Chapter 173 — Genuine Through and Through
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"You're the one who asked me here, and now you're asking whether I can?" Wei Zhao curled his lip. "I really don't know how you ever got promoted. Aside from being reckless as a tiger, have you no brains at all?"
Qiu Lingshan nearly drove the car into a wall to kill them both. This Wei Zhao was really too vicious with his words. What did he mean, reckless as a tiger and no brains? True, she was a little impulsive, always charging to the very front whenever she went after a suspect, but you could hardly call that being a tiger. That was just being brave... Though Captain Yang had criticized her for the same failing: she was the team leader, yet every time she rushed ahead without regard for her teammates—was that not glorifying the individual hero? In truth, Qiu Lingshan really had never thought about it that way.
It was like two armies meeting on a battlefield: if the commander charged out first, and he happened to be valiant, well and good, for it could lift the morale of the whole army; but if by some mischance he was ambushed by the enemy, or wounded, or even killed, then the entire army would fall into disarray.
Qiu Lingshan understood this well enough afterward, and luckily nothing serious had ever come of it, which gave her time to correct herself slowly.
As it happened, Qiu Lingshan had misread him. What Wei Zhao meant by reckless as a tiger had nothing to do with her bravery in carrying out missions. In Wei Zhao's view, if he had the ability and full confidence to take out an enemy himself, then he would do it, rather than bringing his teammates up with him—for if he was sure of himself, there was no need for sacrifices that might prove pointless.
What Wei Zhao meant by calling Qiu Lingshan a tiger was that she was careless and heedless—for instance, the wound on his leg, which she had failed to notice, or again, knowing perfectly well his leg was injured, insisting on pressing it anyway. If that was not being a tiger, what was?
"Fine, then. Let us hope that with the help of you, Young Master Lin, we can catch those bank robbers who got away the other day!" Qiu Lingshan gritted her teeth and spoke with venom. Inwardly, though, she thought: If we don't catch them, we'll settle accounts then!
"Hah, we'll give it a try." Wei Zhao nodded. "No guarantees."
"..." Qiu Lingshan truly wanted to kick Wei Zhao out of the car. No guarantees? Then why were you putting on such an act of competence just now?
"Where are you driving to?" Wei Zhao asked when they were halfway there.
"To the police station, and then we'll discuss how to capture the suspects," Qiu Lingshan explained.
"No need to go there. Just drive straight to the area you've been searching." Wei Zhao shook his head. He knew his own abilities best; talk alone would accomplish nothing. If those people really were within this area, he would naturally be able to sense them.
And if they were not, then discussion would be useless anyway.
"What?!" Song Ling was stunned. "Just the two of us?"
"You don't dare?" Wei Zhao looked at Qiu Lingshan with a half-smile. Naturally, Wei Zhao did not want too many people to know of his particular gifts. Helping Qiu Lingshan was partly because of Yang Huaijun; there was no need to elaborate on his relationship with Yang Huaijun. Since Yang Huaijun trusted Qiu Lingshan and had introduced him to her, Wei Zhao would naturally say nothing more and would not refuse. But on the other hand, Wei Zhao himself wanted to drag these people out into the open. Since he had already crossed Li Cihua, there was no point in sparing anyone's face or leaving any room.