Novel Bin Chapter 4 - Thorny Rose
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yi’s eyes teared up. She suddenly felt that she was very selfish. To escape her job of confiscating porn, she undertook the mission of an observer, and deceived her mother. Originally, her dad and older brother had been transferred to a special forces team in Beijing[1], leaving her and her mom to fend for themselves in Lin Hai City. Now that she had left home too, her over five decades old mother was all on her own.
Putting aside those distracting thoughts, she hoped that these two years would be her own nirvana. The best case scenario would be that after this mission, she too would be transferred to the Beijing. This way, she could naturally bring her mother there too, and the whole family would be reunited.
Xiao Yi took off her skin-tight T-shirt while humming a small tune. Wearing only her black lace underwear, she looked at her exquisite figure in the dressing mirror. Suddenly, the sound of someone knocking on the door could be heard.
“What is it? I’m washing up. Why don’t you use the toilet downstairs?” Xiao Yi didn’t need to think at all to know who it was outside the bathroom.
“I will begin to run away in thirty seconds. Starting now.” Chen Min said coldly.
“What did you say?” Xiao Yi was stunned. She even slightly forgot that the person she was following was a death row convict.
“I meant exactly what I said. You still have twenty-five seconds.” By the time Chen Min finished saying those words, he was already running towards the entrance on the bottom floor.
“Bastard! You dare run?!” Xiao Yi panicked. She immediately wore the denim shorts that she had just taken off, and rushed out of the toilet. She didn’t even have enough time to put on her T-shirt. At the moment, Chen Min had just closed the door to the house.
Knowing that this wasn’t a joke, Xiao Yi became livid. She grabbed her handgun and chased him outside. Luckily, there was enough time to wear a pair of shoes.
At the entrance to the Commercial Business Area, it was nighttime, and there was nobody around. Under the orange streetlights, Chen Min’s body was leaning close to the ground as he dashed forwards.
“Halt! Stop running!” Xiao Yi, who came from a family of cops, shouted out of habit. Her 105cm legs, chased after him in long strides.
The two people were about 100m apart, and moving at high speeds. Chen Min was already out of Xiao Yi’s handgun’s range, so she could only try her best to catch up to him.
Xiao Yi went all out. She kept up with Chen Min for 1.2km, running like mad for 3mins, and directly ran into a crowded street.
The streets tonight were abnormally lively. Many pedestrians saw Xiao Yi running in her underwear with their own eyes. Quite a few perverts took out their phones and snapped photos of Xiao Yi’s tender 32C breasts shaking as she ran. But as soon as they saw the gun in her hand, they were so scared that their erections went flaccid[3] and they immediately made way for her.
Chen Min, who was in the lead, was like a monster as he dashed through the crowd, it was as if he did not slow down at all. Any pedestrian that he brushed by, felt as if a large gust of wind suddenly blew past them. He agilely grabbed onto a flowerbed with one hand, then flipped over it. He was even steadier than a gymnast as he fell. Then, he continued to run full speed ahead.
Only those who had chased after Chen Min before, would know why this monster needed observers. That single armed flip showcased Chen Min’s superhuman physique. Xiao Yi concluded that even if she were racing against her brother[4], who was a member of the special forces, she wouldn’t be left behind by much. But the 100m gap between them just wasn’t something Xiao Yi could close, no matter how hard she tried.
Running at full speed for a sustained period of time made her feel as if her lungs were about to explode. Her calcaneal tendon hurt so much that it felt like it could rupture at any moment. However, Xiao Yi just strongly gritted her teeth and continued to chase after Chen Min as if her life was on the line[5], she was unwilling to back off in the slightest.
Arriving at an old apartment complex that Chen Min had dashed into, Xiao Yi went inside as well. There, she saw Chen Min behind a pair of closing elevator doors, waving at her.
“Bastard! Stop right there!” Xiao Yi didn’t even bother with a warning shot. She just took aim and fired. The bullet grazed past the closing elevator doors and shot inside. However, it missed its target.
The elevator rose towards the top floor. Xiao Yi took a deep breath and rushed up the spiral stairs.
