The Sacred Ruins Chapter 44: The Scheduled Meeting

Chapter 44: The Scheduled eting

Translator: Mike Editor: Chrissy

“Are you feeling quite alright, Wan Qing?” Lin Naoi asked. It was supposed to sound caring and attentive, but it lacked the necessary warmth.

Wan Qing’s heart started thumping. She knew that this was the typical tone used by Lin Naoi to express her dissatisfactions with her. Her words sounded warm and indifferent at the sa ti.

“Yes... Yes, indeed. I didn’t rest well last night, and I feel a bit unwell. But you shouldn’t worry, it was nothing but a chill.” Xu Wan forced a smile to appear on her frail face. She stood up, wanting to express her apology to her mistress. She decided that when the situation allowed, she would seize the first chance to absent herself from the interrogation and free herself from any further accusations.

However, before she could open her mouth to talk, Lin Naoi passed her a bottle of blue drug, asking her to take it, before demanding her to take a rest in the hotel. Clearly, Lin Naoi did not want her to leave just yet.

Wan Qing’s heart skipped a bit when she saw that bottle of blue liquid drug. It had the volu and the appearance of the sa drug Mu had in hand.

Moreover, it was not long ago when the mutants had also taken them!

Was she implying sothing? Wan Qing grew more nervous minute by minute. She felt uncertain about her mistress’ intention, and this uncertainty made her inwardly disturbed.

“This is a newly developed drug. It could enhance one’s immunity and energy level. You should imdiately see the effect after taking it,” Lin Naoi calmly said.

Wan Qing was taken by fright. She took it from her mistress’ hand then carefully examined it. The drug’s slightly lighter color seed to suggest that it was a different one to the drugs taken by the mutants, but she was still rather nervous.

“Wan Qing, what have you actually done to him. Don’t try to hold it back. I want no secrets between us two.” Lin Naoi gazed at her.

Wan Qing smiled back at her mistress, but her heart still trembled in terror. She could think of many possible outcos if she chose to unveil the truth. She knew the natural disposition of her mistress. Even though she would not be together with Chu Feng, she would still not like the idea of him being hard by a third-party.

Everything would have been much easier if Chu Feng had died in her set-up. There were Bodhi Genes and Kong Kim lingering in the area, so blaming them for his death would have been the perfect solution to the ss she had caused on herself. However, to her terror, Chu Feng was still well and alive.

“We did bicker and squabbled last ti he called . I said he would never prove to be a match to you, and as I’ve expected, he’s now wanting for a coback.” Wan Qing’s voice was timid and soft. She cast a sidelong glance at Lin Naoi, then continued, “I really don’t think he is a great match for you. You guys are from two different worlds.”

She tried to conceal parts of her wrongdoings with lies and side-tracking. It was her desperate attempt to play for ti. Even at the presence of Chu Feng, she would still make the attempt to deny everything she had done.

“You are such a disappointnt!” Lin Naoi calmly said these words. Her great composure as she spoke made the listeners unable to tell the true aning behind the words.

Wan Qing’s mind was perturbed and restless. She felt sothing had gone right.She knew that her mistress was not the stupid kind with whom to be fooled around. Even though she had not heard anything regarding the senseless operation, nor had she collected any substantial proofs, she must have had her own suspicions.

Just then, Lin Naoi’s communicator started ringing.

“The little girl whom you sent out for had been treated with an intense bombardnt on our way back. She died a miserable yet honorable death.” Chu Feng’s voice ca through the communicator.

Although Lin Naoi had conjured theories and conjectures about what might have happened to so extent, she had never dreamt of sothing so outrageous. She spined on her heels, and faced Wan Qing with a surveying look. The glaring rays projecting out of her fetching eyes reached Wan Qing’s guilty conscience and pierced her frail heart.

“Ah!” The soul-piercing stare pricked her heart and her eyes like a cutting needle, unsettling her greatly.

At the sa ti, she also heard the voice of that man: the man whom she wished to die but who was still left breathing air. Her fear was thereby confird.

How was this happening? Was he not in the car then? This was the mont when both the fear and the resentnt reached a boiling point in her mind. Why was he still alive? Nothing would have been left posing against her if he had died. She would then be able to walk away from her past evil scot free.

There were people who always tried to attribute their undoing to others and never looked for the wrongs in themselves.

“Mu, you should be here to save ,” Wan Qing silently prayed in her heart. It was all because of her willingness to lend Mu a helping hand that all these troubles were brought about on her.

“Uncle Qian, take her into custody. Don’t forget that she is a mutant, so lock her with the all the latest invention of our alloy yokes and shackles,” Lin Naoi calmly ordered her to be taken down.

This ca like a bolt from the blue. It hit Wan Qing like a thunderbolt. Her face instantly turned pale, and her rosy cheeks had now lost their color. She was both terrified and fearful while her ears were buzzing with sound.

