The Guest: Book 3

by Yufeng Zhuang

Chapter 4

  Honor

  “You can’t blame this kind of things on other people.” after heard Charlie Tai the sigh with emotion, Sheilor was somewhat disagreeable, he silenced for a moment, the he still decided to tell his opinion, “you are the one of the successor of the seven big families, with we these ordinary people, are the people born in the two different worlds. Perhaps you never noticed, no matter how you pretend to be a gentle appearance, but as long as you are in front of people… such as at this time, you will always reveal some kind of breath.”

  Charlie Tai was very interested to look at him, “what kind of breath?” he asked.

  “I am not so sure.” Sheilor had a wry smile, “but it’s not the thing I really like anyway, perhaps it’s a bit too calm, it’s like that all the things in this world were under your control. Perhaps the people by your side have already got used to your this look, but when I know you that time, you are just a an ordinary student with some money, so I am not use to it.”

  Charlie Tai couldn’t help to laugh out loud, he said, “I never thought of, after all I am so unbearable in your eyes.”

  Sheilor explained, “no, it’s not unbearable, it’s just not used to it.”

  Charlie Tai silenced for a moment, opened his mouth and said seriously, “you have a point there, I shouldn’t make any excessive demands. This world is never fair, some people are born to have more resources and power than others naturally, such like me. I won’t be affectedly unconventional to say, this is a kind a misery, because… besides me, it seems that everybody wants to have this kind of misery but couldn’t.”

  He looked at Sheilor that ordinary but amiable face, said calmly, “let’s talk about something else, have you had a good time in the fight training room this morning?”

  Changed the topic, talked about the holding the abdomen and running black mecha, Sheilor’s mood finally relaxed a bit, no longer took this in front of him in the sofa youngster as some kind of monster, he scratched the back of his head and said sincerely, “thank you to cover for me.”

  “To survive in this society, it needs a lot of opportunities. But not everyone could meet the opportunity to have the flame glowing. You have met it once this morning, but you escaped just like that you met a ghost.” Charlie Tai shook his head, said with disagreement, “I don’t know why you don’t want to be famous, this is really not like a normal young man.”

  Sheilor thought, I have my own sufferings, just like that you have your troubles, how could I explain this to you? Don’t I need to tell you, I am a federal fugitive who had provided help to a treason criminal?

  In order to cover up that little bit complicated emotion in his heart, he narrowed his eyes and smiled, changed the topic very naturally, “I have already thank you earlier, but at this time I still need to thank you once again, after all this is your adult ceremony, but you helped me out so much as a result.”

  “Oh, about the man and woman this kind of thing, no matter how much I could help you, if that little girl Charming ignored you, it’s still not any use to you.” Charlie Tai looked at him with a forced smile on his face and said, “as for the adult ceremony, tens of hours ago, you have already brought me to there. Today, all of these should be counted as the return I have for you.”

  While he was speaking, Charlie Tai took out a red envelope from his bosom, said with a bitter smile, “have you seen? This is the red envelope which the girl of the Stars Club sealed for me.”

  Sheilor looked at the red envelope held in his hand, held back his smile forcedly, very hard. He felt that his thing was extremely ridiculous, but didn’t know why, he couldn’t help to have some proud in his heart. Two successors of the federal seven big families, one was fostered many days by him, one was brought to lose his virginity by him.

  If this was made into a TV series, it’s afraid of only one thing that it would break the viewing record of the channel 23.

  But have to say, Charlie Tai is a people who knows how to control the talking rhythm and the field atmosphere pretty well. Just after he showed the red envelope, that kind of sensitive wait-and-see attitude between these two young men disappeared gradually, the sitting positions of these two people also became relaxed a lot.

  “Besides to the thing of the club, I still have to thank you for the deep-fried dough pies and the soy bean mild you brought to me in those nights.”

  “If consider all of these, you as the heir of the Tai family, also seem a bit too stingy.” Sheilor also had the mood to make some jokes, “even a bit more stingy than that lead girl, at least she would seal a red envelope to you, you just shined two light beams on me…”

  As he was speaking, his eyes became confused, because he saw that a piece of paper Charlie Tai handed to him. Sheilor took over and took a look at it, his eyes could help to have some change, he looked at Charlie Tai surprised, “the concert ticket of Jane Sue? How didn’t I never hear of it before?”

  “Next week, Jane Sue will release her first solo album.” Charlie Tai held back his hand, looked at him with a smile, “with the influence she has in the federation, probably she would hold a celebration concert a month later.. And in fact, she has already booked the time and place for the concert. I know that you are the fan of this little girl… whether this honorarium is enough to match those overnight deep-fried dough pies you bought?”

  Sheilor pretended that he didn’t hear the mischievous meaning in the words of the other party, he just incredibly had a scratch on his head.

  Probably only the heirs of the seven big families this kind of identity, when the concert of Jane Sue is still in the preparation this moment, could have already got the VIP tickets.

  For Sheilor, Jane Sue is not just as simple as an idol. That face of the purple hair little girl shows up on the channel 23 every night, for him, it represents the accompany in these years, he no longer felt lonely in these years; it represents those memories he had in the East Forest Region, those parades on the Bell Tower street…

  Looked at that thin ticket in his hand, thought of that in one more month, he would see Jane Sue with his own eyes, Sheilor was in a daze in situ in a moment, didn’t come back to himself for a long time.

