Mission: Protect Xiao Zhan (Completed)

ARC 3: At War 3

The next evening, they got into an SUV with two masked men. Their mission was simple. Exchange 14 people for these two men.

It turned out these two men were high ranking officers of their enemies. The enemies had captured 14 of their men and were willing to let them go just to get these men back. They must be really important.

As for who those 14 people were, Yibo had no idea. As a soldier, it was not his place to ask questions, he just had to do as he was told.

Xiao Zhan was turning 30 in a few hours, Yibo had no idea where he was. He still had hope because if Zhan was dead, he was sure he would have been pulled out of this world by now. Also, Yibo remembered that fate always put him right next to Xiao Zhan when the tragedy struck. He hoped it would be so this time around. Following that logic, he believed Zhan had a connection with this mission. Maybe he was a part of the enemies after all.

The thought that he may get to meet his man soon made his palms sweat subconsciously. They always took a liking to each other, what would happen this time around since they stood on opposite sides?

After driving for a long time, their vehicle came to a stop. Yibo and 2 other snipers were asked to take cover and set up their equipment. They were to shoot immediately if they saw the sign or noticed any funny movement. Of the 14 people being released, there was an important person but they weren't given that information.

Yibo's team purposely arrived earlier than scheduled. Yibo lay in wait for a long time, he had lost track of the time when they sighted the other vehicle approaching. Yibo watched them come to a stop and one person walked over to talk to one person from his team. The two masked men were brought out and their masked removed. The enemy who had come over to talk gave a hand signal and a group of men were sent over, 14 in total. Yibo assumed these were their own people.

He was getting nervous because apart from the person who approached their men to talk, no one else came out from the enemies' vehicles. If he didn't see Xiao Zhan, what was he going to do.

Their men walked over while the two hostages were released. The hostages along with their representative walked back towards their vehicles.

Yibo was looking through the peep hole on his rifle, he noticed a red light on the forehead of one of the 14 hostages who had just been released, a sniper had aimed at him.

Yibo reflexively turned to the direction of the light and fired a silent shot. He watched the direction of the light change. He was specially trained for this and he knew he hit the target. If there was one sniper, there could be others but what worried Yibo the most was this.

All this while, he believed Xiao Zhan was one of the enemies. Never did he think that Xiao Zhan was one of the released hostages. The person who had a gun aimed at his head was none other than the person he had been looking for. How did it turn out like this?

Yibo was glad it was over, Zhan was saved. He was sure it was almost midnight. They just needed to get into the car and leave. They had arranged to meet up ahead at a certain point. The enemies drove off and Yibo's team also drove off in the opposite direction.

Almost immediately, Yibo felt that familiar feeling of weightlessness. His consciousness was being pulled off. He only got to catch a glimpse of Xiao Zhan from afar. He spent 4 years in the personal space learning a skill and only got to see his lover's face for just a second.

Yibo felt bad but he was fine. It was obviously past midnight and Xiao Zhan was fine. He believed he and this Yibo were still fated and they would meet eventually. He smiled peacefully as he drifted away.

But that peaceful smile was soon turned to horror as the car Xiao Zhan was in exploded in flames.