Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 539: Suffering on behalf of others
In the beachfront apartment...

Tiffany paced back and forth in the living room anxiously. The news broadcast on TV made her a little frightened.

A large-scale gun battle broke out inside Topanga State Park, and reporters were unable to break through the police blockade to enter the apartment to film.

In response to reporters' questions, the police spokesman said with a heavy face that this was a gang shootout and that both sides suffered heavy casualties. He then emphasized that the Los Angeles police would increase their crackdown on gangs.

Tiffany looked at the smoke on the mountain that had not yet completely dissipated. She said worriedly, "There is still no news from the boss..."

Dalia opened an exquisite lunch box and took out several seasonings from a small box beside it, thinking about how to eat this high-end takeaway...

Tiffany looked at Dahlia's indifferent expression, she walked over and sat heavily on the sofa, and said, "Hey, I'm talking to you..."

Dahlia glanced at Tiffany, pushed a few unopened lunch boxes to her, and said, "Can you help me see how to heat these so they taste good?
These are takeaways from Michelin restaurants, I spent hundreds of dollars on them, it would be a shame if I used them the wrong way.”

Tiffany was stunned for a moment and said, "Aren't you worried about the boss at all?"

Dalia looked up the instructions, poured the two seasonings into the lunch box, and stirred them with a fork...

Bending her head and smelling the smell inside, Dalia smiled with satisfaction and said, "If something happens to the boss, it shouldn't be the police who seal off the place, but the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security!

Don't you understand that the boss is in great danger, but he is also very important!"

Dahlia glanced at Tiffany's bandaged wound, then lowered her head to search on the coffee table, and pushed a box of salad and a box of pasta in front of Tiffany...

"You can only eat this. Remember to take an antibiotic before going to bed. I don't want you to fall down with a fever and then have to take care of you."

Tiffany looked at Dalia who was calm and composed, spread her hands and said, "Hey, I'm talking to you about the boss..."

Dalia nodded seriously and said, "It's in the boss's best interest to keep you healthy!"

After hearing this, Tiffany stood up irritably and scratched her hair vigorously, saying unhappily: "You didn't even listen to what I said..."

Just as Tiffany was complaining loudly, the door of the apartment was pushed open...

Seeing Shanying walk in with dirty clothes, Dalia jumped up and trotted to him, handed him a wet towel, and said with a smile: "Boss, you are back...

Do you want to eat first or go wash up first?"

Shanying wiped his face with a cold towel, glanced at the exquisite lunch boxes piled on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "I'm going to take a shower, and we'll eat after I'm done!"

Shanying looked down at his suit pants, saw a small hole on them, and said helplessly, "This thing costs 40,000 yuan, but I only wore it for one day...

Call tomorrow and ask if you can just buy one pair of pants. If not, I'd rather learn from the big Russian gangsters and wear sportswear to fight. What a waste of money!"

Dahlia nodded and said, "No problem, I'll take care of the clothes, you go take a shower first..."

Tiffany looked at Dahlia like a ghost and said, "Do you have any dignity left? Do you know what you looked like just now?"

Dahlia glanced at Tiffany with disdain and said, "Like a qualified assistant!"

Dahlia walked to the coffee table, picked out a few lunch boxes, stacked them up and sent them to the restaurant, then started heating them one by one in the microwave...

Seeing Tiffany staring at her salad and pasta in a daze, Daria sneered and said, "I don't know what you call dignity?
All I know is that my boss doesn't need me to suck his dick, or wear sexy lingerie while I'm working so he can take care of his physiological needs at any time.

Although I don’t mind it, it feels good too!

Now as long as I do my job well, I can get enough salary and dividends.

What dignity do you want?
Let your boss treat you as a man, ignore your sensitivity and inferiority, respect your behavioral preferences, and take care of your fragile self-esteem?

You have so many demands, why don't you be your own boss?

As long as you offer enough salary, someone will meet your requirements!"

Tiffany couldn't stand Daria's bitchy behavior, but what she said just now was indeed to defend Daria...

She is a descendant of the Arctic fox. Her father is a legendary archer and is quite rich, so she can't understand what Dalia did. She thinks it is shameful for a capable woman to do such things!

Due to the difference in her upbringing and values, Tiffany couldn't understand Dalia at all...

What she needs is a sense of accomplishment and honor, while what Daria wants is a sense of security and dependence!
She didn't expect that her kindness would be rewarded with such piercing venom!

Just when Tiffany wanted to refute, there was another knock on the door of the apartment...

Tiffany pulled the door open forcefully and saw her father and the philandering Bajau man Eddie standing at the door.

Seeing the shoes on her father's feet covered with mud, Tiffany was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted and said, "The boss was looking for you after getting off the car?
He had planned it all along, setting up an ambush in the state park!"

