Chapter 1647: Chapter 1468: All Limbs Intact
As life was coming to an end, Yue Kang suddenly felt he had so much he wanted to say to Cen Nong, but he had no idea where to start.
He just looked at Cen Nong, watching her call his name over and over.
Until his death, Yue Kang didn’t utter a single word, but he died with a smile on his face.
Seeing Yue Kang’s death, you rushed over immediately, wrapped your arm around Cen Nong’s waist, and hurriedly carried her towards the South Vietnamese Government Army position. When you reached the South Vietnamese Government Army position, Liao Yong also arrived with Yue Kang’s body in his arms.
Yue Kang died, but at least he left an intact body, and still with a smile; the tall white man who pushed Cen Nong was not only riddled with bullets, but a third of his head was blown off by an AK-47 bullet, with white brain matter mixed with red blood sprayed all over the ground.
Yue Kang’s death made you feel somewhat apologetic, after all, Yue Kang was one of the targets you were supposed to protect. This was also the first casualty in all your missions, so in a way, this mission was a failure.
However, the situation at the time was very complex. If it weren’t for that tall white man, Yue Kang wouldn’t have died.
Sometimes a person’s fate is predestined by heaven. Yue Kang’s death made Cen Nong become colder. Under the escort of the South Vietnamese Government Army, Cen Nong took Yue Kang’s body back to the city. As for you, you returned to the country halfway with your teammates piloting the Apache. After that, the next time you saw Cen Nong was yesterday.
This is the story of Cen Nong and Yue Kang.
"This is the story of Cen Nong and Yue Kang." Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but let out a long sigh, "If Yue Kang hadn’t died, my sister would already be his wife."
You shrugged, to be honest, you didn’t agree. After all, you were also a participant. Although from the outside it seemed like Cen Nong had some feelings for Yue Kang, most of them were guilt. It was because Yue Kang saved her with his life that she spent so much time afterwards reminiscing about Yue Kang, savoring every moment she spent with him.
Over time, a certain feeling naturally developed.
But these words, you couldn’t be bothered to tell Zhang Qiang.
You yawned and said to Zhang Qiang, "Yue Kang is Yue Kang, I am me, when he died, I was still at Yale University hitting on girls."
Zhang Qiang looked at you and said, "Li Jiu, don’t you want to know why I called you here?"
You paused, frowned slightly, and said, "Director Zhang, you aren’t planning to have me replace Yue Kang, are you?"
As you said this, the office door of Zhang Qiang had been opened slightly, but it quickly stopped there as if the person outside heard what you said.
However, Zhang Qiang was completely unaware of this, and you deliberately did not tell him.
Zhang Qiang looked at you and said, "It’s not like that, after all, you are you, and Yue Kang is Yue Kang."
"That’s right." You breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, I still want to introduce my sister to you."
"Huh?"
Zhang Qiang’s words surprised you a bit, after all, this matter concerns two people’s entire lives.
Huaxia people don’t treat emotions like Europeans and Americans do—getting together when they like each other, parting when they don’t, freely and cleanly.
Being faithful to the end is a traditional Huaxia concept, which in the past was limited to wives being loyal to husbands, but now applies to both men and women.
You poured yourself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and then said to Zhang Qiang, "Director Zhang, I don’t quite understand what you mean."
The reaction of the person in front of him made Zhang Qiang secretly nod in his heart.
Zhang Qiang had been doing business for many years, with broad horizons and having met countless people. When he was young, he studied Huang Lao’s Art for a while, so he had a very unique approach to reading people.
The first time he saw you, Zhang Qiang felt something strange. The reason he felt strange was mainly because he couldn’t see through the person in front of him.
Not being able to see through—this phrase has been used too much. If explained in more detail, it means you seemed different from others.
The eyes are the window to the soul. Astute fortune tellers don’t first look at a person’s attire, but at their eyes. Even if you are standing silently, your gaze can reveal some information to them, information so profound that it allows them to grasp your essence in an instant, making their personality analysis particularly precise, which is why some businessmen, and even successful people, are fervent believers in the concept of "destiny."
When Zhang Qiang looked at you, what he saw in your eyes was a kind of laziness, a state of mind prevalent among many young people today. Therefore, Zhang Qiang initially judged you to simply be a man who had facial features similar to Yue Kang. However, during the conversation, from time to time Zhang Qiang noticed certain strange glints in your eyes—these appearances were swift, but were still captured by Zhang Qiang.
He simply couldn’t read these expressions, nor could he make any snap judgments.
Zhang Qiang deliberately told you the story of Cen Nong and Yue Kang to gauge your reaction.
If you were harboring some agenda, when listening to this story, your eyes would have surely shown certain expressions. But Zhang Qiang was disappointed to find that you seemed indifferent to the story, or maybe you weren’t even listening at all.
Feeling quite dejected, Zhang Qiang realized he had wasted his breath, spinning a poignant story by embellishing his hearsay with personal imagination, and in the end, you still appeared to be daydreaming, as if the sconce on the wall was more interesting and captivating than the story.
Such behavior is absolutely not what an average person would exhibit, and Zhang Qiang has seen quite a few people in his life.
Regardless of the fact that Cen Nong is the CEO of the Haitian Investment Group, worth billions; even if she were an ordinary person, just her stunning beauty alone is enough to move anyone.
Anyone, upon hearing Zhang Qiang propose introducing Cen Nong to them, should naturally reveal some sort of expression, like ecstasy or astonishment, even if they’re faking it, right?
But the initial impression Li Jiu gave Zhang Qiang was "Brother, please don’t," as if Cen Nong was some scandal-ridden old maid.
"I just made it clear earlier, because there’s a good chance you’re the person my sister has been waiting for all along, so I decided to introduce you two."
You didn’t expect Zhang Qiang to be so straightforward.
Cen Nong, with her appearance and characteristics, was quite impressive, falling somewhere between an older sister figure and a mature woman, someone truly exceptional, loved by all.
Unable to think of a strategy for a moment, you fell silent. In fact, according to Heavenly Fox, this time you could say you’re using your charm strategically, and specifically targeting Cen Nong. The human skin mask on your face cost a fortune, so it’s considered a one-time use, because once this mission is over, it will be destroyed, and you will definitely avoid Cen Nong from then on.
Seeing your silence, Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but ask, "Your current expression makes me doubt whether you’re a normal male."
"All limbs intact." You replied irritably.
"If you are physically and mentally sound, why do you resist my suggestion? Could it be you already have someone you love?"
You shrugged, speaking in a very casual tone, "I used to, but then they left me."
"So you’re left with emotional trauma?"