The Guest: Book 3

by Yufeng Zhuang

Chapter 8

  The goodbye on the iron tower

  Sheilor had a stiff on his hand which was holding the phone, and then he promised very straightforwardly. He put the phone back into his arms, the came back to himself. It has already been more than twenty days after the dancing party, and he also has met with Charming for more than twenty days.

  He took out the school timetable to take a look, then he found out that tomorrow would be the last day of December, of course there would be no class. Then he found out the quiet and loneliness had been kept for so long in these days, it’s so long that he had already forgot the coming of the New Year.

  At this time, Charming was in a daze in her own single apartment, she took a look at the black frame glasses by the side of her hand, a flicker of distress and struggle showed on her comely face. After the dancing party of the Bi-Moons Festival, Charlie Tai lost his trace once again, she never couldn’t find any chance to get close to that man again…

  The failure of this mission, didn’t let senator Medellin feel any discontent, instead that fond like a father elder, said a few words to comfort her, asked her to pay attention to hide her identity well. At the same time, he pointed it out secretly, since that named Sheilor boy student knows Charlie Tai by opportunity, perhaps start from him that side, there would be a good result.

  To use Sheilor to get close to that man? Charming blinked her long eyelash a couple times, she denied this way in the first time, she doesn’t want to hurt that man once again after she had already hurt him once.

  The last day of the Year sixty-six of the Constitution Calendar thirty-seven, the whole federation immersed in the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year.

  Although in the distant light years away, across the Milky Way to watch each other with the West Forest Region, the Empire still is the shadow in the hearts of the federal citizens, but after all the front line is too far away, everyone doesn’t want to think about that problem subconscious.

  The federal people, the really anxious eyes, all cast to the S2 Region. After the election of the four states surrounding the mountains was over, the federal government had the charge to the senators of the opposite faction becoming increasingly fierce, they accused the other party didn’t really put down the weapons, the federal military also began to step up the preparation for war, the breakout of the civil war once again, seemed to be the inevitable thing.

  The came out from the anti-government army senator Medellin, has already been elected as the senator of the federal Management Committee successfully, really gets into the federal political core area, but no matter how he lifted up his voice in every meeting in the Capital District, still couldn’t really eliminate the danger of the civil war.

  Because all the people know it clearly, senator Medellin could influence those people of the four states surrounding the mountains, but he couldn’t influence those taking the guns anti-government armed force in the mountains.

  After the federal embargo and economic sanction in successive years, the anti-government army in the mountains has already come to the brink of collapse, but they wouldn’t be honestly waiting to be suppressed by the federal troops, and instead they would choose some kind of counterattack way.

  Although there are so many worries, but to the ordinary citizens of the federation, the life must continue, these problems about the politics, about the life and death, just at most could let them to have a few sighs with emotion when they read the electronic newspaper.

  The New Year’s Eve, all the famous restaurants are all booked up, and the holiday lamps and the neon lights of the playground, began to shine in the day, create a kind of peaceful, rich and happy scene. Have the vacation families, relatives and lovers, occupy those huge sky wheel and the special restaurants in the ice and snow world.

  Compared with those lively places, that cloud-kissing iron tower of the Coastal state, lost its elegant demeanor as the tourist attraction, became incomparable quiet, because not many people are willing to come up to the ventilated all around iron tower in this cold winter.

  Sheilor didn’t take the elevator, he carried the backpack to climb up to the iron tower step by step, his face was slightly red, the sweat seeped out from his hair, but his breath was still stable, he didn’t feel a bit of tiredness. Now he has already been able in the daily life every day, to keep practicing his own nerve and body, let that mysterious power become more and more gentle in his body, and also become more and more powerful.

  The cold wind was roaring on the sightseeing layer of the iron tower, the orange holiday lamps were pulled to the lonely lines, leaned close to the body of the metal construction. No other people, only by the side of the distant rail, a girl in the dark brown wind coat, holding her lower jaw, was fascinated to look at the city scenery of the Coastal state.

  She wore a cute velour hat, the hands were in the pink gloves, the long eyelashes were blinking in the cold wind, seemed that she didn’t feel the cold, just looked at the outside of the rail quietly.

