Chapter 1 The Imprisoned Boy Returned

Zhongzhou Province, Ancheng City.

The plane landed.

The moment Edward Chen stepped out of the airport, he felt the coolness of early autumn.

Ancheng City, I am back!

Edward tightened the collar of the coffee-colored trench coat and looked at this familiar and unfamiliar city. His thoughts returned to ten years ago, and he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

At that time, he was just an ignorant young man. He was adopted by the Shen family since he was a child, and his adoptive parents and younger sister treated him well and they lived a pretty sweet life together.

Edward and his first girlfriend Vivian Yun fell in love. After they ate the forbidden fruit, she became pregnant and was grounded by her family, not allowed to see Edward ever again.

Withstanding the tremendous pressure of the Yun Family, Vivian gave birth to a child.

When Edward learned that he became a father, he went crazy with joy!

Who knew that the day after Edward received the good news, he would be ushered into an eternal nightmare.

On the way to see the Yun family, Edward was suddenly kidnapped and knocked out. When he woke up, he saw his beloved Vivian in a strange room.

A...cold corpse.

Vivian's face still resembled a mortal fairy, but she was dead.

Then, a group of people suddenly rushed in and took various photos. The place became a crime scene.

As for Edward, he became a criminal who poisoned Vivian from hatred of love.

From great joy to great sorrow, Edward was framed by an unknown enemy and charged with murder overnight!

This was a complete conspiracy.

But no one could defend Edward.

The Yun Family recovered their daughter's body, took Edward's child, and moved away.

The adoptive parents, Shen's family, had since carried the infamy of a criminal’s family and never cheered up since.

As for Edward, because of his young age, he was sentenced to ten years in prison.

His lover died, the Yun Family disappeared, and he was ruined.

Edward thought that this was the end of his life.

However, the physical examination after Edward was imprisoned, and his extraordinary physical foundation, made his fate turn around miraculously.

Edward got a chance to redeem himself, although this chance was so risky that would cost him probable death as high as ninety-nine percent!

All the cause and effect came from a mysterious organization that silently guarded the country- The Great Wall Agency.

The Great Wall Agency was built to protect the country with its members’ devotions of flesh and blood!

The Great Wall Agency was stationed at the four borders of the country in the north, south, east, and west to prevent dead soldiers and special fighters trained by other countries from invading the country.

The opponents were all talented special warfare elites from hostile forces. Each of them could resist a hundred enemies in the rain of bullets, and even some of them could behead the commander in an army of ten thousand people!

Such enemies, if they sneaked inside, the destructiveness they could cause would be unimaginable.

In the Great Wall Agency, there were thousands of unknown heroes who died every year because of fighting with the enemies!

The heroes' blood permeated into the soil of the country, and the soil became the Great Wall!

Edward joined the Great Wall Agency. With his extraordinary talent and determination to protect the country and redeem himself, he quickly grew into a soldier who was a nightmare for his enemies.

In the first year, Edward killed hundreds of enemies!

In the second year, Edward left the country to hunt and kill more enemies by himself. He beheaded more than forty S-rank senior warriors of the enemy forces!

In the fifth year, Edward became the guardian of the West Pole of the Great Wall Agency and became the youngest commander of special operations.

In the eighth year, the western border of the country became a restricted zone for hostile forces. Edward issued an order to kill the hostile forces, and any enemy who entered the country would be killed within six hours!

Tens of thousands of solider elites, led by Edward, killed all of them, none of them slipped through this wiping-out net. Even more frightening was that the number of casualties in the battle of the Great Wall Agency was single digit!

One person and one force alone was enough to guard one country.

How powerful!

This was an outstanding meritorious deed that the country had never seen since its establishment!

Edward, the guardian of peace, was given the honor of the Strongest God of War in the country. He deserved it.

Among the high-level administrations of the country, he had a secretive and honorary name-Edward the Guardian.

The proud son of the country was born in a small city like Ancheng City, which should be a surprise to many people.

"Master, is this your hometown?"

A woman with a fiery figure and beautiful face, wearing a tight black leather jacket, followed Edward, asking questions in a curious tone.

"Wu Qi, I’ve already told you, starting today, call me Boss."

The hot beauty nodded obediently.

Wu Qi was one of the top talented women combat powers in the country, and the leader of the Fire Dancing Squad, the four major ace team stationed by the Great Wall Agency in the West.

As a fighting elite, Wu Qi had physical and fighting abilities that far exceeded the limits of humans, and could kill a violent bull with one punch!

After the western border of the country became the enemy's restricted area, Edward returned to his hometown to stand by for further order after official approval.

Wu Qi was both a security bodyguard and a personal secretary, responsible for helping Edward with various chores.

"Boss, where are we going now?"

Edward was also thinking.

With all his well-earned merits, Edward the Guardian walking in the country should be like an emperor with all the conveniences.

Edward had been collecting information on the Vivian case that got him wrongly imprisoned and probably had a clue already.

The one who directly framed Edward was likely to be the Lin family, the most powerful giant in Ancheng City today.

As for the reason, it was still not clear.

The evidence was nearly all gone.

However, the debts had to be settled eventually one way or another.

The most important thing now was to figure out the truth first.

Another news also made Edward have to pay attention.

The daughter of his adoptive parents, Menghan Shen, who grew up with him, was getting engaged!

She was engaged to Bo Lei, the young master of the Lei family in Ancheng City. Today was the day that the Lei family held the engagement banquet.

For the Shen family, Edward was grateful.

After Edward's accident, they looked around for any kind of relations that could help deal with Edward’s sentences lightly.

Moreover, Edward could completely imagine how the family of a "murderer" had suffered.
He must go to his sister’s engagement banquet.

