"The wonderful thing about women is that there are always new ones if you wait long enough," Guo Jia pointed out cheerfully before finding a chair to artfully drape himself over. "However, the more men you terrorize, the fewer you'll have showing up for duty. Perhaps that's why I was assigned to the Tartarus. I happen to be quite good at raising morale."

To be quite honest, Guo Jia had been rather surprised when he'd received his orders. It wasn't that he didn't like working with Jade or that they were a poor combination, quite the opposite, in fact. He foresaw them being a ruthlessly efficient combination. Too ruthless, perhaps, which is what was so interesting. He felt a little sorry for whoever they were tasked with fighting against. A little.