Peerless Bodyguard of a Stunning Beauty

Chapter 298: Chapter 262: Sports Academy, New Task

Upon hearing a reference to Jing Ke, the famous assassin, Zhao Rong’s mind immediately jumped to a conclusion. Is the chairman trying to bribe me, only to have me do something illegal, like murder?

With that, Zhao Rong took the cash he had just stored in the Magic Ring, placed it back on the desk in front of the chairman, and said, ”Chairman, I am a law-abiding citizen. I won’t do something like murder... that’s against the law.”

Seeing that Zhao Rong had misunderstood him, the chairman quickly clarified. ”My apologies, Zhao Rong. Please, take the money. You’ve gotten the wrong idea. I’m not asking you to commit murder. I want to send you, Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, and the lovely Xuelian to the sports academy in Xijing City.”

Hearing about a sports academy left Zhao Rong completely bewildered. Isn’t this just about continuing to be a bodyguard for the three young women and keeping them safe? Why would that warrant such a substantial reward as one billion in cash?

The chairman instructed his secretary, a woman named Cang Mokong, to bring out four student IDs. He handed them to Zhao Rong and explained, ”I’m sending you all to the sports academy for two reasons.

”First, to continue the training of my daughter, Lili, and her two friends, Yu Lan and Xuelian. I want to help them become well-rounded individuals in morality, intelligence, and physical fitness, preparing them to one day take over Hongda Company.

”Second, I need you to find a man named Lu Xiaoqiang. He used to be a key executive at our company and had access to our most sensitive corporate secrets. Then one day, he mysteriously disappeared. Shortly after, our secrets were sold for a high price to our competitor, Tianxiong Company. Your mission is to find Lu Xiaoqiang and hand him over to the courts to face justice.”

Listening to the full story, Zhao Rong asked, ”If we need to find this person, why go to a sports academy? You don’t mean he was foolish enough to enroll in school right after selling your company’s secrets, do you?”

The chairman stared into the distance. ”You’re exactly right. I have reliable information that after selling Hongda Company’s secrets for several billion, he enrolled at the sports academy.”

Zhao Rong found this incredible, almost illogical. ”If he worked at your company, you must have copies of his ID, his household registration records, and his photo. If this Lu Xiaoqiang is really that stupid, why don’t you just go to the sports academy and arrest him? Why pay me one billion in cash for such a simple task?”

”You don’t understand,” the chairman said, his expression deeply worried. ”Lu Xiaoqiang is a cunning and sly man who preys on the weak and fears the strong. After getting his hands on billions of US dollars, he underwent extensive plastic surgery, got a fake ID and household registration, and enrolled as a student. He’s there to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a master fighter.”

Hearing that the man’s dream was to become a fighter, Zhao Rong asked curiously, ”So, is he planning to compete in Wu Lin Feng, Kunlun Fight, Emei Legend, or Jingwu Men? Or maybe go to Korea for Road FC, Singapore for ONE Championship, or the US for the UFC?”

”That I don’t know,” the chairman replied. ”All my information says is that he had plastic surgery and enrolled in the sports academy.”

Understanding the mission, Zhao Rong accepted without hesitation. ”Alright, give me some specific information to make it easier to find him once I’m inside.”

The chairman handed him a photograph. ”Because he’s had plastic surgery, his facial features are no longer reliable. This photo is from before the surgery. You can use it as a reference.”

Zhao Rong looked at the man in the picture. He had dark skin, wore glasses, had thick lips, and several flat warts on his neck. He then asked, ”Even if he had plastic surgery, you can at least tell me his height and weight, right?”

The chairman said with a troubled look, ”Lu Xiaoqiang is a ruthless individual. His surgery wasn’t just on his face. He had his entire body altered.”

With that, the chairman explained that Lu Xiaoqiang had undergone leg-lengthening surgery, increasing his height from 1.7 meters to over 1.8 meters. Furthermore, he’d had liposuction all over his body. The excess fat from his abdomen was removed and then injected into his chest and buttocks.

Zhao Rong was stunned. ”After all that,” he said in disbelief, ”are you telling me this person is a woman?”

The chairman shook his head. ”He’s a man. His hobbies are just... a bit unusual.”

Hearing how strange this target was, Zhao Rong felt a wave of pressure. But pressure creates motivation. He gave the chairman his assurance. ”As your right-hand man and your daughter’s bodyguard, I, Zhao Rong, will excellently complete this mission once I enter the sports academy with Miss Lili, Yu Lan, and Xuelian.”

The chairman clapped him on the shoulder, pleased. ”I don’t just hope you complete the mission. I hope you can become the dean of the sports academy.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rong thought, Throughout my journey, aside from that time I messed around at the manager training center and didn’t become head trainer, I’ve always ended up as the boss. Whether it was at the True Martial Sect, Xijing University, or the Ghost Hunting Academy. Now that I’m about to enter the sports academy, I might as well go for it and strive to become the dean.

