His Scarred Bodyguard

"A smiling tiger." Boss Li said in a sombre voice, his powerful demeanour now regained as his back straightened proudly.

Looking at her figure, Boss Li remembered a scene many years ago when a young little girl with wounds all over her small body would stubbornly keep fighting with men twice her age till she could defeat them and they pass out.

Whoever underestimated her and looked down on her for her young age would be beaten black and blue by the young girl who would secretly steal foods in the kitchen at night and would climb the trees to feast on them.

The only times she would refrain from secretly sneaking into the kitchen at night were days when her father would visit the Shadow Camp.He would always bring a box of rice cake to snack on while watching his subordinates exhibiting their skills and reporting on new recruits.

Most often, the cold and imposing man will forget to eat the rice cakes while busy handling the reports from his men.

Boss Li had seen a few times how the young little girl who would patiently and expectantly stand in the corner for her father to summon her would leave disappointedly after her father leaves the camp without speaking to her.

He would watch her stare as the motorcade of the man who did not seem to remember his daughter he left behind in the camp leave and disappear in the curves of the valley. Her usually mischievous and bright eyes would turn red, yet she would stubbornly refuse to let the tears in her eyes fall.

Till she could see no more, she would hide away her disappointment and tears, turn back with an indifferent and cold gaze as if nothing happened. Her eyes would become more colder and composed with each visit and departure of the man who barely spoke to her. She became more stronger and ferocious with her unfathomable skills every year.

Before going back to her room, she would take the box of rice cakes and the leftover liquor from the man who left without even glancing at her.

The first few times, her instructors found the young girl heavily drunk still clinging to the liquor bottle, mumbling softly "Father...father...why..?"

They punished her by making her train extensively without food for three days and night. At the end of the third day, she collapsed.

Her young and minor body could not handle the strong alcoholic affects and being starved for three days while training extremely, the young girl fainted for the first time due to exhaustion.

It was Boss Li who took her back when she fainted in the training ground and called for the doctor to treat her.

The first sentence she spoke when she woke up was," I'm still not strong enough for his gaze."

Since that day, the young girl would train and hone her skills extremely until no one could beat her. She had even defeated her instructors and became the new Suzerian of the Legion of Death.

The young scrawny girl turned into an extremely beautiful young lady as years passed by, her skills and strength becoming unparalleled and unfathomable.

Finally, she caught the gaze of the cold and imposing man. He praised her for the first time.

"Good." He said, and the young girl's eyes shone the most brilliant Boss Li had ever seen. More brilliant and sparkling than the stars and medals decorating her chest and shoulders, more sharper and clearer than the sharp glint of her swords.

Her father finally took her back to his mansion, but that was where her nightmare started.

The next time Boss Li saw her, the brilliance and mischievous glint in her beautiful eyes were gone. The gleam of hope and disappointments in her gaze had disappeared, now replaced by cold indifference and aloofness.

She appeared more composed, more indifferent, more colder and more distant.

Far more calm and unsettling for a nineteen year old girl.

And now, seeing the long lost familiar glint in her eyes once again, Boss Li felt his eyes sting.

It has been too long, far too long since he last saw her this excited.

Meanwhile, Scarface had taken down the most number of opponents, well, knocked out infact.

Only the truly skilled and experienced ones still stood in the arena.

Ceaser Caldwell and Tobias Quirin now stood at the end of the gallery focusing intensely on Scarface.

"Boss Li really does save the best for the last." Smirking wickedly, Tobias Quirin turned to Ceasar Caldwell and asked, "What do you think, Ceaser?"

"Not bad." The ever so aloof and reticent man unusually gave a praise, making Tobias Quirin raise his brows in amusement.

Who knew that the immovable man would one day be impressed - at the skills of knocking out people.

"We'll take this one, Boss Li." Ceasar Caldwell said to Boss Li who stood with a frown on his face.

Listening to Ceasar Caldwell and Tobias Quirin talk, Boss Li has a sudden bad premonition.

Cold sweats broke out on his forehead.

They want to hire the Suzerian of the Legion of Death to be a mere bodyguard for them?!

The youngest daughter of the most powerful man in H city, a daughter of the Eltz family and a killing machine called the Grim Reaper by her enemies- the infamous ANNELIESE ELTZ!

Are they worthy?

No doubt Ceasar Caldwell is the youngest and wealthiest man in N city, and the heir of the powerful and prominent Caldwell family. Most people in business have to bow down and scrap infront of Ceaser Caldwell, infact he was the undisputed ruler in N city.

Whatever he says goes.

He rules the business world with ruthlessness and decisiveness, making the Caldwell Corporation one of the top companies in Country H under his management and presiding within eight years.

He is a formidable man driven with determination, courage and sheer will.

A predator who tears apart his prey without mercy.

If not for the internal strife in the Caldwell family and recent failed assassination attempt on his life, Ceasar Caldwell would not come Boss Li urgently seeking out unscrupulous forces to counter his enemies in the dark.

As the young master of the Quirin family, a mafia family steeped with bloodshed and depravity, Tobias Quirin was known for his brutual temper and visciousness.

He suggested Ceasar Caldwell to hire a team from Boss Li as the teams provided by the Li's are strictly bound by contracts.

None dared to betray or sneak around after signing a contract with the Li's. What clause in the contract buys the absolute loyalty and fear of even the most heinous and wretched men was unknown.

With the internal strife in his family, half of his personal bodyguards dead and injured after the last attack on him, Ceasar Caldwell was indeed in need of a powerful team for security. One he could absolutely trust to not betray him.

Teams provided by the Li's suited his situation.

If not for the grave and precarious situation, he would absolutely refrain from using outsiders for his security.

Meanwhile, Anneliese Eltz, the ugly girl addressed as Scarface by everyone once again felt the surge of thrill and excitement as she exchanged blows with the veteran fighters in the arena.

Her eyes shone brightly behind her scar riddled face, completely unaware of the uneasy and perturbed Boss Li fidgeting in his seat.