(Chapter posted unedited due to complaint about speed. Fully edited version will be updated later, when I get more time during my holiday to do work.)

“Bro, have you heard? That German girl was raped.”

“兄弟，你知道嗎？聽說那個德國妞被強姦了。”

“Everyone’s talking about this now, so how could I not have heard? It’s a pity that an awesome German girl like her was defiled by a pig.”

“現在都在議論這件事，我還能沒聽說嗎？可惜呀，那麼正點的一個德國妞被豬給糟蹋了。”

“Yeah right. I daresay she’s the prettiest girl I’ve met just from the looks of her body and face. A girl like her should be given to our Director Xia to enjoy. How could she have gotten defiled by that pig surnamed Song?”

“可不是，就那個德國妞的身材和臉蛋，我敢說他是我見過的最漂亮的女人。這種極品女人，她就應該給我們夏董享用，怎麼能被那個姓宋的豬頭給糟蹋了呢？”

“That pig named Song sure had guts. He was so outrageously l.u.s.tful but did he not think of the consequences?”

“那個姓宋的豬頭也太膽大了，簡直是色膽包天，他就沒有想過這麼做的後果嗎？”

“Who told him to be a government official? Since he dared do it, he isn’t afraid of that German girl causing trouble. Let’s see, I bet this matter won’t come to anything and at the most, he’ll just have to pay up with some money.”

“誰讓人家是官呢？人家敢這麼做就不怕那個德國妞鬧事。看着吧，我敢打賭這件事會不了了之，最多也只是賠錢了事。”

“If it’s like that, then it’s not fair.”

“真要是這樣的話那就太不公平了。”

“Since when has this world been fair? Fairness has always been fought for with fists. Brother, learn a little more, you’re still young.”

“這個世界上什麼時候有過公平，公平從來都是用拳頭爭取的。兄弟，學着點吧，你還年輕。”

“Come on, aren’t you just a few years older than me? What’re you bragging about?”

“去，你不就比我大幾歲嗎？吹什麼牛逼。”

“Look, whose car is that?”

“你們看那是誰的車來了？”

“It’s a Hongqi car with a red license plate. Do you still need to ask? A big leader must have come.”

“掛着紅色牌子的紅旗轎車，還用問嗎？一定是某一個大領導來了。”

A Hongqi car drove into Thunder Horse Military Factory amidst the workers’ discussion. It didn’t go to the office, instead heading straight for the office building.

在一羣工人的議論中，一輛紅旗轎車駛進了的雷馬軍工廠大門。它沒有去停車場，直接開到了辦公樓下。

The car door opened and Zongzheng Wukui got off. His skinny face was expressionless.

車門打開，宗正武魁從車上走了下來。他的臉還是那麼清瘦，沒有一絲表情。

When Zongzheng Wukui got off the car, Ling Han and Song Baicheng walked out from the office building.

宗正武魁剛下車，凌浩和宋百成就從辦公樓裡面走了出來。

Song Baicheng’s face was full of shame. “Boss, sorry, I…”

宋百成一臉的羞愧，“老總，對不起，我……”

Before Song Baicheng could finish his worlds, Zongzheng Wukui suddenly slapped him. A smack sounded and Song Baicheng staggered back, blood forming at the corners of his mouth. He covered his slapped face, not daring to utter another sound.

沒等宋百成把話說完，宗正武魁忽然一巴掌抽在了他的臉上。啪一聲脆響，宋百成被抽了一個踉蹌，嘴角上也多了一絲鮮血。他捂着被抽的臉，不敢再吭一聲。

“Boss, he got into a trap so this isn’t all his fault. I’ve already talked to him and he will hand himself over to the authorities later,” said Ling Han.

凌浩說道:“老總，他也是中了圈套，這事也不能全怪他。我已經跟他交代過，等一下他就會去自首。”

“Yes yes, I will bear all the responsibility,” said Song Baicheng hurriedly.

“對對，我承擔所有的責任。”宋百成趕緊說道。

“Hmph!” Zongzheng Wukui coldly hmphed. Already, he didn’t want to talk to Song Baicheng anymore.

