The Legendary Soldier

I Need That Money!

"Huh, just because of clothes and I have to divorce Intan!?"

Rika's welcome was like a double-edged sword, one piercing Andre's heart, killing his feelings, while the other eye pierced his heart, leaving him helpless.

"No! I won't divorce Diamond until the marriage contract is finalized!"

Andre was not afraid to refuse Rika's request even though he knew that Rika was the leader of all the Randana Family's wealth. He didn't care if Rika rebuked him, or even had the entire family bodyguard beat him to a pulp.

All she could think about was how she could earn money to treat her adoptive mother Suci's illness.

"WHAT DO YOU SAY!?" Rika was furious.

As Andre suspected, he received harsh treatment.

Rika threw three glass plates in front of him. The cakes on the plates flew aimlessly, one of which hit Andre in the face, leaving his face covered in chocolate jam and vanilla cake foam.

Andre dodged the first and second throws, but the third plate managed to scratch his left cheek.

Not stopping there, Rika stood up and kicked Andre's left cheek with her high heels.

Prak!

Prak!

Two kicks were enough to overwhelm Andre. His burly body collapsed. He collapsed, but kept trying to keep from collapsing into a prostrate position or curled up at Rika's feet.

"Intan, how presumptuous of your husband! Didn't your mom explain who I really am?" Rika stood in front of Intan, making the girl tremble.

Martha, Intan's biological mother, heard the commotion from the main hall of the hotel. She ran quickly to Rika's room and locked the door to prevent Andre's moans from being heard by the guests.

"Heh rotten! How dare you go against the Randana Family's orders! Didn't I warn you before, a hobo like you shouldn't be forced to enter this luxurious party. Look at your clothes, look at your face, look at the dirt on your neck and arms... how embarrassing!"

Intan approached Andre, grabbed him by the head, and pushed him so that his back crashed into the cabinet where Rika kept her expensive watches.

Rika was almost breathless when five of her watch collection fell from the top shelf. Fortunately, Andre was quick to grab them and put them on the table. But what happened was that Rika blamed Andre for all the commotion.

"Martha, teach that hobo a lesson! How could he touch the Randana Family's expensive watch! His hands could make that watch go bad. Hurry up and sell all five, I don't want to wear a watch that's been touched by a sick person like him!"

After cursing Andre, Rika had three bodyguards beat the man. Despite his memory loss, Andre did not simply forget his rigorous military training that led him to be considered one of the strongest soldiers in the world's military bases.

Jbuk!

Andre managed to subdue one of the three family bodyguards. "Fool! Your punches are weak, and irregular!"

The other two bodyguards were overwhelmed by Andre, until finally, Rika called in seven military who were given the special task of securing the Randana Family party. All of them carried rifles in their back pockets.

At first, Andre managed to withstand the attack of the nine men, but after a while, some of the military pointed the rifle at Andre's head.

"Put your hands up!" they called out.

Andre couldn't fight back, he complied with the military's wishes. Two bodyguards, who were already angry because they were beaten by Andre, landed two fists on Andre's lower back.

Not stopping there, the two beat Andre because they knew he couldn't fight back after being shot with an air rifle.

No one took pity on Andre, even though he was moaning in pain.

Fresh blood continued to flow from his nose and mouth.

Of all the pairs of eyes that witnessed the torture, only one person was teary-eyed, unable to bear to see Andre treated like an animal.

She was Liani, Intan's childhood friend, you could say they had been friends since the age of twelve.

Liani secretly has a crush on Andre, not because of his handsome face and masculine physique, but because she knows he is a hard worker.

"You military men, quickly take this slob to the corner bathroom! I'm sick of looking at his face!" Rika was furious, her face starting to turn red, showing that she was really emotional at the sight of Andre's face.

"Ba-well, Great Miss."

One of the seven military picked up a wooden crate at the end of the room, the remaining two carried Andre's body, putting the helpless man inside the crate.

Blak!

The chest is closed.

Andre couldn't see anything but a beam of light that crept through the crack in the crate door. And when it opened, he was forcibly pulled, then thrown until his back hit the hotel bathroom door.

"Once I see your face in Great Miss Rika's room, I won't hesitate to kill you with that baseball bat!" Vin, the military chief working for the Randana Family, threatened Andre as he pointed at the baseball bat behind the bathroom door.

"Scratch that!"

Andre gulped. He couldn't do much. He could have knocked out all the soldiers who were ganging up on him, but all the soldiers were carrying air weapons. The risk was too great to take a shot.

Out of the nine, Andre managed to knock out five of them, and even knocked out three of them.

