Chapter 28 She Still Doesn't Trust Anyone
Director Li and the instructors visited Que Dongjin. His injuries were not serious. Director Li told him to rest well and not think about training.
Director Li and the others left, but Gao Weilan stayed.
"Instructor Gao, I'm fine. You should go and have a rest too!" Que Dongjin said to Gao Weilan.
"I'll accompany you, Dongjin. I'm your direct instructor and I should care about you." Gao Weilan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Instructor Gao."
"Dongjin, don't be polite with me. Remember when we first met, I told you that I was a dancer when I was nineteen?" Gao Weilan said with a smile.
"Remember!"
"Can I tell you a story about my childhood?" Gao Weilan really wanted to take this opportunity to get close to Que Dongjin, and this was also what Director Li meant.
"Great! You must have a lot of stories about your childhood!" Que Dongjin looked at Gao Weilan and found that she was indeed very gentle.
"My family was very poor when I was a child. When I was seven years old , there was a drought in my hometown. In order to feed us, my father started to sell illegal salt with others. Who knew that he would never come back. Later, some people said that he encountered bandits on the road and was beaten to death." Gao Weilan paused and looked at Que Dongjin.
"Why did the bandits kill people? Couldn't they just rob the contraband salt and other money? Why did they have to kill people?" Que Dongjin thought of his father and his brothers, who never killed innocent people.
"My father may have fought with bandits to protect his smuggled salt, or he may have encountered some murderers who killed innocent people indiscriminately. Of course, I heard that some bandits do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, they only kill the rich and help the poor." Gao Weilan looked at Que Dongjin, wanting to see his reaction.
"Oh, there are good and bad bandits, so to speak." Que Dongjin knew that his previous identity could not be exposed casually, so he just said it lightly.
"After my father was killed by bandits, my mother was no longer able to raise us. She had no choice but to marry and move far away with my sister and me. But my stepfather was not nice to me. When I was thirteen, he even physically assaulted me. I ran away in anger." Gao Weilan said, her eyes reddening.
"Instructor Gao, you were very cold when you were a child. What happened to you after you ran away?" Que Dongjin thought of what happened to him after his parents' death, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy for Gao Weilan. This sympathy seemed to bring him and Gao Weilan closer.
"After I ran away, I had no choice but to beg because I was so hungry. I begged along the way and came to this city, where I met a few gangsters who gave me food. I originally thought they had bad intentions and would target me, but they treated me like a younger sister and did not bully me. I just followed them to do some petty thefts." Gao Weilan said with a sigh.
Gao Weilan was of course making up a story. She could make up such stories so casually that they seemed like real stories.
"How did you become a dancer?" Que Dongjin looked at Gao Weilan and felt that her experience before becoming a dancer was almost the same as his own.
"Later, when I turned eighteen, I didn't want to do those shady things anymore. But I couldn't find a legitimate job, so I became a dancer. Those little gangsters grew up. Some went to jail, some turned over a new leaf, and some joined the underworld." Gao Weilan held Que Dongjin's hand.
"Instructor Gao, I didn't expect you to have suffered so much." Que Dongjin also held Gao Weilan's hand.
"After I became a dancer, I was able to make some money in the dance hall, but the men I came into contact with were all kinds of people. Once, I danced with a drunk man, and he was very restless. While dancing, he would suddenly pull me closer to me from time to time and touch my breasts; he would press my buttocks from time to time and pinch them with his hands. I endured it at first. I knew that it was okay to let a man like this take advantage of me. How could a dancer be as chaste as a jade?" Gao Weilan sighed.
"Oh." Que Dongjin just responded. He wanted to continue listening to Gao Weilan tell her story.
"I didn't expect that this man would go further. Not satisfied with pinching my buttocks, he even put his hand into my clothes. I got angry and twisted his hand. He got furious and wanted to take off my clothes and insult me in front of so many people. I struggled..." Gao Weilan wiped away her tears.
"When I was in despair, a woman shouted and stopped the man. However, the drunkard was not resigned and continued to insult me and looked down on others. The shouting woman rushed over and punched the drunkard, then kicked him down and pulled me out of the dance hall. She was Director Li. Later, I followed Director Li to find this job." Gao Weilan said and looked at Que Dongjin.
"Instructor Gao, I understand. Director Li is your benefactor," said Que Dongjin.
