In just over a minute, amidst intense vigilance from four people, a retreat was completed. Shi Jian'en, Feng Wuqing, and Liu Xi retreated into the shadowy thicket, leaving the Si Country agents they had shot behind. But Li Yan had already ordered a retreat and abandonment, so they could only obey the command.

After retreating, the group did not gather in one place. Li Yan issued a quiet order to leave immediately, without any further waiting!

Upon leaving the park in the city center, they were finally out of their previous state, starting to worry about Li Yan's anger, following him silently.

"So you wanted to prove your abilities, huh? Today you did! You have the strength to stand alone now."

Hearing this from Li Yan, the three of them felt a jolt in their hearts and quickly said, "King! Don't send us away! It was our mistake, our greed and rashness. We are willing to accept any other punishment!"

"How about I order you to leave H City right now?" Li Yan said coldly, looking at them.

"We fully comply!"

"It seems that you only obey my orders, but Queen's arrangements are just background noise for you?"

The three were a bit embarrassed, thinking to themselves, the mistake they made was disobeying and defying Queen's orders.

"You've disrupted my plan, putting yourselves, me, and 'their' core in great danger. If it weren't for Queen begging me, I'd say you deserve to die! Separate and go back to wait. Queen will notify you of the punishment. If you act on your own without orders, please leave!" Li Yan said, and then left without acknowledging them further.

Liu Xi, who instigated today's events, was still very tense. However, Shi Jian'en and Feng Wuqing, who had more interactions with King, felt relieved. From their understanding of King, if he intended to severely punish them, he would have acted immediately. This was just sparing them some grace for Queen's sake.

"Come on! Let's find a place to have a drink and celebrate!"

"Celebrate?"

"Heh heh, celebrate that we also took down SIA agents and participated in an S-Class mission; celebrate that the three of us were surrounded by dozens of agents and still got out alive; celebrate that King arrived in time to save us and was lenient in sparing us from severe punishment."

"Indeed, there's reason to celebrate."

The three of them realized they needed to team up to assassinate one agent, yet King and other hidden S-Class assassins silently wiped out dozens of agents in mere minutes! Although there's a big difference between direct confrontation and assassination, it also highlighted the gap in their capabilities. For the three of them, even discreetly assassinating a few would be commendable.

Realizing the gap in strength, they felt a chill and lost their arrogance, even the slight confidence boost from today's victory vanished completely. They understood that they were still far from the level of S-Class assassins.

...

Li Yan did not pay attention to the three of them. Instead, he bought another bouquet of roses, returned to the restaurant to collect the packed food, and went back to the hotel.

"Why did it take so long? Nothing happened, right?" Li Jie, having finished her bath and waiting on the bed, quickly got up when she saw him return.

"Why would anything happen to me? This is for you!"

Li Yan placed the large pack of takeout food on the table and brought out the roses hidden behind him.

There were many close-quarter kills with knives, and Li Yan even had a hint of blood on him, but Li Jie wasn't that sensitive to this aspect. Plus, the smell of the takeout and roses completely masked it.

"Did you... did you specifically go to buy flowers?" Li Jie asked, a bit surprised, reaching to take them.

She had seen many girls receive flowers, but she never had the chance to get flowers from a man herself. In Jie Rui Company, it wasn't that no one liked her, but as Li Chengfeng's daughter, their manager, and stronger than most men, those who liked her only dared to harbor secret crushes. They could stick up for her but were too shy to do romantic gestures like gifting flowers.

"Yes, I specifically picked the most beautiful roses for the most beautiful Jie!" Li Yan smiled as he told a beautiful lie. With this reason, she wouldn't doubt why it took so long.

"This is the first time I've received flowers..." Li Jie looked at the roses in her hands with a silly smile.

Li Yan stroked her head and laughed, "Silly girl, I'll send you flowers often in the future, sending them to Jie Rui so that everyone knows!"

"No, no... These are meaningful enough, no need to waste anymore."

"Never mind the meaning, let's eat first now!"

"Mm." Li Jie quickly put the flowers on the bedside and went over to open the food containers.

Li Yan went to put his gun in the drawer.

Although they ate in the hotel room, it was more atmospheric than dining at a restaurant. They could talk freely without worrying about other guests or etiquette. For the two of them, at this moment, it was a deeply meaningful meal. They set aside the tense environment and the future, just chatted about meal-related anecdotes and their favorite foods.

After finishing the meal, it was already late. Li Jie also took the emergency contraceptive pills he had bought. Originally thinking of going to bed to rest, her phone suddenly rang.

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