Chapter 116: Thank You, Dog Six

In the early hours of the morning.

Su Tianyu, An Qiqi, Wawa, Bai Hongbo, and Zheng Han walked out of the bar together and came to an inland river along the street.

The surroundings were very dirty and messy, with garbage everywhere, but the view of the Pulai New District from here was extremely beautiful.

"Why bring us here?" An Qiqi asked with flushed cheeks. "I was still fighting to the death with them!"

"Sister, I'm out of money! If we kept gambling, I'd lose even my underwear," Su Tianyu held a wine bottle and asked softly: "Is it beautiful here?"

An Qiqi looked at the scenery and slowly nodded: "Quite beautiful."

"What's been making your mood not beautiful lately?" Su Tianyu asked casually.

"A childhood friend, a male classmate who was very good to me, got cancer. Wawa and I went to see him a couple days ago," An Qiqi replied softly, looking at the inland river.

"Did he like you, or did you like him?" Su Tianyu asked.

"He liked me, I guess. He was always very good to me, two years older than me," An Qiqi replied softly.

Su Tianyu pointed at the inland river and gently gripped An Qiqi's chin: "Shout a couple times at this river, it'll feel really good."

"How stupid!" An Qiqi said dismissively, her mouth pursed from his grip.

"Sometimes, only doing stupid things makes you feel really good, really simple."

"Bai Hongtao!!!" 

Just then, Big Bai, standing nearby with red-rimmed eyes, shouted at the inland river: "Brother... I'm sorry, Brother wasn't good enough! Rest easy, I'll definitely take care of the family, take care of Mom and Dad!!"

His shout echoed, loud and heart-piercing.

Big Bai held up his wine bottle and took two big gulps: "I won't let Xu Hu off either. One day, I'll make him join you in death!!!"

An Qiqi looked at Big Bai and, after a long silence, also gripped the river railing with both hands and shouted: "Feng Zhiyuan! Have a good journey, let's be childhood friends again in the next life!!"

"Ah!!!"

An Qiqi gripped the railing tightly with both hands and shouted with all her might.

Su Tianyu drank his wine and after a while asked: "Is your head very dizzy, everything blurry, feeling really good?"

"Mm!" An Qiqi nodded vigorously: "People's discomfort is actually because they have to hide things, have to not talk about them with others."

"Clever!" Su Tianyu nodded.

"Did you often come here too?" An Qiqi asked.

"Before, when we soldiers were in good moods, we'd come here to drink; when in bad moods, we'd come too," Su Tianyu gazed at her and said.

"Yes, Sister Hong told me," An Qiqi responded.

"Do you know why Sister Hong runs this bar?" Su Tianyu asked.

"No," An Qiqi shook her head.

"Sister Hong's husband died in the Independence War. She was alone here with no support, with a child, unable to make a living," Su Tianyu replied, looking at her. "Our fellow soldiers pooled some money together to help her open this bar."

An Qiqi was stunned.

Su Tianyu turned to look at Big Bai again: "Life always has its disappointments. Having a big drink, letting it pass quickly, that's all we can do. I'm troubled too, and don't know how to comfort you all, but I can drink with you."

An Qiqi gazed at Su Tianyu, who was only two or three years older than her, and nodded heavily: "I owe you a drink!"

"Alright!"

"...I owe you a visit to a brothel, I'll treat you when we get back," Big Bai said concisely, pointing at Su Tianyu.

"You really are a fucking idiot!" Su Tianyu truly had no way to deal with this kind of wingman teammate.

"You really love visiting brothels?" An Qiqi asked Su Tianyu curiously.

"...Can only say I somewhat love it."

"That's quite good," An Qiqi nodded with satisfaction.

"Hehe!" Su Tianyu laughed and called out: "Alright, we've made our scene, time to go home and sleep. Company Commander, take us back?"

"Sure!" Zheng Han nodded decisively.

Around 2 AM, Zheng Han, whose alcohol tolerance seemed bottomless, took everyone back to their apartment building. An Qiqi and the others got out first.

In the car, Zheng Han looked at Su Tianyu and said very concisely: "Call if anything comes up."

"Hey, got it," Su Tianyu nodded with a smile.

"I'm off!" Zheng Han pushed open the car door and left.

Su Tianyu watched him catch a ride away before returning to the apartment in good spirits, closing the door and starting his nightly routine alone.

After about ten minutes of getting ready, Su Tianyu was wearing his pajamas and preparing to lie down to sleep.

"Knock knock!"

A knocking sound came at the door. Su Tianyu walked to the door and opened it to see An Qiqi: "Oh, coming to consume services?"

"Not interested in you," An Qiqi said with flushed cheeks, her big eyes looking at Su Tianyu before pausing for a while to say: "Thank you!"

"Alright," Su Tianyu nodded.

"Good night," An Qiqi turned around gracefully, waving her hand with her back to Su Tianyu.

"Really don't want to consume any services?" Su Tianyu asked weakly.

"Hurry up and close the door, disappear from my sight," An Qiqi pushed her way back to her own room.

Su Tianyu's throat was dry and his whole body hot. Feeling somewhat unsatisfied, he closed the door and slapped his crotch twice: "Did I give you permission to get hard? Not following orders anymore, huh?"

After a while, An Qiqi finished her night routine and lay in bed, looking dizzily out the window. For some unknown reason, she suddenly found herself searching on her phone for news about the Independence War and Chinese Army Corps.

......

The next morning.

After Su Tianyu got up on time, he asked Yu Mingyuan: "Where are we going today?"

"To an estate," Yu Mingyuan replied while eating breakfast. "To meet... meet... someone very prestigious in Chinese circles."

"Damn, what level are we talking about, an estate?" Bai Hongbo was somewhat surprised.

"You'll know when we get there," Yu Mingyuan replied.

......

Around 11 AM, four business cars arrived at an estate in the suburbs of Huadu.

This wasn't just a figurative estate, but a real one occupying thousands of square meters, with stables, swimming pools, and small gardens.

Although this estate was located in Huadu's suburbs, it still reflected the financial strength of the boss they were meeting today.

The cars stopped at the entrance of the Chinese-style villa in the estate. Su Tianyu, Yu Mingyuan and others followed the two brothers Yu Jinrong and Yu Jinhang inside.

......

At the Veterans' Bar.

Zheng Han only got up around noon again, casually ate some lunch made by Sister Hong, and hid in the warehouse to make a phone call.

"Beep beep...!"

After a series of busy signals, the customer service voice prompted that the other party could not be reached.

"Company Commander, who are you calling?"

"Bean! This bastard has disappeared," Zheng Han said with furrowed brows. "Where did he go? Won't even answer my calls anymore."