Chapter 49: Why Cross-dressing Again?

"He has been following us the whole way and staring at you. He's definitely up to no good. The young master says he preys on innocent women and ruins them."

Fang Ling looked in the direction of Fang Ning's gesture.

She did not know Zhang Fu, but the way Zhang Fu looked at the girls passing by the roadside made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"He followed you right over here. Just wait and see. Ask the waiter if he was inquiring about which private room we were in."

"He really, really..."

She couldn't bring herself to finish the rest of her sentence.

"Come with me." Fang Ning pulled Fang Ling away from the private room and toward the stairway, right where they could see the front desk.

Sure enough, Zhang Fu was asking Manager Lin, "Were those kids who just came in heading to a private room upstairs? That is my cousin-in-law. Tell me which room they are in."

Manager Lin forced a smile. "Master Zhang, please wait a moment. Let me send a waiter to check."

"What? How dare you doubt my word?"

"You flatter me, Master Zhang. It's just that I didn't see which private room the waiter led them to. I need to ask. Please wait a moment."

Manager Lin politely refused him.

He had never heard of the Fang family from Futian Village having any kinship with the Zhang family in town!

"Audacious! Speaking to me in this tone—do you have any idea who I am?" Zhang Fu grew furious. "I am speaking to you nicely, and you take me for a pushover? I now suspect you of child abduction!"

This aggressive stance made Fang Ling turn pale and tremble all over. She involuntarily gripped Fang Ning's sleeve tightly, as if this could give her a shred of security.

"Ningning, what should we do?"

" Eldest Sister, listen to me. Let's go change our clothes first."

It was Fang Ling's first time encountering such a situation, and being completely at a loss, she could only follow Fang Ning's lead.

The two returned to the private room.

Fang Ning quickly stripped off her outer robe.

Fang Ling gritted her teeth and took off her outer garments as well.

Once they had changed, Fang Ning restyled Fang Ling's hair to match her own.

"Eldest Sister, go to that other private room first. I'll go draw him away."

"Ningning, be careful!" Fang Ling's eyes were red.

"Don't worry, the young master is still around. He knows martial arts," Fang Ning comforted her.

By the time Fang Ling returned to their original private room, Siyu Heng was already waiting outside.

In a very short span of time, he had transformed into Si Xingyun.

Knowing that Siyu Heng was actually Si Xingyun, this was the first time Fang Ning was seeing her "fiancée."

Fang Ning: "..."

There was an awkwardness of not knowing what to say.

Siyu Heng was still wearing his trademark bamboo hat and said with composed detachment, "You go down first. I will follow shortly."

"Sister Xingyun, I am entrusting my precious little life to you," Fang Ning blinked playfully.

Dressed in women's clothing, Fang Ning gave Siyu Heng a momentary daze: Fang Ning is a woman, right?

But very quickly, he suppressed that thought.

How could a woman be as shameless as Fang Ning?

Only a man would think of disgusting another man!

"Sister Xingyun, I'm off." After teasing Siyu Heng, Fang Ning dashed downstairs.

The siblings of the Fang family all shared slight facial similarities.

With Fang Ning back in women's attire, at a glance, it was difficult to tell whether it was her or Fang Ling.

Moreover, Zhang Fu had been too far away to get a clear look at Fang Ling's face.

Thus, the moment Fang Ning came running down from upstairs, his eyes lit up instantly.

Seeing Fang Ning dart out of the Fuantian Restaurant, he hurriedly abandoned Manager Lin and gave chase.

Siyu Heng followed downstairs behind them.

At this sight, Manager Lin's mouth twitched.

What on earth is the young master up to?

Dressing as a woman yet again, for no good reason!

Fang Ning ran straight ahead, leading Zhang Fu out of the town, before suddenly crouching down and burying her face in her knees, her shoulders shaking rhythmically as if she were crying.