Zhao Rong straightened up, gave a sharp salute, and said, ”Understood. No problem.”

With that, he and the chairman shared an embrace. The chairman then immediately ordered the Mercedes-Benz luxury RV waiting outside to take Zhao Rong, Miss Lili, Yu Lan, and Xuelian to the Xijing City Sports Academy.

As the four of them boarded the RV, the assistant, who had been left standing outside, spoke up awkwardly. ”Hey, we’re a team! You can’t just leave me here all alone. That doesn’t seem right, does it?”

Zhao Rong looked at the assistant and had a sudden thought. If he left, the Ghost Hunting Academy would be left without a leader. So, in front of all the students, Zhao Rong announced the academy’s new dean. ”Assistant, you will stay here at the Ghost Hunting Academy and take over as dean.”

He then turned to the assembled students. ”After I’m gone, the assistant is your new dean! You must support him, respect him, and cooperate with his work so that our Ghost Hunting Academy can flourish and reach ever greater heights!”

With his speech concluded, Zhao Rong’s group sped off toward the sports academy in the luxury RV.

The assistant stood at the academy entrance, watching the vehicle disappear. ”Alright then,” he muttered to himself. ”I’ll be the dean here for a while. Once I’ve stabilized things, I’ll head to the sports academy and find you all. We’ll continue wandering the world together.”

Inside the luxurious and comfortable RV, Zhao Rong and the three young women were having a small party. Sipping a glass of Royal Salute, Zhao Rong said to Lili, ”Being the successor to a major corporation is really something else. You truly have to go through so many trials and so much training.”

Lili, sipping champagne, smiled and said, ”When my father joined Hongda Company, he followed the exact same path.”

Zhao Rong asked curiously, ”So the chairman also started as a naive youth? He went through training at the manager center, cultivation at the True Martial Sect, burnished his credentials at Xijing University, hunted ghosts at the Ghost Hunting Academy, and did physical training at the sports academy before finally starting work at the company?”

Lili nodded seriously. ”Absolutely. It’s a glorious family tradition.” After a moment, she looked at Zhao Rong with a sly grin. ”Brother Zhao Rong, you’re definitely destined to become an important figure at Hongda Company, one of the top executives.”

Yu Lan chimed in from the side. ”Everyone in Hongda Company’s senior management needs an MBA. You’re no exception, Brother Zhao Rong. So, you’d better start studying English now.”

The mere mention of learning English made Zhao Rong’s head swim.

Just as he was fretting over English and MBAs, the RV screeched to a sudden halt.

Seeing the abrupt stop, Lili angrily questioned the driver. ”Do you even know how to drive? Watch out, or I’ll have my father fire you tomorrow!” As she spoke, she wiped spilled champagne from her clothes.

The sudden braking had also sent Zhao Rong stumbling. He picked himself up from the floor and muttered, ”Damn, I guess even a Mercedes RV isn’t one hundred percent safe.”

At that moment, a loud, arrogant voice erupted from outside. ”Everybody out of the fucking car! This tree was planted by me, this path was paved by me! If you want to pass, you’d better pay the fee!”

Lili peered out the window at the group of thugs blocking the road. ”Who are these people?” she asked the driver. ”Don’t tell me they’re trying to rob us.”

The driver replied with a helpless, aggrieved tone, ”They’re from the sports academy’s athletics team. Any vehicle passing the school’s back gate gets stopped. They always collect a toll.”

Hearing that the prestigious sports academy harbored such scum, Zhao Rong slammed the table and shot to his feet in anger. ”This trash! Instead of studying hard and being model students, they’re out here extorting people? They’re practically begging for a beating!”

The driver, his face pale with fear as he looked at the athletes outside, warned, ”Please, don’t provoke the athletics team students. They’re all incredibly strong with powerful fists. You’ll just get beaten up for nothing.”

Just then, another voice drifted from outside the RV. ”Boss Lu Xiaoqiang, you think these people in the fancy RV are loaded? Think they’ll give us ten thousand for the toll?”

Hearing the name ”Lu Xiaoqiang,” Zhao Rong glanced through the window at the sports academy campus just beyond them. I was sent here by the chairman to find Lu Xiaoqiang, and the leader of these thugs just happens to be named Lu Xiaoqiang? What a coincidence!

As he opened the RV door to step out, he burst into laughter. ”Hah! Talk about finding the man I was looking for without even having to lift a finger. Lu Xiaoqiang, you just wait. I’m going to catch you, hand you over to the chairman, and make sure you face the law!”

Down on the road, the thug named Lu Xiaoqiang heard his name being called. He spun around, scanning the area. ”Fuck! Who the hell is calling my name?” he roared. ”Show yourself! See if I don’t beat you to death!”