“哼！”宗正武魁冷哼了一聲。他已經不想和宋百成說話了。

“Boss, this was done by Xia Lei and Fan Fan. This matter ___. You have to get an idea for us.”

凌浩說道:“老總，這件事是夏雷和凡凡搞的鬼。這件事說大可大，說小可小，你得爲我拿一個主意啊。”

“Fan Fan? Hmph! Does she think her wings got longer? Even if she does have longer wings now, I’ll bring her to the ground.” Zongzheng Wukui coldly said, “And that Xia Lei. Now that he’s gotten himself into this, he won't have a chance at getting away. I want to show him what he can’t and can do!”

“凡凡？哼！她以爲她的翅膀長硬了嗎？就算她長了翅膀，我也要讓她飛不起來。”宗正武魁冷冷地道:“還有那個夏雷，他攙合進來就別想脫身了，我要讓他明白什麼事做得什麼事做不得！”

A cold smile formed on Ling Han’s lips. “He’s in his office and the Germans are also there.”

凌浩的嘴角浮出了一絲冷笑，“他在他的辦公室裡，德國人也在。”

Zongzheng Wukui didn’t say anything more and left the office building directly.

宗正武魁沒有多餘的話說，直接進了辦公樓。

The office was filled with a happy atmosphere.

辦公室裡一片愉快的氣氛。

“Today’s arrangements went according to plan. You guys can join any workshop.” Xia Lei’s face was all smiles.

“今天的行程安排是隨意參觀，你們可以進入任何車間。”夏雷的臉上帶着笑容。

“Mr. Xia, when are you planning to start developing the intelligent Thunder Dragon lathe for us?” asked Connell.

“夏先生，請問你什麼時候開始爲我們打造雷龍智能機牀呢？”

康納橋

問。

“I can’t be the judge of that. This is a business transaction so whenever you provide the submarine technology, I will give you everything you want on my end. Before then, the only thing I can do is wait for any notice,” said Xia Lei.

夏雷說道:“這個我做不了主，這是一次交易，我想你們什麼時候提供了潛艇技術，我這邊就會給你們想要的一切。在此之前，我能做的只是等待通知。”

His meaning was very clear- this was to be a simple and direct transaction. As long as he didn’t have the German submarine technology, he wouldn’t give the Germans what they wanted.

他的意思很明白，那就是一手交錢一手交貨。他一天沒有將德國的潛艇技術拿到手，他就不會給德國人想要的東西。

Connell laughed. “Haha, Mr. Xia, don’t worry. Everything has already been prepared. As long as your end is ready, you can start the transaction at any time.”

康納橋笑道:“呵呵，夏先生你放心吧，該準備好的東西我們早就準備好了。只要你這邊準備好了，你隨時可以啓動交易。”

“Then first let’s go look around the workshop and we can discuss when the transaction will be carried out. What do you think of that, Mr. Connell?” said Xia Lei.

夏雷說道:“那我們先去參觀車間，順便你商討一下什麼時候進行交易。你看這樣好不好，康納橋先生？”

“Of course that’s fine,” said Connell.

康納橋說道:“當然沒問題。”

“I think there’s a problem.” Zongzheng Wukui suddenly appeared at the entrance of the office, with an angry face and a frightening cold expression.

“我覺得有問題。”宗正武魁突然出現在了辦公室門口，一臉怒容，眼神也陰冷得可怕。

Connell immediately frowned as he had just been interrupted. “And you are?”

自己的話被打斷，康納橋的眉頭頓時皺了起來，“你是？”

“We don’t have to know each other.” Zongzheng Wukui was extremely rude.

“我們不必認識。”宗正武魁一點都不客氣。

Connell got the cold shoulder, and he was annoyed, but he was someone who could stand anger. He also knew that the old fellow in front of him knew his status, yet he didn’t give any face at all, so he probably wasn’t a normal person.

康納橋吃了一個閉門羹，心中不爽，可他也不是受不得半點氣的人。而且他也明白，眼前這個老頭不是不知道他的身份，但一點面子都不給，那麼這老頭能是一般人嗎？

At this, Xia Lei said, “Mr. Connell, you can leave this to me and take a look at the workshop with your men. We can have a good chat later.”

