Se Cai took out his phone.
Xin Yu stopped him and said, “Pleasedon’t call the police!”
Se Cai tossed her an enquiringgaze. She explained, “My father’s ident.i.ty is a bit special. It might cause himsome problems if the police’s involved. But don’t worry, I’ll send for aid now.”
Se Cai put down his phone andstared silently at Xin Yu.
Then, he asked, “Who are you andwhy is that mercenary after you?”
He thought back to what themercenary had said.
If Blue Sky Rehab wanted toteach her a lesson, they wouldn’t need to hire a trained mercenary…
Furthermore, the man himselfadmitted he was only making use of the Blue Sky Rehab.
This Zhang Xin Yu must be hidingsomething, was his conclusion.
“I know you have many questions.I’ll answer them all when we’re safe.”
Xin Yu pleaded Se Cai with puppy-dogeyes, while hanging onto his arms.
“Fine, but you owe me anexplanation!”
Se Cai sighed. He had someknowledge that Xin Yu was not a common citizen but he didn’t expect it to be socomplicated.
After all, which common citizenwould stumble into mercenaries and kidnapping?
“Sister Xu, I’m on the roadleading to the northern part of town. I’m stranded and is in a bit of a pickle…”
Xin Yu borrowed Se Cai’s phoneto make a call.
In less than 5 minutes, a blacklimo arrived at the scene.
“Miss, what happened to you?!”
A ponytailed woman in a blackpant suit rushed out of the limo with an umbrella.
The woman was of a certain ageand carried herself with a dignified air. She had that aura of maturity andgrace that was attractive in her own way.
She took off her jacket anddraped it over Xin Yu. Her face dimmed when she went to check the reposemercenary.
“He’s still breathing. Irecognize him as a mercenary from the Cobra Syndicate. Miss, they’ve found yourlocation!”
She then turned to Se Cai, “Ajob well done protecting Miss Xin Yu, are you one of the new bodyguards? Weird…I didn’t remember master telling me he hired new people.”
“Oh no, my name is Se Cai, I’mXin Yu’s colleague not her bodyguard. The man there was really powerful, I waslucky because I managed to sneak up on him.”
Se Cai explained to this womanwhom he believed was the Sister Xu that Xin Yu spoke to on his phone.
“Colleague? You must be kidding…The Cobra Syndicate are all trained men and women, you wouldn’t have the chanceto sneak up on him, plus he’s carrying a gun!”
Sister Xu obviously wasn’t goingto buy Se Cai’s explanation. She frowned, “Who are you and what’s your intentiongetting close to Miss Xin Yu?”
Se Cai didn’t look physicallyimpressive in Sister Xu’s eyes. Therefore, he must be lying when he said heoverpowered the man from Cobra Syndicate.
“Sister Xu, he’s not lying. Heis really my colleague and including yesterday’s incident, he has saved metwice.”
Xin Yu pulled on Sister Xu’s armto explain.
“You’re really mistaken. Ientered County S Tv Station before she did, so how could you say I had anintention to get close to her?”
Se Cai retorted with achallenge. He was getting frustrated from being suspected of ill intent byeveryone he met.
Sister Xu frowned deeper beforeturning to Xin Yu, “Miss, I’m sorry for not being there for you… But, now thatthis has happened, you have to stop with your little fun time playing ananchor, leave County S and follow me home.”
“Fine… Sister Xu, I understand.But can we please get to the house? I’m shivering here.”
Xin Yu pouted, “Plus, I’ve saidmany times. This is not a game, I’m serious about being a professional anchor!It’s my dream! You think everyone wants to take over dad’s business?”
“Miss, do you know how manypeople want to take over your father’s empire? You have got to start listeningto the Old Master.”
Sister Xu sighed and wentthrough this advice that she obviously had repeated many times.
“If so many people want it, letthem have it!”
Xin Yu harrumphed and crawledinto the limo.
She pulled down a window andwaved at Se Cai, “Se Cai, come on. Don’t worry about the driver, Sister Xu willhandle it.”
Se Cai hesitated because SisterXu had made her hostility and suspicions against him pretty clear.
