Ahn Suhyeong did not escalate the matter up to the level of an international dispute in the end. Even if he had the clout to do so, he was not willing to sacrifice his pride, and Xia Lei knew this. Besides, even if this incident was blown up it was still just a case of public security and brawling. Bureau 101 would cover for him because of his status. 

Xia Lei did not regret it at all. Putting the matter of the bad blood between them aside, Ahn Suhyeong was a real enemy to Xia Lei not because he was a love rival in their courtship of a woman but because of that incident where he had colluded with the CIA to capture him.  

There was a dead calm afterwards and Ahn Suhyeong and the Korean consulate staff did not come to make any more trouble. Xia Lei spent all his time and efforts on upgrading his lathes.  

Shentu Tian-Yin did not call him during this period and he did not call her either. The incomplete kiss in her office at Angel Wings Building seemed to be just an impulse and there wasn’t anything behind it after they calmed down. 

Sometimes he would quietly ask himself if he would become...