The Beautiful CEO's Close Bodyguard

Chapter 1730: Chapter 1716

"Absurd? What’s absurd about it?" As soon as the Old Gang Leader heard Luo Qi say his action was absurd, he jumped out of his chair, "I’m doing it for the country, how can you say it’s absurd!"

"Oh come on, Old Gang Leader, don’t joke around, this joke isn’t funny at all. You’re serving the country? How old are you? What age are the people who enlist? Is there anyone your age enlisting? If that’s not absurd, what is?"

Luo Qi was about to cry. Why do these old and young ones not let people be at ease!

"Old Gang Leader, what’s going on with you? Weren’t you the one who used to most joyfully oppose Prince He Shuo on political matters? Now that he’s initiated a recruitment, why are you the most zealous?"

Luo Jiu really couldn’t understand what the Old Gang Leader was thinking. At his age, he still wanted to join the army.

"What do you know?"

The Old Gang Leader rolled his eyes at them, glanced lightly at Ye Liang, and then said, "Do you think I’m joining the army just for fun? I have a mission, otherwise, why would I, with these old bones, go through all this trouble?"

Luo Jiu glanced at Luo Qi and then at Chu Ge and others, feeling puzzled, "Old Gang Leader, you have a mission? What mission? Why wouldn’t you just instruct us what to do? Why do you have to go yourself?"

"You don’t understand, even if I tell you, you won’t be of any help. This time, it must be me who goes!"

The Old Gang Leader lightly coughed and said, "It’s not that I’m intentionally provoking you, but if you go, it will only make things worse!"

Luo Jiu was choked by the Old Gang Leader’s words. He pursed his lips and looked at Luo Qi, signaling with his eyes for him to say something, surely they couldn’t let the Old Gang Leader really go and enlist? A fifty or sixty-year-old person enlisting? People would mock them, saying the Beggar Gang had no one left.

Luo Qi sat silently to the side, as if he didn’t see Luo Jiu’s eyes, remaining silent.

The Old Gang Leader looked at Luo Qi and then at Luo Jiu, "Do you two have anything else to say? If not, I’ll go sign up."

"Old Gang Leader, we can’t stop you like we stopped Feng Luo, but at least you should tell us what you intend to do, right?"

Luo Qi finally couldn’t help but speak, "Going to the camp to handle business, and having to enlist to do so, Old Gang Leader, surely your aim isn’t to..."

He was in the middle of speaking when something suddenly occurred to him. He abruptly stood up, looking at the Old Gang Leader in shock, his lips parted as if wanting to continue, but then he saw the Old Gang Leader slightly shaking his head at him.

He didn’t quite understand what this meant at first, but wisely kept his mouth shut.

However, Luo Jiu at the side had no idea what was going on. He looked at Luo Qi in confusion, and seeing Luo Qi fell silent, curiously asked, "Big brother, go on and say it. Leaving it halfway is really tormenting."

Luo Qi had just seen the Old Gang Leader glance in Ye Liang’s direction. In his heart, he suspected that the Old Gang Leader’s look was advising him to be wary of Ye Liang, but he didn’t understand why he should be vigilant of Ye Liang, wasn’t she the eldest lady of the Ye Family?

But very quickly, he figured it out. The Marquis Ye Mansion had always been a strong ally of Prince He Shuo. If Marquis Ye found out that the Old Gang Leader from the Beggar Gang had infiltrated the camp, he would surely report it to Prince He Shuo.

At that point, wouldn’t the Old Gang Leader be in danger?

Usually, the Old Gang Leader and Prince He Shuo were at odds, with many political disagreements in the court. Prince He Shuo had always wanted to teach the Old Gang Leader a lesson. If he went to the camp where Prince He Shuo was the general and the Old Gang Leader a soldier, wouldn’t the Old Gang Leader then be at Prince He Shuo’s mercy?

Thinking of this, Luo Qi shook his head vigorously, "No way, no way, Old Gang Leader, you can’t go, we definitely won’t let you enlist."

The Old Gang Leader chuckled, with his hands behind his back, looking at Luo Qi and then at Luo Jiu, "You two are so obstinate and outdated in your thinking! What does it matter if I’m old? Let’s have a contest, see if you young lads can beat me!"

Luo Qi chuckled, "Old Gang Leader, you must be joking, our martial arts were all taught by you, how could we possibly beat you."

"Exactly, Old Gang Leader, we’re not stopping you from enlisting because you’re old and can’t go, but because we’re worried you’ll get bullied there."

Luo Jiu chimed in from the side.

"Right, Old Gang Leader, have you forgotten the harsh words Prince He Shuo said before? If you went to the camp, he’s the general and you’re the soldier. If he gives an order, do you listen or not? If he bullies you and you retaliate, that’s insubordination!"

Luo Jiu continued, "I’m not exaggerating to scare you. If Prince He Shuo finds out you’ve actually enlisted, he could really do this!"

Luo Qi quickly nodded in agreement, "Old Nine is right!"

"What do you mean, right! You’re both just stirring things up for no reason! I told you I’m going because I have something to do there! Of course, I’ve made all necessary preparations, as if I’d be foolish enough to really let that old prig bully me!"

The Old Gang Leader looked at Luo Qi and Luo Jiu, who were worrying needlessly, and got more upset, "You really worry about the wrong things, and don’t worry about the things you should!"

Luo Qi and Luo Jiu exchanged a glance, immediately at a loss for words. What does it mean to not worry about what they should? To stir things up needlessly?

"Old Gang Leader, Feng Luo just left, and things haven’t even calmed down there, and now you’re starting again, we’re really going to break down."

The Old Gang Leader glared at Luo Jiu, snorted, "You’re going to break down? What is there for you to break down about? I haven’t asked for your help! Besides, I can take care of myself. I don’t need you to worry needlessly! I’m not so old I can’t move, needing you to take care of everything!"

Saying so, the Old Gang Leader’s tone carried a hint of defiance. He snorted, turned to Chu Ge, and said, "Young man, let’s go, let’s sign up!"

Chu Ge, suddenly being addressed, hadn’t caught up yet, and saw Luo Qi and Luo Jiu rush in front of the Old Gang Leader to stop him, saying, "Old Gang Leader, did all our words just now mean nothing?"

"You can’t go! You really can’t enlist!"

"Why can’t I go?" The Old Gang Leader, seeing these two constantly obstructing him, couldn’t help but get a little angry, "Just because I’m old, I can’t serve the country?"

"Old Gang Leader, you must be kidding! On the battlefield, knives and guns have no eyes! You really can’t go!"

"Yes, besides, are you going to serve the country? You just said yourself you’re going for a mission. So why can’t you go in another capacity? Why do you have to enlist?"