Bloodshot, he raised the rifle in his hand, using it to shield the two men...
Yu Chaoxian pushed the juice over to her, then glanced at the Hong Kong University brochures on the table and asked, "Have you finished applying to the schools?"
Yu Tang's fingers curled up subconsciously for a moment, then quickly relaxed, and she nodded and hummed in agreement: "I'll be living on campus in college."
“No need to live on campus, we can live in Dalang Bay.” Yu Chaoxian took a sip of ice-cold beer. The villa in Dalang Bay is backed by mountains and faces the sea, with only one access road, Dalang Bay Road, which offers high privacy and security.
When Yu Tang heard the word "we," she looked up at him. But Yu Chaoxian seemed to be waiting for her to look at him. When she met his gaze, Yu Tang quickly lowered her head to eat her noodles. At this moment, compliance was the right thing to do. "Oh, okay."
Sure enough, Yu Chaoxian even tried to interfere in her university life. University was a good opportunity for her to escape Yu Chaoxian's control, so how could she easily compromise and let him have his way?
Yu Tang took a sip of juice and continued eating the beef brisket in her bowl, pondering that she wouldn't be able to visit her brother as often anymore. As for her relationship with Yu Chaoxian, returning to their previous lukewarm family dynamic was best. She just needed to know that there were others in the world who shared her blood, that she wasn't alone. Perhaps, with time, Yu Chaoxian would forget her, and she would still visit her nephew who had done wrong.
He's her nephew, her brother's child.
Thinking this, Yu Tang secretly glanced at Yu Chaoxian across from her. He had already finished his noodles, so why was he still sitting there? She pondered for a while, then focused her attention on his eyes. There were still bloodshot veins in the whites of his eyes. It seemed that the helicopter debris had really injured his eyes quite badly last time. She wondered if he had applied any medicine.
Yu Chaoxian watched her put down her utensils, "Are you full?"
Yu Tang nodded casually. Yu Chao first took out a donut from the refrigerator, and Yu Tang changed her mind: "I'm not very full."
Yu Chao placed the donuts next to him, and Yu Tang sat down next to him. The donuts in the box were colorful. Yu Tang took out a flower-shaped one with a thick layer of syrup on it. Because it had been frozen, this donut looked like it was coated with a layer of tempting sugar glass.
Donuts don't pair very well with juice.
She went and brewed some black tea.
Yu Tang poured two glasses and handed one to Yu Chaoxian. Otherwise, if she only poured one for herself, who knew what the petty Yu Chaoxian would say about her.
Seeing Yu Tang carrying tea toward him, Yu Chaoxian was very pleased. This little aunt was indeed annoying, but she still cared about whether he was thirsty and made him tea. She did have some conscience.
"come over."
Yu Tang obediently went over, and Yu Chaoxian, in a great mood, stroked the girl's hair.
Even Yu Tang could see that Yu Chaoxian treated her like a pet; if she was obedient, she would be fine, but if she resisted, she would be tortured.
Yu Tang was quietly eating a donut when Yu Chaoxian's phone rang. She thought of going outside to eat so she wouldn't disturb him on the phone. Yu Chaoxian grabbed her wrist, pulled her onto his lap, and continued the call.
This time, Yu Chaoxian spoke in French, which Yu Tang couldn't understand. She just wanted to get off his lap. When she looked up and met Yu Chaoxian's warning gaze, Yu Tang sat back down defiantly, but quickly came up with a good way to get off his lap.
Yu Chaoxian was listening to the phone with his right ear, so she deliberately leaned close to his left ear to talk, hoping he would get annoyed and tell her to get off quickly.
Anyway, Yu Chaoxian decided to put her down first because he was going to be annoyed.
Yu Chaoxian habitually kissed Yu Tang, who had leaned closer, to make her shut up and behave for a while. Yu Tang was stunned by the kiss and momentarily forgot what she wanted to do. The tips of Yu Tang's ears turned a little red from the unexpected kiss, and Yu Chaoxian was still rubbing her hair. Finally, his hand simply rested on the back of her neck and didn't remove it, gently kneading it intermittently.
Yu Chaoxian hung up the phone and patted Yu Tang on the waist, "What are you shouting about all day? Go pack your things, we're disembarking at dawn."
Yu Tang immediately asked, "Are we almost there? Should I go with you?"
He dragged her back to the bedroom: "You want to wait on the boat?"
Yu Tang was unwilling to be alone on the boat. She stared into his bloodshot eyes and quickly said, "I will definitely come with you." It's too dangerous to be alone. What if she encounters someone seeking revenge here? She wouldn't even know how she died.
