Chapter 65: Made a Deal with a Dead Man

  "We...we...I'll eat first," I said, reaching for my chopsticks. He suddenly asked this question, which was difficult to answer. What is our relationship? What kind of relationship do we have?

  My chopsticks had just reached out, and these private dishes looked quite delicious. He suddenly said in a stern voice: "Answer the question!"

  For a moment, several people in the store looked over at him, and he felt that he had gone too far.

  I took back my chopsticks, how can he still not change this habit of his, treating me like I'm one of his soldiers? "We..." I still don't know what to say. Partner? It seems we've already surpassed a partner relationship. Lovers? He's never told me he likes me either. And those words he said to his grandfather, it felt like he was just comforting the old man.

  He just sat across from me, staring at me like that all along, "I don't know. An unclear relationship."

  "What kind of relationship do you want us to have?"

  I feel like his question is a bit, you know? Is he hoping to have some kind of relationship with me, that's why he's asking so persistently? Has he developed feelings for me? Hoping to get my confirmation? If that's really the case, then I should boldly say we're in a romantic relationship.

  I thought so in my heart, but I was also afraid that if he didn't think so, I would say such words first and be rejected by him. Or he simply ignored me?

  It shouldn't be, right? Several times it was him who kissed me first. If he didn't have feelings for me, he wouldn't do that, would he? And Tian also said that a guy like Su Haicheng, who grew up in the army, having a woman suddenly appear by his side is like winning the lottery. This lottery ticket of mine has hit him right on target, will he be happy about it or not?

  So should I mention our relationship now?

  Alright, I'm betting on it! Today, either I'll lose face all the way home or I'll bring this boyfriend of hers back home!

  After making up my mind, I quickly leaned in and pecked at his lips. However, just at that moment, he turned away, and my lips only landed on his cheek.

  That man's skin felt neither soft nor very hard, and his face still had a rough feel to it. But why did he turn away? I was clearly kissing him on the mouth.

  My movements froze, and my heart turned cold in an instant.

  It turned out that I really lost the bet, he refused my kiss. I slowly sat back in my own seat, smiling a bit awkwardly: "Let's eat. I'm really hungry."

  I lowered my head, eating my rice mouthful by mouthful, with a bitter feeling in my heart and a lump in my throat. I was even afraid to lift my head, fearing that he would see the redness in my eyes.

  I continued eating, but I also knew he had called the waiter over, ordered a pack of cigarettes and lit one up. Ah Tian smokes, my boss smokes, but this was the first time I'd seen Su Haicheng smoke. I didn't want to say anything either, worried that if I spoke, my voice would crack with tears.

  He didn't say anything else, probably angry with me. Okay, whatever he wants to choose, let him be. Anyway, I'm used to being someone's supporting actor.

  The meal was indeed delicious, but unfortunately I only ate one and a half full. There were things on my mind, so I couldn't eat much. When we left the private restaurant, it was already late at night. He drove me directly back to my little house.

  After entering the door, I reached out to touch the switch on the wall, but my hand was caught by Su Haicheng. Before I could react, he had already pushed me into the house, closed the door, and kissed my lips in the darkness, tightly hugging my waist, lifting me off the ground, and walking towards the room.

  I struggled frantically and he didn't let go of me until I got back to the room. "What's our relationship now, is it clear?"

  I stood in front of the bed, in a room without lights on, looking at his silhouette, and for a moment I didn't know what to say. I just stretched out my hand, pushed him gently in the darkness, and kept a little distance from him. "Then why did you...?" Since his answer was like this, why didn't he let me kiss him earlier?

  He didn't let me finish speaking and directly took action. Sometimes he's a man of action, sometimes he doesn't like to talk and instead uses actions to express himself. Like now. Even though I had obvious refusal movements, he still didn't let me go, using direct and forceful means to ignite me. At that time, I couldn't even remember that the person rolling in bed with me was a heartless dead man!

  For the situation where he turned his face away from me and didn't let me kiss him in the private dining room, it wasn't until many years later when I complained to him that he told me it was because soldiers are not allowed to show such intimate behavior in public, even with their own wives. So there was this contrast between his proper demeanor in front of others and his extremely flirtatious behavior when alone with me.

  Of course, that's another story.

  When Kaka Xi moved a big pile of things to my place, I was still wrapped in the quilt with nothing on, listening to him and Su Haicheng talking through the closed door.

  Kakashi was very skilled with computers, and the listening device was assembled in no time. "It's done, now we just have to wait for A to bring back the listening card. As long as someone calls the number we set, it will automatically record as soon as we pick up." Kakashi's voice was filled with excitement, seemingly very satisfied with his work.

  But it seems that using a listening card privately is illegal, but now I can't take care of so many things.

  Su Haicheng still didn't say much, just listening to Kakashi's nagging.

  "Sū sǐ rén, nǐ shuō nà liǎng jù shī tǐ chū shuǐ de shí hòu, shì guāng liū liū de, hái shì yǒu yī fu de? Jiǎ shè a, tāmen shòu dào le shén me tè bié de shì qíng yǐng xiǎng, shī tǐ huó guo lái le. Kě shì yī fu huó bù guo lái a? Liǎng gè guāng liū liū de rén zài nà zhài zǐ fù jìn zǒu dòng zhe, kěn dìng huì yǒu rén zhù yì dào."

  Translation:

  "Dead person, you said that when the two corpses came out of the water, were they naked or clothed? Suppose, if they had been affected by some special thing and came back to life. But clothes can't come back to life, right? Two naked people walking around near the village would definitely be noticed."

  "Hey, drag the sofa over, from now on I can sleep on the sofa at night."

  "Susu is still dead asleep, where's Siya? It's already this late and she hasn't gotten out of bed yet? She was never late for class before. The boss will be here soon. I hope it's not that she didn't wear clothes and doesn't dare to come out."

  Cassie, I finally found the problem. In my house, I don't see anyone else. But now I really don't want to go out and deal with him. I'm still in bed, but my clothes are in the room.

  Half an hour later, I tidied myself up and opened the door to go out. Just then, Kakaxi was saying: "Do we want to wait another nine years? Nine years later, let's see if there will be another night of death in the village, and then the troops will come to burn the village again. If it happens again, we'll investigate. By the way, who pays our salary for doing all this? This equipment also cost a lot of money."

  "I'll reimburse you." Su Haicheng finally spoke up.

  Kakaxi smiled helplessly: "We are destined to be nameless heroes in this life. But I've decided, if we really succeed, I'll write all these things down, even if they don't sell well, it doesn't matter, I want my grandson to know that his grandfather was a hero who saved many people when he was young."

  "Kakashi, I reckon your true worth isn't selling well. I never thought of becoming a hero."

  "Fourth Sister, we are now on a sacred mission to save those many people in the village."

  I walked towards the bathroom, not listening to his words. I don't know how Su Haicheng told Kakashi and others these things over the past two days. From initial curiosity and deciphering to now being the unnamed hero who saved the village. When Su Haicheng was in the army, was he a political instructor or something like that, doing ideological work for others? What he's best at is probably deceiving people's hearts? This word doesn't seem quite accurate, it's roughly this meaning.

  When I came out after washing up, Ah Tian had already arrived. He was still holding a lunchbox, and Kakashi was already selecting dishes.

  Su Haicheng sat in front of a listening device with a computer, wearing headphones, and inserted the monitoring cards one by one into the card slots, connecting them to the data cable.

  "Hey, Haiteng, where did you use that real-name card yesterday? This morning, Xiao Shao called me and asked about you, saying he heard you were dead, but then your card was swiped again."