Chapter 41 – Soldier Card
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 a delay of nearly three weeks, they were finally ‘released’ and the company sent them back to Colombia. As soon as the plane landed, they all cheered. It felt good to be back on their own territory!
Tiger Shark and the others had completed their mission. They were already at the base. When Shan Ming got off the plane, a bunch of people pointed at his unlucky appearance and laughed.
Shan Ming was indeed the one with the heaviest injuries this time. He was wounded by bombs twice within half a month. He was also shot in the end. Shan Ming felt a little suffocated after thinking about it. After returning to his room, he vented his anger on Shen Changze. He told him to do this and that for a while. The child knew that this heartless father of his started to bully him again. But seeing him being injured to protect him, he didn’t bother to argue with him.
Shan Ming’s shoulder injury is serious. He won’t be able to use it in less than three months. Meanwhile, his leg injury doesn’t heal that quickly because unlike other injured patients, he refused to just lie on the bed with his injuries all over his body. The more Pell told him not to move around, the more he wanted to move around. He was even more stubborn than when he was not injured. Sometimes Shen Changze went to bring a meal back for him and found that he had disappeared. The child had to look for him. And if he found him, he had to coax him back to eat.
When his leg injury was almost healed, after the sun went down, the mercenaries held a party to celebrate their victory. They celebrated the fact that they split into two groups to carry out missions and not only did they successfully complete them, but they all came back alive.
Boxes of red wine and beers were brought in. The forty to fifty people in the room drank until the sky got dark. The smell of alcohol was overwhelming for a while and the scene was very lively.
When Tiger Shark was swaying from drinking, he suddenly remembered something important and became serious. He stood up and yelled, “Quiet, you bastards.”
Everyone gradually calmed down, wanting to see what he was going to do or say.
Tiger Shark’s big hand fumbled in his pocket for a long time. He then found a necklace with a soldier card. He threw it to Shen Changze in the air.
The child caught it and looked at the two coin-sized, oval bronze medals in surprise. His name and a serial number composed of irregular numbers and letters were clearly engraved on the front. A peregrine falcon spreading its wings as it flies was at the other side. This is the soldier card of ‘Peregrine Falcon’ members. It was one of the most valuable mercenary organisations in the world. He has finally become a real mercenary!
Tiger Shark let out a belch, “Keep it close. The soldier card contains your identity information. In the future, you will need soldier card identification, password identification and iris identification when entering and exiting confidential places such as bases, weapon depots, and R&D rooms. You have completed the task very well this time so you are qualified. And from today onwards, you are a member of the ‘Peregrine Falcon’.”
“Wow!”
“You brat is not bad. The youngest mercenary in history!”
“You used to cry in fright when you saw a mouse. Hahahaha! Time flies by so fast.”
“Yeah, at that time, you were still peeing the bed when you slept. Hahaha.”
Everyone made fun of him. These mercenaries who watched the child grow up felt a little bit emotional.
In the past five years, some people have died and some people have left due to disabilities. These people may face death and goodbyes at any time. Watching this child grow up day by day seems to be a record to indicate each day that they had survived. This feeling is very special and emotional
The child cheered excitedly. He ran up to Shan Ming holding the soldier card with his delicate face shone with joy, “Baba, Baba, look. This is my soldier card with my name on it. I am a mercenary!”
Shan Ming’s face showed a bit of a smug. He brought up this child with his own hands. It was like watering a small sapling, watching it grow up little by little up to this moment. He finally realised the joy of being a father. How should he say it? It was like a strange sense of accomplishment. Shan Ming took the soldier card necklace with a smile. He put it around the child’s neck and then rubbed his soft hair, “You’ve done well.”
The child jumped forward with a smile and kissed him on the cheek several times.
He likes the pure masculine tobacco smell on his father’s body. It was faintly fascinating and the smell made him feel full of strength.
In addition to the soldier card and his identity as the real member of the ‘Peregrine Falcon’, the child also got his own room.
When he moved his things away the next day, he stood at the door and looked at Shan Ming with hesitation on his face.
Shan Ming was concentrating on playing games. It took him a long time to realise that the child hadn’t left. So he turned to look at him, “Why are you still here?”
The child pouted, “Shouldn’t we sleep together in the future?”
“Nonsense. How long are you going to sleep with me? Get out. By the way, deliver my breakfast on time tomorrow. You still have to do what you should do.”
“Baba, will you be able to sleep? Didn’t you say that if you sleep with me, no mosquitoes will bite you?”
“I’ll just hang up the mosquito net. Go bring me drinks and snacks after moving your things.” After speaking, he turned around and continued to play games. His mood was the same as usual.
The child was filled with deep disappointment.
He was very reluctant to be separated from his father. For the past five years, he had slept with his father every night. He doesn’t know if he can sleep well on his own. But his father doesn’t seem to be reluctant to part with him at all. It was as if his presence didn’t affect him at all. It was very frustrating for the kid.
He stared at Shan Ming’s back for a while and then walked away dejectedly.
When Shan Ming was sleeping in the middle of the night, he suddenly felt someone approaching him. He opened his eyes immediately. Before he could touch the gun under the pillow, a small voice sounded quietly, “Baba, it’s me.”
Shan Ming squinted his eyes and looked at the figure under the moonlight, “Are you sick?”
Shen Changze said aggrievedly, “I can’t sleep.”
“Not my business. Get out.” Shan Ming turned over and showed his ass at him.
The child whispered, “Baba, I really can’t sleep. I’m used to sleeping with you. I can’t sleep alone. What should I do?”
Shan Ming finally took out the gun from under the pillow and raised it in the direction of the child. He uttered, “Get lost.”
The child didn’t flinch at all. He ran forward at gunpoint and hugged Shan Ming’s waist as he rolled onto the bed. He quickly found a familiar position, “Baba, let me sleep here. I don’t want to sleep by myself. I can’t sleep in my own room.”
Shan Ming was sleepy and he was too lazy to argue with him. He kicked him and turned away reluctantly.
The child gently broke his fingers apart from holding the gun. He took his gun and stuffed it under the pillow. He then hummed a lullaby lightly for a while. This trick has been tried repeatedly on Shan Ming before. After humming for a while, Shan Ming became confused. The child gently put his arms around Shan Ming’s waist and closed his eyes reassuringly.
At first, he was very happy to be able to finally have his own territory like an adult. But only after moving there he realised that he didn’t like that place. Only by sleeping on this familiar bed, with a familiar pillow, and a familiar father can he have a good sleep.
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Next update: 2023.–.–
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