Chapter 2: I hate your new husband 2

Lin Shiyi sprayed the hot coffee out of his mouth, making his companion in the black tinted car frown-

“Ai! What is wrong with you? this car has just been cleaned yesterday. Whatever happened to you anyway?” The tall man was of Russian descent- and he hastily wiped the coffee stains off the car’s console and other places it may have landed on with the cloth in his hand.

“Family day… I missed Family day! Fuck!” he directly threw his phone at the console- washing his face with his free hand. He clearly looked pissed- and the man beside him sighed.

“You miss it- you miss it. What’s there to get angry about spilled milk?”

“That damn Lev took over my spot!” The other person who threw the cloth inside a bag- gave him a deadpan expression.

“Obviously? He’s the stepfather right?”

“Kovich, whose side are you on?!” the other shrugged his shoulders.

“Am I not right?” Li Shinyi wanted to fight with him about it- but the other man stopped him with a serious look.

“Target, up- Base, please identify.” Li Shinyi sat back down and turned on professional mode- the receiver crackled-

“Base to Pixie, target identification confirmed. Please move to neutralize the target.”

“Alright, Pixie out- over.” The car moved and drove past the well-dressed man and his bodyguards.

It was not suspicious to see another car in a public road- so the target proceeded to get into his car-

“Target moving, proceeding with neutralization-”

“Wait, there’s someone else in the car.” Kovich who had turned his car to another area glanced at Li Shinyi who was maintaining a close eye on implanted surveillance.

“Doctor to base, there are civilians inside the vehicle. Two female children aged around five and six.”

“Base to Doctor, the target has to be neutralized.” Li Shinyi frowned- he really could not kill children having children of his own.

Kovich knew this- so he spoke up for him too.

“Pixie to base- the children seem to be in kindergarten from Prince Louis University based on their clothes. It’s currently eight- they should be heading out to school. Requesting to wait until they get out of the vehicle.” The line was silent for a while- before it cracked into static noises again.

“Discretionary. As long as the target does not notice and will be neutralized.”

“ Affirmative.” Lin Shiyi glanced at Kovich with a smile- he could still rely on his brother-in-arms .

The two followed the target by surveillance and IP location. It would be idiotic to follow them relentlessly and blow their cover.

After all, technology now allows them to find anyone anywhere, at any time.

“Finally dropped them off.” The car moved away from the university and from the dash cam of the car, they saw the two children alighted from the vehicle earlier.

“Pixie to base, ready to neutralize.”

“Affirmative. Go fast and easy.”

The target was parked in front of a tea house. This lone, Chinese tea house built in the corner of the British Capital London, was really eye-catching.

Kovich and Li Shinyi went in like bickering friends- politely giving their reservation card to the woman upfront who wore a beautiful hanfu-cheongsam.

Her hair was pinned up with delicate flower hairpin, and she wore a pretty smile.

They bypassed the Target, and went towards their private booth- just two rooms away from the target.

“This is your time to shine, Doctor.” Li Shinyi sneered at him- before grabbing the clothes prepared for him in this mission.

The target, a middle aged uncle with white hair and a pot-belly, laughed with his companions while waiting for their tea. They didn’t have to wait long enough- beautiful girls in colourful and elegant hanfus came in to serve them.

Each one has their own unique beauty- with carefully pinned up hair as well as half-masks from silk covering the bottoms of their face- made them much more desirable in the eyes.

After all, it adds to the charm of mystery and allure- their covered faces makes one want to take those veils off to see the package of beauty inside- nothing sort of exciting for any man who loves beauties.

Li Shinyi was among them. After all, when he wore Hanfu no one would see any difference between him and women. He was taller than them, but he could pass as a tall sister.

He served the target his tea, and earned a squeeze in the bottom from the sleezy old man.

Tch, you have a wife and two daughters and you still come to this place to harass women? With disdain hidden in his eyes, he politely moved back to the side with the other servers and fluttered his eyes at the old man.

Of course, this was to entice him. This old middle aged uncle likes beauties so much that his infidelity is enough to drive his wife insane if she knew.

Her head must be covered with a whole green forest because of his cheating.

(Green forest/Wearing a green hat: Cuckoled by your spouse)

He specifically has a type- asian women, especially of chinese and Taiwanese descent. So he comes here with his like-minded friends to harass them.

Tsk- this is why he hates people with money and power- some of them just become perverted and evil.

As expected, that person followed him through the halls after excusing himself to go to the bathroom. Everyone in that room knew that he was just going to stalk the beauty who caught his eyes.

