"Ma, that's not... that's not what I meant. Ma! Ma! Ma!" yelled Zi Han but his words only fell on deaf ears.
Five hours later Zi Han was standing stiffly on the bridge of the warship, his shoulders slumped while his mother handed him a mission package.
"... After what we discussed earlier on I realised that it would be great if you pair up with Raya on his mission," she said her eyes glistening under the luminous light sparkling like she had won the lottery.
"Ma," called out Zi Han while rubbing the bridge of his nose. He couldn't believe she would actually think this was a great idea.
"He is the same age as you. He is hands-... no he is good looking and he is one of the best new recruits. Top tier highly efficient assassin," she said pausing mid-sentence when she realised handsome wasn't the best word to use especially when Zi Han had been exposed to that divinely handsome face belonging to Yi Chen every single day.