The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard-Chapter 430 - 429

"When does ’later’ refer to?"

"...When I leave, after tonight."

"Captain, do you want me to go back with you?"

Ye Tian shook his head, "Just asking."

Chu Tianying cracked a smile, wanted to say something, but didn’t. He added two logs into the fire. The firewood was slightly damp, hissing as it was thrown into the flames and emitting white smoke.

"Go back. This line of work is too dangerous. Find a safer job back home. Although you won’t become wealthy, at least you can..."

Ye Tian couldn’t finish his sentence, as he couldn’t even convince himself. If it wasn’t for a stroke of luck, he would have almost been killed by the people in Dragon Team. In the end, he was still risking his life scavenging burial objects from Hua Tuo’s Tomb. Wasn’t he also gambling with his life? What right did he have to tell others to go back to their country?

Chu Tianying didn’t continue on this subject but asked,

"Captain, have you ever thought about what really happened back then? It’s just fucking weird how those bastards trapped us so tightly, like we were lured into a pocket. This is just bullshit..."

Chu Tianying took a gulp of alcohol, smiled bitterly, and shook his head as if savoring a past memory, "Sometimes, when I’m idle, I wonder if it was my own fault. But then I think again, the likelihood is slim. After all, those were our own people. Even if there were unknown things involved, they wouldn’t just let us die in a foreign land, right? What do you think, Captain?"

At this point, Ye Tian felt it was inappropriate to persuade him to return home. Chu Tianying’s words were already giving him face. He was a smart man, known as "Little Zhuge" back within the team. If he hadn’t realized something by now, he wouldn’t deserve that moniker.

To die in a foreign land, it’s just so fucking apt!

Ye Tian took a large swig of alcohol, grabbed a backpack, propped it behind him, and lay down on it, staring at the dark rocky ceiling in a daze.

Inside the cave, the firelight flickered, and their shadows danced on the stone wall, swaying with the movement of the flames, like small boats in a storm. That’s right, in that storm, they were such boats, adrift between life and death. But today, as they meet again, their identities and future paths remained uncertain, neither able to convince the other.

Suddenly, a crackling sound of snow came from outside, mingling with the wind and snow, so faint that ordinary people wouldn’t notice it.

Both men perked up at once, but the meanings flickering in their eyes were contradictory. They looked at each other, and Ye Tian could see doubt and distrust towards himself in the other’s eyes. At the same time, he understood the meaning in his own eyes must be similar.

The sworn brotherhood of just a moment ago vanished without a trace due to a series of footsteps, even utterly disappeared.

The footsteps continued to approach, growing louder, and from the sound of the snow, this person seemed to be of no small size.

"Your man?"

Ye Tian couldn’t contain himself and asked. If it were Mao Niu and the others coming to find him, it would definitely not be just one person— the rules in the army were not to leave any brother behind.

Chu Tianying shook his head.

Ye Tian asked again, "So, you don’t know either?"

"I don’t know."

With that, he pulled out an Italian Beretta 92F pistol from behind his waist, crouched beside the cave entrance, waiting for the prey to arrive.

Ye Tian didn’t dare to be too careless. Who knew who was coming? If they just threw a couple of grenades inside, he wouldn’t even know how he died. freёnovelkiss.com

He loaded his SVD with bullets and stood on the opposite side of the cave entrance, facing Chu Tianying. Two men, two guns.

Ye Tian was conflicted. If the newcomer was a third party, it would be fine, but what if they were truly Chu Tianying’s comrades? Who should he aim at then? Even if Chu Tianying, out of camaraderie, didn’t strike him, what about himself? Would he come here to cause trouble again? It wouldn’t be difficult for him to rout the entire border force.

The entrance of the cave was blocked with a wooden board, and a large rock on the outside shielded them. Since Ye Tian and the other were outside and considering it was snowing heavily, it was unlikely that anyone would come by, so the stone was not in place, leaving only a wooden board.

Both men guarded the sides of the entrance, unsure who the person outside might be.

The footsteps grew closer.

Ye Tian raised the muzzle of his gun slightly, his index finger gently starting to press on the trigger, his left foot stepping forward with his legs slightly bent— a standard rapid-fire stance.

Chu Tianying silently shook his head. The Captain was still the same old Captain, unchanged, yet there were some changes he couldn’t quite pinpoint.

The sound gradually got closer, but it suddenly stopped right in front of the cave entrance. The footsteps and the snow’s crushing sound disappeared instantaneously, as if nothing had happened.

The two men exchanged glances, both gently shaking their heads.

There was a "thud" from outside, followed by the sound of what seemed like a heavy object hitting the ground.

"Eagle, is that you?"

A rough voice came from outside, hoarse and gruff, speaking English, but Ye Tian could still hear the word "eagle."

Eagle, the meaning was clear.

Chu Tianying looked at Ye Tian, made a gesture for him to relax, "It’s me. There’s a friend here, come on in."

"Ha ha, what a coincidence, I’ve got a friend here, too."

With a burst of laughter, the wooden board was kicked open, and a black-clothed, burly black man crawled into the cave, crouching down.

He carried a series of ammunition pouches on his body, and in his hands, unmistakably, an American M16 assault rifle. This weapon proclaimed to the world that it would compete with Russia’s AK47 but eventually fell short in every aspect, from sales to construction, to the point where even American soldiers complained to the army about its shortcomings.

"Ha ha, Eagle, you’re really something, running off on your own!"

Before he could even stand up straight, the big man began speaking heartily, but as he straightened himself, he discovered Ye Tian standing to his left, an unfamiliar, yellow-skinned person aiming a sniper rifle at him.

The black man looked at Ye Tian coldly without turning his head. "Eagle, is this the gift you’re bringing me?"