Chapter 95:

Xie Ying's troubles

So What If I'm a Girl


Sato stared at the blank Lan Du, she seemed slightly tired but she couldn't understand why. But the more she stared at her, the more tipsy Lan Du seemed.

'He... really is under the influence of alcohol' She thought to herself

Lan Du walked into the bathroom and the sound of water from the shower could be heard. Not long after, she saw Lan Du stepping out with a refreshed look, she no longer seemed tipsy, rather, she wore a cold and stern face.

"Sir" Sato seemed like she wanted to say something, however, she swallowed her words and desire to ask about Lan Du's previous actions.

Hyke watched Lan Du walked towards him, before she pinched his face.

"When we leave, I will give you permission to go play with your boyfriend, but that is under the condition you manage the current affairs such as our stolen project and ruining William's hopes and dreams, if he still has an ounce of hope in his life when I return, you will end up like him, scratching and crawling on the ground, clasping at the last straws you will ever have in life" Lan Du's eyes were dead serious as she spoke, it caused Hyke to shudder as he nodded.

"Yes sir" He said, in fact, he was actually quite excited, Lan Du had practically paved the path he needs to walk, all he needs to do now was to implement Lan Du's strategy and he can take a break!

Sato was dazed

'Wait, he wasn't joking when he said Hyke was gay!? I-I looked up to him..." She felt a trace of despair as she thought about it.

She then shook her head

'How dare I think such thoughts' She smiled bitterly as she saw Lan Du walk towards her

"About earlier... please don't mind my actions" Lan Du covered her face

"Just thinking back on what I did embarrasses me" Lan Du muttered, she took in a deep breath and stared deeply into Sato's eyes.

Sato shook her head

"I don't mind, you were under the influence of alcohol, so your flirtatious actions are justified" She said warmly

Lan Du shook her head

"No... not that... the fact that I can't tolerate alcohol is what embarrasses me" Lan Du said in a shy manner, her ears were red, and her cheeks were pinkish.

Sato was once again speechless

'Of all things, he chose to focus on that?! Wait, so his flirtatious actions are completely unjustified! Doesn't that mean I was taken advantage of by him!' Her mind was in scrambles as she thought back on Lan Du's actions.

Lan Du coughed a few times and straightened her face, she was barely able to calm her frustrated heart as she took in a deep breath.

Her breathing soon returned to normal and her expression also relaxed. She stared at Sato who was thinking over what Lan Du had done to her in the morning, she even did it in front of Hyke! Just the thought of it made her embarrassed.

"Is something the matter?" Lan Du asked

Sato nodded

"You... you're the biggest problem" She muttered

Hearing this, Lan Du chuckled

"Do you mean when I lifted your chin and held you close in my arms? I admit, it was a bit awkward, especially because Hyke was there as well" Lan Du smiled and said.

Sato nodded her head with a slightly indignant look on her face, seeing her expression, Lan Du found it funny, she rubbed her head and said gently.

"Enough teasing, let's not have Phil wait on us" Lan Du said lightly and turned her head to leave the room, Sato was speechless as she watched Lan Du walk off.

'He isn't going to comfort me nor apologise?' She thought to herself with a baffled expression, she was dumbstruck by Lan Du's carefree attitude towards everything she does.

Lan Du let Sato outside where Hyke had prepared a large car. Phil was already seated inside with food in his hand, he never seems to be without food since Lan Du had met him. She had Sato sit beside him as she sat in the driver seat.

"Hang on tight, we have a long trip ahead of us" Lan Du took out a lollipop and placed it in her mouth before starting up the car.

Phil held onto his snacks tightly and sat back, Sato was rendered speechless as Phil grabbed onto snacks instead of the car itself.

'Does he treasure his snacks more than his life?!'

However, Phil shot her a glance before turning back, at that very moment, Sato felt as if she was seen through to the very core by his single glance. She shuddered and her hand trembled at the thought of that glance, it was as if he knew everything about her and she could hide nothing from him at all.

"You..." Phil suddenly spoke up

"me?"

"You and Isaac... you two aren't gay...right?" He asked with uncertainty, Sato went into deep thought, was that glance earlier a coincidence? Or was he covering himself up?

"No, I have a bad sleeping posture so I ended up on his bed without knowing" She replied calmly

Phil lifted a brow

"What type of sleeping posture gets you from one bed to another? There's no shame in being gay, I know some friends who are as well and I don't judge them for it" He said with a comforting look on his face.

Sato suddenly wanted to punch him from that single line.

"No, I'm not gay, it was just a misunderstanding" She said

Lan Du who was at the front crackled as she listened to their conversation.

"Sato, the more you try to explain something, the more suspicious it will seem, you're still too naive about the world, not everything is as simple as an explanation, though I can prove that I'm not gay through my girlfriend" Lan Du chuckled as she stared ahead, seemingly enjoying this moment.

Sato gritted her teeth

'Why didn't you speak up earlier? Now Phil is giving me a strange look' She didn't voice out her thoughts, but she didn't hide her gaze towards Lan Du.

