Being an experienced billionaire, Liu Qian quickly composed himself.
He really wanted to ask the soldier: Can you fly an airplane?
But he considered that such a question might be putting ’undue pressure’ on the soldier, so he refrained from asking.
It was a good thing that Liu Qian didn’t ask, otherwise, he might have been unable to bear the soldier’s answer. The soldier could, in fact, fly airplanes, from gliders to fighter jets. The phrase "full mastery of soldier skills" wasn’t an exaggeration, with expertise in the operation of vehicle-mounted weapons being one of them.
Tang Qing had always wanted to fly military aircraft in the spacious training room for fun, but he couldn’t afford to buy one yet. He didn’t even own a car so he could only ride a skateboard or a ’sightseeing car’ around. Due to enforced speed limiting on these items, there was no excitent in using them.
Seeing the soldier standing still like a utility pole, Monkey felt too embarrassed to sit and rest. He decided to stand as well. Although he couldn’t mimic the soldier’s high level of alertness, he looked the part.
This made Liu Qian feel a bit awkward.
"Well, Yuan brother, why don’t you take a break? There’s a sofa over there. You can protect while sitting," Liu Qian suggested with a wry smile. At ho, unless under special circumstances, Monkey usually sat down. After all, his ho, surrounded by layers of security in a villa area, wasn’t as accessible as overseas.
"Sorry, Mr. Liu, I can’t disobey my order. There are no bodyguards who protect their charges while sitting," the soldier responded blandly.
Upon hearing this, Monkey’s lips twitched slightly, and he felt sowhat ashad.
Liu Qian looked at Monkey and cautiously said, "Yuan brother, can you be a bit flexible?"
"I apologize, but it’s a security principle," the soldier replied.
Seeing that he couldn’t change the soldier’s mind, Liu Qian didn’t push further. He wasn’t angry. Getting angry at soone protecting him would be foolish. He said, "Well...okay then, Monkey, sit down." He then directed the request to Monkey.
Liu Qian knew about these soldiers’ steadfast dedication from Tang Kai. At first, he thought Tang Kai was just bluffing. However, now he realized that it was truly their ’principle’, sothing even Tang Kai couldn’t change.
More and more questions arose in Liu Qian’s mind. Who could possibly have such a ’perfect’ bodyguard? Plus, obtaining a gun permit in the United States... he decided to stop thinking about it. He didn’t dare investigate such a formidable power. Knowing too much could be a bad thing.
"No, Mr. Liu, I ought to do this," Monkey said, swallowing hard.
At this mont, Monkey felt like he had shot himself in the foot. He originally wanted to learn martial arts, but he ended up with such a ’profound’ lesson right off the bat.
It seed he truly had to stand.
Would he really sit down?
I don’t believe you won’t rest, Monkey thought. He knew the soldier had been like this on the plane, staying put for over ten hours. He himself had slept while the soldier hadn’t. Let’s see if you get sleepy.
Ten minutes later, the well-rested Liu Qian was called to have lunch by Chai Ren. Being super-rich, they weren’t interested in the airplane’s first-class catering, especially not when it was around lunchti. Why should they settle for less?
They arrived at the Hilton Hotel’s third-floor restaurant.
Everyone ordered so western cuisine. Although they frequently ate it in China, it was not worth it to go to Chinatown just for Chinese food. They weren’t interested in taking that extra effort.
"Yuan brother, what do you want to eat?" Chai Ren asked, having placed his own order. He genuinely liked the soldier, who seed a bit stiff and unapproachable. Upon hearing from Liu Qian about the gun the soldier carried, he was taken aback. Although firearms were widespread in the United States, gun permits for ’foreigners’ were strictly regulated. Anyone who could obtain one must be of significant status, sothing even he couldn’t achieve.
A bodyguard?
The more he observed, the less likely it seed.
"Anything," the soldier replied.
"How about steak?" Chai Ren suggested.
"Alright."
Chai Ren pointed to the picture and said to the blonde waitress, "This steak, I’ll have one. Yuan, how many do you want?" He knew these guys eat a lot.
"Ten, dium rare," the soldier said nonchalantly.
Chai Ren said, surprised, "What? Ok, ten of these then, see what you want." He then passed the nu to his two bodyguards, who also ordered the sa as the soldier, two each. Monkey also followed suit.
The dishes began to arrive one after the other.
Instead of eating right away, a few of them were stupefied watching the soldier wolfing down his steaks. This was truly wolfing down, hardly chewing before swallowing.
"Yuan, eat slower, don’t choke, you don’t have to eat that fast," Liu Qian expressed his concern to the soldier. He had heard Tang Kai talk about his eating customs before, but it just seed odd in this sort of restaurant.
"In order to better protect the target, we must minimize our eating ti," the soldier responded, then resud eating expressionlessly.
Eating?
Such a ’professional’ term.
The others were speechless.
The other three bodyguards also opened their mouths wide, glancing at each other as they began to eat frenziedly. Seeing others eat faster than themselves, felt unbearable.
"You guys...are also...crazy," Chai Ren laughed bitterly.
It was alti now, many people were focusing on them, their hunger piqued by watching the soldier and a few bodyguards eat so heartily.
Was it really that delicious?
"Young Master Chai, brother Yuan is right. He has shown what a professional bodyguard should do, and I feel a bit ashad," one of the bodyguards said resolutely. In terms of ’professional bodyguards’, they all lost to the soldier before them. They once prided themselves as elites, but now felt deeply embarrassed.
They could block bullets for Chai Ren and were not weak in combat, but when compared to the soldier on the professional details, they were nowhere near. This was a deep, spiritual blow.
"Alright then, just don’t choke," Chai Ren said helplessly. He was actually quite pleased at heart. Warriors need to compete and have fighting spirit. It was good for the soldier to ’train’ his two bodyguards. He also made up his mind to get to know Tang Kai after the task was completed. Such a person was worth getting acquainted with, not for his wealth but for the combat abilities shown by the soldier.
Even so, in front of these ’special’ eating habits, by the ti they had finished two steaks, the soldier had already finished the other eight. Wiping his mouth, he stood behind Liu Qian.
At this ti, Liu Qian rembered that Tang Kai had said that these soldiers generally ate high calorie foods, only one al a day, and only drank water at other tis. Looking at him now, these ten steaks were the soldier’s daily food ration.
The other custors who watched the soldier finish ten steaks couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, but the soldier didn’t bother about them. If not for the fact that selfies were not yet in vogue and mobile phone caras were low quality, a crowd of people probably would have co over for a group photo.
Everyone finished this his unusual lunch.
"Young Master Chai, what are we doing this afternoon?" Liu Qian asked as he wiped his mouth.
"We’ll just rest this afternoon, sleep off the jet lag. The auction doesn’t start until the morning after tomorrow. Tomorrow morning we can go sightseeing, and by noon we’ll visit the company’s chairman," Chai Ren said.
"Alright then," Liu Qian agreed.
Aferwards, everyone retired to their rooms. Liu Qian and Monkey both took a nap. It was midnight in China and they felt a little off. However, the Soldier stood guard dutifully by Liu Qian’s door. Monkey realized he stood no chance competing with the Soldier, doing that would definitely be self-punishnt, and not the mild kind.
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PS: There’s one more Chapter.
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