Shen Qui eyed her dress. Then his gaze darted towards her face. Clearly, she was not wearing anything remotely appropriate for a fight. Then why would she challenge him? Was this a test of sorts? Shen Qui frowned at the thought. Was this young lady testing him? "I'm sorry but—" he wasn't able to complete his words when Lyca suddenly walked towards one of the walls and pressed something, making the flat walls reveal different kinds of weapons.
Daggers, fighting knives, swords, axes, spears. Wait… why did she have a peculiar collection of weapons? Was she… However, before he could say anything, Huang Sheng Hong's laughter echoed inside.
"Lyca…" Her father smiled at her. He eyed the variety of weapons in front of his daughter and immediately understood what happened. He immediately approached her. "Let's not do it this time. Your mother… will prepare some pizza for you. How about I talk to him?"
Pizza? Of course, Lyca's attention was completely diverted at the mention of pizza. She immediately nodded and said. "I want to live with him." Before leaving the room with no explanation.
"…" Shen Qui didn't understand what was going on. Pizza? A pizza was able to change her mind in a matter of seconds? He let out a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Shen." Huang Sheng Hong gave the young man a wry smile. "Please… follow me to my office."
"Yes sir."
It didn't take too long for the two to reach Huang Sheng Hong's office. "When I received a call that you had come here… I had to immediately leave my job to come here." He gave him a stern look. "My daughter… has an extremely peculiar way of dealing with things. I was afraid that she would ask you to fight with her. I guess my suspicions were well founded." For some reason, Lyca hated talking and tried to settle every argument with her silencing the opponent to prove her point. Of course, the only people that knew of this were the servants, her sparring partner Yi'an and her parents.
Simple yet brutal. That was Lyca Huang. Her father knew that some people might misunderstand this daughter of his in the future. "My daughter… is not a simple person. That's all you need to know. However, to her, this challenge that my father gave her is nothing but a simple task. But…" Huang Sheng Hong looked at his family portrait that was framed on top of his table. "I am not here to talk to you about that." Sheng Hong had always been confident that Lyca would win this competition. "I am here for a request."
"Request?"
"I want you to teach her social skills instead."
What kind of request was this? Shen Qui immediately thought about Lyca's actions earlier. "Sir, she wanted me to teach her weapons. That—"
"Guns." Huang Sheng Hong explained. "My daughter is proficient in using the weapons that you saw earlier. Daggers, swords and spears. She can be considered an expert in all those weapons. However… she has always hated guns and thinks they are too loud." Huang Sheng Hong knew that Lyca didn't explain all this to Shen Qui. Therefore, he immediately decided to clear out all the doubts in the young man's head.
Hearing this, Shen Qui turned silent. The young lady didn't say anything about this at all and just asked him for a fight. How was he supposed to know these things without her father's explanation? Earlier, he was honestly thinking that Lyca wanted him to choose a weapon for the fight. If she had just explained herself better then…
"Please don't blame my daughter." Huang Sheng Hong smiled. "I spoiled her too much." His gaze turned gentle. "She always hated talking to people since she was young. She is… somewhat lazy and refused to socialize with others. She was very silent and just liked to observe her surroundings. I didn't realise when she started to say less and less but you should begin getting used to it now."
So should he start practicing his skill at guessing the actions of others? Shen Qui frowned inwardly. How was he supposed to train someone who was not even willing to talk to him? His indifference towards this young lady had just been stained with a little dislike. As someone who had worked hard since he was young, how could he tolerate someone who was lazy to the point of cutting off her sentences? He snorted inwardly.
"Do you understand me son?" Huang Sheng Hong asked. He let out a sigh inwardly. He completely understood Shen Qui's thoughts right now. Even he, as Lyca's father, understood how difficult it was to communicate with his daughter. However, unlike everyone else, Lyca would actually talk to her parents like a normal human being.
Who knows if Lyca would soon talk to Shen Qui like that too? Maybe they needed to be close for that to happen. "Thus… I would like to request that you live with her for the time being. This challenge is extremely dangerous. Some people will begin scheming against her and might even send assassins. I need someone close to her all the time. Would you be able to do this task for me?"
"So the weapons…"
"Naturally, you will help her while living with her. Everything will be provided so you don't have to worry about this matter."
"And the social skills—"
"Well… according to my calculations. You have about a ten percent chance in succeeding. So… I am not very hopeful about this." For the first time, Hong Sheng Hong, the brute colonel who helped train recruits gave an embarrassed smile. Was his daughter really this peculiar? But most importantly, did he even have a choice to decline? Slowly, his gaze turned serious.
"Yes sir!"
"Good then about the school that you two will enter. Lyca doesn't know this yet but it is not the usual school that people in college will attend."
Shen Qui's faze turned stern as he continued to listen to Huang Sheng Hong's words. Moreover, Sheng Hong also explained to him the changes in the challenge. The old man actually decided to change it into a six month challenge to match the school's special requirement. This challenge was also submitted to the special school of elite and was just waiting for approval.
This… Wasn't this just a bit too extravagant for a simple challenge?