  Sheilor stood more than ten meters behind her back, looked at her quietly, he was somewhat absent-minded. Hasn’t seen her for days, but when he saw her again, his mood came back to the situation like at the beginning, very calm and peaceful.

  “you came.” Charming turned her body around, had a smile at him.

  Sheilor walked over to her and had a smile gently, took the backpack behind his back down, threw it by the side of her feet, stood by her side, looked at the outside of the rail along with previous eyesight. He could see some heavy clouds floated in the no snow sky, the building tops of the Coastal state, and the snow and ice trace left by this winter. The whole city is in the atmosphere of New Year, but he still felt some lonely.

  “The scenery up here is not so much.” Sheilor imagined the girl’s mood when she was watching over here earlier, “why did you think of to meet over here?” he asked.

  “My parents was very busy when I was little, and I didn’t want to sit in those little rooms of the sky wheel, so I liked to come up here to watch the scenery alone.” Charming breathed out some fogs, gazed at the shadow of the distant sky wheel and said, “that night in the dancing party, I refused to dance with you, I hope that you don’t mind.”

  “I had already said that night, I don’t know dance.” Sheilor still narrowed his eyes to look at the grey in the sky, he said, “if today you still want to say I am sorry these three words, I don’t think there is any meaning. Although I have never been in love before, but I also know, there is no right or wrong for this kind of thing.”

  “You have some change.” Charming turned her head around suddenly and looked at him, and then laughed, “at that time in front of the teaching building, you spoke more plausibly than right now.”

  Sheilor also remembered the speech of that time, he said with a smile, “I looked at the things too simple at that time.” he turned his head around and looked at the flowing shine in Charming’s eyes quietly, then he noticed that the other party didn’t wear that pair of black frame glasses, he said in a soft voice, “until today, I still think that the things are very simple, but it seems besides me, all the people in this world, always used to make the simple thing to very complicated.”

  Charming didn’t think of that she would hear the words like this, she closed her eyes slightly, fell into the meditation, after a long time she said softly, “perhaps it’s because I am a very complicated people originally, but you are a very simple people.”

  “No. you are a very simple people, but you want to do some very complicated things.” Sheilor held the railing with his hands, then he felt the railing is cold as ice, he held back his hands and blew a warm breath on them, he asked, “what on earth is your secret?”

  Charming silenced for a long time, then opened her mouth and said, “a year ago, I had the voluntary backup job in the office of the senator Medellin.”

  “I know about this, many young people in the federation go to the four states surrounding mountains to do this kind of work.�
�� Sheilor said, “you came back, and judged by the government as the return people, this shouldn’t be any trouble.”

  “The problem is, until today, actually I am still working for the senator Medellin.” Charming suddenly laughed, the smile seemed a bit chilly.

  Heard the real identity of Charming, Sheilor fell into silence, after a long time, then he said in a soft voice, “and then?”

  “Although I don’t have the professional spy training, but what I am doing, actually is nothing different from a spy.” Charming lowered her head, looked at that heavy backpack by her feet, she said, “I came back to the Pear Garden university, in face, only have one goal, which is to get close to Charlie Tai, help the senator build up a certain kind of direct contact with him.”

  “And then”

  Charming took a look at him with the slight surprise, continued to say, “besides the dancing party of the Bi-Moons Festival, I don’t have any other way to get close to that mysterious heir of the Tai family… oh, right, perhaps you still don’t know his true identity right now.”

  Sheilor shook his head, stopped this question, and asked very calmly, “and then?”

  No matter what Charming said, Sheilor just replied her these two words: and then? Charming looked at him quietly, took off one pink glove from her hand, put it on his hand, and lowered her head and said in a soft voice, “you seem to be not surprised at all, and also not anger.”

  “In fact… the strange things I ran into in this life, are much more than what you can imagine.” Sheilor’s left hand had the glove on, his right held her hand very naturally, looked at her and said seriously, “I just don’t understand, what is the relationship these things to do with the thing between us.”

  “I am a spy.” Charming looked at him seriously, she said somewhat bafflingly, “don’t you feel any bit of fear?”

