Chapter 57 - Straight forward

Translator: Lionwwang  Editor: Lionwwang

This military officer’s eyes are opening round. His face is full of arrogance. And he spats furiously on the ground, as if he utters a curse in a low voice: “Hum, black-skinned dog…”

I almost can’t help laughing.

I also have some soldier friends, so that I know that all the military officers look down upon the police. Because police can’t manage soldiers. Soldiers are only managed by troops. In the mouth of many officers, they like to call police ‘the black-skinned dog’.

Anything happens with a policeman meets an army man, he would be very headache. Because police can’t bring army man back. The army man will be taken away by the troops in a flash. And the tradition in the army is: extreme protection! Own people commit a crime can be brought back by army itself. They can be punished as serious as they can. But outside people? Don’t even think about it!

I don’t know much about ranking, but the rank of this officer must be pretty high. He must be sort of an important guy.

He seems born of fiery temper and has arrogant habit. He doesn’t look at the two policemen, just turns to look at Nanny and ask: “Nanny, how are you? Let me take you home!”

Nanny’s face is not good. It seems that she has no good temp with the officer.

“Why are you here? Who let you come?”

He looks at her as if without any anger, but patience. With a pleasant face, he whispers: “Well, I happen to see the old man, did you call Director Zhou? You just hung up and he called the old man in a flash. Old man was worrying about you. But he was so stubborn that he would not ask you himself. So, he just let me come.”

Nanny grinds her teeth and her eyes are cold: “Don’t be! Your family takes less care of me!”

Then, she pulls me: “Chen Yang, let’s go!”

From the corridor to outside, only a few dozen paces. That officer is following us with a little helpless. But his good face is only to Nanny, and he looks cold to me and the lawyer.

He has said quite a few words, but Nanny just ignores him, pulling me to outside and gets into a car. It looks like the lawyer’s car.

The officer is in a hurry, and suddenly grabs her arm: “Nanny, how do you want? Did those two basted bullied you tonight? Let me revenge for you!”

“Let go of me!” Nanny frowns, staring at him screaming, “Tommy! You let go of me! I tell you, I do not want your family to help me anything!”

The officer Tommy is embarrassed. Nanny suddenly grits her teeth and lift her foot to kicks Tommy’s leg.

Such a big man! Just now, he knocked down two men easily with single foot only. But when he is kicked by Nanny, he even dares not show any anger on the face. He just hides away with pain.

Nanny pulls me into the car and shut the door: “Mr. Song, please drive!”

When we driven for ten meters away, I turn around and see the officer is still standing on the side of the road, but suddenly I see a military open-top Jeep is parking outside the police station.

“Nanny…” I ask her tentatively.

She shakes her head before I finish speaking. Then she grabs my palm. I feel her soft little hand is very cold, as if trembling.

“Chen Yang… How are you? Where did you hurt?”

I shake my head: “I’m fine. You just… That guy…”

She says immediately: “Don’t ask, I don’t want to say.” She as if remembers something suddenly, faces to the lawyer, who is driving ahead, and says: “Mr. Song, please help me to prepare the lawyer’s letter tomorrow. These policemen dare to beat people! I want to sue them!”

The lawyer smiles helplessly, but takes a look at me from the rearview mirror as if winking me.

I immediately understand what he means, he wants me to advise her not to affix legal liability.

I think for a while and say: “Nanny, just forget about it and let go of it.”

“How can we just let go?” She is still very angry, “How can they beat you? Your face is still swollen!” Her face shows a distraught expression. She can’t help but stretch out a hand to gently hold my face, fingertips carefully rubbing and asks me with the soft voice: “Pain?”

To be honest. How can it not pain? My face is swollen and full of the marks!

It does pain!

Women like to ask such seemingly silly questions, but these questions make people who’re listening feel warm in the heart.

Also, her eyes, like the winter stars, are shining. She’s staring at me so close, a row of silver teeth gently biting her lips.

I sigh and look at her uneasily, without looking at her side: “Not pain.”

Then I whisper: “I mean, really… Just forget about it.”

“But…”

I interrupt her: “Nanny, you don’t understand what’s going on here.”

To tell the truth, any policeman in charge of the crime, when he is facing a suspect, he must give the suspect some lessons first. That’s the truth. For that kind of wily old bird, if you don’t play a fierce face to question him, it is impossible to let him tell the truth.

And if you really want to sue them. Hmm, first, leave the fact of whether you have evidence or not, there are a pile of troubles are waiting for you.

Obtain evidences! Hearing of witnesses! Confirmation hearings! There are so many things need to follow up.

The matter is, even if your complaint wins, you totally offend these uniformed comrades. If there’s anything happens in future, you will be in big trouble at that time.

This is the true world!

It’s the same in foreign countries! American police beats suspect no less than ours!

Nanny apparently has never experienced in a circle like this, and she think that send out a lawyer’s letter can make this done. It won’t be that simple.

Looking at my eyes, Nanny’s attitude softens and hesitates. I hurriedly shift the topic and look at the lawyer who’s driving in front: “Mr. Song, right? Thank you for your help tonight.”

He probably sees me very knowledgeable, smiles at me kindly: “You are welcome! It’s my duty to serve my customer. Miss Fang has paid the lawyer fee.”

