A few days later, Jiang Miao was forced by Major Yan He’s actions to come out and have dinner again. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t escape from Major Yan He’s presence, so she resigned herself to it.
However, Jiang Miao was not oblivious to Major Yan He’s deliberate actions.
She would retaliate too.
“I heard that after being captured, many people just surrendered and stayed there since they wouldn’t be trusted if they returned anyway.” She deliberately asked, “You don’t even have children here. Why didn’t you just stay there?”
Major Yan He glanced at her, taking the hit, but his usual demeanor noticeably dropped.
“My situation was different,” he said.
“Huh?”
Major Yan He put down his knife and fork, took a sip of coffee, his eyes deep and dark.
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The air was extremely quiet.
Jiang Miao was completely stiff.
Major Yan He’s words were concise, but each term he used was terrifying upon deeper thought.
What is physical interrogation? What is chemical interrogation? Jiang Miao didn’t dare to think about it.
How did this man stay sane, let alone calmly have dinner with her, after being in a small, enclosed space for months without seeing anyone?
In hindsight, she regretted her verbal jab; it only ended up hurting herself.
Jiang Miao opened her mouth, but the words that finally came out were: “That… the scar on your face… do you want to get it fixed? We have a medical pod at home anyway.”
“No need,” Major Yan He replied without changing his expression, “There were no conditions for treatment back then. I planned to deal with it after returning home, but then I found out someone had used my face, impersonating me…”
So, I simply didn’t bother with it. Leaving a scar is a conspicuous mark anyway.
“Alright.” Jiang Miao lowered her head as she picked up her cup of red tea.
Major Yan He looked at the top of her lowered head, remained silent for a moment, then put down his coffee cup.
“Doctor,” he said calmly, “I think it’s better if the two of us stop hurting each other in the future.”
Jiang Miao clutched her cup. “Okay.”
“Doctor,” Major Yan He continued, “Please face reality. You don’t even know what he looks like. And as for the child, a spy could have a hundred ways to secretly transport a child out of the country.”
These past few days, Major Yan He had been checking Jiang Miao’s bedroom every day. Jiang Miao had placed Jiang Rui’s little pillow, blanket, and plush bear on her own bed, hugging them to sleep every night, which he had noticed.
He glanced at Jiang Miao.
A tear dropped into her red tea. She still kept her head down, eyes lowered, appearing very restrained. But the handle of the cup she was holding had already cracked.
“Let’s have another child,” he suggested.
With a crack, the handle of the red tea cup shattered, the cup tilted, hit the table, and then rolled onto the floor.
Jiang Miao’s clothes were soaked. Fortunately, the tea wasn’t freshly made and wasn’t too hot.
“I’m going to bed,” Jiang Miao said as she pushed back her chair. “Good night, Major.”
“Good night, Doctor.” Major Yan He watched her leave, then took another sip of his coffee.
Time passed day by day.
During this period, Doctor Tanaka had been very busy.
His partner, Dr. Jiang Miao, had been unavailable for meals or drinks recently, so he would go out alone for fun after work.
He was generous, mild-mannered, and had no particular quirks, making him popular in nightclubs.
“Hearing such difficulties, it would be better to go back to your birthplace,” he sighed after listening to a hostess’s story.
The girl, guided by him to share her story, had red-rimmed eyes. “I can’t afford the ticket to go back. I’ve been saving up, but I still haven’t saved even a third of the ticket price. The cost of living on the capital star is just too high…”
“Lily!” A male host, who was also attending to Tanaka, interrupted her unhappily and gave her a look. “Go bring the fruit platter!”
Occasionally, it was fine to share personal stories with guests, but complaining too much was not acceptable. Guests came here to relax and have fun, not to listen to sob stories.
Lily realized her mistake, quickly wiped her eyes, and went to get the fruit platter.
The boy turned back, clung to Tanaka, trying to cheer him up.
Tanaka’s eyes followed Lily’s departing figure but then he was amused by the boy’s antics.
Tanaka was interested in both men and women, but had a slight preference for men. This boy had accompanied him many times. But that night, Tanaka wanted to take Lily out.
Lily was a bit nervous. “I-I don’t go out with guests. I only serve drinks.”
“I see, then never mind. See you next time.” Tanaka said with a smile, gave her a generous tip, and left.
“He’s such a nice guest,” Lily remarked after Tanaka left.
She had encountered several situations where she was insulted or almost hit for refusing to go out with guests. In the vibrant nightlife scene, one could encounter all sorts of people.
“Mr. Tanaka is very gentle,” the boy said. “He’s one of my best clients.”
Lily nodded. “I hope he comes often.”
The boy, however, said, “Don’t expect this kind of luck to always come your way. Either go all out, or don’t do this job at all.”
Lily hung her head in sadness.
She came from the border regions, a natural human, venturing alone to the capital star, a place said to be paved with gold. But life was harsh for an uneducated natural human, and the capital star was not as glamorous as she had imagined.
If she hadn’t been unable to pay her rent, she wouldn’t have ended up working in a nightclub.
Sex workers have always been looked down upon in any era.
Tanaka’s busyness extended beyond this; he was also very busy at the company.
“Taylor! Taylor!” Tanaka ran after Dr. Taylor from the biochemistry department, hooking his arm around his neck. “Hey, didn’t you hear me calling you? Wait up!”