這時夏雷說道:“康納橋先生，這裡交給我吧，你帶着你的人去車間參觀。回頭我們再好好聊聊。”

“Then that’ll be all for now, Mr. Xia. Please go ahead.” Connell left along with several German technology workers. Since Zongzheng Wukui didn’t give him face, he didn’t care about giving Zongzheng Wukui any face either. When he left, he didn’t even glance at Zongzheng Wukui.

“那就這樣吧，夏先生，你先忙。”康納橋帶着幾個德國技術人員離開了。宗正武魁不給他面子，他也懶得給宗正武魁面子，出門的時候他就連看都沒看宗正武魁一眼。

The moment the Germans left, Ling Han and Song Baicheng walked into the office.

德國人一離開，凌浩和宋百成也走進了辦公室。

“Please sit,” greeted Xia Lei with a smile. Then, he called, “Caiyue, bring three cups of tea over.”

“三位請坐。”夏雷笑着打了一個招呼，然後又揚聲說道:“彩月，泡三杯茶來。”

Caiyue’s voice came from outside. “Yes, Director Xia. Coming right away.”

外間傳來青彩月的聲音，“好的夏董，馬上來。”

Zongzheng Wukui sat his b.u.t.t down on the sofa. “Xia Lei, don’t try to be coy. You should know why we’ve come. Just spill it, I’m waiting for your explanation.”

宗正武魁一屁股坐在了沙發上，“夏雷，你就別跟我假惺惺了。你應該知道我的來意，說吧，我真等着你的解釋。”

Ling Han and Song Baicheng stood on the two sides of Zongzheng Wukui, both staring coldly at Xia Lei.

凌浩和宋百成站在宗正武魁兩側，也都冷冷地看着夏雷。

The people who came were ill-intentioned, so the office’s atmosphere immediately became tense.

來者不善，善者不來。辦公室裡的氣氛頓時緊張了起來。

Xia Lei stopped smiling, and indifferently said, “Executive Zongzheng, did you just come for an explanation? Could you give me a reminder of what this is about? What explanation are you looking for?”

夏雷也不笑了，淡淡地道:“宗正老總，你來就是我要一個解釋嗎？能不能給我一個提示，什麼事情？什麼解釋？”

Zongzheng Wukui suddenly slapped his hand on the small table and furiously said, “Xia Lei! Don’t play the fool in front of me! Do you really not know what I came here for?”

宗正武魁突然一巴掌突然拍在茶几上，怒氣衝衝地道:“夏雷！你別給我裝瘋賣傻！我是因爲什麼事情來這裡，你難道還不知道嗎？”

“Since you’re not saying, I really don't know.” Xia Lei shrugged. “Otherwise what would I need a reminder for?”

“你還別說，我真是不知道。”夏雷聳了一下肩，“不然我要提示幹什麼？”

“Xia Lei!” Ling Han coldly said, “Watch your tone!”

“夏雷！”凌浩冷冷地道:“注意你的口氣！”

Xia Lei didn’t speak anymore.

夏雷不說話了。

Qing Caiyue walked in, holding a tea tray with three cups of tea for Zongzheng Wukui, Ling Han and Song Baicheng, but when she saw the three of them getting angry at her Director Xia, she was immediately unhappy. Taking the tea tray, she turned to leave.

這時青彩月走了進來，她手裡捧着一隻茶盤，茶盤上放着三杯茶。這三杯茶本來是要給宗正武魁、凌浩和宋百成喝的，可她一見這三個人衝她的夏董發火，她頓時就不樂意了。她捧着茶盤轉身就走。

“What are you doing? Serve the tea before leaving,” called Song Baicheng.

宋百成叫住道:“你怎麼做事的？把茶端過來再走。”

Qing Caiyue turned around and looked at Song Baicheng. “If you want to drink tea, you can make it yourself!”

青彩月回頭看了宋百成一眼，“要喝，自己泡去！”

“You...shameless!” Song Baicheng got angry from feeling humiliated. It was fine if Xia Lei didn’t take him seriously but now even his secretary didn’t take him seriously!

