BEAUTY AND THE BODYGUARD(COMPLETE)

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Beauty and the Bodyguard - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: CH1

Translator: Marcysee Editor: Marcysee

"Your earnings for the Africa mission." Old Lin pulled out a package neatly wrapped in old, worn cloths, his hands delicate as he handled the item. With care, he produced two crumpled pieces of one hundred rmb notes, and handed them to a boy staring at him.

Lin Yi didn't understand. It was a high-stakes mission he'd just completed, and a very demanding one as well- he had to deal with highly formidable enemies! His client's profits were rich, bountiful!! How did it make sense for him to be paid this little?

Where the hell did the old shit get these extreme missions from? They pretty much had a ten percent survival rate, and the rewards always ranged from only fifty to a few hundred kuai...

And that'd actually be a good pay for him- sometimes the payment was so disgustingly low it didn't even reach the two digit mark!

He'd always feel like crying inside whenever he thought about that, but he wanted to curse at this old man's mom as he handed him the two hundred kuai he'd risked his life for.

But Lin Yi didn't have a mom.

He was an orphan, motherless since a young, tender age.

But Old Lin taught him kungfu and also home-schooled him for fifteen years! He was educated and proficient in both academics and martial arts... Put him in ancient times, and he'd be nothing less than a high official!

But here he was, spending his days like he was some mere servant, what the hell?

He'd heard that even construction workers could earn up to a couple tens of thousands a year... Lin Yi's days of extremities yielded him no more than two thousand annually...

"Old man... You're joking, right? Two hundred? Are you pocketing my rewards or something?" It wasn't the first time Lin Yi's had suspicions, but the guy's life wasn't different from his at all. He wore the same kind of clothes, ate the same kind of food... He didn't seem rich one bit.

"Be glad you even have money to complain about. Think making money's so easy, do you?" Old Lin said gruffly with a roll of his eyes. "Don't want it? Give it back, it's been awhile since I ate at Widow Wang's."

"......" Lin Yi wanted to beat the geezer up, but he knew better- he'd just get destroyed again.

Yet he didn't know much- All he understood was that the old guy never used his full ability when training with him. His mentor would simply match his standards to Lin Yi's level whenever he found himself making a breakthrough, wrecking him regardless.

"Right, it's probably about time... You've trained enough these past years- you're ready for the big one, I think." Old Lin's head was lowered at a pit he was crushing beans in, focused on preparing the meal. "Do this one mission well, and you're set for life!!"

"Seriously?!" Lin Yi had been told ever since Old Lin picked him up during a scavenging session that the studies and training of kungfu, medicine, and knowledge of the outside world were for a something big at the end...

Yet he couldn't help but doubt the words- was the reward really so great that he needn't work for the rest of his life?

"When have I ever lied to you?" Old Lin barked as he tossed more beans into the pit. "You going or not? Maybe I should get someone else?"

"No, I'll do it! Of course I'll do it!" Lin Yi snapped without hesitation. What kind of idiot would miss out on something like this? One mission for a lifetime of comfort? He had no problems risking his life for this one.