“Youngest aunt’s[6] skill with the gun…...really impressive.” Inside the elevator Chen Min, who had obviously run full speed for over 20mins, wasn’t even breathing hard. He touched his cheek, which was slightly bleeding.
After running at full speed for a long distance, one’s heart would beat rapidly, and their breathing would be unstable, affecting shooting accuracy. Even though the distance just now was only 10m, as long as Xiao Yi managed to hit the elevator door, she would be on the same level as the elites of the police world. To be able to shoot into the elevator and graze Chen Min…… she was already at the standard of the special forces.
Chen Min, this immoral person took the smoking lift straight to the 23rd floor. We should pity the chasing Xiao Yi. She ran so much that her right leg cramped, so she had to hop to the last floor.
Her skin was completely covered in sweat, and her black lace underwear was so soaked that it could have water wrung out of it.
This was an old apartment complex. Apart from the entrance where Xiao Yi was standing at, there was no other way out. She used the breathing technique her father taught her to adjust her heart rate, endured the pain of her cramping leg, readied her gun and walked towards the last door. She used one hand to open the door 90 degrees. Xiao Yi vigilantly and swiftly looked around to find her target.
But right at that moment, there was the sound of a fist banging the wooden door at her side, and in the next moment, something just grabbed Xiao Yi’s gun. In less than 0.1s, Xiao Yi’s .77 caliber handgun was dismantled into scrap metal like it was a lego figurine.
Xiao Yi jumped up and gave a roundhouse kick. It was impolite to not return favours[7]. So, she did so by directly kicking the old dilapidated wooden door into a heap of sawdust.
“Your fitness is quite good, and your legs are very strong. Your body is a lot stronger than mine was before I joined the Nirvana.” Chen Min patted the sawdust off his body. He looked at Xiao Yi who was 2m away. He was not the least bit stingy with his praises.
“My fist isn’t bad either, why don’t you try it?” Xiao Yi clenched her fists and took up a fighting stance. Her shoulder muscles were gathering all the strength they could muster. Her abdominal muscles became increasingly distinct. It seemed like this was the “tension’s beauty”[15] that few women had, just like a thorny rose.
“I advise you to calm down. Your right leg is already cramping. Your body is also severely overexerted. Like this, you are no threat to me whatsoever. If you still have a brain, you should call the police and let other people handle this,” Chen Min advised.
“I obviously know that asking for backing is the most appropriate thing to do, but if I don’t beat you up myself, this lady won’t be happy!” Xiao Yi’s one leg jumped forward by two steps, and closed in on Chen Min. Her speed was faster than a nimble boxer and she threw out a combination of punches that brought up a fierce wind.
Chen Min retreated while dodging. It was like he was Xiao Yi’s dancing partner and there was a tacit agreement between them. In one go, he retreated 5m. Then, Chen Min tightly held Xiao Yi in his embrace.
“Enough, you’re qualified.” Chen Min softly whispered into Xiao Yi’s ear.
“Is that so?” the tired Xiao Yi laughed with a pale face. Suddenly, she bit Chen Min’s shoulder. She bit so hard that even his clothes were torn and her white teeth sank into his flesh.
“Correction, you’re not qualified, you’re excellent.” Chen Min’s two hands pinched the back of Xiao Yi’s neck. At that moment, the crazy Xiao Yi finally felt her body go limp, and was subdued.
5 minutes later, in the old apartment’s balcony, there was sawdust in the background. Xiao Yi sat on a concrete block with her hands tied. Chen Min just sat in front of her. He grabbed the shoe on Xiao Yi’s right leg, which was cramping, and took it off. Then, he seriously massaged it. His hand was more professional than that of police instructors, it was also more gentle.
“I want to start up a bodyguard agency. Later on, there will inevitably be danger. I can’t protect the client while taking into account your safety at the same time. So, I had to test your skills. You were even more excellent than I expected. Be it physical capabilities, marksmanship or close combat skill, they are all something that women lack.” Chen Min spoke calmly. It was as if he was talking about what he ate for dinner.
