Chapter 112 - Sha Qi

A few days had passed by, and it was clear that Yu Xiuying was unwilling to give up as she kept pestering the Liu Clan to allow her to meet with Lee Tao.

"Just what did you do to Instructor Yu Xiuying? She had been constantly asking me during class for your whereabouts." Liu Lanfen asked as she stood outside of his room.

"None of your business, Liu Lanfen." Lee Tao replied swiftly as he kept the door shut from her.

These days, he was way too busy trying to learn about his new parasite pet.

"Sha Qi… what else can you do besides sucking the profound qi of a cultivator?" Lee Tao asked.

Sha Qi was the name Lee Tao made for the Phantom Worm. The literal translation for Sha Qi is a killing machine.

Since the Phantom Worm's sole purpose was for Lee Tao to murder people discreetly, it was the perfect name for it. 

"I can also latch myself to a cultivator and control their nerve system… effectively taking over their body." Sha Qi replied.

Now that he had signed a blood contract with Lee Tao, they could communicate with each other.

Meanwhile, Lee Tao was dumbfounded by Sha Qi's ability.

According to his memories of the Phantom Worm, possessing a body was never part of their ability nor function.

'C-Could it be Sha Qi's a mutated Phantom Worm?' Lee Tao wondered silently. 

As Lee Tao tried to think, the door to his room suddenly opened.

In a swift action, Lee Tao made Sha Qi hide in a sub-storage room created by Xiao Chu.

"What the fuck?" Lee Tao cursed aloud as he glanced at the door. 

"Don't you know how to knock and get permission to enter someone's room?" 

Just when he was about to rain down more curses, he realized it was his mother, Liu Ying, and besides her was Liu Lanfen. 

Lee Tao raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you here, mother?" Lee Tao asked in confusion. 

She was never the type to barge in unannounced nor even resort to such brute method to enter his form.

Liu Ying walked forward as she took a seat down and glanced at Lee Tao.

"I have heard from Instructor Yu Xiuying, and she said you are messing with something that could possibly endanger your life." Liu Ying said.

"Mother, she is-"

"No need to explain, Xiao Tao. Did you think I would care what other people would say? I'm merely here because I'm concerned about what you have in hand and if you need any help from me." 

Lee Tao chuckled softly at her response.

That's right, it was best to have a supportive and understanding mother than some unreasonable mother that would only listen to outsiders' words.

"Then what is Liu Lanfen doing here?" Lee Tao asked as he pointed at her.

"As far as I know, she hates me." He added.

Liu Ying nodded her head.

"That's why I'm more concerned about patching things up between you two than the Instructor Yu Xiuying's words. The two of you are family, and it's disheartening for both me and my little brother to see you two acting like that."

"Blame it on her. She started this and she knows it very well herself."

"Hence, she has been trying to find an excuse to talk to you alone. However, you refused to even give her a chance to apologize."

Lee Tao became dumbfounded. 

'She wants to apologize? Then why the heck is she mentioning about Instructor Yu Xiuying?' He thought.

Seeing his confused expression, Liu Ying could only heave a soft sigh.

"You see, Xiao Tao… Lanfen is never the social type of person. Her way of communication might be difficult for others because of her background." Liu Ying explained.

She then held Liu Lanfen by her arms as she made her sit down. 

Patting her back softly, Liu Ying smiled at Lee Tao. 

"You should know how many hypocrites there are in this world, so Lanfen has been through a lot since she was a kid. It got to the point that she can't even trust a single person at her age as a friend since they are always after something." 

"So you're trying to say that her first meeting with me was because she didn't know how to interact with me?" 

Liu Ying nodded her head.

"Both of your identities are extremely similar and I have explained to Lanfen about your personality already when I arrived here." Liu Ying said as she made an eye signal to Liu Lanfen.

Liu Lanfen decided to stand up and bowed her head down.

"I'm sorry Lee Tao… I really didn't mean to talk badly to you. I-It's just that whenever I said those words, people would leave me alone and not try to get some advantage due to my background." Liu Lanfen said.

"..."

Lee Tao was rendered speechless completely as he never expected such development.

'What happened to the ice-cold beauty rumor?' Lee Tao laughed inwardly.

"Since you apologized for your words previously and gave me your explanation… then I shall reluctantly accept it." Lee Tao said.

"Alrighty then, I'll leave the rest to you two. I have other business to do now." Liu Ying stood up as she bid farewell.

Sometime later, Lee Tao crossed his legs as he stared at Liu Lanfen.

"Anyway, you already apologized, so what else do you want from me?" Lee Tao asked.

Liu Lanfen bit her lip softly as her finger began fidgeting.

Her action was a complete polar opposite to their first meeting.

A few seconds went by, and Liu Lanfen opened her mouth as she spoke in a somewhat nervous tone.

"I-I want to ask you to see if my body has something wrong." 

"Something wrong?"

"Un, during nighttime, my body would suddenly ache, and I thought it was just something trivial. However, as time passes, my body will heat up so badly that I can't even suppress it." 

"Give me your hand," Lee Tao grabbed her wrist and directly checked on her pulse rate before his complexion changed for the worse.