Chapter 285: 10.26

"James Grind, this is the third time for you to have failed the assassination attempt for Long Zhen. You are going as far as letting yourself get escorted by our enemy and also incidentally exposed Henderson Taichi's identity. He has resigned from his duty and now returning back to his parent's house in Japan as a farmer," The Director listed all things wrong that happened with yesterday's assassination attempt.

"You are a senior in our organization. You should've known better. This is an important target, Long Zhen is an evil mafia crime lord, and all you do here is to play silly!"

"S—Sorry…" James Grind lowered his head. He accepted all the scolding from his Director because she was right. He really messed the mission last night. Not only he failed to kill Long Zhen, but he also let Long Zhen touch him. It was indeed humiliating.

The Director sighed. She slid a document towards James Grind and said, "There will be a charity event held tonight. I've given you a new identity as John Groan. Do not mess this up, or you will be station as a spy in maid café."

James Grind remembered about this maid café crossdressing mission again, and his eyes were full of terror. It was like PTSD for him, and he hastily refused, "Anything except that crossdressing maid mission!"

"Then do this assassination well!"

"Y—Yes, Director!"

***

"Aish, this mission without HenTai will be a lot harder," Yunyu complained as he fixed his bowtie with his phone camera inside the car. Pupa materialized beside Yunyu and commented:

"It is your fault. You are the one who exposed HenTai to Long Zhen. Of course, that poor guy will run away, knowing how ruthless Long Zhen can be."

"Well, I did it because I need a topic to make Long Zhen jealous," Yunyu clicked his tongue. "Maybe I should've said that I have a male partner called Pupa. Maybe he will also believe me with that."

"Then I will definitely change my gender to female, so your word will be invalid," Pupa rebuked.

"What if I said that I have a female partner called Pupa?"

"I will change my gender to male again. No matter how many times I have to do it. Partnering with you sounds gross," Pupa said.

"Tsk, so you saying that all my partners from the previous world, Long Zhen, and even Master Han Ye, they all like gross thing?!"

"Yes," Pupa replied curtly.

…

…

James Grind came out of the car and walked towards the building where the charity party was held. In the previous cycle, there was HenTai who would guide him around the huge party. But since he was all alone now, all he could do was rely on his instinct to find Long Zhen first.

James Grind scurried around, trying to find Long Zhen to no avail. He thought Long Zhen would stay in the same position as in the previous cycle, but when James Grind went to that spot, Long Zhen was nowhere to be seen.

[Okay, seriously, where is he right now? Can you help me, Pupa?]

[Pupa: It's too crowded, I cannot fly around and find him.]

[Okay, useless villain floating orange thing, don't bother, I will find him myself.]

James Grind was tired looking around for Long Zhen. He leaned on the wall with a martini in his hand. He thought that he could rest for a while until he searched for Long Zhen again. And suddenly, a man approached him.

He was handsome in his late twenties. He was obviously eyeing James Grind since the start and was the only one who was brave enough to approach James Grind.

"My name is Huang Shu, the Master of Huang family. I saw you scurrying and looking for someone. Do you need my help?"

James Grind glanced at Huang Shu from top to bottom. Honestly, Huang Shu was a great man. He was handsome, young as a mafia lord, and seemed to be a gentleman. If the world mission was the same, James Grind would hesitate to accept Huang Shu again.

But this world had a different mission, instead of killing Long Zhen. His mission was to make Long Zhen fall in love with him. And Huang Shu was not someone that he should entertain.

Because it would get muddy and complicated. It might also turn dangerous if he insisted on being entangled with Huang Shu, like in the previous cycle. Thus, James Grind shook his head adamantly and replied, "Thank you for your offer, Master Huang. But I'm here looking for someone."

"Someone?" Huang Shu frowned. "Is it your lover, partner, or simply your colleague? Because if it's just a colleague, that means I have nothing to worry about."

"It is my lover," James Grind replied confidently, so Huang Shu wouldn't bother him anymore. However, Huang Shu was persistent. He closed his distance with James Grind and asked again:

"I suppose a beauty like you must have a powerful backing as well. Tell me, which master you have? I will purchase you from him."

James Grind's eyes almost popped out of the socket. He didn't expect Huang Shu to take him as a prostitute. He almost punched Huang Shu, but before he could say anything, a man suddenly appeared beside James Grind. He engulfed James Grind's shoulder with such a strong arm.

"He is my lover, Master Huang. Go find and bother someone else," Long Zhen said with a dark gaze that might make anyone pissed themselves.

However, Huang Shu didn't have an ounce of fear in him. He just chuckled and commented, "Ah, I am so dumb to forget about Master Long Zhen. Of course, for someone as beautiful and mesmerizing as this guy, the owner must be the most powerful Mafia in the country. No surprise indeed."

Huang Shu took a good look at James Grind again and whistled. "Master Long should be careful of this pet of yours. Someone might want to take him away because he is truly one of a kind beauty."

"He is not my pet. He is my boyfriend," Long Zhen exclaimed. "And I will not let you calling him such degrading word."

"Master Huang, you should leave now before this party turn into a bloodbath," Long Zhen said in a low voice. Although Long Zhen said it calmly. Both Huang Shu and James Grind knew that it was a threat.

And Long Zhen was not playing around with his threat.

Huang Shu shrugged helplessly and turned his back, intending to leave. But before he left, he made a small yet dangerous remark, "Don't forget that we have a deal, Master Long Zhen. I am a late player. I demand my reward after everything has been done. Since you cannot pull back now, you will hear from me about my demand."

Huang Shu walked away, leaving Long Zhen and James Grind alone.

Long Zhen held James Grind and checked his outer appearance. After making sure that James Grind was not hurt, he took a deep, relieved breath.

"I'm glad that Huang bastard doesn't do anything to you," Long Zhen said.

James Grind looked up to the tall Long Zhen. He was dazed for a moment before he asked.

"Master Long Zhen, why are you telling him that you are my boyfriend?"

"Huh? Of course, you said it first that I am your boyfriend, right?" Long Zhen said. "It's official now. We are partners."