Rendering everyone speechless with his affection, the man disconnected the call, turning to Xi Wei.
"What the hell, brother?!", Xi Wei was officially terrified, "How are you going to convince our family? You do know how many cunning bastards are out there, eyeing your position, right? What if... they see this as an opening and attack your authority?"
"Calm down, Wei.", Xi Yuan shook his head, walking around the table, closing the open files on it, "Let Fang know that I want him in my office in half an hour."
"Brother-"
"Wei, she knows me better than I know myself.", the man cut in, "This wouldn't have been the only time that I would risk my life for her. And she knew that all along. Months before yesterday.
"She understood how trapped it made me feel to watch her go on the battlefield. Alone. So she gave me an option. She gave me a choice. Xinghe isn't pushing me to give up on Xi Corps. She has simply paved another path for me. It's as simple as that.
