DEG - Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Extra 3
Luo Nanqiu felt she couldn't let Jiang Xun come over. After all, Jiang Xun wanted to get into a military academy so badly, and she had no idea how long her entanglement with this gang would last.
She couldn't hold back Jiang Xun's dream.
She couldn't tell Jiang Xun.
Luo Nanqiu quickly made her decision.
As for herself-
Luo Nanqiu had always believed that as long as she had ability and value, she could live well anywhere.
The leader of this gang was the woman who had just made a deal with her.
They had been able to knock her out suddenly, defeat her guards quickly, and even bring her here without alerting anyone.
Although her father had tacitly approved of this, it was still clear that the woman's strength was considerable.
She wondered if Ah Xun could beat her.
The gang leader welcomed Luo Nanqiu into the room with sweet delight, constantly saying, "My poor sweetheart."
And things like, "Your foolish father simply doesn't understand your value."
But Luo Nanqiu could clearly see the contempt in the woman's eyes.
Beneath her wide sleeves, Luo Nanqiu couldn't help but clench her fists. She knew with absolute clarity that this leader only valued her money-making ability; recruiting her was just to use her as a tool for profit.
She knew Luo Nanqiu's Ability was of little use, so she wasn't wary of her at all, looking down on her completely.
Faced with the gang leader's recruitment offer, she nodded easily.
"Fine," Luo Nanqiu said. "But I'll be targeting the Luo Family. Can you handle that kind of risk?"
Luo Nanqiu laid her hostility toward the Luo Family out in the open.
The leader clearly hadn't expected Luo Nanqiu to be so resolute. After a moment of shock, she nodded. "Of course. We already helped kidnap you from the Luo Family. We can certainly handle a little risk like that."
Luo Nanqiu sneered inwardly.
"But what about that childhood friend of yours? Aren't you going to recruit her? I heard you two are very close, and she's a genius at the military academy."
The leader's gaze now held a hint of scrutiny as she looked at Luo Nanqiu.
A cold smile touched Luo Nanqiu's lips as she said coolly, "No need."
"She's on a date with someone else."
The words had practically slipped out on their own.
Luo Nanqiu fell silent for a moment. It was as if she could see the question marks floating over the leader's head. She closed her eyes in despair inwardly, but maintained a magnanimous expression as she explained, "She's my father's person. Do you understand?"
It was unclear what the leader understood from that, but she nodded thoughtfully.
From then on, she tacitly allowed Luo Nanqiu to become the gang's money-making tool. But because Luo Nanqiu had submitted too easily, she remained somewhat wary of her.
They assigned a personal guard to Luo Nanqiu's side, both to protect and to monitor her.
Just like Jiang Xun's role, the guard followed her every step.
Luo Nanqiu found it incredibly annoying.
When the guard tried to enter her room at night to sleep with her, Luo Nanqiu reached her limit.
"Get out!" She threw an "Eldest Miss" tantrum, tossing a pillow at the person's face and driving her out.
Inside the room, Luo Nanqiu sat on her bed, thinking that Jiang Xun had probably just gotten home from her date. When Jiang Xun couldn't find her, she would probably assume she'd just gone out for a stroll.
Who would ever imagine that the famous Eldest Miss of the Luo Family could be kidnapped?
The more Luo Nanqiu thought about it, the more irritated she became, though she couldn't pinpoint why.
And just then, there was a knock on her door.
"Miss Luo, I brought a late-night snack. I heard it's a specialty from the Capital Star called plum tea cake. Would you like some?"
Hearing this only made Luo Nanqiu more annoyed.
What Capital Star specialty?
What plum tea cake?
That was clearly the signature dish of a new shop on the Capital Star. Luo Nanqiu had made plans to go eat there with Jiang Xun another day.
Jiang Xun, Jiang Xun, Jiang Xun!
She hadn't seen Jiang Xun for almost a whole day.
The mere thought of it made her feel wronged and irritable.
"I'm not eating! Get out!" Luo Nanqiu shouted, even throwing the other pillow onto the table with great force, sending teacups crashing and shattering on the floor.
In a daze, Luo Nanqiu heard the person outside the door let out a soft chuckle, followed by incessant knocking.
Luo Nanqiu was so angry she laughed. Although her Ability's emergency response capabilities were mediocre, she didn't mind expending a great deal of effort to turn this guard into a puppet that had no control over its own body and submitted only to her.
Even though she didn't fully understand this gang yet, doing so carried a certain risk.
Barefoot, Luo Nanqiu yanked the door open, pulled the person inside, and unleashed her Ability, binding the person's shoulders and lifting them up.
With a sudden move, she slammed the person against the door.
The simply packaged plum tea cake fell onto the carpet.
The person hissed in pain and said in a familiar, aggrieved voice, "Nanqiu, that hurts."
The Ability that was about to invade the person's mind froze in that instant.
Luo Nanqiu composed herself. The disguise was unfamiliar, yet the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed.
Ah Xun.
That was the conclusion Luo Nanqiu had already reached in her heart.
She slowly raised her head and saw the Label above the person's head.
A-Ah Xun
She was in disbelief.
But the person "trapped" by her Ability was still playing pitiful in front of her.
"Nanqiu, you're so fierce."
Luo Nanqiu's eyes welled up, unable to hold back the tears. She was on the verge of crying.
Jiang Xun, however, couldn't help but laugh.
"Weren't you on a date?" Luo Nanqiu's voice was muffled, but her words sounded like an interrogation.
"That's right."
"But I figured the Eldest Miss would be sad at home with no one to keep her company, so I came back quickly."
She lifted her chin, pointing to the plum tea cake that had rolled onto the floor.
"I brought this especially for you. I was even thinking we could have afternoon tea together."