Sending a generous gift and a blessing was also a little compensation for being a disappeared brother.

The adoptive parents might think that Edward was still serving his sentence.

"Go to Lei's house first."

...

Lei’s mansion was located in the wealthy area, east of Ancheng City.

Private-yard villa, European-style patio, luxurious decorations.

The noises in the yard spread all the way to the outside, seemed many guests and sounded lively.

Edward took Wu who now looked like a curious little girl and walked across the elegant threshold into the more elegant house.

A welcome table was placed at the entrance of the yard. There were so many guests who came to send gifts, and they lined up even to the door.

As an Ancheng City wealthy big shot, the Lei family obviously had a very wide network of contacts. These people were here perhaps also to establish relationships.

A male staff, with a slicked-back, stood at the table with a security guard. He was responsible for collecting the gifts. Seeing Edward walking in, he frowned and said aloud.

"I'm Jian Lei, the cousin of the groom-to-be, the two of you are here for the banquet?"

"Yes."

"Which family and friends are you related to?"

"Dear relatives of the Shen family, come to congratulate."

Upon hearing "Shen family", Jian, who had a small beard, showed a mocking smile.

"It turns out that you Shen people came here to climb up the food chain. Today, people are here for the Lei family's hospitality. The Shen family is nothing, and irrelevant relatives are not allowed here."

Edward raised his eyebrows.

"The two families are getting married, but the Shen family’s relatives are not allowed to take part in the engagement banquet?"

Jian shook his head, his tone full of disdain.

"Don’t pretend. For a low-status family like Shen, if it weren't for a beautiful daughter who was admired by our young master, how could you even survive in Ancheng!"

"We all know that the Shen family wanted to cling to the wealthy Lei family through their daughter, and now all their relatives came out to take a bite from us. Our Lei family's advantage is not so easy to be taken!"

Edward looked at the snobbery slicked-back and said lightly.

"What if I insist on going in?"

The slicked-back glanced back at Edward with a little surprise, and then said mockingly.

"Fellow, I suppose you are here to beg for dinner, not to find any troubles, unless you can give a generous gift, otherwise I will let the security kick you out, then it will be ugly to the Shen family!"

At an engagement banquet, if relatives of a certain family behave improperly, it would be a shame for the adults in public, and going straightforward was definitely not feasible.

"Oh? How is a gift considered a generous gift?"

"Huh, start at 10,000 yuan! Scared?"

The hustle and bustle at the welcoming table attracted many guests who came to congratulate the newly-engaged. They stopped what they were hustling and bustling and watched over or gathered around. Many pointed at Edward and whispered.

"It turns out that this person is a poor relative of the Shen family."

"He wanted to take advantage of us by entering the banquet. What's the use of being handsome? He didn't bring any gifts."

"They don't understand the rules at all. It is their blessing already that their daughter should be accepted by the Lei family."

"After all, they are from different classes. The Lei family is a big rich family, and the Shen family is just a street family, they can't be compared."

"I don't think he can even get a thousand yuan out!"

Today the Lei family was the host, and most of the guests who came were relatives or business partners of the Lei family. The ordinary “street” Shen family was completely ignored.

Jian with the small beard saw Edward not answering, thinking he was frightened, so said triumphantly:

“Are you bringing out the money? If you have the ability, you can take out 10,000 yuan now as the gift money, or you can quickly turn around and get out. If you have no money, go back to the streets. Don’t pretend to be rich."

There was a burst of laughter from everyone.

Jian was even more proud of someone supporting him, his face reddened and his beard upturned, as if he had suddenly become the center of the banquet.

"Haha, fellow, don't say I didn't give you a chance, dare you to bet? If you can come up with more than 10,000 yuan, I will kneel on the spot and give you three bows! Otherwise, you must call me grandpa in public! "

The scene became more lively, and everyone looked at Edward and Wu Qi, who were dressed in plain clothes. The crowd made a noise unanimously .

"Grandpa! Grandpa!"

"Lei's family is the place you can come?"

"If you want to take advantage, you must be a grandson first!"

It was hilarious for everyone to watch the excitement.

Ignoring the noise around him, Edward smiled faintly.

"Well, you people like to talk this way. Not bad, it's quite interesting."

After speaking, he turned to Wu who was watching around.

"Go, take the honor guard weapon that was awarded by the organization."

"Huh?" Wu looked surprised. "That thing can't fight, why bring it over?"

"Hurry up."

Wu stuck out her tongue and looked afraid of Edward being angry. She ran out quickly with her long legs.

In less than a minute, Wu carried a black flannel box back with her, surprising everyone in the crowd.

There seemed to be something heavy in it.

Everyone stretched their heads, wanting to see what Edward wanted to do.

Wu took the initiative to open the box.

"What the...? Are you going to film a movie?" Asked from the crowd.

As the box opened and the light flashed, everyone exclaimed.

Inside the box, there were no watches or jewelry.

It turned out to be a simple, wide-body and heavy-handed sword with red tassels and no scabbard.

It looked heavy.

The shape was stunning, and the dazzling reflection made it difficult to look directly at.

The blade was sharp and the pattern was solemn and elegant, much like the style of the Yue Emperor sword in ancient times, a national treasure. Although it was a weapon, it was obviously used as a gift or ceremonial. It was meticulously crafted and completely looked like a work of art.

Edward directly picked up the sword and patted it on the table.

Bang!

Jian was startled by the loud noise.

"What are you doing? How much is a broken sword worth?"

Edward didn't say anything, and casually scratched the sword with his nails.

The audience was quiet for a few seconds.

Suddenly, a woman trembled in her voice:

"This sword seems to be pure diamond!"