She knew that only the most atrocious criminal who had committed guilty sins beyond forgiveness would be damned to such a heartless punishnt. The yokes and shackles were both casted with scarce tal. They ensured no-one would run free from their confinent so that in the end, the worst possible form of retribution could be imposed on them.

A slightly opulent old man leisurely ambled in. He had a kindly look. He was an affable man who was always amiable to others, but now, the look on his face was nothing but solemn. His devotion to his mistress compelled him to carry out her order without questioning.

“Naoi, how could you treat like this?!” Wan Qing exclaid.

“You are my closest assistant. I treated you like my kin. I gave you the authority to act on my behalf when I’m not available to communicate with the outside world. You could have done everything you wanted, but this ti, you crossed my bottomline,” Lin Naoi indifferently said.

Lin Naoi had a tall and thin physique. That lanky figure of hers was much desired by every one of her beholders. At tis, even Wan Qing herself was envious of her mistress’ otherworldly beauty. The cold elegance of her mistress could easily turn to a cold-hearted indifference when anger crept in. The look of her was bitingly frosty.

Wan Qing was a pretty woman as well, but she could always feel a sense of inferiority in the presence of her glamorous mistress. The lack of confidence turned to sheer fear when Lin Naoi picked up her imposing manner. She was so frightened that not a single word could be spoken from her mouth.

Lin Naoi wavered her hand, signalling for Uncle Qian to take her away.

“Where are you, Chu Feng? I want to pick you up.” Lin Naoi rung up her past lover.

“Already in town.”

“I was planning to be treated by you for so local speciality, but forget about it, the treat is on this ti,” Lin Naoi candidly offered.

Chu Feng understood to what Lin Naoi was referring. She wanted to express her apology to him.

He replied with an address, and after a while, a red sedan stopped at the roadside beside him. The window rolled down, and the rosy cheeks of his past lover cropped up. “Hop in!” Lin Naoi said.

Chu Feng looked around the car, then said, “Red? This was not quite what I expected of a coldly elegant person like you. Your frostiness used to make think that you drove a blue car.”

“You’ve really got a mouth on you, don’t you? Still the sa Ol’Chu Feng I used to know and...” Lin Naoi paused, then she showed a light-hearted smile. The way she dressed was quite different too. It was not an exquisite dress, but rather a mix-sh of hot pants and t-shirt. The clothes were nothing luxurious or even branded, but her attire was nothing in poor taste either.

Shortly, they arrived at a restaurant.

The diner was a quiet and cozy place. It played a mild and llow tune in the background, allowing the conversations between the guests to be undisturbed. There was also a crystal chandelier hanging down above the marble floor. Obviously, the place was of no match with a restaurant in the tropolis, but this might qualify to be the best diner in town. Most importantly, the place was tidy and clean.

Exiting the car, the two walked into the diner abreast. Lin Naoi had been plainly turned out today. The unusual casualness displayed by Lin Naoi’s hot pants and t-shirt naturally caught Chu Feng’s eyes.

However, this sense of casualness also clearly showed her superb figure. She was 170 centiters tall, and most of that height was contributed by her straight and well-proportioned legs. The legs were also snow-white, making the pair both seducing and dazzling.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Naoi crocked her head and asked.

“We’ve parted for so long, so I wanted to have a better look at you, but there is sothing dazzling , and I don’t know what it is.” Chu Feng smiled.

It had always been the sheer brazenness of Chu Feng that rendered her speechless; however, the brazenness was portrayed and spoken with confidence as if justice were on Chu Feng’s side. One could comnt that Chu Feng was an open and sincere kind, and it was wrong to call him an impudent and no-good son of a b*tch.

“You really haven’t changed,” Lin Naoi replied with a visceral smile. She did not distaste Chu Feng as a person. They made acquaintance with each other all thanks to the openness that was dictated by Chu Feng’s unique characteristics in the first place.

At school, who but Chu Feng would have dared provoke her? Chu Feng was the kind who was not afraid of courting troubles, so he had the edge over the other pursuers who were too careful to pluck up their courage to make themselves at least known to her. The biting frostiness inherent to her was the obstruction for many to make a move.

Chu Feng, on the other hand, was a different animal. He could easily make an impression of himself in anyone’s mind if he wanted. He behaved himself with a cheeky insolent manner for the first ti they t. Taking over her seat, folding her na card into a paper airplane, then permitting the plane to take off with a gentle blow in front of him, sending her na card into the air outside. All these was still so vivid scenes engraved on her mind.

Chu Feng did have left a first impression of himself in the girl many loved, albeit a horrid one at first. However, Lin Naoi had never been quick to take offense, so naturally, although it was shocking to see such discourteousness portrayed on her, it was not a stumbling block that could impede the two from furthering their relationships.

