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Chapter 104: Chapter 35.2 - Military Base

When Xue Jun left the room, he felt Li Xinwen's spiritual signature disappear without a trace. With a frown, he opened the door once more, only to see it empty, void of any living things. His frown deepens and he took out his phone and made a call. "Hello? The room I used today, make sure no one else uses it for the rest of the day. En, I'll pay you for it. Thank you," Xue Jun said to his phone before he ended the call.

He didn't know where Li Xinwen went but just in case, he felt that it is better to be safe than sorry. By making sure that no one uses the room, he can at least prevent people from seeing what they shouldn't be seeing. When he came down, he saw that Xue Rui is already waiting for him by the entrance.

"Xinwen?" Xue Rui asked.

"Already left," Xue Jun replied. "Let's go. I'll bring you to the training ground today to get you to experience the environment there," Xue Jun added as he walked out of the establishment. Xue Rui simply followed suit, without any question.

Two and a half-hour later, they finally arrived at the training ground that Xue Jun mentioned. It was located quite far from the city, and it was actually a military base. Xue Jun glanced over at Xue Rui who looked at the base with wide eyes, almost like a child seeing something new for the first time.

"Look at you," Xue Jun shook his head before he gestured for Xue Rui to follow him. "First, let us go to the general office room and have you registered. Even as a visitor, you still need to fill in your information for identification purpose or else, it would be too much of a bother if I have to accompany you all the time whenever you want to go somewhere within the base."

Xue Jun led Xue Rui through the base and whenever they walked past a personnel, they would stop what they were doing and saluted Xue Jun. Though Xue Rui already knew that his brother is a high ranked officer, he did not expect it was to the point where others would put away whatever they were doing just to pay their respect to his eldest brother.

"Ge, everyone here is your men?" Xue Rui asked.

"En. Though the highest-ranking personnel in this place is grandfather, everyone here is my men. There are in total, about 3000 personnel here, with 571 officers. But you do not need to remember them. You are only here to train, not to be a soldier," Xue Jun replied.

The admiration that Xue Rui has for his eldest brother was pushed up to the highest height. Compared to these soldiers, those bodyguards he used to employ was nothing.

In the general office, Xue Jun had the officer in charge of personnel's registration help Xue Rui to register. Because Xue Rui is only here to train, the place he could access was limited. He can access his own dorm room, the cafeteria, the infirmary, the shooting range and the training ground. The rest, if he ever needed to, he will need to get Xue Jun to help him.

"Jun-ge, I don't have access to the main entrance?" Xue Rui asked Xue Jun as he took his meal card, water card and his ID pass.

"No. It is to prevent you from running away," Xue Jun replied. "As I have mentioned before, you are not allowed to leave until you finished your training. So starting next week, this place will be your home."

Xue Rui somehow feels dread but at the same time, he was also looking forward to the training. 'As long as I get stronger...' he thought to himself.

"Let me give you a quick tour around the area. Come and follow me," Xue Jun's voice brought Xue Rui out of his thought.

The two siblings went around the base, with Xue Jun leading and explaining to Xue Rui about the base's layout. The first place he brought Xue Rui to is the Military Dorm building. "This is where our soldiers rest and sleep when they are free," Xue Jun said as he walked inside, followed by his younger brother. Like other communal building, there is a security guard on duty. Their task is to make sure that nothing 'dangerous' were being brought in into the building.

"Your room is on the same floor as mine," Xue Jun said as they entered the elevator. He pressed on the 5th floor before closing the door. "The floor is divided by ranks. The top floor is where most of the high ranked personnel live. The room is also better compared to the lower floor, thanks to grandfather's 'little tweaking'."

The elevator stopped and they walked through the hallway. They didn't walk for long before Xue Jun stopped before a door. "This is your room. My room is right at the end of the hallway over there. Would you like to go and see your room first?"

"En. Let me familiarize with the room, ah! Who knows how long I will be staying here," Xue Rui replied.

