my old life

Chapter 1667 The Smile Under the Shadow
Tang said that only Ling has steamed buns here, could she be the one who saved me in the water prison?Was she saving me by chance or was it carefully planned?
Everything is possible in this kingdom of drug lords, everything must be handled carefully, no coincidence can be regarded as a coincidence, everything must be carefully considered!
Sitting on the stone slab in front of the bamboo building, smoking a cigarette, watching everything in front of me quietly. Apart from the militiamen with live ammunition, there are military jeeps here.

Everyone looked busy and didn't know what they were doing. I yawned and felt a bit sleepy, and the tattoo on my back was still burning.

This way of marking reminds me of when the labor force was sold to Nanyang, all slaves would be branded with a branding iron, or even directly on the face!

The purpose of doing this is to make people clearly distinguish the ownership of slaves, and now I have the same feeling, as if someone has stamped the mark of slaves on my body...

As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the land for a long time. Only from this angle can people see the sun...

It’s hard to imagine that yesterday I was pulled here in a pig cart, asked by Pala to classify, and then soaked in a water prison, dying of pain!

It all seemed like a nightmare, but fortunately I finally woke up from the dream!But what is more frightening than the nightmare is that I don't know what Tang wants to keep me!
Invisible fear hangs around me, I live but don't understand it, I am controlled by others but I can't tell it, everything is deeply squeezed in my heart...

Suddenly someone appeared in front of me, there was a long shadow on the ground, I raised my head instinctively!

"Ah?" I raised my head suddenly, and in front of me was a 25-year-old woman with delicate features and aura, unlike any I had seen before.

She has yellow skin and black hair, she looks like a domestic person, and she holds a few books in her arms, but her expression is very indifferent!
"I'm Tong, are you Ling?" I asked politely, she is a very special person I have met here!

Because in this kingdom of drug lords, I can't see any normal people, but her appearance has changed my opinion, and I even can't believe it!
"Yes, what's the matter?" Her expression was very calm, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone around her, like a hazy neon veil!

I really wanted to ask her if she gave me a few steamed buns in the water prison last night, but I couldn't say anything... because her indifference seems to be thousands of miles away!
"I, I want to ask you how many steamed buns, but Tang said that only you have them."

"Yes." She agreed coldly, and I stood up, patted her and followed her into the bamboo building.

She doesn't have any perfume smell on her body, but I can smell the smell of the disciple's time, with a haze in the greenness!
Entering the door, I feel that this bamboo building is very different. The inside is very warm, and there are some photos and certificates on the wall. No matter how you look at it, it is incompatible with this kingdom of drug lords!
"Wait!" She turned her head and dropped a word, her words were very capable and cold, I stood still and watched her go up to the second floor.

I stood in front of the photos and looked carefully. There were people of various skin colors in the photos, and each photo looked like the outside world.

But the only thing that is very special is that the group photos on all the photos are children, children of various skin colors, and their smiles are very innocent!

What is even more surprising is that Ling's smile in the photo is completely different from what I saw just now. For a while, I wondered in my heart, could this not be the same person?

I was very surprised to meet such a person in the kingdom of drug lords, which made me feel a little unreal. Could it be that she really went to the water prison to give me steamed buns?
The water prison is very close to her bamboo building, about 25 meters away, but there is also a sentry on a high place next to the water prison!
If it was her, why would she take the risk of giving me steamed buns?
When I was lost in thought, Ling walked down the second floor, and there were a few steamed buns in a white plastic bag.

"Give."

"Thank you." I took the steamed bun with emotion in my heart, and under her gaze, I couldn't help taking out the steamed bun and taking a bite.

Her eyebrows twitched slightly but she didn't say anything. I slowly chewed and tasted the taste of the steamed buns. The taste of the slightly shriveled steamed buns was very strange, but I couldn't forget the taste of life after a desperate situation!
"Where do these steamed buns come from? Are you the only one here who has steamed buns?"

"I made the steamed buns myself. If you want to eat them, you can come and get them from me. Please leave now!" She looked at me calmly and coldly, her breath was very complicated!
Her eyes are full of aura, the person in the photo is so bright and sunny, but the person in front of her seems to be shrouded in a layer of haze.

"Thank you!" I said sincerely, and her expression changed slightly.

"No need to say thank you, everyone is the same here."

"What I want to thank is not the steamed buns now, but the steamed buns from last night... Thank you!"

"I don't understand what you're talking about, please leave now." Her eyes immediately became alert, and I waved my hand to show that I didn't mean anything malicious.

Also I know she must be worried about trouble!
Even if you want to save people here, you will be afraid of trouble. You can imagine what the situation is like, but I can't forget the taste of surviving a desperate situation in the water prison, let alone the taste of steamed buns!
"By the way, are you a language trainer?" I pointed to a few books on the table, all of them were in unreadable Burmese, but they had the name of the publishing house in Chinese!
"What do you want to do?"

"Can you teach me to learn Burmese? You don't need to know it, just let me communicate normally."

I look at her sincerely, I have to overcome the language barrier, because I will get out of here one day!

"Is this what Tang meant?" She asked calmly, her words clearly meant to refuse, but I didn't give up!

"What if it is? What if it is not?"

"If that's what Don means, of course it's fine. If that's what you mean, I don't have time..."

"Teach me three sentences a day, simple vocabulary like hello, thank you and goodbye, okay? I promise it won't take up too much of your time!"

"Okay! Come on Min, sister Su Ding, are you making trouble, Mei! Please leave."

"Sister Su ordered it, is it troublesome?"

I turned my head and left the small bamboo building. I took the steamed bun and walked slowly step by step, thinking about everything that happened just now.

That woman named Ling is really special, she looks like she is not much older than me, I guess she must think that I am older than her!

The experience of the rivers and lakes and the vicissitudes of the years have left marks on my face. I no longer have the vitality of a young man in his 20s.

In fact, there are many kinds of calmness, one kind of calmness is the calmness condensed through time tempering, full of calmness and stability.

On the contrary, calm and steady means that there is no hope for life, and the inner lack of confidence without experience makes it look lifeless and spiritless.

I have seen so many people of all kinds, three religions and nine streams, but I have never seen a person like Ling, with bright eyes as if there is a kind of aura, but she is very silent.

If I hadn't seen those photos on the wall, I would never have believed that such a calm person would have such a bright smile, like a flower bathed in the spring breeze!
Especially after I thanked her for the steamed buns, her attitude towards me changed slightly. At first she didn't know that I was that poor bastard in the water prison...

I think she gave me steamed buns, maybe because everyone is from Kyushu, and they greet each other and help each other when they go out. This is the real relationship between sons and daughters of Kyushu!

Back in my own bamboo building, I sat on the sofa to relax and eat steamed buns. I ate slowly bit by bit, tasting the taste slowly.

When I was young, I would often take a steamed bun and pair it with a ham sausage. It would be the most wonderful dinner. I ate the steamed bun but was reluctant to bite the ham sausage. I often left more than half of the steamed bun and ham sausage...

Some people say that the greatest sorrow in life is that you can't get it when you are young, but you don't want it when you grow up...

When I was young, I often dreamed that I would grow up to be a hero, a hero that everyone can admire!I also dreamed of becoming a policeman, wearing a handsome police uniform and making everyone envious... But there is a gap between reality and dreams!
I can't forget the feeling of being in the water prison, and I swear that I don't want to taste that feeling again in my life!But by the side of a drug lord, he is always a companion like a tiger!

Along with the deep thoughts, my mood also plummeted. I don't know what will be waiting for me next, and I don't know why Ling is so silent...

(End of this chapter)