Reborn Aristocrat: Return of the Vicious Heiress
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"Bang—"

The doors to the meeting room were thrown open. Under Si Yiyan's leadership, the different forces participating in the plan against the Korean-Chinese Alliance had followed his directions accordingly and finally managed to eliminate the alliance's influence in Russia all at once.

The only regret was that Wei Che remained at large.

This operation had been hailed as a "snake-catching" mission. From launch till the end, the entire thing lasted three days and three nights. The participating forces more or less spent the whole duration inside the mission command room, forgoing sleep, so as to be informed of the status of the operation at all times.

Their opponent was the rampant, scheming, and fearsome Korean-Chinese Alliance. Hence, it was not all smooth sailing during the mission. The alliance's cunning and precision had come into full play, and many sudden and unexpected situations had arisen. It was solely thanks to Rex's quick wits and cunning that they achieved their successful result.

Duke Berveld laughed loudly. "We have finally rooted out the terrifying plague that is the Korean-Chinese Alliance from Russia. This mission was a success all thanks to Rex and Lucifer's tremendous efforts!"

The Berveld Family was the lead representative of the aristocratic families in Russia who were cooperating with Lucifer. The entire partnership had gone on rather well.

Si Yiyan said mildly, "Duke, you are too kind."

Duke Berveld asked warmly, "I wonder how is Miss Bella lately? I still regret missing the chance to meet her when she came to Russia. Rex, don't keep Miss Bella hidden away. Bring her to Russia again for a holiday when you get the chance. The Berveld Family will take good care of you and Miss Bella."

Although the Berveld Family had always been working with Lucifer, they were not on close terms. Their past interactions had always been based on their own personal interests.

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Duke Berveld's warm attitude and his mention of Bella was because he wished to maintain a good relationship with Lucifer.

The corners of Si Yiyan's lips softened slightly at the mention of Xinya. "Thank you, Duke. I will definitely bring her to Russia to visit you when we get the chance."

Duke Berveld grinned happily.

At this moment, the representative of Russia's military, General Lance, walked over and said to Si Yiyan, "Rex, on behalf of Russia's military, I thank you for your great efforts in cooperating with us to eliminate the Korean-Chinese Alliance and bringing this mission to perfect completion. But the leader of this criminal group, Wei Che, remains at large, and we will still need Rex to help us pursue and capture him."

Actually, during this partnership with Lucifer, the military had no intention of sitting idly by the sidelines just waiting to profiteer from the efforts of others. It was just that this Rex was too formidable. He had pulled both the Berveld Family and the entire military into one flawless formation with Lucifer, such that they didn't even get the chance to make any moves.

Now that Wei Che was on the run, they had no choice but to make use of Lucifer's power to conduct an all-out manhunt for him.

Si Yiyan replied mildly, "General Lance, don't worry. We will do our best."

After dealing with those people, Si Yiyan returned to his manor and the first thing he did was to call Wen Xinya.

"Hello, the number you have just dialed is unavailable. Please try again later!"

Si Yiyan pursed his lips at the cold, mechanical voice of the answering service. The sharp angles of his face turned even harsher, as bone-chilling as an ancient piece of ice which had remained frozen for thousands of years.

This was the second time he had called her after arriving at Russia, and the second time he received this answering message.

The cold rejection gave him an inexplicable sense of frustration and unease. He couldn't help regretting being mad at her then.

Xinya was not someone who had no sense of priorities. He was the one who had failed to behave properly and made a mountain out of a molehill.

Si Yiyan rubbed his forehead. He had not slept for the past three days and nights and also spent a vast amount of mental effort during the whole time. As intelligent and perfect as Si Yiyan was, he was now feeling extremely fatigued.

He was just about to call Gu Yuehan to ask about Xinya.

But Xu Xianghu's booming voice was such that Si Siyan heard him even before seeing him appear. He sounded extremely agitated and vexed. "Boss, we clearly discovered Wei Che's movements in the previous mission, but that bastard once again managed to escape."

Si Yiyan kept away his mobile phone. He nearly forgot that in the wake of the mission, they still had to see to the aftermath.

Gu Yuexi saw that he was looking very tired and so spoke up. "This mission went very smoothly. There were a total of 11 fatalities and 34 injured, of which nine are in grave condition, while the rest just suffered minor wounds. For our late comrades, we have already made the necessary funeral arrangements, as well as compensation to those with family. For those without any family, we followed your request to donate their compensation to the charity organization for Chinese in Russia. We have also arranged for the nine men who are seriously injured to receive the best treatment, while those who became handicapped will be properly taken care of. We will never abandon any of our comrades. Meanwhile, those who endured minor injuries have already received treatment."

At the end of his report, the entire room was completely silent.

Si Yiyan's finger gently rubbed the jade piece in his hand. On closer observation, one could see his finger was trembling.

Even Si Yiyan, who was used to seeing death, couldn't help feeling a sense of woe when he heard about the deaths of those comrades who had remained steadfastly by his side for so many years, who had trusted him so wholeheartedly, and who willingly sacrificed their lives for him at his one command.

Everyone else also felt extremely sad.

After a moment, Si Yiyan said in a hoarse voice, "These arrangements will do for the time being! We must take care of the families of our brothers who died in battle. Make sure the young and the old are well provided for. I will also visit our injured comrades later this afternoon. In three days' time, we will hold a commemoration ceremony at Lucifer headquarters to send our late brothers off."

The commemoration ceremony was also a kind of funeral, to recognize and honor those comrades who had sacrificed their lives in their work for Lucifer. The top-ranking agents of Lucifer would personally oversee the ceremony.

It was the most solemn, most painful, and most honored ceremony in Lucifer.

Yueze nodded. "Don't worry. I will make the arrangements."

Actually, this mission had gone quite smoothly and the boss' commanding was flawless. But their opponent had been the fearsome Korean-Chinese Alliance, and it was inevitable that they would suffer fatalities and injuries.

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Luckily, the number of fatalities and injuries were considered low.

Si Yiyan made some further arrangements, looking obviously tired.

Having seen that things were more or less settled, Gu Yuexi changed the topic. "What is the mystery behind that bullet shot from Wei Che's gun? Did you discover anything?"

Wei Che had fired one shot that day when facing off with Rex. It had been aimed straight at Rex, but he managed to dodge it, and the bullet ended up hitting a tree behind him.

Thereafter, Si Siyan held a rather secretive attitude toward that bullet, which Gu Yuexi found rather strange.