Fighting nine people in a small room was not difficult for Andre, especially since he was the strongest soldier in the Golden Dragon, he used to train against 15 people at once.

Andre's fingers moved to his left cheek, where there was a laceration that kept the blood flowing. The wound from Rika's plate throwing.

"My teeth..."

Andre never thought about how painful the torture of the Randana Family would be. He intended to surrender, but circumstances forced him to persevere.

Andre has been Intan's contract husband for almost seven months, and during that time, he has been insulted, abused and beaten like an animal.

He has nothing to be proud of, and can even be likened to a man who has lost his self-respect.

Wait!

There was an incoming message. Andre opened his phone, reading the message closely.

"Hahaha, how does it feel to be humiliated like trash? Never mind, sir, you've already bled through this torture. Now is the time, come with me to the secret headquarters of the world's military. I guarantee you'll get whatever you want."

Andre was wide-eyed, he reread the message. "Sofi, how did she know I was beaten to a bloody pulp?!"

His curiosity was quickly dispelled when the wound on his left cheek opened up again.

"Ssshhh..." Andre groaned again when the sink water touched the open wound on his left cheek. "This is so painful, the wound must be wide!"

Andre looked in the mirror, surprised by the tear on his left cheek. He then turned around, running to the living room to find some ice cubes to stop the bleeding.

Having just opened the bathroom door, the man immediately stopped his steps and slipped. Andre almost collided with a beautiful girl.

"Take a look around!" the girl snapped.

As soon as she found out it was Andre, Liani immediately apologized. She expressed her condolences, expressing her sadness to Andre.

Their gazes met, the height difference making Andre have to duck his head to look directly at the girl.

Andre's eyes trace Liani's beautiful face, moving downward until he sees Liani's cleavage, which is slightly exposed.

"Uh, I'm sorry. I didn't see it on purpose," Andre said, looking away.

Liani's cheeks were red when she came face-to-face with Andre.

"What are you doing here?" Andre asked coldly, his face constantly turned away.

"I pity you. The Randana family has gone too far. They don't even care about the hurt and pain you've been feeling. For the sake of your foster mother, you are even willing to accept all these abominations."

Andre gasped, how could this girl know Andre was working as a contract husband for his foster mother?

Then Liani continued. "No need to be surprised, Intan told me everything. I've been friends with her since she was twelve. I know a lot about you. You're a real man, willing to sacrifice for the healing of others, even though you've been wounded to the point of bleeding yourself."

Liani grabbed Andre's burly shoulders, but he quickly stepped away to get her hands off his shoulders.

Since Andre was not responding, and perhaps uncomfortable, Liani decided to go back to Rika's room.

The whole family welcomed the arrival of a man wearing a gray suit with a black tuxedo. He was Steve Rockshaw. He openly said that he wanted to take responsibility for Intan's pregnancy.

Suddenly there was a shout from the end of the main hall...

"No way!" Andre shouted out loud.

"Shut up!" Steve approached Andre, grabbing him by the collar. "It turns out that this Randana Family slave, it's not bad either. You need money, right? I can give it to you, whatever amount you ask for. But on one condition..."

"Tell me what the conditions are!" Andre didn't want to lower his voice.

Steve burst out laughing in the crowd of invited guests. "Look at this poor guy, he lit up when I offered him a billion as long as he divorced Intan right now."

"What kind of slander," Andre was annoyed, and he let go of Steve's hand. "I won't divorce Diamond, no matter what."

"I'll raise the money to three billion." Steve said lightly, as if three billion was not a hard thing for him to get.

Andre was conflicted. On one hand, he loves Intan, but on the other hand, he needs the money for Suci's treatment.

Amidst the roaring indecision, the cell phone in his back pocket vibrated. There was an incoming call from the hospital. Because Andre was using an old-fashioned phone, and a cheap one at that, everyone laughed at him.

"Oh my, what old cell phone?! Intan, Intan, do you still want to keep an old-fashioned man like him?" Steve looked at Intan, then turned to look at Andre.

"Hello, with Mr. Andre?" came a female voice from the other end of the line. "We're from the hospital to inform you that..."

"Hold it!" Andre immediately snapped at the nurse. He ran through the crowd that was slowly pulling away in disgust.

"Nah, you old-fashioned man!" Steve yelled at Andre, as did all the guests at the party. They continued to boo Andre until he walked out of the main hall.

"What's wrong, Mrs?" asked Andre, standing ten meters in front of the hotel entrance.

Hearing the nurse's answer, the cell phone Andre was holding fell to the floor, but it didn't break.

Deg!

Bad news!

Andre's heart stopped beating, for a moment, then he left for the hospital. "Should I accept Steve's offer," he thought to himself.

Indecisive.