(M) Chapter 117 – A Place to Call Home
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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After returning to Colombia, they rested for a day and then went to the border between Colombia and Panama to help Neo snatch back a batch of goods taken by Mexican drug lords.
Different from countless missions in the past, Shan Ming suddenly felt that when facing the enemy’s guns, he was no longer full of impulsivity and indifference where he was not afraid of death. He began to have hesitations. He was aware deep inside that there was still a person waiting for him to come home. If he died, that someone would be so heartbroken that he wouldn’t even be able to live.
Shen Changze’s eyes full of emotion occasionally appeared in his mind from time to time. So, he cherished his life even more. He must live no matter what.
This mission ended soon. When they returned to the base, there were several missions waiting for them to choose.
Tiger Shark assigned Tiny Knife and Lily to lead the team for the two easier missions. He then planned to dispatch the rest of the large team for the more difficult one. This time, Tiger Shark did not let Shan Ming go.
Shan Ming looked at Tiger Shark suspiciously and asked him why.
Tiger Shark said bluntly, “You are not in good shape. Adjust your mentality before going to the battlefield. I don’t need to teach you about this.”
Shan Ming looked at Tiger Shark thoughtfully for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and stood up, “Okay. I’ll stay as the caretaker.” Tiger Shark must have his own reasons for doing so. It was perhaps due to his hesitations and abnormalities that he had shown earlier. It was seen by everyone. Only he himself wasn’t aware of it.
It seemed that he was greatly influenced by Shen Changze. He was afraid of death and would not be able to go to the battlefield as much as before. He should not be afraid of death on the battlefield.
Tiger Shark was right. He should rest for a while and adjust his mentality.
After sending Tiger Shark and the others away, Shan Ming sent Shen Changze a text message asking him to go online. As long as the two of them are free now, they will video call each other. Shen Changze would text and call him almost every day.
After turning on the video, Shen Changze immediately asked him if he was injured in his last mission.
Shan Ming found the most comfortable position and leaned on the sofa, “No. I’m not hurt.” He squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Changze’s beautiful pectoral muscles being revealed from underneath his collar. He couldn’t help remembering what they did during that crazy time and about the relationship between the two of them.
Shen Changze stared at Shan Ming intently. His naked eyes seemed like he wanted to break through the screen and pin the man down.
After all, the two of them were still in flames. But they were separated by hundreds of thousands of miles. Shan Ming hurriedly found a topic to divert his attention or it would be even more uncomfortable, “Is there any news about Shen Yao? You have been looking for him for so long. What are you busy with? How come you can’t collect any information about him until now?”
“The information department is managed by another system. Apart from providing clues, we can only wait. There is nothing we can do. This time, the higher-ups are preparing to launch a large-scale attack to completely defeat him. But the deployment is still in its infancy stage. This is because we don’t even know where he is. Some time ago, there were suspected incidents of Dragon Blood people attacking humans in Russia and the Northwest of the United States. As the group of Dragon Blood people grows in number, there will probably be more and more incidents like this. There are already some vague rumours on the Internet.”
Shan Ming smiled mockingly, “When they spent all their money to create the Dragon Blood Man, they never thought it would bring such a big trouble?”
“No. I think they’ve thought of it. It’s just that under the trend of their interests, they thought that all adverse consequences could be solved by them. The current situation is obviously getting worse than their initial thoughts. I worry that sooner or later, the Dragon Blood Man experiment will be exposed to the public. It will cause mass panic at that time. Now we plan to cooperate with House to jointly stop him.”
“Oh? Didn’t you ban House from entering your country?”
Shen Changze smiled and said, “We can’t be enemies forever.”
Shan Ming also smiled, “With House’s help, you guys will definitely be able to reduce a lot of casualties. They are much more effective in this area than us.”
Shen Changze looked at him ambiguously and said, “For me, you are more effective than any of them.”
Shan Ming took a sip of wine. He simply lay down on the sofa and looked at him. He licked his lips as he said, “Which area are you referring to?”
Shen Changze said in a hoarse voice, “Which area do you think it is?”
“If you’re talking about having sex, you haven’t done it with anyone else. So your opinion has no comparative value.”
Shen Changze said unhappily, “Then is your opinion valuable to compare? So tell me, how did I do compared to your previous ones?”
Shan Ming laughed loudly, “I used to sleep with women, how can I compare? If I have to compare, I have to find another man to sleep with.”
“I dare you!” Shen Changze thumped his table. He squinted his eyes and said, “You are not allowed to find anyone else. I am serious. You must never let anyone else touch you again.”
Shan Ming chuckled a few times, “I really have no sense of morality. You know that. I will try my best though. I will try my best to endure.”
Shen Changze furrowed his eyebrows.His eyes were looking to be full of anger as he stared at Shan Ming, “Did you do anything out of the ordinary during this time?”
“How is that possible? I went to Panama as soon as I got back. I just came back the day before yesterday. I don’t have the time.”
“Really? I’m going to check.”
“How are you going to check?”
Shen Changze fiddled with the camera with his hands, staring at Shan Ming with fire in his eyes, “Take off your clothes and let me check.”
Shan Ming couldn’t help but to laugh. He leaned back and drank a glass of wine. He then moved closer to the camera and jokingly asked: “Son, are you already hard?”
The high-definition camera displayed Shen Changze’s slightly blushed face, “What about you? Do you miss me? Are you hard?”
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Half a month later, Tiger Shark and Ayer came back. This time, no one was killed. But two members were injured. It’s already late autumn at this time and it will be Christmas in more than a month. Every year during the Christmas period, ‘Peregrine Falcon’ has a fixed two-month holiday. More than half of the members of ‘Peregrine Falcon’ will go home for the New Year while the rest of them can also arrange their itinerary freely. Shan Ming used to stay at the base with a few others to go out to gamble a couple of times at most and then wander around. But since he raised Shen Changze, he would occasionally take the child out to have fun. But he never had a home to go back to.
But this time, he will go back to China for Christmas. And it was just around the same time for the Chinese New Year. He hasn’t celebrated Chinese New Year for twenty-five years. This year, he wants to celebrate it with Shen Changze. It feels amazing for him. It feels amazing that he finally has a place to call home for him to go back to.
At this juncture, they still have a few missions to choose from. One of the employers is so generous that people can’t help but to take notice of it. Looking at the attractive remuneration, some people agree to complete this task before going home to earn a lot of money. Despite many agreeing, some people worry about missing Christmas and family reunion time.
In the end, it was still decided by voting. As a result, one-third of the people agreed to finish this mission before going on vacation. So they spent two days packing their bags and embarking on the journey again.
This time, Shan Ming was also on the list.
When the plane took off into the blue sky, Shan Ming closed his eyes. He was already fantasising that this plane was flying him to China and taking him home instead.
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*Translator’s Note: When I was young, there was a time in my life where I had no place to call home as well. My family fell apart during that time so we lost our home because our father kicked us out. We wandered from place to place. So, I understand SM’s feelings of finally having a home to go back to. -K
Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)
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