Chapter 681: How did you torment him?_1
"Hey, Xia Yu." Xu Wannian’s amiable voice came through the receiver.
Xia Yu managed a bitter smile and said, "Mr. Xu, there’s been a bit of a problem with the mission."
"What happened? Don’t tell me your protection target got hurt!" Xu Wannian’s voice immediately became stern; if they had just promised Jiang Chen to protect someone and that person ended up harmed, it would be a huge loss of face for them.
"No, it’s just..." Xia Yu started by briefly explaining the attack on Ye Jingyi and then spoke about the strength of the people around Jiang Chen, finishing with a wry smile, "Mr. Xu, we... we’re just too weak!"
"This..."
There was silence on the line for a while, then a sigh from Xu Wannian: "I can’t blame you guys; that lad... he’s truly a genius, and the people around him are so strong... How about this, you guys come back, and I’ll see about having the Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth quartet replace you eight. This... although it’s still not quite enough in terms of strength, it’s better than nothing!"
Xia Yu was speechless; at first, because they took the assignment seriously, they had ’Water’, a prodigy from their department, protect Shen Xiaoqin and they already felt it was overkill. But now, calling in the other four prodigies was already being seen as ’better than nothing’, and they thought this metaphor was rather apt!
Feeling a wave of powerlessness wash over him, Xia Yu suddenly remembered something and his expression turned grave as he said in a deep voice, "Mr. Xu, about the Dark Night Angel and Sangsen Group matter..."
"We don’t need to worry about that, let the kid handle it himself. Of course, I will tell Jincheng and the others about anything they need to watch out for. You guys come back!" Xu Wannian’s instructive voice came through the receiver.
"Understood." Xia Yu responded, and once the other party had hung up, he put away his phone.
Chen Qiang and the others hurriedly asked, "What did Mr. Xu say?"
"He told us to go back and have Jincheng and the others four take our place," Xia Yu said helplessly.