  Sheilor was annoyed to mutter a few words, thought that he was a fugitive after all. He heaved a sigh and shook his head, pulled open the hair under Charming’s brim gently, looked at her that smooth forehead, had the pity for her and said, “if this is what your secret… very long time ago, I have already guessed it, but just didn’t think of at that time, the guessed truth is the truth.”

  Charming had a forced smile, turned her head around, looked at the sky outside of the rail and said, “I know that I hurt you, and I shouldn’t say these words originally. But if I couldn’t explain to you clearly, I feel very uncomfortable in my heart.”

  “You want to get close to Charlie Tai, so you left me…” Sheilor combed these chaotic information for her, silenced for a moment and then said, “but you found out now, I actually know Charlie Tai, if you want to get close to him, perhaps it would be more convenient to stay by my side… you didn’t come to see me in these many days, obviously you don’t want to look back again.”

  “If I came back to your side in this kind of situation, that will be the insult to you, and also to myself.” Charming loosen the holding him hand, held up her own face, on her face were all the relaxation and determination after the extrication, “I wouldn’t allow myself to do this kind of thing.”

  Sheilor felt a bit happier, “you have ever asked me how I look on the George Collin doctrine and those people in the S2, I once said, I feel sympathy for them and are willing to support them, but I don’t understand… just because the things you are willing to sacrifice for, then you could sacrifice our love?”

  Charming’s nose tip was wrinkled up painfully, she heaved a sigh and said, “perhaps it’s ridiculous in your view, but it’s my belief after all… and I would go back to the four states surround the mountains in the future definitely, but your ideal is to become the chief engineer of the Nutshell motor company, there is not future between two of us originally.”

  “We don’t talk about the future, just talk about the present. You came here today, it looks like that the people you serve had the new request to you.” Sheilor narrowed his eyes, said in taunt, “I respect any belief, but if it is a kind of belief which needs to sacrifice his own emotion, needs to betray his own emotion… in my opinion, it’s really a very disgusting thing.”

  Charming felt his anger, so she changed the topic silently, “the pressure of four states surrounding the mountains is too big right now, those living in the mountains soldiers and the working staffs, would meet the strike of the federal military pretty soon… and the people could change the will of the federal government, only those few big families. Charlie Tai is the heir of the Tai family of the seven big families, if the senator Medellin could get his trust, then he could help the people in the mountains live through this tough period.”

  “In your opinion, I betrayed the feeling between us, just for a visionary belief. But in fact, all the things I am doing just for those fresh and alive lives.”

  Sheilor silenced for a long time and then said, “I also haven’t seen Charlie for many days, perhaps the things on your that side I couldn’t do you any help.”

  “I just want to tell you frankly all of these.” Charming looked at him, the eyes had the water mist diffused.

  Sheilor held her into his arms, both hands got through her that brown dust coat, closed to her that soft and warm young body, held her tightly, didn’t want to let her go, and smelled the light body sweet on her heck, “you are my first woman.” he said.

  Charming fell in his arms and said, “you are my first man.”

  “I like you.”

  “I like you too.”

  “Do you really want to leave me?”

  “Yes.”

  “Then what on earth is between us? What is that night for? The hand-out to me this poor man before your martyrdom?” Sheilor’s voice became angry suddenly.

  Charming lowered her head, pushed his lower jaw like a kitten, and said faintly, “you just take it as the hand-out to me, perhaps you wouldn’t be so unhappy.”

  “Have you ever thought, those play the politics big shots, just only using you… have you ever thought, in fact, you are just only a girl knows nothing, you are very naïve…” Sheilor stood straight his body, forgot that he himself is also a not up to twenty years old young man, he looked at Charming in the eyes dumpishly.

  Charming laughed, but the tears were flashing in her eyes, the nasal was very heavy, she said sobbingly, “I am still young, I can have the naïve well while I still can be naïve.”

  Just in this moment, Sheilor knew that he couldn’t persuade her to leave that world he is strange with, he understood the idea and thought of some people in this world faintly. Just in this moment, he began to understand the stubborn of this girl, began to taste the came early sadness.

  So they two began to kiss not so smoothly, he kiss the tears of the girl away, just right on the iron tower in the chill wind. At this moment, a New Year firework was blooming in the sky, reflected the figures of these two young people, it appeared incomparably lonely.