“Co! Let really have a look at you. I want to see what have changed and what haven’t to you.” Chu Feng smiled. He took the opportunity to further his wanton aggression by sizing her up from top to bottom. The fervent stare percolated every cell of the blushed girl, from her charming eyes to her alluring neck, then down went the passionate look of a lover to the very bottom of the girl’s feet.

“Stop it. Sit!” Even if Lin Naoi was born with a frosty nature who would normally only show a little of her smiling face, the clowny, albeit brazen, nature that Chu Feng portrayed had really cracked her up.

“How lovely your smile is, girl. It is a feast for the eyes!” Chu Feng said. He pulled out the chair for Lin Naoi as a show of his gentility, then gently pressed her down on her shoulders.

In the near distance, Uncle Qian was watching. The physical contact raised his eyebrow, but then he went on to his own business, leisurely slouching in his chair, looking outside and pretending to have seen nothing.

“I’m sorry!” Lin Naoi whispered as the two were sitting down.

“Don’t be. Look! I’m still well and sound. It’s... just a sha to see that young girl... you know, it’s so saddening to see such a young soul fading away. She deserved better.” Chu Feng shook his head.

“Yes, indeed. Her family will get compensation, and I will try to offset the damage with whatever I can do.” Lin Naoi knitted her fine brows in thought. Although she seed cold from the outside almost all the ti, her heart was still warm and kind.

Chu Feng nodded.

“What other trouble has she inflicted on you lately?” Lin Naoi asked.

“A woman who grew vines in her palms. A bat. A spider. A monster with a scaled skin. A gang of scoundrels and ard soldiers... They all have co to visit lately. Oh, I will say this. I feel I’ve never been so popular in my life ever since that call to that woman was made,” Chu Feng spoke in a careless way.

Lin Naoi straightened her back. Her eyes were resplendent with thoughtful flares, then she turned to Uncle Qian and said, “Watch her with extra vigilance. And, no-one is allowed to approach her!”

“Roger!” Uncle Qian hopped on his feet and walked away.

“I will make her answer to the wrongs that had been done to you.” Lin Naoi solemnly looked at Chu Feng.

“How will you punish her?” Chu Feng asked.

Lin Naoi combed her beautiful head of hair, revealing the jade-like texture of her forehead. Her eyes turned cold and said, “She had gone too far this ti, so I will first remove that privilege of hers as a mutant.”

Chu Feng was astonished. One could disable the mutated power of a mutant?

“But, I will still ask for your understanding and forgiveness, because the punishnt that follows will take so ti before they can be executed. My uncle will be marrying her sister soon, and I had been, in the past, urged to take good care of her on behalves of my sister and my future brother-in-law. So, I need to discuss with them first before deciding on which specific form of punishnt she will have to endure,” Lin Naoi patiently explained.

“What is the most severe form of punishnt?” Chu Feng furthered his queries. His resentnt for that woman was now almost insufferable to so extent.

“The most severe form will ensure that... she will never show up again,” Lin Naoi answered.

Chu Feng nodded before saying, “But I’m worried because the person who always have my back has an explosive temper. I’m worried that he would perhaps do sothing about her before her call of justice arrives.”

The look on Lin Naoi’s face slightly shifted. It was the look of profound curiosity which was hard to find on soone who was devoted to a life of indifference and frostiness. She asked, “I had always been curious to ask, who was the helping hand? Of course, it is your right to keep quiet on this.”

“He’s... my parents’ friend. You know, they live in that tropolis in the north, so did I. I ca back for a vacation. He used to be a serviceman once, but he was discharged lately from active military service because of so mutations happening to him that made him incredibly strong. It’s been quite a while since my parents and I had last t, so out of sheer family affection, they asked this man if they could leave in his care. This request, to which he gladly agreed, sent him here. He will escort back to that tropolis in the north soon though,” Chu Feng said.

He felt it was right to remain low-key for now. It was a lesson learnt from those not-so-subtle mutants who died a miserable death because of their arrogance and their tendency to bloat.

In this brave new world, staying dormant in one’s own cave was better than to flaunt and show off the skills that were still in an embryonic state.

At the sa ti, he was not too desperate to attract Lin Naoi with his ability to fight off mutants and identity as a non-mutant superpower. He never wanted to prove anything. It was of his best interest to stay true to himself and to the ones around him.

Love is love. It was ant to be a true affection of the purest and the most chaste sort. It was an abstract, yet true construct that should not be mingled or contaminated with marks and titles. Whether he was a superpower or not, or whether his acquired power had turned him to a mutant or not should have never been the contributing factor to one’s love for another.

Perhaps this would only exist in his illusion of love, but this was what he valued and what he pursued. It was true love, after all, that would prove to be long-lasting and heart-felt. He did not want to shalessly exchange his new identity for anything.