  “Well… actually I never wanted to see Jane Sue.” Sheilor was telling the truth, he is not a idolater, Jane Sue to him, is a kind of symbolic image, in fact he is more willing to keep the distance, to watch from a distance… but words were said like this, he thought like this in his heart, he still put that ticket into the inner pocket of the dress carefully.

  “But I still thank you very much.” Sheilor looked at in the sofa the familiar but strange Charlie Tai, he said, “you don’t have to do these.”

  Charlie Tai sat on the sofa and held the coffee cup in his hand, not knowing the taste to drink the coffee. After Sheilor left, he felt that he didn’t have anything to do for a moment, the dancing party of the Bi-Moons Festival had no any meaning to him. He knows clearly what he wants and what he supposed to do. That named Sheilor young man, still couldn’t be counted as his real friend-- he has been in doubt, whether he would actually have the possibility to have the true friends in his this life.

  If it’s just a kind of accident that Sheilor appeared in his life, Charlie Tai doesn’t reject this kind of unexpected appearance, or even he wants that this kind of accident could last a bit longer. In these days, after he met this interesting poor student, Charlie also was surprised that he could get along and talk with the other party like a ordinary man, but what about after his real identity was exposed?

  The eyes of Charlie Tai are very sharp, from the details in these days, he confirmed that Sheilor is a trustworthy and honest people, but his character is somewhat too stubborn. And Charlie found out even more, actually Sheilor is a very capable person, just this guy deliberately or unintentionally, always hides the abilities he has on some aspects.

  Charlie Tai appreciates Sheilor this kind of character and ability, even had the thought, to bring this young man into the field of visi
on of the family, to watch him growing, and to make him to become his capable subordinate.

  But after today this conversation, he keenly noticed that Sheilor had the natural resistance to some certain possibility. Although both sides didn’t say it out clearly, but had expressed the meaning in the speech and the expression.

  “When Sheilor left, he asked me where you are, I said that you have already left.” Charlie Tai didn’t want to think about those things any longer, he got back to his that usual calm, looked at that middle-aged man came out from the back of bookcase, “there is no other people over here, I think the self-introduce also should begin.”

  That followed Sheilor up to the second floor middle-aged man, was like disappeared in the previous conversation. He walked to the front of Charlie Tai, not waited for the instruction of the host, then sat down on the sofa on the opposite side very naturally, he looked at the young man and said with a smile, “there are many people want to find you, but still let me grab the first…”

  The steward Ken handed over a cup of coffee to this mysterious middle-aged man, and then walked back behind Charlie Tai, stood over there silently.

  Charlie Tai stirred the black coffee in the cup with a silver spoon, he said, “since I have already exposed my identity, of course I know that there are many people are looking for me. But I know it even clearly, Sheilor only has three friends, but no matter the uncles of Charming or Shielding, none should appear in the dancing party. Even they appeared, it’s impossible for them to follow Sheilor to get up to the second floor so easily… of course I don’t even have a agent uncle.”

  “You should know it clearly, on this road to go up to the upstairs, you might die at any time.” Charlie Tai raised his head, calmly but full of pressure looked at the middle-aged man on his opposite side, “but you weren’t not afraid, and you don’t have any weapon on you… so I would like to give you this adventurer an opportunity to have the conversation, but you have to introduce yourself first, after all, I don’t want the first negotiation object after my adult ceremony, would be a deliberately mystifying guy.”

  In that pair of full of pressure eyes, the middle-aged man didn’t have any uneasiness, he held the coffee cup up and took a sip, said, “I am very grateful to you that you didn’t kill me directly earlier, but gave me an opportunity to open my mouth.”

  “I came from the mountains.” the middle-aged man put down the coffee cup, calmly looked at the sitting in the sofa youngster, “I hope that this wouldn’t surprise you.”

  Charlie Tai fell into silence after he heard this sentence, but the steward Ken narrowed his eyes behind his back, the chill showed gradually. The privileged class of the federation always like the water and the oil not melt together with the anti-government army, the other party would be the people came from the mountains incredibly?

  Charlie Tai thought for a moment, had the smile floated on the corners of his mouth, he asked, “I think you should have already known, my mother has already refused the inquire of the senator Medellin. The leader Namsui shouldn’t let a couldn’t make any commitment people to come to have this conversation, so it seems, your position in the mountains shouldn’t be low…”

  “Comrade Medellin didn’t come into the mountains for years.” the middle-aged man very naturally explained the question of Charlie Tai.

  “Then your rank in the mountains?” Charlie Tai frowned slightly, stared at the middle-aged man that abnormally wretched face.

  “I assist comrade Namsui directly.” the middle-aged man said seriously, “so I have the qualification of the full authority.”

  No matter how calm Charlie Tai was, after he heard this answer, his eye pupils still could help to have a shrinkage. And the steward Kew behind his back even felt regret, if he knew the real identity of this man, he definitely wouldn’t let his master take the risk to meet this person.

  After silenced for a long time, Charlie Tai then heaved a sigh and said softly, “didn’t expect that I could actually meet the most successful spy leader of the Constitution Calendar Thirty-seven, this is really my honor.”