CH 18.7

On the way back to the hospital, one human and one cat each had their own thoughts, a chicken speaking with a duck.

Guo Chao Ming: This cat is truly unruly! Is being a boss such an easy job? The tragic example of Colonel Song is right in front, daily balding, feeling heartbroken, and being a matchmaker.

He was pondering, When there’s an opportunity, I’ll look for the political commissar and ask him to lend me some books to study a bit, to increase my ideological education level.

Bai Xia Xia had no idea that there was someone deranged enough to want to teach class to a cat: There’s a clue, I’ll make you, these sh*ts, get on your knees and call me daddy!

After the big, tall, and straight soldier gege and the cat lying on his shoulder made eye contact, the human and the cat’s facial expression were the same ╯^╰!

Bai Xia Xia intentionally or otherwise shook her puffy tail and hit the back of his head, angering Guo Chao Ming: “What? You’re doing something bad and still won’t let me point it out?”

A human and a cat fought merrily.

When they still had not entered the big gate of the hospital, Guo Chao Ming saw through the corner of his eyes a familiar figure that was hastily running out, as if it had just come down from the building.

“Colonel?” Song Bei’s head was filled with sweat from running, when he lifted his head and saw a human and a cat, he let out a breath.

“Didn’t you say that you were busy, suddenly running back, did something happen?”

Song Bei glanced once downstairs, seeming to be looking for someone. He roughly scanned around, talking rapidly: “We’ve found the foothold of the smuggling gang. They’ve hidden all the cultural relics together in a cave on the mountain, before when we were searching in the mountain, you sent a small team to keep an eye on their tracks, they’ve made worthy contributions!”

Guo Chao Ming nodded, not feeling very surprised. At that time, they were not able to find Qin Xiao, but instead, they had been able to find out the trace of activity of Old Liao and the other people.

To limit their range of operation, and to prevent a bigger danger from befalling on Qin Xiao who was separated. He purposefully divided a group of people to search for Old Liao and the others’ traces, and if they could catch them, it would have been the best.

Song Bei then revealed a slight, but that also contained a bit of pride, smile: “Well done!”

“If it has been found, why’re you still running there hurriedly?” Guo Chao Ming was not interested in the cultural relics. If they could be found, then they could be found, if they could not be found, then it was okay too.

Bai Xia Xia’s claws clung to the clothing on Guo Chao Ming’s shoulder, her heterochromatic eyes shone brightly: Soldier gege seems to be more incredible than what I thought, he was able to find the cultural relics hidden by Old Liao, without my help.

Bai Xia Xia was happy but conflicted. Since she was not able to help them, then she would not earn the achievement points.

“It’s true that we’ve found them, sigh! When they went there, the cave was turned upside down.” Song Bei irritably rubbed the center of his eyebrows, the words he said confused others even more.

Song Bei glanced at the furriness that had its head tilted, then smilingly held onto the cat’s paws, his fingers touching Bai Xia Xia’s cat paws. Saying complicatedly: “Old Liao and the others also put food inside the cave, when Xiao Chen brought them in, the inside was empty, only residues remained.”

“They did many rounds of searching in the surroundings, and they’re guessing, that the things may’ve been taken away by monkeys.”

“Then the cultural relics…”

Song Bei waved his hand: “I just sent people to ask, the boxes had locks, the monkeys won’t be able to open them.”

The cultural relics have been saved, but the problem is that who knows were the monkeys have taken the boxes to?

These bastards, they’re only bringing trouble to us!

“I was just planning on looking for you. Bring some people to Cuilian Mountain, I’ve already asked for help from an animal expert from Tong University, he’ll arrive soon. Captain Li also sent two people to follow, maybe using police dogs will help finding them.”

“If our base had been able to train military dogs sooner, there wouldn’t have been a need for it to be this troublesome.”

Guo Chao Ming …what the h*ll is happening!

They were taken away by monkeys? Who’ll be able to find them! Song Bei said with his mouth that he had asked an animal expert to help, but Guo Chao Ming felt that the colonel was trying with anything in a desperate situation[1].

No matter how deeply you comprehend monkeys, would you still be able to imagine where the things would be hidden?

By randomly throwing them away, even the one who did it would not be able to find it!

Captain Li is very unlucky as always.

Song Bei remembered Li Ai Guo’s expression at that time, feeling to worry for him, but also felt that it was funny.

“Monkeys…” Guo Chao Ming nodded his head, shrugged his shoulders, and almost threw off Bai Xia Xia to the floor.

