After eating and drinking her fill, Qin Shu finally recovered her senses and her brain started working.
She thought of the strict security check at the airport and asked, "Why was the attack so sudden? I think they had come for us."
"The Rose Organization." Xia Lun crossed his legs and took a sip of tequila he carried with him. "Boss, do you want a sip?"
Ling Mohan ignored his offer and said in a low voice, "The Rose Organization is an overseas armed reactionary organization, burning, killing, plundering, smuggling people, firearms, and even drugs, and committing the worst crimes you can imagine. It is now a target for the military in all countries."
"Yes." Xia Lun snapped his fingers. "It has an extremely complicated background. It is backed by a variety of forces and has multiple strongholds, making it difficult to uproot."
Three years ago, Ling Mohan was secretly appointed to lead the 16 members of the Wild Wolf special troop to crack down on the Rose Organization. At that time, they went deep into the organization and cleaned up many of their strongholds.
Now the Wild Wolf special troop was a thorn in the eyes of the Rose Organization.
In particular, Ling Mohan, as the captain of the special troop, had killed eight senior figures of the Rose Organization on solo missions. He had become the No.1 target for the Rose Organization.
Of course, these things involved the important secrets of the military. Ling Mohan could not reveal too much to Qin Shu. He only explained to her what kind of organization the Rose Organization was.
Qin Shu was a clever girl, however. She was raised by Grandpa Ling and could guess what was going on.
"These killers tonight came for the two of you?" Qin Shu asked.
"Clever." Xia Lun gave her a look of appreciation.
Su Xiaoya was quite scared and she now still clung to Qin Shu. "Aren"t you in great danger and live with fear every day?" she asked.
"It"s okay. I"m used to it." Xia Lun looked not worried at all, draining the rest of tequila in one gulp.
Every soldier of the special troop, including them, was ready to take risk and give life anytime, anywhere.
Qin Shu thought of Ji Chen, who died for the anti-drug cause. Xia Lun"s words made her feel sad.
She subconsciously looked at Ling Mohan. He had a calm face and cold eyebrows, which radiated unique manly charm.
Qin Shu was kind of in a trance.
"If you keep looking at me like this, I"m gonna kiss you!" A warm breath came along with bossy and evil words to her ear.
Startled, Qin Shu came to herself and found Ling Mohan leaning over, with one arm resting on the chair behind her, as if to encircle her in his arms.
Su Xiaoya had already moved over to make room for the couple.
Qin Shu was annoyed. A moment ago, he had a serious look and now he tried to behave like a thug with her. Those who didn"t know him would take him as a decent man.
She pretended not to hear Ling Mohan"s words and took her time to enjoy her dessert.
Nevertheless, one of her feet quietly moved over to Ling Mohan"s thigh.
Ling Mohan"s thigh immediately stiffened.
Qin Shu was pleased. Rather than draw back, she slowly hooked her leg around his calf.
Now Ling Mohan"s chin also tightened up!
He was sitting next to Qin Shu, leaning against the back of the chair, staring at her with his deep eyes.
Her hair was sleek and wavy, her face picturesque, and every part of her was so beautiful.
On top of that, her small movements under the table were constantly challenging his endurance. Ling Mohan could not help but clench his fists.
Qin Shu slightly turned her head sideways. She caught sight of his physical reaction and smiled to herself secretly.
b.a.s.t.a.r.d, do you dare to kiss me now?
She did this on purpose, so that he could see her but was unable to do what he wanted with her!
Just when Ling Mohan couldn"t bear and was about to pull her shoulder to kiss her, Qin Shu suddenly drew back her leg, stood up, and said, "So sleepy! Let"s go back."
Su Xiaoya yawned in a timely manner. "Me too, so sleepy."
Qin Shu held Su Xiaoya"s hand, turned her head to Ling Mohan, and said with a smile, "Colonel, let"s go."
Ling Mohan"s face was as dark as charcoal.
If he stood up right now, somewhere in the lower part of his body was bound to attract attention.
Qin Shu laughed hard in her heart, but she still pretended to be innocent. "Colonel, aren"t you going?"
"You go out and wait for me." Ling Mohan"s face was cold, and his voice sounded normal.
Qin Shu had had enough fun. She went out holding Su Xiaoya"s hand, feeling that the burning gaze behind her could pierce a hole in her body!
The three of them stood outside the restaurant waiting for Ling Mohan.
Xia Lun was sitting lazily on the hood of the car. He saw Qin Shu standing under the steps, the corners of her lips forming a nice curve as she listened to Su Xiaoya and responded from time to time.
Her long wavy hair spread over her shoulders, a few strands being blown by the cool night breeze, and there was some unique beauty between her eyebrows.
"So beautiful."
The two words jumped to his mind when he looked at the smile on Qin Shu"s face.
Xia Lun thought of her calm look when they were attacked in the garage. He asked, "Hey, Qin Shu, those killers, weren"t you afraid of them?"
"I"m not one of your special troop soldiers. How come I was not afraid?" Qin Shu tucked those few strands of hair behind her ear.
"You are staying with me and the boss. Aren"t you afraid of another a.s.sa.s.sination?"
Qin Shu"s tongue was almost tied. "Are you kidding me?"
Xia Lun laughed and said nothing, turning his eyes to the light in the distance. His hands habitually reached into his pocket, only to pull out an empty wine bottle.
