The Personal Bodyguard of the Female CEO

Lu Qi took out the satellite phone from his chest pocket, the battery level showing less than five percent, soon it would forcibly shut down.

But whether it shut down or not was actually not important, because ever since the phone was used to report the situation, it hadn't rung again.

"As long as we're alive, there is still hope, we cannot give up."

"But I feel like I'm going to die soon..."

"You won't die, I will definitely get you out of here." Piao Xue hugged Lu Qi's waist and started walking forward with him.

In the face of the desert, a behemoth, the two small bodies struggled, pressing forward...

Lu Qi was one of Piao Xue's contacts.

Piao Xue had a total of three contacts, but unfortunately, up to now, the other two contacts had already died.

If they hadn't entered the so-called Hell on Earth, the Lamagan Desert, probably she and Lu Qi would have died as well.

Of course, Piao Xue knew the country had already abandoned her, but she believed that a certain someone would definitely come to rescue her. So what she needed to do was to survive, to live on by any means possible!

Moreover, she was also the motivation for Lu Qi to survive, so she must always stand tall, like a flagpole.

Finally, night fell, but the two did not find a water source.

"Let's rest."

Piao Xue took out a military quilt from her backpack, wrapped Lu Qi tightly in it, then placed him between two almost weathered rocks.

"Sister Piao Xue, we didn't find a water source, can we survive till tomorrow?" Lu Qi's voice was somewhat low. In the harsh environment of the desert, she felt it would be better to die swiftly.

Yet, truly facing death, she was somewhat afraid.

This is the normal emotion people inherently feel when facing death.

"Don't worry, we won't die."

"Mm, I believe you, Sister Piao Xue..." Lu Qi nodded heavily.

They had been in the desert for full five days, each time Lu Qi felt she was surely doomed, Piao Xue, time and again, brought her hope for survival.

Before long, Lu Qi slipped into a dream.

Piao Xue stood up, groping for a sheet of plastic and many very smooth pebbles from her backpack, she dug a shallow pit in the ground, laid the plastic sheet in the pit, then piled the smooth pebbles on top of it.

This was a simple dew collector; at night, moisture would condense on smooth surfaces like glass, metal, or pebbles. The plastic sheet absorbed the dew condensed on the pebbles, and in the morning, wringing it out would yield drinking water.

Although this method couldn't produce a large amount of drinking water, in the absence of a water source, it was all they had.

She dug five such pits in a row before lying down with her clothes on, curling her body into a ball to minimize radiating surface area.

...

The next day.

"Gulp, gulp!"

Lu Qi drank the sweet and delicious water in big gulps, feeling instantly revived.

Yet she didn't know that to acquire such a small bottle of water, two or three times smaller than a soda can, Piao Xue had wrung out the dew from five pieces of plastic sheet.

For the sake of this dew collector, Piao Xue had been carrying several kilograms of pebbles on the journey.

In a blink, the water in the bottle ran low, and Lu Qi then remembered Piao Xue.

"I'm sorry, Sister Piao Xue, I drank it all..."

"It's okay, I already drank." Piao Xue's face showed no expression.

Before the sun had risen, they walked forward for a full five kilometers.

An hour after the sun rose, it was no longer suitable for travel, as it would consume a lot of water.

Piao Xue found a protruding rock, and the two lay side by side under the rock. With the rock as shelter, the temperature would be about twenty degrees lower than elsewhere, allowing them to more easily endure the hottest part of the day.

In the desert, endless golden yellow stretched into the distance, like a giant piece of gold, with flowing sand dunes forming magnificent scenery.

But for those in the midst of the desert, this place was more horrifying than hell. Even hiding in the shadow of a rock, they felt like buns in a steamer, slowly being cooked.

Da da da!!

The roar of machine gun fire suddenly erupted, and Lu Qi, who hadn't been asleep long, awoke with a start, instinctively trying to leap from beneath the rock, only to be held down by a firm hand.

"Don't move, they're just firing blindly to scare us, no chance they could spot us from that height." Lying beside Lu Qi, Piao Xue said calmly.

As if those that had just swept overhead weren't bullets, but bird droppings or raindrops!

It was worth noting that this was a heavy machine gun, caliber 12.7mm, entirely capable of turning a person into mincemeat.

Gold-colored bullet casings even fell from the sky, landing not far from the two.

Lu Qi felt terrified inside; getting hit wouldn't just leave her with a few extra holes.

Indeed, as Piao Xue said, after sweeping the ground a few more times, the helicopter flew away with a rumble.

Lu Qi felt a pang of fear, thankful she hadn't jumped out earlier. If discovered, she'd have become a live target—a sure death sentence.

"Sister Piao Xue, you are truly amazing; it seems nothing is too hard for you." Lu Qi was merely a contact, not even considered a spy, and her limited training had long been impressed by Piao Xue's various survival skills, as well as her astonishing calmness and judgment.

Piao Xue sighed inwardly. No matter how capable a person, compared to nature, they are always so insignificant. Alone, she couldn't last a month in the desert, let alone with a burden like Lu Qi.

Moreover, it seemed the other side had begun searching the desert, and she feared they couldn't hold out many more days.

But she firmly believed that a certain someone would definitely come to save her.

Even if everyone else abandoned her, he wouldn't.

...

The King of Lesotho was assassinated, and the thirteen-year-old Little Princess returned to the country to ascend the throne. Many did not hold high hopes for Julia, thinking what waves could a mere thirteen-year-old kid cause; even if she ascended, the throne would not last long, and eventually, it would still fall into the hands of her uncles.

However, just two days after Julia returned to the country, everyone was amazed to find they had underestimated this thirteen-year-old Little Princess.

As soon as Julia returned, she immediately convened the nation's highest political council. Her first order of business was not to ascend the throne, but to investigate the truth behind her father's assassination, proclaiming that as long as the real murderer had not been discovered, the coronation ceremony would not be held. Whoever could uncover the truth of her father's assassination would inherit the throne!

Those uncles who had been trying all sorts of methods to prevent Julia's ascension were dumbfounded, and the united front to block Julia's coronation instantly collapsed.

To prevent Julia from ascending, her uncles had long made secret agreements, planning to thwart her coronation ceremony with various excuses.

But Julia was in no hurry to ascend; instead, she focused on investigating the truth behind her father's assassination. Additionally, by offering the throne as a reward, she plunged her uncles into a frenzy.