For countless generations, it is rumored that the empire's well-known Li family only had sons who became generals. In the eyes of the public, they are known as the 'Four Lions of the Li Family'. Where is the main protagonist? Isn't she included?

But the fact is, they actually have a daughter named Alicia Li. So four becomes five.

...

Alicia Li often disguises as an ordinary woman. Doctor by day, General by night. After years of romance, she was finally betrothed to one of the most distinguished generals in the Empire. She never imagined that day, when she is going to get married, she was played by that man.

She grabbed a random man at the street and dragged him inside the civil affairs administration.

Little did she know that the man is no other than her arch nemesis, the formidable General Benjamin Xue.

...

Benjamin was aware that marrying his arch nemesis may grant a truce between two special forces.

However, this announcement caused a big uproar. The general is married? To whom?

Alicia didn't have a choice but to disguise herself. Unexpected events led her from being close to him.

How will our Alicia keeps her distance when Benjamin always keeps an eye on her? And how would our formidable general will react when a certain woman is unaffected of his so called arrogant behavior?

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Chapter One

11:17 pm

After 6 hours of nerve wracking surgery, Erina's fiancée picked her up and bought her home to their apartment. It was 3 days since she last went home, she is so tired because of the numerous emergencies their department had to go through. Finally coming to her senses, she forced to open her eyes, holding back an excruciating headache. As her vision cleared, she could see a man and a woman, kissing passionately in a dimly lit room.

Erina looked at two in shock, like being strucked by lightning as they continue to kiss by her side. The anger inside her began to boil...

"Lina, my sweetheart, stop messing around, Erina only just fell asleep!" the man restrained the woman by her waist.

In an annoyed tome, Shin Lina responded "Are you afraid she will wake up and see us, oh come on! It's your wedding day tomorrow, why won't you give yourself to me tonight?!"

"You are such a troublemaker, let's go to the other room" the man said seductively

"No! Let's do it here- Oh wait, let's do it in the bathtub!" Shin Lina swiftly unbuttoned the man's shirt as their lips locked once again.

Who would have thought that the man who would he marry the next day, would be cheating right in front of her?

She tried to hold back her tears, but no, it poured like a stream!

Because of this man, she had to give up her priorities and her responsibilities. Because of this man, she left her family, her most beloved family who doted her for 20 years! Because of this man! She gave up everything, she being the next chief of the general surgery in the empires' top one hospital, her life which was once peaceful and silent. As it turned out, all she worked hard for, everything she did went towards preparing someone else's wedding dress!

She still had a lot of patience. Being a doctor, she had lots of it.

Erina continued to lie to herself. To believe what's really happening.

'It's just a horrible nightmare, tomorrow it'll be okay again' she told herself

At dawn, Shin Lina complained of being unwell as she led Valentin Han out. With that, Valentin was to leave and not return...

The next day, as planned, Erina drove herself to the Civil Affairs office with a bitter smile. As she stepped out of her car, she opened her phone and scrolled through her notifications. She was about to give Valentin a call, but, as she viewed his text message, it seems that he won't arrive anymore.

There is no 'another day', Erina disappointingly told herself.

Erina was about to leave when her eyes were drawn to a tall figure heading her way. She couldn't help but steal glances to this man, who has a jet black hair, his fitted Armani suit that complimented the masculine body underneath.

Looking down, she could see a perfectly straight legs leading to a pair of freshly polished Italian black leather shoes which glistened in the sun.

Although he was wearing sunglasses, one can see his chiseled face and sexy lips, which is enough to make women crazy!

Lubdub. Lubdub. Lubdub.

Why is her heart beating fast! Could it be that she was already enticed by this man?

Erina recognized this man, he was the Commander Executive of the Destroyers, 1st team of the elite special forces in the whole empire. Back then when she was still showing her presence in the army, she met him on the military ball hosted by their superiors. Although they didn't interact personally, and he haven't seen her face, it is enough that she knew him very well because his and her team isn't on good terms.

Is he... going to get married too?

"Commander, Miss Murong has not arrived on time... she is late by fifteen minutes!" the assistant behind him reported. By the looks of it, his rank is lieutenant colonel.

"Ring them and tell them if they can't be on time to a wedding, then forget it!" the man responded coldly.

"Commander, the Murong family said that miss Murong eloped with a man! Outrageous!"

"Never mind about getting married, they wasted my precious time! I knew this would happen! Let's go back to the military camp!"

"But, the marshal said that you must get married today, no matter what. Even if you were to marry a transvestite he wouldn't care..." the assistant replied timidly.

Fuck this old man! He said to himself

"Then, just randomly pick a lady from the socialite families...I'll give you half an hour..." the man ordered. He seemed a bit unreasonable.

Oh...so he is faced with a similar dilemma...even though it is slightly different.

Benjamin Xue had so much power, he could simply choose any woman he wanted. And as one of the most eligible bachelors, love was not his priority, his priority was to deal with the pressures from his elders to get married.

Suddenly, an idea came to Erina's mind. Taking off her sunglasses, she walked in front of the man and gently suggested, "General Xue, your bride hasn't arrived and my groom has run away...may I suggest we get married?"

Benjamin's assistant froze in disbelief, how is this woman so brave...?

Erina stood straight in confidence, she had gathered all her courage to do this.

Benjamin removed his sunglasses, revealing a pair of dark ink-like eyes; his pupils glimmered like a diamond. After a short moment, he turned to his assistant and ordered, "Give me her details!"

