Reuniting with Alisha

[Golden Girl] Alisha Sweet relied on her skillful hacking and handsome kung fu to become a beautiful lone wolf among bounty hunters.

She had few defeats in her career.

The only one that could be called a failure was taking a covert loss against Su Ming; not only was nearly $100,000 worth of gear on her stripped clean, but she had almost died at that man's hand.

When Alisha finally finished multiple missions of modest sums, she barely managed to save enough money to replace the gear on her body.

For the sake of a livelihood, she was also going all out.

Missions that were too big could not be taken, and missions that were too small were unnecessary; Alisha only filtered for missions matching her abilities within the Underground Exchange.

Assassination was the kind she preferred.

Good pay, few troubles, not complicated.

Perhaps God saw her tragic plight, as today she actually managed to snatch an assassination mission—the bounty was a full $2 million!

That was more than twice the amount of the mission to assassinate Tony Stark!

When Alisha skillfully hacked into the computer backend of the Underground Exchange, she acquired the contact information registered by this person with the code name Destiny.

Through satellite positioning, she was pleasantly surprised to find that this person code-named Destiny seemed to have similar living habits to her—they were both regulars at the Manhattan Hotel.

Yes, as a beautiful lady, Alisha would not allow herself to be pressured by the trivialities of life into letting her looks age, choosing instead to stay at Manhattan's most luxurious hotel.

Situated in a prime location with an elegant environment, wide views, and delicious meals, this place truly left Alisha with no reason not to stay here.

As a veteran bounty hunter, minor matters like picking locks naturally went without saying.

Alisha took off her silk pajamas, changed into a tight battle suit, meticulously put on her gear, locked onto Su Ming's room, and, transforming into a cat demon of the dark night, slipped inside silently.

When she saw the back of a dark-haired man lying in the bathtub, Alisha concluded from his exposed tender skin that this was a kid behind his ears.

Gently drawing her pistol and pointing it at the opponent's head, she had the overall situation in hand and could not help speaking out to tease...

Su Ming was startled by the female voice suddenly ringing by his ear.

Splash!

Both hands instinctively covered his crucial parts, and he quickly turned his head and raised his eyes to see just which impolite fellow was peeking at someone taking a bath.

Their eyes met.

Su Ming recognized the other person and let out a long "Oh~".

Seeing that it was Su Ming, Alisha's delicate body shook, and she involuntarily clenched her thighs...

Her heart turned completely ice-cold:

It's over... I should have known $2 million wasn't that easy to make...

Wasn't this the robber who had stripped her gear bare before?

Even using high-end cosmetics could not conceal Alisha's bitter complexion at this moment.

Without changing her expression, she tucked the pistol back into its holster.

Just kidding, she would never forget the scene from back then when a single gunshot had only produced a bloody hole that rapidly healed right before her eyes.

That cynical Eastern man had long since become a regular guest in her midnight dreams.

Although occasionally the scenes in her dreams weren't so bloody, and even... were somewhat nurturing...

What she could guarantee, however, was that she would recognize Su Ming's sin-laden face even if he were burned to ashes.

How did Su Ming end up being Destiny?

If I had known he was Destiny, what kind of easy prey was I coming to deliver here~ Damn it~

The gear I worked so hard to finish missions and finally managed to save up for... I'm afraid... isn't going to be kept.

Blinking her Carslan big eyes, Alisha looked reluctantly at the brand-new gear at her waist, her eyes gradually turning red.

Su Ming casually pulled a bath towel and wrapped it around his waist to replace his hands in blocking a certain part, slowly walked close to Alisha, and naturally grabbed Alisha's slender hand:

"Slap!"

With a fierce pull, the moment Alisha turned around unprepared, his large hand landed solidly on her graceful hip line, producing a crisp sound.

"Let you peek at me taking a bath!"

"Ah!~"

Alisha let out a cry of pain, feeling her butt go numb, and a weak-kneed sensation instantly assaulted her knees, preventing them from supporting her steadily.

