Chapter 44: Temptation (2/2)
Samantha also joined in and revealed how nerve-racked she was on the first day as the principal. She had just graduated university then and hadn't adopted her new role yet. A sense of insecurity kept on distracting her while talking to a roomful of senior instructors, so she had to dig her nails into her legs to stay focused.
Upon hearing that, Wang Tong quietly leered at Samantha's long and elegant legs. Immediately he felt ashamed of doing so and wondered how Hu Yangxuan could have resisted the temptation.
When it was Wang Tong's turn, he struggled a while to find a good story. Although he had many embarrassing stories while living with Old Fart, none was interesting enough.
”Well, I guess I can talk about my life on Norton.”
”The planet Norton? I have heard that it was beautiful. I was going to visit there with my parents, but the war had spoiled the trip.” To a princess like Ma Xiaoru, the planet Norton had to be a place of wild imaginations.
They listened intently as Wang Tong filled them in with events on Norton. By the end, they all felt that Norton was a heaven for adventures.
Hu Yangxuan was the first to notice that some details of Wang Tong's story seemed extraordinary, ”So, you had survived the 5g gravity for an entire year? That's unthinkable.”
”I was lucky. I had encountered a Zerg and accidentally opened my EMF. At first, I couldn't believe it myself either; it must be a freak of nature. Oh, and the gravity might not be as bad as you think.”
”Didn't you feel lonely living there all by yourself?” Samantha asked.
”Nah, never. There were Zergs everywhere who kept me company. They even came out of hidings and saw me off on the day I left.”
The others couldn't help laughing upon hearing this. ”No wonder you are such an expert at dissecting Zergs!” Hu Yangxuan exclaimed.
”Jokes aside. I am truly in debt with Charcoal, if not for him, I would have already lost my sanity. On the day I lost him to the Zergs, I cried for the first time in my life... Hey, keep your mouth sealed, I don't want other people to know that I cried over a robot!”
Ma Xiaoru nodded her head. Samantha on the other hand, would not pass up this opportunity, ”Hehe, I can't promise anything. But if you do as I say, your secret might just be safe with me.” She rubbed the top of Wang Tong's head, like patting a meek lamb. Wang Tong’s refute suddenly evaporated in his mouth.
”Gosh... what is happening to me!” Wang Tong screamed inside of his mind.
”I was just kidding. Why so serious!” Samantha let out a burst of laughter after seeing Wang Tong's frozen expression. She had become weary by the stoic mask she had to wore in the principal's office. Today, she just wanted to be herself, and her face bloomed like a flower.
Only with great effort had Wang Tong refrained himself from touching Samantha's beautiful face.
”Wang Tong, would you care to tell us more about the Zergs? Are they as smart as people say they are?”
”Definitely. They communicate with each other in their own ways, just like we do. They also have a habit of leaving a souvenir for me after every encounter,” Wang Tong spoke with certainty; he had always regarded Zergs as formidable opponents and never dared to underestimate them.
”What do you mean souvenir?” The topic had piqued everyone's interest, even Hu Yangxuan who was eager to be back into the limelight had patiently waited his turn.
”Ah... nothing spectacular, just scars.” Wang Tong rolled up his sleeves. ”This one, here, is the work of a Sickle Zerg, he almost severed my arm right off. And… this one. This one was from a Bomb Zerg, nasty bugs! The rest were more or less the same.” Wang Tong rolled up the bottom of his T-shirt, revealing a huge and ugly scar across his belly.