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Ru almost pissed himself in the men’s room. At his age, his bladder no longer emptied all at once, and he didn’t have time to be patient right now.
But he must be.
He had to give Mei-Li a chance to convince Li Zuocheng to take her home. In the unlikely event that she failed, he needed to have an answer from Nason. But he couldn’t hold off much longer.
Zuocheng had obviously laid down the gauntlet and was waiting to see how fast Ru picked it up. If Mei-Li couldn’t distract him, Ru needed to be ready.
Nason had promised him an answer in two minutes. No, he had texted Nason that was all the time that Ru had and the man had frustratingly replied “OK” like he was some American cowboy.
There was less than one minute left.
Where was that American bastard?
Why couldn’t he have answered