Jokingly told him to share when he’s bored.

Li Shinyi hastened his steps- but only enough for this unhealthy looking uncle to catch up.

He didn’t even notice they were getting farther from people- he only thought of the beauty lying in his arms helpless and licked his lips in anticipation.

But when he rounded up a corner- he found that the beauty met a dead end-

“Little beauty, stop running~” urk- genuine shivers.

Li Shinyi turned and smiled- the drug must already be acting. After all, it takes only five minutes for it to spread into the body-

Just as predicted, the man tilted over and passed out. Kovich then appeared out of nowhere and helped him lift the fat man towards the parking lot- and stuffed him into the trunk of the car.

Li Shinyi changed his clothes back to his suit and tie- carefully checking his ‘other skin’ for any damage. Of course they wore other faces when they did missions- so the face he has right now was a prosthetic.

They hurried back into the building- scaling to the open window in the third floor which Kovich left open with a rope hanging from it discreetly.

Just like that, they left the premises leisurely- and drove towards the seaside, choosing a relatively rocky cliff-side area where people don't swim or come often , tying up the man securely to a metal weight- his body bound by ropes.

“Lucky bastard wouldn’t even know he died.” Li Shinyi clicked his tongue- watching as Kovich pushed the body harshly- watching it hit the waves below them and sink into the bottom.

“Target neutralized. Over.”

“Affirmative. Please proceed to the extraction point.” Kovich placed the radio inside his clothes and walked away from the windy high place with Li Shinyi.

Ah, England is very beautiful today isn't it?

The two of them were extracted from the area by a colleague who drove a taxi. By now, the two of them were dressed up more comfortably- jeans, shirts, standard beanies and coats.

“England is so chilly- how do you even put up with this…”

“Huh? What do you mean? This is the hottest London has ever been. Chilly? You should go to the Moorlands and come back here, see if you say this place is still chilly mate.” their British colleague snorted, and took them to the port where their boat was waiting for them.

“Have a safe trip, and say hi to the folks back at the base for me.” he tilted his head at them after receiving the fare- driving off leisurely.

The two men set off to sail towards the other extraction point so they can go home. It’s been a month since they started tailing their target- Chairman Albert Westbourne.

He’s one of the many pawns of the group called ‘United Arms of Katesh’ Who deals with arms, drugs, shady political operation, human-trafficking,organ harvesting, blackmail, desire and sexual exploitation.

As the name Katesh suggested- these were people who are known for their sexual desire and lust.

There was a rumour that most of them came from the era of Nazi revolution, and that they were part of an experimentation of humans that caused people to die in agony- and also, some mutations.

Not all of them were bad- but most of the descendants of those people became ‘nuisance’ to society- often known by insiders as ‘succubus and incubus reincarnations’ because their mutations caused them to have extreme lust.

Li Shinyi once read a file that said that one of them has so much lust that their partners directly die in bed.

Absolutely horrible.

But the more lustful they were, the stronger their body became. Whatever those shitty scientists back then did- they made a monster.

But these were not the only people in the Organization- some of them were just like the chairman- desperate people who wanted more power and money. So they swear allegiance to the powerful arms of Katesh, in exchange for profits and influence.

It was only a matter of time before their group, World Observers Incorporated- or WOI for short- came for Chairman Westbourne who was assigned to London as the ‘Head of Goods Transportation’ for the arms of Katesh.

It’s not easy for him to become the Head of Goods Transportation. Arms of Katesh has a way of selecting its pawns carefully, so it would delay their dealings here in London for a considerable amount of time if they lost the Chairman.

After all, they raised his power politically and economically just to place him in a position of power for their convenience- culturing another perfect pawn would undoubtedly be difficult to do.

Li Shinyi finally freshened up while Kovich was on deck driving the white vessel. He was drinking and listening to ‘Matushka’ on the radio- one of his favourite music. The lady’s beautiful voice echoes from outside- floating in the wind in an upbeat manner.

He once said he liked the singer very much- even before she had become so well-known. Miss Tatiana Kryptokoba.

Her song doesn’t clash with the harsh winds- but becomes even more beautiful in the ears.

Li Shinyi was out of the hot zone and opened his phone- which had a lot of missed calls and notifications.

Most of it was from his crooked ‘friends’ back in the mainland- and some were from his daughter and Menqing.

He felt pain in his heart- his daughter must be very upset…

“Oh? Why do you look downcast?”

“My daughter…you know. “

“Aha, you’re afraid she would be sad you were not able to call or check in on her after missing the Family day.” Lin Shiyi sighed, and sat back- Kovich closed the door from the outside- and sat on the other seat inside the boat’s cabin.

