Chapter 47: As a Bad Person

  "Hundreds of birds pay homage to the phoenix."

  "Oh, do you know how high it is?"

  "I don't know."

  "How did you know it was 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix'?"

  "This, this, like."

  I don't understand why he's asking me these inexplicable questions. I vaguely heard the noise coming from behind me. Ah Tian roared: "What's with the treasure? Give it to me! Shut down!" Then, a small black thing flew out from beside me and smashed onto the rocks below, shattering into pieces.

  "Ah! My phone! I...I..."

  "Be honest, or I'll shoot you. Killing people is not something I haven't done before." Then the second phone was thrown over. I wanted to turn around and take a look, but Su Haicheng increased his strength and wrapped his arms around my body, preventing me from turning around, and continued to ask: "Will such a tomb be an official?"

  I'm getting impatient, I've said all this before. "Let go."

  "Alright, you three be honest and help us move the stuff to the place. Three hundred yuan per person per day, and we'll add an extra thousand yuan for you guys to buy new phones. Kakashi, bring your tablet over!"

  "Me?! Brother! Are you suspecting me of being a traitor?" Kakashi shouted, followed by his "ahh" voice. I couldn't turn around either and couldn't see what Atian did to him. All I heard was Atian saying: "If you don't give it to me, you'll be the same as them, throw it away directly. No big deal, I'll compensate you when we get back. Cut it out, these few bucks, I can afford to compensate."

  "Get out! Get out! Take Four One's phone and smash it! Go! It would be even better if you pushed Four One down the mountain together. Stupid dead person! Are you in charge of your soldiers or not?!"

  I also got anxious: "Hey, hey, Su Haicheng..."

  "It's nothing. Let's continue chatting. Bai Niao Chao Feng, so his descendants can become very high-ranking officials?"

  "Suhai City! What are you doing?!" The voice from behind seemed to be more cooperative, and directly turned off the power, saying: "You're carrying so many phones by yourself, don't strain yourself."

  "Don't worry, when they're worn out, I'll throw them all down the slide. I'll compensate you with a better one later. Tsk tsk, university teacher, your phone is also quite outdated."

  I was so anxious that I almost cried. This is obviously an illegal and lawless thing, Ah Tian! "What are you doing?" I shouted loudly, and struggled hard to get up.

  Su Haicheng suddenly hugged me and said, "Be careful not to really fall down!" Then he whispered in my ear, "If no one informs the army, the troops won't get the news so quickly. At that time when we arrived at the village, it was already several days later. The snake rolled down this morning, now it's just noon, and someone has been sent out. The traitor is among those few people."

  I was stunned, I never thought anyone would directly contact the troops, after all these people don't seem to have such a background. I also quickly lowered my voice and said: "Kakashi and the boss are absolutely impossible."

  He let go of me, but only changed direction and grasped my shoulder, allowing me to see those people: "Alright, Ah Tian. What are you doing?"

  Isn't it obvious? He's still asking this question, isn't he just pretending?

  "Nothing's been done, just farting around, and you still want to study it? Come on, let's go, we only have 24 hours."

  Kakaxi had an unpleasant expression, staring at Atian. The boss was relatively calm. Those three men all had a panicked look on their faces. No matter how sturdy they looked, they were still intimidated in the face of a gun.

  Su Haicheng directly took out my phone from my pocket, then turned it off and put it in his clothes pocket: "I'll keep it, not that I don't trust you, but I'm worried there might be tracking."

  Can I refuse? Because I see that even Ah Tian is turning off his phone. Now, we're really playing hide and seek in these mountains.

  This time the procession changed, with the three men at the very front, followed by Ah Tian holding a gun. Next were Kakashi and Boss, and finally me and Su Haicheng.

  Because I was walking at the back, I whispered to him: "When did you and Ah Tian design it?"

  "This morning at dawn, while you were sleeping."

  "Why didn't you go then?"

  "Ah Tian is now a bar owner, if he robbed someone it wouldn't make the news, but if I robbed someone, I'd probably be on the front page."

  Kakaxi said in front of me with a bad tone: "My tablet, he didn't even put a case on it and just threw it directly into his bag. He knows there are knives, guns, and bullets in his bag, if my screen gets scratched I'll make him pay for a new one!"

  The mountain road was not easy to walk, but with a gun on my body, the whole journey was very calm. After we said a few words at the beginning, no one spoke again, and everyone walked silently, which made our speed much faster.

  It was under the scorching sun in the afternoon, walking until past three o'clock. Kakaxi sat down on a stone by the side of the road first, panting and saying he needed to rest. He said: "If I really faint from exhaustion here, you guys will have to use your strength to carry me. How unprofitable! Let's take a break, let's take a break!" As he spoke, he poured water for himself.

  "Alright, if you faint, I'll just kick you from here and you'll be down. No need to carry you. Alright, rest for now, drink water if you need to, pee if you need to, we'll continue in 20 minutes."

  This really treats us like soldiers, with our time all scheduled out.

  I quickly found a place to sit down, instinctively thinking of taking out my phone to check the time, but I realized I didn't have it. It's really not habitual. Watching Ah Tian walk near Su Haicheng, the two people were talking there. "It's been a long time since we've had this kind of passionate feeling. We really miss our days when we were soldiers together."

  Taking advantage of their inattention, I also hastily squeezed together with Kakashi and asked in a low voice: "What about the one you were investigating?"

  The boss also came over: "What are you two doing? Now everyone is on the same line as ants, if Su Haicheng and others have an accident, we will all be finished. If we really get caught by the troops, I won't need to work anymore. You two don't even think about graduating."

  "Boss," Kakashi said, "I think for graduation, this trip is absolutely worth it. This life experience is definitely movie-worthy, and after it's over, I'll write about it and try to make a film out of it. By then, who cares if I graduated or not?"

  The boss asked me in a low voice, "Si Yī, what's the extent of your relationship with Sū Hǎi Chéng? Although it's not my place to ask this, but as your teacher, I still want to remind you that sometimes you should be more rational."

  I nodded silently, knowing what he meant was to let go, but it's hard for me to say whether I can or cannot let go now. Firstly, Su Haicheng and I have already developed some feelings like a couple, not to mention love or not. That night, when he rushed towards me and fell down the mountain, I was still touched. Moreover, now his grandfather and mother think that I am carrying his child, just this point alone makes it impossible for me to turn around and leave.

  The break time ended soon, when Ah Tian urged us to hurry up and continue on the road, Kakashi found an opportunity to tell me: "I've investigated, didn't see clearly. There are five or six leaders whose hometown is here, the highest in power, is a general."

  Kakaxi finished speaking and quickly followed the team. Su Haicheng patted me and asked, "What are you spacing out for? What did that kid say to you?"

  "What's wrong? What's wrong? Kakaxi often talks nonsense, don't mind him." We also followed the team. It was just that during the march, my brain was full of the scene when we first saw the tombstone. I asked them if they knew the person on the tombstone, Atian was about to read the name, but Suhai Cheng interrupted him and said "Don't know!" At that time, I didn't think much of it, but now thinking back, Suhai Cheng deliberately spoke so loudly, in order to interrupt Atian's speech, to prevent him from continuing, if the name on the tombstone was some kind of general in the army, maybe they really knew.

  What? Q? General Q? No, General Q would never be a dead person! What's the relationship between them then?