Seeing the gun in her hand, Li Yan immediately stopped in his tracks and raised his hands.

"Li Jie, let's talk this over! Don't get agitated; I won't call you a silly girl anymore..."

Of course, his nervousness was an act. He was well aware that even if Li Jie was a police officer or an International Criminal Police agent, she couldn't possibly know his identity, and if it was just a personal grudge, there's no way she'd use a gun, so it was likely just a scare tactic. To conceal his identity, he pretended to be a bit nervous like an ordinary person would.

Hearing him call her a silly girl again in his panic, Li Jie was even more displeased.

"Do you remember this gun?"

Hearing her words, Li Yan quickly nodded: "I remember, it's the one I gave you last time. But it's fine, you don't have to give it back to me. I'm not really interested in real guns. Besides, hehe, playing with real bullets costs a lot of money."

"I'm not giving it back to you; I'm telling you that sooner or later, I'll use this gun to take you down!" Li Jie said coldly.

Li Yan couldn't help but feel puzzled. Initially, he thought she was just threatening out of embarrassment from being called a silly girl, but from her words, there seemed to be something else going on.

"Stop beating around the bush; I'm not a kid who can be scared off just because you're holding a gun. What exactly do you want to say?" Li Yan asked in a deep voice, pointing towards the door to indicate that if she didn't hurry, Yu Xiaodi would come up soon.

Li Jie hesitated for a moment and then said, "I haven't been protecting Yu Xiaodi for long, but we've spent a lot of time together these days... She always calls me sister, just like how she specially invited me to dinner today. She's very good to me, and her mother respects me a lot too. So, I cherish this relationship; I don't see her as an employer or just someone to protect."

Li Yan was a bit surprised, not expecting that such a cool and mysterious bodyguard could be so sentimental. How could she develop emotions for the person she's supposed to protect? Although it's not that kind of emotion...

"She's temporarily safe now, but there's still a very dangerous problem that could seriously hurt her at any moment!"

Li Yan watched her intensely staring at him and pointed at his own nose: "Me?"

"Exactly! Harm from enemies will only hurt her physically, but the harm from you will destroy her mind!"

Li Yan suddenly realized what was going on. He relaxed noticeably and asked with a smile, "In your opinion, what should I do? Or rather, did you come to remind me what to do today?"

"Treat Xiaodi well! If you continue to be unfaithful or two-timing in the future, I'll teach you a lesson! I'll use this gun to end you!" Li Jie said fiercely.

Li Yan was a bit speechless, thinking that this person—no, this woman—sure spoke like a man.

"Your idea is not bad..."

"What did you say?" Li Jie was furious.

Afraid that she might actually fire the gun, Li Yan quickly laughed and corrected himself: "I mean, I'm really grateful for your concern for Xiaodi. From this perspective, we're on the same side. I've known her for just over a month, but I also care a lot about her safety. As for the romantic entanglements between me and her, if you get involved, it's like an emperor being worried while the eunuch is anxious, like a dog in a mouse fight."

"Are you calling me a eunuch? A dog?" Li Jie sneered and stepped closer.

"Don't be like that! I was just using some idioms to sound cultured, not specifically referring to you..." Li Yan didn't back down, waiting for her to point the gun at him.

"Li, I've been wanting to teach you a lesson for a long time!" Li Jie lowered her voice but deepened her tone.

Li Yan smiled wryly, "Come on, you're also surnamed Li, so if you say that it's about you too."

Li Jie's gun was pointed at Li Yan's head, then slowly moved down to his chest and finally to his lower body.

"Have you had enough fun?" Li Yan said with a hint of displeasure in a deep voice, "I already gave you face by not getting angry when you pointed at my head, and now you're pointing at my lower region. Do you think I'm too weak to fight back?"

At this moment, Li Jie disdainfully curled her lips, then twisted the gun in her hand before throwing it onto the ground, kicking it swiftly to the corner of the wall.

"You think too highly of yourself, huh! Do I really need a real gun to deal with you?"

As she said this, Li Jie had already made her move!

Perhaps she, as a bodyguard, operated like an assassin—completing the task is paramount, the means are secondary, and the idea of a sneak attack doesn't matter; of course, it might be that she had just watched Li Yan fighting Ling Muhang and the others and assumed Li Yan would first use a rogue tactic, so she preemptively attacked.

Her body was very light and agile. With only two steps between them, her preemptive strike allowed her to quickly grab the front of Li Yan's shirt, then turned swiftly, using an over-shoulder throw to pull Li Yan's body, directly tossing him into the swimming pool!