"Is tequila good?" Qin Shu walked over to him, looking at the flat bottle curiously.
Xia Lun raised his eyebrows and smiled. "You will know it when I treat you next time."
"Sure." Qin Shu readily agreed.
Their eyes met in the air. For a moment, they were stunned, and they seemed to have read appreciation in each other"s eyes. Then they smiled at each other.
Su Xiaoya watched them standing under the steps, feeling that Qin Shu and Xia Lun were quite a match.
She remembered the person in her heart, and felt empty on the inside, with a sense of loss beyond description.
After a long while, Ling Mohan came out of the restaurant and ordered Xia Lun to send Su Xiaoya home, while he himself would send Qin Shu back.
When he got in the car, Ling Mohan gritted his teeth and whispered in Qin Shu"s ear, "I"ll fix you when we are back!"
Qin Shu hummed complacently: Who knows who"s going to fix who?
Ling Mohan looked at her delicate face, a wave of spring water rising in his heart again.
The car galloped all the way, at a speed almost twice as fast as usual.
Qin Shu was puzzled. "Why are you driving so fast?"
Ling Mohan kept a straight face and remained speechless.
As soon as they entered their villa in the military command, Ling Mohan forced Qin Shu against the wall before she could take off her shoes and kissed her in an aggressive and presumptuous way.
"You, let go...hum!"
"I want you!"
The presumptuous declaration and the fiery thin lips could tell the extent to which Ling Mohan had been aroused by Qin Shu.
Qin Shu shuddered and struggled with all her strength. She finally caught her breath and said angrily, "You, go away! Shameless rogue!"
Ling Mohan"s hot breath spread across Qin Shu"s face, making her cheeks flushed.
"I"m gonna be a rogue to you." Ling Mohan raised his eyebrows, his blazing eyes fixed on the woman"s slightly parted lips that were moist and cherry.
Qin Shu sneered, "You want more than acting with me?"
"So what?" Ling Mohan asked.
Qin Shu was a bit startled and then sneered with a smile, "Then you will go it alone."
By no means would she be tempted by him again.
The stupid mistake she made three years ago would not be repeated!
"If you feel p.i.s.sed off, divorce me at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow, or else stop such a nasty thing, which only makes me look down on you!" Qin Shu uttered each word clearly.
Ling Mohan"s face was darker than charcoal, his eyes almost flaming.
Qin Shu went on to provoke him. "Well then, maybe you are in love with me?"
These words finally made Ling Mohan loosen his grip, while the flames in his eyes also went out. He said in a low voice, "If you play with fire again, you"ll get burned!"
Qin Shu had a tiring sleep in the night. She dreamed of being pressed under a wild beast.
The beast had a pair of piercingly cold eyes and it was staring at her in an overbearing, cold and unreasonable way as if it was a king.
The next day, Qin Shu was forcibly awakened by Ling Mohan.
She was so sleepy that she clung to her quilt and refused to let it go. She was annoyed and upset. "I don"t wanna go running!"
Ling Mohan must be retaliating against her, deliberately forcing her to get up early.
"Don"t be a spoiled child!" Ling Mohan dragged her out of bed.
Qin Shu was going to explode with anger. She wasn"t being spoiled; she had been "angry" instead.
"Stand up, come with me to the outside, and run ten laps," Ling Mohan ordered coldly, as if he was training a new recruit.
Qin Shu fell into his arms, her eyes half open. Her soft body seemed delicate and boneless. She just hung on to the Ling Mohan like this.
Ling Mohan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I count to three. If you don"t stand properly, I will use a special means to wake you up!"
A special means?
Qin Shu thought to herself while Ling Mohan counted, "Three, two..."
She forced her eyes open, only to see Ling Mohan with one hand on his waist and the other unb.u.t.toning his shirt!
"Hey, I am awake!" Qin Shu felt a quiver, glaring at him annoyedly.
Ling Mohan felt it a pity. He ordered, "Get changed. Hurry up and follow me!"
Qin Shu had to put on her sportswear. She stumbled along behind him, running out of the villa and around the huge playground of the military compound.
There were many soldiers doing morning exercises on the playground, shouting slogans valiantly and spiritedly, each one in high spirits and high morale.
Perhaps the soldiers had never seen such a pretty girl on the playground. They couldn"t help but squint at Qin Shu when they overtook her, their eyes flashing with light, and their voice sounding even louder than usual.
Ling Mohan was unhappy. He kicked one of the soldiers in the b.u.t.t, and yelled, "What are you looking at? Two hundred push-ups if you dare to look again!"
The colonel was angry, so no one dared to look at Qin Shu.
Qin Shu followed Ling Mohan and ran a few laps slowly. With her body getting warmer, she felt not so sleepy.
Puffing and blowing... Qin Shu panted, her legs trembling. "So tired, I can"t run anymore."
"Still five laps to go!" Ling Mohan said sternly.
Running was a piece of cake for him. His breath wasn"t disturbed at all.
Qin Shu felt extremely wronged and ran two more laps slowly. She couldn"t take it anymore, and squatted on the ground, refusing to go.
Ling Mohan dragged her up and forced her to finish the rest. Even those soldiers began to have pity on her.
The colonel was so ruthless. No wonder few women dared to approach him.
However, they all knew that there was a female doctor in the army who didn"t fear their grim-faced colonel. Instead, she even had a good relationship with him. They reckoned that the colonel also liked the doctor.