I smile and say: “Do you have cigarettes?”

He smiles, throws me a pack of cigarettes, I light a cigarette for myself, throw it back to him, take a sip, and laugh, “How did you get me out? You seem to be a lawyer. I see tonight that one of the men I hit probably has relationship with a policeman in the police station.”

He seems to be a kind person too. He laughs hearty: “Mr. Chen, credit is not on me. It does not like the oversea TV serious; you just need to call the lawyer to handle everything. Our country’s system is different, and the role of lawyers is far less than that of foreign countries.”

After a long pause, he says with great meaning: “Miss Fang has a top way.” His thumb points to the top, “Someone called and exerted some pressures. If you rely solely on our lawyers, you just prepare to wait for forty-eight hours inside there.”

I take a look at Nanny.

Thinking of Yumi’s words, Nanny seems to have really strong background. And the officer Tommy clearly evidently proved this tonight.

Though I am curious, I know I shouldn’t ask her.

After driving for ten minutes, Nanny whispers: “Chen Yang, let’s go to the hospital first. You just make a check to your body, I’m afraid that you have some other injuries.”

I shake my head and say: “No, I’m good. In front of the intersection, just stop and let me off. I’ll go home by myself. Mr. Song, please send Miss Fang back.”

She refuses, “No way! Let’s take you home first.”

I shake my head: “No! And, is our car parking outside the restaurant?”

“Leave the car alone. It’s OK to take it tomorrow, it won’t be lost overnight.” She insists.

This woman! You’re not worried about the car, I do care.

That ring is still in the car! All other things don’t matter, the ring can’t be lost.

After a while, we finally make a compromise. She accompanies me to take the car, and then I drive her home.

Looking at her gentle expression of satisfaction in eyes… My heart is suddenly moving.

She’s… She just wants to stay with me for a while.

The lawyer also sees the subtlety of the atmosphere, but he is a clever man, just shuts his mouth and keeping silent. He just drives us back to the restaurant.

Then, when I say goodbye to him, he shakes hands with me, takes out a business card and hands it to me quietly. He says with smile: “If there is any problem in the future, you may come find me. Let’s make a friend. I’ll give you the lowest VIP price.”

I take his business card and smile: “OK! Thank you for tonight.”

He looks at me and smiles meaningfully: “No, I want to thank you, too. Miss Fang does not understand these things inside, but you seem to understand it very well.”

I know… In doing his job, he has to deal with the police frequently. I stopped Nanny from complain to the police, he would not have to offend them.

Unlike us, lawyers like him has to deal with legal organs all day long.

Then I drive to Nanny’s home. There are only two of us in the car. We are keeping silence all the way back. Nanny gently bites her lips, don’t know what she is thinking. From time to time she peeps at me, but says nothing.

I concentrate on driving and try not to see her.

When I park the car in front of her door, she does not get off the car, but sits in the back row, as if summoning up courage, whispers: “Chen Yang… You… Would you like to go in? Let me rub some medicine on your head.”

Her face is scarlet and her eyes are dodging.

My heart is rolling!

But I realize at once that such a situation could be very dangerous. If I go in, who knows what will happen?

If something really happen…

To be honest, I have no objection to what might happen. It must be wonderful…

But how about after?

I’m an adult, not a little boy who has a hot head and doesn’t care about anything in order to have a sex with a woman.

Such a woman like Nanny, she is obviously not an ordinary person! What is her background?

If I really get along with her? Would there be any big trouble?

Taking a deep breath, I say cautiously: “It’s too late. I need to go back. You have a good rest.”

Her eyes, that kind of glittering light immediately fades down, grieving at me for a few seconds, then grits her teeth and off the car. But she suddenly turns back, speaks to me in a soft voice: “That… You drive my car back… It’s too late. It’s hard to get a taxi around here.”

I know if I refuse her again, she will be sad. I accept and watch her enter the house. Then I start the car to leave.

When I just go out of the gate, I suddenly see a man standing by the side of the road and waving to me to stop.

It’s Tommy, that officer!

In the night, he stands in a stiff uniform, like a javelin, with a defensive air on his face, his eyes gleaming, and the green military open-ended off-road Jeep parking beside him.

I step on the brakes, pull the car to the roadside, and then walk towards him.

His eyes stare at me all the time. His face can’t tell whether happy or angry, just staring at me faintly.

When I come to him, he suddenly moves, but he pulls out a box of ‘Ares’ cigarette from his pocket.

I know this is a kind of cigarette specialize in supply to the army, especially the field troops.

In this cigarette, there is a certain amount of cough syrup in the cut tobacco. When you smoke it, you will feel a slight sweet taste in your throat. It is said that it also has a certain analgesic effect. It’s not available outside the market.

He hands to me one, and then takes another for himself. The two of us light our own cigarettes and look at each other again.

During the whole process, we do not speak at all.

After smoking, he speaks. His tone is stiff, but there is no hostility. His say: “Good buddy, I follow you all the way back. If you don’t come out in ten minutes, or dare to spend the night at the house, I’m going to rush in and grab you out!”

Before I can open my mouth, he stares into my eyes and asks: “What’s your relationship with Nanny? Are you dating with each other?”