Chapter 514: 514
The rays of dawn chased away the last bits of darkness . Waves lapped against the rocks by the sea, sending up a swooshing sound . There was a forest close to the sea, and a white mist hung in it . This mist made everything in the forest a haze, made it mysterious .
The three lifebuoys got close to the shore, and Xia Lei and Long Bing walked out of the water, dragging the unconscious Gu Kewu ashore after them .
Gu Kewu was unlucky indeed . He had been knocked unconscious three times by Long Bing so far on this trip to Japan . This last knockout was the worst, however, and the swelling from the hit on his head had not gone down .
“It’s cold . ” Long Bing shivered, and her voice shook a little . “This damned weather . We should’ve just come through our own channels . The Russians are unreliable, and the Japanese too . ”
“And they took USD 500,000 for this service too . It’s a horrible deal . ” Xia Lei was unhappy too .
Long Bing looked about . “There’s a forest there . Let’s go gather some firewood and make a fire . We have to dry our wet clothes or we’ll get sick . ”
“Okay . ” Xia Lei lifted Gu Kewu from where he laid on the lifebuoys .
Long Bing had hit Gu Kewu very hard and he was still unconscious . It wasn’t just that – he was also pale, and his breathing weak . Xia Lei and Long Bing were not sick, but he was . Gu Kewu had suffered a series of scares and several blows to the head on top of being soaked in seawater for almost two hours . Even a professional agent like Long Bing was feeling the strain, so this pampered man-boy was feeling very much worse .
There was no one living close to this stretch of beach, and no fishing village in sight . Xia Lei and Long Bing crossed the beach and entered the forest . Xia Lei put Gu Kewu on the ground and went looking for some dry twigs and leaves, then started a fire on a patch of bare ground in the forest .
Gu Kewu was moved to a spot by the fire, and the flames dried the moisture off his body, bringing warmth . He was still unconscious but his face had regained some colour .
Long Bing removed her jacket and squatted next to the fire to dry her clothes . Moisture evaporated from her jacket, steaming up, and from her underwear too . She seemed to be shrouded in a fine mist .
Xia Lei’s left eye twitched for some reason, out of his control . He had never used his X-ray vision on Long Bing before, but he could not stop himself now . He looked away, and a wry smile appeared on his lips . ‘Why is my love life so complicated? I thought it would all be settled if I got married, but it’s still a mess . What a headache . ’
A man could play around before he got married, no problem, but he had to be a responsible husband after he got married . He did not want to entangled with other women but it was just wishful thinking . First was Jiang Ruyi, and now it was Long Bing .
Jiang Ruyi was his childhood friend and she’d waited for him for over 20 years – how could he just reject her?
He had met Long Bing in Macau, and saved her life upon their meeting . He had acted again in Ahn Suhyeong’s basement-trap, saving her life, and then there was Jerusalem… Her feelings for him had been born out of a hail of bullets, at the cusp of life and death . Could he reject these feelings?
He could not refuse or reject, and these feelings could not be made clear… so just let things play out naturally .
That was Xia Lei’s train of thought . He could not find any way to solve his love problems other than to just let it be .
“Hey, take your clothes off and dry them close to the fire . They’ll dry faster,” said Long Bing .
Xia Lei snapped back to his senses . He removed his clothing and squatted by the fire to dry his clothes .
Long Bing’s gaze went to Xia Lei’s body and a blush she was not aware of appeared on her cheeks .
Xia Lei subconsciously lowered the wet clothing in his hands to cover the spot between his legs .
Long Bing wrinkled her brows . “What are you covering up for when you’re a man? Are you embarrassed? Look at me – you can look all you want . I won’t cover up . ”
Xia Lei laughed awkwardly . “I didn’t cover up . I just want my clothes to dry more quickly . We’re on the battlefield now, so I’m not going to be paying attention to modesty . It’s no problem to strip naked to dry my clothes if there’s a need for it . ”
“Oh, really? Then strip and dry your clothes . I’ll do it if you do it . ”
Xia Lei was speechless .
It was difficult to imagine this . Two elite agents of Bureau 101, sneaking onto an island in Hokkaido and stripped naked to dry their clothes in a forest!
Long Bing’s suggestion was tempting but Xia Lei did not act on it . He moved slowly, pulling his backpack over and taking out the satellite phone in it . He dialled the number Gu Kewen had used to call him .
He was contacting Gu Kewen now not to resolve the grievances between himself and Gu Kewen quickly, but to distract himself and Long Bing .
If they stripped naked, they were sure to do something else other than drying their clothes .
Gu Kewen picked up quickly, and her voice came from the satellite phone . “You finally called . Where are you?”
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