Vladimir's forehead was already covered in cold sweat.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead and tried his best to remain calm. He nodded in response to Huo Shaoheng's words. "Major General Huo is right. I'll go back and find out which idiot... has made the decision. "
"You'll go back and find out? Now? Right now? " Huo Shaoheng raised an eyebrow. "Don't you know who made the decision? Will no one notify you before your subordinates are evaluated? Vladimir, you're not lying as the second-in-command of the KGB, are you? "
These words thoroughly infuriated Vladimir and touched his sore spot.
Vasily's self-assertion, his guilt and uneasiness towards Lina, and the anger he had been forced by Huo Shaoheng had combined and broken through his restraint.
