Hidden Assassin

Chapter 80 Sounds of knocking in the night

He says…..you’re such a bunch of clowns.

“Eh? “ Upon hearing these words, the three in the upper control room were dumbfounded. Then Cui Guohua laughed, “Haha, intriguing, since this guy can say something like that, it shows that he’s on our side. Very good! It appears his strength is much greater than ours. Our chances of success this time has increased a lot. Guoyi, let’s take a look at that bomb….”

As the members of Ancestral Awakening were getting thrilled over this discovery, Jiaming had already returned to his room. It was nearly midnight. He laid down on the balcony to calm the excitement in his heart. The brief clash with Natalie was not intense but it was still extremely dangerous. Since being reborn, this was his first time going up against someone of the same level. Jiaming felt it was satisfactory to be able to slip away from right under her nose.

As it stood, all warnings and cautions had been delivered. Ancestral Awakening now knew of his existence. Peroka’s and Lyra Tenebris’ people on this cruise ship should also be aware of his shadowy presence. The beauty of this was, without a clear understanding of what he represented, any action they took would be akin to entering a trap. “Gu Jiaming, ah Gu Jiaming, you are really a mighty and miraculous fellow!”

After hiding away his equipment, he went to take a shower. Suddenly, there came a light knocking sound on his door. Then Shasha’s lowered voice could be heard: “Jiaming, Jiaming……open, open, open the door quick……”

Forced to come out wrapped only in a bath towel, he looked through the peephole. Shasha stood outside dressed simply in a finely patterned flower pajama, nervously looking left and right. The moment he opened the door, she rushed inside, furtively closing it again. “Whew, that was dangerous, luckily no one was around”, she exclaimed while making a motion of patting her hand over her heart.

Seeing her barefooted state, hopping back and forth on the carpet, obviously she must have rushed out of her room once there was no one in the passageway. Jiaming couldn’t help but smile: “Aren’t you afraid of being seen? If sister Yahan finds out it won’t be good.”

Shasha glanced at Jiaming and saw that he was covered in soap bubbles. She laughed, jumped on to the bed and pulled the quilt over her legs: “Blame it on sister Yahan. She wanted to watch a horror movie. I got so scared I couldn’t sleep. You go finish your shower, I can go to sleep by myself.”

“You being able to sleep by yourself would be weird”, Jiaming chuckled. “However, sister Yahan will definitely come over tomorrow morning to wake us up. Aren’t you afraid of her finding you here?”

“I don’t care”, Shasha giggled from under the quilt. “Anyway it’s your responsibility to help me fall asleep. After I fall asleep, it’s your responsibility to carry me back. There… my keycard is besides the pillow.”

“You little vixen…” Jiaming laughed while shaking his head. Originally, he wanted to ask her why she didn’t go to Lingjing’s room. The two of them could just as easily help each other sleep and this wouldn’t risk making Yahan suspicious. When he thought about saying it though, he realized this would certainly embarrass her and rouse her temper, resulting in another drawn out tussle. It was already late, better to not get into that.

As he returned to the bathroom and turned on the shower, Shasha’s soft voice floated over from the bedroom: “Jiaming, I feel a little bit seasick.”

“Oh, seasick? No way, you have such a sturdy disposition……”

“Careful I don’t smash you flat, daring to describe me this way……”, Shasha’s voice came over again with a snort. “Anyway……whenever the boat sways a little, I feel like throwing up. I feel better when I lie down but I’m having trouble sleeping. Of course, watching that horror movie is another reason……”

“I’ll get you some seasickness medicine from the ship’s dispensary tomorrow……”

Jiaming hadn’t finished speaking when the sound of knocking came again from the door. A sudden silence fell over the room. Jiaming came out with a towel to see Shasha looking through the peephole. She opened the door noiselessly as Lingjing darted in. Lingjing stared blankly at Shasha for a moment, then the three broke out in laughter.

“I couldn’t sleep,” Lingjing grinned as she turned around to close the door. Jiaming chuckled: “I’m going to finish showering, you two go to bed first.”

The two girls teased each other as they got on the bed. Shortly afterwards, the sound of their playful antics filled the room. “Another threesome tonight, ah life is perfect. Work hard student Gu Jiaming, and soon you shall be the world’s number one”. He finished washing and came out wrapped in the bath towel. Amidst the frolicking, the two girls’ pajamas had become fully undone. Shasha had Lingjing pinned down while tickling her. Lingjing resembled a dolphin while struggling, laughing mischievously as she blew up a condom to test it for leaks. What would have been a pure and beautiful scene, instead looked bizarre with that added element. If one were to turn it into a painting, perhaps it could become a piece of French artwork, which always combines the tasteful with the obscene.

