BXBX NOVEL Chapter 92
Chapter 92: The hitman’s little koi 6 (part 1/2)
A voice sounded next to his ears, while a large hand held his shoulder to steady him. Chen Tong looked up and observed that the owner of the hand was a blond haired man who seems to look very much like a gentleman, wearing retro plaid casual Western-styled suit with a pocket square and speaks with a strong British accent. Once he took a glance on Chen Tong, he was stunned by the youth’s complexion at first. But when his gaze finally landed on the barefoot, he said in a gentle tone: “Little guy, are you lost?”
Despite the man donning on a very friendly appearance and style, Chen Tong still took a subconscious step back, the movement was very vigilant.
“My name is Arthur,” Seeing the little animal like alertness of the youth caused Arthur to smile instead, as he took the initiative to hold his hand out, “Arthur Mountbatten. ……Hello.”
There’s an old saying that states don’t hit a smiling guy. Chen Tong hesitated for a short period of time, but still decided to politely hold his hand back. However, since he still couldn’t remember his name, he could only press his lips in a thin line with a bit of helplessness, not uttering a single word until the end. The expression on his face appeared very indifferent, which gave people an unspeakable sense of inviolable grandeur.
Arthur paused for a moment, before speaking once more: “My room is over there,” He said while pointing to a door’s room on the right side, “If it’s not a problem, you can come and take a break with me there. I will then go and get in touch with a staff member on board afterwards to find your family.”
They were located on the topmost floor of the cruise ship, where there were only a total of 9 rooms with the most expensive and highest quality available. The little koi whose feet were so sore that he couldn’t bear standing anymore was eventually ‘taken away’ by Arthur in the room. He dazedly retread to the corner of the sofa with an extremely well-behaved look.
The dazed appearance of Chen Tong was naturally due to the emergence of the white floccule.
The white floccule who had resigned to it’s fate, explained to Chen Tong the entire matter once more. Unfortunately, even the most hardworking supervisor would also feel dissatisfaction towards this kind of repetitive task. Hence, the explanation this time, omitted quite a lot of details that it deemed unnecessary. Even the introduction of the mainline task was kept very brief. It didn’t even completely explain the mainline task three, but just made Chen Tong read the sea anemone leaf stored in the system’s storage.
Written on the leaf was the summary that Chen Tong concluded of the mainline task in the deep sea before: Do a lot of good deeds while maintaining aloofness. The interference of the system’s storage could only be seen by Chen Tong, so in Arthur’s perspective, he only saw the youth continue to be in daze while holding the warm cup of coffee he had just given him. The dazzling pair of big black limpid eyes, couldn’t help but make him think back to that little canary he once raised during his childhood.
It had also lost it’s way home, having fallen to the ground and was incapable of flying. It was picked up and brought home by him, then carefully fed with the help of the steward. He had once placed the birdcage outside to be shined by the sun during daytime, but had forgotten to bring it back in for the night, it had already been raining in the middle when he had remembered. Hence, he anxiously wrapped and wiped the little guy using a hand towel with the maid, then placed it near the fireplace for warmth. That little canary shook it’s tiny wings while combing it’s plumage near the fireplace, with two points of satisfaction, three points of coldness, four points of uneasiness, and a great deal of grievance.
Arthur inevitably crouched down in front of Chen Tong, changing his posture from looking down at him to looking up at him. He tried to obtain the youth’s trust with this lowered posture, as he gently inquired: “If you want to let the staff on board search for your family, providing your name may be required. ——What’s your name?”
On the other side, the ‘guardian’, Pei Lie was already worried to death.
Because of the sudden arrival of a newsletter from the organization beforehand. Hence, he went out to find a hidden place that people couldn’t eavesdrop in to make a phone call, but he never expected his baby would disappear in the midst of a single phone call. He didn’t see a single soul inside the entire room, the petite wet foot marks left behind on the floor were both deep and shallow, but the traces completely disappeared by the time it reached the door because of the absorbent padding. Instantly making Pei Lie anxiously panic that he almost lost control of himself.
