"If General Zhao had asked me to come this afternoon, I might have had to turn him down." After seeing Zhao Guosheng, Luo Ziling said with a smile, "My parents are coming back this afternoon, and I already promised them I’d pick them up at the airport. I happened to be free this morning, and when I heard General Zhao was unwell, I came over to take a look."
"Heh, your parents are quite the romantics, going off on such a long honeymoon." Zhao Guosheng said with a laugh, "They’re coming back and you’re going to pick them up, that’s how it should be. Good thing I picked a suitable time, otherwise I’d have to wait again."
"A lot has been going on these past couple of days. I should have come over on my own initiative to help treat General Zhao, but it’s been hard to fit the time in." Luo Ziling expressed his apologies.
"It’s fine, I know you’ve had a lot on your plate lately." Zhao Guosheng smiled meaningfully, but didn’t spell anything out.
Because of his special position, there were many things that couldn’t be kept from Zhao Guosheng.
Luo Ziling being tailed by Wu Dongfang’s men, and Wu Dongfang going to apologize to Ling Mingrui after he found out about it—Zhao Guosheng knew all of this.
He knew even better the key issues involved in all this.
On matters like this, he would certainly not take a public stance; if Luo Ziling didn’t bring it up, he wouldn’t either.
Luo Ziling naturally didn’t want to talk about these things with Zhao Guosheng; there was no way to explain them clearly.
Seeing that Zhao Guosheng was in quite a good mood, Luo Ziling decided to directly bring up the matter of Wang Xingbing.
When he heard Luo Ziling say that while serving as deputy chief of staff of Dragon Rise, Wang Xingbing had done quite a few things that harmed his comrades and had several times almost caused the deaths of several Dragon Rise elites, Zhao Guosheng’s brows furrowed.
When he heard Luo Ziling say that Wang Xingbing had many other problems as well, anger rose in Zhao Guosheng.
Luo Ziling didn’t stand on ceremony and directly handed over the evidence to Zhao Guosheng.
Since he’d already unceremoniously made a request, he simply decided to carry things through more thoroughly.
By raising this matter before treating Zhao Guosheng, he believed Zhao Guosheng wouldn’t just wash his hands of it.
To bring a man down, you just need to prepare enough dirt and bring it out at the critical moment—that was Luo Ziling’s belief.
"I’ll go through these materials carefully and personally look into this matter." Zhao Guosheng stated his position on the spot. "If these things are true, he will definitely be severely punished."
After stating his position, Zhao Guosheng also made it clear that he would personally keep an eye on this matter and, once there was a result, would personally inform Luo Ziling.
Luo Ziling expressed his thanks.
He also offered an explanation, saying that this was not something Luo Xusheng had asked him to do, but something he had learned after coming into contact with quite a few Dragon Rise members.
After learning about it, he was very angry; he felt there shouldn’t be such black sheep in Dragon Rise.
Such black sheep shouldn’t be promoted, but should instead be purged.
"For his own personal gain, he ignored the safety of those soldiers who fight for the country and repeatedly put them in mortal danger. That’s utterly inexcusable." Luo Ziling said heavily, "Some of the injuries and deaths among Dragon Rise warriors are definitely related to his reckless behavior."
Luo Ziling also mentioned how Lin Lan had been injured several times and had fortunately been treated by him.
He said that this special forces elite Lin Lan had been injured several times, and that several of those injuries were related to Wang Xingbing’s sabotage.
If she hadn’t been injured so many times, Lin Lan could have stayed in Dragon Rise for a few more years and continued fighting for the country.
"You’ll definitely get a satisfactory outcome!" Zhao Guosheng stated his position once more.
While treating Zhao Guosheng, Luo Ziling also brought up the matter of Wang Rongjun.
Zhao Guosheng’s impression of Wang Rongjun was still quite good; otherwise he wouldn’t have gone with him to attend Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan’s wedding last time.
After praising Wang Rongjun a few times, he then spoke of Wang Guoguo.
He knew Wang Guoguo and felt that this female captain who had originally worked at Li Haiyang’s side was quite capable and also very pretty.
"Wang Rongjun sure has a good daughter!" he even sighed like this.
Luo Ziling didn’t say much more; he wouldn’t directly ask Zhao Guosheng to do anything regarding Wang Rongjun.
He had no standing to ask Zhao Guosheng to help Wang Rongjun, and there was no need to.
After treating Zhao Guosheng, Luo Ziling went to chat with Li Haiyang.
Wang Guoguo had not yet reported for duty at Li Jiahua’s side; she was still handing over work to the new staff.
The person taking over Wang Guoguo’s position was a male officer, also with the rank of captain.
While she was explaining things to that male captain, seeing Luo Ziling suddenly appear in front of her, Wang Guoguo was both surprised and delighted.
"What are you doing here?" After showing her surprise, Wang Guoguo then complained, "Coming here and not even telling me in advance. Hmph!"
"You’re not my wife, why should I report my movements to you?" Luo Ziling retorted irritably, then left Wang Guoguo to her work; after talking to Li Haiyang about a few matters, he was going to leave—he still had a lot to do today.
Wang Guoguo responded with an angry "hmph," then ignored him.
When Luo Ziling walked into Li Haiyang’s office, Li Haiyang was reviewing documents.
Seeing Luo Ziling come in, Li Haiyang quickly put down his pen and stood up to greet him, "Ziling, you finally have time to come see this old man? Haha, sit!"
He then immediately called out to Wang Guoguo to make tea for Luo Ziling.
Wang Guoguo responded and hurried in to prepare tea for Luo Ziling.
While preparing tea for Luo Ziling, she shot him several dirty looks.
Luo Ziling completely ignored her glares, sat down on his own, and chatted with Li Haiyang.
Li Haiyang instructed Wang Guoguo that without his orders, no one was to come in and disturb them.
"I heard that a few days ago you were tailed by people from Wu Dongfang?" Li Haiyang asked bluntly.
"Even you know about this, Senior." Luo Ziling pulled a wry face. "Looks like everyone knows about it."
"The more people know about this, the more it works in your favor, that’s how I see it." Li Haiyang expressed his stance. "The more people know and the longer it drags on, the greater the pressure on Wu Dongfang."
Luo Ziling nodded, agreeing with what Li Haiyang said.
Li Haiyang went on, "From the fact that after the incident Wu Dongfang took the initiative to go to your grandfather to explain things, it shows he’s scared and in a very passive position."
"What do you think we should do next to handle this better, Senior?"
"I think you made a bit of a misstep. After this happened, you should’ve posted something on Weibo, but without spelling it out. A kind of half-veiled accusation would’ve put more pressure on Wu Dongfang and on the Fang Family." After saying this, Li Haiyang gave his advice, "At this point, though, there’s no need to do that anymore. I think, since your grandfather has already stepped in, you should keep a low profile and not do anything. After your mom gets back, she’ll discuss this with your grandfather. As for the rest, let them handle it!"
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior!"