The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard

Ru Xue sat on the chair, lightly smiling at Ye Liang, "Me? How I’ll get to the military camp is none of your concern, I have my ways."

Ye Liang returned to her seat, sneering coldly, "We are on the same boat now, if you don’t tell me your plan, and I accidentally mess up your affairs without knowing the details, don’t blame me later."

Ru Xue slightly lowered her gaze, Ye Liang’s words held some truth. Her fingers rubbed gently, unknown to what she was thinking.

Ye Liang’s scrutinizing gaze fell on Ru Xue, who, dressed in men’s clothes, exuded a different kind of charm, making even Ye Liang, a woman, feel envious.

Such a pity, she thought, if Ru Xue wasn’t an assassin, her life would surely be flamboyant and enjoyable.

Such a pity.

Ye Liang lowered her gaze slightly, concealing the desolation in her eyes. People like them were destined for only one ending - death.

Either from this task or the next, they weren’t saints; they couldn’t complete every mission successfully.

"You take care of yourself." Ye Liang said, feeling a bit awkward. She lightly pressed her lips together, her gaze flitted toward Ru Xue. "The Emperor should be returning to the court, you better go."

Ru Xue noticed her awkwardness, her lips curving slightly, "Ye Liang, today I found out that you can be shy too."

Actually, she discovered this long ago, but was only saying it now to tease Ye Liang.

Ye Liang’s face turned slightly red, quickly regaining her composure, "If you don’t leave, it will be too late."

Ru Xue leisurely stood up, pouting at Ye Liang, "Ye Liang, as a woman, whether an assassin or not, one should possess a trait, which is gentle beauty. Don’t be too tough. Although sometimes our tasks require toughness, don’t forget, if you can complete a task effortlessly, why waste the effort?"

Ye Liang looked at her, confused.

Ru Xue continued, "Besides, sometimes the missions we take require seducing men to complete them. When that time comes, if you don’t understand gentle beauty, won’t you be at a disadvantage?"

Ye Liang was silent, Ru Xue’s words made sense, but so far, she had never seduced a man, nor did she know how to seduce them. The tasks she took never required seducing men.

"Alright, I won’t speak further. Report to the military camp tomorrow, and remember, this outfit won’t do. It’s best to disguise yourself as a man."

Ye Liang understood this well, she gently nodded her head, "I know, don’t worry, I will be careful."

Ru Xue knew there was no need to elaborate further with Ye Liang. She smiled while looking at Ye Liang, "I’ll go first, see you at the camp."

She reached the door, then thought of something, turned back to Ye Liang, "Oh, by the way, when we’re at the camp, if we meet, act like we don’t know each other. I’ll find you, if there’s nothing particularly important, don’t come looking for me."

Ye Liang turned her head to look at her, but Ru Xue had already left.

The grand departure procession set off from the Southern City Building, with the Emperor’s presence, its momentum was as majestic as mountains and rivers, with Peng Gao’s grandeur.

Chu Ge and the Old Gang Leader, as military doctors, could only stand at the back of the departing procession. Chu Ge observed that there were quite a few military doctors, at least a dozen.

He lowered his voice, questioning the Old Gang Leader, "Old Gang Leader, does the army really need so many military doctors?"

The Old Gang Leader nodded, "This is already considered few; last time there were over thirty military doctors recruited."

"Why do they need so many doctors?" Chu Ge questioned confusedly; he had seen some historical dramas on TV, and they never seemed to have so many doctors, maybe only three or four at most?

The Old Gang Leader sighed, "There’s something you don’t know. The place we’re heading to, although it’s a military camp, is divided into several districts and not located in a single camp."

He explained, "Each district has allocated three to four doctors, otherwise, with a whole army of hundreds of thousands, if there were only three or four military doctors altogether, how could they possibly manage?"

Chu Ge nodded, "It’s really eye-opening, I’m ignorant."

The departing army set out mightily towards Yellow Island, and the journey was quite uneventful without any incidents, getting along well with the young men who came to join the army.

Chu Ge and the Old Gang Leader were both hospitable people; they made quite a few friends along the way, getting acquainted with people from various places.

During a stop to rest, someone asked, curious, "You seem to not be from our country, what made you join the army?"

The question came from Xiao Si, a new friend of Chu Ge’s, a native from Shuo State, who lowered his voice to ask Chu Ge, "Are you close with the former Beggar Gang Leader? You seem to always stick together."

Chu Ge nodded, "Quite well, he’s my disciple, why?"

Xiao Si looked around, seeing no one paying attention to him, then spoke up, "I’m not trying to meddle, but you better keep your distance from him, find someone else to be your disciple."

Chu Ge was puzzled, "Why?"

"Prince He Shuo has a conflict with the Beggar Gang. Keeping a Beggar Sect member close to you in the camp will surely not bode well."

Xiao Si kept glancing at the Old Gang Leader intermittently, saying, "I heard rumors that whenever Beggar Sect disciples joined the army, they never ended up well, either dying on the battlefield or being tortured to death in the camp."

Chu Ge remained silent, quietly watching Xiao Si and listening to him continue.

Thinking that Chu Ge might have been frightened by his words, Xiao Si hurriedly patted his shoulder, saying, "But upon thinking, it’s no good to tell him now, the Old Gang Leader is shrewd; if you tell him to stop being your disciple now, he certainly won’t accept."

Chu Ge chuckled, "You’re overthinking, it doesn’t matter, we’re going as doctors, not soldiers like you, it doesn’t concern us."

"You’re not worried?" Xiao Si asked, puzzled.

"Not worried, there’s nothing to be worried about." Chu Ge smiled, "We won’t live together, so I’m not worried about being bullied. But even if I am, who can say who’ll end up bullying who?"

Seeing Chu Ge’s composed demeanor, Xiao Si pressed his lips together, hoping to seize an opportunity to curry favor with Chu Ge, perhaps becoming his disciple, thus avoiding the battlefield.

At this moment, seeing Chu Ge’s stance, he was completely unresponsive.

"Xiao Si, I see you’re not so young anymore, about twenty-two, right?"