Lan Du could feel her confused and angered gaze, but she chuckled and increased the speed. The trip itself took hours, but Sato was able to keep Phil entertained as they spoke of various things, mostly it was Phil asking questions whist Sato answered them efficiently.

Lan Du wouldn't speak much, but when she does, it made Phil laugh whilst angering Sato. They arrived outside a temple, it was many times bigger than the facilty Lan Du owned and gaze off an intimidating aura. Lan Du stepped out the car and stretched her legs.

"This is the first place, many years ago, it was a normal place, known as the Osaka Castle, but after spiritual strength and discoveries of new materials, this place became a a type of defense line in Japan, though it is still a tourist attraction, the castle holds a secret, but I won't go into details, Phil, you should know why, right?" Lan Du glanced at Phil and spoke

Phil nodded

"Planetary rule number 42, Earth defense lines are top secrets only the Earth federation can learn about, anyone related to other planet lords and higher ups are forbidden to know, or it will start a war between many planets" He said in a serious manner

Listening to his detailed description, Lan Du smiled.

'He hid himself quite well, he seems playful, but inside, his brain is much more productive than most peopel his age, right now, he probably thought of countermeasures for if I backstab him, or it could be...' Lan Du chuckled and led them into to the castle's front gate.

Inside, there was many ancient looking statues and buildings, Phil looked around with a fascinated look on his face, like a child who was looking for toys, his eyes glistened.

Seeing his onnocent look, Lan Du let out a sigh of relief, she sat down at the side as she watched Sato and Phil walk around with curious expressions. She suddenly knew how it feels to be a parent.

'Tiring... if the kids arent happy, the parents can't be at ease, but why is it that I feel that I was raising my mother when I reached the age of 10?'

Lan Du shrugged her shoulders and a bitter look appeared in her eyes

'Mother...'

She took out a can of soda to cool her head, it was still cold as he bag was insulated, she pressed the can on her forehead for a few moments before she decided to drink it. She took small sips as she stared at Sato and Phil.

'If these two can develop feelings for one another...' She let out a cunning smile, but soon shook her head lightly

'He isn't trustable as of yet, Ican't let that lass Sato suffer if his current attitude is merely a facade' She watched carefully of their every movement.

After a few minutes, she grew bored and took out her phone, she didn't have any new messages, but she sent one over to Xie Jing and Xie Ying's grandparents.

[Can I trouble the two seniors to tell the two lasses that I'll be back next week?]

Lan Du smiled and sent the message over, but she received an instant reply

[Next week? Little Ying is about to be married off this week, and you're saying next week?]

When Lan Du read this, her pupils shrunk

[I want a clear explanation] She replied, her other hand was clenching the can so hard that the soda spilled out and it was completely scrunched up.

[We weren't able to tell you either, after all, it was Ying'er who told us to not tell you, she didn't want you to worry since the opponent is someone with a high social status, even we can't say anything]

Lan Du read it and anger rose in her heart

'Did they have such little trust in me?' She gritted her teeth

[When will it happen] Lan Du asked

[In three days from now, your opponent will be the young master of the Yelong family, his father is a Colonel and his uncle is close friends with a planet lord, it isn't something we can touch]

Lan Du's eyes became colder, the more she read, the more angry she grew. A planet lord wasn't someone she can easily offend, much less one who is also related to a Colonel. She furiously punched the tree beside her, causing it to collapse which attracted a lot of attention.

However, Lan Du ignored all this as her eyes became strangely calm. No, it wasn't calmness, it was pure coldness.

Sato and Phil both saw this so they approached her.

"Mr. Isaac, is something the matter?" Phil asked, he could see that Lan Du was furious, in fact, he even felt a trace of fear as he stood in front of her.

Lan Du placed her phone in her pocket

"I'm sorry, an emergency came up in China, I must go there now" She said bitterly, she hoped that Phil won't cause a commotion, if he did, it would worsen her situation.

Phil however didn't seem bothered.

"If it's an emergency, please do what you need to do, as long as you take us with you" He smiled lightly and said

Lan Du gave him a grateful smile

"What happened to make you so angry?" Sato asked

Lan Du's face once again became grim

"Someone is trying to marry my girl, but his status isn't something I can compare to" Lan Du said hurriedly as she walked towards the car.

"Ah!" The two were shocked when they heard this

Phil and Sato gasped, they followed up and their expressions became serious.

"Such a serious matter, we must go" He said

Lan Du nodded and entered the car, she got into the driver seat and unwrapped a lollipop to eat. She waited for the two to get on and stepped on the gas.

"But why China?" Phil couldn't help but ask

Lan Du sighed as she removed her glasses, the two watched as she placed one hand on her eyes and slowly, she removed some sort of contact lenses from her eyes. The diamond blue colour was gone, now, it was an emerald jade pupil.

"Because..." Lan Du then removed the blonde wig she wore

"I'm from China" She said calmly as her silky white hair was revealed, the two gasped in shock as they stared at Lan Du.

"B-But your skin tone is that of-" Sato wanted to continue but she saw Lan Du shake her head

Lan Du didn't stop the car, she put the wig, contact lenses and glasses back on as she stared straight ahead. Though the trip was only meant to be a few hours, it felt like the longest ride in her life.

