Super Soldier

When Xiao Bing returned later in the night, Su Xiaoxiao was studying in her room. Xiao Bing took a look at his watch and it was about 11 at night. It seemed that she was catching up on studying. She worked really hard.

He cleared his throat and knocked on her door. He walked in after Su Xiaoxiao gave him her permission. He stood behind her back and looked at the exercise book she was working on. “You’re still this busy in college? You should go to sleep. It’s already close to midnight,” said Xiao Bing, smiling.

“Yeah. I don’t have a wealthy family. I need to find a job on my own after graduation. The more I learn, the more of an advantage I will have.”

She was just like her sister in personality. Though they were hot and cold, they were both competitive.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly put her pen aside and approached Xiao Bing. She sniffed the air around him and looked at him suspiciously. “You had your dinner with the Ye Family tonight?”

“Yeah,” answered Xiao Bing, “Mr. Ye wanted to thank me, so he invited me to have dinner with his family.”

“The perfume on your body, whose is it?” Su Xiaoxiao sneered, “I don’t remember Yezi wearing this perfume.”

Xiao Bing took a grip on his clothes and smelt an enjoyable fragrance. He suddenly recalled that he had hugged that coquettish girl and she had the same smell. Xiao Bing did not know how to explain. Obviously he couldn’t say that he had to assault her sexually to teach her a lesson.

Seeing Xiao Bing becoming silent, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly changed her expression. She pushed him outside while shouting, “You asshole, don’t come into my room… No wonder you came home in the middle of the night. You were drinking with hookers. I never thought that you were that kind of man.”

“Wait, wait. It’s not like that… It’s not what you’re thinking of.”

But Su Xiaoxiao ignored him and kicked him out and shut the door.

Xiao Bing helplessly sighed, “How can I explain it right. I was never a tasteless womanizer. Why does she have to make a big deal out of this? Even if she was defending Yezi for the things I didn’t actually do, there’s no way she can be this angry. Besides, do they truly share a great relationship?”

After Xiao Bing took a shower and walked into his bedroom, it was already 12 pm. Thinking of that cute face of Yezi’s, Xiao Bing could not help smiling. He took out his phone and sent her message which read, “Good night, babe.”

Then Xiao Bing turned off the light and went to sleep. But then in less than two minutes, his phone rang and Xiao Bing instantly sat up in bed to pick it up.

“Brother Bing, you’re still up?” said Yezi in a sweet voice. Xiao Bing’s heart was melted immediately.

“Yeah. I suddenly wanted to say goodnight to you before I slept.”

“Humph, I thought you didn’t love me anymore. Who said that he would call me every night before he slept? You didn’t even text me when you got home today.”

Xiao Bing smiled bitterly, “It’s not what you’re thinking. Something happened today.”

“What happened?” Yezi suddenly felt nervous. It was not until then that she realized how important this man was in her heart. Since the day when she was saved and freed by him, there was an indentation the shape of this man in her heart, although they only had been with each other for a very short time.

Xiao Bing roughly told her about the things that happened tonight. After Yezi heard him out, she burst into laughter, “Brother Bing, you are really protective of her.”

Xiao Bing cleared his throat, “I was just being helpful.”

“That doesn’t explain why you were generous enough to lend her 100 thousand. Well, you lent such a big sum of money to a woman you barely know. What a man of righteousness.”

Xiao Bing felt awkward. But when he came to think of it, he probably would not have gone to her place with the money, lent her the money, and even been caught up in a fight in the casino if she was very ugly. “Damn, men truly will do anything for pretty women.”

But Yezi stopped giving him a hard time. In fact, she had seen many playboys since she was born in a big family, and she knew that Xiao Bing could never be one of them. These playboys would never be nervous or hesitate when touching a girl’s hand or kissing her. Yezi still remembered how shy Xiao Bing used to be.

Smiling, Yezi said, “Alright. Don’t be so nervous. You said the North Heavenly Queen is behind the owner of that casino. Are you sure?”

“Of course.” Xiao Bing then asked, “Who is this North Heavenly Queen?”

