"I was thinking of withdrawing you two from the school." Old Man Huang's face was stern as he eyed Shen Qui and Lyca. "I already talked about this to Huang Li Duo and your father. While Li Duo disagreed and wanted his daughter to continue building connections in the school, your father said it is all up to you."
Lyca's lips thinned. After what happened yesterday, it would be hard maintaining a cordial relationship with the Long Family. Of course, her lazy self tells her to just stop going to school and avoid all the trouble. However, what happened yesterday had upset her.
Lyca wouldn't stop until the Long Family learn their lesson. "I will continue going to school." she said sternly.
The old man stared for a few seconds, wondering if she was serious. If one would know about Lyca's personality, they would immediately conclude that she would withdraw and avoid the hassle and the trouble. "Are you sure?"
"Shen Qui will protect me." She answered. Her voice didn't have a hint of uncertainty. Hearing this, the old man shifted his gaze back to Shen Qui. Nodding, the old man let out a sigh. What happened last night was something that none of them had expected. And killing the head of the research team had given him quite the headache.
He took another glance at Lyce, wondering why she would want to hide her abilities and tell everyone that it was Shen Qui who killed those people. The old man was certain it wasn't Shen Qui. As the person who saw Shen Qui train and mature in front of his eyes, he was very familiar with him. Even the way he kills his opponents is very familiar to the old man, it was something that he will know.
When the old man saw the knife marks on everyone's neck, he immediately knew that it wasn't Shen Qui's doing. No, the kill was too clean. That wasn't Shen Qui's style. It must have been Lyca's.
The thought of this made the old man nod. At least he is aware that Lyca is more than capable of defending herself. However, he still needed to talk to Huang Sheng Hong about this. After all, the father and daughter had the same weird story about Shen Qui losing himself and killing everyone when he saw Lyca following him.
The story was too crazy, without any creativity, he immediately knew that they were lying. This father and daughter were too lazy to make a believable alibi! At least the old man is planning to make up a new story! A believable one! He sighed. "Then, if you really wanted to go. I won't be able to stop you. Just make sure that you are safe."
Lyca nodded in response. Leaning back, she asked, " What about the bullet?"
"Well… the news about the bullet that was able to strike through metal and melt flesh is starting to spread. We will soon introduce it to the market." The old man gave Lyca a complicated look. Lyca suggested that they sell the bullet at a costly price on the black market. They will use another identity to make the people angry with the ridiculous demands.
Then the Huang Family will come and save the day. The Huang Family will reveal that they just created the same bullet, except this one is more effective and potent. Then they would sell it with a fifty percent discount.
Of course, the mercenaries would immediately buy from the Huang Family and would surely think highly of the company for not being greedy.
What they don't know is the fact that Lyca purposely lessened the effects on the ones in the black market, and the one from Huang Security is the original bullet.
This level of manipulation.
This level of planning.
This is from the future head of Huang Security.
The old man felt his heart swell with happiness. Just thinking about the insult and pressure that the Long Family had given them in the past few years…
"Good." Lyca nodded. The goal is to make the Huang Family rule this city. As long as she is not the one personally doing everything, then Lyca has no problem making the Huang Security more secure and safe for her.
"Hmmm. You can leave now. I already told the school that you two encountered an accident while training. They gave you and Shen Qui three days extension."
"Thank you, grandfather." Lyca stood and walked out of the room with Shen Qui in tow. After walking out of the office, the long stretch of silence in between them made the long corridor more suffocating.
Shen Qui eyed Lyca's side profile, lips thinned into a line. He wondered why Lyca had been avoiding him all of a sudden. Since they arrived at the mansion last night, Lyca didn't actually say a word to him. And every time she would look at him, it was as if… she wasn't looking at him at all, that he was invisible. "Hey, is there a problem?" He managed to ask.
"Hm?" Finally, she turned towards him. "Thinking."
"About what?"
She didn't answer and just walked next to him.
"Are you mad?" He asked. Was she mad that she had to save him? Was she mad that he wasn't strong enough?
"No." Lyca looked up, meeting his gaze.
"Did I do something wrong?"
She raised an eyebrow. All night, she had been thinking about him trying to save her from the bullet that was about to hit her even though he was injured. All night, she had been wondering why he would do such a thing when all she did was treat him like a toy, and not take him seriously.
There wasn't any hesitation in his gaze, not a hint of confusion. And it confused her. Even that man never did that in her past life. True… they had fought next to each other but he never did, not even once, tried to save her when he was also wounded.
However, Lyca wasn't planning on talking about this matter. So, she gave him a slight smile and shook her head. "No. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Then?"
"I was thinking." Lyca answered.
"About what?"
"You."