Super Soldier - Chapter 237

Chapter 237





Master Hou was lost in thought after he went into his room . He the memories of his youth came flooding back .

Master Hou had always considered himself cold-blooded, apathetic and unbeatable .

To him, even the invincible Lord Long had many weaknesses in terms of humanity . He thought Lord Long was arbitrary and indecisive .

If Zhuge Jiangnan was his adviser, he would never be turned against this man . He would treat Zhuge Jiangnan as his family, even if it was just for show .

If he was Lord Long and he had a problem with Zhuge Jiangnan, he would never allow Zhuge Jiangnan to live anymore, the same way Lord Long spared Xiao Bing’s life when he could have killed Xiao Bing . From this perspective, Master Hou considered Lord Long a very stupid man .

Lord Long’s biggest weaknesses were his arbitrariness and indecisiveness .

“However, don’t I have any weakness?” Master Hou eased himself into his chair with his eyes closed . A bitter smile touched the corner of his mouth .

Master Hou was still single . It was not that he did not have any human emotion . Any human would have emotions . Some hid them well and some do not try to hide them . Usually, the more constrained a man was, the better he could hide his true feelings . Yet when he let go of these emotions, it’ll be hard to hold them back .

A knock on the door brought Master Hou back to reality . He looked towards the door and said, “Come in . ”

His voice was still warm and powerful, yet there were some impalpable fluctuations .

The door opened with a squeak . A girl in a scarlet shirt came in, her skin as white as snow, hair as smooth as a cascade, she had a high nose bridge and long eyelashes, her big eyes were glittering with timidness .

Seeing she could walk in, Master Hou knew that Miyamoto Shinji had tested her . Indeed Tang Xueyan was not a martial artist .





Seeing the girl’s countenance, Master Hou shivered for a moment, his eyes filled with incredulity . He closed his eyes, seeming to painfully suppress something .

The girl stared cautiously at Master Hou and asked fearfully, “Are… Are you okay?”

Master Hou opened his eyes and sighed . “Close the door, ” said he softly .

“Okay . ” The girl closed the door and respectfully waited for Master Hou to speak .

“Are you afraid of me?” Master Hou asked .

The girl shook her head hastily and grunted .

Master Hou smiled amiably, “Don’t worry . I’m old enough to be your father . I won’t do anything to you . I don’t care about who you are or why you’ve become homeless . As long as you are here, I assure you that no one will ever hurt you . No one will force you to leave as long as you still wish to stay . ”

Confused, Tang Xueyan asked, “Why… Why are you so kind to me?”

Master Hou pondered for a moment and said meaningfully, “Destiny brought us together . ”

“I see . ” The girl nodded, but the timidness in her eyes hadn’t disappeared completely .


Master Hou said, “I don’t care who you are and you don’t need to tell me . But do you wish to live here?”

Tang Xueyan said faintly, “I don’t know who I am . I think I’ve lost my memory . I have nowhere else to go . I will do anything if you’re willing to keep me under your roof . I can be a servant here . ”





“Remember, you are not a servant, ” Master Hou said, “My name is Jiang Zihou . You can call me Zihou from now on . ”

“Zihou…Is that okay?”

Master Hou said, “You are the only one in this world who can call me that . ”

“Me?”

“Yes . Don’t worry, ” said Master Hou, smiling, “Just stay here . You won’t be a servant . Instead, you’ll be the princess of this mansion . ”

Tang Xueyan’s mouth opened wide .

Smiling, Master Hou said, “Go back and have some rest . Come out in the evening . I want everyone in the mansion to meet you and know your status here . ”

There was bewilderment in Tang Xueyan’s eyes . But she could tell that this elder would not do her any harm . So she nodded with respect and took her exit .

After Tang Xueyan left, Master Hou slowly rose to his feet . He opened a drawer with his key and took out a scroll . He placed it on the desk delicately and spread it open . It was a portrait of a young-looking girl who very much resembled Tang Xueyan!

Master Hou gently placed his hands on the beauty’s face, his trembling fingers delicately running down the scroll . He felt tears stinging in his eyes . “I never imagined that after so many years, I would meet a girl who looks so much like you . Is this the so-called reincarnation?”

Master Hou got gradually lost in memory as he stared at the scroll .