Becoming very serious, Yezi answered, “You probably got into trouble. The Jiang City is divided into four sections: the northern section, the eastern section, the western section, and the southern section. The underworld of each section is under the rule of the Four Heavenly Kings. They are East Heavenly King, Flowery Face; the South Heavenly King, King Kong; the West Heavenly King, Lord of Snakes; and the North Heavenly Queen, the Peony Fairy, whom you have just offended.”

Xiao Bing laughed, “I suppose that this Peony Fairy is a woman?”

“A woman that is scarier than any man. There was a criminal case in Jiang City two years ago. The whole country was shocked. Fifteen men’s eyeballs were ripped off in one night. And allegedly, they all committed adultery. The police were shocked as well, but they did not solve the case in the end. There was word on the streets that it was the Peony Fairy who did it. But no one can find any evidence.”

Xiao Bing gasped. Even though Xiao Bing himself was sometimes very cruel, he was still astonished by her brutality.

Yezi continued, “Anyway, you must be careful if you did offend her. You can come to my family if you want some help…”

“Wait!”

Yezi fell silent for a moment and suddenly she spoke, “My family owes you a big favor. Let my dad help you. I suppose she will show him some respect, no matter how cruel she is. Although he is callous and licentious, his words still carry a strong weight.”

Xiao Bing laughed, “How can you speak of your father in that way?”

“That’s exactly who he is! He started from scratch and became one of the richest men in Jiang City and even in the whole country. It’s impossible for him to do that without some dirty work. Though the Peony Fairy is a cruel woman, she can only use violence. So the number of people she can do harm to is limited. As for my old man… He can make his rival companies broke without much effort. He can make the owners of these companies jump off from rooftops and ruin their staff’s families. He never uses a knife, but he is way more brutal when killing people,” said Yezi with emotion. She still panted after speaking, seeming to be unrelieved.

Xiao Bing had to admit that Yezi had a point. Though he nearly had no experience in business, he could imagine how dark it was.

“The business field is dark and the battlefield is cruel,” sighed Xiao Bing, “You’re probably right. But he just did what a businessman had to do. It’s just like in battlefields, you get killed if you don’t kill others.”

“So what’s the difference between them… It’s understandable if he was only cruel to others. But he is still a heartless man to his family. Before my mother’s blood went cold, he married his mistress and he was even with her before my mother died!”

Not even good officials could settle family troubles. Xiao Bing could do nothing about her business but sigh.

“Enough of that. But that’s why I said that compared to this woman, he is maybe even crueler. Though he was a callous man even to his family, he does have power in this city. The people underground have to show him some respect. If he can help you this time, the Peony Fairy wouldn’t dare to do you any harm.”

But Xiao Bing said, “No… I can handle it myself.”

“Brother Bing, you…”

“Silly girl, do you want your family to think of me as a useless man?”

“No… Of course I didn’t mean that.”

“I know you’re doing it for me. But I want to prove to you that I can make you feel safe. How can I protect you if I can’t even protect myself, am I right, Yezi?”

She felt deeply touched after hearing this. She gave up the idea and softly uttered, “Okay.”

Grinning, Xiao Bing said, “Yezi, I always get drunk on your voice…”

“Brother Bing.”

“Yes?”

“I must be careful from now on.”

“Why…”

“Because you’re getting good at whispering sweet nothings.”

“…”

They talked on the phone till it was past 1 am, then they reluctantly went to sleep.

Xiao Bing got up very early the next morning. He went to the kitchen and made Su Xiaoxiao breakfast, though she was mad at him last night for absolutely no reason and he was still sleepy. He needed to cool her down. A while later, it was time for her to go to college but she still did not come out. Xiao Bing began to feel that something was wrong. He guessed that she had a cold again.

As he expected, no one answered the door after he knocked. So he opened the door and walked into it. He found nothing but a large piece of paper on her bedside. It read: “You lecher, I’ll have my breakfast outside. Su Xiaoxiao.”

Xiao Bing picked it up and rubbed his nose. “What a stubborn little girl…”

Su Xiaoxiao was reading a book while sitting next to her desk, imagining how helpless Xiao Bing would be when he found the paper. Suddenly she burst into laughter and her anger gradually faded away.

The girl next to her nudged her and asked out of curiosity, “Xiaoxiao, what are you laughing for?”

“Nothing.”