“你……放肆！”宋百成惱羞成怒，夏雷不把他當回事也就算了，現在卻連夏雷的秘書都不把他當回事了！

“Caiyue, what’s going on?” asked Xia Lei.

“彩月，怎麼回事？”夏雷問了一句。

“Director Xia, there’s no more tea leaves,” said Cai Yue.

青彩月說道:“夏董，沒茶葉了。”

“All right, all right. You can go ahead with your work then. We don’t need you here anymore.” Xia Lei waved his hand.

夏雷揮了一下手，“行了行了，你去忙你的吧，這裡不用你管了。”

Qing Caiyue a.s.sented. She left, twisting her slender little waist and her perky b.u.t.t. When she left, she couldn’t help but laugh. She thought Xia Lei would scold her but Xia Lei hadn’t.

青彩月應了一聲，扭着纖細的小蠻腰和翹臀離開了。出門的時候她忍不住笑了一下，她以爲夏雷會訓她，可夏雷沒有。

Everyone had seen the three cups of tea that she had brought in, all giving off steam and emitting a fragrant scent, but she had actually taken the cups of tea back. With such a small matter, Zongzheng Wukui and the people next to him had seen through Xia Lei’s att.i.tude- that he wasn’t afraid at all!

誰都看見青彩月端着三杯茶進來，那三杯茶還冒着熱氣，散發着香味，可她居然又把那三杯茶給端走了。就是這麼一件小事，宗正武魁這邊的三人卻已經看出了夏雷的態度。這個態度就是——他根本就不怕！

Zongzheng Wukui’s face became uglier. He thought he could resolve the problem with his status and force Xia Lei to give in, but he had never thought that Xia Lei wouldn’t attach any importance to him!

宗正武魁的臉色變得越發難看了，他以爲他的身份來這裡，他可以輕鬆解決問題，逼夏雷做出讓步，可萬萬沒有想到夏雷就連他都沒放在眼裡！

If Xia Lei didn’t even care about the bureau chief of Bureau ZN, how were they supposed to chat?

夏雷就連ZN局的局長都不放在眼裡，那還怎麼談？

Zongzheng Wukui was silent for a moment before saying, “Xia Lei, what do you really want to do?”

宗正武魁沉默了一下，“夏雷，你真要怎麼做嗎？”

Xia Lei only quietly sat on his office chair, without saying a word.

夏雷只是靜靜地坐在他的辦公椅上，什麼都沒有說。

“You’re a business person without any official appointment, but you dared take over Bureau ZN’s personnel. I can’t help but admire your courage, but I still have to ask, ‘Do you not want your life anymore?’” Zongzheng Wukui’s tone was indifferent, but his words all hinted at threatening him.

“你一個商人，無一官半職，你居然敢摻合進ZN局的人事更替。我不得不佩服你的膽量，可我還是要問你一句，你不想要命了嗎？”宗正武魁的語氣淡淡，可他的話裡處處都透露着威脅的味道。

“Are you threatening me now?” Xia Lei coldly laughed.

夏雷冷笑了一下，“你這是在威脅我嗎？”

“Threaten you?” Zongzheng Wukui suddenly slapped the table and stood up. “You’re actually talking to me like that?!”

“威脅你？”宗正武魁猛地拍桌站了起來，“你竟敢這樣跟我說話！”

Xia Lei didn’t get angry, saying, “If you don’t want to talk to me then what did you come here for?”

夏雷不溫不火地道:“你不想和我說話，你來這裡幹什麼？”

“Impudent!” Song Baicheng suddenly walked towards Xia Lei.

“你放肆！”宋百成突然走向了夏雷。

Xia Lei got up from his office chair and suddenly hit his office table. With a smack, the entire office table violently shook, a crack appearing in the wooden table.

夏雷從他的辦公椅上站了起來，突然一掌拍在了他的辦公桌上。轟一聲響，整張辦公桌劇烈的顫動一下，實木桌面上赫然出現了一條裂痕！

Originally, Song Baicheng was going to lecture Xia Lei but after Xia Lei’s slap, he immediately stopped in his steps. He had received wrestling training before so he wasn’t afraid of Lu Sheng but Lu Sheng and Xia Lei were clearly not on the same level. If he went up against Xia Lei, the person lying down would definitely be him and not Xia Lei.