Of course, Benjamin's assistant already knew who she was. He quickly grabbed his cell phone, did a quick search for Erina's name and offered the findings to his boss. Two minutes later, the man's lips twitched ever so slightly as he responded with one word, "OK!"

Ultimately, she wanted Valentin to regret his decision!

When it was time to sign the certificate, the assistant's eyes bulged by the name she wrote.

Lady Alicia Erina Wallenstein Lycoris Li

It wasn't the calligraphy he was looking at, the name! That family name!

She came from Li family!

"I practice medicine by my mothers' maiden name, that why I use Lycoris. But it isn't my surname" with that short explanation, the assistant's jaw just dropped!

Didn't the great Li family have no daughter?

Benjamin was shocked by her revelation about her family heritage. He wouldn't have any problems in pleasing his old man at all!

Chapter Two

Erina suddenly wanted Valentin to feel regret!

Three years ago, she left the Haden Hall, her family's ancestral hall, to find true love. The head of the family, Marshal Li, and Erina came into an agreement. All she wished was to leave her responsibilities as the head of the Black Hawks and live a silent life, even if the old man would remove her from the family registry.

If she can get married at the span of three years, she could go.

Originally, she wanted to pursue medicine. So the elders of their family allowed her, but, in exchange to that, she would enter military, just as her family's tradition.

The Li family has produced countless marshals and generals. For the first time in history, the Li family has a daughter. Even though she is a girl, she isn't exempted from the burden of that tradition: to enter military.

So she entered military, in another country's military academy.

Not everyone knew that they had a daughter. Only a bunch of people knew her existence. She was well hidden through the years, using her mother's maiden name, to hide her identity.

Erina glanced on the man beside her once more. After an hour she was a married woman, she held the marriage certificate in her hands.

"General Xue, may I have a few words with you?"

"Get in the car!" Benjamin put his eyeglasses once more and entered the car. Erina followed closely. After getting in, she nervously looked at him before saying anything else.

"Thank you for marrying me. If you need anything in return, don't hesitate to tell me. Well, I have three requests, please hear them out. I hope you could abide at them."

"Speak" Benjamin loosened his collar as he responded tiredly.

"First, please do not reveal our relationship unless it's an emergency. Second, do not interfere in my personal matters unless needed. During the period of our relationship, I won't get close to another man. Lastly, please don't reveal my identity. I trust you, General Xue."

Benjamin gave a slight smirk. A dangerous aura swept through the car, "I promise you...but, after 6 months, I will publicly announce our marriage."

"Thank you!" Erina slightly nodded.

"Also...I don't believe a married couple should live separately! I'll give you three days to pack all your belongings and move inside the military compound. My assistant will be in touch with you."

Erina had no objections. Since they were now married, a request like this was reasonable. So she obediently nodded her head as she replied, "I agree!"

"Good!"

After the two made their verbal agreement, Erina got out of his car and left. Benjamin's assistant sat himself in the driver's seat and looked at him through the rear view mirror, "General, shall we return to the office? Or would you like to return to the estate to tell the marshal the news?"

"Follow Alice and report her every move to me!" General Xue ordered before stepping out of the car.

Suddenly asking him to marry her, something must have happened!

X Road

Erina drove away. She brought her car so she could just leave it there and follow his husband.

She is now a married woman. Erina looked at the passenger's seat and looked at the marriage certificate she held minutes ago.

After pondering thoughts, her phone suddenly ringed. It was from the estate. She answered very quickly.

"I'm going home" with that, she ended the call.

Everyone didn't anticipate her highness' homecoming. They were in shock and before they could recover from it, the butler opened the door of the sedan where the young miss is sitting.

"No need for formalities. Where is the marshal?"

"In the drawing room, your highness" the servants said in unison. The young miss of theirs wasn't whom they could see every day. After 6 years, she went back to the estate again.

The estate where she used to live was massive. Walls were encrusted with gold and the columns were lined with silver. It is painstakingly beautiful. Anyone could guess that aristocrats lived here and they would be right. They are aristocrats, indeed.

"Grandfather"

"Oh Erina! How come did you went back here? I thought you wouldn't step into my lovely drawing room of mine?" Irina, is really doted. As the fifth and youngest child in the family, everyone fancied her. She is an epitome of beauty and authority.

This old man is really joking. She thought.

"Grandfather, I think there's something that you should know" with the serious face of her, the old man's heart stopped.

"The marriage isn't going to happen anymore"

And again, the elder's heart stopped.

Bang!

Looking on the other side of the room, there was her second brother, and her mom

Oh no! They heard it! I am so dead! The timing is wrong geez what should I do? What should I do?

"Irina dear? What did you say? What happened?" Her mother rushed unto her. My dear mother is probably going to overreact at this. I hope she would faint.

"Mom, the-

"To cut the story short, mother, your poor daughter was cheated by that bastard. That guy, I shouldn't have entrusted him my sister" This time around, it was her first brother who cut her.

I smell rage and fury! How should I tell my mother that I broke off my engagement with that bastard guy and married a random guy in front of the civil affairs administration.

"But, grandfather, mom, errr"

"What errr? Spill the tidbits, young sister"

My grandfather slammed the table "Erina Li! I demand you to tell what happened next!"

"Err grandfather, after that, I married a random guy"

"WHAT?!?!" the poor marshal spitted the tea he was sipping. So hot!

The mistress of the house, her mother, fainted. Luckily, she was caught by her second brother.

"And, I am bringing him home next new year."

The next thing they didn't knew, her grandfather fainted because of the unexpected news her granddaughter told them.

Eldest brother frowned in disappointment. Just who is the man he married?