"Makeup" She replied calmly

Her reply shocked the two of them, then why was she in Japan? Why was she fluent in japanses and why was her company in Japan? They had many unanswered questions, but the fact that Lan Du revealed such a big secret made them secretly happy.

As the car drove, Lan Du clicked her tongue, she pressed a button to her side and a hollographic panel appeared in front of her. She tapped the panels a few times and the car suddenly began shaking. They then heard an ear piercing screach as the car wobbled.

Sato and Phil was about to ask when they saw the car slowly lift up.

"Hold on tightly" Lan Du bit down on her lollipop as she stepped on the pedal beneath her feet even harder. They were now dozens of feet in the air, but Lan Du seemed very calm.

"This... isn't this one of the latest vehicles?" Phil stared at this and was quite shocked

Lan Du didn't seem much happier but replied anyways

"This is just an experimental vehicle my facility was working on, unlike the others, it runs on spiritual strength, we were able to create a source that absorbs spiritual strength and converts i to power for a vehicle, but it's only in the experimental phase... the drawback is that the spiritual strength consumption is massive" She said as the car zoomed forward.

It was so fast hat Sato and Phil were pressed to the back of their seats, they could barely move, much less speak now.

The two saw Lan Du's face pale as time went on, they got a bit worried as they are dozens of feet in the air, if she ran out of spiritual strength, wouldn't they all die? But surprisingly, Lan Du was able to hold on and they stopped outside the airport.

She glanced at the two of them and tossed them a wig.

"When we go to China, we're going as different people, at the very least, so what the cmeras will capture won't be us" Lan Du said lightly and got out the car.

The two didn't question her and put the wig on before leaving, they followed Lan Du who took an hour to book herself a flight. She then sat down to wait for her flight, but whilst she waited, her fingers were tapping her arm as she had an impatient look on her face.

Sato and Phil has never seen Lan Du like this so they felt helpless, after all, they barely knew her. They had only spent two days with her, so they didn't know how to comfort her at all.

Lan Du took in a deep breath and seemed to have calmed down.

"I planned to go back next week so I could stabilise the facility, but it seems I underestimated the lasses" Lan Du sighed and shook her head.

"Isaac, can you explain your situation properly to us?" Sato asked

Lan Du spent a few moments thinking

"It wouldn't matter too much so I may as well tell you, someone is trying to marry the lass I'm with, but his background is bothersome, he's the young master of the Long family, but that also makes things easier for me, because the Long family respects strength over rules, as long as I challenge the young master and win, his father should take back the marriage without question" Lan Du said casually

Phil gasped

"The Long family specialises in strenth, their standings in the military is high and all their heirs are at least Imperial spirit, some even reached Royal spirit" He said with a serious face

Lan Du chuckled

"I was too rushed earlier, I have enough time but I still wasted unnecessary spiritual strength, but when someone touches my things..." Lan Du had a cold smile on her face as she clenched her fist.

"I get a bit hot headed" Lan Du then stood up

"The plane has arrived, let's go" She spoke calmly, as if her previous anger was nothing, in fact, Lan Du felt ashamed that she got so worked up.

The plane was completely empty when tehy entered it, only a flight attendant and the captain was on bourd so Lan Du felt more at ease. When they sat down, Lan Du had them removed their wigs as she did the same.

She then removed the skin mask over her face which shocked the two of them once again. Her face was now much more delicate and pretty compared to earlier. Lan Du's fair skin was like jade, it was smooth and her expression seemed much more approachable than that of Isaac.

Lan Du rubbed her own face.

"My skin's gotten dry over the two days" She muttered

'Dry?! If that is dry, what would you look like when it's rejuvinated?!' The two couldn't help but think when they heard Lan Du speak.

Lan Du then turned to them and leaned on one arm.

"So, what do you think? Would you prefer Isaac or me?" Lan Du chuckled and asked

The two didn't know how to answer, Isaac seemed much more serious and reliable, but the one in front seemed much more approachable.

"Well-"

Lan Du chuckled

"I's just trying to relieve my tension, don't mind the question, but Sato, remember my words, never judge a person by his appearance, I'm no exception" She had a finger over her soft lips as she said with a charming smile.

Sato nodded

"But why you? You seem very gentle" She asked

Lan Du laughed, in fact, she laughed so hard that she held her stomach as it began hurting from her laughing, even tears rolled down from how much she was laughing.

"T-This is the funniest joke I've heard this year! The only funner joke was when someone expected me to stop torturing him if he begged for death" Lan Du laughed

Her words made the two shiver

'T-Torture?' Sato and Phil felt a chill run down their spine as tehys tared at her cheerful look, the happier she was, the more fearfule they grew.

Lan Du riped her eyes and straightened herself.

"I'm no gentleman, nor am I kind person, most of all, I'm not gentle, but you know what I am?" Lan Du gave Sato a sweet smile and asked.

Sato shook her head

Lan Du's smile grew

"I'm a sadist to the core"

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