National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

"They’re just zoning out, lost in a deep daze, completely wasting time

while on duty."

Yumizakura tilted her delicate chin up slightly,

her rosy lips parting as her crisp voice, filled with an unshakeable certainty, delivered a methodical analysis.

After hearing Yumizakura’s incisive and rigorously logical words,

Zheng Bolan and Zheng Xuezhen snapped out of it as if waking from a dream.

They both hurriedly turned their gazes to the security guards.

Upon closer inspection, they were shocked to find that things were exactly as she had said, without the slightest deviation.

This subtle yet critical flaw

had been completely overlooked by them, as if shrouded in a layer of mist, leaving them utterly unaware.

Zheng Xuezhen was still young and simple-hearted; she had never been good at hiding her feelings,

and her emotions surged like a bursting dam, instantly flushing her cheeks.

Her lovely face instantly turned beet red, like a ripe apple.

Her eyes burned with flames of fury, and just as she was about to erupt without thinking,

her quick-thinking brother Zheng Bolan swiftly grabbed her by her slender, delicate wrist.

Zheng Bolan looked at his sister, whose face was a mask of confusion and simmering rage.

He gently shook his head, his gaze a mixture of warning and reassurance, and whispered, "We absolutely cannot tip our hand now.

They’re just insignificant pawns being controlled by the mastermind behind the curtain.

Even if you went to confront them now, they would remain indifferent and wouldn’t give it a second thought.

Whoever’s behind this might just quietly arrange for others to handle our security detail,

just swapping out the personnel. It wouldn’t affect the overall situation at all."

"I have to say, you’ve got a sharp mind."

A flicker of admiration instantly flashed in Yumizakura’s limpid, beautiful eyes,

and the corners of her lips curved up into a charming smile.

That single look of admiration was like a beam of light, filled with Magic Power,

and it instantly sent Zheng Bolan into such a state of ecstasy that he felt as if he were floating up to the Ninefold Heaven,

his soul nearly detaching from his body.

The sight of it filled Zheng Xuezhen with contempt and disdain.

Zheng Xuezhen yanked her hand away, wrenching her wrist free from her brother’s slightly slackened grip.

Her heart was filled with frustration, and she could only let out a sullen "Hmph!" through her nose.

Zheng Xuezhen had always been a straightforward person who spoke her mind and believed in getting even,

and she always did so on the spot, without any hesitation.

Now, knowing that this group of security personnel—hired by her family for a fortune—were all ungrateful,

shameless traitors who bit the hand that fed them, she still had to suppress her inner rage and dissatisfaction,

burying it all deep inside and not showing a hint of it.

This made her feel as if a million ants were crawling all over her heart—it was agonizing.

"Oh, right! What about Mom and Dad? They’re not in any trouble, are they?

No, wait, I mean... nothing’s going to happen to them, right?"

It was as if a sudden realization struck Zheng Xuezhen.

Her thoughts instantly snapped to her parents’ safety, and she was suddenly sick with worry,

her words starting to tumble out incoherently.

Her once-crisp and pleasant voice was now laced with a tremor of panic.

"They won’t be.

The real key is that land development project that hasn’t been fully completed yet.

Before the land project reaches Perfection,

or, in other words, before they’ve achieved their real goal,

your parents will face no life-threatening danger, nor will they come to any harm."

Chu He’s expression was as placid as still water, his voice low but filled with a reassuring power,

like a gentle spring breeze sweeping over Zheng Xuezhen’s panicked heart,

soothing the frantic anxiety that made her feel like an ant on a hot pan, allowing her to calm down just a little.