A pair of blue eyes looked at Su Ming with tearful stubbornness:

"I... didn't know it was you... if you like the gear... just take it..."

She looked deeply aggrieved.

Watching the Golden Girl before him take a hit, Su Ming could not help but smile.

Yet he genuinely wanted to know why this woman had snuck into his room in the middle of the night.

If it were room service, it couldn't possibly be in this outfit—that gear was real!

If it were cosplay, the cost would be way too high...

Besides, he remembered she had once tried to assassinate him, only to end up getting stripped...

Don't get him wrong, her equipment got stripped, that was all.

After turning it over in his mind, it seemed there was only one possibility: she had come to kill him again.

Narrowing his eyes as he looked at the blonde beauty before him, who resembled a startled fawn, the little imaginary figure inside Su Ming's head raised a small pitchfork.

Suppressing his smile, Su Ming reached out an arm to wrap around Alisha's slender waist, his magnetic voice sounding right beside her ear:

"I don't want your equipment, I want you..."

He distinctly felt the woman in his arms tense up, followed by a slight trembling, making her look like a completely different person from the cool, badass self who had kicked and broken his arm back then.

"What... what... what do you want?"

Hearing Su Ming's words and feeling the tingling sensation by her ear, Alisha felt her heart beating like a drum pounding inside her chest.

A rush of heat surged straight to her cheeks, and her skin, fair enough to see the veins beneath, instantly turned deeply flushed.

She dared not imagine it. Could it be that today she was just going to throw herself away like this?

She stole a quick glance toward the bedroom on the side, then immediately pulled her gaze back.

The muscles on Su Ming's upper body were filled with streamlined beauty, and water droplets from his just-finished shower that hadn't yet been wiped away trickled along the lines of his muscles, seeming to guide her gaze to follow them closely.

Foul! This is way too foul!

Alisha protested loudly in her heart, but the sound she actually let out was like a mosquito buzzing by the ear, so timid and soft that it was impossible to make out.

Feeling that he had teased her enough, Su Ming let go, patted Alisha's shoulder to signal her to follow him, and walked over to the living room.

Leaving Su Ming's embrace, Alisha felt an emptiness in her heart, instantly feeling lonely, desolate, and cold...

She still wanted a hug... but she didn't dare say it...

Following Su Ming to the living room, she sat obediently and properly on the sofa, waiting for Su Ming's final judgment upon her.

This really is the judgment of Destiny...

Thinking of Su Ming's codename, Alisha sighed inwardly.

In this short span of time, Alisha had already figured it out. After all, she had fallen into someone else's hands; whether he wanted to kill her, slice her, or... do that sort of thing.

She had no other choice, so she might as well be carefree about it.

Bounty hunters, after all~

Who didn't have a few stories from the underworld...

Su Ming watched the blonde beauty before him as a pair of blue eyes rolled around restlessly.

Who knew what kind of wild places her mind had wandered off to, and he finally couldn't help laughing out loud:

"Name."

"Alisha Sweet."

The mechanical reply sounded like she was undergoing an interrogation, but the slightly trembling tail-end of her voice betrayed her current state of mind.

Su Ming chuckled:

"My name is Su Ming, codename Destiny, and I'm a bounty hunter just like you. By the way, I actually got into this profession inspired by you~"

Alisha raised her eyes in confusion as she looked at Su Ming.

Why is he telling me all this? Could it be that the ancient East still has some kind of mysterious ritual?

Staring straight at Su Ming with wide, puzzled eyes.

Su Ming didn't have much experience in this area either, so he just spoke plainly:

"Alisha, I want you to work for me from now on. Do you have any objections?"

Alisha jerked her head up, her small mouth slightly open as she looked at Su Ming in disbelief, hardly daring to believe her own ears:

"I got myself ready inside and out... and you want to talk to me about a job?"