“But who knows when we’ll catch Blackie. The panther can’t even say for sure, it could be tomorrow when they find someone, it could be months, do you stay here all the time?”
She was very determined and said, “All the time. I want revenge.”
The way she looked reminded me at once of Chu Xiaoxiao, who had been so determined to avenge me when she thought I was dead.
My heart suddenly softened, very unpleasant, and I said, “I can understand you, but think about Xiao Cai, how painful it would be for him to know. Even if you can’t be saved, we’ve already saved you, and if we have to keep you in the ghost cave, Xiao Cai will kill me and the fox.”
Lin Yue’er’s eyes fluttered, lowered her eyelids and said softly, “We’ve already broken up.”
“Then go and tell him yourself, and as long as he’s okay with it, you’ll stay here. Otherwise, as brothers, we’ll just carry you out even if we have to.” I advised, “Lin Yue’er, can you think for yourself? Is revenge more important or is that idiot Cai more important? I guarantee that even if he knew the whole truth, he wouldn’t give up on you. You don’t know that he gave up his post as Snow Leopard captain for you and applied for a transfer order from the team to come to Ning Province. He doesn’t even want his own future, so you give yourself and him another chance.”
Lin Yue’er smiled softly, “What a fool. Let me borrow your phone.”
“What do you want?”
Lin Yue’er said, “You told me to tell him in person, I’ll tell him in person.”
f*ck me! All that talk just now was for nothing.
I was so annoyed, this woman was so stubborn that I was annoyed, I impatiently threw the phone at Lin Yue’er.
I hadn’t saved Cai Xiaobing’s number in my phone, it was Snow Leopard’s habit not to reveal the identity of any of my teammates. I was trying to provoke her. Without the number she couldn’t dial it anyway, so it was just as well for her to think it through.
I didn’t believe she could memorise Cai Xiaobing’s number anyway, after all, she and Cai Xiaobing had only known each other for a short time.
I looked at her dumbfounded, and after a while, the call came through.
“Captain ……”
“It’s me.”
The caller froze for a moment: “Yue’er, it’s Nim, where is Nim? I’m here to see Nim ……”
“Cai Xiaobing, I’m calling you today to make it clear to you that we’ve broken up, be a man and stop pestering me.”
Cai Xiaobing asked aggressively, “Why?”
“Because you are poor. You’re too poor, and you’re still talking about giving me cabbages for Valentine’s Day, aren’t you ashamed? You’re a poor soldier, can you afford to feed me? And you’ll be in the army all the time, I only see you a few days a month. Not to mention everything else, listen to how rustic you are, you can’t even speak Mandarin, it’s really disgusting, stop pestering me, we’re not even from the same world.”
She spoke so fast that Cai Xiaobing didn’t even have a chance to interject.
Only when she had finished did Cai Xiaobing suppress a choked sob and say, “So are you having a good time now?”
“Very well, he is very considerate and treats me well. And he’s rich and handsome, so he’s a good match for me. We should be getting married soon.”
Cai Xiaobing cried, “Nim …… you remember my number, if he bullies you, tell me, tell me, I’ll help you beat him up.”
“No need. Just don’t bother you.”
Having said that, Lin Yue’er hung up the phone quickly, wiped the tears off her face, and threw the phone to me.
I gritted my teeth and asked, “Is this worth it?”
“I have a half-sister, and we grew up dead against each other. Her mother died when she was very young before my dad married my mother.” Lin Yue’er, without a head, suddenly said, “Then Lin Wan’er became a secondary school teacher and moved out of the family home. By the time I saw her again, she had died, in childbirth.”
I was shocked, did ……
“My father buried her in a hurry because she was not yet married and had a bad reputation for dying in childbirth. I later learned that she was raped by someone, the same Chen Yu Zhou who had a grudge against you. That’s right, I initially helped you because of this matter ……” Lin Yueer said, “You ask me if it’s worth it, how could it be worth it. But for me there was no choice but to take revenge. After Lin Wan’er left, I kept asking myself the question of why this incident happened to her. I don’t know how I’m going to live without taking revenge myself. Lin Wan’er and I did nothing wrong, it was those b*****ds who did! Why is it always us who let go of our hatred? I can’t let go. How I live in the future is a matter for the future, and now I have no future. I’m already in hell and I’m going to drag them all down.”
I couldn’t get a word out, and whatever I said, it seemed presumptuous.
“Well, I’ve instructed Lan to help you push off any guests that come in. Old Dog Qiu will also stay behind to protect you. I promise you one request and you promise me one.”
“What?”
I said, “When it’s all over, you and Cai Xiaobing will meet. This kid is dead-eyed, and he’ll never be able to let go of you in his life.”
Lin Yue’er didn’t say yes or no, falling into silence.
When it was dawn, I left the Black Street and returned to where the Snow Leopards were staying.
Lying on the sofa in the living room, I tossed and turned, unable to sleep, so much of what had happened in the city of Tong was as brutal as what had happened on the battlefield.
On the battlefield we were able to kill the enemy to avenge our teammates, what could I do now?
I was unable to sleep when suddenly my mobile phone vibrated, I took it out and realised it was Pao’s mobile phone, it turned out to be someone calling Pao on WeChat.
I didn’t dare to answer it for fear of revealing myself. Although I can imitate other people’s voices, I was worried that some things might be said to reveal themselves.
Just as I was hesitating, the phone hung up and the person sent a WeChat message, “Boss, settle the money.”
I went through the records of Leopard’s conversations with the others and probably got a handle on Leopard’s speaking habits. Then I went through the records of Leopard’s conversations with this person and this person’s circle of friends to get a rough idea, but his chats with Leopard were few and far between, and his circle of friends was also deleted.
“I’ve just gone to bed, it’s not even dawn yet and you’re rushing, I can’t afford to pay you less. What’s your name? I’ll call you paypal or wechat?”
“Lin Fang, 5,000 yuan, WeChat.”
