“If Dad and Mom know this, they will be very happy. I’ll call them.” Mike was delighted, while Ji Guangming felt desperate.
“Wait. I’m not a citizen of Country Z, and I don’t have to abide by the laws and regulations here. Stop joking. I come here to carry out a mission instead of getting married.”
“What are you talking about? You are a soldier! Can soldiers ignore the law? You know the law and violate it.”
Mike said in his usual, confident way. His serious expression despaired Ji Guangming.
“I’m a soldier, but I’m not a soldier of your country. Besides, I didn’t know about the law here. How can you say I know and violate the law?”
‘If this spread out, I would be a laughing stock.’
‘No, no, for the sake of my reputation, I can’t let others know about it. I’ll appease these two guys first.’
“Well, can we meet each other halfway? If the Colonel knows about this, I’ll be finished. After all, I’m on a mission, and what I did was violating the law of Country H. If he knows about last night, he will take me back to my country for sentence. So please don’t tell anyone about it. We can talk about it after I complete my mission. Please.”
Mike and Mai Dan were not from Country H after all. They saw that Ji Guangming was really afraid from his appearance, so they agreed to it.
“Okay. If you are taken back and sent into prison, my brother can’t marry you.” Mike said.
“Thank you so much, almsgiver.”
Ji Guangming was grateful, but when he remembered that he got laid because Mike gave Mai Dan the drug, he was angry.
But it was not the right time to lose temper, so he stifled his anger.
‘Calm down. After I complete the mission, I’ll leave right away. Mai Dan won’t go to Country H to get me, will he?’
‘Besides, so what if he comes? I will abide by the laws of Country H, and he can’t force me.’
It turned out that Ji Guangming was not stupid, and he knew the way out of the trouble.
Mai Dan didn’t know about it. He thought that Ji Guangming accepted him, so he hugged Ji Guangming happily and said, “Wife, I will treat you well. I won’t love anyone else.”
Ji Guangming rolled his eyes, saying inwardly, ‘Go get someone else, so I don’t have to marry you.’
‘The law here is bullshit. It’s so absurd. If we have that law in Country H, there would be countless gay couples in our unit.’
Ji Guangming suddenly stopped imagining, because he when he was imagining, he could see the gay couple crowds in the unit.
“Let go of me.” he pushed Mai Dan away and then pointed at him, saying, “Remember, you can’t call me wife in front of others, nor can you get close to me, let alone do intimate things to me.”
“Why?” Mai Dan lowered his head like a disappointed dog.
“Isn’t it evident? If you call me wife, I’ll be exposed.” Ji Guangming thought, “What a dumb ass.”
He covered his face. ‘This man is going to be my husband? I’d rather die. He is more like a big dog than a husband. It’s such a big joke. Is this a dream?’
“Then can I call you wife when we are alone?” asked Mai Dan carefully.
In order to get some peace, Ji Guangming said casually, “Yes. When we are alone, you can call me whatever you want.” He thought, “It doesn’t hurt me anyway.”
Perhaps this was the beginning of Ji Guangming’s trouble. It was a long way to train his husband.