Yu Chaoxian sat there watching her pack her things.
Yu Tang has always enjoyed tidying up things since she was a child, and she feels a great sense of accomplishment from it. She glanced back at the man sitting motionless on the bed like a grandpa, and realized that Yu Chaoxian had no intention of tidying up himself.
When Yu Tang asked him if he wanted this or that, Yu Chaoxian replied lazily, "Whatever, pretend whatever you want."
Yu Tang glanced at the pile of shopping bags he had brought back from America, all for her, but she didn't intend to open them. They needed to be in their original packaging so they could fetch a good price online.
These luxury items could definitely cover her tuition for four years of college.
Take it away! It must be taken away!
Yu Chaoxian chuckled silently. Sure enough, girls always liked shiny things. But this little money-grubber's appearance made him frown: "Yu Tang, what don't you want? Why are you stuffing it in so tightly?"
Yu Tang was also a master of flattery: "But isn't all this money earned through your hard work? What if you run out of money in the future?"
"What are you afraid of? I'll never be without you in my life." Just as Yu Chaoxian was about to pull the person close, there was a knock on the door.
Mickey said from outside the door, "Boss, the person in charge from Fuzhou called."
Yu Tang sat on the carpet and looked up at the hand that was still hanging over her head.
His hand finally came down as Yu Chaoxian stood up. He first ruffled her hair and said, "Go to sleep."
In the SUV, Yu Tang was jolted awake. She rubbed her eyes, a gesture that made the man, who was focused on his computer, look down.
"Want some water?" Yu Chaoxian handed her a water cup.
Yu Tang discovered that the water cup was the one she had given him before. She was indeed a little thirsty and took several sips.
Mickey was driving, and Ajin was in the passenger seat with a gun in his hand. Behind them were two heavy trucks weighing twenty tons each.
Yu Tang sat up, the blanket slipping off her body. She drank water and looked out the window, only to see endless wasteland and bare rocks.
The plateau and desert intersect, the scorching sun has dried up the riverbed, and black smoke rises in the distance.
"Where are we?" Yu Tang felt even thirstier upon seeing this place and drank a few more sips of water. The unfamiliar environment made Yu Tang instinctively fearful, and she quietly clutched Yu Chaoxian's sleeve.
“Fuzhou,” Yu Chaoxian grasped her hand, “Don’t be afraid, we won’t go to the war zone.”
Fuzhou—a crossroads of continents, a bustling trade route and a graveyard of empires. For centuries, countless empires have sought to conquer it, but none have fared well.
Phu Quoc is plagued by internal strife: ethnic and religious conflicts, sectarian clashes, foreign intervention, and resource plundering have led to numerous wars, creating a vicious cycle of conflict. The conflicts here are also inextricably linked to Phu Quoc's mountainous terrain; the Hindu Kush Mountains cover 80% of the land, creating a natural environment for military separatism, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, hindering effective government control.
Surprisingly, when they arrived at this place, they did not hear any distant bullets.
But this does not mean the war is over.
As the proverb in the old town of Kabul goes: the gunfire stopped, not because peace had come, but because the bullets had temporarily run out.
Yu Chaoxian was the merchant who came to deliver the bullets.
When Yu Chaoxian arrived in Kabul, the Pashtun chieftain personally received this guest who had traveled from afar.
The clan chief's son served green tea and snacks, with rock sugar on the side; whether or not to add it was up to the guest.
Before being led over by the clan chief's wife to the next room, Yu Tang looked at Yu Chaoxian. Yu Chaoxian ruffled her hair, and Yu Tang followed him without worry.
The clan chief's wife clearly treated Yu Tang like a child, and even prepared milk pudding, raisins, and nuts.
The woman's face was veiled, and Yu Tang could only see that she had a pair of exceptionally beautiful eyes.
Yu Tang had heard her geography teacher say that in Fuzhou, women could not appear in public, interact with non-relative males, or be in the same room with them, otherwise they would be considered to have damaged the family's reputation. If there were no men in the house, women had to pass things through the door to avoid direct contact.
Yu Tang was a little reserved. She couldn't speak Pashto and didn't understand it either, so she silently drank her tea, ate her milk pudding in small bites, and occasionally smiled at the woman to ease the awkward silence.
When the chieftain's wife saw Yu Tang looking into her eyes, she warmly poured her a cup of tea: "These are dried mulberries that are abundant in our area. The tea made from these can improve eyesight and is very good for your eyes. It can relieve eye fatigue and bloodshot eyes."