"There's two way to unlock the door. By keying in your passcode, or simply swipe your ID over the device here," Xue Jun pointed at the small machine mounted on the wall beside the door. "Both will need your fingerprint for confirmation. The reason for such tight security is because this floor is where high ranked personnel lives and sometimes, we bring important files over for review. Go on and try to open your door."

Xue Rui nods his head and swiped his ID pass over the machine and once he was prompted to provide his fingerprint, Xue Rui placed his thumb over the sensor. It only took a few seconds before the machine issued a beep and then, there was the sound of the door being unlocked.

Opening the door, Xue Rui finally saw the inside of the room. Other than a simple bed, a locker, a table and a lamp table, there was no other furniture. There was another door in the room, which led to a small bathroom. There's no bathtub and only a showerhead.

"The hot water is limited, so if you're late, you will have to make do with a cold shower in the morning. Go and scan your water card over to the small machine by the bathroom door," Xue Jun told Xue Rui who did as he was told. There was a single 'beep' and then, numbers were shown on the display which says 1000. "See the number? It means that you have 1000 litres of water supply access. Once this number reaches 0, there will be no more water supplied to this room. To turn it off, just press the red button over here," Xue Jun pressed the button and the display is turned off.

"What will I do if I need more water?" Xue Rui asked.

"Naturally request from the general office from before. You will have to pay for it though. It is 300 yuan per 1000 litres. Though for you, it might be cheap, for others here, it is quite expensive. So they usually do quick shower to save their money," Xue Jun informed his brother. "Like school dormitories, lights out at 10:00 PM. If you need to do some work, use the lamp table. Now come on. Let's go to the next place."

After showing Xue Rui his room, Xue Jun brought Xue Rui to the shooting range and explained to him how to use the facility. Next was the cafeteria, then the infirmary. Lastly, Xue Jun brought Xue Rui to the training ground. "Every morning, this is where you should be. Starting next week, you are required to run laps here. Since you are a beginner, I won't ask for much. Ten laps in 30 minutes, every morning no later than 6:00 AM," Xue Jun said to Xue Rui.

"Ten laps...? Jun-ge... isn't that too much? Ten laps are roughly 4 kilometres, ah!"

"Is 4 kilometre too much for you? My men usually do 10 kilometres in 50 minutes. Would you like that instead?" Xue Jun asked back.

"No. 4 kilometre is okay..." Xue Rui replied meekly.

"Good. Since we're already here, how about we go for two laps? It'll help burn down those calories you got from lunch earlier," Xue Jun said as he walked towards the track.

"Now?!" Xue Rui exclaimed in surprise. "But my shoes..."

Xue Jun looked down and saw Xue Rui's expensive branded shoes. "No problem. Take it off and use mine," he replied as he crouched down and took off his military boots. "I can go barefooted."

"..." Xue Rui realized that he cannot escape, so he silently obliged and took off his shoes, replacing them with his eldest brother's military boots. He only put on one of them before he realized that the boots were heavy. "Ge! This is too heavy, ah!"

"Quit complaining like a chicken, ba! Even the women in the military didn't complain as much as you do when they first started! Hurry and put it on then go warm up! If you don't finish your two laps in five minutes, I'll increase the difficulty of your training next week!" Xue Jun said as he warmed his leg muscles.

Xue Rui who was suddenly forced to go for a run: 'Ge, this is not what you said last night, ah!!'


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Lin_XiaoLong Lin_XiaoLong

8/15

Chapter 105: Chapter 35.3 - Almost reported missing

Nighttime came and Li Xinwen finally came out of his dimension. When he realized he was still at the restaurant, he decided to just sneak out through the windows. Using the cover of the night, Li Xinwen simply jumped around the buildings all the way until he reached his home. When he walked to the door, he was suddenly filled with dread. He didn't know why, but he has a feeling that once he opened the door, he will get into trouble.

