C24

The party was held at the famous hotel Obsidian Sky owned by the Long family. In the last 5 years, the Long family's hotel chain Obsidian Sky had grown rapidly. It became famous not only nationally but globally as well. The hotel where the party was held was opened about a year ago.

The siblings did not have a car but Han Kai had bought one a year ago. It was not an expensive car as he bought it with his own money. It was an open jeep. Shishi shouted 'Shotgun' and jumped into the front passenger seat. Kai was driving and the siblings were in the backseat.

The hotel was around two miles from the university. They reached the venue at 8:30 p.m. It was not crowded. College parties always gained momentum as time went by. However, some students had already arrived and the party had started.

The party was held in a large hall. All kinds of cuisines were served. Different kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks were being served. It was a very festive atmosphere. The hall had a DJ setup for dancing and singing.

There was a pool attached to the hall which was opened up for this party. Some students were sitting around the pool so it became a poolside party.

The Song family siblings- Song Liu, Song Jiu, and Song Jue, had already arrived. They were standing together chatting and drinking with each other.

Similarly, such cliques could be seen all around the hall and the pool. Therefore, when the four of them entered the hall, they largely went unnoticed.

However, when Song Liu glanced at this group, a person caught his eye. He didn't know the reason.

Therefore, he walked towards them and introduced himself.

"Hello. I am Song Liu from the MBA College."

All the people who were watching this scene were surprised. Usually, it was the other way around where people introduced themselves to the members of the great families. The crowd became interested in the identities of the people in the group.

However, apart from Shishi, the others in this group were nonchalant while introducing themselves. The person in the black cap didn't even say anything but just gave a nod.

The surrounding people were stunned by their conduct. They were even more surprised when they found out that these students were not even members of elite families.

Slowly the crowd realized that they were not someone prominent but it was just a kind gesture on the part of Song Liu. They chastised Yang Li and the rest as they believed that these people had lost a golden opportunity to gain Song Liu's favor.

However, Song Liu was very surprised by the nonchalance displayed by the group. The heir of the Song family was not a simple person. With his keen insight, he understood that these people had extraordinary identities. They obviously knew who he was but they were completely unaffected by his presence.

Surprisingly, he had never heard their names. So, they were not from great families. He decided to inquire about them later.

At about 9 p.m. the Tang siblings arrived. Tang Mo was wearing a black leather jacket whit a T-shirt underneath, a pair of black denim, and grey loafers. His hair was dyed with streaks of blond. He had a girl on each arm.

On the other hand, his sister was looking heavenly. Tang Yue was wearing a greenish-blue bodycon dress which accentuated her beautiful breasts and round ass. She was wearing light green stilettos. She had tied her hair in a braid. Her blue eyes looked mesmerizing. All the boys drooled when they saw her. While the girls felt inferior in her presence.

She glanced around the hall and there was a trace of surprise in her eyes. However, it lasted for only a moment. Both the siblings walked towards Song Liu and joined their group.

Both the Tang siblings and Song Liu were good friends. They were basically cousins. Song Yue was the aunt of the Song siblings. She was married to Tang Yi and was the mother of Tang Mo and Tang Yue.

In the next 10 minutes, two more people from the elite families joined the party. The first one was Xi Fan followed by Wang Lei. They seemed to be on good terms with each other. Both were good looking especially Wang Lei and immediately attracted the attention of all the girls present.

The party became very lively. Lots of food, drinks, dancing, and singing. By 10 pm most of the people were drunk. Some of the drunk people started creating a ruckus.

Mei and Li had eaten their fill and were ready to head back to college. They didn't really socialize with anyone apart from greeting a few classmates. They started looking for Kai and Shishi who had gone to mingle with others. They found Kai socializing with a group of people, so they decided not to disturb him and went to look for Shishi.

They found Shishi at the poolside, however, she looked sick. Her face had rashes, she was dazed and her temperature was rising. A group of people was calling her from behind. There were a few boys and two girls in that group. All of them were drunk.

Mei looked at Li and said, "I think it's an allergic reaction. We need to quickly get her to a hospital."

Li nodded and picked Shishi up and told her sister to quickly call an ambulance. In the meantime, he kept on asking Shishi if she was allergic to any food item. He heard her say in a low voice- 'alcohol.'

By this time a boy from the group had reached Li and Shishi. He called out Shishi's name and tried to grab her but Li dodged. However, he tried again but this time instead of dodging, Li sidestepped and in an instant was behind him. He then caught the boy's neck and threw him in the pool.

