82 Scarle (1/2)
Dongmei naturally knew something was wrong and quickly approached him, placing his arm across her shoulder before asking worriedly, ”Wuxing... What happened?!”
Wuxing thought he could handle one more transformation but it turned out his breakfast wasn't enough. Smiling bitterly to her, Wuxing pointed at the suitcase and said weakly, ”It's nothing, cough, open the suitcase and pass me the bag inside.”
Dongmei naturally rushed to the suitcase after making sure he could stand alone and found a small breakfast bag, similar to the one they had at her apartment and passed it to him quickly. He unpacked it and pulled out two sizeable balls from inside, looking as if it was made from a lot of nuts or oats.
”Thank you,” Wuxing said as he gave them a solid bite and ate slowly while leaning over the wall, gradually regaining his strengths. Fortunately, this time he was lacking only a small amount of energy so he didn't suffer too much due to hunger.
”What happened? Were you feeling weak cause of hunger?” Dongmei asked concerned after seeing that his pale face regained its colour. She found it weird as she recalled him eating a lot for breakfast and there were less than two hours after they finished it.
”Yes. I'm good now.” After finishing both sticky balls, Wuxing packed the rest which were in the bag tightly before putting it into his suit pocket, explaining it to curious Dongmei right after, ”Each transformation consumes a lot of energy so I have to eat a lot of calories before I do it to support that. I made those energy balls to refill my energy during this escape but I somehow miscalculated and had a small drop of power right now. I am still new to this but I should be getting the hang of it very soon.”
Hearing the explanation, Dongmei sighed in relief that Wuxing was fine but still hit him lightly on the shoulder, scolding him for scaring her, ”Ah, dummy! You made me worried…”
”I'm sorry, I could tell you earlier.” Wuxing could only hug her and apologise, wanting their last moments to only give her happy memories. They still won't be seeing each other for more than a week just like in his original plan, the only difference being Dongmei travelling with him for an additional two hours as he reaches the mainland.
Wuxing thought of pulling Dongmei's GPS tracker inside of her hand and take her with him but that would only make her parents turn over every country and mobilize everyone at their disposal to find them. He didn't believe they could run away from them in that case. He could change his identity but Dongmei couldn't.
Dongmei didn't really mind it as that was all an act but nonetheless, she enjoyed their last hug and sent him off with a soft wave, ”It's okay… As long as you are fine. You should go now.” His face was no longer the same, making her kissing instinct falter. She decided to wait for his new look to first get used to that one.
Without looking at him anymore, Dongmei turned and walked towards the bathroom only to be stopped by him as he asked warmly, recalling her previous request, ”Don't you want to see how will I look later?”
To his pleasant surprise, Dongmei picked her bra from the bed and turned around while wearing it, saying playfully as she approached him with his suitcase, ”You think you can run away from me even if you change your face? I will find you in the crowd even if you want to hide.”
Wuxing took the suitcase while looking at her and teased her, ”Oh, will you? What if you fall for another guy thinking it was me?” He knew that she had her lying detector with her so it would be hard, but he couldn't help himself from teasing.
Dongmei only flicked his ear and walked back to the toilet while juggling her butt with light hops, saying softly, ”You won't be getting it unless I once again see your real face to confirm it's you. I only place my cards on the winning bets.”
...….
At the same time, less than thirty minutes of sailing away from them, a pair of Destroyers were catching up quickly, rushing up towards the cargo ship Wuxing and Dongmei was staying at. On the deck, right at the stem, the Captain of the Navy was standing with the arms behind his back. His face was full smiles, still thinking about the money he could earn from this mission.
If one said that money couldn't buy anything, Guan Dong would laugh. When the Captain heard the request, he couldn't help but laugh and think of rejecting it right away, only to later see the prize money for the successful mission out of curiosity and choke seeing so many zeros.
There were no ships available a moment ago but when money was involved, suddenly two newest Destroyers happened to be available and ready to sail. He didn't wait anymore and accepted the Mission right away, setting off in the next ten or so minutes.
The handsome Captain, having only thirty years old, laughed once again as he called out loud, his voice drowned out by the crashing waves, ”Hahaha, one hundred million just for killing one guy and saving the princess, who wouldn't accept it?!” He just became the Captain after serving only ten years because of his recent great achievements but he already received a private mission worth one hundred million.
”Sir!” Just as he finished laughing, one of his lieutenants came up to him, saluting properly. As a Captain, he didn't need to return back and only acknowledged it before asking, ”What's the status?”