Chapter 49: 048 Stop Fishing, Emergency in the Jianghu

048 Stop Fishing, Emergency in the Jianghu

Liu Meili's pent-up fury had nowhere to vent; seeing Li Lifen dare to speak at this moment, she immediately turned her gun and unleashed full firepower:

"Make a decision? What kind of bullshit decision is this?! Back then, I even called the City Branch specifically to ask, and they clearly said the Sogou Input Method was allowed; now they refuse to honor it?!"

After speaking, she scrutinized Li Lifen up and down: "Li Lifen, are you stirring up trouble in the middle? Afraid of losing first place, you got Chairman Yang to cancel Wang Xiaohong's ranking? Banning the Sogou Input Method?!"

Hearing Liu Meili say this, the female team leader from the Wuyang Branch nearby also wore an expression of sudden realization: "Yes... I was just saying, Chairman Yang must be confused, how could he make such a wrong decision? Turns out it was you, this woman, stirring up trouble behind the scenes!"

"Yes! It must be her!"

Hearing them say this, Li Lifen could no longer hold back and shouted loudly: "So what if I said it? Wang Xiaohong using the Sogou Input Method was already a violation of the bank's relevant regulations!"

"Oh my... It really is you! Li Lifen, you are truly too despicable!"

"Shameless and vulgar!"

"Who is despicable and vulgar? If you have the guts, use Wubi; if you can defeat me using Wubi, then that counts as true skill!"

Chairman Yang nearby wore a face as pale as iron, daring not to interject.

He had experienced the ferocity of these old women from the grassroots branches firsthand.

However, Li Lifen, what are you saying at a time like this?! Isn't this adding fuel to the fire?!

The commotion in the Organizing Committee's office alerted the vice president in charge; seeing that the Chairman of the Labor Union was being besieged by two old women while a huge crowd watched the spectacle, how could this be allowed?!

He immediately called the team-leading presidents of the two branches, ordering them to quickly pull their people away!

The farce ended just like that.

Liu Meili was pulled back to her own team's side by Wu Shengli; though she was still angry, she also knew the outcome could not be reversed.

At lunchtime, Xia He and Su Ming also rushed over to discuss how to proceed with the competition.

"Branch President Xia, Branch President Su, I cannot participate anymore," Zhang Rong said with a depressed face.

He simply did not know how to use Wubi!

As for Smart Full Pinyin? Microsoft Pinyin? They were completely incomparable to Sogou.

Sigh...

Originally wanted to show off in front of the leaders, but ended up making a mess of it.

Before the two leaders could speak, Liu Meili heard this and panicked.

"Then what do we do if our team is missing a contestant? Are we going to be looked down upon by that Li Lifen again?!"

Hearing this, Xia He's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

In the previous competitions, the Nanxin Branch's results were merely passable. Now, for this Chinese character entry event, they couldn't even gather enough people!

This would make a loss of face for a branch president like me.

Wu Shengli and Liu Meili felt even more embarrassed in their hearts.

Trained for such a long time, the unit provided free boxed lunches every afternoon, and we received overtime pay, yet this is the result?!

"Who else knows Wubi?!" Xia He asked.

Winning or losing is one thing; at the very least, the contestants must be gathered.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

Actually, there were some who knew Wubi, but some had already participated in two events and were ineligible for a third, while others were eligible but their speed was not great, worrying about going up there and making a fool of themselves.

One must have self-awareness.

Seeing that no one spoke, Xia He sighed slightly.

It can't be that I have to participate, right?

Although my Wubi typing speed isn't slow, this is also...

"Fang Qingye knows Wubi, and his typing speed is quite fast," Chen Meimei suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"Yes... Little Fang, his typing speed is quite fast; back then, I even asked him to sign up for the competition," Liu Meili immediately chimed in.

Fang Qingye's Wubi typing speed is fast?

This was something Xia He had not expected.

But seeing that both Chen Meimei and Liu Meili said so, it was probably not far off.

It's just that this guy... what was he doing on the weekend?

