Going all the way

"The mountain?" he asked, somehow aware of what Chief Song was alluding to.

"Mmh," Song Chuanli said with a slight nod.

"I have already handed over all my duties at the division, and all other pending matters have been resolved except here and I was hoping you'd take over for me here in the meantime until Boqin comes out from his seclusion which should be in a month or so.

What do you think? Care to look after this place for me in the meantime?" asked Song Chuanli.

"It goes without saying," Yang Qing lightly said. If it was his usual self, he would have added some flair to it and even tried to score some sort of advantage but this wasn't the place for it, not with the stakes involved.

"Are you confident in surviving it?" Yang Qing hesitantly asked, trying to hide the worry he had.