Chapter 129 - Birthday Gift
Chapter 129 - Birthday Gift
Ning Fei left Zheng Liwen's home early, before the new year arrived.
The apparent reason was that Zheng Liwen’s two teammates had drunk too much to almost pass out and they probably wouldn’t survive until the New Year. The actual reason was that after Zheng Liwen mentioned Yu Zhou's bad idea, Ning Fei felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange.
Of course, Ning Fei would not immediately change color when he heard such a topic. He just replied lightly: "Captain Zheng, are you drunk?"
"I'm a little drunk, but not to the point of talking nonsense." Zheng Liwen narrowed his eyes and smiled, taking two sips of beer. "Don't pretend, you must know something, right? You're so smart, Yu Zhou couldn't hide it from me, so I'm sure he can't hide it from you either."
"No, Captain Zheng, even if we all know, so what?" Ning Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, "No one has that intention, so why not just pretend we don't know? Why do we have to say it out loud?"
"Then just treat me as drunk." Zheng Liwen said happily, "You can't even ask? It's not like I want to be friends with you and be brothers. It's normal, right?"
Ning Fei glanced at him: "You are talking to your brother about this kind of topic?"
"...That's right." Zheng Liwen said, "But then again, we've known each other for a while, and we know each other's character and personality. If you want to try that, it's not impossible."
Ning Fei: “…”
He suspected that Zheng Liwen didn't know that Yu Zhou had already told him that he liked him. However, Ning Fei did not intend to say it, as it would only make the situation more awkward.
"Thanks for the invitation, but I won't try." Ning Fei raised an eyebrow, "If you do this, I won't want to drink with you anymore."
"OK, let's end this topic." Zheng Liwen raised his hands, "As I said before, just treat me as if I'm drunk, okay? Let's forget about this topic tomorrow..."
"Captain Zheng, what secrets are you and Ning Fei discussing? Let us get involved!"
The words of the two teammates interrupted the awkward conversation between Zheng Liwen and Ning Fei. Zheng Liwen waved his hand and dealt with it casually in a natural tone. Ning Fei picked up the glass, took a few sips of beer, and lowered his eyes.
Leaving behind the lively atmosphere, the desire to celebrate the New Year together has faded.
…
In short, Ning Fei left Zheng Liwen's home at around eleven o'clock on New Year's Eve.
Zheng Liwen even stood up to see him off, but Ning Fei refused directly and pointed at the other two people who had fallen in his house: "It would be a good deed if you can take care of them, so leave me alone."
"Oh, okay." Zheng Liwen scratched his stubble randomly, "Then tell me when you get home. It's New Year's Day and you're still drinking on the road. If... Yu Zhou will definitely kill me."
Ning Fei thought that if something really happened, Yu Zhou would just laugh at me.
However, he still agreed to Zheng Liwen's request, otherwise Zheng Liwen, who would be very troublesome when drunk, would be quite difficult to deal with. As soon as Ning Fei came out of the building, he was awakened by the cold wind. Almost every household in this community still has lights on, but it is very quiet outside. Well, it’s New Year’s Day, who would still be hanging around outside? There is no place to set off firecrackers and fireworks together.
Ning Fei drove back to his community. It was only a ten-minute journey and he was too lazy to even turn on the heater. When he passed the community security guard, he gave the guard a cigarette. The guard took the cigarette, looked at him and slapped his forehead: "Hey, I think I need to tell you something, but I can't remember it right now!"
Ning Fei asked: "Payment?"
The guard shook his head: "No, no."
"Then next time I pass by, you can tell me when you remember it." Ning Fei felt that it was not a big deal. If there was a big deal, he would have called him a long time ago. So he said hello, rolled up the car window, and drove into his community.
Then, Ning Fei saw the security guard downstairs and said “something he couldn’t remember but should have said”.
——Duan Yunhong’s car was actually parked downstairs of Ning Fei’s building!
To be precise, it also occupied Ning Fei's parking space.
Ning Fei was happy. It takes more than a few hours to travel between Huichuan Base and Tianyue Base. This guy was still sending himself Happy New Year's Eve messages in the afternoon, so at least it was almost there. But he didn't even mention that he had come to Tianyue, and even waited downstairs for an unknown amount of time. What is this for? Acting in a sad drama?
Ning Fei slowly parked his car behind Duan Yunhong's car. Without honking the horn or getting out of the car, he picked up his cell phone and called the other party.
The call was quickly picked up, and Ning Fei didn't wait for anyone to say anything, and asked directly: "Have you paid the parking fee? Why are you parking randomly?"
"You're back?" Duan Yunhong's voice was calm, as if he was just chatting casually, "Aren't you going to play until New Year's Eve?"
"I'll play until New Year's Eve, so you're planning to spend it in the car?" Ning Fei sneered, "Stop talking nonsense, be serious, what do you want to do by coming here uninvited? Don't tell me you're here to 'apologize'."
Duan Yunhong said: "Is it not possible to just come here to celebrate the New Year?"
"This is not your holiday resort. I don't have to come and receive you as soon as I take a vacation." Ning Fei responded coldly, "It's not like I have to give in to you just because you act first and ask for your permission later."
