The Bodyguard System

Chapter 153: The Reward

The following morning, Jaden woke up. He rested enough, and did not even go out with Scarlet. It seemed that Scarlet had changed her mind, and so, this allowed Jaden to relax, and go through the emotions that he was experiencing after watching the video about his mother.

When he woke up in the morning, he was completely relaxed. The matter regarding the group that was involved with the death of his parents had been set aside for the time being. Since he did not have the method of dealing with it for the time being, it was better for him to deal with what he could for now.

The first thing that he did after he woke up was to look at the prompt from the system about the mission that was completed the previous day.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the optional mission. The host has been rewarded with a cash reward of $2 million.]

Jaden's mind momentarily went blank. To say the truth, he had not expected that the system was going to give him a cash reward.

Thinking about the fact that he might just have made an enemy out of a young master, whom even Scarlet was wary of, he could not help but think that perhaps the system had looked down upon his achievement.

Currently, with him owning 51% shares, it was definitely not a problem for him to be able to get money. It was just that it was going to take quite a while before he could get the quarterly dividends.

But leaving that aside, it could be said that he was not in any urgent need of money. If it was a house, he currently possessed a villa within Maco community.

[Host, the rewards that are given to the host after the completion of the mission are completely random. Additionally, it also depends on the completion of the mission. And before the host completed the mission, the client was slightly disturbed. So of course, the reward was reduced by a certain percent, and this is not the full reward for the mission during the initial generation of the mission.]

Jaden blinked his eyes continuously as he thought about what had occurred the previous day. It was then that he remembered that Scarlet seemed a little flustered when encountering Kevin.

It was where she was angry at a person, but there was nothing that she could do about it. Could this be the effect that the system was talking about?

Back then, it was not that he did not want to take action immediately. It was just that he was trying to look for a method that he could handle the situation well. He could not just jump out and beat up the guy because he was chasing after Scarlet.

There was no rule that prohibited anybody from seducing a girl. Additionally, the other party did not do anything that was out of hand. He was simply talking, and he did not even touch Scarlet.

So, if Jaden took action and beat up that guy, he would have been the one in the wrong. So, he had to think of a method that he could utilize in order to deal with the situation. And that was something that took him quite some time, before he could finally come up with the plan.

In the end, Jaden could only sigh. What could he do? It was not as though he could tell the system to change the reward that it had already given him, right? The only thing that he could do other than that was to simply make sure that he took action as soon as possible to ensure that Scarlet was not affected.

After coming to that conclusion, Jaden looked at his phone that was indicating a new message. He had already changed the phone from the old one, to the new one that he bought the previous day.

He took it, unlocked it using his fingerprint, before tapping on the new message that had appeared on the screen.

{Your account that ends with ***346 has received $2 million. Current account balance is $2,065,764.}

'System, if the government somehow investigates about this large amount of money that has been deposited into my account, what should I say to them?'

[The host was already informed that there was a group that had already been made by the system. If the money is investigated, then the source of the money would be found to be from the group. So, the host can be free to use the money.]

Despite being curious about this group that the system had told him about, Jaden decided not to ask. Every now and again, whenever the system talked about the group, it would never mention directly the name of the group, or what the group did.

And since it did not matter if it was investigated, then, that implied that it was legal. Otherwise, his money would definitely be investigated by the government, even if they knew the source.

Living all that aside, Jaden was quite curious about the reason why Scarlet had not come looking for him today. Could it be that she had decided against going to school again? After all, previously, when she canceled the plan of them going to school, he claimed that they would be going on this specific day.

Ever since he came to work for the Johnsons, every time that Scarlet wanted to go to school, she would come over as early as 5 in the morning. But somehow, it was already 6, but she had yet to come.

In the end, Jaden could only shrug. It was good for him that she did not come looking for him as early as now. He could at least continue relaxing, while trying to make sure that his emotions were completely stabilized for the time being.

Later in the morning, Jaden met up with Clifford. Clifford had called for him, claiming that there was something that he wanted to talk to him about.

The two of them were inside Clifford's study room. The study room was quite meticulous, though it did not possess many things other than just a shelf that possessed a few books, and a desk where Clifford was seated. There was also a couch where Jaden was currently seated, and a small coffee table in front of him.

Despite the study not having that many things, it still possessed its own taste. Well, Jaden was not even sure about the taste, as it had been a long time ever since he had been involved in anything of luxury.

Clifford looked at Jaden was seated on the couch in front of him. Everything that Jaden had been doing recently had all reached his ears, including the rumors that were flying within the school.

Since the rumors about Jaden and Scarlet getting together had already reached Clifford's ears, that indicated that he also knew about Scarlet fighting. Still, he was not going to comment on that, as long as Scarlet was not hurt.

"I wanted to talk to you about the salary. With the capabilities that you have shown so far, I do believe that $10,000 is not enough. As long as anybody else out there knows about the capabilities that you have, they surely will try to poach you, and will offer you much more salary." Clifford stated.

Jaden had not anticipated that what Clifford wanted to talk to him about was related to his income. Still, he did not comment, and continued listening.

"So, I have decided to increase your salary. From the initial $10,000, I'm going to increase your salary to $50,000. What do you think about that?" Clifford asked as he gazed at Jaden's eyes.

"Ahem!" Jaden first cleared his throat, before he continued, "Well, Mr. Clifford, you don't really have to worry much about me being poached away by somebody else. That is definitely not going to happen."

That was the truth. It was not that Jaden was so sentimental, that he would want to work for the Johnsons for the rest of his life. It was just that the system was related to Scarlet. Since she was his client, he could not leave. In fact, even if the Johnsons chased him away, he would look for a way to stay.

After all, he had not gotten enough benefits from the system, and thus was not willing to lose it. He just hoped that in the future, such a restriction would be removed. It would be even better if he could choose a client of his own.

Clifford was slightly surprised. Still, he could hear the sincerity in Jaden's voice. It was clear that Jaden meant what he was saying. That was something that made him relieved.

Jaden then continued. "As for the matter of the salary, you don't have to concern yourself that much about it. You already helped me out by helping my old man out there with his medical expense. That is enough for me. Even if my salary remains at $10,000, I don't have any problem with it."

Jaden was actually not that much concerned about the salary. Currently, his account contained more than $2 million. Additionally, he possessed 51% shares of a company whose net worth was about $500 million.

So of course, $10,000 or $50,000 a month was not that much to him anymore. Additionally, the system was still there. So of course, he could continue getting more money from the system, in case he completed the mission and he was rewarded with a cash reward.

There was a moment of silence within the study room. Finally, Clifford spoke up. "I would also like to talk about the future of your job."