Chapter 5:

Fail?

So What If I'm a Girl



Lan Du laid on a white bed, a woman sat next to her with a calm expression and observed Lan Du's condition.Lan Du's right hand was wrapped up in thick bandages and her face was pale.


It has been an hour since the test ended and she began showing signs of waking.Her eyelids shuddered and slowly began to open to see a roof she was not familiar with.


"I see you're awake, to think a twelve year old could push their bodies to this degree, really frightens me"a woman's voice rang out beside her.


She shifted her head and turned to see a lady, seated beside her.She wore full white and had long black hair, she glanced at Lan Du and smiled.


Lan Du looked at her cloths and saw that it was still the same so she let out a sigh of relief.If it was changed, then it meant that her identity would be busted.


The woman chuckled to herself when she saw Lan Du check


"I didn't check, don't worry, not that I would be interested in a kid anyways"she said jokingly


Lan Du frowned slightly, she then let out a sly smile and said to her.


"I'm sad that you said that, am I that unattractive?"she leaned closer towards the woman and asked, their faces were only an inch away.


The lady shuffled back in surprise, she didn't expect Lan Du to lean so close suddenly.She felt her face burn in embarrassment from being teased by someone she said she was uninterested in.


"So young yet so devilish, young kids these days are scary"she mumbled to herself


Lan Du laid back onto the bed and giggled to herself.


The door to the room opened and three people walked in, two girls and one boy.They were Qui Shan, Xie Jing and Xie Ying.


Xie Jing and Xie Ying were the two most concerned ones, they rushed to the bed Lan Du was on and checked her up and down to see if she was fine.


Lan Du smiled and said to the two


"If you like to stare so much, why not come a bit closer to starer?"she said with a devilish smile on her face


Not to mention the two girls, even the lady beside them felt her heart skipped a beat.Lan DU grinned, she enjoyed their reactions greatly.


Qui Shan by the side was amazed by her flirting skills, she was just too natural!


"You are as free as you are last time I see"Qui Shan said lightly as he approached her.


Lan Du smiled


"oh, I am more than just free, being surrounded by beautiful girls is definitely heaven"laughed Lan Du


Qui Shan shook his head helplessly at her, the sad part was that she was right, if he was surrounded by beautiful girls, he would also consider it heaven.But it wasn't him that was, it was Lan Du.


The two girls blushed as the lady pinched Lan Du's ear and twisted it.


"Since you are in the mood to fool around, you should have recovered well, go back to your instructor now"she said as she tried to hide her red face.


Lan Du just grinned and stood up weakly, her body was still a bit shaky but walking was no problem for her.


"Lan Du, you should rest for a bit more!"said Xie Ying as she tried to push Lan Du back onto the bed


Xie Jing nodded and helped her sister push him onto the bed.Lan Du was surprised by a sly smile crept onto her face as she suddenly stopped resisting and allowed them to push her down to the bed.


"so eager to push me down, I-I'm not mentally prepared yet"Lan Du said with a shy look on her face as she blushed lightly.


The sisters realised what she meant and their faces turned red, they just wanted Lan Du to recover properly, yet she used this chance to tease them and made them look like the ones on the attack!Even Qui Shan blushed slightly when he saw such a scene.So agressive, he thought to himself.


"i-its just a misunderstanding, we-we ahh!"they just got more flustered as they tried to explain what they were trying to do.


But the more they wanted to explain, the worse it became.Lan Du found this very amusing as she laughed and patted their heads with her hand.


"Alright, alright, I'll stop messing around, let's go back to instructor Lu, I'm fine right now"she stood up slowly once again.


She turned ti he lady and said


"I'm guessing you're the academy nurse, I thank you for treating me"she said with a warm smile


The lady waved her hand and said calmly


"Its fine, it's my job"she closed her eye and gestured for them to leave.


Lan Du walked a bit behind the other three after they left, Xie Jing and Xie Ying decided to support her, one on each side as Lan Du's arm was placed over their shoulders.Qui Shan watched in envy as he watched Lan Du with a girl in each arm.


Lan Du grinned at Qui Shan when she noticed her gaze.They soon arrived at their classroom, where other groups already gathered in.The class was made up of other teams who chose the main army path.There was also roughly a dozen instructors standing at the front waiting for them.


Instructor Lu was also there, he saw that Lan Du seemed fine and let out a sigh of relief.But when he saw how she came in, his face stiffened.


This...he walked in with a girl in each arm!

The male students sneered at her for being supported by two girls, but deep down, they were 

very jealous of her.Lan Du wanted to laugh at their expressions but decided to keep a calm expression instead.


"Get to your seats, don't leave us waiting"said an instructor

The four quickly found their seats and sat down after that.The instructors stood in the front 

and the one in the middle held a large piece of paper rolled up in his hand.


"We will now announce who has passed and which team has the highest points"


He cleared his throat and unrolled he paper.He then began reading out the names.