"Yes. She is my superior and also my benefactor. Dongjin, I know you are also a suffering person. Alas, we are all miserable people! You must have suffered a lot when you were young! When I met you, you were forced to do that. You were forced by life, right?" Gao Weilan began to ask questions.
"Instructor Gao, you and Director Li are also my benefactors. If it weren't for you, I might have spent my whole life in prison, or died long ago. Also, you helped me successfully quit my drug addiction. I thank you." Que Dongjin did not talk about his childhood.
"How did you get to the point of robbery?" Gao Weilan finally couldn't help but want to know about Que Dongjin's past.
"I don't know about that. I had only known the robber for a few days. When I first met him, he asked me to learn how to smoke, but who knew it was actually drugs. In just a few days, I became addicted to drugs and followed him to rob without knowing what was going on." said Que Dongjin.
"Did you suffer a lot when you were a child?" Gao Weilan looked at Que Dongjin.
"I don't remember. I only remember what happened after I was ten years old. I heard from my adoptive father that he saved my life in front of his door. At that time, I was starving or something else, I don't know. I don't know if I was . When I woke up, I only saw my adoptive father. I didn't know him and I didn't remember what happened before." Que Dongjin sighed.
"Oh, your life is more miserable than mine." Gao Weilan smiled.
"My fate is determined by heaven!" Que Dongjin smiled.
"How do you know how to read? Did your adoptive father send you to school?" Gao Weilan asked knowingly.
"He didn't send me to school. When I was hanging out with those gangsters, there were two of them who knew a lot of words. They often taught me how to read. I have a very good memory and I like to learn words and listen to stories. Later, I also read books," said Que Dongjin with a smile.
When Que Dongjin said this, he remembered that when he was a child, his parents often taught him to read and draw. He also remembered that his father asked him to memorize the map. However, he knew that this was a secret now and he couldn't tell anyone casually. His father told him that he had to make sure that the other person was a 100% good person, and he could only tell this secret for the sake of the country and the people.
In fact, Que Dongjin didn't know what the secret in the map was, and what interests the country would have to bear on this secret.
"Oh, that's how it is. I thought you went to school!" When Gao Weilan said this, she thought to herself, why did he deceive himself? Did he doubt himself? Maybe he didn't trust anyone yet?
"I don't have the blessing to go to school! Instructor Gao, you should go back and have a rest. Thank you for chatting with me for such a long time." Que Dongjin said with a smile.
"Okay, okay. You need to rest too." Gao Weilan said.
At night, in Gao Weilan's dormitory.
Gao Weilan hooked her arms around Director Li's neck and kissed her cheek.
Director Li carried her to the sofa, looked at Gao Weilan, and asked, "How are you and Que Dongjin doing?"
"She refused to reveal anything and said she couldn't remember anything before she was ten years old . I think she still doesn't trust me. I don't know if I can get the secret from her." Gao Weilan had no confidence.
"Don't be anxious. She is wary of everyone. This is a bad thing, but also a good thing! Because it is also difficult for others to get secrets from her. Wei Lan, take your time and don't be too impatient." Director Li said.
"What you said makes sense. Mengman, the main reason you came to my place tonight is to understand what I talked about with Que Dongjin and what I got from her. Is that right?" Gao Weilan looked at Zhang Li Mengman with resentment in her eyes.
"The main reason I came to your place is, of course, that I missed you. As for what you got from her, I was just asking casually. What's more important is that I want to be close to you. Come, sit on my lap." Zhang Limengman said, pulling Gao Weilan onto her lap.
"You are really good at coaxing me." Gao Weilan smiled charmingly and tapped Director Li's forehead.
"I often can't help myself in front of you. How can I be coaxing you? Wei Lan, you know, I really love you." Director Li said.
"Mengman, tell me. Do I love you more, or do you love me more?" Gao Weilan smiled and leaned her head on Zhang Limengman's shoulder.
"What do you think?"
"Of course I love you more. You are everything to me, and I am willing to do everything for you. Didn't you also say that you have no mother in this world? I am like your mother, a woman who is willing to block bullets for you, and the only one." Gao Weilan said gently.
"I am also willing to block bullets for you! I love you more, and I will behave well now to let you know how I love you, how I love you, and how much I love you to death." Zhang Limengman said as she hugged Gao Weilan again and walked towards the bed.
"That's love from you, it's obviously bad, right?" Gao Weilan said coquettishly.
"How bad a woman is to another woman is how much she loves him in her heart." Li Mengman said with a smile as she walked.