Duan Yunhong said: "I can pay - I mean, luck."
"Duan Yunhong, do you think I'm cheap?" Ning Fei sneered, "Or do you really think I'm a service provider? You can make me shut up by spending some money, and I can make me listen to you by giving me some luck. Have you forgotten that you used the same trick to fool me last time, or do you think I will forget?"
Duan Yunhong didn't answer for a while.
Ning Fei thought at first that he had nothing to say, but the next second, he heard a rustling sound. Then Duan Yunhong opened the door and got out of the car.
Ning Fei watched him walk over to his driver's seat and knock on the window.
The window glass slowly lowered and the two looked at each other. Before Ning Fei could even finish her “What?”, Duan Yunhong began to stuff things into the window: “Two new packs of cigarettes I gave you last time. Two bottles of red wine, only the 20-year-old one I found. The braised pork from the most famous restaurant in Huichuan Base, which was vacuum-packed and frozen right after it was done. And the shortbread from the same restaurant, which is also famous, and breaks easily, so be careful…”
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Ning Fei was confused by this development and blocked his action. "Why are you stuffing these into my pocket? I don't even want luck, what do you think this little favor is for?"
Duan Yunhong suddenly said: "...Happy birthday."
"Ah?" Ning Fei realized that he was repeating his previous behavior, but he was even more confused. "But today is not my birthday."
"I know it was a few days ago."
“Not even a few days ago!”
Duan Yunhong finally frowned: "Not January 18th?"
"No...ah, did you look at my identity information?" Ning Fei finally reacted, "I wrote that randomly."
Duan Yunhong retorted: "But you also wrote about this day in your previous life."
"I just wrote them down casually." Ning Fei was really amused now. "But sometimes I'm too lazy to think of a new one to remember, so I use several worlds in a row to change a new date."
"So when is your birthday?" Duan Yunhong stared at him. "I've told you everything about mine. Why is it so secretive?"
"Well, it's not as important as you think." Ning Fei replied, "I don't know my birthday in the first place. So to be precise, I can't be sure whether January 18 is my birthday, because every day could be my birthday."
"you do not know……?"
"This is normal." Ning Fei shrugged. "Even in this world, there are many people who don't know their birthdays. It's not like everyone has someone who can help remember their birthdays."
Duan Yunhong realized that he was talking about an orphan, someone who had been without a father or mother, no one who knew him, and no information about him since childhood.
Ning Fei didn't care about the deep meaning of these words, and continued: "Then again, even if it's my birthday, if you want to return the birthday present, wouldn't it be enough for your face to ask someone to bring it over? What are you doing here?"
He had long forgotten that the pack of cigarettes (not even a full pack) he had given to Duan Yunhong as a birthday present had long been returned to him by Duan Yunhong.
Duan Yunhong still didn't say anything immediately, and just stood there without moving. Ning Fei couldn't understand what he was thinking, nor did she want to understand. But what is certain is that Ning Fei doesn't want to spend the New Year in the car, or stare at this troublemaker.
"What do you want? If you have something to say, just say it!" Ning Fei's tone turned cold again, and he urged, "If you have nothing to say, get out of here. I want to go home. You can go wherever you want. Sorry, I won't accept you."
Duan Yunhong held it in for a long time before finally saying two words: "Stretch out your hand."
"You're crazy!" Ning Feicai didn't say anything. This tone, which was a bit like playing with a dog, completely annoyed him. He closed the car window, took out the car key, and started to climb towards the passenger seat. There was no way out. Duan Yunhong stood next to the cab like a big rock and didn't move. Ning Fei estimated that it would be difficult to even open the car door, so he simply got out from the passenger seat.
He didn't take anything that Duan Yunhong gave him. He simply jumped out of the car and walked straight to the unit door.
But before he took a few steps, Duan Yunhong had already walked around the front of the car and grabbed his wrist.
"Duan Yunhong!" Ning Fei was really furious. He didn't bring a gun, otherwise he really wanted to pull it out. "If you make me get a fever from the cold wind on New Year's Day, I will kill you!"
Duan Yunhong then took a look at his clothes. It was just a short thin cotton coat. It looked good, but it was not enough to keep him warm. The man frowned: "Where's your coat?"
In fact, Ning Fei still had a down jacket in the back seat of the car, but she forgot to take it when she went to Zheng Liwen's house. Even if he remembered it now, he couldn't turn around to get it, otherwise it would be embarrassing no matter how he thought about it.
At this moment, he and Duan Yunhong completely forgot about the wind-related abilities.
"Does it have anything to do with you?" Ning Fei narrowed his eyes, "If you hadn't dragged me, I would have been home a long time ago!"
Duan Yunhong said: "Can't you just speak properly?"
"Huh? Another bad guy complaining first?" Ning Fei tried to pull his hand back. "I don't want to argue with you anymore. Get away... huh?!"
Duan Yunhong let go of his hand, raised his hand and grabbed, and a long black down jacket appeared in the man's hand. The next moment, the down jacket drew a half arc in the air, wrapping Ning Fei completely.
"I know that you and Jinghui have joined forces to ask me to hand over Wang Haiyang's technology. I can give it to you."
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Duan Yunhong is a stubborn man who can say anything except apologize.
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