Chapter 215: Night Rendezvous
At night, Ma Qitong had just taken a nice shower and was drying her hair when she heard the doorbell ring.
“Who is it?”
“It’s me.”
The voice belonged to the Gentle Man.
“Is there something you need?” Ma Qitong asked through the door.
“Can I come in to talk?” the Gentle Man said with a cheeky grin.
Ma Qitong felt very helpless and opened the door, stepping aside to let the Gentle Man enter first.
She was already very impatient with the Gentle Man, who stuck to her like a plaster, so her tone was sharp.
“If you have something to say, say it!”
“Let me tell you, those three guys today definitely don’t look like good people!” the Gentle Man said somewhat panicked.
Hearing this, Ma Qitong laughed angrily: “Just because a man helped me, you think he’s not a good person?”
“Qitong, I’m not joking with you!
Let me tell you, the man who sat next to me had a gun on his waist! I accidentally touched it when he got on the bus!”
The Gentle Man made a gun gesture toward Ma Qitong.
At this moment, Ma Qitong still didn’t believe the Gentle Man’s words and just thought he was jealous, the inexplicable kind.
But it was already very late at night, so she thought she’d better perfunctorily send this plaster away, and said, “So what if he has one? It has nothing to do with me!”
Seeing that Ma Qitong still hadn’t realized the seriousness of the matter, the Gentle Man got anxious, “If they were Jianghu people, it would be fine, but what if they are police?”
“So what if they really are police? Have I done anything illegal?”
Seeing that Ma Qitong was impervious to reason, the Gentle Man had no choice.
He was now also left speechless by Ma Qitong.
He thought, don’t you know your own family background?
Don’t you know how dangerous it is for your family to associate with police?
“Do you have anything else? If not, get out, I’m going to sleep.”
With that, Ma Qitong pushed the Gentle Man toward the door.
“Fine, fine, don’t push me, I’ll go myself!”
The Gentle Man now realized that Ma Qitong was not his kind of person.
At the same time, he made up his mind that after tonight, he would leave tomorrow; he was done playing with Ma Qitong.
These past few days, he had had enough!
The more he thought, the angrier the Gentle Man got, and he stormed back to his room to sleep.
At one in the morning, Chang Ning, who had fallen asleep in his clothes, was startled awake by a knock on the door.
He picked up the handgun under his pillow, released the safety, and chambered a bullet.
“Who?”
“Me, Ma Qitong.”
Hearing it was Ma Qitong, Chang Ning clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
In the middle of the night, he had thought it was the Blue Team conducting a search.
It had made him nervous; if it really was the Blue Team, he would be done for today.
Chang Ning turned off the safety and tucked the handgun into the back of his waist.
“Can I come in?”
This time, Ma Qitong didn’t knock again.
Chang Ning opened the door and let Ma Qitong into the house. When he turned to close the door, unexpectedly, Ma Qitong suddenly grabbed the handgun tucked in the back of his waist.
This scared Chang Ning pale, and his hand reached back fiercely, grabbing Ma Qitong’s hand that was reaching for the handgun and twisting it hard, folding her arm behind her back.
“What do you want to do?” Chang Ning asked coldly.
Even though in the original plot Ma Qitong hadn’t touched her family’s matters, her family background still made Chang Ning not dare to let his guard down, even though he felt deep sympathy for her future experiences.
But that wasn’t a reason for her to touch the gun!
“I should be asking you! Who sent you?
My dad or the police?”
The pain from her arm made Ma Qitong’s voice tremble as she spoke, unable to hold back a sob.
Even so, she didn’t ask Chang Ning to let go.
“What do you mean? I don’t even know what you’re talking about.” Chang Ning pretended to be ignorant and confused.
Chang Ning pushed Ma Qitong onto the bed.
“Look into my eyes and tell me you’re telling the truth!”
Ma Qitong sat up, her bright eyes looking at Chang Ning.
“Do I have any reason to lie to you?
Before this, I didn’t even know you.”
At this point, Chang Ning stared into Ma Qitong’s eyes and said sincerely, “I’m really not police, nor sent by your father.”
This doesn’t count as lying, since I’m a soldier, not police. We’re national personnel; Ma Shichang has no right to send me.
Chang Ning thought to himself.
Actually, Chang Ning’s words didn’t register with Ma Qitong.
The moment she saw Chang Ning’s eyes without the slightest fluctuation, she already believed him.
Moreover, at this moment, Ma Qitong was a bit overwhelmed, her thoughts drifting who knows where.
His eyes are so clear, and his serious look is so handsome!
Seeing Ma Qitong zoning out, Chang Ning waved his hand to bring her back.
“Your eyes didn’t dodge when you spoke, I believe you.” Ma Qitong pretended to be hot and fanned herself with her hand.
Joke! If I let a little girl like you see through my lies, all my training would be wasted; Dog Head Old Gao would be furious if he knew.
“So please keep tonight’s matter confidential, or I can’t guarantee your life safety.” Chang Ning said expressionlessly.
As he spoke, his indifferent gaze told Ma Qitong that if she didn’t do as he said, she would really be killed.
“Understood, I promise not to say!”
Ma Qitong covered her mouth and shook her head, indicating she would definitely keep her mouth shut.
Seeing that he had scared Ma Qitong, Chang Ning was very satisfied with his acting skills inwardly.
For a moment, he even thought that after transferring out later, he could consider developing in the entertainment industry and star in a few military blockbusters.
“So what exactly are you?”
Seeing that Chang Ning had a gun, Ma Qitong became curious about his profession.
“You’d better not ask about my matters; it’s easy to get killed!”
Chang Ning continued to intimidate Ma Qitong.
If Chang Ning’s identity was known to ordinary people, those who knew would at most be warned, while Chang Ning himself might be reassigned.
But if criminals knew Chang Ning’s identity, the consequences would really be as he said—deadly.
As long as the person is eliminated, no one would know his identity.
“You’re just scaring me! Maybe I can even help with what you’re doing?” Ma Qitong wrinkled her little nose, unconvinced.
She never thought of Chang Ning as someone from a national unit, or rather, her heart didn’t want to think that way and subconsciously avoided it.
Her family background destined her to have concerns when choosing her partner.
Chang Ning was at a loss with Ma Qitong for the moment.
Force wouldn’t work; he really couldn’t bring himself to be rough with a woman.
Being soft definitely wouldn’t work either; Ma Qitong would take advantage of it.
So annoying!
“You’re not into arms dealing, are you?”
As if thinking of something, Ma Qitong said excitedly.
“You could say that.”
Chang Ning thought his profession involved dealing with weapons every day, so calling it arms dealing was fair enough, so he went along with her words and admitted it.
