Chapter 19.5: Just this? (Page 2/2).
Fang Che's mouth twitched: "...Uh..."
Fang Qianyi solemnly warned: "However, if you want to achieve something in martial arts, you must not lose your virginity before reaching the level of Innate Grandmaster. This is something you need to remember."
Fang Che was speechless.
Do you really need to tell me this? I already knew.
Fang Qianyi snorted and said: "Take me, for example. I was deceived by your father back then, and I had you before reaching the level of Innate Grandmaster. As a result... Ah, back then, even your mother was a genius."
There was a kind of sigh from a person who had been there in Fang Qianyi's voice.
Fang Che rolled his eyes.
"Mother, can you please not show that hidden satisfaction when you're teaching? Those who know you understand you're sighing, but those who don't might think you're boasting, encouraging me to find a wife early."
"Really? Do you think so?"
Fang Qianyi quickly adjusted her attitude.
Fang Che sighed, feeling tired, and changed the subject: "Mother, I have a question. Why do I have the surname Fang from you? What is my father's surname?"
Fang Qianyi looked at him in surprise. "Why would you think like that?"
Fang Che smiled wryly: "Aren't children supposed to take their father's surname?"
"Yes,"
Fang Qianyi said.
"Is there a problem?"
Fang Che was stunned, hesitating before saying: "Could it be... Could it be..."
Fang Qianyi said as a matter of fact: "Your father's surname is Fang, didn't I tell you?"
Fang Che: "..."
Suddenly, everything became chaotic.
An old joke got stuck in his throat, making him very uncomfortable.
Fang Qianyi was already frowning, questioning herself: "Didn't I tell you? Huh? ... Ummm, it seems like I really forgot to tell you... Hahaha..."
As she spoke, she actually started laughing.
Feeling quite humorous for creating such a big joke out of her own mistake.
Fang Che looked speechless at the sky, with a black line on his face.
After a long while, he said: "Mother... Thank you. It hasn't been easy for you to raise me. Really."
"Of course, I dealt with all your messes..."
Fang Qianyi began to sigh, feeling that raising a child was not easy.
Fang Che looked at the sky the whole time.
You didn't understand what I meant at all...
"...What about my father? Where is he now?"
"I've told you this a thousand times. Your father can't come back now, but he's a good man. A great hero!"
There was pride in Fang Qianyi's voice.
Perhaps when she said this to the original body, the original body would have been disdainful.
But now, Fang Che truly believed it.
...
That night.
After dinner.
As he was about to go to sleep, Ye Meng came in with a basin of water and began to perform the duties of a maid.
Fang Che sat comfortably on the bed, and Ye Meng began to wash his feet.
He didn't seem surprised by Ye Meng's recovery.
Ye Meng served him attentively and obediently.
Apart from the sound of water, there was silence.
Finally.
"Ye Meng, are you accustomed to your new name and new home?"
Fang Che broke the silence.
He knew that some things had to be taken into his own hands. Because undercover agents like Ye Meng would never ask anything on their own initiative.
They would only silently observe.
"I'm very accustomed, thank you, Young Master."
Ye Meng obediently replied, her voice soft and full of a kind of uneasiness, resembling a weak woman who had just been rescued and entered a new environment without any sense of security or belonging.
Fang Che nodded. He didn't care about the other party's disguise.
On the contrary, he hoped that Ye Meng's disguise would be stronger, preferably to the point where he couldn't even detect it.
"Do you know why I gave you those two immortal fruits?"
Fang Che asked.
"Immortal fruits?" Ye Meng looked appropriately confused.
"That is the Tianmai Zhu Fruit, which has great benefits for improving one's aptitude."
Fang Che explained everything clearly.
He knew that Ye Meng would never agree with him, so he had to 'make everything clear' himself.
"Ah... it's actually this kind of immortal fruit, this servant... this servant... is unworthy..."
Ye Meng knelt down in fear, bowing repeatedly.
A look of approval flashed in Fang Che's eyes.
This girl, her acting skills are really good, is worthy of being specially sent as an undercover agent.
"When I saved you initially, it was just an impulse," Fang Che said seriously, telling a lie even he didn't believe: "But after saving you, I realized it wouldn't do. It's too wasteful for you to just be a maid."
"..." Ye Meng remained silent.
"If you were to be a concubine, I haven't reached the level of an Innate Grandmaster yet, so you wouldn't be able to seduce me and affect my future," Fang Che said.
"..."
Ye Meng lowered her head and couldn't help but roll her eyes discreetly.
"So, no matter how much I think about it, it's useless," Fang Che said confidently.
Ye Meng: "I..."
"So, I can only give you some benefits, so you can also practice martial arts. This way, you might be useful in the future," Fang Che said matter-of-factly.
"So, starting from tomorrow, you will practice with me. If you can't meet my requirements in the future, you will still be abandoned by me at any time," Fang Che said.
"Understood?"
"I understand," Ye Meng replied.
"Good, work hard. I don't need a useless person," Fang Che said.
After Fang Che finished wiping his feet, he lay down on the bed. "Why are you still here? Do you want to attend to my sleep? Let me tell you, don't even think about such a thing."
"!!!" Ye Meng lowered her head and clenched her fists.
Turning around angrily, Ye Meng walked out. "I take my leave!"
"You can dream," Fang Che added.
The footsteps grew heavier.
...
Fang Che had already fallen asleep, and the bedroom was silent.
Outside.
Ye Meng tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
She always felt that this mission was too smooth, and everything went according to the most ideal outcome in her mind.
Before coming, it was emphasized how difficult and dangerous it would be, and how much preparation was needed.
But now, it feels... like it's not that way?
Everything has been considered, even how to handle it if this guy insists on intimacy, how to use illusions or substitutes... all arranged properly.
But now, just this?
That night.
Ye Meng sent out her first undercover report by Fang Che's side.
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