Chapter 1355: Chapter 65: Fang Che’s Attitude (Double-Length Chapter) (3)
But part of it is actually true.
If you just stayed put and behaved yourself, wouldn’t that be fine? Why did you have to come out and stir this up... what are you doing, my dear biological dad, at least let this period of time pass first...
This news was like it grew legs.
By the time Fang Che found out, Donghu State was already in an uproar.
"Inspector Fang’s dad showed up, you heard?"
"Tsk tsk... so Captain Fang has never seen his dad since he was born..."
"This dad’s pretty chill, huh. Waited till his son’s high and mighty, then pops out to claim him... I look down on him!"
"Exactly, exactly, you call this something a human being does? Didn’t ask, didn’t care for twenty years, now that his son’s a big shot, he suddenly appears... hehehe, what kind of person is that..."
"Hush, what do you guys know... there’s more to this than meets the eye..."
...
At the Southeast Headquarters.
Quite a few people already knew as well.
"Inspector Fang’s dad..."
"Captain Fang’s dad..."
"...that dad..."
Have to say, the news spread faster than the wind. The Bibo Town Guardian Hall played a key role.
And across the entire Southeast, the character "dad" suddenly flooded every channel.
There were even all kinds of versions popping up overnight, and storytellers had already started performing it in vivid detail.
"So the story goes, Inspector Fang’s dad..."
This kind of thing isn’t big, actually it’s pretty small, but the problem is it involves a sensitive person: Fang Che!
So it suddenly triggered a celebrity effect.
The masses were talking about it with great relish.
Everyone had their ears pricked up, trying to get the scoop.
Mo Gan Yun and the others had heard long ago too. The moment they saw Fang Che, they all swarmed over: "Boss, heard that your family..."
"Boss, rumor has it our dad..."
"Boss... this whole thing..."
Even Ye Meng was worried: "Archer... I heard our dad came home? What’s he like... it’s so sudden..."
Fang Che’s face was full of dark lines; before he could even lose his temper, he saw Zhao Shanhe and An Ruoxing arriving together.
"Fang Che, I heard your dad..."
Fang Che looked utterly done with life: "You two Chiefs came to watch the show too... turns out the ancients were right, humans are all gossipy..."
"That’s not it, we’re not here for the show." Zhao Shanhe’s face was full of gossip as he said, trying to be reserved, "We came to ask if you need to take a few days off to go back and deal with some personal matters?"
An Ruoxing flicked her wrist and produced a sheet of paper: "I even brought the leave form, signatures and all. How many days do you want?"
Fang Che collapsed: "...When did I ever say I wanted to go home? I didn’t say that, right?"
"But we feel you need to go home once."
Zhao Shanhe and An Ruoxing said.
"..."
Fang Che was speechless.
Mo Gan Yun and the others all stepped forward together: "Boss, you really should go back once."
"Yeah yeah, if you feel awkward going back alone, we’re all ready to go with you."
All seven of them had the same "I’m here for the gossip" face tilted up.
They looked at Fang Che full of expectation.
Best-case scenario, they could follow Boss Fang back.
That would be such a satisfying show to watch.
Plus we could do it under the banner of "patrolling Bibo City", so it wouldn’t delay work.
We wouldn’t even be taking vacation; bonuses and salary would all be paid as usual.
Fang Che weakly looked at the crowd of people around him just waiting to watch the fun.
He suddenly felt a surge of urge to hit someone. He turned around, grabbed a big stick, and was ready to swing.
But then he saw Zhao Shanhe and An Ruoxing both looking at him with cold little smiles: Oh? You wanna start something!?
The two of them moved in unison: rolling up their sleeves.
These two, there’s absolutely no way I can beat them right now!
Fang Che threw the stick down with a bang, his heart full of helplessness.
A "I’m tired, let the world burn" kind of feeling rose in him.
Head drooping, he pulled the leave form out of An Ruoxing’s hand and, without a word, turned and walked toward his room.
"Wait!"
An Ruoxing said, "According to our Southeast Headquarters’ principle of humanistic care... when a subordinate’s family runs into a situation, as Southeast Commanders, we ought to accompany you, to express the concern of the Guardian Southeast Headquarters..."
Fang Che broke down, turned his head with a twisted face and gnashed his teeth: "Chief, just listening wasn’t enough? You have to come watch the show in person? How damn free are you?"
"How can you call this watching the show? Captain Fang is the one who holds the Life and Death Order, adding a new member to your family is a big deal. We have to investigate everything clearly, help you straighten out your family situation, and we also have to report back to the Guardian Headquarters!"
An Ruoxing spoke righteously and solemnly: "Captain Fang, what kind of people do you take us Chiefs for? Are we that bored?"