Calming down, the great hitman immediately made use of his professional skills. He stealthily entered the cruise ship’s monitoring room, stunning the staff member who was watching the monitor inside using an anesthesia needle with great proficiency, then took control to view the monitor. In order to protect the privacy of the VIP guests on the first class layer, only one was placed at the head of the flight of stairs. As a result, Pei Lie only intercepted a picture with a completely obscured view of the face. The content was the youth in a plain T-shirt with a hand holding his shoulder and steadying him.
In spite of that, Pei Lie could instantly determine quite a lot of things with just this single hand. The other side was a man in mid-30’s judging from the bones and skin; the specially and neatly trimmed nails indicates that he was either born with a strict self-control or had been in the military before, in order to develop this sort of habit; the expensive custom-made watch on his wrist imply a very high family background; the plaid fabric of the cuffs had a distinct British style, something native American’s rarely wear; the shape of the cufflink made Pei Lie keenly associate it with the symbol of the UK’s Royal Air Force.
Truth be told, it was just a plain circle, which appears so ordinary, that no one would take another glance at it at all. However, the surface of the outer and inner ring of the circle was polished, inversely reflecting different colors, which was exactly the same as the concentric circle pattern of the Royal Air Force.
Chapter 92: The hitman’s little koi 6 (part 2/2)
Pei Lie already had a complete profile of the person who took away the little koi: Male, 30 years old, former military, born with a distinguished background, strict self-control and a British who likes pretending to be a gentleman. A passport needed to be presented upon boarding this cruise ship, in addition to those screening requirements before. So after Pei Lie hacked the cruise ship’s computer for the passengers information, barely a minute had passed when he found a suitable candidate from scanning about a hundred passports.
Three knocks sounded from the door.
It was certainly impossible for Arthur to use his own passport. Hence, Pei Lie found a scanned copy of one of his attendant. That attendant was the one who opened the door, and had been pushed away before being able to inquire who the other party was looking for, then immediately let out a low noise, while looking at the other party break in the room with a expressionless appearance. Alarmed by the noise, Arthur couldn’t help getting up and look over. He saw an Asian man walk over with large strides. The person resembled a sharp blade, with a fine and oppressive kind of cold breath approaching inch by inch, with an overbearing shadow behind him.
Pei Lie who couldn’t locate the koi youth after looking around in circle, gradually stood still, then looked at Arthur and spoke with a deep voice: “Lord* xiansheng, I will give you three minutes to bring Tong Tong out.”
*UK hereditary nobility
“Tong Tong?” Arthur’s eyes slightly narrowed, “I’ve never heard this name, I also don’t have any idea what you are talking about. Your action is already considered as an invasion of privacy, I……”
“I apologize, but I don’t like other people lying to me.” Pei Lie was as tall as Arthur, but Arthur was indistinctly a centimeter taller. The gazes of the two people collided, but the coldness in Pei Lie eyes were denser, which even carried a sense of intimidation, “This is the high seas of the North America, not your UK. So I advise you to think very clearly when answering my questions.”
Arthur knew that Pei Lie was not a good person from a single glance. Although, it was not clear how the other person knew his identity, but he clearly understood who he was looking for. Arthur came to the US for official duties this time, reason tells him that he shouldn’t get involved with unnecessary troubles. But when thinking of the youth’s state of being unable to remember anything and comparing it to the blood-soaked Pei Lie would inevitably make him feel concerned.
It was still difficult to control, even when knowing that this sort of concern was dangerous and unnecessary.
Arthur momentum also became more and more chilly. Just as he was about to speak once again, he unexpectedly noticed Chen Tong coming out from the room in the middle of this.
He immediately wanted to step forward, but was left behind by Pei Lie who had rushed with large strides.
