Chapter 47 Being a Bodyguard
The voice came through the mask, the tone was strangely distorted and the gender could not be identified.
Hongluan held a piece of paper in her hands. The gold-plated patterns on it and the Korean characters in the middle all showed that it was not simple.
"Xi" took it, unfolded it, glanced at the contents, then closed it and stuffed it back into Hongluan's hand. He did it in one smooth motion and ended it with a wave of his hand, "Goodbye."
"Wait a minute, Lord Protector." Hong Luan called out to Xi, "This Han family girl is going to the countryside to visit relatives. The journey is dangerous, and they spent a lot of money to find a handy guard. The request is a bit tricky, but compared to the money they spent, it's nothing."
"The Tiandihui has plenty of thugs, why did they set their sights on me?" "Xi" said indifferently.
Hong Luan laughed dryly. "To be honest, I did send thugs before, but they were all dismissed. The reason was..."
"I don't like the way you look at me. Don't you understand?" A sharp and unruly female voice was heard in the exquisite and luxurious courtyard of the Han Mansion.
The nanny and the housekeeper at the side exchanged glances, "Miss, the best thugs in the capital are all here. Would you like to take a closer look?"
With a "bang", the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
The girl with bright and attractive features stood up and said, "What are you looking at? They are all ugly and ugly." She pointed her delicate fingers at the thugs standing not far away, and pointed them out one by one.
“This is too ugly.”
"That person is too young and doesn't look reliable at first glance."
"That guy is too old. I guess his body will fall apart after a few hits."
"And that one, who has been smiling from the beginning till now, is so mean."
Mammy: “…”
housekeeper:"……"
A group of thugs: "..."
The one who was called ugly covered his face and ran away crying.
Xi was silent.
Hongluan smiled, "The other two guardians are busy." She carefully raised her eyes to look at the dark figure, "The leader said you are short of money to buy a house recently, so if there are any high-priced ones here, they will be offered to you first."
Xi was visibly taken aback. "...Thank him for me."
"Okay." Hongluan nodded and handed the note over again, "Then I'll leave this to you."
"How long will it take?" "Xi" did not rush to answer, but asked for the time first.
Hong Luan thought for a moment and said, "Since I'm a guard, then my work will naturally be different from your usual work. If you're chosen, the work will be for as short as ten days to half a month, or as long as three months."
I'll be gone for a few months...
"Xi" suddenly thought of something and took the post without saying anything.
Hongluan watched Xi's figure disappear into the darkness, the corners of her mouth curved as she murmured to herself, "When did the leader become so close to the guardian Xi?"
…
The next morning, in front of the gate of Han Mansion.
"Xi" was dressed in a dark suit and a cloak, revealing only a ferocious and sinister face. The difference from before was that this time he did not have the iconic black iron token hanging around his waist.
Without saying a word, he silently handed the gold-embossed letter to the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper was startled by his attire and cold aura. After seeing the Han family seal on the letter, he hurriedly led the way.
Walk around the screen wall, through the corridor, and come to the exquisite and luxurious courtyard.
The sun was shining brightly today, making the exotic flowers and plants in the yard look particularly beautiful, but it also made the faces of the people standing there look particularly ugly.
The housekeeper and the nanny wore expressions of fatigue and helplessness, clearly having been tormented for the past few days. Meanwhile, the eldest daughter of the Han family, Han Qingli, was leaning back, bored, on the brocade-covered chaise longue, twirling a freshly picked peony between her fingers. She tore off the petals one by one and tossed them carelessly to the ground.
Hearing footsteps, she lazily raised her eyes. Her gaze swept across Xi, and she was stunned at first. Then, her bright eyes lit up instantly, with undisguised criticism and scrutiny.
"Finally, someone who looks decent has arrived." Han Qingli sat up straight, her voice crisp but with her usual harshness, "He looks pretty good, unlike those ugly ones before." Her eyes were fixed on "Xi"'s mask, and her delicate eyebrows were furrowed.
"Wearing a mask in broad daylight to act mysterious? Who are you trying to scare? Take it off!"
The tone of command leaves no room for doubt.
The housekeeper and the nanny's hearts immediately jumped into their throats. The new guard's chilling aura was even stronger than that of all the previous thugs combined. They subconsciously took a small step back.
"Xi" stood there, motionless, his eyes behind the mask calm and expressionless, as if he didn't hear what she said.
The air around them froze instantly.
Han Qingli's face was filled with impatience. "Are you deaf? I told you to take off your mask!" She threw the broken flower stem to the ground and raised her voice. "What shameful thing do you have to act so pretentiously in front of me?"
"Miss... this is a master sent by Wangyou Pavilion. Miss Hongluan specifically instructed..." The butler stepped forward and tried to ease the atmosphere.
"What can a small Wangyou Pavilion do? Even if the king of heaven comes, he has to follow my rules!" Han Qingli stood up, walked a few steps to the front of the "table", raised her head, and stared at the cold mask fiercely.
"When I choose a bodyguard, the first thing I look for is that he or she must be pleasing to the eye! Your appearance is so horrible that it makes me feel uneasy. What if I have nightmares at night? Take it off! Otherwise, get out of here immediately!"
Her fingers almost poked at the mask.
Xi finally responded, tilting his head slightly and taking a half step back, avoiding the finger that was about to poke the mask. From beneath the mask came a distorted, gender-indistinguishable voice, as cold as a blade tempered with ice: "Miss Han, please respect yourself."
After meeting the person, she regretted it. Instead of staying with this unruly young lady for a few months, it would be better for her to go back and compete with Li Siyu in wits and courage.
As soon as these words came out, not only did the housekeeper and the nanny gasp, but even Han Qingli subconsciously took a step back, a look of surprise and uncertainty flashing across her face. The temperature in the courtyard seemed to drop suddenly.
"You...you actually threatened me?" Han Qingli calmed herself, her rage intensifying. How could she have ever been treated like this? She suddenly grabbed a celadon teacup that had just been filled with hot tea from the small table beside her and, without a second thought, smashed it hard into Xi's face.
"You ungrateful person! Get out of here!"
The teacup, filled with boiling hot tea, drew an arc and hit Xi in the face. The housekeeper and the nanny didn't even have time to scream.
This little trick couldn't do anything to her. She didn't even make any big movements. She just leaned over slightly, and the teacup flew past the edge of her cloak. Then she dodged and fell towards Han Qingli.
“Crack.”
The teacup shattered on the ground not far away.
Han Qingli suddenly felt a flash before her eyes, and a cold light almost brushed past her cheek, and the strong wind it brought messed up a few strands of hair on her temples.
The hideous and strange face suddenly enlarged before her eyes, and a bone-chilling murderous intent instantly enveloped her, making her blood seem to freeze.
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