The Bodyguard System

"Don't worry about that group of gangsters. They should be taken care of in just a few more minutes." Scarlet responded confidently.

"That's good. If you have the confidence, then that's good." Christine responded with a relieved expression on her face. Then, she could not help but be a little worried.

She could remember that previously, when she came over, she had seen that they are about 10 or so gangsters out there. And today, one of her subordinates came over and said that there were actually more than 20 of them.

Was Scarlet really capable of handling them? Even though she admitted that Scarlet was strong, she did not believe that she was strong enough to be able to deal with more than 20 gangsters.

"Ah… Should we call Faith? After all, there are just too many of them." Christine suggested after thinking about it for a while.

"Why would you want to call Faith over? Don't you believe me, when I say that they will be taken care of in just a matter of a few minutes?" Scarlet asked with raised brows. At the same time, she could not help but be displeased by Christine.

After all, by calling Faith over, that indicated that she did not have the capability of dealing with the gangsters. Since she was the one who had accepted to come over to deal with the gangsters, she had to make sure that they were dealt with, without involving Faith.

Looking at Scarlet's expression, Christine immediately understood what Scarlet was thinking at this moment. She could not help but raise her hands in submission.

At the same time, she said, "I do understand that you have incredible capabilities when it comes to combat. But still, you have to think about it. Are you really capable of dealing with over 20 of them alone?"

There was concern in Christine's voice. And due to that, Scarlet was not as irritated as she was before. It was clear that Christine was only suggesting that simply because she cared about her.

"Who said that I am going to deal with them alone?" Scarlet asked with rice brows. As long as she could remember, she had not said anything like that, right?

"Huh? You came with a group of bodyguards?" Christine asked with surprise in her voice. Other than that, there was the excitement the fact that this group of gangsters out there was finally going to be dealt with.

"What group of bodyguards are you talking about?" Scarlet asked once again, a little confused.

"Huh? Did you not just say that you did not come alone?" Christine asked, even more confused than Scarlet was.

"Of course I said that I did not come alone. But did I say that I came with a group of people? Can't two people not be considered as me not coming alone?" Scarlet asked with a speechless expression on her face.

"You… You are implying that only two of you came? Two of you is definitely not enough to be able to deal with this group of gangsters. They have weapons you know…" Christine responded with disappointment in her voice.

Scarlet on the other hand interrupted her. "You don't have to worry. Those guys are being dealt with right now. That guy has some capabilities, and dealing with this small group of gangsters is not a problem for him."

Christine was surprised after hearing Scarlet's words. This was definitely the first time that she had heard Scarlet praising another person when it came to fighting capabilities. Additionally, this was the first time that she had heard Scarlet praising a man, other than her family.

But then, she thought about it carefully, and realized that perhaps Scarlet was just overestimating the capabilities of the person that she came with. So, she held Scarlet's hand and pulled her towards the exit of the office.

At the same time, she said, "You have to go and help him. You cannot leave him out there. They might end up breaking a few of his bones if we are late."

Scarlet wanted to resist. If there was anything that could be solved with fighting, and Jaden could not handle it, that implied that she would definitely not be able to help anyway. After all, the difference between the capabilities of the two was immense.

Nevertheless, thinking about the expression that Christine was going to have later on, she decided to allow her to pull her out of the office. At the end of the day, there was nothing that she was going to lose.

The two of them rushed out of the building, encountering few employees that were quite curious about what was happening out there. Of course, although the commotion out had attracted several of them, not all of them had gone out.

But after realizing that those that had gone out had not come back after quite a while, they immediately decided to go over and see for themselves what was going on.

But when they saw Christine rushing over, they immediately shrunk their necks. Then in the next moment, they returned to their posts, as if they were not going anywhere. Nobody wanted to mess with Christine. After all, he was so strict when it came to work.

Christine on the other hand simply ignored those employees that were pretending to be working. Of course, she could tell that there was nothing that they could do for the time being, considering that the operations of the company had been disrupted.

Additionally, she did not care about what they were going to do for the time being. At least, until this group of gangsters was dealt with, she would simply turn a blind eye to their actions, as long as those actions did not affect the company negatively.

When the two of them got out of the building, Christine was immediately dumbfounded by what she saw. Outside the building, there was the parking lot area. Of course, the building also possessed quite some space, considering that it was not located in the heart of the city.

But right now, this area was filled with a group of people lying on the ground. Screams could be heard coming from them, as they rolled on the ground, while clutching a certain part of their body, or several of them at the same time.

And at the center of this group of people that was crying on the ground, there was a young man who was standing there with a nonchalant expression. At this moment, just by looking at his expression, she could tell that this guy was not even paying attention to his surroundings.

Christine was not the only one who was surprised, considering that the other employees of the company that had been here first were also looking at the scene with widened gazes. Their expressions were quite exaggerated as compared to Christine's, considering that they had seen everything as it transpired.

"What happened?" Christine asked with disbelief clear on her face.

Despite asking the question, nobody actually responded to her. Still, Christine did not react, considering that she was not expecting somebody to respond to her. She had just asked, not directing the question to anybody in particular.

"You should believe me now, right? I told you that they would be taken care of in a few minutes. But it seems that I had overestimated the abilities of the gangsters that were disturbing you." At this moment, Scarlet spoke with a proud expression on her face.

Just by looking at the expression on her face, one would think that she was the one that had taken care of this group of gangsters. But they were not that much wrong to think that way. After all, she had just paid Jaden $10,000 to take care of this group of gangsters.

And more than that, Jaden had also received a villa from taking care of this group of gangsters. It could be said that this was the best thing that he had gotten this time.

"Yeah." Christine responded mindlessly. She did not even realize that she had actually responded. But instead, she was focusing on Jaden.

This was not the first time that she was seeing him. She had already seen him before, and had seen how strong he was. But still, she could not differentiate that much when it came to combat capabilities.

Back then, Jaden only dealt with five people at the same time. But this time, he had dealt with more than 20 of them. Wasn't that too exaggerated?

"Okay, stop staring like that. Are you not afraid that you would be mistaken to have fallen in love with him?" Scarlet asked with a sarcastic tone. But still, if one paid attention, they would find a hint of displeasure in her voice.

"I think I might have fallen in love with him. Is he taken?" Christine asked. The expression on her face was like that of a lost person.

Scarlet was immediately dumbfounded by that. She had not expected that Christine was actually going to admit that she had fallen in love with Jaden.

"Hey, don't you have a boyfriend? How can you fall in love with another person? Don't tell me that you are planning to leave your boyfriend so that you can go to Jaden?" Scarlet asked with raised brows after a moment of silence.

"Huh? Who said that I am leaving my boyfriend? And who said that I want to be with Jaden?" Christine finally shifted her gaze from Jaden and looked at Scarlet as she asked.

"Did you not just say that you have already fallen in love with him? You even asked if he has already been taken." Scarlet responded with raised brows.

"I said that? Then I might have been sleep talking." Christine responded almost immediately.

"You were sleep talking? But I thought that you are awake?!" Scarlet responded suspiciously.

"Of course, I am sleep talking. Can't you tell that I was just daydreaming?" Christine responded as she shifted her gaze, making sure not to look into Scarlet's eyes.

Scarlet was left speechless. In the end, she did not even know what to say in response to what Christine had said.