However, if he didn’t take thisride now, there won’t be another in perhaps forever since the stretch of roadwas truly in the middle of nowhere.
“Se Cai, I know you have manyconcerns but I promised I’ll explain it to you when we get home, didn’t I?”
After some deliberation, Se Caiaccepted Xin Yu’s offer.
They rode in silence until theyreached XY Residence.
XY Residence was as Se Cairemembered, tight in security. He was here last time to do a less thanfavorable reporting on one of its residents but no matter how hard he tried towheedle in, the guards wouldn’t let him.
After they descended from thelimo, Xin Yu gave a small yelp when she saw her reflection in the entrancemirror. She grabbed a towel handed to her by one of the maids and rushedupstairs.
“I’m going to take a bath,Sister Xu could you help me entertain Se Cai…”
Her voice trailed off as shedisappeared from view.
Sister Xu nodded. She ordered amaid to bring over a towel before she asked Se Cai to join her on the livingroom sofa.
“Mr. Se, please take a seat. I wouldlike to thank you for saving our Miss’ life.”
She took a deep breath, pulled abox of cigarette from her coat and offered one to Se Cai. She continued, “Letme first introduce myself. I’m Xu Jin Feng, Miss Xin Yu’s governess andpersonal bodyguard.”
“I’ve guessed as much. If onlyyou were there today. But now, I just want to know… well, what is all this?”
Se Cai gestured at the room. Theliving room was decorated with a grand Baroque design. There was a glitteringchandelier that gave an ill.u.s.trious shine to every object in the room.
He glanced at the plush sofa andhis muddy attire. He accepted the towel to clean his hair and shrugged. He remainedstanding.
With an embarra.s.sed smile, hereturned the towel that had become covered with brown streaks.
“Sorry about that… but whatbrand is this, it’s so absorbent.”
Se Cai tried for a small talk todefuse the building awkwardness.
“Miss has a preference for plushtowel. This is an Abyss’ towel, they are hand-st.i.tched from lamb wool.”
Sister Xu received the towelwith a frown. She continued in a serious tone, “Mr. Se, I’m sure you’ve noticedour miss is not your typical anchorwoman by now. She is the heir to the Xuan WuGroup, daughter to its CEO, Mr. Zhang Chang Sheng. The mercenary today shouldcome from his political or business enemy.”
Sister Xu deliberated beforeadding, “You didn’t hear this from me but rumors say that when Old Master wasstarting out, he was involved in some bootlegging deals. He had to burn somebridges. That is probably why miss is being targeted.”
“Xuan Wu Group, Zhang Chang Seng?”
Se Cai repeated the 2 names thatsounded awfully familiar.
“You mean the Turtle King!”
Suddenly, everything clicked forSe Cai. Zhang Chang Seng was a known figure but he was more commonly known byhis nickname, the Turtle King.
The moniker was inspired by thefield Chang Seng was involved in. He started his empire at a small fishingvillage in County S with a turtle breeding pond.
No one had high hopes on such anunconventional business venture but it proved to be a dark horse.
Being unconventional meant ChangSeng had a monopoly over the turtle breeding business which was unexpectedlylarge. He had livestock like gra.s.s tortoises for its meat and novelty specieslike the Golden Coin Turtle and Aldabra giant tortoise to attract thecollectors. He sought out beneficial collaborations with the food as well astravel industry and his business eventually grew to one of the biggest businessin the country.
Now, Zhang Chang Seng was aProvince X Political Committee Member. He was worth about several billions instocks and investments.
Se Cai had always held anadmiration for him because he represented an important motto, you could besuccessful with enough dedication and hard work.
He didn’t expect Zhang Xin Yu tobe the daughter of such an eminent business mogul. She certainly had hid itwell.
It hit Se Cai why Xin Yu wasreluctant to take over the family mantle.
If Xin Yu took over his father’sbusiness, she would have to succeed his father’s moniker… She would be calledTurtle Queen or Turtle Princess…
In our society which reliedheavily on first impression, it was little wonder why she didn’t want to a.s.sumeher father’s business. Which sensible, fashionable young woman would want anickname like that?