The President’s Man - Chapter 321

At around 5 a.m the next morning, Luo Guangying was sleeping soundly in his bed when he felt a dip next to him. Groggy, he turned around, and through the darkness, he could somewhat make out what he was seeing. For some reason, Callum was putting back on his clothes.

“Where are you going?” Luo Guangying asked. He pushed himself up, but his hands gave in, he fell back onto the bed. Groaning, he muttered, “Too… many times…”

Upon hearing him, Callum turned around. He quickly buckled his pants before walking over to the bed. He went straight to Luo Guangying’s side and placed a kiss on Luo Guangying’s lips. When he pulled away, Luo Guangying reached out and touched his face. “Stay… Where are you going?”

“Just going out,” Callum whispered. With a hand, he took Luo Guangying’s hand from his face and kissed his palm. He then whispered, “Go back to bed… I have some work to attend to.”

“At…” Luo Guangying took his phone from the bedside table and frowned. “5.15 am?”

Callum smiled awkwardly. He should lie to him… but after everything that they went through, even though he wasn’t that smart compared to the rest of them, he still knew that another lie would break everything, especially in view of the fragile state of their relationship now.

Hence, after a moment of hesitation, he admitted, “I need to make a trip back home…”

Unsurprisingly, his words caused Luo Guangying to immediately be fully alert. “Home? Which one?”

“Shenlong Mansion.”

Luo Guangying’s face darkened. “What are you going to do there now?”

“I just need to let my grandfather know what it means to hurt you…”

Luo Guangying grabbed Callum’s hand and hissed, “No! You will get hurt! If it’s a beating you want, just go bother your older brother! At least he wouldn’t maim you!”

“I’ll be fine… My brother is coming with me…”

Upon hearing that DX would be going along with him, Luo Guangying relaxed a little, and he released Callum’s hand. However, he still did not feel right about letting Callum go into the wolf’s den, even if he was the prince of the said wolf den.

“I’d be fine,” Callum said with a smile. It was not easy for him to convince DX to go with him, so he was not about to let this opportunity go. After Luo Guangying went to sleep following their intense bed exercise, Callum had given his brother a call, asking for a favor. He didn’t expect DX to agree, especially since it was so late at night, but to his surprise, he received a reply soon, and that man said he would agree to it. “I’d be back by noon… Let’s have lunch together? We haven’t seen Xiao Lei together for a while now… I think she’s not filming today, so let’s ask her and Han Ye they all to go for lunch.”

Luo Guangying shook his head and refused, “I want to go with you. I’m a better negotiator.”

“No, it’s dangerous,” Callum growled. Negotiator? His grandfather wouldn’t negotiate with him, especially since he hated their relationship.

“Then you shouldn’t go too!” Luo Guangying snapped. He slid out from under Callum and went to pick his clothes up from the floor. As he put them on, he said, “Look, I’m fine now. We are fine now. There’s no need to go against your grandfather. I know you have Du XiAn as your backup, but he can’t protect you all the time. If you openly oppose your grandfather, who knows what he would do to you…”

“I don’t want him to think that it’s ok to hurt you when I’m not seeing. From now on, if he can’t treat you as my partner, then I would rather disown the entire Shenlong Family. It would be a pity since I like my cousin and his family, but I’d give them all up for you.”

Luo Guangying stormed over and grabbed Callum’s arms as he snapped, “Then I’m going with you! If you’re fighting for us, then I want to be there as well!”

Callum sighed and nodded. He raised both his hands and said with a conflicted expression, “It’s not what I want, but if that’s what you really want, then let’s go. I’m meeting my brother at Du Mansion first.”

They put on the rest of their clothes and jackets. However, when Luo Guangying was at the door, he felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck, and his vision went blurry, and he could see himself getting closer and closer to the floor. When he thought he was about to hit the floor, someone caught him from behind, and right before he went unconscious, he heard a man’s voice mumbling, “I’m sorry…”

Callum carried the unconscious Luo Guangying back to his room. After tucking him in, he gently kissed Luo Guangying on the lips before whispering, “I’d be back before lunch… You can punish me however you want later. I love you…”

…

As Callum was driving to Du Mansion, he gave Han Ye a call.

“Erm… It’s not even 6 am…” Han Ye mumbled, wondering why he answered the call. He should have known better.

“I’m sorry, Han Ye… But I need your help.”

Han Ye sighed and sat up. “Is this about your plan with President Du?”

“He told you?” Callum asked as he looked over his rearview mirror. A few cars were following behind his. These were his people; people whom he recruited for today’s mission. It wasn’t easy, but there were some people from the Du Family’s security teams who were unafraid of the Shenlong Family.

“He sent me a message earlier, but he said that I wouldn’t have to worry about it,” Han Ye said. DX just wanted him to clear off his work appointments for the rest of the day.

Callum nodded. “Yeah, this won’t take long. I’m not going to pull anything major like what Uncle Du Jin did before. It’s going to be a simple mission. Anyway, I need you to go to my place and help me take care of my wife for a while, until I return later. Maybe take Xiao Lei with you. He wouldn’t act rashly if she’s there.”

“What have you done?”

“Err…” Callum told Han Ye everything. “I had no choice. He was adamant to come with me, but it’s too dangerous for me to bring him along, especially since… you know… his hand.”

Han Ye sighed. These two’s relationship had been rocky lately, and just as they got back together, Callum pulled another stunt again. Han Ye wondered what Luo Guangying would do once he woke up, but he was in no way to tell Callum what to do about this. “I’ll come over with Xiao Lei in about an hour or two,” Han Ye said.

“Yeah, that’s fine. I’ve sent someone to watch over the house and make sure that he doesn’t leave the house in the meantime. But he’s pretty tired out, so I don’t think he would wake up so early…I-”

“I don’t want to hear what you guys did last night…” Han Ye groaned. “Be careful, and come back in one piece.”