DB Chapter 130

Chapter 130 – Belongs to Himself

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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Tang Tingzhi asked Yang Guan to bring the rest back to the base while he stayed in Beijing with Shan Ming and Ayer, waiting for Zhao Qingling.

Two days later, they finally got the registration record of Zhao Qingling’s pseudonym from the airline’s internal system. They went to the airport to pick her up on time when she landed.

Zhao Qingling walked out of the airport carrying a simple military travel bag. She had a military-specific majesty and agility. Her extraordinary temperament caused many people around to look at her.

After seeing the three of them, she said, “The changes here are surprising.”

Ayer couldn’t believe that a person who had been exposed to the highest level of intelligence and scientific research in the country would live like a primitive person. “Didn’t you watch TV or something in the past ten years?”

Zhao Qingling shook her head, “It was not possible.”

Tang Tingzhi took her back to a seemingly ordinary residential building on the East Second Ring Road. But the interior of the house they were staying in had been extensively remodelled. The upper and lower floors were all opened up, turning it into a small military base.

“Do you need to take a bath, have a meal, and take a rest?” Although Zhao Qingling had very little femininity towards others, Ayer was still polite and expressed concern for the lady.

As a result, Zhao Qingling just glanced at him coldly, “I didn’t come here for these things. I want to find out the situation as soon as possible.”

Ayer said shyly, “The more you speak Chinese, the more proficient you sound.”

Tang Tingzhi didn’t talk anymore nonsense. He turned on the central screen of the computer and took out various materials to explain to Zhao Qingling. Since she had been away from the army for too long, the research on the Dragon Blood Man had developed rapidly. Tang Tingzhi spent a long time telling her about the progress of the current Dragon Blood Man experiment.

Zhao Qingling listened very carefully.

Tang Tingzhi focused on showing Zhao Qingling their assessment of Shen Yao and Shen Changze’s abilities. When Zhao Qingling saw Shen Changze’s current photo, her calm expression finally changed a bit. She held on to her trouser legs tightly and her eyes looked a little excited. But she tried hard to restrain herself.

She is a mother. Everyone can clearly feel that she doesn’t know how to express the feelings of a mother. This was because the image of a gentle and loving mother was too inconsistent with the hard and powerful temperament she gives people even though she has the exquisite facial features and elegant figure that a woman should have.

When she saw Shen Yao’s photo, her eyes were covered with inexplicable emotions. They included remembrance, sadness, and anger.

When all the explanations were finished, it was already very late. Shan Ming and Ayer knew most of the content so they were already bored. Ayer wandered in and out of the room. He finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He sat down next to Tang Tingzhi and said, “I’m hungry .”

Tang Tingzhi glanced at him lightly, “There is something to eat in the refrigerator.”

“No. I’m going to eat the thing you made last time. The egg turned into a smooth cake-like object. It tastes delicious and soft.”

Tang Tingzhi frowned slightly, “There is a piece of paper on the refrigerator. You can press any number on it and you can get food delivery. Every restaurant can make chicken egg custard.”

Ayer stared at him, “I want to eat what you made. Didn’t you consider that my appetite would increase when you turned me into a Dragon Blood Man?” Ayer gritted his teeth and almost shook his tail in protest.

When Tang Tingzhi heard this, he said, “Okay… Shan Ming, you can continue to explain to the captain. There are 24 chapters to read and a total of 106 subsections.”

Shan Ming glanced at the central screen of the computer. He raised his hand to turn it off. He then said to Zhao Qingling, “Even if these things are known or not, I don’t think normal people have his meticulous studying spirit. Whatever that you need to know, I have already told you all the important things. Now I want to know two things. First of all, do you have any opinion on the method for us to attract Shen Yao? And secondly, I need to know your strength.”

Tang Tingzhi looked at them worriedly. He was still internally struggling with the content of his unfinished twenty-four chapters with a total of 106 subsections. Ayer dragged him into the kitchen by his arm and said, “You have to let them have good communication as parents. That is much more important than talking about useless things.”

Zhao Qingling groaned for a while before saying: “Shen Yao and I have some agreement between us, husband and wife. I am sure I could let him know that I am back. But as for whether he will show up, I don’t know about that.”

“I believe he will show up.” Shan Ming recalled the few brief contacts with Shen Yao. He knew that Shen Yao still had feelings for his wife. Not to mention, Zhao Qingling is a powerful Dragon Blood Man and the only female who can conceive pure dragon-blooded people. To put it bluntly and cruelly, Zhao Qingling has the most expensive uterus in the world. If Shen Yao wants to expand the dragon-blood army, he must hope that his son and wife can assist him. Perhaps he also hopes to give birth to another pure-blood Dragon Blood Man this time. Thinking of this, Shan Ming sympathised with the woman in front of him. Her whereabouts cannot be known by any official. This is because she is as unique as Shen Changze. Although her behaviour of hiding in the frontier for more than ten years is already hard to imagine, they can understand why she did this. A female Dragon Blood person who can give birth to a pure blood Dragon Blood person, her value is definitely not lower than the existence of Shen Changze.

Zhao Qingling was noncommittal, “As for your second question, you have to try it yourself. I believe I can hold Shen Yao back.”

Shan Ming said: “If you really saw your husband and son, wouldn’t you change your mind?”

“No. As early as more than ten years ago, Shen Yao and I had irreconcilable differences. I am a soldier. Even though I don’t trust the government now, I will never betray my country.”

“Our purpose, apart from rescuing Shen Changze, is to completely destroy Shen Yao’s plan. The higher-ups will not let Shen Yao go easily. As his wife, have you thought about how things will develop from there?”

