C99 Time Was of the Essence

Zhang Bufan was pacing the halls of the department, his face betraying no emotion, yet the sweat in his palms was a telltale sign of his mounting anxiety.

Relief washed over him when he learned that Ye Hsiao had joined the effort to retrieve Zhang Qiang. Given Ye Hsiao's pride, failure was not an option. But Zhang Bufan's eyes couldn't stop flickering, a sense of unease gnawing at him