“Come, come, come! Untie this rope for me, I’ll let you experience this lady’s tyrannical nutcracker leg[8]! Ah! It hurts! Be more gentle!” while Xiao Yi was yelling, Chen Min exerted force and pulled her muscle. The young woman could not help but cry out with her face blushing red.
“I’ve already seen enough. Of course, aside from these basic factors, I like how dedicated you are to your mission even more. Even towards the end, you did not give up the will to resist. You are qualified to be my assistant.” Chen Min stood up while smiling.
“I’m your observer. Who said that I wanted to be your assistant?” Xiao Yi said while moving her ankle. The cramp was already gone.
“I am a man that is destined to become a bodyguard. How can you observe me without being my assistant?” Chen Min‘s abnormal logic was very hard to refuse.
“Your world is twisted. I can’t be bothered arguing with your logic. It’s not that I want to pour cold water on your plans, but your biggest competitor is 110[9]. It’s up 24/7, and available on demand. From lost keys to kidnappings, they handle all cases[11]. Jobs like being a bodyguard are just not suitable for China[10].
“Doesn’t matter. In this world there are some things that the police can’t do, but bodyguards can.” Chen Min untied Xiao Yi’s bindings, and re-assembled Xiao Yi’s handgun before returning it to her.
Xiao Yi endured the urge to blow off Chen Min’s head, and placed the handgun inside the holster at the back of her waist.
“Come on, I’ll bring you to see the first job I picked.” Chen Min acted mysteriously as he dragged Xiao Yi to the edge of the balcony. Opposite them, was a large electric screen[12]. The news being broadcast on it was 《Famous Singer, Dream Jade, receives threatening letters》.
“No way! Recently, Dream Jade has been hot[13]. How do you plan on becoming her bodyguard?” Xiao Yi wrinkled her eyebrows as she said.
“So long as I wish it, she will be my client.” As Chen Min was shamelessly laughing, he peeped at Xiao Yi who was in her underwear next to him. “Anyway, do you feel cold?”
Hearing Chen Min say this, Xiao Yi immediately lowered her head and blushed. It turns out that all along, she was in her underwear, and her white rabbits[14] were half exposed. She hugged her chest and said while glaring at Chen Min, “You bastard, this is all your fault!”
“It’s getting cold, let’s go home” Chen Min placed his jacket over Xiao Yi’s shoulders, then put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the balcony’s exit.
“Chen Min,” looking at the figure of this man’s solid back, Xiao Yi called out.
“What?”
“Next time, if you dare toy with me like this again, I swear I will blow off your head.”
“Wait till the time when you beat me to death, then talk. My ‘thorny rose’,” Chen Min laughed masochistically.
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[1] 帝都- Imperial City/Royal City etc. it refers to the capital of china: beijing The way it’s used is mildly sarcastic
[2] not really shorts, here’s a picture:https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=overalls&espv=2&biw=1455&bih=761&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjjxqyXp6DNAhVMsI8KHX1hATwQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=overall+shorts
[3]吓破的色胆 Lit: scared so badly their lust broke
[4] It says cousin here but I’m assuming it’s referring to her brother
[5] 玩命 lit: play with life
[6] 小姨: it refers to one’s mother’s youngest sister NOT sister in-law
小=small/youngest 姨=阿姨=maternal aunt
[7]来而不往非礼也It is impolite not to return kindness by giving a present or favor. As one receives kindness, he or she must also give back kindness.
[8] 霸王撩阴腿
霸王- despot 撩阴 - kick someone’s balls 腿- leg
[9] China’s police hotline
[10] 天朝 - heavenly court; an honorary phrase for court in ancient times; Chinese feudal dynasties call themselves as 天朝 to foreign countries. Also used in a mildly sarcastic manner
[11] Now the author is straight up making fun of china
[12] http://cn.made-in-china.com/gongying/bangdechuanmei-femEiqjYgWUO.html
[13] 很火 Lit: very fire. Means popular
[14]小白兔 - slang for breasts
[15]张力之美
张力=tension
之=的=particle grammatically used as possesive/ ‘s
美=beautiful/pretty etc.