Everyone who was sober and watched the scene was shocked by Li's strength. The boy was around 6 feet 3 inches and weighed around 230 pounds. However, Yang Li casually lifted the guy and threw him in the pool with one hand.

In the end, very few people witnessed the scene. So, the incident didn't spread. However, the news reached the ears of the hosts- the Tang Siblings and the other elites.

The ambulance came. Shishi along with the Yang siblings went to the hospital. She was treated immediately and was fine. She just had to stay overnight. By this time Kai had also reached the hospital. He volunteered to stay for the night while the siblings returned to their hostels.

In this manner, the most awaited party of the year ended.

================================================================

A week went by quickly and Li was contacted by Zhou Lin. He gave Li the mission details and where he needed to report.

The next day early in the morning Li set out for Cinea.

In Cinea, he was debriefed one last time before he met the team. It was a 5-member team including him. The other 4 were Mad Dog, PR, CJ, Wilky. All of them used codenames. Li also had to choose one for himself. He decided on 'Kade'. Mad Dog was the team captain.

They had to retrieve the person from the neighboring country- the Royal Kingdom of Phyrgia. He was in their capital-Fahn.

The helicopter dropped them 50 miles away from the capital in the wilderness. They met their contact who transported them to the capital and provided them with aliases and accommodation for the night.

The mission was to take place at night the following day. A party was being held to celebrate the anniversary of a high-ranking military leader. The scientist would also attend the party to sell the stolen blueprints to a buyer. They had to infiltrate the house, capture or eliminate the scientist and retrieve the blueprint.

Yang Li's involvement was only when retrieval was impossible and the target had to be eliminated.

The next day when they reached the location, he was separated from the team and sent to a different location and he was told to remain on standby.

Around midnight he heard gunshots through his comms and he knew that the situation had turned bad.

He asked for instructions but did not receive any. When he looked through his scope, he saw the venue was surrounded by Special Force soldiers. The communications from the venue were being jammed.

He was in a dilemma- to act on his own or wait for extraction.

He decided to act immediately rather than wait and quickly formulated a plan.

He silently executed the 4 people covering the rear entrance. Then he left his position, located the jamming device, and destroyed it. When communication was restored, it became easier for him to proceed. He guided the team safely out of the venue. The team had already captured the researcher and retrieved the blueprints. However, the special forces were alerted and they surrounded the venue. In this manner, they were trapped. But with Li's clearance and guidance, they left the venue safely.

They all started moving towards the extraction point. However, they were chased by the special forces. A lot of gunfire was exchanged between the two parties. However, the team somehow managed to evade the forces while inflicting a lot of damages to them.

When they reached the extraction point and were safely on the helicopter, they checked their injuries. Except, Li all of them were injured. CJ was in critical condition as he was shot in the gut and was bleeding heavily. PR was also shot but the bullet had grazed her and it was not fatal.

When they reached Cinea, CJ was immediately sent to the operating room and the rest were also hospitalized.

After a day's rest, Li had healed completely. He was not injured initially and after the day's rest, he was relieved of his mental fatigue as well. He got the news that CJ was out of danger and the rest of the team was also fine.

Zhou Lin congratulated Li on his 1st successful mission and praised him for his performance. He had killed 16 special ops soldiers on this mission.

Yang Li left for his university on the same day. He was away from the university for 3 days and had not been in contact with anyone.

When he reached the university, he switched on his phone. He saw missed calls from three people. He was surprised by the third number. It was Shishi's.

He called his sister first, but she was in class so he left a voice message telling her to meet him in his room.

Then he called Kai and asked him about his call. Kai told him that he just wanted to hang out. When he heard this, he immediately ended the call.

Lastly, he called Shishi. She was surprised on getting a call from Yang Li. He asked her why she had called him.

She told him that she wanted to thank him for taking her to the hospital and wanted to invite him and Mei for a meal.

Initially, he wanted to refuse but as Mei was also invited, he agreed.

So, they agreed to meet for dinner at the restaurant of Obsidian Sky.

An hour later his sister came to meet him. He gave her the details of his mission. Although it was confidential he still told her. In this world, only his sister knew everything about him.

Even his mother was not clear about some things but his sister knew everything. Therefore, he did not keep secrets from her and vice versa.

She told him that the next time there was such a situation, he should inform her in advance.

Both the siblings went to dinner with Shishi and Han Kai. It was at this dinner that they met the Tang and the Song siblings for the second time.