Priceless Baby: 101 Bedside Stories

Mu Yuan smiled. “You are the one who initiated the application, huh?”

“Not like there’s a difference.” Shan Ning smiled. Mu Yuan reached out his fist, and they fist-bumped. Shan Ning went to report to the team leader to check in. Mu Yuan was in a better mood. When he met familiar faces while working on a mission abroad, it would make him feel more comfortable and less stressed.

Shan Ning was here.

He had some things to chat with Shan Ning.

Seaside.

Shan Ning looked very gentle, and his facial features were very proper. He had a good temper, and he looked like a kind soul. He gave off a very righteous aura, and because of his upbringing, these few children grew up in the troop. It was as if they had been stamped with a sign. Some things were deeply rooted in them.

“It’s been so long since we sat together for a chat.” Shan Ning turned his head and took the cigar from Mu Yuan’s mouth. “It hasn’t been 30 minutes since I sat down, and you have already smoked two cigars. This thing is addictive, quit smoking.”

Mu Yuan was not a person who would indulge in joy. He only used such things occasionally. Usually, when he was feeling frustrated. Now, he was feeling like he was getting a bit addicted. Mu Yuan said, “What addiction can I be afraid of?”

Meaningless.

Feels like life is so meaningless.

“This time, it is a linked mission. Jack is coming too, right? I heard that he is the main commander.”

“Mmh.” Mu Yuan replied.

Shan Ning raised his brows but remained expressionless. “You guys had a fight?”

“Mmh.”

Shan Ning breathed a sigh of relief slowly. He felt some joy but tried his best to suppress it. “After all, we are not the same kind of people as he is. In terms of the circumstances, we are enemies and cannot be friends.”

The word “friends” had defined all their feelings for each other in the past few years.

Diplomats were diplomats. They spoke in very interesting ways.

Mu Yuan thought, Yeah, since we can’t be friends, we shall be enemies.

It’s good like that. I don’t have to feel conflicted.

As long as he thought clearly, he felt so much better.

“Xiao Yuan, did you come for Jack?”

“No,” Mu Yuan said. “It was for myself.”

This was a big truth. Besides, he did not know that Jack was the main commander, and he only received the news on the way here. Perhaps, he should avoid meetups with him, but he could not help it.

Since he had taken on the mission, there was no reason for him to leave unless he died or got paralyzed.

Shan Ning looked around and lowered his voice. “I received a mission, and I need your help.”

“What?”

“Regarding the Anderson family.”

Mu Yuan’s heart dropped. He had a sudden premonition. Sometimes the order of the army was different from the order of the CPPCC, but there was absolutely no conflict. Shan Ning’s sudden visit must not be as simple as just being the liaison officer.

“Speak!”

Shan Ning nodded and lowered his voice. “Of the two squadrons dispatched this time, Jack is the captain of the first team, and Morgan is the captain of the second team. The two are in conflict. I received news that Morgan had colluded with the two teams of mercenaries. Together, they want to assassinate Jack and let him die during the mission in Somalia. Our mission is to help the situation in private and make Morgan’s plan come true.”

Every order had its hidden meaning, and they impacted their every next move.

Mu Yuan knew deep down that as a military man, he could not disobey his commands.

“Got it.”

Shan Ning asked, “This is not exactly a mission that has to be completed. We’re just helping the situation, but don’t get involved in their dispute. We are going to be a third party.. Whether we succeed or not depends on luck. But, are you really fine with it?”