Zhao Qingling lowered her head. For a long time, she was silent instead of answering.

Shan Ming didn’t ask any more questions. He stood up, “You can read the information on the computer at will and you can ask us anytime with whatever that you don’t understand. I don’t care about what you think. In fact, I don’t care about the interests of the Chinese government as well. As long as our common goal is to bring Shen Changze back safe and sound. That’s enough.”

Zhao Qingling whispered: “I want to thank you for adopting him.”

Shan Ming said softly: “You’re welcome.”

Shan Ming didn’t eat. He instead went back to his room directly. He didn’t sleep. In fact, he had trouble falling asleep for a while now. He lacked too many things around him. His comrades, the tense and chilling environment, and also his son whom he fully trusted.

Although he tried his best to restrain himself and keep calm every day, he couldn’t bear the passage of time even more. He didn’t understand why it took only two to three months to find Shen Yao before. But there was still no news after six months this time. He has never been so eager to know where Shen Yao and where Shen Changze is right now!

He admitted that he felt guilty. He had a guilty conscience after all. He handed Shen Changze to Shen Yao himself. So as soon as possible, he wanted to snatch him back from that man. He missed his son very much but he didn’t want to think about the details of the two of them getting along. Shen Changze’s eyes full of despair and hatred would always appear unconsciously in his mind.

The money thrown to the intelligence dealers has consumed most of his savings. But neither the Chinese military nor the most advanced and crazy intelligence network in the world have been able to find valuable information of their whereabouts. It seems that Shen Yao made up his mind to really hide this time. He intended to create a dragon blood troop and only then come out again.

They generally believed that Shen Yao was hiding in a war-torn poverty-stricken area. A large number of experimenters would be needed to create Dragon Blood people. If too many people disappeared in a short period of time, it would definitely attract attention. So they could have been in Africa or the Middle East. Efforts have been made to find them in the region, but so far, no major progress has been made.

And Shan Ming has become even more impatient. He really wanted to ask Zhao Qingling about what the so-called agreement between husband and wife was and how she could find Shen Yao, that motherfucker, as soon as possible. But he restrained himself. This was because he knew Zhao Qingling would never tell him. But he secretly made a decision that if Zhao Qingling made any moves, he would follow her.

Because even if Zhao Qingling successfully lured Shen Yao out, Tang Tingzhi still has to do large-scale preparations, such as confirming information, researching local conditions, formulating plans, reporting to superiors, and then dispatching manpower and preparing equipment until departure. There was no easy way in this process. It couldn’t even be completed in a month. That is a government business. A government was coordinated by countless people to issue an order. But he does not belong to any government. He is one person. He belongs to himself and he can do whatever he wants. He can act whenever he wants and he will never wait until Tang Tingzhi has everything ready for him to make another move. As soon as he gets the news, he will challenge Shen Yao in his own way.

The next day, when Zhao Qingling went out, she asked Tang Tingzhi for a car and money. But she didn’t say where she was going or what she was going to do. Tang Tingzhi also sensibly didn’t ask.

Although he really hopes to get Zhao Qingling’s cooperation as a superior female Dragon Blood Man, it is still very important to keep his promise. Besides, the most important thing right now is to rely on Zhao Qingling to lure Shen Yao out. He doesn’t care what Zhao Qingling does. He just wants the result.

After Zhao Qingling went out, Shan Ming also left. He didn’t tell Tang Tingzhi and Ayer because they would stop him.

Shan Ming drove behind Zhao Qingling’s car. When Zhao Qingling’s car took him onto the highway, Shan Ming knew that he couldn’t hide anymore. Only a fool could not see such an obvious stalking.

Sure enough, after a few kilometres on the highway, Zhao Qingling stopped the car on the emergency lane. Shan Ming also stopped behind her.

Zhao Qingling walked slowly to his car and frowned at him.

Shan Ming lowered the car window, “Get in the car. I’ve been preparing for a long time. The car has special equipment to deal with Dragon Blood people.”

Zhao Qingling turned her head and took out a large box of weapons from the trunk of her own car. She then put them in Shan Ming’s car and then sat in the co-pilot with a blank expression, “You are here following me. I can’t guarantee the safety of human beings. I know you’re a mercenary, but you’re still a human after all.”

Shan Ming started the car and said flatly, “You will need someone to help you.”

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“When are we going to act? I can’t let Shan be in such a dangerous situation while I sit here drinking tea by myself.” Ayer said, feeling dissatisfied.

Tang Tingzhi was typing frantically on the computer, “Soon, the two of them will lead Shen Yao to relax his guard. When Zhao Qingling disrupts Shen Yao’s position, we can take action.”

Ayer tugged at his neck, “Listen, if something happens to him, I won’t spare you.” He pulled with such a strong force that two upper buttons of Tang Tingzhi’s clothes were unbuttoned by him. His porcelain-fair skin can be seen from the open collar. Ayer narrowed his eyes.

Tang Tingzhi looked at him and said, “You should trust Shan Ming. He is a very powerful mercenary. He can face a Dragon Blood Man alone. Well, one…one or two of them.”

“I don’t need you to tell me about his strength evaluation!” Ayer shook off his hand irritably. He was afraid that he would reach into his clothes if he didn’t let go.

Tang Tingzhi nodded his head. He secretly took out a notebook from his clothes and wrote down today’s observation, “His hair has grown a little but he doesn’t want to cut it. He cares about his brother very much.”

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*Translator’s Note: Ayer and TTZ’s ship is sailing smoothly hehe -K

Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)

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