XG 21 - Are they really your bodyguards?

They had to walk quite a distance away from the mall before they spotted the white jeep they were looking for. Someone was seated in the driver’s seat and another was outside the car, leaning on the door.

The man with crew-cut hair straightened his body from the car as soon as he saw them approaching. "Sorry, Ma'am, but they don't allow us to get in anymore after telling us to stay far away."

"No trouble." Suzie Yap waved the small matter away. She had low expectations of her bodyguard's capability anyway.

The long-haired blond man exited the car and greeted Suzie Yap and Wong Xue Guo with detached politeness. Their clothing was slightly messy from the trouble they encountered, but luckily they were not wounded.

"Hey, Guo Guo." Cheng Jiang An inched closer to Wong Xue Guo and spoke with a low voice. "Are they really your bodyguards?"

Wong Xue Guo nodded. "Why? They don't look like it?"

In fact, Low Lin Ya had mentioned the same thing after seeing them for the first time. She was immediately smitten with the blond-haired L.L, the second in command of the bodyguard team.

"They are different from how I imagined them to be." Chen Jiang An did not say what he had imagined, but he thought these dudes look like big brothers from a gangster group instead of bodyguards.

Chen Yibo, the neighbor of Wong’s family and also a family friend, has met them before so it was not unusual in his eyes. He used to have bodyguards too, but they were more centered around his elder brother and father, as both of them were scientists working for one of the top pharmacies. Often, they also worked for the government if the latter asked them to help.

But after Chen Yibo grew leaps and bounds in taekwondo and karate, the number of his bodyguards lessened until they completely disappeared, which also contributed to him not liking people watching over him as if he was doing something wrong.

Kim Sung-Ho does not mean to eavesdrop, but their conversation was rather interesting that his eyes unconsciously turned in their direction.

"Because they don't wear black suits, sunglasses, and communication earplugs?" Wong Xue Guo sneered when Chen Jiang An vigorously nodded. "If they wear that, how are they going to blend in and do their job? The bodyguards in suits look tacky, very much like high school students in uniform, unlike mine which’s at the college level with their casual attire. Assistant monitor, you don't print out your title and pin it to your shirt just to prove you have that job, right?"

Chen Jiang An: '...' Her words are on point, but why do I feel like she's scolding me?

A rough chuckle broke their conversation and a large, coarse hand patted Wong Xue Guo's head that surprisingly fit under his palm. "Hey, little princess, don't poke a young man's confidence. At least after doing that, praise him a little to ease his embarrassment."

Staring up at the crew cut haired man that was more than a head taller than her, Wong Xue Guo expressed her sincerity. "I did praise him, I said he did not pin a tag on his clothes."

Chen Jiang An: How is that praise?!

Hearing a small giggle from Kim Sung-Ho made Chen Jiang An feel even more wronged.

"You did well~" The crew-cut praised in a rather flattering manner which Wong Xue Guo refused to eat.

"Although he does not look like it, this is the leader of my family's bodyguard team, Kang Xunsu," Wong Xue Guo introduced the well-built man.

Kang Xunsu grinned, moving his shoulder which revealed his tight muscles under his tight shirt. "And this bodyguard advises you all to get in the car. We will be getting out of here A.S.A.P."

No one complains about that.

"Mr. Vihaan, what are you going to do next?" Suzie Yap asked the Indian man who had the look of someone that had lost his treasure as he gazed in the direction of the mall.

"I will take a taxi. Sung-Ho can follow me." Vihaan sighed with a pained heart at the loss of his hard-earned car that was still stuck in the shopping mall's parking lot. He could not retrieve it back and had to accept it as his liability now.

No one among them was not clear of the military’s next itinerary. The large area around the shopping mall was already cleared off in preparation for the bombing, with soldiers patrolling the area while armed.

Their peaceful life will be changing soon.

Kim Sung-Ho nodded happily, expressing his desire to follow Vihaan. Vihaan chuckled lightly and rubbed the boy's head, enjoying the feeling of wet soft hair under his palm.

Vihaan raised an eyebrow at the business card presented to him. "This is?"

"Save my contact. Who knows, maybe you will need help in the future?" Suzie Yap joked, but her eyes were serious.

Vihaan felt an ominous feeling from her words. That was why he accepted the card with a heavy heart, knowing that following her might be a good way to survive if the infection spread on a large scale. But he still has his hospitalized sister to consider.

"Go and hide in winter country. The virus is less active in cold weather," Suzie Yap advised. Although she thinks he was a good potential to have as support with his decent morality, everyone has their own life and choice to make.

She was also not a saint that will forcefully push her ideals onto people under the banner of saving them. Not everyone will be grateful to their savior.

Vihaan's gaze directed at Suzie Yap was tense, similar to one that wanted to say something very much. But then he changed his mind and laughed as he shook his head. "You are truly a mysterious person."

Wong Xue Guo understood Vihaan's mood well because she also wanted to know how her mother would know so much about the zombies. Common sense had her discard the crazy idea of her mother being a time traveler. She could come back using the time-traveling machine if someone in the future manages to invent one. But there was no sign of aging from Suzie Yap at all, so it was quite impossible.

Without time travel possibility, what left behind was suspicion of her parents involved with the creation of the virus. They may have been involved with a noble goal, but what resulted from it was a danger that would wipe out humankind. Just like ‘Resident Evil’.

Rummaging her bag, Wong Xue Guo passed one of the stun guns and gave them to Kim Sung-Ho. "Take it for self-protection."

Kim Sung-Ho took it with a small, shy smile. "Thank you."

"Thank you for your help back then." Wong Xue Guo gave the younger boy a smile. "It's good if we can see each other again."

Having the chance to see each other again means they will need to be alive to do so. Saying that was also a form of goodwill.

"I will see you again." Kim Sung-Ho said firmly, accompanied by Vihaan's nod.

They met each other under unwanted circumstances, fought together, and survived. It was a short time, but it felt like days. This will be a day they will not forget for a long time.

After seeing Vihaan and Kim Sung-Ho off, Wong Xue Guo could no longer ignore the fatigue clinging onto her body. She climbed to the third row of the jeep, only to be told to sit in the second row. "Brother Xunsu?"

"I will sit behind. Little Yibo can sit with me."

"Danger?"

"Just in case."

"Hold on. Danger? Like we will be attacked at the back of the car?" Chen Jiang An's eyes grew wide. "Cousin, don't sit there!"

"It's too tight for three people in a row." Chen Yibo had already taken his seat behind his cousin. "I can also protect myself if anything happens."

The weak people should stay in the middle for better protection.

But Chen Jiang An refused to take it that easily. "I can also protect myself-"

"You are in second place from the bottom among our group when it comes to strength," Wong Xue Guo impatiently said. She has no complaints as the person taking first place, so why did the second place still make noise?

Just because of his gender’s male?