Chapter 81:

His son

So What If I'm a Girl


The other vehicles saw that this certain car was now driving in a strange manner, the car turned in all different directions yet it also maintained its speed along with the other cars, no, in fact, it was surpassing many despite the many turns.

Lan Du placed the lollipop in her mouth and her smile widened

"Been a while since I drove like this" She laughed as she accelerated even more, the people in the car including Guan Ye suddenly felt sick and almost puked on the spot.

But they knew that this crazy way of driving is meant to avoid sniper shots, soon, they arrived in a tunnel and Lan Du slowed down and came to a stop.

"Guan Ye, this is the best area to stay out of sniper shots, get out the car, we'll soon have company" Lan Du kicked open the door and walked out.

"Old man, you get out as well, if they decide to just blow up the car, it'll take you hours" Lan Du chuckled and gestured for other students to leave their current vehicle.

Instructor Lu glanced at Lan Du

"How many escort missions have you been on? You're too familiar with this" He asked

Lan Du giggled

"I've been on enough to lose count, but I will always remember each experience" Lan Du licked the side of her lips and took out two daggers.

"Oh, then we will be having a long talk later, there should only be a few dozen escort missions a year, your words are basically telling me you have stayed for more than just 2 years" He lifted a brow and took out a long spear.

Lan Du paused

"Cough, this isn't the main point, just get the rest ready, things are about to get bloody" Lan Du took out a small bottle and tossed it out at the entrance, the liquid inside was transparent as it splashed everywhere.

Strangely, despite the small size of the bottle, the liquid that came out was many times more than what it seems to be.

"Oh, a one time use spacial item, those things aren't cheap, even if it is only a one time use" 

Instructor Lu said in surprise

Soon after, cars drove in, all black and inside were dangerous looking figures. They all had a sinister smile as they stepped out the car.

"Qeng Ting, your death day is here, you-"

Before the man even finished, Lan Du tossed a lighter over at them and it dropped right in front of them, Before the man could even question it, flames burst out from the ground and shrouded them.

Lan Du yawned

"Why do assassins now days always say so many unnecessary things when they arrive, seriously, didn't even look around to see the red burst oil I spilt everywhere" Lan Du grumbled

Her actions were fast and no one expected this, by the time the flames died out, more than half the group has been wiped out, only a few that were not stepping on the oil survived, some were even injured.

Lan Du clenched the daggers and dashed forward.

"After this mission, I'm going to buy some food, anyone wanna join?" Lan Du said as she ran and slashed someone's neck.

"I-Is it really time to talk about food right now?" A student asked

"Of course, I'm hungry" Lan Du replied as she slashed someone else's neck, her movements were ike a dance as she played with the group, except, every time she moved her arm, someone died.

"S-Shouldn't we be helping him?" A student asked

"I-I know we should but...does he even need our help?"

But as time passed, Lan Du was covered in blood and the group is reduced to only five people. 

They dropped to the ground and began pleading for mercy.

Lan Du kicked hem aside.

"Trash, screw it, instructor Lu, grab a few of those brats watching, I want them to kill these dregs with their own hands" Lan Du turned her head and said

The five all paled, they immediately wanted to resist but found out they could no longer move.

"p-poison!? When!"

Lan Du kicked them again

"Oh just shut up, either die to the brats or die to me, trust me, dying to me is the last thing you want" Lan Du said coldly.

Instructor Lu nodded but was dazed, if it was him, would he be able to handle that group like 

Lan Du has? He shook his head and picked five students.

"Qui Shan, Xie Jing, Xie Ying, Wang Duo, Zhou Min" He called out

The five stepped forward and stood in front of the five people who were on the ground. They had a helpless expression as they turned to Lan Du, but seeing all this blood, they felt a little sick.

"Toughen up, if you get sick from just this small amount of blood, then leave, the war-zone path isn't the path you should be in" Lan Du stated, hearing her, the five steeled their hearts and each held up their weapons.

"N-No! Please, spare us!" The people cried out when they saw the five teens lift their weapons.

Their hands trembled, seeing this pleading expression, they hesitated. As they hesitated, Xie Jing and Xie Ying suddenly struck down and killed two of them, their faces were pale and drained of blood.

Lan Du hugged the two and rubbed their heads

"Someday, you will get used to it, this is for your own good" Lan Du said, she then raised her dagger and the heads of the three remaining people dropped.

"You three disappointed me greatly, Qui Shan, did I train you for the past few years just for you to cower? Useless" Lan Du threw insults and held up one of the bloodied heads.

"See this? This will be you if you hesitate on a battlefield, this isn't just for the three of you, but also the remaining trash of the class, if you cannot kill, then leave" Lan Du tossed the heads aside and walked off to wash her hands.