That smug look on her face.
Her hair, messy from the disguise, now looked adorable.
Luo Nanqiu puffed out her cheeks, trying hard not to let the tears fall.
But her body wouldn't listen.
Tears streamed down, blurring her vision so she couldn't see Jiang Xun's face clearly.
Luo Nanqiu finally understood why those people liked Jiang Xun.
She felt that falling for Jiang Xun was as easy as drinking water.
That night, through her tears, Luo Nanqiu ate half a bag of the choking plum tea cake.
This made Jiang Xun wipe her tears while holding her on the bed to comfort her.
It made Jiang Xun firmly believe that the Eldest Miss had been mistreated in the gang, that they hadn't let her Eldest Miss eat anything decent.
As for the Eldest Miss becoming more dependent on her after this.
Jiang Xun just assumed it was because the Eldest Miss had been kidnapped and then abandoned by her family, leaving her feeling insecure.
A normal person would have broken down after something like that; the fact that she hadn't already showed her inner strength, to say nothing of her pampered Eldest Miss.
Jiang Xun had truly learned how to disguise herself.
She blended in even faster than Luo Nanqiu. And while Luo Nanqiu was in money-making mode, specifically snatching the Luo Family's upcoming collaborations and bringing in huge sums for the gang, Jiang Xun had already figured out the gang's entire structure.
So one evening, Jiang Xun asked, "Nanqiu, what do you plan to do in the future?"
"Stay here forever, or..."
"I'm going back to the Luo Family."
"Ah-" Jiang Xun hadn't expected that answer. After all, she knew Father Luo had always treated Luo Nanqiu with a very regretful, yet contemptuous and wary, attitude.
Jiang Xun thought that escaping that gladiator's arena would be a better answer.
But Luo Nanqiu said, "This is just a test for me."
Luo Nanqiu's long lashes fluttered. She was lying.
"Besides, I'm thinking that one day, I can inherit the Luo Family."
This was an ambition that had been planted the day she realized her father didn't value her.
One day, she would bring the Luo Family under the name of this heir who was never supposed to be in power.
She would control the largest financial conglomerate in the galaxy and become the strongest shield behind Jiang Xun.
"Okay," Jiang Xun nodded glumly.
Although she felt it was unwise, she had to support the Eldest Miss's decision.
After all-
The Eldest Miss always had a way out.
She would always be the Eldest Miss's way out.
Shortly before the military academy's term began, Luo Nanqiu, together with Jiang Xun, turned on the gang.
She had accumulated too many resources during this time.
Even if Jiang Xun were just an average person, she could have blown the gang to bits with the arsenal the Eldest Miss provided. Not to mention, Jiang Xun's combat power was ridiculously overpowered.
That day, an explosion occurred in the city. The gang that had kidnapped Luo Nanqiu, the cancer of that planet, almost all died in the raging flames.
At the end, Jiang Xun held onto the rope ladder from a helicopter with one hand and wrapped her other arm around Luo Nanqiu. They watched the fire burn.
In the fierce wind, Luo Nanqiu's hair flew about. As she watched the flames that seemed to burn and distort the very sky, for a moment, Luo Nanqiu felt they were like a pair of fugitive lovers.
The Eldest Miss's journey of freedom was over.
Father Luo was incredulous when he saw Luo Nanqiu return home safely.
But Luo Nanqiu looked at him as if giving a report. "Father, even without sufficient martial strength, I can still accomplish this."
However, Father Luo merely glanced at Jiang Xun beside Luo Nanqiu and nodded nonchalantly.
He hadn't understood the deeper meaning behind Luo Nanqiu's words.
But who could know if Luo Nanqiu had said it that way on purpose?
The military academy started its term a bit earlier.
An expected separation.
But after confirming her own feelings, Luo Nanqiu found the separation from Jiang Xun even more unbearable.
On the day she saw Jiang Xun off, Luo Nanqiu bit her lip. She had given her many, many instructions, but at the last moment, she couldn't help but say, "You have to miss me."
"You must miss me."
She didn't spoil the mood by bringing up the topic of girlfriends, because she knew she cared very, very much about it right now.
Jiang Xun nodded emphatically.
"I will definitely, definitely, definitely miss you."
"Whenever I have free time, I'll definitely start a holographic call with you, just like I'm still by your side."
But how could a holographic call be the same as you truly being by my side?
Luo Nanqiu couldn't help but think.
Besides...
Would Jiang Xun really have any free time?
Luo Nanqiu later found out that Liu Si, whose thieving heart for Jiang Xun hadn't died, had also followed her and enrolled in the military academy. After all, she wasn't the Liu family's heir and had no real plans for her life; any path was fine for her.
Harboring a subtle jealousy, Luo Nanqiu constantly paid attention to Jiang Xun's activities at the military academy.
She watched Jiang Xun climb to the top of the academy step by step, revealing her edge bit by bit, and becoming a prominent figure in the galaxy.
Sometimes, when she saw Jiang Xun's face, which had become deliberately mature and sharp from training, she would feel a hint of unfamiliarity in a daze.
This was her Ah Xun.
So this is what Ah Xun would become without her intervention.
What kind of person would Ah Xun become now?
What kind of person would Ah Xun like now?
She heard that Ah Xun had many popular "ships," and the one with the military student named Qing Yue was the most popular.
Flames of jealousy churned within Luo Nanqiu as she watched Jiang Xun fight side-by-side with her comrade-in-arms time and again, watching their reflexive, physical rapport.
Luo Nanqiu gradually lost control, her mentality becoming somewhat twisted.
She wanted to become Ah Xun's girlfriend.
She wanted everyone in the world to know that Ah Xun belonged to her.
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