Chapter 5 - Darn It, A Rival!

Li Tian's room was upstairs. To be exact, he had his own room directly opposite of Lin Yi's. They'd been married for three days, yet hadn't even held hands. It would've been extremely bizarre if they slept in the same room.

These two were less of a typical husband and wife couple, and more like acquaintances. 

They didn't even know of each other's existence before abruptly getting married. If Li Tian had heard that this would happen to him ten days ago, he wouldn't have believed it.

There was still time until dinner was ready, so Li Tian went back to his room and switched on his computer.

As soon as he logged into a special website, he began to browse the news.

He had left for almost ten days now, and he didn't know what was the situation like over there.

"Oh, not bad. The team has yet again completed two more S-level missions."

Upon seeing this, a smile appeared on Li Tian's face.

It seemed as though he thought of something before he proceeded to take out his phone.

This wasn't a normal phone call, but a satellite mobile call that could conveniently reach just about anyone.

"Yu Han, what have you been doing! Where's the $500,000 you had promised me? It's not in my account yet!"

Since he was broke, Li Tian thought of calling Qin Yu Han.

"Call me "auntie"... Nevermind. Just be patient for two days, the team hasn't returned to base recently. When we return, I'll wire the money to you."

It was quite noisy on Qin Yu Han's end of the call, but she still patiently explained to Li Tian.

"Okay. I knew I couldn't rely on you so fortunately, I've found myself a job. At least I'll have some money to spend soon.

Li Tian complained softly, but Qin Yu Han didn't hear it.

"Oh, right. He Shang's injured. I've arranged for him to go back to receive medical treatment for two months. Perhaps he'll go directly to Jiangdu, so you'll have to take care of him, got it?"

"Darn! How'd he get hurt? Yu Han, what kind of mission did you guys take on?"

This news came as a shock to Li Tian. He Shang was one of their team's hunters. He was so strong that normal bullets weren't capable of penetrating his skin. Now, he was actually injured. This demonstrated the level of danger of the mission.

"What do you think?"

He didn't have to see it for himself to know that Qin Yu Han had just rolled her eyes from the other side of the phone.

"Don't tell me... Wait, let me go check."

Li Tian immediately switched on the computer screen.

"What the heck! You guys took on the SS level mission? You guys are really crazy, even I wouldn't even dare to accept this kind of mission!"

Li Tian exclaimed upon seeing this.

Usually, no one would dare to take on SS level missions. Additionally, Li Tian's team hadn't even been ranked at the peak of the world. They had accepted this kind of mission purely for the challenge and the thrill.

"We're teaming up with Shadow Wolf for this mission. For a 50 million dollar reward, who wouldn't be swayed?"

"Are you a slave to money? Who cares about the Shadow Wolf team? They're cruel and heartless. Stop the mission immediately, you hear me?"

Li Tian was livid. These guys sure were fearless. He wasn't even there with them but they went to accept a SS level mission. One mistake would cost them their lives. 

"Why? Who said our Shadow Wolf team is cruel and heartless?"

Suddenly, another female voice could be heard from the phone. 

She didn't sound exactly sweet, but her voice was still attractive. 

Upon hearing her voice, Li Tian changed his expression and whined, "Oh, it's you, Sister Shadow. It's no problem then if you're personally joining the mission."

Shadow was ranked within the top ten on the international killers' list, and was comparable to Li Tian. Although he recognised her voice through the phone, they had never met before.

"Hehe, my little brother, you've become sweeter and sweeter recently. But I still prefer the manly side you just showed."

"Uh… My stomach hurts, please excuse me while I go to the bathroom..."

Li Tian said before he immediately hung up.

There was nothing good out of getting on this woman's bad side. It was better for Li Tian to keep his distance. 

Since Shadow was personally participating in the mission, Li Tian had nothing to worry about. It was dinner time soon, so he left his room and proceed to go downstairs. 

However, as soon as he reached the stairs, he heard the voice of a male. 

A man? Why would there be a man in the villa? Lin Yi's parents wouldn't have come, right?

"Haha, Xiao Yi, it's been almost four years since I last saw you. I didn't expect you to change so much! You were such a crazy little girl, but now you've become the president of a company, I'm amazed."

The man's voice was very attractive and pleasant to the ear. As he came down the stairs, Li Tian noticed two people sitting on the sofa. 

One of them was Lin Yi, and the other was a very good-looking man. 

