The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Chapter 117

The flowers are in full bloom, the trees are lush, and life is vibrant all around, but only the small area of less than one square meter where Ye Tian and Shen Jingwei stand has a low pressure.

"Uncle..." Shen Jingwei’s voice was so quiet that even he himself found it somewhat muffled.

Ye Tian had his back to him, only leaving him a rear view. That’s all Shen Jingwei could see—his uncle’s back turned towards him, nothing else.

"Jingwei, do you think that stab of yours could avenge Second Master?"

Shen Jingwei shook his head, "No."

"But if you were given another chance, would you still stab him?"

Ye Tian responded with silence.

That was an affirmation.

"Tell me your reasons. I don’t want to scold you for no reason; it wouldn’t be comfortable for either of us."

"Uncle, if that bastard is dead, just use me to pay for the life. I killed him, so naturally, I should..."

"State your reasons!"

"... He caused Second Master to lose half his life and made you kneel and bow your head, for that, he deserves to die!"

"What if the half-life lost by the second master and you bowing your head save all three of us, would you still stab him?"

"Stab!"

Such strong killing intent!

Ye Tian, with his back to Shen Jingwei, could feel the anger and hatred emanating from him. He could imagine what Lei Bao, a man with a nearly twisted mentality, could do. However, he didn’t expect Shen Jingwei, a boy from the mountains, to develop such a heavy killing aura in such a short time.

Was it forced, or was it innate?

Looking at this pale-skinned, delicate-featured boy, Ye Tian sighed, "Jingwei, you need to leave your uncle for a while."

"Uncle, don’t worry, I’ll definitely not trouble you, I’m the killer, the one who should bear the penalty should be me, I’ll go far away, never to..."

"Nonsense! Come with me!"

"Uncle, where to?"

Ye Tian stopped, turned around and asked Shen Jingwei, "Do you want to join the military?"

"Mom, I just want to see him, I won’t even talk to him, why are you being so unkind."

"Girl, stop playing games with your mom. Just to see him? Your eyes lit up the moment you heard those two words."

"Why don’t you trust me, I want to call dad and tell him you are bullying me."

"Call him. Do it now. If your dad answers, I’ll let you see him right away."

"You... hmpf!"

Watching Gu Yue storm off upstairs in a huff, Tang Jiaoqian smiled wryly and shook her head. Having managed to survive that period of longing, how could she possibly push her daughter out to meet that Ye Tian? A mother understands her daughter’s little thoughts. But reality is reality; the frog prince won’t turn into a prince, only get poisoned by pesticides or end up on a dinner plate as a tasty dish.

Ye Tian is not a son-in-law of the Gu Family, by no means.

Pulling the curtain aside, Gu Yue looked at the small house in the backyard, quietly standing there with its blue bricks and large tiles. It was beautiful. Inside the house, Gu Canghai was buried in reviewing documents.

"So you’re quite impolite to just send people over to me. Why should I?" Gu Canghai asked without lifting his head, as the year-end military exercises had already been scheduled and preparation had begun in August.

"Old Master Gu, I just want to ask you one thing, if it were you at that time, what would you do?" Ye Tian asked.

"Hmm? What would I do?" Gu Canghai raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ye Tian, then put down his pen, took off his reading glasses and leaned back in the armchair, "Let me think, if it were me, what would I do?"

Ye Tian curled his lips internally, thinking how someone of such an old age could still be so unruly.

"Tuzi, you think about it for me, if it were me, how would I handle it?" Probably tired of thinking, Old Master Gu pointed at Zhang Houtu standing at the door and asked.

"Ah? Asking me?"

Following the direction pointed by the finger, Shen Jingwei looked over and saw the tall and silly figure; Zhang Houtu also noticed Shen Jingwei. Although there was a plaster on his arm, the stubbornness in his eyes was unmistakable. The old man had said, it’s good for boys to be a bit stubborn, without it, how can they accomplish great things.

"Old Master, if it were you, you’d probably just take a machine gun and riddle that kid with bullets."

"Get lost! If machine guns were so readily available, would my brothers have sacrificed so much back then?"

Frightened by the old man’s glare, Zhang Houtu immediately fell silent, straightened up, and stood at attention, looking straight ahead with a military posture reminiscent of a grand parade.

Ignoring Zhang Houtu, Gu Canghai looked at Shen Jingwei again and waved him over, "Come here."

Ye Tian hurriedly pushed Shen Jingwei forward.

As Shen Jingwei approached, Gu Canghai got a clear view of Shen Jingwei’s appearance, "Hmm, still a kid."

"I’m not a kid, I’m a man."

"Alright alright, you’re a man, you’re a man." Although Shen Jingwei continued to contradict everyone except Ye Tian as usual, Gu Canghai was not angrier because of his defiance, "Kid, being a man is not as simple as you think. You think being fearless makes you a man? You think stabbing that bastard with a knife makes you a man? You’re a man, but what about your Second Uncle, your Second Master? Have you thought about these issues? If as you say, stabbing someone makes you a man, then the most manly people should be in prison. Do you think your Second Uncle kneeling makes him less of a man? I tell you, he is a man. You think he lacks backbone, don’t you? Don’t deny it, I can see it in your eyes."

Shen Jingwei lowered his head.

"Being a man is about endurance, not aggression. You might feel satisfied, but you’ve caused trouble that others have to bear. Are you a man? No, calling you a scoundrel wouldn’t be too much. Your Second Uncle is pleading with me to take you in, do you think that’s easy for him? His backbone isn’t much softer than yours, but still, he came. Isn’t he more of a man than you?"

Shen Jingwei’s feet suddenly felt moist, and tears began to fall from his eyes, dampening the ground beneath.

Ye Tian sighed internally, thinking this old man really knows how to stir emotions.

"Do you still think you’re a man now?" Gu Canghai looked at the young man who would rather cry than speak out, his appreciation for him growing. This was a rough gemstone, just waiting to see if anyone dared to carve it.

Shen Jingwei shook his head, but remained silent.

"How old is he?"

Ye Tian thought for a while, "Eighteen."

Gu Canghai said nothing.

"Alright, sixteen."

Gu Canghai still said nothing.

"...Thirteen."

"You dare let him join the army at just thirteen years old!" Gu Canghai asked sternly, "This is against the national laws, no one can bear such responsibility."

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