Camel hugged his daughter, then put his hands on Tiffany's shoulders and looked her up and down, and said with satisfaction: "Tiffany, you have done a great job recently!
Did you have any fun with the Eagle? "

Tiffany avoided the hug from Eddie, the dirty uncle, and then looked at her father and said unhappily, "Oh, so we both have to work for him? Are you healed from your injury? Why do you come out to fight with others?
Tell me how many people you killed today, just like when you were a kid and told me stories, so I can clap my hands and cheer for you."

Camel, the father, was pushed back repeatedly. He sighed and said, "Tiffany, if you are unhappy about something, you can just tell me directly. I will definitely tell you..."

"Fuck..."

Tiffany cursed in a low voice, and then said unhappily: “Why am I unhappy?
I know exactly what he is doing, but I have no idea why he is doing it?
You know, in the past week, I even began to doubt whether I was a fool!
I feel like whatever I say or do is wrong, but no, the reality is that no one listens to me and I feel more like an idiot getting in the way.”

Camel hugged the emotional Tiffany, sighed and said, "Do you know what Mountain Eagle said about you?"

"I don't want to know..."

Tiffany said it bluntly, but her eyes could not hide it from her own father.

Camel pulled her into the kitchen, found a bottle of whiskey and poured two glasses...

He handed a glass of whiskey to Tiffany, then drank it in one gulp and got another one...

"Mountain Eagle said that you are proud, stubborn, strong, kind, and responsible. He said that you are a natural leader and that you will be the absolute core of the future Arctic Fox Rescue Team!"

Tiffany listened and said incredulously: "Is that what he said about me?"

The camel laughed dryly and said, "That's probably what he meant..."

Camel pulled Tiffany, who was about to lose her temper, and said, "Okay, he also mentioned some of your shortcomings, but that's harmless. After all, no one is perfect, don't you think?"

Tiffany looked at her father unhappily and said, "So what did he say? Do you think he's right?"

Camel took a sip of whiskey, stroked his beard, hesitated, and said, "He said you are very sensitive, even a little too sensitive...

He said that you always think of yourself as a man, and sometimes even ignore your own gender, and then regard other people's concern as a kind of contempt.

He said that you have a weird personality, that you have designated an environment that is not suitable for you as your comfort zone, and then you stubbornly stick to your habits and instinctively resist all changes.

He said that if you can’t change your personality, even if you are promoted to a senior position in HRT, you will roll back to the training ground and take steroids to turn yourself into a freak…”

Camel said as he looked at Tiffany, whose eyes were filled with tears. He pointed at Shanying who walked out of the room in his shorts and said, "He said all that. I was just repeating his words!
Of course I don’t believe it!
But Eddie told me that this guy is very good at judging people, so I thought I should tell you about it, maybe you can understand something...

Of course, if you want to beat him up, I will definitely stand by you!"

Dahlia slapped away Eddie's hand that was reaching for the lunch box and looked at the camel with disdain for not having any tough guy demeanor...

This guy acted mature and strong in Thailand, and his western cowboy style made Marta, a little girl, admire him to the extreme...

But when facing his own daughter, how could this guy still look like a tough guy?

Seeing Tiffany, a tough girl, crying, actually made Camel tremble with heartache. Daria rolled her eyes and shook her head and said, "Your father must have missed something...

You are selfish and self-centered. You don't listen to anything your close ones say to you, and you are used to blaming your close ones for all your problems, as if you are mature in this way...

This condition usually only occurs in people between the ages of 14 and 20. It looks like you are seriously ill!"

After saying that, Dalia didn't even look at Tiffany's angry eyes. She took out the hot food from the microwave and brought it to Shanying with a smile on her face...

Shanying smacked his lips and looked at the camel who kept winking at him. He picked up a fork, stabbed a piece of fried scallop and put it in his mouth. Facing Tiffany's gaze, he sighed and said, "I don't know what happened?
How about we eat something first?
Camel and Eddie are already very tired after a day of running around. There is a sniper who can hit a person's head from 1.5 kilometers away locked up downstairs. They need to stay alert..."

Shanying seemed to suddenly remember something. He patted his forehead and said to Tiffany, "By the way, you should go to bed early tonight. Go to the Los Angeles Police Department tomorrow to find Daniel and track down the situation of the deceased..."

When the camel heard this, he said unhappily, “Hey, is Tiffany hurt?”

Shanying frowned and said, "It's just an arm injury, it's all sewn up...

Tiffany is the commander I think is the best. She will lead the strongest team members to complete various tasks that even Arctic foxes cannot accomplish. Will she stop working if she gets hurt?

She will be the savior of you old men in the future. I won't allow you to continue to treat her as a baby girl!"

When Camel wanted to argue, he was stopped by Eddie who rolled his eyes...

Eddie pushed Camel's chin, asking him to look at his daughter, and whispered, "When it comes to coaxing a woman, you old thing are far behind..."

Camel looked at Tiffany's face, which had not yet dried her tears, and smiled. He subconsciously straightened his back and held his head high...

He frowned as he looked at the eagle eating, then looked at his daughter who was clearly agitated...

"shit..."

(End of this chapter)