Chapter 1 A glorious return
Chapter 1 A glorious return
The twilight was deepening in the extremely cold Pola Islands. A green army jeep plowed along the
white snow road, raising bursts of flying snow. A young man in the back seat imperceptibly rubbed his
red eyes.
Behind the jeep followed an endless black mass of troops in military green fatigues.
At this moment, they all saluted to the young man with wet eyes, gazing at the fading jeep.
"Congratulations to the Conqueror!"
"Congratulations to the Conqueror!"
Suddenly, everyone shouted in unison, wave after wave, like an earthquake.
A big man named Charles was driving the car with glowing red eyes. He looked at the youth in the
rearview mirror. "Defensor, do you really want to leave?" he said reluctantly as he didn't want him to go.
The young man, Baron Owen, had been in the army for only five years, but had earned outstanding
achievements and merits. In his twenties, he had already become the youngest defensor ever,
guarding the Pola Islands of the State of Nona.
After becoming a defensor, but also accumulating countless battle achievements, the title of
undefeated Conqueror was bestowed on him! "Nowadays, the Pola region has been forged into an
invincible city, who else dares to fight?" Baron finished his speech and took out a group photo in white
on a red background, which was actually a marriage certificate photo.
The photo was of him and a woman with extremely delicate features. The woman seemed to be in her
early twenties, with long hair simply tied behind the head, slightly raised almond eyes, a high nose and
a small plump mouth. Even with a quick glance it was obvious that she was more beautiful than those
so-called stars. But in the photo she had an unhappy face.
“Tracy, how have you been?” Baron murmured as he stared at the alluring woman in the photo.
Looking at their only photo, he grinned happily as he recalled the past. Five years ago, Tracy Perry,
who was only a college senior, founded the Samho Group single-handed and thus became the
beautiful and well-known president of Nona. At the most critical time in Samho’s development, she was
framed, drugged and had a relationship with a security guard of the company. And this "lucky" guy was
Baron.
"Nona’s top beauty had a one night stand with a security guard!" Baron and Tracy had not even yet
walked out of the hotel when Nona headlines reported this affair, which countless media outlets
reproduced.
In the blink of an eye, from Nona’s top elite down to the common people, all knew that their number
one beauty slept with the company's security guard. Overnight, the market value of Samho evaporated
by half.
In order to minimize the impact, the Perry clan approached Baron and asked him to join the family as a
matrilocal son-in-law. The sensational news of their marriage spread like wildfire, while the Perry clan
became the butt of jokes. Not long after the wedding, Baron quietly slipped away from the family,
hoping for the day when he could be worthy of Tracy.
For five years, that beautiful silhouette, which appeared in his mind constantly, was the driving force
behind his step-by-step journey to the peak of glory. Whenever he thought of this woman, Baron was
overwhelmed by guilt.
Three days later, at Nona International Airport, a Boeing 747 airliner slowly landed.
"Finally, he’s back!" Baron stepped down the airstairs and stepped onto the land of Nona with a long-
lost smile.
"Mom, where are you?"
Baron had just walked out of the airport when he heard a clear little girl's cry. He felt a bit disturbed as
he did not know why this happened.
"Defensor…”
Charles, who was just about to speak, was interrupted by Baron. "From the moment I left Pola, I was
no longer the Defensor. This name is no longer allowed to be spoken!"
Looking at Baron with a serious face, Charles could not help trembling, and tentatively called out,
"Baron?" As Baron did not respond, Charles said with a smile, "Baron, that little girl looks like you. Are
you two relatives?” Baron subconsciously looked toward the little girl.
Baron glanced reflexively at the girl, but found himself unable to look away. A wave of nostalgia
washed him over, strengthened by the image of the weeping girl, and his heart ached along with it, as if
in resonance. Suddenly, the girl's sobs hitched and stopped, and she gazed at him with her eyes still
wet.
They stared at each other for a while, so now Baron could see the little girl's face more clearly. He felt
an inexplicable sense of closeness.
He saw a pink, carved and exquisite face, a powder puff of tender skin as delicate and smooth as
sheep's jade. With her large watery eyes fluttering, she had long eyelashes stained with tears.
The little girl was only about four years old and still so young but already beautiful. After growing up,
she would definitely become a heartbreaker.
"Daddy!" The little girl suddenly called out. Before Baron could react, the little girl had already run over
and hugged his leg smiling happily.
Boom! At this moment, Baron felt a buzzing in his head. Charles, who was off to the side, was also
stunned and his mouth quivered, "This couldn’t really be your daughter, could it?"
After a while, Baron came back to his senses. He squatted down, looked at the little girl who was
staring at him with big eyes fluttering, and said as softly as possible, "Little girl, you’ve got the wrong
person. I am not your father!"
"Wah….!" As soon as Baron said this, the little girl began crying again and wailed, "Daddy doesn't want
me! Daddy doesn't want me anymore!" Passersby glanced sideways at them, pointing in disgust at
Baron. He watched the little girl cry again. He felt his heart break, and was at a loss for words.
Baron was the defensor of the Pola and had terrified countless people, but now he was dumbfounded
in front of a child. If word of this got out, it would shock the hell out of everyone.
"Little girl, I'm really not your father!"
"Wah…daddy doesn't want me…” Every time Baron opened his mouth, the little girl would cry more
fiercely.
Five minutes later.
Baron was now covered in sweat and finally gave in. He gently picked up the little girl. Her big tear-
filled eyes have been staring at him the whole time and her little hands clutched Baron's clothes tightly,
scared to be left behind.
"Baron, since this little girl likes you so much, why don't you just be her father?" Charles said with a
smile, but quickly shut his mouth as he saw Baron’s angry eyes. C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
Baron had no choice but to carry the little girl to the airport security office. The little girl cried some
more as she saw but Baron left together with Charles. Baron could only put up with it even this was
heartbreaking.
Just as they left, a woman with blonde hair in a black close-fitting professional outfit hurriedly ran to the
airport security office. Her name was Tracy Perry, Baron’s wife.
"Lara!" Seeing the little girl crying, Tracy burst into tears and rushed over at once, hugging the little girl
tightly. The little girl meant everything to her. Five years ago she married Baron and soon found herself
pregnant but Baron suddenly disappeared.
She didn’t even know until her mother told her that Baron asked her father for half a million dollars and
left. At that time she wanted to kill herself repeatedly, but whenever she thought of the baby in her belly,
she chose to endure it all.
For five years, Tracy suffered humiliation, and even the business she created was taken away by her
family during her pregnancy. All of these were kind of aftermath. She hated Baron for disappearing for
five years without saying goodbye.
"Mommy, I saw daddy!" Lara said with fluttering big eyes. Then she pouted and was about to cry again,
"But, daddy doesn't want me anymore!” Hearing this, Tracy trembled fiercely with glazed eyes, as if
struck by lightning.