“So, there is soone behind your back?” Li Naoi thoughtfully nodded.

“It was also him who objected the idea of boarding the car you sent for , and that’s why I’m here right now breathing air at the sa table as you.” Chu Feng sighed.

anwhile, Lin Naoi’s communicator rang. It displayed the na of the caller as Mu.

She answered the call, and on the other side, there was the soothing voice of a man. His voice was a feast to ears, but at the sa ti, it also sounded solemn and serious.

“Naoi, I think we may have to go against Bodhi Genes earlier than we thought.” He told Lin Naoi that Kong Kim had managed to set up an ambush this morning that claid the lives of many of his henchn. Even though the eighteen mutants had taken the drug they were allocated with, this team of leading fighters is all wiped out clean.

“Alright. I will talk to you later.” Lin Naoi hung up the call.

Her knuckles were knocking on the table, looking thoughtful and reflective. The two both paused after the call ended, sitting face-to-face. Her charming face started becoming increasingly alluring with each minute passing by in silence. In addition to being snow-white and lustrous, her cheeks were soft and delicate too.

“What’s wrong? Has soone made things difficult for you?” Chu Feng asked.

“The man who stands on the tip of the pyramid, Kong Kim, as you might have heard, killed eighteen of our n, just as the car sent for you got bombarded on its way here. How coincidental.” Lin Naoi forced a smile.

As if there had been rays of glittering luminance projecting out from her eyes, her pupils looked ever so gleaming and twinkling. Then, she raised her head, reading the look on Chu Feng’s face as she said, “Tell , the person behind your back was the killer, wasn’t he? Tell about it. I won’t bla him for it.”

“Kong Kim? This boy... this boy never disappoints, doesn’t he?” Chu Feng blurted out. It was beyond all his expectations to hear that Kong Kim had been thought to be part of this.

He then continued, “That henchman of mine never ca to blows on our way here. He has been staying with for the entire duration of our trip. His suspicion was only confird once we saw what was left of that wretched car, but I guarantee you that he had never been part of any of these senseless killings.”

“It was still sad to see them die in the hands of a super-mutant. Although I might hold so grudge against them because, bloody hell, they wanted to kill ... but all in all, I do still feel... regretful about their... passing-away.” Chu Feng did not say much, but he was confident that the words he had spoken would, in the end, serve him well.

Being caught in a whirlpool or getting involved in a maelstrom of war was the last thing for which he desired. It was ti for him to just stand by and watch as those who wanted to avenge for that team of dead mutants sought their vengeance on Kong Kim.

“I’m so sorry, Kong Kim. Those lots deserved to die, so it was not your fault. But... you know what, I won’t complain if you can just take the bla for !” This was his innermost thoughts and feelings. He was truthfully thankful for the “kindness” that Kong Kim selflessly offered.

Lin Naoi’s watch was still on him, but she did not choose to go deeper into the business. The two moved on from this topic.

“Fancy anything particular to eat?” She faintly smiled. Between those cherry-like lips were her sparkling teeth. It was this instant where this visceral smile had thoroughly displayed her true beauty. It was a breath-taking sight for its beholders.

But, it only took a sentence for the mood of the scene to be all shattered into the void.

“Attendant! Get ten kilos of beef!” Chu Feng wildly shouted like a feral beast.

A few black lines crawled up on Lin Naoi’s snow-white forehead. Chu Feng’s rapid degradation in his deanors from that of a gentleman to nothing short of a caveman happened all so fast. Luckily, this was not a deluxe diner, and there were no others around. Otherwise, how disgraceful this would have turned out to be!

“Did you die of starvation in your past life?” She was frustrated, but her exasperation soon turned to a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

“You don’t know, but hear on this. I have never been so desperate to eat beef or anything that have anything to do with a cow or an ox lately. But, sadly, I can’t. I can’t eat any beef at all! My mouth waters when I think about beef... Oh man, oh man... Today is a good day. Today, I am going to EAT BEEF!”

Lin Naoi was all lost in laughter. “No problem! I never knew you are such a die-hard fan of at. But this is easy. I will get you a whole table of at. All kinds of them! Pork, chicken, fish...”

“No! BEEF! JUST BEEF!” Chu Feng gave a stern rebuff.

Juxtaposing this juvenile deanor with that earnest look on his face cracked her up even more. This guy never felt shy about anything. He did as he pleased. Nothing was pretentious, and nothing there was overly affected about him. His humor had really lit up her day.

However, she did have gotten it wrong this ti. Chu Feng was indeed a ravenous man for beef. He was a desperate one for the taste of a juicy bite of steak or a nice chunk of stewed beef. He had cut all ties with beef ever since that bastard of a cow chose to join his family.