When Zhang Fu caught up to Fang Ning, he rubbed his hands together, pitched his voice higher, and feigned concern, "Fair maiden, what is the matter? Why are you all alone in this desolate wilderness for no reason? Have you been wronged? Come tell me, and I can vent your anger for you!"

Fang Ning ignored him, her shoulders shaking even more violently, as if Zhang Fu's words had made her feel even more aggrieved.

Delighted in secret, Zhang Fu stepped up behind Fang Ning and reached out to touch her shoulder.

Fang Ning sprang up abruptly, ramming her head right into Zhang Fu's chin.

"Ah!" Zhang Fu cried out on the spot in agony.

"Oh, young master, I am so sorry. This humble girl didn't—didn't realize you were standing behind me." Fang Ning trembled all over like a frightened little rabbit.

However, Zhang Fu and his lackeys were deeply startled by this rough, masculine voice and snapped their heads up to look.

"Ugh..." They retched in unison.

Never had they seen such an ugly woman: a gaping slash of a mouth, protruding buckteeth, a black mole the size of a pinky finger near her lips with two coarse black hairs sprouting from it, and nostrils so large they could hold two soybeans at once.

This was what Fang Ning had hastily applied after leaving the town, using items she kept hidden in her tunic.

As an operative, carrying disguise materials at all times was a fundamental procedure!

Even after becoming nothing more than an ordinary child, Fang Ning had never discarded this habit.

"Young master, do you despise this humble girl as well?" Fang Ning asked with an aggrieved expression. "Didn't you say you'd help me vent my anger? As long as the young master helps me get back at them, I will listen to you in everything!"

Having said this, Fang Ning even twisted her body in coy shyness.

Siyu Heng in the distance: "..."

He, too, was very nearly driven to vomit by Fang Ning.

Indeed, only men truly knew how to thoroughly disgust other men!

Dealing with scum like Zhang Fu, Fang Ning alone was more than enough.

Zhang Fu was so revolted by Fang Ning that he had to steady himself against his lackey while vomiting. "Speak to me properly, you damn wretch, or I'll break your legs!"

"Wuwuwu, young master, how can you be so cruel to me? Just a moment ago, young master was so gentle, and this humble girl had already resolved to give you her entire body! Don't worry, young master, I am very fertile—look at how big my hips are!"

Siyu Heng: "..."

He was this close to losing control and beating Fang Ning to death!

Zhang Fu roared, "Beat her to death for me! Beat her until she's dead!"

"Young master, since you are so heartless, I shall be merciless too!" Fang Ning dropped her mouth in a pout.

Zhang Fu looked like he was about to vomit up the meals he had eaten the day before!

"Hit her. Beat her to death."

Completely sickened by Fang Ning, Zhang Fu only wanted her to vanish from his sight instantly and permanently.

"Sister, I'm being bullied! Wuwuwu..." Fang Ning shouted toward Siyu Heng's direction.

Siyu Heng: "!!!"

If possible, he also wished to make this kind of Fang Ning vanish from his sight.

Zhang Fu's lackeys had already lunged forward to attack Fang Ning.

Siyu Heng descended from the sky. Channeling his inner force into a tree branch that now served as a sharp sword, he struck precisely wherever he aimed, quickly reducing Zhang Fu's thugs to a battered, bruised, and thoroughly defeated mess.

Seeing this, Zhang Fu turned tail and ran.

"Sister, don't let that fickle, heartless scumbag get away! He has failed me and toyed with my affections—beat him to death for me!"

Siyu Heng glared fiercely at Fang Ning: *Don't push your luck.*

Fang Ning put on a pitiful expression.

Siyu Heng felt his stomach churn again.

The next instant, he landed right in front of Zhang Fu, blocking his escape route. "Did you hear what she said? Come over here, kneel down, shout 'Good Grandmother' three times, and tell her you love her!"

Fang Ning: "..."

There was really no need for that.

He was trying to disgust her just as much!