Chapter 364 - Shifus Ex-Enemy
Beauty and the Bodyguard
Xiaoboâs parents had departed in the morning, not waiting for Xiaobo since he was taking his friendâs car here.
Xiaoboâs father picked up the phone. âXiaobo, are you guys here yet?â
âYeah, we just got off the highway! Weâre at Donghaiâs city entrance.â Xiaobo said. âDad, where are you guys living? Weâll go to you?â
âWeâre at Moon on the Sea Hotel, butâ¦â Mr. Kang sighed without saying anything.
âDad? Whatâs wrong?â Xiaobo paused at the sigh- something was troubling his father. âDad, where are you?â
âIâm at the hotel your second grandpa arranged for usâ¦â Mr. Kang said. âBut, Xiaobo, you should go to another hotel with your friends. Go to a good one, donât affect their experience hereâ¦â
âAh?â Xiaobo blinked. âWhy, dad? Didnât they get us hotel rooms?â
Mr. Kang sighed. âThey only left us three one room⦠We canât let you come live here alone, right?â
âDidnât you guys tell them Iâm bringing some friends over?â Xiaobo was getting worried.
âI did, I did, but your second grandpa said he was too busy and forgot about itâ¦â Mr. Kang sighed. âI donât know if he really did forget, but I donât want to dwell on that⦠Itâs just that your second uncle really doesnât know his way around words! He said that you could just throw your friends into some cheap hotel and heâd pay for it⦠Just listen to what heâs saying.â
âIsnât Moon on the Sea the one we stayed at last time? Didnât they book the entire resort? How come we canât even get two extra rooms?â Xiaobo felt very humiliated- Lin Yi, Tang Yin, and Fen could hear everything his father was saying! It angered him.
âHe said that thereâs VIPâs and⦠Xiaobo, itâs fine. Iâll give you money, so bring your friends to another hotel. Find one thatâs good.â Mr. Kang didnât want to dwell on the subject. âRemember not to neglect your friends.â
âAlrightâ¦â Xiaobo hung up and raised his fist, intending to hit the car out of frustration. He managed to pull it back. âWhat the hell! This is so unfair!â
Kang Zhaomin had brought along a ton of his friends the last birthday feast, and all of them got to stay at the hotel, with many of them having a single room to themselves! Why did his friends have to stay at some random motel?!
âItâs fine, Xiaobo.â Lin Yi didnât mind. âWeâll stay somewhere else.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âBoss, you donât know this, but Moon on the Sea is actually a resort, a really huge one! Thereâs no way itâs out of rooms!â Xiaobo said angrily. âTheyâre just looking down on us!â
âAh⦠Moon on the Sea, huh?â Lin Yi blinked. âIs that the name?â
âWhatâs wrong, boss? You know the place?â Xiaobo asked curiosuly at Lin Yiâs stunned look.
âWait, Iâll make a call.â Lin Yi got out of the car after some hesitation.
He didnât want to use his old connections, but this was his last mission- he wanted a normal life after its end, and he was willing to commit even if it meant being the Missâ follower his whole life.
A life without bullets and fire, blades and blood⦠It held too much value for Lin Yi.
But just for this once, for Kang Xiaobo, his first and only bro after heâd entered this normal life⦠Lin Yi decided that heâd make an exception just this once.
He went to somewhere a little farther from the van and dialed up a number.
A pretty voice sounded not long after. âEagle?â
âHowâd you know?â Lin Yi paused.
âThe callâs coming from Donghai.â The voice sounded like it was making a rebuke. âCurrently. Youâre the only one operating on a more special assignment there.â
âOh? Still a princess of the hacker world, I see.â Lin Yi smiled bitterly. âAll-knowing of my location and everythingâ¦â
âEven if I didnât, your phone numberâs a Songshan number. Iâd have been able to make a conjecture regardless.â The princess hmphed. âConfirming your location is just that, a confirmation.â
âAlright, Iâll admit i suck with computers.â Lin Yi surrendered. âSomething I wanna ask you- is the hotel Moon on the Sea at Donghai under our peopleâs control? I remember seeing that on my pocket PC once.â
âWhereâs your pocket PC?â The princess asked without answering the question.
âMy old manâs using it for his gamesâ¦â Lin Yi sweated helplessly. âHe said my current mission isnât dangerous anyway, so I wonât need itâ¦â
âGamesâ¦?â The princess was evidently quite speechless, but she didnât have the right to criticize Old Lin. She pretended that she didn't hear anything. âSo, Moon on the Sea is under our controlâ¦â
âYeah. Tell me how I can contact the one in charge.â Lin Yi said.
The princess told Lin Yi the method.
âAlright. Iâm hanging up then.â Lin Yi said after writing it down.
âDonât you have anything else to say to me?â The princess asked.
âWhat..?â Lin Yi blinked.
âBye!â The princess cut the phone off without waiting for Lin Yi.
Lin Yi smiled bitterly at his phone. What the hell was she up to again?
What Lin Yi didnât expect, however, was that the owner of Moon on the Sea was more than just someone on their side- he was an old rival of his shifu. He never met him before, but he did hear his shifu mention the guy more than once.
Lin Yi dialed his number up.
âHello? Who is this?â The deep voice of a man sounded from the other end.
âUncle Tian?â Lin Yi tested.
âYou are?â The supposed Uncle Tian didnât know who this man was.
âIâm Lin Yi.â Lin Yi said.
Uncle Tian was evidently taken aback by that revealation- he went silent, as if trying to digest the name. âBossâ inside pupil?â
âThatâs me.â Lin Yi said.
âPlease tell me your codename and codeword in the organization.â Uncle Tian was quite evidently a cautious man.
âEagleâ¦â Lin Yi said before speaking the English combination password.
âMy apologies, Master Lin- Just following protocol!â Uncle Tian sounded a lot more passionate all of a sudden. âAny instructions?â