The Supreme Soldier in the City
Chapter 100 Too Shameless

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Too Shameless

James Brown overslept, finally getting up just after 6:30 am.

After freshening up, Helen Wilson also got up, and James greeted her with a smile, "Morning, Officer Monaghan."

"Morning!" Helen replied with a rather stiff smile.

James thought Helen might be uncomfortable staying at his place, but he didn’t dwell on it. He pointed to the clothes hanging in the bathroom and said, "You were a mess last night, so I washed your clothes. They’re not completely dry though, so you might have to make do with them or head home early to change."

Helen looked at the bathroom, then showed a genuine smile, "Thanks a lot. I didn’t even realize I had thrown up. That must have been such a hassle for you."

James shook his head and remarked, "Officer Monaghan, as I told you yesterday, you have to be careful with alcohol. You’re lucky it was me who found you, otherwise..."

"True, true," Helen hurriedly agreed. "I was just in a bad mood, lucky indeed that I was drinking with you."

Although they were talking about the same incident, their internal thoughts couldn’t be more different.

"Alright, hurry and get ready. I don’t have any spare toothbrushes, so you might want to go brush your teeth back at your place."

Helen nodded, entered the bathroom, and closed the door, then looked around. The bathroom was simple: a toilet, a washing machine, and above the sink was a small shelf with two cups containing toothbrushes, but only one towel.

The presence of two toothbrush cups suggested someone else lived here, and Helen figured it must be the university student named Emily Stuart.

This made Helen somewhat puzzled. If James was questionable, why would he let a girl stay here?

Thinking of Emily Stuart, Helen suddenly understood. Emily always said that James was a good man, which must mean he hadn’t done anything inappropriate. A girl would naturally trust a man who treated her with respect, which would explain why Emily thought highly of him.

Using her police intuition, Helen quickly made such a judgment.

It wasn’t that Officer Monaghan was misguided in her thinking; her notion had crystallized into one direction because James had brought home a drunken beauty, unharmed.

However, on the other hand, Helen felt James was really decent— he even washed her clothes, and his place was tidy, not messy like most men’s places.

"No way... Is he a bottom?!" Helen suddenly had this thought since typically, women did the laundry and cleaning.

"My goodness, he looks so strong, and yet a bottom? Looks can be deceiving."

It must be said, the thoughts of Officer Monaghan were wickedly playful, resulting in her stomach feeling upset again. She quickly washed her face without daring to use James’s towel, and then hastily left his apartment.

"What was that about, why did she look so odd?" Even if James were as clever as John Bright, he would never guess Helen’s thoughts.

After Helen left, James started to make breakfast but was interrupted by a knock at the door. Opening it, he found Emily Jenkins and Sarah Jones standing there.

"This early in the morning, what’s the matter?" James asked, puzzled.

Emily stuck out her cute tongue a bit, "Big Brother Brown, we came to sponge off your breakfast."

James couldn’t help but smile wryly, "Well, come in then. You two really take the cake, treating this place like a cafeteria."

While James understood why Emily would freeload, having been neighbors for a while, and knowing she wasn’t the reserved type, Lucy Campbell was different—being the top beauty in SSUP Country with a massive wealth, and yet here she was also coming over for breakfast made no sense.

Lucy entered the living room, her eyes smiling at James, "Where were you last night? You didn’t even say you wouldn’t be back; I knocked several times and had to end up eating instant noodles."

Emily nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, me too. I knocked many times."

James reluctantly explained, "I had something to tend to last night and ate out."

Lucy squinted her eyes slightly, "Next time you’re not coming back, could you at least give us a call? It would be easier to plan."

"Do we really need to do that? I have to ask for permission now if I’m not coming home?" James questioned.

Lucy responded nonchalantly, "Yes, you do, otherwise who would cook the food we bought?"

"So you’re saying I don’t need to buy groceries anymore?"

"If you can promise to come home every night to cook for us, then no, you won’t need to," Lucy nodded.

James immediately shook his head, "Sorry, can’t promise that. I have my private life and my circle of friends—it’s normal for me not to come home for dinner."

Lucy Campbell immediately said, "Of course, but you should at least give us a call beforehand, right?"

James Brown couldn’t help but feel like everyone was living together, although the three of them lived on the same floor and shared an elevator, they at least weren’t living in the same apartment, right?