He opened the fridge in the small boat- and placed something on the table.

“Here, you can give this to her. Children like these things.”

“What is this?”

“Amedei Porcelana- just some chocolates. My Father took me to Italy last time I was home- so I thought of buying this.”

“Wow, it’s really different being a rich man’s son huh?”

Amedei Porcelana is a very expensive chocolate because it was made from ultra-rare cacao, the Criolla, which is known for its sweet and rounded flavour.

Each fifty gram of this chocolate costs around 10.30 euros. To receive fifty of them carefully stacked and wrapped like a military airdropped parcel or something from the world war made Li Shinyi laugh lightly.

“How did you even keep this in good shape? It’s been a while since you bought this.”

“The people back in the base are accommodating. I told them to keep it safe for me and put it in the getaway vessel in a refrigerated state so it wouldn’t melt.”

“Haha, you are the best!”

He had been friends with Kovich for years, and the man knew him very well enough to guess that this time he would have to apologize to his daughter again.

So he bought a gift just in case.

Kovich is also a special case like him. When he was young, Kovich was kidnapped and left to die overseas. He was luckily picked up by a kind couple who adopted him.

As he was only four that time- he barely knows his own name or any of the foreign country's language so even if they ask- the two couldn't get much from him. Well, the only thing he knew was his first name- Kovich- which the couple decided to let him use just in case his family finds him in the future.

They directly adopted him, because not only were they unable to have children- it was also distressing to leave such a a pretty and good child in the hands of the government system of a country he did not belong to.

When he was only eighteen, his adoptive parents died in a plane crash and he was left all alone. But turns out his parents who were always on ‘business trips’ were operatives of their current workplace.

They were killed by people from the Arms of Katesh- as a way to warn the W.O.I not to meddle in their affairs.

Kovich immediately decided to work in W.O.I to avenge his parents. Right in the middle of being a college student, his real family finally found him.

But he was not very close to his real family not because he hated them for getting kidnapped by malicious people- it was because his parents, after losing him, came across an orphan boy who was the same age as him.

They saw that pitiful ice blond boy whose hair colour was the same as Kovich, and immediately decided to take him in.

They love that child so much and Kovich was often reprimanded because of that person.

Such a white lotus bitch- because he was loved by everyone they turn to blame Kovich every time that person does something to pin the blame on the poor man.

So Kovich became distant, and did not expect anything from his family anymore.

But Li Shinyi don’t know what happened a few months back- but his family is suddenly trying to get close to Kovich and oftentimes told him to come home for celebrations which they never bothered to do before.

Kovich also finds it suspicious and always vehemently refuses to go home and do these silly activities with them if it wasn’t really important.

He was, like everyone else in W.I.O- unable to trust even their own blood.

His father brought him to Italy this time for a family friend’s wedding party. Kovich didn’t stay long- after the ceremony; he flew out because of the mission.

In this sense, he and Kovich are a bit similar. But his parents tried to sell him off- W.O.I was the one who saved him. He was in debt with them, and since he couldn’t let the same thing happen to his child he decided to work here for a while.

Pave the path for his daughter to live free from the shackles brought to her by her blood.

Once the Arms of Katesh falls- he might have a chance at a simple and worry-free life.

The two of them parted ways at the airport the next day- Li Shinyi was going back to China and Kovich was going back to Russia.

They will meet if the mission assignment wills it.

He was exhausted- and looking at the provoking posts from Lev’s social account of his outings, parent meeting and family day activities with Menqing and Shuyi- made Li Shinyi grit his teeth in anger.

“Damn bastard.” He sipped the glass of wine in anger- looking out the window of the First Class seats- his mind and heart troubled.

He has sent his apologies to Menqing earlier and asked her to help explain to their daughter why he was not able to come.

He told her his boss made him work for quite a while and the workplace did not allow phones in- she replied with a bit of positiveness-

He really hopes he won't be hated by his own daughter…

With the appearance of a perfect father and husband material called Lev- one couldn’t help but feel insecure. After all, his daughter seems closer to her new father than him, the biological one.

He was also able to give her the things she needed- time, care, a comfortable house, safe environment, and a world where she could express herself without worrying about stuff that limits her growth.

She also wouldn’t have to live with a crazy father like him- who couldn’t let go of his past.

He sighed, and massaged his temple.

He really hates Lev- he really hates him.

But at the same time, he was thankful for the stability he gave his loved ones.

Something Li Shinyi could not give Menqing and Shuyi.

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