luo jia shan ju
Chapter 56 "Take Responsibility for Me"
Such accidents happen quite often every year in the US.
A myriad of stars dotted the dark night sky.
Bored, Fatty actually started teaching Jennifer his self-created "language." To understand what Jennifer was saying and facilitate teaching, he also learned a lot of English words from her.
Zoey mentally retorted, "Who's teaching whom here…?"
Under Fatty's incessant "teaching," Zoey, as if injected with chicken blood, didn't rest at all, driving all night straight to the agreed location.
The horizon in the distance was turning white, and the morning air was slightly chilly. Dewdrops clung to the leaves of plants, and small insects lurked nearby, sucking on the nectar.
The agreed location was a farm in the suburbs, which Zoey had bought a long time ago, intending to do some development there. However, due to a lack of time to manage it, the house leaked, the farmhouse collapsed, and the weeds grew almost as tall as a person.
Last night, Lide and I spent a long time cleaning up before we freed up space for the three of us to rest. The three of us waited and waited until we fell asleep.
As people get older, they sleep less. I woke up at five in the morning when it was just barely light. Seeing that Lide and Hanyu were still asleep, I quietly walked out, intending to take a walk around the farm.
When I came out, I saw Zoey and Fatty coming with someone, and upon closer inspection, it was Jennifer.
I waved to them, and Zoey and Fatty, who hadn't slept all night, waved back weakly.
The three of them didn't say much. They each found a bed and fell asleep.
…
In the morning, Lide drove dozens of kilometers (this place was really too remote) to buy Burger King and some cooking utensils and ingredients. We ate Burger King for lunch to tide us over, and we would light a fire to cook in the evening.
Fatty smelled the burgers and got up, gobbling them down.
We gave Fatty a meaningful look, asking how he brought Jennifer back.
"Hey, don't even mention it…" Fatty said while chewing on a burger.
Fatty told us what had happened, and I thought to myself that he could run into anything.
Later, Zoey and Jennifer woke up, also feeling hungry, so they didn't care about maintaining any ladylike image and grabbed burgers to munch on.
Jennifer used to be our enemy, but now she was eating our food.
I looked at her curiously, thinking to myself that the world is truly unpredictable.
Jennifer felt uncomfortable being stared at by me and snapped at me, "Old geezer, what are you looking at? Haven't you seen someone eating before?"
When Zoey and Hanyu heard this, they couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Fatty looked at me and then at Jennifer with a blank expression. He guessed that Jennifer was probably scolding me, but he didn't understand why Zoey and Hanyu were laughing so happily.
I smiled wryly. I didn't know whether I should be happy or not to be called an old geezer by someone my own age?
After eating and drinking enough, we first discussed the most important issue: what to do with Jennifer. Lide, Zoey, Fatty, Hanyu, and I unanimously decided to give Jennifer a car and let her leave on her own.
But Jennifer didn't agree. She wanted to exercise her veto power. She insisted on following us to see what we were plotting.
In the beginning, when the two sides were hostile, she knew what to do when a gun was pointed at her head, but this method had completely failed since Fatty saved her life.
In addition, Fatty had subdued her twice, once by groping her chest and the second time by pulling down her pants (to take her belt), and he had "passively" seen half of her butt when he saved her.
Jennifer latched onto Fatty, her eyes filled with the resentment of "you defiled me." Fatty had no choice but to raise his hands to the sky, repeatedly shouting surrender.
Hanyu watched the "dog couple" coldly from the side, her eyes icy as if everything was unrelated to her.
I thought to myself that Fatty had ruined his own relationship this time.
After Fatty was easily taken down, Jennifer began to play the emotional card with Zoey. Before Daniel went crazy, they were good sisters, going to school and shopping together. Later, Zoey went to college, and Jennifer went to serve in the military. The two gradually drifted apart, and when they met again, they had become enemies.
Seeing that Zoey seemed to be wavering, Jennifer thought she had a chance, so she pressed on, "I have never believed your version of my father's death. He is definitely not someone who would 'leave without saying goodbye,' so I want to follow you to see what tricks you are playing…"
"Besides, you saved my life. I can fully assist you in carrying out the following actions. Your two friends came all the way from China, it must not be just for tourism, right?" Jennifer said, pointing to Fatty and Hanyu.
Jennifer knew all about the whereabouts of Lide, Fatty, and Hanyu. On the contrary, she didn't know anything about my background. She suddenly glanced at me, as if thinking about something.
However, she didn't come to any conclusions. Instead, she quietly said to Zoey, "A few old geezers in the organization are also watching you, but you don't know it; among those investigating you, I am just a scapegoat… How about it, let me join you, it might be useful in the future."
Jennifer's news made Zoey jolt. She had been careful in everything she did since returning to the US, but she didn't expect to be watched. Did the organization's upper echelons still distrust her?
"It's settled then!" Seeing that Zoey was hesitating, Jennifer directly made the decision for Zoey.
"I object!" I raised my hands high and shouted loudly, "Who knows what you're up to? You were an enemy yesterday and want to be an ally today, there's no such thing."
"Mind your own business, old geezer!" Jennifer pulled Fatty over and said, "He groped my chest, pulled down my pants, and even saw my private parts. I'm telling you, he has to be responsible for me. He is my man."
Damn, I never thought that the American people would play this game. I really admired it. I slowly lowered my raised hands and stared at the "dog couple" in shock along with Zoey and Lide.
Although Fatty didn't understand what Jennifer had just said, he could tell from Hanyu's gloomy face and our surprised expressions that Jennifer definitely hadn't said anything good just now. He panicked and quickly pulled me and Zoey to translate for him.
I sighed and said to Fatty, "She said, you groped her chest, pulled down her pants, and even saw her naked… She said you are her man and you have to be responsible for her."
"Damn, I'm so screwed." Fatty was instantly dumbfounded. He quickly went to explain to Hanyu, "Little Yu sister, don't listen to what she said, let me explain…"
Hanyu had a gloomy face and kept avoiding Fatty.
Zoey smiled wryly, "Okay, okay… You're really good at stirring things up. If you keep making trouble, Fatty and Hanyu will go back to China tomorrow…"
"But I have one condition." Zoey said seriously, "Everything must be under my command. This is a very dangerous operation. If you participate, you must agree to this premise."
"Okay, it's a deal." Jennifer agreed to Zoey's request without thinking.
My mouth twitched as I looked at the chaotic scene like a parent, thinking—sigh, just let me be destroyed quickly, so I can be reincarnated sooner.