The bedroom door opened, and a man walked in. He was dressed in very ordinary clothes, but his face made him stand out. He was a handsome man.
Good morning, my princess.
The man knelt on one knee, took Lian Han's hand, and performed a very ancient hand-kissing ceremony, every move he made was like that of a gentleman.
Lian Han nudged him, a smile on her face, yet tinged with shyness, "Get up. Want to be your princess?"
The man stood up and embraced Lian Han. "Of course it's you."
Lian Han stiffened for a moment, then pushed him away. "What do you want to do?"
Li Yingmo, disguised as Fan Tu, lost his smile and pushed the door shut. "They're a couple, and deeply in love. They'll do even more intimate things in public, you'll have to get used to it."
"I am not your subordinate."
Li Yingmo reminded her, "But from the moment you accepted this mission, you should have understood that playing a person is not easy, especially since you can't let anyone see through your act."
"But I..."
Lian Han paused for a moment. This was Shui Yiyue's bedroom. The entire house belonged to her, so Lian Han's clothes were quite casual, consisting of loose-fitting loungewear.
But Li Yingmo's hand was on her shoulder, and he was about to slide his hand inside her from behind. Lian Han's face darkened, and she immediately grabbed his arm and twisted it upwards. "Get me used to this? Do you want to die?"
Feeling pain in her wrist, Li Yingmo withdrew her hand and said, "Miss, you flatter me."
Lian Han looked at him coldly, "Say what you have to say, or I'll cripple you if you make another move."
Li Yingmo rubbed his wrist. "I'm just reminding Miss to sort out her memories as soon as possible. The Shui family is probably more complicated than we imagine. Moreover, the Shui family's water control ability—and Shui Yiyue is the young master of the Shui family—makes your task much more difficult than mine."
"How about we switch?"
"Stop messing around," Li Yingmo said helplessly. His appearance and genes could be somewhat concealed with technology, ensuring no flaws would be revealed in the short term. But the issue of gender—aside from obvious physical characteristics, the differences in habits between men and women could inadvertently slip out—was a different story. Besides, he had no experience dressing as a woman.
"Then why are you talking nonsense?" Lian Han rolled her eyes at him. "Since I dared to agree to this operation, I'm confident in my acting skills and abilities. If you don't trust me, why did you come to me? If you don't have anything else, get out. I need to rest."
Li Yingmo paused for a moment, then said, "Qianya will come over tonight to teach you how to control water."
"Why doesn't he contact me himself?" Lian Han raised an eyebrow.
“His identity has been switched, so he can’t come and go freely here. And you’re currently using Shui Yiyue’s AI, which doesn’t have Qianya’s contact number, so you can’t have any communication records.”
Lian Han nodded to indicate that he understood, but couldn't help asking, "What is his identity?"
"You'll find out when the time comes."
Lian Han curled his lip. Was he afraid she would reveal it?
Be careful.
Li Yingmo turned and left. Lian Han was 16 years old, which wasn't very convincing in an era where people didn't come of age until they were 25, especially considering her status and the fact that she couldn't afford to make any mistakes.
Under these circumstances, Li Yingmo approached Lian Han for two reasons. First, it was due to the strong recommendation of the Ice Clan's Ice Palace, who claimed that Lian Han possessed abilities that could greatly assist their actions. Second, it was because of the General. The Li family's business dealings did not offer Li Yingmo any help in enlisting in the army. Like Jiang Chenxi, he started from the bottom. Without any background, he knew how much the General's guidance and training had helped him. Therefore, the General held an irreplaceable position in his heart.
The girl the general praised and valued always had something special about her, and he was always somewhat curious about her. Moreover, if Lian Han hadn't caught Jiang Chenxi's eye back then, his younger brother from the same starship would probably no longer exist. So he was even more eager to see how Lian Han fared…
The Shui family is a very peculiar family. Not only do women hold a superior position in the family, but all direct members awaken water control abilities upon reaching A-level, though the strength of these abilities may vary. However, as long as one reaches A-level, they will inevitably awaken the water control attribute, without exception to this day.
From this perspective, the Shui family should be an extremely powerful clan, but that's not actually the case. The Shui family is peculiar for another reason—99% of family members who reach the 2S level of strength will perish, with the survivor becoming the family head. However, the strength of each family head must never surpass 2S, or they will certainly die.
The Shui family regarded it as a curse.
Because of this restriction, although the Shui family has entered the ranks of the Imperial Capital Star, they are not considered powerful there, and instead keep a low profile.
But now that they're being watched by the military, they can't keep a low profile no matter what. It was at this time that the current head of the family, Shui Bingdie, visited Shui Yiyue and Zhu Yanxing's residence.
When she arrived, Lian Han was lying on a chair sunbathing, a book covering her face. There was a fruit plate and drinks next to the chair. She looked like she was living a very comfortable life! Not seeing the scene of facing the wall in repentance that she had imagined, Shui Bingdie's face darkened. She took a few steps over and took the book off her face.
The sunlight suddenly became blinding. The girl opened her eyes and looked at the person who had come in with displeasure, but her expression immediately changed. She hurriedly stood up, lowered her eyes, and said, "Mother."
Looking at her respectful daughter, Shui Bingdie's furrowed brows relaxed slightly as she sat down at the table. "How is your reflection going?"
What mistakes should we reflect on?
Lian Han lowered his eyes and began to recall the whole process of how Shui Yiyue and Fan Tu were driven here, saying, "My daughter is innocent."
Shui Bingdie's face darkened. "Say that again?"
“My daughter is innocent.” Lian Han looked up at her, then lowered his eyes again.
Shui Bingdie pointed at her and said, "Well, you've really grown some guts! Where is that lowly commoner who bewitched my daughter? Tell him to come out here!"
“He’s not a lowly person.” The girl frowned. “My daughter likes him, what’s wrong with that?”
Shui Bingdie sneered, "You like him, that's fine, everyone can have a relationship. But dragging him into the family's interests is a huge taboo! You can know a person's face but not their heart. Do you really think you can control that cowardly man?"
Lian Han wanted to praise his experience, but he also remembered his own position and immediately retorted, "He's not a coward."
"Am I not good at recognizing people?" Shui Bingdie was furious that her daughter, who had always obeyed her every word, had repeatedly defied her for someone else, but she still remembered the purpose of her visit to Zhu Yanxing. "Call him here!"
The girl lowered her head even further, but didn't move.
Seeing her resistance, Shui Bingdie's anger turned into helplessness. "You care about him so much, but does he care about you?"
Fan Tu didn't know, but Li Yingmo certainly wouldn't care about her. Lian Han thought to herself, but her face remained stubborn, "Mother, I believe him."
Hearing the word "Mother," Shui Bingdie's brows relaxed. Usually, Shui Yiyue would call her "Mother," which was respectful but felt too distant, making them seem less like mother and daughter.
She would only remove the last two words when you asked her for something.
Water Ice Butterfly sighed softly, "Call him here. If you can complete this mission, I will no longer target him."
"Really? I'll go right now!" Shui Yiyue's eyes lit up and she left immediately.
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