NABC Chapter 180 I Realized I Care About You
Chapter 180 I Realized I Care About You
Of course, there are always exceptions.
Some of the girls were rescued before they were violated, and they were all pleasing to the eye and had a good personality. They happened to take a liking to some of Yan Shuo's team members, and Yan Shuo was not stingy and simply let his team members take them away.
These people will no longer appear in Shanghai, after all, this is the place of their heartbreak. Yan Shuo specifically instructed Su Ling to arrange for these team members and girls who took a liking to each other to go to other cities in the rear, to settle them in with accommodation and livelihood, so that they can start a new life in peace.
Even though some of the girls had been bullied, some team members still didn't mind and genuinely liked them. Yan Shuo took the same approach.
Young people in this era are still very simple-minded. The messy and opportunistic thoughts in their minds are not obvious. As long as both parties are willing and have mutual interest, Yan Shuo never interferes. He considers it helping others achieve their goals and also allows these poor girls to have a real home.
Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded. Liu Yan was so frightened that she froze. She quickly got up from Yan Shuo's arms and hurriedly hid in a small cubicle in the corner of the office, gently closing the door behind her.
Yan Shuo watched as the door to the cubicle closed completely. The tenderness on his face faded slightly, replaced by his usual composure. He raised his chin and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"
The door was pushed open, and Su Ling walked in, dressed smartly with a somewhat solemn expression on her face.
Yan Shuo frowned, his tone slightly puzzled: "Why did you come here?" He knew Su Ling too well. She never set foot in the Begonia Tavern unless it was for a major event, a meeting, or urgent business. She would never come here easily on ordinary days.
Su Ling was about to speak when she suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence. Her nose twitched slightly, and she frowned as she scanned the office. Her tone was inquisitive and strange, and her eyes were fixed on Yan Shuo: "Qian Pan sent over a group of people, saying he... wait, what's that smell?"
She took two steps forward, leaning closer to Yan Shuo, her tone becoming increasingly blunt: "You've been seeing other women?"
Yan Shuo remained calm and composed, raising his hand to avoid her gaze, and urged her somewhat awkwardly, "Uh, get to the point! Stop with this nonsense."
"Hmph!" Su Ling snorted coldly, clearly not believing his perfunctory attitude. She crossed her arms and slowly walked around the office, her eyes scanning every corner. Suddenly, she stopped and walked straight to the small cubicle, pushing the door open.
Liu Yan was huddled inside, feeling uneasy. The moment the door was pushed open, her cheeks flushed red, her eyes darted away, and she didn't dare look at Su Ling. She quickly lowered her head and greeted her softly, "Hello, Sister Su Ling!"
Su Ling's face remained expressionless as she said in a flat tone, "Oh, um! You can go out for a moment; Station Chief Yan and I have some official business to discuss."
"Yes!" Liu Yan felt as if she had been granted a pardon. She quickly lowered her head and walked out of the office. As she closed the door, she cautiously glanced at Yan Shuo.
The office door closed, and Yan Shuo sighed helplessly. Looking at Su Ling, his tone was somewhat amused and exasperated, but he wasn't really angry: "You've got some nerve, meddling in my private affairs? Aren't you being a bit too nosy?"
Su Ling rolled her eyes, her tone tinged with disdain and jealousy: "She meets so many different kinds of people, spending all her time in bars. You're not even picky!"
Yan Shuo shrugged and explained helplessly, "Yao Yao is pregnant, and I can't very well go to a place like a dance hall to solicit prostitutes, can I? I need to find someone to accompany me, and after looking around, she's the only suitable one. The other girls are all respectable women, and even if I were easygoing, I couldn't bring myself to do it."
"You talk like it's the truth, what are you pretending to be a gentleman for!" Su Ling exposed him mercilessly, her tone tinged with resentment. "Didn't you go to the dance hall the year before last and get very close to a dancer named Liu Si? Do you really think I didn't know?"
Yan Shuo's face stiffened, and he quickly retorted, "That's ancient history, it happened so many years ago, why bring it up again? I was mainly accompanying A-Kun at the time, and besides, it was just that one time, and we haven't been in contact since."
As he spoke, his tone gradually turned serious, his eyes carrying a hint of warning, and he deliberately put on a stern face: "Uh, have I been too good to you? So good that you've forgotten your place, forgotten who you are? How dare you talk to me like that?"
Su Ling was taken aback by his retort, a hint of grievance flashing across her face before she regained her stubbornness and said speechlessly, "Who cares about your mess? If it weren't for..."
Her voice trailed off mid-sentence, a blush creeping onto her cheeks. After a moment's hesitation, as if she had made a huge decision, she looked up at Yan Shuo, her eyes earnest yet tinged with shyness, and whispered, "If you're looking for a woman, you can come to me. My man is dead, the intelligence officer who was arrested before. He... he committed suicide. I'm all alone now, with no ties to anyone."
Yan Shuo froze, his composure vanishing instantly, his tone filled with surprise and disbelief: "Oh, I didn't know about this, I'm sorry. Aren't you...aren't you single in your file? I always thought you were single."
"We hit it off at work and gradually got together. We didn't have time to register in the files, and we didn't dare to register." Su Ling's voice lowered, and there was a hint of loneliness in her eyes. "At that time, the situation was tense, and we were afraid that the enemy would find a handle to implicate each other, so we kept it a secret from everyone."
Seeing her dejected look, Yan Shuo's tone softened, tinged with apology: "Um, okay, I really didn't know at first. I thought you were always single and never considered anything else."
"I've always been single, both before and now." Su Ling raised her head, her eyes fixed on Yan Shuo, a mixture of expectation and trepidation in them, her tone becoming more resolute.
Yan Shuo avoided her burning gaze and asked softly, "So, are you not planning to find someone else in the future? You're so beautiful and capable, there must be many outstanding young men in the team who like you. You don't need to wrong yourself like this, and you don't need to focus your attention on me."
Su Ling shook her head without hesitation, her tone slightly shy but incredibly earnest: "I think you're perfect!"
Yan Shuo was stunned again, and quickly waved his hand, his tone somewhat flustered: "Me? No, no, I can't give you a proper status. I probably won't settle down for the rest of my life. At most, I can only give you some money and some care. That's too unfair to you. You're such a good girl, you deserve better. The good guys in the team are much more reliable than me. You don't need to torture yourself like this."
"I don't want your money, I don't want your title, I don't want anything." Su Ling's voice was choked with emotion, her eyes full of pleading. "I just realized that I care about you, I care about your every move. When you're angry, I get angry too; when you're happy, I'm happy too. I often dream about you, dream about us completing missions together, dream about us living a peaceful life like ordinary people..."