Several days later, Xiao Bing left the hospital thanks to his superior ability of self-recovery, which shocked even Gao Fei . He once told Xiao Bing that Xiao Bing was inferior to him in terms of killing . But when it came to physical quality, he had to admit that Xiao Bing was far better . He had never seen someone who was as physically strong as Xiao Bing .





Xiao Bing could not quite understand it as well . In his memory, his ability to recover was never this exceptional, even when he was at his prime . It seemed to have attained this quality after he lost consciousness when he was fighting Zhu Mingyu .

From then on, Xiao Bing noticed that inside his body, there seemed to be a deeply hidden power that he could not control .

During the few days that Xiao Bing was recuperating, there didn’t seem to be much activity on Lord Long’s side . The whole country was on a campaign against underground gangs . The moguls all behaved themselves . Some gang leaders were even arrested simply because their men caused trouble in the city .

The first thing Xiao Bing decided to do was to obtain information from Master Hou . Escorted by a servant, Xiao Bing walked into Master Hou’s mansion . While he was about to enter the hall, he saw a beautiful young lady standing in front of him in a flower-embroidered dress . Her grace made Xiao Bing eyes brighten .

The girl bent her upper body a little and said softly, “Mr . Xiao, right? Zihou is waiting for you . ”

“Um . Okay . ” Xiao Bing’s mind went blank for a moment . Then he followed the servant into the hall . When he saw the radiant Jiang Zihou in the hall, it suddenly occurred to him that the girl called this man Zihou . “What’s going on here? Could it be that…”

Master Hou guffawed, “Not bad . Your ability to recover is really amazing . Miyamoto, if you are wounded like him, will you recover that quickly?”

Miyamoto Shinji answered directly, “No . ”

Master Hou was moved, “Xiao Bing, you are indeed no ordinary man!”

Xiao Bing smiled wryly, “Master Hou, I don’t deserve that compliment . I don’t understand it either . Oh, right . The beautiful girl who walked out of here just now…”

Master Hou smiled happily, “Her name is Tang Xueyan . ”

Xiao Bing asked, “Master Hou, she and you are…”

“She will live under my roof until she wishes to leave . ”

Noticing that Master Hou did not want to answer, Xiao Bing stopped asking . But he suddenly realized that Master Hou didn’t seem to be a hard-hearted man . This man had feelings . Though Master Hou always smiled amiably towards others, Xiao Bing deemed this man no less scary than Lord Long . His smile was always elusive and sometimes there seemed to be a murderous intent hidden beneath .

But now it all seemed different to Xiao Bing . The smile was still on his face, yet it reminded him that Master Hou was also a man of varied emotions .

Xiao Bing did not care much about people’s family matters . He thought it was normal for men of Master Hou’s age to find a woman, the way he found Yezi .

Xiao Bing got right to the point after he sat down, “Master Hou, have you noticed anything abnormal from the Long family? Have they been doing anything? I have my intelligence sources as well, but it’s not as good as Master Hou’s . ”

Master Hou smiled, “I haven’t detected any movements from them for now . The government is determined to eliminate its targets . I suppose that I still have at least one month to prepare . I’ve sent my man to unite the underground world in Hei Province . Anyone who dares to defy me will be executed . When Lord Long decides to march south, the Hei Province will be a hard piece of meat for him to bite . ”

Xiao Bing grinned, “Master Hou is a master of strategy, and Lord Long is martially powerful . I wonder who will win in the end . ”

“Xiao Bing, that’s modest of you to say that . The reason I could survive the government’s campaign is all because of you . The Long Family is a powerful house . Even you and I together have very little chance of defeating them . But it doesn’t matter now . The old and cunning Zhuge’s advice is no longer taken and they have been losing territories . Our chances of winning have increased to 40 percent . Though the number is still small, we can win if you and I join forces . ”

Xiao Bing grinned, “You are right . I’d better go back, then . ”

“Okay . ” Smiling, Master Hou walked Xiao Bing out of the mansion . As he was about to return, he saw Tang Xueyan coming his way holding a bunch of flowers . Master Hou grinned, “They are pretty . Did you pick them?”

Tang Xueyan was now less timid than a few days ago . She waltzed up to him and held out the flowers, “Aren’t they beautiful? They’re fragrant, right?”

Master Hou put his nose close to the flowers and inhaled . He smiled merrily, “Very fragrant . ”

Master Hou felt so happy at this moment . If every day could be like this, he wouldn’t mind if he had to give up a few decades of his life .