After cleaning them, she walked over to Xie Jing and Xie Ying, the two were now vomiting due to what they had just done. Lan Du sighed, she took out a wet towel and cleaned up their faces and hands.

"L-Lan Du...w-we're disappointing, aren't we?" They trembled and muttered

Lan Du shook her head and smiled warmly

"You two did good, compared to some people, you two have already done very well" She pulled the two into her embrace and held them for a bit until they calmed down.

Lan Du then walked up to Qeng Ting, their employer, and pointed at the car.

"Get back in, I'll be on a different car now so Guan Ye will protect you" Lan Du said and walked over to the twins who were still pale.

"For the rest of the journey, just sleep" Lan Du said gently and sat at the centre of the back seat.

The twins sat on each side and leaned on her. Lan Du smiled and let them lean on her shoulder as much as they wanted.

Qeng Ting wanted to stay with Lan Du now, after seeing her skills and how she saved his life, he felt most secure with her. But thinking back on what he had said earlier to her, he was already quite happy that she saved him.

After some time, Xie Jing and Xie Ying closed their eyes as they fell asleep on her shoulders, Lan Du leaned her head back and sighed.

'Should I really let our relationship continue developing? I...cannot play a role as boy once our relation gets too deep' Lan Du thought to herself, her heart felt complicated and it tightened at the thought of leaving them.

Lan Du then turned to the two, sleeping peacefully as they leaned on her shoulder. She reached her hand out and was about to poke their cheeks when she hesitated and pulled her hand back.

'I... I want to stay like this...but I also need to end this... I'm a girl...' Lan Du felt more and more complicated inside, she frowned and could feel her heart screaming out at her.

Lan Du remained unmoved as she sat there

'I was too immature back then... I've messed up'

She sighed deeply, her thoughts continued to run wild for hours. Before she knew it, they have already arrived at their destination, the sky was dark and they have arrived outside a small city.

Lan Du nudged Xie Jing and Xie Ying, the two trembled and slowly opened their eyes. They woke up to Lan Du's smile as she flicked their nose.

"Wake up sleepy heads, we're here" Lan Du chuckled and said

But her tone seemed a bit off, they didn't know why but they felt that Lan Du was a bit different from earlier. They didn't know what this change was, but they felt slightly uncomfortable.

Lan Du got out the car and stretched her body, having seated for hours, she felt quite tired and stiff. She walked over to Qui Shan and slapped his back.

"Qui Shan, don't disappoint me again" She said coldly

Qui Shan looked down and nodded

"It isn't his fault, this isn't something a person can do easily" Instructor Lu spoke up and said

Lan Du turned over her head

"It's either get over it now or later, but if he decides to do it later, it will only lead to his death" Lan Du replied in a cold manner.

Lan Du sighed and grabbed her skin mask as she removed it, she then took out her regular mask and wore it over her face.

"Times has changed, now war is always threatening our lives, China may be strong now, but what about the future? Not only America, but also Japan is rising in power, we can suppress them now, but that is now, not the new generation" Lan Du growled, she held up her phone and an image popped up.

"Mark Johnson has just conquered a new planet, the resources are abundant and rivals our current third-highest resource planet, do you still think we should be lingering on the trivial matters?" Lan Du then closed her phone and walked off, she turned to Xie Jing and Xie Ying.

"Let's go eat, I haven't eaten anything since morning" Lan Du waved her hand and shouted out with a big smile on her face.

Her change in mood didn't affect instructor Lu's train of thought, he stiffened, the more he thought back on Lan Du's words, the more logical it seemed.

"It seems I was the short-sighted one, he's right...we've been at peace for too long, to the point we've forgotten the dangers we are in" He turned to Qui Shan and placed a hand on his shoulders

"I'm not forcing you, but what he said was right, we can slowly work on your ability to kill, but for now, go rest up, what she did earlier must still be a bit traumatic"

Qui Shan nodded his head but his fists were clenched

'I will definitely surpass you, and prove that I'm not weak' His eyes filled with determination

Lan Du walked over to Xie Jing and Xie Ying

"Let's go eat" She said sweetly

Xie Jing and Xie Ying nodded their heads, but they still felt something was off. They slowly tugged Lan Du's shirt and paused.

"Lan Du...did we disappoint you?" they asked again

Lan Du was baffled

"No, of course not, why would you think such a thing?" Lan Du asked

They lanced at her

"You're acting different from usual...we don't know what it is but...every since we woke up, something felt off, d-did we do something bad?" They stared into her eyes and asked pitifully.

Lan Du felt her heart string get tugged

"I-" She didn't know what to say, she clenched her teeth and turned her head to the side.

