The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 457 - 456

Chapter 457: 456

"When I was in Beiping, I also met a person, an old man, but he wasn’t at the overpass, rather on Erwanzi Street, and those from the streets called him Thief Saint."

As the words ’Thief Saint’ spilled out, Ye Tian saw his eyes light up momentarily, validating that he got at least some things right about what’s in his heart.

"He had a junior, named Duan Liu."

The cap’s eyes twinkled again.

"Duan Liu had an apprentice named Chuanzi. But I guess you wouldn’t know him; he’s junior, and you don’t share the same mentor, it’s natural not to recognize him."

The cap asked, "How do you know about Thief Saint, old man?"

Just as expected.

"I already said we’re friends, you still didn’t believe me. Believe me now?" Ye Tian passed over a glass of water, "We have no grudges against you, no need to hurt you. I just wanted to ask, we’re so distant, why would you care about us two?"

The cap raised an eyebrow, "Who cares about you. I was just drinking coffee there, and you came pouncing on me, I thought you were from another territory coming to snatch food. Turns out, you were also guessing blindly."

Chu Tianying annoyingly stomped his foot, looking at Ye Tian, "See, I told you you always suspect unnecessarily, how could they have sent such a kid to interfere."

Ye Tian, unconvinced, stared into the cap’s eyes and asked, "What’s your name?"

"Gui Xiao."

"Gui Xiao, tell me why did you run? And even before we caught you?"

Gui Xiao’s face remained impassive, "Our line of work values keen eyesight, we were so close, even a fool could tell you guys are up to no good, anyone slightly observant would realize you were ill-intentioned. Plus, what I do involves roaming the streets daily, especially in Four-nine City’s underbelly, if I couldn’t tell you were going to nab me, what’s dangling in my pants is useless. I wouldn’t dare call myself a man."

"Hey, you little guy are quite tough," Ye Tian looked at him, increasingly interested, and also more curious about his capabilities, he wasn’t like Chu Tianying, people didn’t know how deep the skills of those Beiping artisans were unguessable, "Kid, don’t play these tricks with me, since you have such keen eyesight, you should have been able to tell what sort of person I am, can you easily fool me with a few words? You have keen eyesight, but so do I!"

Gui Xiao turned his head away, ignoring him.

"How old are you still playing these childish games. Aren’t you a man? Be straightforward! Don’t prattle like a woman!"

"You want me to just speak? No way!"

That’s a bargaining stance.

Looking at Gui Xiao’s stubborn face, Ye Tian felt delighted; the kid must have heard what he said earlier; the question wasn’t wrong.

Thinking it over, Ye Tian replied, "Just tell me, how did you hear our conversation, whatever your demand, I’ll try to fulfill it. But don’t look at me like that, if you’re keen-eyed, you’d tailor your requests to what I’m wearing. If you’re asking for two million, I definitely can’t afford that."

Gui Xiao nonchalantly patted his buttocks and stood up, chuckled saying, "You think too highly of yourself, two million, I guess you don’t even have one thousand yuan on you."

Ye Tian smirked; the kid guessed it right. He didn’t even have nine hundred yuan combined in his pocket.

"I don’t need money, I’m just a small-time thief, too much money is useless, might even cost me my life. Living this way, it’s not just about the money but also reputation. These years, few bosses emerged here, their skills aren’t anything special, to think they are unfit even to hold my shoes due to their thick fingers..."

Ye Tian squinted at him, "What’s the deal, thinking of using us as your pawns? Boy, you’ve calculated quite well."

Gui Xiao’s expression changed, "How can you say that? You were the one who brought up the demands, and you also agreed to help me out, how can this be called using you as pawns?"

Simply smiling without saying anything, Ye Tian waved his hand, "Continue talking."

"These past few years were chaotic, but now it’s more regulated. There are three factions in this area. I belong to one of them, but we operate independently, no boss, no henchmen; outside we rely solely on our skills without interference. But the other two groups, at the beginning it was okay, but now, they have started encroaching on our turf. Several of our guys got inexplicably beaten up on the streets. I also encountered them several times, but I was luckier and got away. Later, I figured I couldn’t just passively get hit, so I decided to fight back, which led me bumping into you guys. If it wasn’t for running into you, I could have taken down some of their key members."

Mentioning this, he felt quite aggrieved.

"Drop it. It’s just such petty issues, and you’re quite a rambler. I’ll go flatten them out for you tonight."

"Not in a hurry, there are many of them, and you guys are foreigners, everything is disadvantageous for us, we can wait a few days."

Chu Tianying impatiently said, "If we’re doing it, we do it, otherwise get lost!"

Gui Xiao steeled his heart, "Do it!"

...

That evening, Ye Tian and company followed Gui Xiao to a bar.

Turns out Ye Tian was right; Gui Xiao indeed heard their conversation, but he would only reveal the specific methods after they completed the task for him. Chu Tianying was disdainful about the deal; he believed that the ability to hear them was merely due to the equipment in the place, despite carrying anti-eavesdropping devices, one couldn’t rule out experts in the opposing camp. His experience with the Mercenary Group always reminded him, never assume the enemy is dumber than you.

The three of them found a corner seat in the lounge, with Gui Xiao in the middle and Ye Tian and Chu Tianying on either side, setting off the aura of the boss in the middle. Unfortunately, Gui Xiao only had the air of a thief, lacking any semblance of a hero’s boldness and decisiveness.

"Did you clear it with them?"

"Hmm, almost... it’s settled."

"What do you mean, almost settled?"

Ye Tian, holding a wine glass, surveyed the crowd in the venue, it was early, and the majority of the clientele were white-collar workers here to unwind, and soft music played in the background.

"Almost nothing! If I wasn’t with him, this kid would have been skinned and boned long ago!"