeasing everyone carefully, just to climb up the ladder. I finally had the chance to advance, but it’s all because of your brother, all because of your father. They insisted on treating a good person as a bad one, just to scam a few bucks. Now, I’ve lost everything, my future is gone, it’s all gone... Wuu..."

By the end, Zheng Dawei was in tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

This shocked his wife so much she was almost frightened out of her wits. "Husband, husband, don’t cry, what exactly happened?"

"Can’t you understand? It’s because you tried to scam that little girl that her sister stepped in and got me pulled down directly through the higher-ups. Didn’t you hear that man cursing us at the time, saying he’d make sure I couldn’t be the office director? Now I can’t be, and you should warn your brother too. That man said he was going to have the underworld take care of your brother, didn’t you hear?"

"Ah! Really?"

"Yes, you may not believe it, and you don’t have to, just go do whatever you want," Zheng Dawei said before slamming the phone down onto the ground with force.

The sound of the phone hitting the ground nearly deafened Zheng Dawei’s wife, and only then did she realize the seriousness of the situation. She immediately tried to call her brother, but the brother’s phone was completely unreachable.

She was in the hospital at the time, and while she was on the phone, the old man lying on the hospital bed, though he did not understand what had happened, knew something was wrong and asked anxiously: "What happened? What happened?"

"It’s bad, Dawei’s position as director has been taken away, just by the man and woman who came this morning. Right now, I’m really worried about my brother."

"Why?" The old man suddenly sat up straight.

"It’s just... it’s just..." At this point, she was at a loss for words, but then her phone rang again. It was her brother calling, and she quickly answered.

"Sister! Help..." The crying voice of Er Pi came through immediately.

"Little brother, little brother, what’s wrong with you?" Zheng Dawei’s wife called out anxiously.

"Sister, hurry and save me, my arm is broken, my arm is broken... and I’ve lost teeth...Help me..." Er Pi’s screams were continuous, and his speech was garbled and unclear.

"I’m coming right away, just tell me where you are."

Finally, Er Pi managed to give his address, and his sister hurriedly rushed out. Meanwhile, the old man just sat there dazed on the hospital bed for a long time without moving, then suddenly collapsed on the bed, crying with tears streaming down his face: "It’s a sin! Such a sin! This is retribution! This is retribution!"