"Yan De, pass, Shi Li, fail, Shui Ji, pass, Zhu Le, pass..."he continued to read out the names, soon, it was Lan Du's group.


"Xie Jing, pass, Xie Ying, pass!"he said


The sisters hugged each other and cheered together, being able to pass meant that they will have a role in the future and not be pathless.


"Qui Shan pass"


Qui Shan gripped his fists and let out a joyous laughter.


"Lan Du...fail"


When his voice dropped, Lan Du's face darkened, she stood up suddenly and slammed the table.


"May I ask why I have failed"she said coldly


Even instructor Lu was shocked, he clearly gave Lan Du a passing mark, yet why have they failed her?


The instructor who was reading the paper sneered


"You injured a fellow student within the test and fainted on the last run, why should such a person remain?"He replied coldly


Lan Du gritted her teeth and slammed the wooden table in front of her with her left hand, leaving a large hole in it.


"I see, so it was him, hehehe"She laughed to herself and turned to Sheng Cang who was on he side of the room.

"Sheng Cang, next time I see you, it won't be just an arm, hahaha"Lan Du laughed and sat down.


The students were shocked, she not only threatened someone, it was even someone from the Sheng family!The instructors at the front however were shocked by her brute strength, she form a hole in the table without any effort, how is it possible that she fainted half way through the fourth exam?


"Lan Du, calm down, I will talk to the academy head about this"said instructor Lu as he was about to walk out the room.


He saw that Lan Du was a great talent and didn't want her to be wasted because of some mistake.


However, before he left, the one reading the paper shouted out.


"Instructor Lu, get back here, no on will be speaking to the academy head about this, Lan Du, for threatening another student and breaking academy properties, you will be suspended"he said coldly


Lan Du gritted her teeth, the instructor was really getting on her nerves.


"Instructor, may I ask if you are related to Sheng Cang?"she asked suddenly with a cold smile


The instructor let out an arrogant smile and replied


"He is my nephew, what about it?"


Lan Du laughed


"Now I get it, hahahahaha, Sheng Cang, looks like your dear uncle is here to help you, no wonder, no wonder"Lan Du laughed as she sat on her seat.


The Xie sisters were especially worried right now, the Sheng family was not someone they could mess with but they wanted to support Lan Du.


Lan Du stood up and walked out the room.


"Lan Du, get back here!"Shouted Sheng Cang's uncle


Lan Du completely disregarded his words and kept walking out.The instructors nearby didn't stop her either, in fact, they wanted to support her.They could tell that Lan Du was talented and wouldn't want such a good seed to be outed for offending Sheng Cang.


"Instructor Sheng, you should take back his failing grade"one said


"Yes, he is clearly very talented, I saw the report that instructor Lu gave, she collapsed only after running five hundred meters and immense pain from her fractured right hand, it is also shown that she completed part two without a single out"another said


His words shocked the other students, they have been through the same test so they knew how hard it was to go past the second part without getting hit.It was almost impossible.


Instructor Sheng clenched his fists, not willing to back down.


"He injured Sheng Cang during the test, he is clearly unworthy"


Instructor Lu walked up and said to him


"It was only after Sheng Cang cut the vine he was climbing, if Lan Du didn't catch another fast enough, she would have broken more than just her hand"he rebuked instructor Sheng witha angry gaze


Instructor Sheng became troubled, if he kept defending Sheng Cang even after that incident is known, he might lose his job for being biased in a test.


Sheng Cang began to sweat as the students all turned to him, their eyes filled with detest and mockery.Even the other instructors didn't know about such an incident, they stared at Lan Du's leaving figure in respect.


Instructor Sheng bit the bottom of his lips and said with great difficulty.


"Lan Du will be waived of punishment as his actions were in self defence...he pass"


Xie Jing and Xie Ying jumped in joy and was about to run up to get Lan Du back in when Lan Du suddenly walked in.


"yo, I got a bit thirsty after arguing with instructor Sheng, came back and my punishments are waived, what happened?"Lan Du asked with a curious face.


Xie Jing and Xie Ying wanted to laugh, her timing was just too good, she came back just to hear instructor Sheng taking back her punishment!


Instructor Sheng's body shook in anger as he stormed out the room.Instructor Lu walked up to Lan Du and placed his hand on her shoulder.


"Good work back then, though I didn't expect you to run till you fainted, don't pull stunts like that again"he said seriously


Lan Du stuck out her tongue and nodded.She then turned to the Xie sisters and sat between them.


"How about a celebration later, my treat"she said to them.


The two blushed and nodded.Qui Shan was at the side grinding his teeth from jealousy, as for the other boys in the class, they wanted to tear Lan Du apart, but they soon lost confidence as they stared at the hole in the table.


The girls in the class would give Lan Du gazes of respect and adoration, in their eyes, she was a boy who treated girls as equals and cares for them.They were jealous that the Xie sisters were in Lan Du's group and not them.


The instructors found the scene to be a bit...inappropriate, they were only twelve after all, how bad would Lan Du be if she was older?

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