Chapter 31 (1/2)
“This is Se Cai, my colleague. If not for him,
I would be in the bad guy’s clutches by now.”
Xin Yu let go of Se Cai’s hand
and said huffily.
Wu Bin quickly rea.s.sumed his
normal countenance, and offered his hand to Se Cai.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Wu Bin,
Xin Yu’s fiancé!”
Wu Bin said politely but his
tone betrayed his irritation. The fact that he purposely stressed the word ‘fiancé’
made the message he wanted to send very clear.
“The pleasure is mine. I’m Se
Cai, Xin Yu’s colleague…”
Se Cai took his hand out of
politeness but didn’t hold it for long. Se Cai’s experience as a reporter
provided him with a keen sense at reading people. This Wu Bin was definitely
hostile against him.
Then again, could one really
fault Wu Bin? His fiancé had spent a whole night in the company of a stranger
guy without telling him. It took all the composure he had to not pummel Se Cai
into a pulp.
Xin Yu interjected hotly, “Wait
a minute, fiancé? Who said I was your fiancé, is it your commander-in-chief
father or my dad? Regardless, I don’t agree!”
“But this is an agreement on
both of our parents’ parts, furthermore this will cement the history that our
families shared that goes back years…”
Wu Bin argued helplessly,
obviously used to Xin Yu’s willful nature.
“I thought leaving the central
news station was a clear enough message for you but who would have thought you
would be stubborn enough to follow me to County S!”
Xin Yu leveled a death gaze at
Wu Bin before turning on her heel and scurried back inside her car.
“I know you’re reluctant to see
me but I had no choice because Uncle Zhang personally requested me to come meet
you and make sure you get up the helicopter!”
Wu Bin caught Xin Yu’s ascending
car window and pointed at the helicopter that was landing.
Even though Xin Yu was averse to
following Wu Bin, she knew she shouldn’t worry her father by defying his
orders.
She tossed a glance at Se Cai
and uttered hesitatingly, “Do we have to leave now? Couldn’t I stay for one
more night?”
“I can’t allow that. The Cobra
Syndicate has been known to be extremely vicious in their dealings. They had
even brought a rocket launcher to one of their devious plans before. This small
group of army platoon might not be able to hold them off if they attempt
anything crazy.”
Wu Bin replied seriously.
The Cobra Syndicate was an
internationally infamous mercenary group. They might have restrained themselves
for the sake of kidnapping but now that cover was blown, who knew what lengths
they would go to?
“Go with him, you’re their
target, it’s not safe for you to stay here! Plus, your father must be worried
about you.”
Se Cai advised.
He had personally confronted the
man from Cobra Syndicate before. He knew how savage they could be. Wu Bin’s
fear and cautiousness wasn’t unfounded.
After all, County S was a small
towns.h.i.+p, its army garrison couldn’t be powerful enough to stop a professional
mercenary group.
“Alright then, you take care of
yourself. Before I forget, this is for you.”
Xin Yu smoothed down her hair that
was getting increasingly disheveled by the helicopter draft. She took from her
coat pocket a key with a black crystal car model keychain and handed it to Se
Cai.
“It’s late and I’m afraid you
won’t be able to find a ride home so I’ll leave the car with you!”
Then, Xin Yu pulled him in for a
hug before getting on the helicopter. She waved tearfully down at him as the
helicopter carried her away…
“Goodbye!”
Se Cai yelled into the night
sky. He was unsure whether she could even hear him from her alt.i.tude but it
felt like the right thing to do.
“Miss her already?”
Wu Bin walked before Se Cai and
commented snidely. Now that Xin Yu was gone, his animosity towards Se Cai was displayed
openly.
The lingering hug Se Cai shared
with Xin Yu only pushed him that much further. It irked him Xin Yu was so open
with her affection towards Se Cai.
Se Cai heard the barb in Wu Bin’s
comment, and he frowned.
He was expecting at the very
least a ‘thank you’ from Wu Bin for keeping Xin Yu safe. Wu Bin though turned
out to be such a narrow-minded guy, no wonder Xin Yu wanted nothing to do with
him.
“I don’t think that’s your
business, Battalion Commander Wu.”
Se Cai shrugged and headed to
the car without even acknowledging Wu Bin with a glance. He added, “It’s late,
I’m going back home. I’m sure you can wrap up things at the house nicely!”
“Wait, I’m not done. You still
haven’t explained why the 2 of you are together tonight.”
Wu Bin was annoyed by Se Cai’s
actions. He extended his hand to grab at Se Cai’s shoulder.
Se Cai felt the movement behind
him and sidestepped out of the way. After battling 2 experts, Se Cai had gotten