Following his hunch, his hands reached out to his pocket and looked at his phone. He didn't realize this earlier because he had put his phone in a do not disturb mode two nights ago and had forgotten to turn the mode off but, the number of missed calls and messages he received were more than he could imagine. The message notification reads 187 while the number of missed calls were on 27.

"..." Li Xinwen's finger shook as he went to check the missed calls first. He saw that not only his mother, there were also calls from Li Jinghua, Sun Xiao, Xue Rui, two unknown numbers and even his manager. Muttering a string of curses under his breath, he went to check on his messages. The content of his messages was mostly the same, asking where he is.

Li Xinwen didn't know if he should reply to everyone but his first task was to inform his manager that he's safe. With a few taps on his phone, Li Xinwen put the phone near his ear. The dial tone only goes off once before a worried female voice could be heard.

"Li Xinwen, are you alright? Where are you? Your mother called me earlier asking if you were still with me. Although I told her a lie, I was also worried, ah! If I didn't hear from you tonight, I had planned to go to the police station first thing in the morning tomorrow to make a report!" Manager Su said to Li Xinwen. "Even the company became worried, thinking that maybe some crazy fans had kidnapped you."

"I'm sorry, Manager Su. I lost my phone earlier. Just got it back..." Li Xinwen replied.

"I see. But what is the deal with you meeting me? Why did you tell your mother that?" Manager Su asked. "Li Xinwen, are you in trouble? I know that the company give you one-year leave in order for you to recuperate. Are you angry that An Yunxu took your role for [Death to My Destiny]? You didn't confront him about that, right?"

"Huh? No..." Li Xinwen was surprised when the original's profession was brought up. Though he knew that An Yunxu's relationship with the original is that of rivalry, he didn't understand the extent of their rivalry. From the original's memories, they were very friendly on the surface. They could even act like best friends when they are on a show. He also couldn't sense any malice from the original's lingering feelings which meant that Li Xinwen didn't harbour anything bad on An Yunxu.

"I know you were looking forward to acting as the lead for that movie. But it can't be helped. Your well-being is your top priority. Don't worry. After your one year off, I will help you secure some resources," Manager Su said.

"Hmm... Thank you, Manager Su. But I really don't mind about losing the role. It wasn't the production team's fault that I got into the accident, naturally, for the movie's sake I understand that the production team decided to replace me," Li Xinwen himself was surprised by the glibness of his tongue when he said this. "Anyway, I am safe, so don't go reporting on the police. I am actually in front of my home right now," Li Xinwen said with a small chuckle. "Thank you for worrying about me, Manager Su. I will remember this."

"Alright. Stay safe. Actually, once you feel that you can return to work. Inform me. Though you can't act, you can still at least be an ambassador of few first-class brand names," Manager Su said. "Good night."

After ending the call, Li Xinwen stared at the door with dread. One, his mother is definitely worried and though Manager Su did lie for him, he knew the old woman would still be worried. On the other hand, with how Xue Rui had also given him several calls, he knew Li Jinghua was also worried and even asked the two brothers about his whereabouts.

While he was still hesitating, he heard rushed footsteps coming toward the entrance. Just based on the spiritual signature, he knew it was Li Jinghua. The entrance door opened, revealing a weary-looking Li Jinghua and before Li Xinwen could even say a word, he was wrapped in a warm embrace. "Stupid brother! Where were you? I asked Xue Rui and Major General Xue, but both of them didn't know where you were! I even asked Mr Min if you went to meet him, but he said you didn't!"

"I... I'm sorry. Something came up earlier that needed my immediate attention," Li Xinwen replied. Li Jinghua didn't leave him any path to escape at all. "It's alright now. Don't worry. What about mom?" Li Xinwen asked.

"Mom... she's alright. She called Manager Su earlier and she told mom that you were discussing about future work with her," Li Jinghua replied. "She believes it, but I don't."

Li Xinwen felt slightly relieved when he heard Li Jinghua's reply. "How did you know that I've arrived, though?"