宋百成本來是要去教訓夏雷的，可就在夏雷這一巴掌之後他頓時停住了腳步。他是接受過格鬥訓練的人，他可以不怕魯勝，可魯勝和夏雷顯然不是一個級別的對手。他估計他要是上去了，躺下的絕對是他，而不是夏雷。

“Xia Lei!” Ling Han couldn’t control his anger anymore either. “Stupid! Based on just your power, you thought you could replace me with Fan Fan? You’re daydreaming and digging your own grave!”

“夏雷！”凌浩也控制不住他的怒火了，“你愚蠢！你以爲憑你的那的力量就可以讓凡凡取代我嗎？就可以讓宗正老總提前退休嗎？你這是在白日做夢，自取滅亡！”

“Oh no, why isn’t this table durable? How horrible, the purchasing agents must have gotten bribed. I’ll have to deduct their pay later.”

夏雷說道:“糟糕，這桌子怎麼這麼不經拍？可惡，一定是採購吃了回扣，回頭一定要扣他們的工資。”

Ling Han was already so furious he couldn’t speak.

凌浩已經氣得說不出話來了。

“You guys can leave. There’s no point in talking anymore.” Xia Lei said, “Even though I’m a businessman without an official appointment, I’m not someone who can be threatened. It’s fine if you want my life or my company. You can go do whatever you’re doing, so let’s just stop wasting time.”

“你們走吧，再談下去也沒有意義了。”夏雷說道:“我夏雷雖然只是一個商人，沒有一官半職，可我也不是誰想威脅就能威脅的。你們要我的命也好，要我的公司也好，該幹什麼就幹什麼去吧，不要浪費時間。”

Now he was asking them to leave.

這是在下逐客令了。

Ling Han and Song Baicheng looked at Zongzheng Wukui, waiting for his orders.

凌浩和宋百成看着宗正武魁,等着他的指示。

After a moment, Zongzheng Wukui said, “Xia Lei, since you’ve already said this, before I leave I want to make something clear.”

宗正武魁沉默了一下，“夏雷，既然我們已經說到這份上了，在我走之前我想把話說清楚。”

“I’m listening,” said Xia Lei.

“我聽着。”夏雷說。

“Stop your dirty tricks immediately and stop the Germans from pursuing what happened last night. Also, Ling Han will continue to be in charge of the transaction between Thunder Horse Military Factory and the Germans. Finally, stop getting involved in Bureau ZN’s matters, otherwise things will get messy. I’ll only say this much, and whatever happens will be up to you,” said Zongzheng Wukui.

“立刻停止你的鬼把戲，讓德國人不再追求昨晚所發生的事情。另外，凌浩繼續負責雷馬軍工廠與德國人的交易。還有，我ZN局的事情你少摻和，否則會引火上身。我就說這麼多，至於怎麼做，那就看你自己的了。”宗正武魁說道。

“Are you done?” Xia Lei said, “If you’re done then please leave. I won’t be seeing you off.”

“說完了嗎？”夏雷說道:“說完了就請慢走，不送了。”

But at this moment, Qing Caiyue’s voice came. “Director Xia, Miss Fan Fan came to find you. Do you want to see her?”

卻就在這時青彩月的聲音忽然傳來，“夏董，凡凡小姐來找你，你要見她嗎？”

Xia Lei immediately felt a headache coming along.

夏雷頓時頭疼了起來。

Before Xia Lei could speak, Zongzheng Wukui sternly said, “Let her in!”

卻不等夏雷發話，宗正武魁就厲聲說道:“讓她進來！”

However, Qing Caiyue stood there unmoving. Even though Zongzheng Wukui was someone big who she couldn’t offend, Xia Lei was her boss. Here, she would only listen to Xia Lei’s commands and no one else’s.

青彩月卻站着沒動。宗正武魁雖然是一個她惹不起的大人物，可夏雷纔是她的老闆。在這裡，她只會聽夏雷的指示做事，不會聽任何人的。

Fan Fan came in herself without an invitation.

不用人請，凡凡自己就走了進來。