LWDC Chapter 123

Chapter 123 – The Last Night

Chapter 123 – The Last Night

Chapter 123 – The Last Night

Ning Fei had been working nonstop for a day, and fighting intensely, so his body was already exhausted. Relying on the boost of a million points of luck, he had a falling out with Duan Yunhong. It was almost noon when it ended. Ning Fei relied on his willpower to take a quick shower, and almost didn’t make it back to bed. In the end, Duan Yunhong gave him a hand, settling him back onto the bed, while he himself fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.

Before losing consciousness, Ning Fei’s fingers hooked onto Duan Yunhong’s collar: “Wake me up at four. I still have to buy supplies for the return trip…”

Duan Yunhong grabbed his fingers, seeming to reply with something. But Ning Fei had already closed his eyes, falling into a sea of dreams, not hearing a single word.

By the time Ning Fei opened his eyes again, it was already dark.

Duan Yunhong wasn’t on the bed; he was sitting on the sofa looking at a tablet. Next to the sofa was Ning Fei’s bag, which had originally been thrown haphazardly, but now stood upright. A table lamp provided illumination, probably conjured from Duan Yunhong’s space.

Ning Fei gradually regained his senses from his daze, finally remembering to grab his phone to check the time—it was almost eight o’clock.

“I told you to wake me up at four; you couldn’t spare any effort to help…” he grumbled as he sat up, his voice still hoarse from sleep, “If I had slept even later, I wouldn’t be able to buy supplies, wouldn’t have anything to eat, and wouldn’t be able to continue sleeping. Tomorrow morning I’d have nothing and no energy to start the journey. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? How malicious, Director Duan.”

“You were so tired you didn’t even hear my reply at the time. How could a mere four or five hours be enough for you to recover?” Duan Yunhong remained seated, only raising his eyes to look at him, “I said then that it didn’t matter if you didn’t wake up. Can’t I provide you with a few days’ worth of provisions?”

“It’s not that exaggerated; my recovery efficiency is high. Besides, isn’t eating also part of replenishing my energy?” Ning Fei turned on the light and got out of bed, stretching vigorously, “Besides, I don’t want to mess up my biological clock by reversing day and night. I have to drive tomorrow, so it’s better to get up and move around, and then get a normal night’s sleep.”

Duan Yunhong said, “There are so many of them; do they still need you to drive?”

“What are you saying? Since I came with their team, in their car, it’s normal to take turns driving. I don’t get special treatment.” As Ning Fei spoke, he walked to Duan Yunhong’s side, pulled a clean T-shirt and trousers from his backpack, and began to change in front of Duan Yunhong, “What’s the difference between this and traveling with you?”

—Comparing me to them?

Duan Yunhong thought to himself, seeing that the marks on Ning Fei’s toned waist hadn’t faded, and unapologetically reached out and squeezed it: “Are you and Zheng Liwen, the captain of that team, on pretty good terms?”

Ning Fei slapped his hand away, pulling down the hem of the T-shirt: “We’re alright. He’s a good person, and his personal strength and organizational skills are also decent. I don’t have my own combat team in Tianyue, so if I want to go out, I have to temporarily join another team. Yu Zhou chose Zheng Liwen’s team for me. His subordinates are also quite good; they have good internal coordination, and it’s easy to communicate with them. I quite like getting along with people like that.”

Except the wind and fire power combo really isn’t anything special. Ning Fei thought.

Duan Yunhong asked again: “So, Yu Zhou introduced you?”

Ning Fei heard the deep meaning in his words, and scoffed: “Yes. What exactly do you want to ask? Do you want to ask why Yu Zhou introduced me to Zheng Liwen? Congratulations, you guessed it. It’s exactly what you think.”

“You know what I’m thinking?”

“You specifically asked about my relationship with Zheng Liwen; only a fool wouldn’t understand.” Ning Fei got himself sorted out, and pulled out a folded bag from his backpack, “But I can tell you very clearly that although I have no obligation to be faithful to you, I won’t get mixed up with Zheng Liwen. Friends, yes. Lovers, absolutely not.”

Duan Yunhong “Mm”ed.

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow, seeing that he was reacting so calmly: “Looks like I was being presumptuous. Director Duan probably doesn’t care how many lovers I have. Fine, I’ll take it as you asking casually, and you can take it as me answering casually. We’ll mind our own business and stay out of each other’s way.”

Duan Yunhong thought, it’s because I know very well that Ning Fei couldn’t accept someone introduced by Yu Zhou.

He has a crush on Yu Zhou, how could he accept a match made by his crush? That would be too upsetting.

—But, did Yu Zhou deliberately set this up after talking to me?

—But Ning Fei smoked with Zheng Liwen before…

Duan Yunhong couldn’t figure out the cause and effect, but he also couldn’t verify it with Yu Zhou. After all, he knew very well that even if he asked Yu Zhou, the other would only maliciously admit it. So this matter will remain a mystery.

Ning Fei saw his silence, assuming that he had hit the mark, and that Duan Yunhong had nothing to say. There was no point in standing here any longer, so Ning Fei picked up the bag and turned to walk towards the door: “Then I’ll head out for a bit.”

Duan Yunhong snapped out of it: “Where are you going?”

“To eat, to buy things.” Ning Fei didn’t turn his head, just raised the bag and shook it, “Sleep if you want, no need to wait.”

Duan Yunhong put away the tablet: “Then I’ll go too.”

Ning Fei paused: “Huh?”

The man stood up, changing out of his slippers: “What ‘huh’? I’m going to get some dinner too.”

