Chapter 14

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Jiang Tong’s self-created handwriting made Jiang Huan really stunned. He finally realized the problem, shook his head, and covered the back of Shen Shanwu’s hand with his right hand.

Compared with the two hands fitting together, Shen Shanwu realized that his hands were thin and small, and they were still very white. The five crescent teeth on the nail cover were not missing, and while Jiang Huan’s fingers were slender, with distinct knuckles, the dense color and complexion were just right, and the cocoon on the abdomen of the fingers was a bit abrasive. It was a hand that held a gun and practiced knives all year round.

Jiang Huan took him to write ‘Jiang Tong’ again. This time, he used orthodox italics, horizontal and vertical, with silkworm heads and dovetails. Shen Shanwu also obediently wrote a few Jiang Tong alone in the back to show his studious heart. After writing a row of crooked earthworm characters, he showed the stubborn nature of a boy just right, and threw the pen away, “I can do it, I won’t write anymore.”

Jiang Huan picked up the pen, wrote his name under Jiang Tong, and then stuffed the pen back into Shen Shanwu’s hand. The meaning was very obvious. The simple level has been passed. This time he gave him a difficult version.

Aren’t you embarrassing a child..?

“Don’t,” Shen Shanwu closed his eyes and twisted around in Jiang Huan’s arms, imitating the appearance of Xiao Jiang Huan when he was forced to be coquettish towards him, “I don’t write, it’s too complicated, I don’t.”

Of course, Shen Shanwu did not force Xiao Jiang Huan to write. When the wealthy young master was thirteen years old, he could write better with a beautiful pen than a twenty-three year old college student, but he forced Jiang Huan to travel 30 kilometers a day.

Later, Jiang Huan cried and shouted that his leg was about to break and he couldn’t walk anymore. Shen Shanwu softly gave him a ride, but when he called him down and let him walk by himself, Xiao Jiang Huan was so coquettish on his back, with tender lotus root-like arms around his neck shaking, his ass pouted and twisted around, refusing to come down.

“Don’t! I’m not leaving; my leg hurts. Brother Shanwu, carry me, carry me.”

The boy, who hadn’t passed the voice-changing period, called, “Brother Shanwu”, in a soft voice. Shen Shanwu, a wild hunk who had never seen this posture, couldn’t resist it, so he had to work hard to carry him to the place of accommodation.

Fortunately, in the middle of the night, Jiang Huan didn’t plan to let Jiang Tong hang on to his stocks. He studied hard all night. Seeing that the child didn’t want to write, he didn’t force him. He closed the pen and paper and asked, “Are you going to sleep?”

What else can he do if he doesn’t sleep? Shen Shanwu was afraid that if he was still awake, Jiang Huan would let him memorize Tang poems and song lyrics on a whim. At that point, how would he pretend to be the stupid orphan?

But he couldn’t go to Xiaowen’s place. In case his identity was exposed one day, he couldn’t leave a psychological shadow on the girl.

“…can I sleep with you?” Shen Shanwu leaned sideways to Jiang Huan’s ear and asked. He blinked, his face full of sincerity and pleading.

“Why?” Jiang Huan couldn’t help pinching his face. Even if his hands were so unorthodox, this person could still maintain a serious expression on his face.

“Because…because you are the one who adopted me.” Shen Shanwu racked his brains to find a reason.

He just said it casually, but Jiang Huan’s eyes moved slightly, and even his breathing stagnated for a moment.

Was this child… seeking comfort from himself? Was he trying to rely on him? Was he craving for his own attention?

Yes, he was his nominal adoptive father. It was he who forcibly took him away from the place where he had lived for ten years. It was he who broke into his life on his own and used tough methods not to allow him to refuse.

For his own selfishness…

But in the past two days, it was Zhang Xiaowen who took care of him and got along with him more. It was not like he had adopted a child, but rather like he had adopted a pet and handed it over to his subordinates. Just tease and touch him in his spare time.

Will Jiang Tong misunderstand his attitude? Will he be afraid? Will he be timid? Will he feel alienated..?

After a while, Jiang Huan said in a low voice, “I’m sorry. I will care more about you in the future.”

What? Shen Shanwu was trying to find a comfortable sleeping position in Jiang Huan’s with peace of mind. He was in a daze. He was puzzled by Jiang Huan’s apology, and he didn’t know which of his words just made Jiang Huan think of something, so he deeply reflected on what he said.

But it shouldn’t be a bad thing, right? Shen Shanwu nodded, accepted Jiang Huan’s apology brazenly, closed his eyes with peace of mind, and fell asleep.

In a blur, he seemed to feel Jiang Huan holding his head and picking up something, but he didn’t bother to move and only vaguely heard the sound of the nib rubbing against the paper.

If Shen Shanwu was willing to open his eyes at this time, he might be able to see Jiang Huan on the last page of the notebook, where the words Jiang Tong were originally written, slowly adding another word.

Forcing through the back of the paper.

The next morning.

Shen Shanwu woke up to the noise. He opened his eyes and found that he was covered with Jiang Huan’s cloak, and the owner of the cloak was standing not far away, facing him with his back and saying something to the lieutenant. As he said, he rubbed his right shoulder and neck with his left hand, swinging his arms back and forth to move his bones and muscles.

“Let Jiang Tong sleep on you all night, are your hands numb?” The lieutenant said with a meaningful tone. Jiang Huan shook his head, “No, I let him sleep on his lap later.”

“Oh, so you had numb hands in the first half of the night and numb legs in the second half of the night?”

“……”

“You really want to spoil the child, why don’t you let someone sleep directly in your sleeping bag? Anyway, you have a cloak, he lies comfortably and you sit comfortably.”

