Chapter 40: Am I an Undercover Agent?

  I felt my chest get wet, saw Zhang Ting cry and her nose suddenly turn sour. I used my hand to wipe away her tears and kissed her, the tears were sweet.

  "Zi Jiang! I want snacks!" Seeing Zhang Ting burst into laughter.

  "Hehe, let's go get some snacks!" I pulled Zhang Ting directly to the supermarket, it's been a long time since we last held hands, and I put my hand in my pocket, afraid of losing it. I stared at her, feeling that her complexion wasn't good, it seemed that this period of time had made her very unhappy.

  "Ting Ting! Help yourself to anything you want!" I took her to the snack cabinet, and with a flourish, tossed out this sentence. She still had that same look on her face as she tore into something to eat. I pinched her cheek, picked up our things, and led her out. We randomly found a coffee shop and sat down. I thought to myself, "I'm going to take a good look at her now."

  "What's wrong!" Zhang Ting might have been stared at by me for a long time and was embarrassed, so she took advantage of no one seeing her and kissed me on the cheek. Seeing that her face was still red, I felt delighted in my heart.

  "I still can't look at my own girl, huh?" I really like the time spent with her, she lies directly on me, and for some reason, I have a small habit of liking to smell her hair, feeling that time is quite still now, as if there are only two people in the world.

  "Zi Chuan, actually... I think there are some things you should tell me?" Zhang Ting asked, lying in my arms.

  "Huh?"

  "Why did you run so far? And why did you ask me last time if you weren't an ordinary person..." Zhang Ting asked casually, but it made me feel a bit tense. Should I tell her?

  "Ting Ting... actually... I..." Just as I was about to speak, the phone rang. I took a look and it was Director Jiang's call. I told Zhang Ting to wait for me. "Director Jiang,"

  "Ah! Zikawa, you're back and didn't even say a word to me." It seems Director Jiang is quite pleased.

  "Hmm, I just arrived too, how did you know I was back?" Yeah, he just got back, how would he know?

  "My subordinate just saw you near the school, this time I've dragged you into trouble, are you okay?" His subordinate? It seems he really does send people to protect Zhang Ting every day, I'm quite grateful to him.

  "This is hard to say, let's talk about it again when we come out together at night."

  "Uh-huh, okay, I still have some cases to attend to."

  I was thinking of taking everyone out for dinner tonight. To be honest, we've never hung out together before - on one side is my woman and on the other are my brothers who have shared joys and sorrows with me.

  "Tingting, can I tell you about my stuff tonight? Tonight I'll introduce you to a few friends." I stroked Zhang Ting's hair, thinking in my heart that I would take the opportunity to explain things clearly tonight.

  "Uh-huh."

  I called Ze Hong and told him to go out for dinner together at night, when I contacted him, he changed his expression as soon as he came down the mountain. "Is there a beauty?"

  I sat in the coffee shop with Zhang Ting for a long time, and when I saw that it was getting late, I went to find a restaurant first. After finding a frequently visited restaurant and sitting down, I notified Director Jiang and Ze Hong. Zhang Ting and I were sitting there, and from time to time, I pinched her face and put her hands in my arms.

  "Ugh, sis, bro-in-law, can you be any more corny?" Wait a minute, isn't that Rain's voice? I take a look and hey, this little girl actually came with Ze Heng and the others, and there's Ruo Qin too! "Whoa, how did Sheng Tong manage to do it?" This is really beyond my expectations, I didn't think Sheng Tong would go and find Ruo Qin.

  "Hey, brother-in-law, you invited me to dinner without telling me!" Seeing Yu Xin had arrived, Zhang Ting was also quite happy and busily pulled her to sit beside her. I then realized that I had said I felt like someone was missing... but it's okay, she came by herself anyway. "No, no, how dare I not tell you? Isn't this just Ze Hong and the others inviting you along?"

  I saw Yu Xin deliberately winking at me, telling me not to provoke her, or she'll tell her sister on me. I'm afraid of her. "Huh? Zi Chuan, are these the ones you wanted to introduce?" Zhang Ting whispered to me privately, because she had seen Ze Hong and Shi Teng's slyness before.

  "Uh, Tingting, don't be afraid, those two may look shady on the outside, but they're actually good people." As I said this, both of them heard me. Ruoxin burst out laughing, while Shiteng's face turned bright red. "Zi Chuan big brother! You're saying my senior is shady!" Ze Heng called out after hearing Shiteng tease him, "Hey, are you selling out your senior at a time like this?"

  They saw the two of them fooling around, "Alright, alright, let's order first. Director Jiang will be here soon."

  "What? Director Jiang is coming too? Then we'll have to get him drunk tonight." Except for Zhang Ting and Yu Xin, who didn't know who I was referring to as Director Jiang, the others were taken aback. Zhang Ting and Yu Xin looked at me in confusion when they heard me mention this name.

  "Zi River, who is Director Jiang?"

  "He's a big shot, haha." I whispered to Zhang Ting and Yu Xin. After a while, Director Jiang arrived, dressed very simply in casual clothes, "Haha, sorry about that, I'm late." After Director Jiang sat down, I asked the waiter to bring the dishes.

  "Zhang Ting, Yu Xin, this is Director Jiang of the Public Security Bureau." I introduced Director Jiang to them because everyone else already knew him.