Zhao Shanhe nodded again and again, saying: "That’s right! Fang Che, there’s something wrong with your attitude!"
Fang Che snapped: "Even if we are going, do both of you have to go? If that’s not going to watch the fun, then what is it?"
Zhao Shanhe said: "What you said does make sense. Vice Chief Officer An, you stay here and sit in command, I’ll go by myself."
An Ruoxing: "..."
This damn Zhao Shanhe, you really don’t do a single damn decent thing, do you.
Every time something comes up you immediately throw me out there, your operation is really slick! You’ve fucking gotten used to it, huh?
Reacting this fast, you’re basically conditioned to sell me out!
Just you wait!
An Ruoxing lowered his head and said nothing.
On the other side, Fang Che also lowered his head in thought, saying: "Let me think. My mind is a mess right now."
Everyone understandingly dispersed.
Zhao Shanhe called Yu Zhongge over to the side: "If anything happens, report immediately. This is a big deal, we can’t take it lightly."
After giving instructions, he left with An Ruoxing.
Fang Che’s feet felt like they were dragging a thousand pounds.
He walked toward the room.
Ye Meng stood at the door with Ren Chun and the other Little Ninths, watching him with concern.
They all understood that Fang Che’s feelings were complicated, his head was probably a complete mess right now.
Ren Chun and the other Little Ninths looked at Fang Che with concern. Little Ren Dong moved her lips, wanting to say something, but she still hid her little head against Ye Meng’s waist, not daring to speak.
Fang Che felt a bit mentally exhausted.
What he said to Yin Shen Palace was indeed said in anger, but some of those words were actually his true thoughts.
There’s a saying: genuine feelings are the most touching.
If Yin Shen Palace couldn’t sense Fang Che’s sincerity, he wouldn’t be taking this so seriously.
Fang Che’s real feeling is: I don’t object to my mom finding my dad, I also hope she’s happy, and I even more hope the family can be reunited.
But... why the hell?
Why the hell do you get to ignore us for twenty years, and then show up and immediately be my dad? Why?
Why the hell is it that for these twenty years you didn’t even know you had a son, but suddenly you come back and not only have one, that son is this accomplished?
Why?
Ye Meng said with concern: "You don’t have to torment yourself so much. Try to see it more openly. Besides, haven’t we already talked this over many times? Why get so worked up?"
Fang Che sighed and said from the bottom of his heart: "I know, what you’re saying makes sense. I also know this was bound to happen sooner or later. But it’s just this issue of being active versus passive. If I helped Mom look for her husband, if we took the initiative to find him, and then found out the hardships of all these years; that it wasn’t that he had no conscience, but that there really was some reason beyond his control..."
He sighed and said: "Then everything would be much easier to deal with, and I wouldn’t be this resistant to accepting it."
"After all, it would be us who went through all kinds of investigations and hardships to finally find him..."
"But him showing up on our doorstep himself... this fucking..."
Fang Che looked up at the sky speechlessly: "...I kind of can’t accept that, you get it? It’s like, we weren’t planning to give up, we were already prepared to scour the whole world, wear out iron shoes to look for him, but we hadn’t even started putting in the effort yet and you just rushed over yourself... this fucking skips the whole process... sigh... I don’t even know how to put it."
On the other side.
Feng Xiangdong stopped joking and said: "Boss never considered that this might be a fake?"
"Fake is absolutely impossible." Fang Che shook his head: "Since he came to our door, then he has to be real. Father-son relations aren’t impossible to verify now. If it’s a fake, comes here wanting to be my dad... how many lives do they think they have?"
"That’s true."
Feng Xiangdong agreed deeply.
If it really was a fake, that’d be directly provoking the Guardian, the Guardians, and the Seven Great Families of the Continent!
Even people from the Wind, Rain, and Snow Three Great Families themselves wouldn’t dare have that kind of guts.
In Fang Che’s heart, there was a knot. That much was certain.
But the problem was how to untie it, and that was the bigger issue.
Ye Meng saw the looks on Ren Chun and the others’ faces and asked with a smile: "Looks like you’ve got something to say?"
Ren Chun stammered, then lowered his head, not daring to speak.
"Say it boldly." Ye Meng encouraged.
Ren Chun coughed, nudged Ren Dong with his foot. The little girl gathered her courage and said in a small voice: "My brother and I... we’re both really jealous of Big Brother..."
"Jealous?"
"Yeah, really really jealous... If it were us... whether it was us finding our dad and mom, or dad and mom finding us... we would be happy, we’d be so happy we’d cry..."
"And we wouldn’t... wouldn’t be like Big Brother... this sad."
As the little girl spoke, her eyes turned red.
She turned her head, threw herself into Ren Chun’s arms, and burst into tears: "I miss my dad and mom... wuu wuu..."