Less that an hour had passed from the discovery of Chen Tong’s disappearance until this time, but was just like several days to Pei Lie. Pei Lie quickly rushed in front of Chen Tong without a second thought. He subconsciously withdrew his sharp momentum, donning a gentle appearance when facing the youth, then called in a low voice: “……Tong Tong.”
Chen Tong turned towards the sound of his voice, but this caused Pei Lie to freeze for a moment. The youth’s eyes were still as beautiful and as difficult to look at as always, just like all the world had lost it’s color in that piece of darkness. But it was so different from before, that it didn’t even seem to belong to a normal person, and were more like the deities who would depart from the mundane world.
Because everyone was equal under this pair of eyes.
There was neither indifference nor contempt, but only a very detached feeling. Similar to a calm pool of water or the surface of the mirror, which can impartially and truly reflect all the surrounding scenery, but lacked the slightest trace of feelings and emotion inside.
A bad hunch crazily grew inside of Pei Lie. Pei Lie couldn’t help but grip Chen Tong’s hand, as he called out once more: “……Tong Tong?”
But the youth who would have take the initiative to hug him had pulled back his hand instead, then spoke with an estranged tone: “……who are you?”
Just these three brief words made Pei Lie clench his now empty hand until his veins throbbed, while trying to see a hint of joking element from the youth’s countenance. Sad to say, the more he looks the more alarmed he became.
The other side was genuinely unable to remember him, even his temperament had changed. Pei Lie would perhaps always remember his day, as he had never felt the meaning of ‘lost’ as clear as this day. So much so, that he couldn’t even help but wonder whether the past few days they got along before was nothing but a mere fragment of his illusion.
But Chen Tong was not his illusion but his entire world. Pure and beautiful, the only thing in the world he wants to cherish and protect with all his might.
Pei Lie held Chen Tong’s hand once more, this time, he grasped so tightly, refusing to let the other retrieve his hand, as he took a deep breath, “Be good, let’s go home.”
“How are you really related to him?” Arthur couldn’t help but blurt out, “He obviously doesn’t know you. You can’t force him back with you if he isn’t willing.”
“……How am I related to him?” Pei Lie repeated this sentence in a hushed tone, then closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, the atmosphere of his body had completely changed, a thick dark ** surged from the bottom of his eyes, ——Which is a man’s extreme possessiveness towards his lover.
The arm immediately exerted strength, which immediately brought Chen Tong closer to him, he then leaned over and kissed the soft lips of the youth. All of this happened too quickly, that Chen Tong wasn’t able to react at all. The strong and powerful breath of the man was so overwhelming, like a huge net tightly shrouding over his head. The tongue pushed into his mouth and intensely entangled his, besieging and plundering.
Pei Lie’s kiss was so domineering, that Chen Tong couldn’t even take a breath under his rude and unreasonable plunder. He looked up after ending the kiss, then sharply fixed his gaze on Arthur, as he gave a word for word reply to his question just a moment ago: “I am his lover.”
The kiss was so intense, that Chen Tong actually became a bit muddleheaded by being toyed around. He leaned forward as both his legs had also softened which was then followed by a sense of weakness. He was then carried by Pei Lie, as his head was forced to be pressed against the man’s chest. Which immediately darkened his line of sight, only the feeling of the vibration of the man’s chest and the sound of his voice could be sensed.
“I will take my lover back first.” Pei Lie told Arthur in a deep voice: “I don’t know what’s wrong with my lover, but I will never let you off if you had anything to do with it. ——But before that, I will still thank you for taking care and showing consideration towards Tong Tong. If you ever need anything, you can send it to this email at anytime,” Pei Lie indicated to the coffee table with his chin, “……it will be completed within a week.”
Arthur looked over with a frown, and actually saw a series of letters written with the use of tea water appear at an unknown time on the table, even though it faintly showed the signs of drying under the sea breeze, but it can still be seen with clarity.