He had a stubble, but it made him seem even more gentlemanly, rather than looking messy. 

However, what caught Li Tian's attention was not that man, but Lin Yi.

Why? Because she had a smile on her face.

What… He had been living here for three days, but hadn't seen Lin Yi smile like this. What was that man doing there?

Li Tian knew that between him and Lin Yi, there was no romantic relationship, but he still wanted to improve their current state. 

Ever since he came back, he had begun to realise how great it felt to live without battling every single day. Although he had rejected the marriage at first, he had slowly begun to accept his reality.

Lin Yi's attitude was key, though. 

Lin Yi said, while smiling. 

She absolutely hated it when people called her 'Xiao Yi' but she didn't confront this man, instead she had a smile on her face.

"Nowhere, my family arranged everything. I was in the military these past four years."

Chen Jia Jun glanced at Lin Yi with a gentle gaze.

"The military? It must've been tough."

There was a hint of concern….in Lin Yi's voice?

"Yeah, it was a slightly tough because I didn't join the ordinary army, but the special forces. After a year of intense military training, we were sent overseas or to the borders. We often see peace and quiet in our country but, to be honest, outside the country and at the borders, it was always chaotic. This was why we had to be alert at all times, while guarding our posts with our weapons."

After hearing Chen Jia Jun, Lin Yi seemed frightened. She had never seen a real gun in the country, not to mention brutal battles.

"Jia Jun, can you tell me more about what happened? Was it very dangerous?"

"Sure, if Xiao Yi wants to listen, I'll tell you about it. Our troop had over 50 people, the best of the best in the country. We were often stationed at the China-Vietnam borders. They were very sneaky and always sent small troops to mess with us. We had a number of battles, and we lost one of the men in our team. One of the biggest battles was when we decided that we had enough of their tricks, and our troop leader decided that it was time to fight back, so that they wouldn't continue to take advantage of us. 

We were chasing over a hundred of our enemies, but didn't expect that they had also set a trap. When we were about ten miles in, over a thousand of them... surrounded us. We had also walked into an area without radio signal, so the 50 of us drowned in helplessness…"

Chen Jia Jun was like a veteran story-teller, with overflowing facial expressions and attractive voice.

He seemed as though he had entered another dimension, whilst Lin Yi was becoming more interested as she listened to his story. 

"We'd ran out of our bullets, but only took down 200 of our enemies. On our side, we had lost 30 of our men. Suddenly, I heard our leader scream as he ran towards me. It was at this moment that a grenade had exploded beside me, and I was immediately drowned in soil and dirt. Our leader had directly shielded me with his own body. I was so shocked when I looked at his back, which was bleeding extremely badly and had huge cuts deep enough that you could even see his bones… He saved my life. When we got back, only three of us from the special forces had survived. It was my leader, who'd given me a second chance at life. I'll never forget what he did for me, I will forever…"

"Shut up!"

As Chen Jia Jun was getting deeper into his story, a harsh voice abruptly came from across the hall.

Both Chen Jia Jun and Lin Yi raised their brows upon hearing this voice. 

Li Tian came down with bloodshot eyes. 

He was quite free-spirited, even if Lin Yi's attitude towards that man was a hundred times better than himself, he wouldn't have anything to say. 

However, when he heard this man being extremely pretentious and making up stories about his 'honourable actions', Li Tian began to reminisce about his past. 

Pfft-, fifty men chasing after two hundred people? Surrounded by his enemies? Killed two hundred of them?

Don't make up stories like this. 

"Xiao Yi, who's this...?"

Chen Jia Jun didn't like it when people interrupted his story-telling, but he tried to control himself and prevented himself from losing his cool in front of Lin Yi. 

Lin Yi was taken aback by Li Tian's sudden appearance. 

She was a conservative woman. As she was already married, she thought that she shouldn't have been so close with another man, especially when he used to fancy her.

"He… He's…"

"I'm her husband!"

Li Tian walked forward and exclaimed.

As soon as he heard the word 'husband', Chen Jia Jun's expression changed drastically. 

"Sir, please have some self-respect. Lin Yi is a woman, don't embarrass her. Apologize right now!"

Chen Jia Jun stood up gracefully and said to Li Tian. 

"Pfft, apologize? You're Chen Jia Jun right? Who gave you the permission to call my wife by her nickname? I'm ordering you now to apologize to her, if you don't, I won't hesitate to kick you out!"