"I-I don't know how I should continue...there's something troubling me yet I cannot answer my own question" Lan Du muttered, her eyes were a bit damp and empty.

"What is it" They asked

Lan Du leaned closer and kissed the both of them on the forehead

"When I'm ready, I will speak to you two about it, but as of now, it isn't time" Lan Du stroked their heads gently and smiled

The two bushed lightly and nodded their heads, they didn't expect Lan Du to kiss them. Lan Du sighed in her heart as sh esmiled bitterly.

'I can't bear to hurt them...' She laughed lightly, she covered her bitterness and turned her head

"I heard this city has a famous hot pot shop, let's go, I can't wait" Lan Du said with a gluttonous expression as she pulled Xie Jing and Xie Ying.

Seeing Lan Du's cheerful expression, they nodded their heads and followed along, they felt slightly relieved for some reason but they enjoyed this moment.

Lan Du felt pain in her chest as she pulled them along

She covered all the pain with a fake smile, her expression seemed so natural that the twins didn't notice this time, she ate with a wide and gluttonous smile on her face, but deep down, she didn't know how to answer heself. Can she really keep up their current relationship? What if they found out?

After a bit, she decided to go to the bathroom to cool her head, she stood in front of the sink with her mask off as she washed her face. The cold water refreshed her mind and calmed her down a bit.

Lan Du stared at the mirrow and a frown slowly formed on her face, she didn't have the previous energeticness and her eyes seemed tired.

"How can I explain it to them without hurting them..." She muttered

She shook her head and her eyes now filled with determination

'I got it'

She took out her phone and her hand trembled before she dialed a number, she hesitated when she was about to press the call button.

She took in a deep breath and clicked it

'Calm down Lan Du, hide all hatred and aggression away' She thought to herself as the phone rang

[Did you finally make up your mind?]

A voice spoke up with a hopeful tone

Lan Du reained silent for a moment before replying

"Yes, now that I have grown, I have decided to jon your army, but it will be in the next 2 years, in 1 year, I'll enter the main army training course, then 1 year later will be the army path selection, I will join your fleet then" Lan Du said

[Fantastic, I have waited for 6 years for this reply]

Lan Du nodded, her hands clenched the phone, if not for her control over her strength, she would have crushed it to bits.

[Speaking of, what is your current spiritual strength?]

"I-I will be entering the mid stages of royal spirit soon" Lan Du lied without hesitation

[I see, not bad, for someone your age, reaching royal spirit is a big step up]

Lan Du nodded

[Thank you for your time...colonel Yuan]

Lan Du then hung up and her hands trembled as she dropped her phone to the ground. She splashed water onto her face and kept doing so for a few minutes.

"I-I've done it....I just agreed to enter my father's fleet..." She clecnhed her fists and her teeth clenched tighhtly

'I didn't wish to do this, but this is one of the only ways I can leave them for a good while...I can't let our relationships develop any further' Lan Du took in a deep breath and calmed her head, she stared at the mirror as she smiled brightly

"Perfect" She muttered, her aura no longer seemed dead, rather, it was lively and energetic as she walked out with a refreshing smile.

She walked out but bumped into a man the moment she stepped out. She looked up and saw that he had a strong build and his face was stern. Compared to most men, he was much more handsome than most and made her feel slightly disgusted, she didnt know where this source of disgust rooted from, but she just felt it.

"Sorry" She said and moved aside, as she walked off, the man stared at her with a complicated gaze

"Have we met before?" He asked

Lan Du turned around and stared at him

"No" She replied and left right after

The man rubbed his chin and walked into the bathroom whilst thinking to himself, he didn't know why, but he found her to be very familiar, not her face, but the aura she gave off was very familiar to him.

Lan Du paused

'His face seemed familiar...and that disgusting feeling I get from him...'

Lan Du realised something and stopped completely, she turned around and ran to the bathroom, she opened the door and saw the man washing his hands, she took a closer look and realised that he seems to be similar to her age, maybe younger.

"Who is your father" She asked

The young man paused

"Erm...i-it's a bit hard for me to speak about this matter, maybe you have the wrong person" He said lightly

Lan Du frowned

"No, I know for certain, you look like him" Lan Du said in a serious manner

The young man dashed forward and attempted to knock her out, but Lan Du's reflexes got the better of him and instantly tossed him to the ground.

"You're Yuan Min's son, aren't you" She said

The young man's pupils shrunk

"N-No I'm no-"

"Don't bother lying, I know him quite well" Lan Du chuckled and released him

"To be honest, I'm someone who your father requested to join his fleet, there's no need for you to hide from me" Lan Du smiled gently, she didn't remove her mask but the young man could feelt the gentle smile.