Chapter 16 – Resentment
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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When Shan Ming returned to the temporary camp, it was already dawn.
The night watchman saw blood on his clothes and was very nervous. Shan Ming waved his hand to calm him down, “I’ll go talk to Ayer when he wakes up.”
He went back to his tent where the child was fast asleep. Shan Ming sat on the bed, looking at the small body curled up into a ball, feeling very confused.
What kind of a big shot are the parents of this child? Even the Chinese special forces chased after him from across the border to the southernmost of Myanmar? The little toy he picked up on a whim might bring them big troubles, which Shan Ming never expected. It’s just that no matter what kind of threat he faces for now, he has no way out of it. He lives alone without any plans for the future. He was not even afraid of death and he was even less afraid of anyone or any forces. Even these provocations from the military actually got him excited and stimulated.
From whatever happened back then until now, what surprised him the most was how those people managed to track them down. How can an average person think that a five-year-old child would still be alive when they hear that the plane has crashed? And it even crashed in that primaeval forest full of deadly beings to begin with?
Assuming that they found the wreckage of the plane and did not find the child’s body. They used the maximum footsteps of a five-year-old child in a few days as the diameter to search for a forest range of several miles or even more than ten miles, how much manpower and material resources would the entire search and rescue operation consume?? Not to mention it was done at the risk of international disputes arising from illegal border crossings. Those people eventually found their client. And they eventually found where they were for some reason. This kind of perseverance was unbelievable. Shan Ming couldn’t imagine how many resources those people had devoted to this cause.
Unless those people believe that the child will never die from the very beginning, then it is reasonable for them to search so relentlessly. Otherwise, looking for a little child in the vast forest without any purpose is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But who dares to believe that a five-year-old child would still be alive in that situation?
The whole thing is unbelievable. It has only been more than three months since this child appeared and there are too many things that Shan Ming can’t explain about him.
The weather is too hot now. The child was only wearing a singlet. His lower body was exposed. Shan Ming poked the child’s soft belly button with his finger. The child grumbled in his sleep, turned over, and hugged the quilt with his fleshy little arms and legs. He still slept soundly.
The child’s father felt a resentment in his heart, thinking that he almost died outside today but the child slept so comfortably here. He dug out a marker pen from his bag.. He then drew a crooked four-legged animal on the child’s stomach and then painted the child’s dick in black.
The child woke up after he was done painting. He rubbed his eyes and sat up limply, whispering, “Baba, what are you doing?” Looking at Shan Ming’s hand, the child saw that the place where he used to pee turned black. He yelled out in fright. He scrambled and shrank back into the bed. He said in a trembling voice, “What have you done?!”
Shan Ming is having fun teasing him. The child’s dick is only as thick as his fingers, limp and drooping. It looks really funny to him. He laughed happily when he saw the child’s depressed appearance.
The child touched his belly, trying to wipe off the ugly drawing. But his skin turned red and he still couldn’t wipe it all off. It was the same for his dick, which had turned into a small piece of black stuff. It couldn’t be erased at all. The child’s eye circles are red with anger and he looks at Shan Ming furiously without a word.
Shan Ming took off his blood-stained coat and threw it on the ground, “Go and wash my clothes and then bring me my breakfast.”
The child scowled and held back his tears. He got on the ground and put on his clothes. He then angrily stepped on Shan Ming’s clothes a few times before picking it up and left.
Shan Ming fell asleep for a while before Ayer came over and woke him up. He asked him about what happened.
Shan Ming lit a cigarette and looked at the only person he trusted. He told him about Shen Changze.
After hearing this, Ayer was silent for a long time. He then slowly raised his head. His eyes as deep and charming as the ocean shone with a frightening light, “So, he must be very valuable.”
Shan Ming was stunned for a moment, resisting the urge to beat him to death.
At this moment, the child came in with Shan Ming’s breakfast. Ayer, who had never looked at him directly before suddenly stared at him with bright eyes. It made the child very nervous.
The child tiptoed to put the breakfast on the table. He then spread a thick layer of butter on the bread and covered it with salad. He handed it to Shan Ming.
Ayer raised his eyebrows, “He’s so used to serving you.”
Shan Ming said while eating, “If he doesn’t do any work, he doesn’t have the right to eat. The place we live is not that difficult to find. When those people find us, we should be passive. Let’s set off as soon as it gets dark.”
“It’s good to be able to leave early but now, it seems that it is very difficult to go to sea. Did you gain anything useful from the night?”
Shan Ming was dissatisfied and said: “All the ships at the port are fucking cargo ships. They are slow. I noticed three ships with a deep draft. When I get to the place, I will choose the most ‘suitable’ one. Depending on the tonnage, the fuel to last until we reach Indonesia should not be enough. It’s going to be a problem. We must unload as we go. I think there should be enough labourers on board.”
“I just talked to Tiger Shark. He learned that there is a smuggling port in the southwest. He suggested that we should try not to provoke the local smuggling syndicates. There are definitely smuggling boats that are fast and powerful and the coast guards can’t catch them even if they want to.”
Shan Ming nodded, “This is the only way for now. You sort out the route to the port at the southwest. If we can’t leave through the original port, we can drive to that smuggling port right away. As long as we take the hostages out to sea, we will be safe.”
Ayer said: “I’m going to ask our brothers to get ready. Let’s give up half of our stuff. Anyway, we can’t take all of them with us by plane when we arrive in Indonesia. Bringing them on the boat will only increase the load.”
“Okay, I’ll ask them to pack our things into the car.”
Shan Ming arranged for some guys to disperse the contents of four of the vehicles to the other four vehicles. The people in these four vehicles only carried sidearms and they looked like they were about to abandon their vehicles and board the ship when they arrived at the port.
While everyone was packing their things, they saw thick smoke rising from the woods not far away. The wind was not strong, but it was blowing persistently in their direction. The air was filled with an unusual smell.
Ayer squinted his eyes for a while and shouted: “The tents are no longer needed. Everyone, get in the car.”
In this hot season, the fire will spread quickly. Once the fire alarm gathers, they will be found sooner or later. Eight military off-road vehicles are parked in one place. They are all foreigners. They must’ve looked suspicious.
Shan Ming knew that this was probably a trick played by those Chinese special forces in order to force them to expose their whereabouts.
Eight cars drove out one after the other. With such a big move, it is pure nonsense to run to the regular port in broad daylight. Ayer turned on the navigator and decided to go straight to the smuggling port.
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Next update: 2023.–.–
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