“You haven’t eaten either?”

“No.”

“How come…” Ning Fei wanted to ask him wasn’t his space full of food, how could he not even get a meal. But as he turned around, he suddenly caught sight of the lamp that hadn’t been put away by the sofa, and in an instant, a thought popped into his head.

—Was he waiting for me?

—Or was he afraid of disturbing me, so he didn’t turn on the big light and didn’t eat anything himself?

While he was thinking, Duan Yunhong had already reached Ning Fei’s side: “What are you spacing out for? Don’t want to go anymore?”

Ning Fei glanced at him, not planning to ask any further. Anyway, Duan Yunhong would definitely deny it. So Ning Fei turned back again: “Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s try some local specialties, before they close up shop.”

Duan Yunhong followed him: “We can drive there, but do you know where it is?”

“I know, I made sure to see it clearly when we came…”

*

The two went out together, and came back together.

Ning Fei packed the groceries, fruits, and other things he had bought into his bag. There were already some compressed foods in the bag, and adding these, it exceeded twice the planned duration of the return trip, enough to cover any emergencies. He only bought two bottles of water. Duan Yunhong even asked him if he wanted to buy more, but he said that the team’s car would have a whole case, and he could fill these two bottles into his big water bottle to tide him over.

Speaking of cars, Duan Yunhong sat on the sofa, seemingly casually saying, “I asked the car dealership in Huichuan, and my Hummer model isn’t made anymore. I told them to look for a black SUV. I’ll let you know if there’s any news.”

“Oh.” Ning Fei didn’t care, “If there isn’t one, just cash it out. Yu Zhou can also get me one.”

When Duan Yunhong heard that Yu Zhou could get involved in Ning Fei’s affairs again, his stubborn streak kicked in. He said, “No cashing out, a car is a car. If you see a new car you like in Tianyue, you can also tell me. I’ll pay with points, as long as the price is about the same.”

“What, are you afraid I’ll skim money off the top?” Ning Fei zipped up his bag and tugged it to the side, “Why don’t you say we should paint ‘Sponsored by Duan Yunhong’ on the car?”

Duan Yunhong said, “That’s not a bad idea.”

“You’re crazy.” Ning Fei heard his nonchalant tone, and half-jokingly, half-mockingly said, “You’re far away in Huichuan, and you want to label your P-friend in Tianyue? Are you a dog peeing on the tires to mark them?”

Hearing this, Duan Yunhong scoffed, “What? You can’t get it up finding pleasure in a car with my name on it?”

“You’re buying me a car just for that?” Ning Fei chuckled, sitting face-to-face on his lap, “Duan Yunhong, are you still sulking because I didn’t come back in your car? Or are you implying that you want to schedule a farewell fuck in the car?”

This morning, concerned that Ning Fei was mentally and physically exhausted, the two had kept it restrained. Now it was night, and there was still some time, so they could still play around for a bit.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Duan Yunhong indeed received the implication, his face full of sarcasm, but his hands pinched his waist, “A car with no windows, I don’t have that kind of exhibitionist desire.”

“Then are you fantasizing about me with someone else in the car you bought?” Ning Fei put his hands on his shoulders, slowly leaning closer, his voice full of laughter, “Your fetish is quite strange, how disgusting…”

Sarcastic words, said at a different time, can also create an ambiguous effect. The two bickered, their distance closing, the atmosphere just right. Just at this crucial moment, Ning Fei’s phone rang.

He raised an eyebrow, took out his phone, glanced at it, and hung up.

But before he could put his phone down, the phone rang again. Ning Fei “Tsk”ed, got off Duan Yunhong, and walked to the side while answering the phone: “Hello? What’s up?”

“…Didn’t do anything, just finished eating.”

“Yes, he’s still here…Yes, still together.”

Duan Yunhong guessed as soon as he heard that it must be Yu Zhou calling to “check up,” not only asking about Ning Fei’s plans, but also asking about his whereabouts. This Yu Zhou, who claimed to be Ning Fei’s “teacher,” was more controlling than his own parents. Knowing that Ning Fei had a crush on him, he still controlled him while not responding.

Ning Fei clearly didn’t like this, clearly could have actively escaped, but still accepted Yu Zhou’s control.

If this happened to someone else, Duan Yunhong would just watch the show, respect other people’s choices, and let go of his need to help. But when it happened to Ning Fei… he really couldn’t help but care.

Ning Fei didn’t notice Duan Yunhong’s gaze on him, still answering the phone, leaning against the window with his back to Duan Yunhong: “I’m leaving tomorrow morning. Him? I don’t know, maybe tomorrow too. Why are you asking this? …Huh?!”

With that last shocked interjection, Ning Fei suddenly stood up straight, turned around, and met Duan Yunhong’s eyes.

But his phone hadn’t hung up yet, still responding to the person on the other end: “Are you serious? …No, I didn’t tell him about this… Tsk, alright, I know.”

Duan Yunhong’s fingers quietly pinched together.

He had a premonition that tonight’s “good time” was probably over. More importantly, Ning Fei had definitely been informed of “that matter” by Yu Zhou, and was probably going to get angry.

Sure enough, Ning Fei hung up the phone, his first sentence was an aggressive questioning.

“The Huichuan base just released an announcement, saying they’ve established the country’s first Comprehensive Management Center for Mutation Prevention Technology, huh?”

“Don’t tell me you deliberately lured me out, and then stole my idea like this, just to disgust me to my face, Duan Yunhong!”

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Ning Fei: I’m going to download the anti-fraud APP!