"Big Brother Brown, you wouldn’t say no, would you?" Emily Jenkins fluttered her eyelashes, her big eyes brimming with moisture, as she started to act cute.

James Brown couldn’t stand Emily Jenkins’s look, hurriedly raised his hands to surrender, and said, "Alright, alright, I agree."

Lucy Campbell and Emily Jenkins immediately high-fived and cheered. Seeing Lucy Campbell also shouting without any image, James Brown suddenly felt incredulous — was this the same Lucy Campbell, renowned as the number one beauty of SSUP Country? She seemed just like any ordinary woman now.

Each person had two fried eggs and a glass of milk, along with slices of bread; such a simple breakfast also left Lucy Campbell and Emily Jenkins fully satisfied.

"I have to go to work now, can you help me clean up a bit?" James Brown quickly finished his meal, pushed away the plate, and left. These two had enjoyed a free meal, so it was only fair to ask them to do some work.

"Wait, I’ll come with you," Lucy Campbell quickly followed him.

"Ah! You two are bullying me!" Emily Jenkins shouted from behind but still obediently cleaned up everything. Now that she was really poor, she could only compensate by doing some work.

Upon entering the elevator, James Brown looked at Lucy Campbell, dressed in a standard professional suit, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Lucy Campbell smiled slightly and said, "Dressed like this, can’t you tell what I’m planning to do?"

James Brown looked up and down at Lucy Campbell and said, "With this look, it’s like a standard urban white-collar worker. You wouldn’t tell me you’re planning to go to work, would you?"

Lucy Campbell chuckled lightly and said, "You guessed right, I actually am going to work."

"Oh."

Lucy Campbell noticed that James Brown didn’t continue to inquire and felt a bit disappointed, but still asked, "Aren’t you going to ask where I work?"

"You definitely won’t be working at the same place as me."

"That’s not necessarily true, who knows, maybe one day I’ll work at the same company as you."

James Brown was intrigued, and with a smile, he said, "Now, first you poach Mr. Lopez, then Sunny Nguyen. Surely you aren’t planning to poach me for your company too?"

"What do you think? Interested?" Lucy Campbell didn’t deny it.

"Well, it depends on whether your company’s offer is better than what I have now. If it’s better, I wouldn’t mind going there. People reach for higher grounds, water flows downhill, right?"

Lucy Campbell narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Then I’ll take that as a yes."

James Brown was a bit surprised and said, "You aren’t serious, are you?"

"Do I look like I’m joking?"

James Brown looked at Lucy Campbell and shook his head, "Miss Johnson, thank you for holding me in such a high regard, but I really don’t want to relive my past life. I’d rather be an ordinary person, go to work, hang out at bars, have a drink, shoot the breeze with coworkers... I find this life quite pleasant."

Lucy Campbell immediately retorted, "Who said I want you to be my bodyguard at my place?"

"Then what would you have me do at your company? I don’t have many skills; I can drive, but that hardly makes me a talent. There’s no need to specifically seek me out, is there?"

"It’s simple; I trust you. If you were at my company, I would feel reassured. Managing a company without a few trustworthy people just doesn’t work."

At that moment, the elevator doors opened, and the two of them reached the ground floor, interrupting their conversation. They walked out of the elevator side by side, Lucy Campbell asked, "So, do you agree or not?"

"Let’s talk about it later, I’m feeling good right now."

"Alright then. But I think you’ll want to change places soon."

James Brown didn’t say much more. He understood the implications of Lucy Campbell’s words well — implying that both Gina Lopez and Sunny Nguyen would leave; and with JYPP Region Company returning to the hands of the headquarters’ people, it was hard to predict whether it would maintain its current atmosphere.

Glancing around briefly, James Brown noticed people following both in front and behind them, seemingly casual but unmistakably different from ordinary people to his trained eyes — these were clearly Lucy Campbell’s bodyguards.

The two exited the complex, and immediately a taxi drove up; Lucy Campbell got in. James Brown recognized the driver — the very same one he had seen in the bodyguard room that day. This made him slightly amused. Lucy Campbell seemed to want to lead a normal life, but this normalcy was obviously a bit lacking. However, thinking about someone like her wanting to live a truly ordinary life would be much more difficult than for him.