"Oh, that..." Li Jinghua pulled away and showed her phone to Li Xinwen. It was a chat group, and the latest message was from Xue Rui, asking whether or not it was true that he had arrived home. Above that message, was a message from Xue Jun.

[Xue Jun: Just got an update. The GPS indicator from his phone shows that he's currently at your house.]

'GPS? When did he put a GPS on me?' Li Xinwen wondered.

"Anyway, let's get you inside. We haven't eaten dinner yet because we were too worried about you," Li Jinghua said as she pulled Li Xinwen in.

"Hua-er, who is it? Is it Ah'Wen?" Li Xinwen could hear mother Li's voice.

"It's me, mom. I'm home," Li Xinwen said with a smile before going over to give her a hug.

"What did you discuss with Manager Su that takes you the whole day?" mother Li asked in a worried tone. "You're not being laid off, is it? Well... I also don't mind if you quit being an actor. If you could find a more... safer job, I'd be grateful," mother Li said in a soft voice, her hand reaching up and caressed Li Xinwen's hair.

Li Xinwen only let out a small chuckle before replying. "Then how about I open a shop? A flower shop, maybe? That way, I can give you flowers every day, ah!" Li Xinwen said jokingly.

"Aiya! Rather than giving this old woman flowers, how about you start finding a partner?" mother Li retorted.

"Mom, Ah'Wen can't enter a relationship. Since he's a young actor, his company stipulated that he cannot be found in a relationship until he's 25. He has to avoid scandals too," Li Jinghua told mother Li.

'He can't be in a relationship but he went ahead and have an unhealthy relationship with Xue Rui, ah! And then he was taken advantage of by Xue Liang. Li Xinwen, though I pity you... I still think that you made a stupid decision,' Li Xinwen thought to himself.

"Alright, enough. Let's just have dinner. Hua-er, go and call Ah'Xiao down," mother Li said as she gently ushered Li Xinwen to the dining table. "Food is already cold, let mom warm it up first."

Li Xinwen obediently sat down and took out his phone. He cleared the notification, then checked the group in which, he was already in. Deciding to end everyone's worry, he decided to send a message into the group.

[Li Xinwen: I've already arrived home. I apologize for worrying everyone.]

He was just about to put his phone down when there was a new message came in.

[Xue Rui: I'm glad you're okay. Luckily, Liang-ge was willing to help.]

Seeing Xue Liang's name being mentioned, Li Xinwen frowned. He was about to type something, to ask Xue Rui what he meant when he received another message. But it was a private message so he had to close the group chat to look at it. He saw that the message came from another user who was not in his friend list, but thanks to Li Jinghua earlier, Li Xinwen is familiar with the user's profile picture. It was none other than Xue Jun.

[Xue Jun: Are you truly alright?]

It was only a short question, but Li Xinwen somehow senses how Xue Jun had emphasized on the word 'truly'. Li Xinwen wanted to conceal the fact, but with what happened today, he felt that if there is no one to help cover him, it will cause more trouble.

[Li Xinwen: Young Master Xue, I will only tell you this and I hope that you can help me keep this a secret.]

[Li Xinwen: I'm sure your master had told you about the demon he met years back, right?]

[Li Xinwen: Last night, I encountered him. And... since we couldn't meet eye to eye, he had placed a large amount of demonic qi inside of me. In order to contain those demonic qi, I had to go into closed-door cultivation. So if this happens again, I would like to ask Young Master Xue a favour and help cover my track.]

Li Xinwen sent his message, then stared at the screen as he waited for Xue Jun's reply. It didn't take long for him to wait since Xue Jun only replied with one word.

[Xue Jun: Okay.]


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Lin_XiaoLong Lin_XiaoLong

9/15 chapters~

Few more until the end of volume 1~

Triplet's part is almost done. Next is Sun Xiao and then finally Min Xiaoyu.

After that, it's game time!

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