Instant karma!—If Lan was here, he would surely gloat and shout this.

Not long ago, Li Yan had used almost the same method to throw Lan Tianci out, directly launching him towards Ling Muhang, resulting in him taking several punches, and both fell together. Now, Li Jie did the same thing to throw Li Yan out.

Sneak attacks are always likely to succeed and have become a common way for the weaker to defeat the stronger. Li Jie wasn't weak; she was very experienced and skillful, so her close-range sneak attack also succeeded, and Li Yan was thrown out by her!

However... Ling Muhang could react with some resistance to Li Yan's sneak attack, so how could Li Yan have no reaction, even if he was successfully attacked?

As Li Jie attempted to throw him over her shoulder, Li Yan swiftly retaliated! With his style, he might crush the enemy's throat at that moment!

His reaction was also instinctual, but at the moment his hand touched her throat, his rationality stopped him. Li Jie only did this for Yu Xiaodi's sake, or perhaps held a grudge due to the term "silly girl" when they first met; there was no real animosity between them, rather they had cooperated before. Thus, he couldn't act like an assassin! Even if Li Jie wouldn't die immediately, he couldn't go too far.

In that flash of a moment, he made the choice not to hurt Li Jie, without time to think any further; his hand already in contact with her throat slid downwards, intending to grab her collar to prevent himself from being thrown out.

Unfortunately, plans never keep up with changes. Although he staggered her a few steps, he didn't stabilize due to her body, as Li Yan himself was thrown into the swimming pool!

Alas... he forgot she was a slender girl and couldn't withstand such force. Li Yan, now soaking wet from the swim, lamented for a moment, but since it was Li Jie, not an ordinary girl, he wasn't disheartened for being outmaneuvered.

...

"Li Yan! You—shameless scoundrel!"

Li Jie, having successfully thrown him into the water, didn't feel the victory as she expected; instead, she yelled at Li Yan in the pool, then turned and ran away!

Li Yan was baffled, how could he be a shameless scoundrel? Is she imitating me? After taking advantage, did she mock me like I mocked Ling Muhang and Lan Tianci?

But seeing her running to pick up a gun, it seemed the problem was more complicated.

He swam a bit to move towards the poolside, only to be surprised by something in his hand. He turned to look, only to find he was holding a white bra!

He suddenly understood why Li Jie reacted that way! No wonder she seemed to protect her chest and ran to get the gun! She mistook him for a pervert!

Li Yan was so innocent! Heaven and earth are witness, he really didn't know; he didn't intend to grab her bra!

Thinking back carefully, he guessed it was at the moment their bodies came into contact... his hand didn't grip Li Jie's neck; it went down to grab her collar, but somehow, perhaps due to urgency, or because she was bent over to throw him out, or because her skin was too slippery... anyway, he didn't grab the outer collar but went inside and directly grabbed the inner bra!

No wonder she staggered slightly instead of stabilizing; he grabbed the wrong thing, and because of being thrown out, ended up pulling her bra down!

Did he grab her chest?

Li Yan sweated a bit; at that moment, he didn't actually feel anything, only seeing the bra pulled down. Oh no! He found his hand clutched the bra cup, obviously pulling it directly off her chest!

Considering it, if he didn't grab a large piece of fabric, like just a strap for example, it would only snap, not pull the whole thing away. Hmm, what brand is this? Not bad quality...

While admiring the bra's quality, Li Yan sensed a large killing intent, and upon raising his head, saw Li Jie standing angrily at the pool edge, aiming a gun at him!

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, let me return it to you..." Li Yan hurriedly prepared to toss the soaked bra back.

Li Jie sneered: "You tore it from below, and then say it was a mistake? Can I return it to you?"

"..."

This theory is really twisted!

Li Yan cleared his throat, "It truly was a misunderstanding; thrown out by you, in panic, I tried to grab something. At that moment, I could either grab your hair, throat, or shoulder. But I'm a gentleman..."

"Pah!"

"Ahem... I mean, I respect you, and men and women shouldn't touch arbitrarily, didn't want to taint you, so I intended to grab your collar like you did, unexpectedly... grabbed wrong. This is what happened, I really didn't feel anything, only realized after seeing later." Li Yan explained innocently.

"You scoundrel! Saying 'grabbed wrong' makes it alright? Does a rapist saying 'entered wrong' make him innocent? If my hands trembled and mistakenly castrated you, would it be okay?" Li Jie retorted angrily.

"..." Li Yan was speechless, these words are too fierce.

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