Then, “Peng Peng Peng”, the knocking sound came from the door for the third time. The three froze awkwardly in their movements.

Lingjing opened her eyes wide. Shasha slid off the bed naked, silently running barefoot across the carpet. She looked through the peephole, turned her head around and held up a finger: “shhhhh”

Shasha returned to the bedside and whispered: “It’s sister Yahan.”

The two girls recalled the reason they went to Jiaming’s room, then turned their heads in unison to glower at Jiaming. Jiaming naturally knew what they were thinking. Whispering, he plead his case : “I don’t know either why she’s here……even if she can’t sleep there’s no reason to look to me for comf…..uhh, to look for me.” He wasn’t bold enough to use an intimate sounding term like comfort. He put on an honest looking face, “I’m innocent, your Honors……”

“Hmmph, that better be true, otherwise you’re doomed”, Lingjing wrinkled her nose.

“Yes, doomed”, Shasha echoed, shaking her fist.

The three put their heads together. The two girls without a stitch on, looked like two puppies kneeling on the bed. It was a truly enticing sight. Then they gathered their pajamas from the bed and scampered into the bathroom. Jiaming sighed, “I beg you, Big Miss Yahan, please don’t tell me the reason you’re looking for me is because you’re horny. I know we’re very close and all. You falling for me is totally normal, but this is not the place for your passion to erupt…”, Jiaming thought nonsensically. Obviously, he didn’t think such a thing was likely.

Through the peephole, one can see Yahan in a nightgown, standing in front of the door with a delicate frown on her beautiful face. It was a picture that could move the heart of any man. As there was no response coming from the room, she resumed her knocking on the door, calling out softly: “Jiaming, Jiaming……”

Her tone of voice made it sound like they really had a secret relationship.

He rolled his eyes, then reached out and opened the door. A male voice suddenly sounded from nearby: “Eh? Teacher Zhang is on this ship? It’s really……is this where you’re staying?”

These words were said in the manner of a man suddenly happening upon a beautiful woman, conveying an overwhelming mixture of surprise and pleasure. At this moment, Jiaming had already opened the door. Yahan, who looked like she had something on her mind, gave a slight start upon hearing that sudden voice. She looked towards the corridor as she stood there. A man’s handsome figure also hurried over to stop besides the doorway, delight written on his face. It was that Xu Mo from whom Jiaming had stolen the two cruise tickets.

At this juncture, Jiaming blinked his eyes while presenting a clean and honest face at Yahan and alternately the infatuated Teacher Xu. Yahan, confronted with Xu Mo’s demeanor, looked back at Jiaming, seemed to suddenly realize something, and flushed red. As for that Xu Mo, he stared at the two opening his mouth wide, unable to say a word. The gradual change from his previous smiling expression looked extremely farcical.

They were all adults here. A woman in a nightie, deep in the middle of the night was standing in front of a man’s door. The man was wrapped only in a bath towel, looking disreputable. There was no need to say what was going on. Although……that man did look a bit young. However, what counted after all was that he was……uh, fully developed.

In an instant, Xu Mo’s thoughts turned chaotic. He knew Zhang Yahan, when not dressed in her usual spinster getup, was actually a great beauty. However, he never imagined she could have such a bashful and charming temperament, never imagined she would be dressed in a nightgown knocking on a man’s door at midnight, and definitely never imagined it would be such an average looking……boy.

Yahan had naturally figured out that the present circumstances were highly irregular. Flustered, with her face red, her feet moved of their own volition and she stepped into the room: “Er….hehe, what a coincidence…..this, Teacher Xu……goodbye.

The door closed in Xu Mo’s face. It opened a couple of seconds later. Jiaming poked his head out, helpfully pointed at one of the nearby rooms: “Er, Teacher Zhang Is staying besides that one. If you want to look for her……er……uh, have a good evening, bye……”

Outside, the sea breeze was blowing, Xu Mo had on a complicated expression. The initial euphoria hadn’t even faded when countless other emotions had already welled up from the bottom of his heart. For lack of better words to describe it, we can temporarily put it this way: it showed he was very much in love.

From heaven to hell, it’s that easy.