She hurriedly curled up her hind paws to hold onto Guo Chao Ming’s neck.

The listless Bai Xia Xia stood up straight once again! I need to go with them, I thought that there was nothing for me to do already, now that there’s a turn of events, the achievement points are waving their hands at me!

“I’ll go too!” The cat adjusted its position, lightly jumping down to the floor, Song Bei looked at the cat that was turning around him and grabbing on to his trousers, “You want to go back to the mountain?”

“It’s probably so, bring it back to Cuilian Mountain then.” Song Bei felt somewhat reluctant, he thought that Bai Xia Xia was leaving.

Bai Xia Xia’s small round fluffy head rose, when passing by the two of them, she paused, then she turned her butt and trotted away.

That meaning… Wait for me! I’ll say goodbyes to my future poop shovel officer.

Guo Chao Ming became depressed again, feeling a bit regretful too, The kitty is leaving just like this? I thought that it would stay. “Colonel, why do you think it likes Qin Xiao so much?”

“I admit it, old Qin is more capable than me, mature and steady…” You, a cat, don’t need to think about these, eating and waiting to die is all you need to do.

Bai Xia Xia extremely likes Qin Xiao for no reason.

Pity me who treats you with kindness and good intentions but is returned with ungratefulness and indifference[2].

Colonel Song silently smoked a cigarette: “I feel though, that only one thing is necessary…”

“?” Guo Chao Ming listened to the opinion with an open mind: “Talk fast.”

“I heard older people say, that the truth is that cats will see someone’s beauty, whether they’re good looking or not ah…”

Guo Chao Ming received critical damage: “…Colonel, you’ve changed.”

You’re no longer the colonel that will stew chicken soup to comfort the fragile mind of his subordinate.

Hmph! Song Bei sneered: “You’re not worth it.”

This world is not worth it, stewing chicken soup is useless, I’d rather not do it.

Wasting my time.

Song Bei would rather have some fun himself.

When he looked at Guo Chao Ming, at his happy-go-lucky appearance, he would instantly get angry.

Guo Chao Ming: “…”

The two did not wait for a long while, an off-road vehicle securely parked at the entrance of the hospital.

The door of the car was pushed open, a man that wore white shirt and black trousers and that looked to be around his thirties and frail-looking came out of it.

He was wearing round frame glasses, dressed like a typical scholar; his gaze brushed past the entrance, then walked straight towards them.

“Colonel Song, Vice Captain Guo. This is Wen Dong, Professor Wen. He was asked by the captain to come help.” The policeman Xiao Fang introduced.

They mutually greeted each other; Li Ai Guo urged very anxiously, he was worried that the longer they dragged it on, the more they would not be able to recover the cultural relics, and that another hiccup would appear halfway.

Wen Dong waited for a while, discovering that Guo Chao Ming stayed put waiting, like… he had no intention of leaving.

So he also followed in waiting, thinking that another person was coming.

About one or two minutes later, a snow-white Persian cat ran past Song Bei with small cat steps, meowing once to call his attention.

Bai Xia Xia did not stop, dexterously leaping into the half-open car window, then sitting on the co-pilot seat.

Wen Dong ???

The Persian cat was so beautiful that it attracted people’s gazes, when he subconsciously followed her with his eyesight, Bai Xia Xia’s furry right forelimb was hanging on top of the car’s window edge. Its tiny head was pressed on its paw and greeted: “Meow…” Let’s go.

It called out in our direction?

Hm? Wen Dong was stunned, then finally noticed that the cat had jumped into the military off-road vehicle that he had sat on when he came here.

Translator’s comments:

Monkeysss, and FINALLY we’re going back to the mountains! More animal interactions pls.

For a moment, I forgot whether Li Ai Guo was a captain or team leader and had to go back to previous chapters to remember LOL.

Translator’s notes:

[1] Idiomatic expression ‘死马当活马医 (sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī)’: lit. translation: ‘healing a dead horse like they would a living horse’. It means ‘to try any method in a desperate situation’.

[2] ‘心向明月，奈何明月照沟渠’ is part of a line from the Chinese opera play Tale of the Pipa (琵琶记) written by Gao Ming. The whole line is ‘我本将心向明月，奈何明月照沟渠’, and its direct translation is ‘I originally set my heart on the moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.’ It means that someone has given their loyalty or good intentions to another, but they are treated in turn with indifference.