  "Huh? Nakagawa, how did you know him?"

  "Brother-in-law? How did you get caught?"

  I looked at the two sisters in shock, "I wasn't caught, if I was caught would I still invite Director Jiang to dinner?" I also laughed and said that I was taken away, but those who were taken away were Ze Hong and Shi Teng.

  After the dishes were served, I started the conversation. I held Zhang Ting's hand because I had promised her in the afternoon that I would tell her everything. "Ting Ting, taking this opportunity, actually none of us are ordinary people." What I said included Ze Hong and Shi Teng, everyone who heard me say this was stunned, but with different meanings. Ruo Qin and Jiang Ju both knew our identities, but they didn't think I would say it out loud, while Zhang Ting and Yu Xin were even more shocked after hearing it, I saw Zhang Ting seem to be about to cry.

  Everyone stopped and listened as I continued. I rubbed Zhang Ting's eyes, wondering whether or not to say it. "Tingting, actually... the three of us are..."

  "We three are undercover..." I said this when Ze Hong and the others were relieved, if I told Zhang Ting, the danger behind would be more and more, but not telling her, isn't there still danger? I sighed, Jiang Ju didn't think I would say that, but he cooperated with me.

  "Uh, yes, the three of them are our police bureau's undercover agents." Director Jiang said it very casually while eating two mouthfuls of food. Seeing Zhang Ting's expression also changed a bit, she stared at me. "Wow, brother-in-law, you're an undercover agent too!" Yu Xin exclaimed in surprise.

  "Hmm..."

  "Zi Jiang, why didn't you tell me earlier? Was it dangerous?" Zhang Ting stared at me, making me feel a bit warm. "A coincidence led me to meet Director Jiang and become an undercover agent. I wasn't afraid that you would worry about me, was I?" I acted cute, and she still hit me once.

  "Oh, I knew it, you guys were looking for Ruo Qin last time." Yu Xin seemed to have figured something out and said it out loud.

  "Uh-huh, last time they found out clues that I was very dangerous, so they protected me." I saw them all covering up for me, and I felt it was enough.

  "Alright, alright, everyone eat, let's not talk about this anymore." Jiang Ju actually changed the subject, I helped Zhang Ting with some food and fed it to her mouth, looking at her opening her mouth made me want to kiss her. The dinner party started like this.

  "Director Jiang, Director Jiang, come on, have a few more drinks, I've been wanting to drink with you for a long time," Ze Hong sat down next to Director Jiang and made a toast. Shi Teng's face was red as he chatted with Ruo Qin, while I held onto Zhang Ting's hand without letting go. Yu Xin suddenly became anxious, making her feel out of place by herself, "Sister! Brother-in-law, don't leave me here all alone!"

  This made me embarrassed, "Come on, come on, Yu Xin, let's drink together!" Ze Hong heard Yu Xin say this and poured her a glass of wine. The three of them drank like this, and Director Jiang was quite casual about joining in for another round.

  "Xin, drink less," Zhang Ting advised, looking at Xin's drinking manner which was quite bold but still looked so well-behaved.

  "Come on, Director Jiang, I'll toast you a glass, thank you for protecting her." I raised my wine glass.

  "Zi Jiang, don't say that, it's us who should thank you and your master for helping me so much." I and Jiang Ju didn't hesitate and drank directly. Several people over there were making a toast and drinking. I wouldn't let Yu Xin drink, letting the three girls chat among themselves, while we guys were toasting and drinking over here.

  "Hey, hey... Zi Chuan, you said after this round of drinks, do we want to go..." I looked at Ze Hong who was a bit tipsy, is he going? "You wouldn't still want to go to the bar, would you?" I didn't dare say it out loud, there were still people sitting next to us, Shi Teng also had a wanting-to-go-but-not-daring-to-go look on his face...

  "Yeah, go have some fun, haha, Director Jiang can come along too." I heard Ze Heng call out to Director Jiang to come along as well, and I felt annoyed. Who has ever seen a director go to a bar?

  "Haha, going to the bar? Aren't you afraid of being caught by me?" I said with a smile to Ze Heng, looking at Director Jiang. This actually sobered Ze Heng up a bit from his drunken state. "No...no...Director Jiang, this time I'll make you go back empty-handed!" I saw Ze Heng shaking his head and clinking glasses with Director Jiang while Shi Teng was also drinking but kept turning around to glance at Ru Qin every now and then.

  "Come on! Younger brother, help older brother deal with Director Jiang!" Ze Heng pulled Shi Teng over to continue drinking with Director Jiang. I sat down next to Zhang Ting, who was free, and said, "I'm telling you, last time I went to that store, the quality of those clothes was super bad!" Fine, these three women sitting together were chatting about this.

  "Ah, brother-in-law, go away!" I hadn't even made out what was being said when Rain hurried me along, and Zhang Ting also told me not to disturb their girls' chat. Is this what it means for three girls to be in cahoots?

  I don't know how much wine Zehong and the others drank, but the two of them fell onto the bench in a daze. "Drunk?" I took a look at the two of them, who were still occasionally spitting out wine fumes. "Ah, Director Jiang, you've gotten them drunk." I saw that Director Jiang was still quite sober, except for being slightly flushed.

  "Haha, I was also known as the wine god when I was young!" Should I say that Director Jiang is drunk or not?