It turned out that the chieftain's wife could speak English, though not fluently. Yu Tang quickly accepted the tea and expressed her gratitude. The chieftain's wife also placed honey and rock sugar next to the tea, knowing that some people didn't like sweet tea, so she didn't add them.
However, Yu Tang remembered the clan chief's wife's words about "relieving eye fatigue and bloodshot eyes".
Not long after, Yu Tang heard Yu Chaoxian calling her, so she got up and went over.
She saw a man with a gun again, something she hadn't seen in a long time.
Yu Chaoxian, carrying an HK416 assault rifle in one hand, heard the voice behind him and stubbed out the cigarette in his mouth: "Wait here for me to come back. Ajin will stay with you."
The reason he felt so comfortable leaving Yu Tang here was because of Pashtun's hospitality: even if someone was an enemy, once they stepped under the eaves of this place, they would be given protection.
Moreover, Yu Chaoxian also gave the clan chief a large sum of money.
"Will you be gone for a long time?" Yu Tang knew that Yu Chao was going to the war zone to make a deal, so staying here was undoubtedly the safest option.
Yu Chaoxian glanced at his hand on his sleeve, then his gaze gradually shifted to her face. "Be back before seven o'clock tonight," he promised briefly, patting the top of her head with his free hand.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you." Yu Tang slowly released him.
Although she let go, Yu Tang's expression clearly showed unhappiness, and her dark eyes flickered with unease.
Yu Chaoxian frowned as he looked at her, not understanding what she was afraid of. Could he really not want her?
The man stared at her slender figure for a while, then said, "Yu Tang."
"Um?"
Yu Chaoxian pulled her to the back of the car and said, "Give me a kiss."
Yu Tang's eyes widened immediately, not understanding what Yu Chaoxian was suddenly going crazy for: "There are so many people, and they're still outside."
He raised the rifle in his hand to a height that covered the two people's faces, the width of the gun just enough to block the view from outside: "Hurry up and kiss, no one will see."
Yu Tang pursed her lips, her gaze drifting towards the car.
Mickey was sitting in the passenger seat. He saw the figures of the boss and Yu Tang in the rearview mirror. Actually, he could only see the boss. Yu Tang was too slender, and when the boss covered her, he could only see half of her fair profile.
Mickey was unaware of what was happening when he suddenly caught his boss's cold gaze in the rearview mirror. He quickly turned his head and saw Ah Jin curiously about to come over to look. He raised his hand and made a gesture to stop him.
When Ah Jin saw the two figures reflected in the car window, she understood everything.
"Hurry up," Yu Chaoxian stared at the lips that Yu Tang was about to bite raw, losing his patience, "Three, two..."
As the kiss progressed in sync, Yu Tang's heartbeat became absurdly loud.
The moment Yu Tang's lips touched hers, Yu Chaoxian pressed the back of her head with one hand and kissed her passionately with his tongue.
Too nervous, Yu Tang even forgot to push him away for a moment. She opened her eyes a crack in confusion, and Yu Chaoxian, with his eyes closed, kissed her domineeringly and attentively.
Unlike before, when she would tease him and say something after a short kiss, this time the kiss didn't stop from the moment his lips touched hers. He didn't even give her a moment to breathe, and Yu Tang could only draw a pitiful amount of oxygen from his kiss.
To the man, her tongue-curling gesture was undoubtedly a response.
Yu Chaoxian smiled and silently opened his eyes, watching Yu Tang, whose ears were red as she responded to him with her eyes closed. He gently ruffled her hair.
The continuous gunfire in the distance suddenly stopped, as if the entire battlefield had fallen silent for three seconds for the two of them.
Gunfire soon resumed, accompanied by the booming of mortars.
Yu Tang still felt a slight stinging sensation at the corner of her mouth as she watched Yu Chaoxian's car drive towards the sound of gunfire, the SUV gradually disappearing from her sight.
The dust that had been flying up on the winding road gradually subsided, as if no one had ever been there.
The man in the back seat glanced at the rearview mirror; Yu Tang was still in the same spot. Something beside him was knocked over, and his gaze fell. How afraid Yu Tang was of him dying of thirst! He remembered she had drunk more than half of this glass of water when she woke up, and now it was full again.
Yu Chao took a sip, a smile playing on his lips. Yu Tang hadn't brought him plain water, nor green or black tea, but rather dried mulberry tea.
In the old town of Kabul, people usually brew tea with dried mulberries. In addition to being a daily thirst-quenching beverage, this tea is also believed to improve eyesight, relieve eye fatigue, and eliminate redness in the eyes.
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