“Let go, let go.” Dr. Taylor was one of Jiang Miao’s suitors at the company. He had always been envious of Tanaka’s closeness to Jiang Miao and never treated Tanaka kindly.
“We’re colleagues, don’t be so cold.” Tanaka said with a smile, “Actually, I need your help with something.”
“Oh? What’s something Dr. Tanaka can’t handle himself?” Taylor was intrigued, raising his chin arrogantly.
Tanaka smiled more warmly. “It’s nothing, I just want to borrow your ‘Jiang Miao’.”
Taylor’s expression changed dramatically. He shook off Tanaka’s arm angrily and strode forward. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Tanaka quickly blocked his path. “You know, we’re all men here. I just want to borrow it.”
He added, “If you don’t lend it to me, I’ll just have a chat with Jiang and tell her about… mmph mmph!”
Taylor hastily covered his mouth. “Shut up!”
“Lend it to me for a while, and I won’t tell her.” Tanaka said, pushing away Taylor’s hands.
“You promise?”
“I promise!”
As it turned out, Tanaka’s promise wasn’t worth much.
“What?” Jiang Miao’s voice shot up an octave. “What on earth?”
“Around the time the K70 model came out, it was famous for its realistic features,” he said. “Taylor secretly used your face model in the lab. The guy has a weird aesthetic; he made the K70’s chest at least two sizes larger than yours, so I had to swap it out for a smaller one.”
Thinking about her face being used on something and for what purpose made Jiang Miao’s face turn green. “How did you find out?”
“Ivanka discovered it and quietly told Javier. Javier told Park Meili, Park Meili told Schreck, and Schreck told me.”
“And you, you bastard! Didn’t tell me!” Jiang Miao grabbed a data module and threw it at Tanaka.
Tanaka didn’t dodge, and the module passed right through him—they were in a virtual environment.
Major Yan He, in the rest area, saw Jiang Miao, who was wearing a headset, suddenly raise her arm in a throwing motion. He narrowed his eyes slightly. But since Jiang Miao and Tanaka didn’t make any further unusual movements, he didn’t think much of it.
“How can you control this?” Tanaka said. “If you make him destroy it, next time he’ll just be smarter about it, making it outside the lab, spending money at some small workshop. It’ll just be lower quality and less realistic. It’s unstoppable, and telling you would just keep you uneasy.”
Jiang Miao was furious. “This is your ‘solution’?”
Dr. Taylor was from the biochemical lab and one of her suitors. He looked a bit slow and simple.
The year before last, when the scoundrel first arrived at the capital star, he made her do physical training, and she often went to Taylor for muscle repair fluid.
Who would have thought that Taylor, who looked so honest, could be so sleazy!
“Don’t be mad, don’t be mad!” Tanaka comforted her. “If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have thought of such a great way to escape.”
“Be happy,” Tanaka, always the best at comforting people, said. “These are minor issues; Rui Rui is the important thing.”
He hit the nail on the head for Jiang Miao.
Thinking of Rui Rui made Jiang Miao feel sad. It had been more than half a month, and she wondered if Rui Rui was also sad from not seeing his mother.
After work, Jiang Miao, Tanaka, and Major Yan He walked to the parking garage together, each standing at separate car retrieval stations, waiting for the conveyor belt to deliver their cars.
Major Yan He’s car arrived first.
“See you tomorrow,” Jiang Miao waved goodbye to Tanaka and got into her car.
Tanaka clearly saw Major Yan He’s hand extend to the small of her back. Although it was a gentle touch, it exuded intimacy.
This was significantly different from when the real Major Major Yan He had first accompanied Jiang Miao to Allison more than half a month ago.
“Goodbye, Dr. Tanaka,” Major Yan He nodded.
“Oh, see you tomorrow, Major,” Tanaka smiled and waved, watching the black car drive away.
A few days later, that evening, Major Yan He caught Jiang Miao’s wrist in the hallway.
He pressed her against the wall and kissed her.
Jiang Miao didn’t resist but ultimately rejected him at the bedroom door.
“I’m not ready,” she said softly. “Given the current situation, it’s not suitable for us to do anything.”
Major Yan He’s thumb caressed Jiang Miao’s slightly swollen red lips, his voice hoarse, “I’ll try to submit a report to the higher-ups…”
Jiang Miao gently bit his finger, pushed him away, and took a step back, “Good night.”
The bedroom door closed.
Major Yan He returned to his room, took a cold shower, and activated the encrypted channel.
“Any progress?” the woman in the black suit asked.
“I kissed her today,” Major Yan He said calmly.
“Wow~ That’s good progress,” the woman in the black suit said.
“She’s trying to lull me into a false sense of security and subtly hinting that she wants to end the current surveillance quickly. She’s likely ready,” Major Yan He said. “I suggest ending the surveillance as she wishes, letting her think the alarm is off, and facilitating her actions as soon as possible.”
“Good work, Major,” the woman in the black suit said. “It’s time to close the net.”
Meanwhile, in the master bathroom of the house, Jiang Miao sat on the toilet, biting her finger and staring at the screen in front of her.
The screen was split in half, one side showing Major Yan He, and the other the woman in the black suit.
“I suggest ending the surveillance as she wishes, letting her think the alarm is off, and facilitating her actions as soon as possible.”
“Good work, Major. It’s time to close the net.”
Sansukini: It’s time to find the baby.
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Lol she has her own surveillance there. Ha ha