“……”

“Yes, I see. It’s rare for a cute little creature to get close to you, and then you would rather be paralyzed and have him stick to you?…Captain, you deserve it.” The lieutenant squeezed his eyes at Jiang Huan as he said, “Look, your cheap son is awake.”

Jiang Huan turned his head when he heard the words, and saw Shen Shanwu sitting on the ground holding his cloak, his expression misty, his eyes out of focus, Jiang Huan immediately threw off the lieutenant and stepped over, squatted down, and touched his hair, and asked softly, “Did you sleep well?”

Shen Shanwu was very uncomfortable with Jiang Huan’s becoming so gentle, but he remembered the vow that the other party said he would care more about him last night, so he had to bite the bullet and force himself to adapt, “…It’s okay.”

“Get up, get dressed, and I’ll take you to wash your face.”

“You take me?…No need.” The corner of Shen Shanwu’s mouth twitched. Although he wanted him to care more about him, he didn’t have to experience it so personally. At any rate, he was the captain and needed to deal with a lot of things. This kind of work of taking care of children made it more reasonable for Sister Xiaowen, who was in charge of logistics, to do it.

“You can get closer to me.” Jiang Huan said solemnly. He picked up the cloak and folded it and put it aside casually, then took Shen Shanwu’s hand and walked to the bathroom with the two of their toiletries.

Even if the aura of the captain of the Shanhai team was removed, with Jiang Huan’s face alone, he would still be the focus of the crowd wherever he stood, especially now that he was holding a little boy with delicate eyebrows in his hand. His hair was jet black and supple, and his skin was delicate. He raised his face slightly and was obediently scrubbed by Jiang Huan with a towel behind his ears and chin.

Young, powerful, cold, and taciturn, coupled with the diametrically opposite behavior of a Dad, the huge sense of contrast made Jiang Huan more eye-catching and more coveted. The scorching eyes of those who passed by unintentionally or deliberately almost ate him alive.

Everyone wanted to be the object of Jiang Huan’s careful care, enjoy being cared for softly, and enjoy the service of wiping their fingers with his own hands—except for one person. The child himself probably responded to these: Those who can’t get it are always in a commotion, and those who are favored have nothing to fear.

“I am a human hand, not a firearm. In addition, you are washing my hands, not oiling the gun.” Shen Shanwu saw that the back of his hand was flushed and quickly reminded him, “Gently, gently, it’s not dirty, there’s no need to rub it to death.”

Jiang Huan was obviously taking care of the child for the first time. His lips were tightly compressed in a straight line, and he held Shen Shanwu’s hand and said anxiously, “Your nails are long.”

“I’ll cut it myself!” Shen Shanwu hurriedly grabbed back his little claws, washing his face that almost wiped out the skin. What a joke. If he let him cut his nails, wouldn’t he cut off a large piece of flesh? Jiang Huan, who had the highest authority power, immediately took out a small Swiss army knife from his waist, popped out the nail clippers and handed it to him.

Seeing Shen Shanwu honestly standing aside to cut his nails, Jiang Huan also quickly began to wash and clean himself up.

At this time, three more people came in together in the washroom. They exchanged something in a low voice, shaking their heads from time to time and sighing with emotion. Shen Shanwu moved and captured a few important words: “killed,” “miserable”, “girl”…

It was roughly related that a girl was killed, and her death was very miserable. After Shen Shanwu cut the nails of his left hand, he changed the knife and took it in his hand. Then he heard them say, “I don’t know who killed her. The murderer hasn’t been found yet.”

“Where can they find this? In the middle of the night, do you expect a monitor to fall from the sky? The girl was probably unlucky.”

“It is said that the girl stole the food of the mercenary, and I guess she was killed by the mercenary.”

“Hush, keep your voice down. The two standing there, one big and one small, belong to the mercenary team.”

“They can’t hear it from so far away. I heard that the dead girl was holding a small piece of compressed grain wrapped in paper in her hand.”

“Compressed grain? That is indeed an expensive thing that mercenaries can afford to eat.”

“So I inferred that the girl was hungry and anxious. After all, she was pregnant and had to steal the team’s food as a last resort. As a result, she was caught by the mercenary? The strike was neither light nor heavy; she was killed directly with just two punches.”

“…” Shen Shanwu frowned. He had a very bad guess. There were only two teams staying at this rest stop last night. One was Shanhai, and the other was the Cobra, under the command of Captain Wang next door.

The three people not far away were unfamiliar with their rest area and did not know the vigilance of the team, so they surmised that the girl had stolen the team’s food, but Shen Shanwu was sure that there would never be anyone who could approach the two teams undetected.

—Unless they were mutants, but this possibility was zero.

Then there was only one possibility of the source of the compressed grain in the girl’s hand; someone took the initiative to give her the food.

Shen Shanwu instantly thought of Wang Yanyan.

After Jiang Huan finished washing, Shen Shanwu also cut his nails. He held his two small hands and checked them carefully to confirm that the work was done well and he was very satisfied.

Everyone in the team had already packed their bags and was waiting for departure. Seeing the captain and the captain’s baby coming back, Sister Xiaowen hurriedly stepped forward to take the toiletries, and then handed over the well-matched pill capsules and water.

The lieutenant held the cloak in one hand and stood beside Jiang Huan and whispered, “Something happened to Cobra.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Huan motioned to the lieutenant to continue without looking back. He bent down with the water in his hand, watched Jiang Tong take the medicine seriously, and fed him water himself in time. It seemed that Jiang Tong taking radiation protection medicine was a hundred times more important than the entire Cobra team.

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Shen Shanwu: You are embarrassing me, Pang Hu.