Seems like he went fishing?

When playing badminton together on Friday, he said those words.

Stop fishing, there's an emergency in the Jianghu...

Xia He immediately made a decision: "Then alright, let Fang Qingye rush to the City Branch immediately; there should still be time."

"I'll call him," Liu Meili volunteered, took out her mobile phone, dialed the number, then held it to her ear; after a while, she said to Xia He, "The call connected... but no one answered."

"I'll call!"

Wu Shengli also took out his mobile phone.

"This kid definitely doesn't want others to disturb his weekend rest, so he's intentionally not answering Liu Meili's call!"

Thinking this in his heart, he pulled up Fang Qingye's number and dialed.

On the other end of the line, the ringtone of Phoenix Legend immediately rang out:

Who is singing

Warming the loneliness

White clouds drift, the blue sky remains

Tears wander

But still, no one answered!

Wu Shengli's corners of the mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Actually, it wasn't that Fang Qingye intentionally didn't answer the call; he had simply set his phone to silent.

Ever since that one time his fishing was interrupted by a call from Song Dahai, he had kept his phone on silent mode whenever he went fishing.

At this moment, he was fishing near the main channel of Jiaogang, close to Wujiazhuang.

Today was overcast; with no harsh sun, it was perfect for fishing. Fang Qingye wore a tank top and baggy shorts, layered with a sun-protection jacket, a straw hat on his head, sitting on a small stool by the riverbank, focused on his fishing.

His luck was good; in just half a day, he had already caught seven fish of varying sizes.

It was just a pity that, although he had heard soft-shelled turtles could be caught here, he hadn't even seen a shadow of one.

Seeing that it was already past noon and his stomach was rumbling, Fang Qingye stood up and walked to the small car parked by the roadside not far away to grab some bread to stave off his hunger.

For a fishing enthusiast... eating and drinking aren't the point; just filling the stomach is enough.

As he walked, he took out his phone from his pants pocket and glanced at it, instantly jumping in fright; there were actually several missed calls, all from colleagues at his unit!

From Liu Meili all the way to Xia He's calls, one after another.

What's going on?

Did something major happen at the competition?

But even if something major did happen, there was no need to call me, right?

Fang Qingye thought this to himself, but still dialed Xia He's number back.

The call connected quickly; before Fang Qingye could ask what exactly had happened, he heard Xia He's slightly anxious voice: "Xiao Fang, where are you? Why aren't you answering your phone?"

"I'm fishing, so naturally I had to turn on silent..." Fang Qingye explained, then asked: "What exactly happened? Why did several people call me?"

Xia He didn't answer his question but asked instead: "Where are you fishing?"

"Near the main channel of Jiaogang, close to Wujiazhuang." Fang Qingye told the truth.

"Wujiazhuang? Is that the one in Wuyao Town? That's closer to Jinghai! Perfect, hurry over to the City Branch to join the competition!"

"Huh? You want me to compete?" Fang Qingye felt very surprised.

Xia He then briefly explained the situation over the phone, and finally urged: "Hurry over and take Zhang Rong's place."

This matter...

Fang Qingye was one hundred percent unwilling to go.

"Xia Hangzhang Xia, although I use Wubi input, my typing speed isn't fast enough to compare with that Li Lifen," Fang Qingye said.

"I didn't say you absolutely had to be faster than Li Lifen... You can't expect me, your senior sister, to go up and compete myself, can you? Stop dawdling; it's an emergency in the Jianghu. If you don't have a car, I'll have the driver pick you up!" Xia He said on the other end of the line.

It would be quite nice if you went up.

The number-one Xia Hangzhang personally participating in the competition would surely cause a sensation!

Of course, saying that now would be somewhat untimely.

Refusing would indeed be inappropriate, and he couldn't find a suitable excuse.

"Alright then..." Fang Qingye agreed: "I'll drive over myself."

"Don't be too anxious; drive slowly on the road and pay attention to safety. Just get to the City Branch before two o'clock." Xia He didn't forget to add one more reminder.