Chapter 118: Assembly

Once they had gone a little further, Fang Xia’s expression returned to normal.

“Go and call Guo Yu. Tell him I want to see him.”

After all, Guo Yu was the one who had brought that person in. If anyone was going to execute him, it had to be Guo Yu personally—or better yet, let him do the deed himself.

Fang Xia’s mood hadn’t improved all the way back to the villa. Jing Ru trailed obediently behind him, too cautious to speak. Even now, she couldn’t understand why Fang Xia was so angry. From what she knew of him, he wouldn’t lose his temper over such a small amount of upgrade crystals.

This time, Fang Xia was truly furious. He had held back from killing that man immediately, choosing instead to summon everyone tomorrow. He wanted to see which among the fifty people were involved.

The team was only just getting started, and yet there was already a rotten apple. This man must have come from some bureaucratic background before the apocalypse.

If the apocalypse had stabilized and the team had grown large, finding one or two troublemakers wouldn’t have riled Fang Xia so much.

It was like in the previous life, in Dawn City, after six years had passed and everything was reaching a real balance. If it weren’t for the zombies outside the city, everyone could almost forget they were living in the apocalypse.

At such times, corruption and abuse of power inevitably arose. In that previous life, the captain of the city defense squad in Dawn City made a fortune every day, openly selling positions for upgrade crystals.

But now, Fang Xia would never allow such things to happen.

The other women noticed Fang Xia’s sour mood and hesitated before Liu Rui finally stepped forward to ask.

“What’s wrong? You went out for a bit, why are you in such a bad mood now?”

As she spoke, Liu Rui gently squeezed Xiao Jun’s shoulder.

Feeling the touch, Fang Xia’s tightly furrowed brow finally relaxed.

“Nothing important, just a small-time troublemaker. Tomorrow, I want all the team captains and above to gather at the gate. I’m going to show them a lesson.”

This time, Fang Xia was determined to make an example of anyone who dared act like this.

“All right, I’ll arrange it right away.”

Liu Rui nodded. Now everyone understood—something serious was happening, enough to involve all captains and higher ranks.

“What’s going on? Let us hear it too. Who could be so reckless as to make Brother Fang this angry? They deserve to die.”

Bai Xing came over, her words laced with menace.

The others looked on curiously. They had known Fang Xia for a long time, but this was the first time they’d seen him so furious.

Seeing their curiosity, Fang Xia no longer held back and told them everything.

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The moment he finished speaking, Bai Xing abruptly stood up.

“What are you going to do?”

Liu Rui grabbed her firmly.

“Kill him.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

Liu Rui pulled Bai Xing back, making her stand quietly beside her.

“Brother Fang has already made the arrangements. You can’t just act on your own. We’ll go together tomorrow.”

Bai Xing finally relented, though she remained visibly upset.

Those upgrade crystals weren’t much, but they were earned with their lives. How could anyone let such a person waste them?

“Dawn City is growing more stable by the day, and so is our team. Naturally, some restless elements will try to stir trouble.”

“This time, I’m going to make an example of them.”

Fang Xia lit a cigarette, smoke drifting slowly from his mouth as his eyes grew cold and hard.

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At eight in the morning, Fang Xia descended the stairs on time, followed by everyone from the second floor, including Jing Ru and Jiang Wei, who had been ordered to come along.

“Captain Fang,” Lu Dezhi greeted, having been waiting downstairs for some time.

On the other side stood Guo Yu.

Guo Yu had come to see Fang Xia last night, and Fang had told him everything. After hearing it, Guo Yu was even angrier than Fang Xia, itching to call that man out.

After all, this was someone Guo Yu had brought into the team, and this incident had completely embarrassed him in front of Fang Xia.

He and his mother owed their lives to Fang Xia, who had now made him a captain responsible for three to four thousand people—a tremendous trust. He never expected this to happen.

In the end, it was because Guo Yu was still too young and had come to trust others too easily since meeting Fang Xia during the apocalypse.

He had arrived earlier than Lu Dezhi that morning, having stayed awake all night, waiting here before dawn.

“Captain Fang, you’ve got to tell me what big event this is, for you to personally call everyone together.”

“If it’s because the brothers have done something wrong, just say so, and I’ll fix it immediately.”

That fat man was good at flattery if nothing else—something no one had noticed before.

“You just watch today. It’s nothing for you to worry about.”

Fang Xia waved his hand dismissively. Lu Dezhi immediately smiled obsequiously and stepped aside, while Guo Yu stood on the other side.

“Let’s go. Today you’re all going to watch a show.”

With that, Fang Xia led the way, followed by Liu Rui and the others. Guo Yu and Lu Dezhi wisely walked at the rear with the captains’ wives.

But if they had looked closely, they would have noticed two people missing: the little girl and Bai Xing.

One was the team’s chief of logistics, the other the strongest assassin in both Fang Xia’s team and all of Dawn City.

When they arrived at the ranch, dozens of people stood neatly at the gate to greet them.

Fang Xia scanned the crowd and saw that Wu Qihao, the man from yesterday, was not among them.

Sure enough, someone had leaked the news.

Yesterday, Fang Xia had asked Liu Rui to notify all captains and above to gather today. If anyone had a mind to, they would easily deduce that since Fang Xia only went to the ranch yesterday, this sudden gathering must be related to that place.

Since it was related to the ranch, some of Wu Qihao’s close associates would surely ask him what was going on.

Wu Qihao was no fool. At first, he might have believed Fang Xia was just putting on a show, but now, with this serious atmosphere, that was impossible.

It could only mean one thing—his embezzlement had been discovered.

Though he didn’t know how Fang Xia found out, Wu Qihao had only one thought: to slip away under cover of night.

He left alone in the middle of the night, taking no one with him and telling no one, afraid of alerting anyone.

Not only that, he had told his fifty subordinates to come greet Captain Fang today, promising a rich reward.

Now, nearly two hundred people had gathered, most of them wide-eyed, unsure what was happening, though some who knew better sensed something was amiss.

“Where is Wu Qihao?”