Chapter Fifteen: Good Brother Tian

  The phone was answered quickly, which surprised me. Su Haicheng's voice came from the other end of the mobile phone, and judging from the background noise, he should be driving. After answering the phone, he said only one word: "Hello."

  "Su Haicheng, where are you now?"

  "I don't accept being checked."

  What's wrong with this guy? I just asked him where he was and he replied like this. "I went to your house today, I heard some news that I want to tell you."

  "Call me back in two hours, I'm busy now, or you can come over now, I'm heading to the Sunshine Bar on Jian She Road." His tone sounded like he really was busy.

  "I am still in City A, I am at my home."

  "Suit yourself, I've already taken the car. I was thinking of calling you to take a look at it before we leave, after all, this car is under your name. Call me back in two hours."

  He said that and I got excited too. To be honest, I never thought I'd have my own car, even if the actual driver wasn't me. I rubbed my still damp hair and quickly jumped out of bed: "Wait for me, wait for me. I'll be there in an hour."

  I came by intercity train, and when I rushed to the station, there was a car ready to depart. I quickly tidied up my things and left a note for my mother before rushing out of the house.

  I don't know why, every time I come to A city it's always so rushed. Fortunately, today I took the intercity train, even if I didn't have time to eat, I still had time to take a bath.

  When I rushed to the Sunshine Bar, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, close to six. At this time, the bar was not open for business, and even the rolling door of the bar only rose halfway, indicating that they were not open for business.

  I didn't rush in, I'm not familiar with this area, who knows what's going on inside the bar? So I still called Su Haicheng first, and after getting confirmation, I bent down and walked into that half-opened rolling door.

  The lighting in the bar was very dim, with only two small lamps visible, and the decoration had a soundproofing effect, so no outside light could penetrate. The two small lamps could only illuminate an area of about two square meters. There was a small table, with two men sitting on either side, one of whom was Su Haicheng. The other man was dressed in a trendy outfit, even wearing earrings, with narrow eyes, a high nose, and thin lips. My first impression of him was that he was a sly fox. I thought he must have many female admirers.

  As I walked up to them, the man laughed and said: "This must be your wife!"

  Su Haicheng still had a cold face, holding a wine glass, and didn't even glance at me. I was also quite nervous and said: "It's not like that, we're just partners." To be exact, the two of us were just a pair of swindlers. Of course, in front of Su Haicheng, I wouldn't dare say this out loud. He felt like an unpredictable time bomb, you never knew when he would explode.

  The man smiled and said, "Girl, Haicheng is a soldier, he's been a soldier all his life. A soldier's girlfriend can't be changed back and forth, since he said you're his girlfriend, then just wait to become a military wife."

  "No, it's really not like that." I got a bit anxious and went over to sit beside them, saying to Su Haicheng: "You explain it!"

  He turned his head and didn't even glance at me, let alone speak to explain. The man sitting across from us laughed even more brightly. "So there's still a woman in Haicheng that he can't handle, I thought this guy had already become a lady killer."

  "Shut up, why are you talking so much nonsense?" As he spoke, Su Haicheng stood up and walked out, "A Tian, take her to eat, I'll go check on those things first."

  That man called Tian shouted loudly at his back, "You're obviously trying to escape! Are you sorry? I've checked those things, don't you trust me?"

  But Su Haicheng still walked out firmly, leaving only me and this man named Ah Tian. From their conversation, I guessed that they were friends before, and quite close ones at that, otherwise no one would dare to say such things to Su Haicheng. "Are you very familiar with each other?" I asked.

  "We're extremely familiar, we've been like two brothers since childhood. Come on, girl, I'll take you out for dinner."

  "That me, I'm not hungry." No way, I haven't eaten since noon and now it's already this late. As soon as I finished speaking, my stomach started growling loudly. And to make matters worse, it was in front of a complete stranger, making me feel even more nervous.

  Atian pulled me up from the chair, holding my arm and leading me to the back door of the bar, saying: "Don't be afraid, you are Haicheng's girlfriend, I will definitely take care of you. Otherwise, with his temper, he can beat me up."

  I followed him, thinking that this man must have misunderstood me and thought I was Su Haicheng's ex-girlfriend. But I'm really depressed, why didn't he go find his ex-girlfriend instead?

  Walk out of the back door of the bar, go through that small alley and you'll be at the restaurant across the street. Ah Tian is not stingy, he ordered several dishes and even asked me what I like to eat? Sitting next to the blue-checked tablecloth, I was a bit at a loss, didn't know where to put my hands.

  I didn't have any experience of having dinner with a man alone outside before, I always went out with my boss together with my classmates. Sometimes I would go out with Kakashi, but he was completely like a little brother to me, so I never felt nervous when I was with him.

  Ah Tian looked at me, serving me dishes while saying: "Don't be so afraid of me, I'll still go into the stockade with you guys in the future."

  "Into the village?" I thought to myself in surprise, "Did Su Haicheng tell you too?"

  "Right. I'm his good buddy. This time he came back, the only person he dared to face directly is me. And I even helped him find so many good things, this time he didn't bring me along, it's not reasonable."

  "What good things?" I remember Su Haicheng said he was going to check those things out. What did he ask Atian for? And when I called him, he told me to call back in two hours, so he should be busy with those things now.

  Ah Tian just smiled at me and immediately changed the subject: "Are you a student of D University?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Is there a campus belle among your classmates? Can you introduce me to her? If not, don't bother telling me, let's not waste our time."

  This guy is really crazy! But there's no way, he looks like the kind of person that girls would chase after. As for his proposal, I just smiled and didn't take it seriously. However, after this conversation, I did feel a lot more relaxed and was able to enjoy my dinner happily.

  After dinner, he still took me back to his bar. The bar was empty except for Su Haicheng. It seemed they were not planning to open tonight. Su Haicheng held a handful of marbles and threw them at an empty beer can three meters away, each marble accurately falling into the can. When he saw us walk in, he said gruffly, "You took so long just eating dinner."

  "We're not your soldiers, don't use the rules you have in the army to restrict others. Even eating this meal with a girl is too short of a time. Is everything okay?"

  "No problem." Su Haicheng replied and looked at me, "Speak up, what information did you get? Ah Tian is a trustworthy person."

  As he spoke, Ah Tian smiled at me specially. I sat on a chair not far from them and told them everything I heard today. I didn't tell him about falling down the stairs, anyway, I wasn't hurt. Let's just consider it a small matter.

  They both fell into silence after I finished speaking, the whole bar was quiet, as if only my heartbeat could be heard. Just in such a quiet situation, my mobile phone suddenly rang, and that ringtone seemed very abrupt. I hastily took out my mobile phone and pressed the answer button without even looking at the caller display.

  "Hello!"

  "Chen Siyi, is that you? I'm Su Haicheng's mom."

  Because there were no other sounds in the bar, I could still barely hear the voice from the receiver even though my phone was not on speaker. They both looked at me simultaneously. My heart rate accelerated immediately, and what I feared most was facing Su Haicheng's mother. She gave me a feeling of being very strong-minded, making me dare not speak.